85 lists competing in the crocodile trophy mountain biking race swimming is a rite of passage andrew thomas has this report from memory in australia. organizes don't like to call the crocodile trophy the toughest mountain bike race in the world they think that label scares riders off but with 8 stages and 8 days covering almost 700 kilometers and a combined vertical climb of more than 13 kilometers it's he's very challenging fate off the heat the heat is killing us my life and it's of course i feel like i've been fighting for another time and more than 80 riders from 16 countries are taking part in this year's event the race is 25th anniversary the crocodile trophy is the oldest mountain bike race in the world established by a veteran road cyclist who used to compete in the tour de france the idea was. doing a race like longest would have crossed and his ranch was at the 3 star car the race takes place in the scrubby hills and lush rainforests of north queensland it is hot and humid but otherwise it's ideal mountain bike territory so it's very nice right . beautiful roach they're rolling ve

event but mountain bike kids want their sport to grow with more prestigious for their pedaling andrew thomaslgis there are eva australia. well that's all your sport for now will have more fuel later back to you stan hobson for those images record sounds amazing this news out of the back in a moment with more of today's. to strengthen the good you have to shoulder good all the more with your calm still fight against corruption. destroy news hero heroes like know who are abandoned who refuse to $15000000.00 brian the achievement of heroes like him to showcase by the international ace award it shines a light on these heroes because the best way to fight a darker use to shine a light let's make the road to bed to play each nominate your anti corruption mirror now. deal with poverty unless you deal with the gap you decide to i disagree with that toy this sounds like blaming the public the country for the art of knowledge or seeming any fighting these people well trained as much a part of the islamic state machinery as the more of a very end of the inspiration of populism altered future join me ma

85 lists competing in the crocodile trophy mountain biking race swimming is a rite of passage andrew thomas has this report from memory in australia. it's organizes don't like to call the crocodile trophy the toughest mountain bike race in the world they think that label scares riders off but with 8 stages and 8 days covering almost 700 kilometers and a combined vertical climb of more than 13 kilometers 80 it's very challenging fate off to hit the heat is killing your family photographer course i feel that i've been fighting for another time in more than 80 riders from 16 countries are taking part in this year's event the race is 25th anniversary the crocodile trophy is the oldest mountain bike race in the world as stablished by a veteran road cyclist who used to compete in the tour de france the idea was. during a race like longest go to france and his ranch was at the 3 star car the race takes place in the scrubby hills and lush rainforests of north queensland it is hot and humid but otherwise it's ideal mountain bike territory so it's very nice ride. for roach they're rolling very good.

andrew thomas al-jazeera at central australia now the number of electric scooters has skyrocketed in paris with it an unexpected job is in them out of the river saying over the course of 3 hours this team pulled 15 l.t. covered scooters out of the water where possible every cycle the skaters can be hired firing and easy ways to get from a to b. but locals are increasingly frustrated about the way they're discarded around the city. well still to come here in sport traces his 6th world title leader will have all of the truth from friday's practice for the mexico call to say with its. deal with poverty unless you deal with the gap you decide oh i disagree with that toy systems are blaming the public the country for the problem not literally me anybody these people are well trained as much a part of the islamic state machine as we have been very merging of popular culture to you to join me in the hot sun as i put up from questions to my special guests and challenge them to some straight talking political debate here on al-jazeera we know the culture we know the problems that affect this

to be the last to scale it brutal people have fought for years to get the ban in place there is andrew thomas reports. you don't see them from a distance but zoom in and you can like and it's for these people the climb made their trip to special something everyone should experience it's wonderful but you'll stumble through it well yes that's a shame that if you like you can type on even the last lap on the last day with a client already before i shot here what change when did you notice people for whom it is a special site one which they have long said it is disrespectful to climb and equivalent to people clambering over a cathedral or a mosque they were pleased that climbing on the rock was being banned because it shows that. we have a bit of a party ever a sacred sites and we can play as if we want to. climbing has been officially discouraged for decades but it's not being banned in fact there's been a safety chain to help those who choose to climb anyway and arranges who each day check to straggle as closing the climb is controversial many australians see this as a national landmark which

drought the worst southeastern australia has ever endured from near armidale in new south wales andrew thomas reports for a month large areas of southeastern australia have been burning a month not at the height of summer but in early spring the reason hot dry conditions and years of drought there's been so little rain to moisten the ground and replenish rivers reservoirs and lakes that firefighters are fighting fire largely without water we use minimal water but it's just a matter of breaking up before breaking up the fuel. for. another because of a drought do. firefighters weren't able to fight the bushfires effectively or quickly enough and nearly hayes parents had hundreds of cows in these fields now the earth is blackened some still smolders 2 weeks after the flames huge losses up to 20250 cows and they cops. heartbreaking absolutely heartbreaking most of the animals bodies haven't been found but some have horribly burnt wild kangaroos on able to escape. the fires have been devastating to some around here but even for those farmers unaffected by the flames things aren't much better. than

80 cyclists competing in the crocodile trophy mountain biking race winning is a rite of passage andrew thomas has this report from the rebbe in australia. organizes don't like to call the crocodile trophy the toughest mountain bike race in the world they think that label scares riders off but with 8 stages and 8 days covering almost 700 kilometers and the combined vertical climb of more than 13 kilometers it's he's very challenging fate off to hit the heat is killing us my life and it's of course i feel that i've been fighting for another time and more than 80 riders from 16 countries are taking part in this year's event the race is 25th anniversary the crocodile trophy is the oldest mountain bike race in the world established by a veteran road cyclist who used to compete in the tour de france the idea was. doing a race like your strongest would have dropped and this wrench was at the brewster car the race takes place in the scrubby hills and lush rainforests of north queensland it is hot and humid but otherwise it's ideal mountain bike territory so very nice right. beautiful roach they're ro

the people have called for the climb to be close since 985 when the park was returned to them andrew thomas reports now from the who national park. you don't see them from a distance but zoom in and you can like ants for these people the climb made their trip to special something everyone should experience it's wonderful but you'll see the law throughout the world yes that's a shame that is a shame like in taiwan even the last lap of the last people to climb already before i shot here what change when did you notice people for whom it is a special cultural site one which they have long said it is disrespectful to climb and equivalent to people clambering over a cathedral or a mosque they were pleased that climbing on the rock was being banned because it shows that. we have a bit of a party ever a sacred sites and we can close of if we want to. climbing has been officially discouraged for decades but it's not being banned in fact there's been a safety chain to help those who choose to climb anyway and arrangers who each day check to straggle as closing the climb is controversial many austral

80 cyclists competing in the crocodile trophy mountain biking race winning is a rite of passage andrew thomas has this report from memory in australia. says don't like to call the crocodile trophy the toughest mountain bike race in the world they think that label scares riders off but with 8 stages and 8 days covering almost 700 kilometers and the combined vertical climb of more than 13 kilometers it's he's very challenging to hit the heat is killing yes man a photographer course i feel that i've been fighting for another time and more than 80 riders from 16 countries are taking part in this year's event the race is 25th anniversary the crocodile trophy is the oldest mountain bike race in the world established by a veteran road cyclist who used to compete in the tour de france the idea was. during a race like the strongest riffraff and his ranch was the brewster car the race takes place in the scrubby hills and lush rainforests of north queensland it is hot and humid but otherwise it's ideal mountain bike territory. so very nice ride. beautiful roach there rolling very good. and you're feelin

has resonated around the world andrew thomas reports from a protest in sydney australia. this protest outside the saudi consulate in the center of sydney has been organized by human rights groups and saudi refugees in australia to mark the 1st anniversary of the murder of your mouth but it's not just about marking that grim anniversary it's also people here say about continuing the sort of work that he was doing speaking out about human rights abuses in saudi arabia and the imprisonment of political prisoners by journalists inside the country and protesting the ongoing export of weapons to saudi arabia while the war in yemen rages marcus was a brave champion of human rights and many many human rights defenders around the world and saudi arabia standing up today and calling for justice calling for an investigation into his standing with the more than 30 political prisoners that continue to be locked up in saudi arabia for nearly speaking out for their rights we are his voice we we deliver his theories deliver his i.d.'s and we we are in the same battle we fight for democra

often without their consent andrew thomas has more. after emigrating from spain to australia in her twenty's moloch approach worked as a carer now with advanced dementia she's the one who needs looking after after her husband silvio had a stroke both needed full time care in a nursing home but in one staffer sponsored to produce behavior by sedating her with drugs lots of them physically she was losing a balance she was blank faced she was pretty much screaming a lot of the time i couldn't help her you know because of the drugs in her system she couldn't help herself or nobody could help her every day i was a struggle only after 2 years of slowly weaning her off the drugs and paying the extra private nursing staff to her son feel his mother is calm. so the mother that i see today when i hug her. even though she has dementia i feel like she's my mother you know and i feel the strength and if you feel her pace monica pro his experience is far from unique human rights watch has investigated centers across australia and found what they cal

culture and this walk let's bring in andrew thomas is joining us from national park and as that comes into effect andrew what have you been seeing on friday. well this is perhaps australia's most famous natural landmark in generally speaking you can see it's full of steep cliffs but there is one particular position on the base of the rock where people are able or shallow enough for people to climb and for many many decades people have been climbing to the top via that route now there's a gate at the bottom of that routes that the national parks manage and for the last few decades there's been a sign at the bottom there telling people that the local indigenous people would rather they didn't climb their cultural symbol as they see it but not actually explicitly saying that they can't and they've been a safety rail helping people to get up so mixed messages for tourists who come despite the discouragement while the indigenous people around here said that has not been enough and they wanted to get climbing banned entirely they say that this rock is the equivalent to their culture of a ca

of singapore to new york and the heart of all current as the longest flights in the world has andrew thomas now consistent airport in sydney and i used to live in australia i remember how far is from pretty much everywhere else in the world down there the idea that you could connect directly to the east coast of the united states that's that's a big deal for travelers down there. it could revolutionize travel if that's what the airline qantas in question is saying and they're saying that they want to get these flights into commercial service 520202023 not on the aircraft that was you this was a $77.00 dreamliner that ran this route today but it didn't have anything like a full content with the passengers just about 50 passengers in total and that includes the cabin crew then 6 different pilots on board as well and they were all being tested in the flight to see how they cope but it was hardly a full quote in the name of the cargo either if this service goes into commercial service and that would make it the world's longest commercial passenger flight then there would be use either a triple

the test flights at almost 20 hours this would be the world's longest commercial flights from andrew thomas now in sydney. the happening of a longer one off flights in the past but if this is from new york city and back becomes a regular sheffield service well that would make it the world's longest passenger flight on this flights the 2 passengers that the all sorts of business they will have it so no one had to experience being stuck in the middle of an economy row for almost 20 hours nevertheless the airline quantas carried out experiments on but the passengers and the crew measuring their levels of metal total and for example to say whether they were getting sleepy in flight seeing whether different food at different stages in the flight kept people awake when they wanted them to be awake help them sleep when they want them to state the passengers that i spoke to said it was a very comfortable flight but then with 50 passengers on board only and the ability to walk around the whole of the plane it wasn't exactly representative of what a real flight would be well once the airline wants to

fires is because been extended drought the worst southeastern australia has seen in recent years andrew thomas reports from armidale in new south wales. for a month large areas of southeastern australia have been burning a month not at the height of summer but in early spring the reason hot dry conditions and the years of drought there's been so little rain to moisten the ground and replenish rivers rise of was and lakes that firefighters are fighting fire largely without water we use minimal water but it's just a matter of breaking up before breaking up the fuel. for. that all because of a drought there. via thoughts is weren't able to fight the bushfires effectively or quickly enough a nearly haze parents had hundreds of cows in these fields now the earth is blackened some still smolders 2 weeks after the flames huge losses up to 20250 cows and the cops. heartbreaking absolutely heartbreaking most of the animals bodies haven't been found but some have horribly burnt wild kangaroos also on able to escape. the fires have been devastating to some around here but even for those farmers unaffecte

searching for leaked government documents that had been used in critical report sort of check in with andrew thomas in sydney now can you join the dots for us there andrew between that very public raid that we saw back in june and what the papers are not doing. well those raids back in june were the straw that broke the camel's back in the words of one of these 5 and it's here that was already a ramping up of the law the national security laws that were increasingly being used to prosecute us in australia and scare whistleblowers into staying quiet but let me 1st show you some of these newspapers this is the australian the nationwide paper in this country and you can see an entire stylised front page which looks as though an article has been redacted hidden from the public view its rival the sydney morning herald here in sydney as well likewise another article redacted the stamp of secret at the top and the tabloid daily telegraph the same kind of picture and that's true of all newspapers right across this country with the ads running on t.v. as well it's very high in the t.v. news across the comme

biden well in a few moments we'll get the latest from australia the australian perspective from andrew thomas and city but 1st let's go to patty culhane in washington patty as we've been saying over the past few hours the case seems to be intensifying against the president but the president again and again along with those close to him saying there's nothing to see here and now new revelations that the president and a certain prime minister the prime minister australia have some dealings to. you know think about this it's just been a matter of days since this news broke about this ukraine controversy and the democrats in the house that they were going to launch an inquiry and impeachment inquiry and it seems every single day since then there's been more revelations and now we're seeing this with reports in the wall street journal new york times the washington post which we are working to try and verify but what they're saying is basically the tribe called up a few weeks ago the prime minister of australia scott morrison and asked him to help his attorney general william barr look into the ori

just walk let's bring in andrew thomas is joining us from the national park so clearly a lot of emotionsounding this ban and what is happening what are you seeing today. well it's a significant moment that's it that's in aruba haps australia's most famous natural landmark it was discovered if that's the right word by european explorers in 1972 and for about 150 years people have been climbing that rock of course indigenous people around here knew about it long before that and they've always objected to people climbing what to them is the equivalent of a church the equivalent somewhere that you might go to heaven or something it's somewhere that they think is spiritual is significant for their culture and they've objected to it and yet they haven't had control now back in 95 the land rights for this area were transferred from australia's government to the local people there but they still came with certain conditions attached it was a lease attached back to the government back in 95 and largely speaking the government here in conjunction with indigenous people controls what happens there

been burning now for a month the unusually early start of fires is down to an extended drought andrew thomas reports from armidale in new south wales for a month large areas of southeastern australia have been burning a month not at the height of summer but in early spring the reason hot dry conditions and the years of drought there's been so little rain to maurice in the ground and replenish rivers rise of was and lakes that firefighters are fighting fire largely without water we use minimal water but it's just a matter of breaking up before breaking up the fuel so and so therefore. that all because of a drought do. vi thoughts as wentz able to fight the bushfires effectively or quickly enough the nearly haze parents had hundreds of cows in these fields now the earth is blackened some still smolders 2 weeks after the flames huge losses up to 20250 cows and they cops. heartbreaking absolutely heartbreaking most of the animals bodies haven't been found but some have horribly burnt wild kangaroos also on able to escape. the fires have been devastating to some around here but even for those far

80 cyclists competing in the crocodile trophy mountain biking race winning is a rite of passage andrew thomas has this report from the rebbe in australia. they. don't like to call the crocodile trophy the toughest mountain bike race in the world they think that label scares riders off but with 8 stages and 8 days covering almost 700 kilometers and a combined vertical climb of more than 13 kilometers it's he's very challenging after hit the heat is killing us my life and it's of course i feel that i've been fighting for another time and more than 80 riders from 16 countries are taking part in this year's event the race is 25th anniversary the crocodile trophy is the oldest mountain bike race in the world established by a veteran road cyclist who used to compete in the tour de france the idea was. during a race like a stronger student and his ranch was at the bridge their car the race takes place in the scrubby hills and lush rainforests of north queensland it is hot and humid but otherwise it's ideal mountain bike territory. so very nice right. beautiful roach they're really very good. and you

andrew thomas al-jazeera at central australia al-jazeera dot com is way to go for more on all the stories we're covering in the bill also plenty of opinion on commentary to be found as well. quick recap of the headlines now at least 21 people have been killed in cities across iraq in another day of violent antigovernment protests prime minister he has promised to introduce sweeping economic reforms but demonstrators say they're fed up with empty promises want the entire government gone the u.n. secretary general says there is clear evidence of human rights abuses since the protests began at the start of the month we have issued a report just city days ago with some preliminary findings. we deeply regret the number of. large number of people that have been killed in these circumstances and according to operability findings there were indeed. substantial violations of human rights that took place and need to be clearly denounced and condemned. anti-government protesters in lebanon's capital have been clashing with supporters of hezbollah riot police were brought in to try to defuse the situ

saying that they're actually starting to cross over a little bit they could yet cross over more andrew thomas al-jazeera armadale australia. and i remind you of the top stories on al-jazeera a 2nd whistleblower has come forward in the impeachment inquiry against us president trump a lawyer who is now representing both people says his client has spoken to the head of the intelligence community's internal watchdog and he says the new was a blow or has 1st hand knowledge of some of the allegations made in playing trump is accused of using his position to pressure ukraine into investigating his political rival joe biden and the sun ahead of next year's u.s. presidential election. iraq's government has denied that any of its security forces have fired directly at protesters during 6 days of violent demonstrations but the best toll continues to rise with another 5 people confirmed killed on sunday 109 people have now been killed since the unrest began on tuesday and more than 6000 have been injured the violence continues despite the prime minister announcing a number of measures to try to appease t

saying that they're actually starting to cross over a little bit they could yet cross over more andrew thomas al-jazeera armadale australia. just ahead here on the news a better late than never but as well a bag their 1st medal of the world athletics championships action from doha 2019 coming up in just a few months. every week a new cycle brings a series of breaking stories joined the listening post as we turn the cameras on the media when the intelligence services control much of egyptian media it becomes an extension of the arm of the president and focus on how they would put on the stories that matter the most getting an accurate informative story out of there is not easy they pose it too late we already have the information they're listening post on al-jazeera. the latest news as it breaks this is a consortium made up of various multinational companies from the united states china and europe with detailed coverage the election results will be announced on the event at the start but it's not just important who wins but whether the other candidates and all the other groups accept them and

journalist they were searching for leaked government documents that have been used in critical reports andrew thomas reports now from sydney he. this is a joined up campaign by all the big media companies in australia this is the australian the nation my paper a stylized front page a secret stamp there and all to go made to look as though the whole thing's been redacted the rival sydney morning herald looks very similar again are adapted out school that secret stamp they're the tabloid daily telegraph and it's the same with these papers all over the country and indeed with the t.v. news as well all the media companies are trying to mount a unified concerted effort to show what they say government interference in the media is doing they point to 75 pieces of legislation passed since 2001 a sensibly to do with national security but laws that they say in fact with straights the access of the people to information journalists rights to report this all came to a head in june with raids on 2 media organizations an individual journalist who worked for the australian and the offices of the main a.b.c. the n

chance to walk to the top it's been a sacred side for the angle people for thousands of years andrew thomas has the latest from the national park. indigenous aboriginal people say to them that rock is sacred the equivalent perhaps of a cathedral or a mosque and when people clamber to the top of it that disrespecting their culture well for years now climbing has been discourage but at the same time as a sign at the bottom explaining the wishes of the people around here there's been a safety helping those who do want to climb to get to the top so mixed messages nevertheless the number of tourists choosing to climb has dropped steadily and it's dropped below now 20 percent or it had to as of thursday and at that point that trigger point the national parks who manage. said they would close the climb positively well they're doing it saturday the 26th of october that they symbolic because in 1905 that was the dates which this whole national park was handed from australia's government back to indigenous people but still managed by the government this say many is indigenous people finally asserting

becoming to offer a tarion prioritising its right to hide secrets over the public's right to know andrew thomas al-jazeera sydney a london court has denied a request to delay the extradition hearing for working legs founder julian assange the 48 year old remains in custody as he tries to fight extradition to the us where he faces charges of conspiring to hack into. government computer at the pentagon his legal team asked for a 3 month delay to prepare the case but the judge ruled before hearing will go ahead in february as planned. still ahead of al jazeera in spork the fairy tale is over japan's rugby team reflects on a remarkable world cup. to strengthen the good you have to sure do good all the more with the camp still fight against corruption. new chiro heroes like new who are a band who refused a $15000000.00 brian the achievement of heroes like him to showcase by the international ace award it shines a light on these heroes because the best way to fight a dark used to shine a light let's make a rule to bed to bleach nominate your anti corruption mirror. on counting the cost the $7.00 word

more now on the australian connection from our correspondent in sydney andrew thomas a spokesperson for australia's government essentially said that there's nothing unusual about this phone call in a statement they said the ghostwriting government has always been ready to assist and cooperate with efforts that help shed further light on the matters under investigation and the prime minister scott morrison confirmed this readiness once again in a conversation with the president so i've characterized it there merely as the prime minister of australia helping out the leader of a friendly country the us president in an ongoing investigation or the opposition party here in australia sees things very differently that i think this is scott morrison helping donald trump with what is essentially a political investigation into a political problem the moly investigation and they have said that his assistance is in display to say that miller investigation and into the album ese the leader of the opposition here has said that australia's prime minister has involved himself in what is essentially a d

saying that they're actually starting to cross over a little bit they could yet cross over more andrew thomas al-jazeera armadale australia and became a fossil at least 20 people have been killed in an attack on a gold mining site it happened in the northern part of the country in so province it's the latest in a series of attacks over the past 4 and a half years with many armed groups operating in the region some less than a year to al-qaeda and i still. cameroon's opposition leader has been freed by a military court on the orders of the president or his counter was jailed and generate organizing protests he was released along with 136 other prisoners it follows an amnesty granted to 330 prisoners accused of crimes against the state often in just a portion of the capital yelling day. opposition leader orders come to breathe the air of freedom as he's driven out of your own demain prison why he spent the last 9 months hundreds of supporters had gathered to see him walk a free man chanting party songs. on the other side of the city his supporters had earlier gathered at the military tribunals

that there are actually starting to cross over a little bit but they could yet cross over more andrew thomas al-jazeera near armadale australia. 6 what elephants have drowned in a waterfall in thailand ranges in a national park were noted in the middle of the night by elephant distress calls it's thought they all fell on the slippery rocks trying to save a baby from their herd 2 others were saved the area known as hells falls is closed to visitors all the bodies of the women we understand that the elephants were trying to cross over to the other side of the river probably one of the smaller elephants might have slipped i don't want to try to rescue them but instead it was swept away by a waiter. in between a fast at least 20 people have been killed in an attack on a gold mining site it happened in the northern part of the country in sound province it's the latest in a series of attacks over the past 4 and a half years with many armed groups operating in the region something i did al-qaeda and i still. cameroon's opposition leader has been freed by military court on the orders of the presiden

no reports of injuries in the fires are causing problems for australia's largest city sydney is andrew thomas explains. it's sunny it should be a perfectly clear blue sky like spring day in sydney but you can see the city shrouded in this moki haze at times on the opera house on the bridge were barely visible through the smoke now this is a smoke that comes from bush fires which are burning quite a few hours north of sydney ordinarily the smoke from them wouldn't reach the city here but they've been quite strong winds from the north that have pushed back smoke down and in the city itself it's been very still a lack of wind has kept the smoke here it's from the air that you really get an idea of how hazy this city has been now the state government and others have said that to most people the smoke doesn't pose any kind of health risk but those with acid i've been told to stay indoors and don't do any sport this is unusual for sydney it's normally a city with very clear but on 1st day things a very different. firefighters in the u.s. state of california are trying to save hundreds of homes thre

becoming to offer a tarion prioritising its right to hide secrets over the public's right to know andrew thomas al-jazeera sydney. a powerful tornado has damaged homes and cut power to tens of thousands of people in texas it touched down in dallas on sunday night which was already under a severe thunderstorm warning or no media reports of injuries. one of the natural wonders of the world is in the hills of north western iran and the solder is the largest water filled cave anywhere in the world it once could have been a candidate to become you know asco world heritage site but not anymore as a mozart reports the locals say commercialisation is to blame dinosaurs still walked the earth when spring water began cutting through rock to create what is today the largest water filled cave in the world in the heart of hama down province other cave is an estimated 150000000 years old local historian say shepherds from a nearby village began using it for water and shelter around 900 years ago it's been open to visitors since the 1970 s. . roughly the length of 280 olympic sized pool most of it is only acc

be the last to scale it up original people of 40 years to get the band in place as ultras or as andrew thomas reports. you don't see them from a distance but zoom in and you can like ants for these people the climb made their trip to special something everyone should experience it's wonderful you'll stumble through it well yes that's a shame that it's like you can type on even the last climb already before i shot here watching people for whom it is a special cultural sites one which they have long said it is disrespectful to climb and equivalent to people clambering over a cathedral or a mosque they were pleased that climbing on the rock was being banned because it shows that. we're a bit of a party ever asked very concise and we can close if we want. climbing has been officially discouraged for decades but it's not being banned in fact there's been a safety chain to help those who choose to climb anyway and each day check to straggle as closing the climb is controversial many australians see this as a national landmark which belongs to everyone not just indigenous people whose.

for indigenous australians alone is much more significant a new era of respect not just for them andrew thomas al-jazeera at central australia. look at headlines now at least 30 people have been killed in cities across iraq in another day of violent antigovernment protests by minister abdullah abdullah nattie has promised to introduce sweeping economic reforms and a broad cabinet reshuffle but protesters say they're fed up with empty promises and want an entire government gone meanwhile the u.n. secretary general is saying is clear evidence of human rights abuses since the protests 1st began at the start of the month. of the report just city days ago with some preliminary findings. we deeply regret the number of. large number of people that have been killed in these circumstances and the cording to operate mary findings there were indeed. substantial violations of human rights that took place and need to be clearly denounced and condemned. meanwhile protests continuing in lebanon as well anti-government demonstrators there and clashing with supporters of hezbollah riot police were brought in t

becoming to offer a tarion prioritising its right to hide secrets over the public's right to know andrew thomas al-jazeera sydney. now a powerful tornado has damaged homes and cut power to tens of thousands of people in texas it touched down in dallas on sunday night which was already under severe thunderstorm warning there are no immediate reports of any injuries or. apple farmers in indian administered kashmir say restrictions on communication and movement having a devastating impact on their businesses the indian government revoked the region's autonomy and sent in the military 9 weeks ago but also shut down the internet and telephone lines between games and the reports. it's harvest time in indian administered kashmir where apple production contributes 10 percent to the state's $20000000000.00 incomes this year apples are being left to rot because farmers confines people to pick them after prime minister and render a major abolish the state futon in the status and imposed a security lockdown as. the situation is bad we can harvest the apples on time and most of them fell down from the trees

saying that they're actually starting to cross over a little bit they could yet cross over more andrew thomas al-jazeera armadale australia conservative in catholic groups are expected to protest in paris on sunday against the french government's plan to open up access to i.b.s. to single and gay women under french law only women and a heterosexual couple can access medically assisted reproductive treatment talk about lower has more. when she reached her mid thirty's benedict wanted to become a mother she was single and wanted to try i've yet fix set foot in france i v f is illegal for single or gay women so benedict travel to denmark and portugal with the treatment is legally available to all women i fell out low in my own country because i just wanted a baby. that's right it was ok all the european countries but not in france benedick son is now 14 months old he doesn't have a father say although that mother in law and though the fact that he was wanted cases like benedix where she had to travel abroad for treatment may soon be a thing of the past in france the french government's proposed

becoming to or for a tarion prioritising its right to hide secrets over the public's right to know andrew thomas al-jazeera sitting. not powerful tornado has damaged homes and cut power to tens of thousands of people in texas it touched down in dallas on sunday night which was already under a severe thunderstorm warning there were no immediate reports of any injuries. apple farmers and indian administered kashmir say restrictions on communication and movement having a devastating impact on their businesses the indian government revoked the region's autonomy and sentence olders 9 weeks ago the jura gate and he has more. it's harvest time in indian administered kashmir where apple production contributes 10 percent to the state's $20000000000.00 income. but this year apples are being left to rot because farmers confines people to pick them after prime minister and render mady abolish the state futon of the status and imposed a security lockdown as. the thought of situation is bad we couldn't harvest the apples on time and most of them fell down from the trees now we're collecting the rotten apples

well anger over his death has been expressed across the globe andrew thomas reports from a protest in sydney. this protest outside the saudi consulate in the center of said because we organized by human rights groups and saudi refugees in australia to mark the 1st anniversary of the murder of them. but it's not just about marking that grim anniversary it's also people here say about continuing the sort of work that he was doing sweeping out about human rights abuses in saudi arabia the imprisonment of political prisoners and journalists inside the country and protesting the ongoing export of weapons to saudi arabia while the war in yemen rages. as a brave champion of human rights in many many human rights defenders around the world and saudi arabia standing up today and calling for justice calling for an investigation into his standing with the more than 30 political prisoners that continue to be locked up in saudi arabia for merely speaking out for their rights we are his voice we we deliver his theories deliver his ideas and we we are in the same battle we fight for democracy and hu

this walk andrew thomas has the latest from the national park.genous aboriginal people say to them that rock is sacred the equivalent perhaps of a cathedral or a mosque and when people clamber to the top of it that disrespecting their culture well for years now climbing has been discourage but at the same time as a sign at the bottom explaining the wishes of the people around here there's been a safety helping those who do want to climb to get to the top so mixed messages nevertheless the number of tourists choosing to climb has dropped steadily and it's dropped below now 20 percent or it had to as of thursday and at that point that trigger point the national parks who manage. said they would close the climb in atlee well they're doing it from the saturday the 26th of october that date symbolic because in 1905 that was the dates which this whole national park was handed from australia's government back to indigenous people but still managed by the government this say many is indigenous people finally asserting their rights not just having them bu

are no reports of injuries the fires are causing problems for australia's largest city sydney as andrew thomas explains. it's sunny it should be a perfectly clear blue sky spring day in sydney but you can see the city shrouded in this smoke e haze at times on the opera house on the bridge were barely visible through the smoke now this is a smoke that comes from bush fires which are burning quite a few hours north of sydney ordinarily the smoke from the wouldn't reach the city here but the been quite strong winds from the north to the pushed back smoke down and in the city itself it's been very still a lack of wind has kept the smoke here it's from the air that you really get an idea of how hazy this city has been now the state government in all this has said that to most people the smoke doesn't pose any kind of health risk but those with acid i've been told to stay indoors and don't do any sport this is unusual but sydney it's normally a city with very clear but all. things are very different. donald trump's federal judge nominee has broken down in tears during a grilling by the us senate jud

there is national contemplation of the way people are treated towards the ends of their lives andrew thomas out as there are. protests over a spanish court sentencing 9 cattle on independence leaders to jail have continued for a 2nd day thousands of separatists clashed with police in barcelona the acting government in total only or condemned the demonstrations so it's aimed was to guarantee security in the region. the indigenous somebody people have lived in the arctic region for thousands of years their traditions and way of life intimately connected to the arctic north but a warming planet is putting that under threat and creating grievances with governments over how to fix it poorest with our report from lapland in sweet. returning the dead to their final resting place. caskets containing the skulls of their ancestors finally being given back to the sami people by the swedish state after being taken from graves in the 1950s to be picked over for research. well this gesture may heal some wounds new ones are being opened up as the government is accused of failing to properly deal with a cl

searching for leaked government documents that have been used in critical ports al-jazeera as andrew thomas reports from sydney. this is a joined up campaign by all the big media companies in australia this is the australian the nation my paper a stylus front page a secret stamp their unalterable made to look as though the whole thing's been redacted the rival sydney morning herald looks very similar again are adapted out school that secret stamp they're the tabloid daily telegraph and it's the same with these papers all over the country and indeed with the t.v. news as well all the media companies are trying to mount a unified concerted effort to show what they say government interference in the media is doing they point to 75 pieces of legislation passed since 2001 a sensibly to do with national security but laws that they say in fact straits the access of the people to information journalists rights to report this all came to a head in june with raids on 2 media organizations and individual journalists who work for the australia and the offices of the main a.b.c. the national broadcaster

saying that they're actually starting to cross over a little bit they could yet cross over more andrew thomas al-jazeera armadale australia. coming up on this news hour far will have action from the rugby world cup with new zealand looking in. for. incarcerated. in russia's toughest prisons stripped off their liberties. and unexpected creative opportunities. missing being called just like no other offers a chance of redemption and hope for the toilet if you. leave prison life inside and out of jail fingers and motivators on al-jazeera. and. where every. time for sports and we're joining for a linux championships here and. welcome back to the international stadium where the action is about to get underway on the final day of competition we thought so. the titles to be decided one of the closest races is expected to be the men's 1500 meters final canyon timothy chariot looking to go one better than his silver in london 2 years ago also on the track it's the men's 10000 meters final followed by the women's 100 meter hurdles in the field it's the women's long jump and the men's javelin a last eve