on the border of borneo's remaining rain forest destruction is closing in. most of the haze is coming from the fires in the peat land and though this seems to be under control, deep down the fire can rage many months and flare up every minute. president joko widodo has, increases the fire risk. the government admits more should have been done to prevent this disaster. >> from the start of the year the president has already warned to prevent the fires. his orders were very clear. the factors, the fires did happen, mean our preventative measures have to be improved. >> reporter: indonesian deposit leaders have yet to involve the communities considered crucial to solve the crisis. indonesia's disaster agent hopes to stop the fires by the end of the moo, a prition many say is far toprediction many saysis fa. step vaessen, al jazeera. >>> unauthorized loans from state owned banks this year. president dilma rousseff campaigned for reelection. opponents of the president have demanded her recall. >>> the fate of the most powerful man in world football may be decided

haze from fires in sumatra and borneo have drifted into singapore for weeks. this shows fumes of smoke billowing from indonesia. red marks are hot spots where nasa sensors detected fires. >> borneo's forest, considered a major supplier of the planet's oxygen are on fire, emitting dangerous greenhouse grasses instead. burning in peat, they are almost impossible to stop. it is causing tens of thousands of indonesians to fall ill. the government has sent in the military, but experts say it's all too little, too late. this was known that indonesia would be hit by drought due to the el niÑo weather pattern. >> a story about enforcement. i think the government has all the regulations and the intention to stop this from happening, but it's about enforcement. again, most of the work that will be meaningful should have been done before the fires happened, before the el niÑo year happened. >> to protect one of the last remaining rain forests, his conservation company has hired villagers who traditionally practice slash and burn techniques instead of setting them on fire

. >> reporter: borneo's peatland fires, a major supplier of the planet's oxygen are on fire, emitting greenhouse gas. the fires raging in the thick layers of peat and impossible to stop it. they are causing a haze of spoke which has spread beyond indonesia's border, causing tens of thousands of indonesian to fall ill. experts say it's too little, too late. it was no months ago that indonesia would be hit by drought. >> a story about enforcement. and the intention to stop this from happening. most of the work that will be meaningful should have been done before the fire happened. before the el nino year happened. >> to protect a rainforest. the conservation company hired villages that practised slash and burn techniques instead of setting them on fire. 200,000 hectares of greece. >> every time we planned trees we never get the chance to grow and be productive. they are destroyed by fire. that's why they help stop the fire. >> it's not only borneo's farmers, plantation ownsers do too. 200 companies are suspected of causing fires. one has lost its licence. a palm oil company next to the

>>reporter: it's not only borneo's farmers who burn to clear land. planation owners. more than 200 companies are suspected of causing fires. so far only one has lost its license. >> on the border of one of borneo's's remaining rain forests, this section is closing in. most of the haze is coming from here. although this one seems now to be under control, deep down, the fire can range on for many months and flare up every minute. >>reporter: the president has instructed canals should be dug to keep the land wet to stop the fires but experts warn that actually drains water and increasing the fire risk. the government admits more should have been done to prevent this disaster. >> from the start of the year the president has already warned to prevent the fires. his orders were very clear. the fact is the fires did happen meaning our preventive measures have to be improved. >>reporter: government leaders have yet to involve the communities considered crucial to solve the crisis. the disaster agency hopes to stop the fires by the end of the month. a prediction many say is fa

. >> borneo, forests tha are on fire. the government in the middle, but experts say it's all too little too late. it was a month ago that it was hit by drought due to the el niÑo weather appearance. >> i think the government has all the regulations, and they have intention to stop this from happening. but it's about enforcement. again, most of the work that will be meaningful should have been done before the fire happened. before the el nino years happened. >> to protect one of the last remaining rain forests conservation company has hired villages who traditionally practice slash and burn techniques instead of setting them on fire. >> every time we plant trees they never get the chance to grow and to be productive because they're always destroyed by fire. that's why i have decided to help stop the fire. >> it's not only borneo's farmers who burn to clear land. plantation owners do, too. nearly 200 companies are suspected of causing fire. so far only one has lost its license. the oil company the villages are trying to pro

showers in borneo, into a good part of the philippines, and it will change in the next couple of daysno signs of useful rain over the next few days. >> thank you very much. staying with indonesia, they are seeking international help to put out the fires that sent a choking haze across south-east asia. an after weeks spent insisting they could deal with it alone. president joko widodo expects assistance from russia, japan, malaysia and soing pore -- singapore. it set to be the worse. haze has been drifting across neighbouring singapore for weeks. the n.a.s.a. satellite image fan in september shows plumes of smoke billowing across south-east asia. the red marks are hot sports where n.a.s.a.'s temperatures are associated. we have this report. >> borneo's forests, considered a major supplier of the planet's oxygen is on fire. emitting dangerous greenhouse gases instead. the fires raging inside the thick layers of peat are nearly impossible to stop. they are causing a haze of smoke that spread beyond indonesia's borders. causing tens of thousands to fall ill. the government brought in the

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this sunday at 9:00 p.m., you're going to take us to borneo. you've went there, right? you about america there? >> i think, like much of the world, they look at us as a hopeful place, a hopeful and increasingly strange place, that they would like to come. >> what's with the bare chest here? what's going on? >> i made the terrible mistake of get a traditional hand-tapped tattoo. while in borneo, i wanted to do like the triple elders who were covered with this fantastic tattoos. i thought, how bad can it hurt? it hurt, a lot. >> and it's still there? a permanent tattoo? >> yeah. >> i'll take a look to make sure right after. anthony bourdain returns to borneo on the next episode of "parts unknown," this sunday at 9:00 p.m. eastern. >> don't try this at home. >> ah, there it is! thank you. we'll be right back. hritis... ordinary objects often seemed... intimidating. doing something simple... meant enduring a lot of pain. if ra is changing your view of everyday things orencia may help. orencia works differently by targeting a source of ra early in the inflammation process. f

. >> what was borneo like? >> borneo is really an amazing place.g. they believe in something called, i hope i get this, jalabai think it is. basically, a ritual of leaving your tribe to go out and gather experience. so all the young people are encouraged to leave, go elsewhere, learn things, get tattoos around the world, and return, and share that information. which i think is a, a laudable ambition i can relate to. malaysia, of which borneo a part, some of the best food in the world. i have a particular love and affection for their -- their sort of soups and noodles and spicy china-straight-style dishes. a very happy place for me. a country i spent a lot of time, have some friends. have some emotional connections. so this was a return to a place i really care about. >> okay. awesome. and now too, from wild and crazy places like borneo to ca charleston, south carolina. awesome shrimp and grits, made many different ways. love charleston so much. one of your biggest takeaways was the waffle house? >> i've been to borneo twice, and yet i've never in a

. >> stephen: this year, in the series, you're going to cuba, borneo, u.s. open, and other mysterious exotic places like charleston, south carolina. >> yes. >> stephen: i understand the locals there are just beautiful and intelligent. >> it's awesome. >> stephen: i'm from charleston. what did you learn about charleston on the trip? what did you do? >> first of all, it's really a food capital. the food there is amazing. >> stephen: did you have shrimp? >> yes. hoppenjon? >> i had all of those things but i discovered the joy of the watchwaffel house. talk about compositeica. i had never been. it's apparently a place you can go and no matter how wrecked or obnoxious you are or late at night they're nice to you. >> stephen: it really improves the food if it's 2:00 a.m. and you are hammered drunk. >> i had the best time there. >> stephen: the nice thing about the waffle house is the ( laughter ) you don't have to be able to-- you don't have to read. you just go, "i'll take the pretty one." >> it's helpful. >> stephen: you did something that looks extremely painfu

that's why i have decided to help stop the fire. >> reporter: it's not only borneo's farmers who burnand. plantation owners do too. nearly 200 companies are suspected of causing fires, so far only one has lost its license. a palm oil company next to the rain forest the villagers are trying to protect is under investigation. >> reporter: this section is closing in, most of the haze is coming from fires in this pete land, and although this land seems to be now under control, deep down the fire can rage on for many months and flair up every minute. the president has instructed canals should be dug to keep the land wet to stop the fires, but experts warn that actually drains water and increases the fire risk. >> reporter: the government admits more should have been done to prevent this disaster. >> translator: from the start of the year, the president has already warned to prevent the fires. his orders were very clear. the fact is the fires did happen. meaning our preventative measures have to be improved. >> reporter: indonesian government leaders have yet to involve the communities cons

not just due to fires out here in indonesia, but even extending out across parts of borneo. you just have that smoke continuing the stream out there towards the west. it's really not going to improve until november when you start to get the northeast monsoon in. quickly, i do want to mention, we still have choi-wan moving off towards the north. i'll leave you now your extended outlook. >>> and that's all for this edition of "newsline." i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. thanks for joining us. >> "euromaxx highlights." and here's your host, meggin leigh. >> hi, everyone, and welcome to the best picks of the week on our highlights show. here's what we've chosen for you. drone races are all the rage here in germany. headbangers sail the baltic sea. the german wine trail is a great place to chill out. >> life is full of surprises. that is certainly the case for trong hieu nguyen, a young vietnamese man living here in germany. not long ago, he was on a simple trip to vietnam to visit relatives and spontaneously auditioned for the talsh

no one has claimed responsibility, but borneo state is home to the group of boko haram. at least 17,000 have lost their lives at the hands of boko haram, and more than 2.5 million have lost their homes. >>> police in the republic of congo face the main opposition leader under house arrest ahead of a controversial referendum on sunday. they protest about the plans by the president to keep his hands on power. we have the report. >> reporter: there's a tense atmosphere in the capital. police try to clean up streets and remove barricades left behind from anti-government protests. the capital seems quieter than usual. some have left the city ahead of sunday's referendum. there's a heavy security presence in some opposition strongholds. >> they can all die, see? so i got fear. i want to restore peace, and the government is there to secure people. >> translator: the police come and shoot us and throw grenades. the people are oppressed. we need to find a solution to this problem. >> reporter: the opposition is protesting changes to the constitution. it has an age limit and says

on this week's episode of "parts unknown," anthony bourdain travelled to the island of borneo. like a mini mouse logo. their food is unbelievably good. oh, yeah. black pepper, right here. reveal yourself to me, my love. oh! >> hot -- hot, hot, hot! whew. oh, yeah. >> mouth-watering here. i'm lucky, you're lucky, because anthony bourdain jeans my right now. anthony, you've been all over the world ands not often you get to go back to these places to reconnect with people you meet. i think of my own travels and you'll have that special person, but it's rare you get to go back and reconnect, essentipecially r away and so remote. why did you choose this place to go back to? >> borneo and this particular village was a very special place for me, in that it was really as far as i'd ever been from my previous life until i arrived there ten years ago. i never experienced anything like it, and it was a very emotional time for me. the people there were lovely. i never sat with people who had actually been -- had a tradition of head-hunting. it was an extraordinary experience. i promised th

the attackers hit a mosque near maiduguri, the capital of borneo state. three suicide bombers killed seven. a state of emergency has been in place over two years as part of a military provision. ahmed idris has the latest. >> reporter: two suicide bombers apparently attacked muslim worshippers in a mosque. and one of the bombs went off inside the mosque and the other outside of it. those on the scenes say 25 people were killed in between explosions. 26 others injured. reports of the blast according to eyewitnesss destroyed the mosque ass wore shiffers were praying. >> seven died after a coast guard ship crashed into a boat carrying refugees, off the coast of lesbos. a baby and three children are among the dead. 31 were rescued. the vessel was trying to flee from the coast guard. the european union and turkey agreed on a plan to ensure refugees stay in turkey. e.u. leaders will make sure turkey is not used as a transit country, and the issue topped the agenda at a summit in brussels. >> european leaders arrived in brussels facing multiple challenges. the w

killed at least 55 people. 28 died in an attack during friday prayers at maiduguri, the capital of borneo state, the birthplace of boko haram. a separate explosion killed at least 27 people nearby >>> still ahead on al jazeera. >> i'm david mercer in gaut rur -- guatemala, and i tell you how the tax rate leads to one of the highest rates of child malnutrition. >>> and inside the archives to find out how millions of records are kept in order. i just had a horrible nightmare. my company's entire network went down, and i was home in bed, unaware. but that would never happen. comcast business monitors my company's network 24 hours a day and calls and e-mails me if something, like this scary storm, takes it offline. so i can rest easy. what. you don't have a desk bed? don't be left in the dark. get proactive alerts 24/7. comcast business. built for business. >>>hello again, you are watching al jazeera, a reminder of the headlines - u.s. secretary of state john kerry is in the middle east trying to process on with a diametric push in sire ja. it's a die after jordan agreed to coordinate air str

the attackers targeted a mosque near maiduguri, the capital of borneo. on wednesday three suicide bombers killed seven nearby. a state of emergency has been in place over the past two years as part of a military occupation. >> we have the latest from maiduguri. >> basically two suicide bombers attacked muslim worshippers in a mosque. one bomb went off inside the oftening. and the other outside of it. the total number are put at 14, but who was on the scene, at least 25 were killed in between. 26 others have been injured. the force of the blast, according to eyewitnesss destroyed the mosque, as worshippers prayed. probably they'd have more dead as a result of the two exclusions. >> nigeria's president crowed to defeat boko haram by the end of the year, vowing to carry out more attacks. they were asked if that goal was realistic. >> whenever i take that we mention it. we don't hide anything from anybody. in terms of occupied ground, we gain ground and boko haram is virtually confined. and operations are well coordinated. it comes by the end of there, coinc

we have a report, 100km from maiduguri, the capital of borneo state. >> reporter: this is a community trying to get back on its feet, brick by brick. every government building in this town has been destroyed. schools, police, homes and hospitals have been attacked. those that can have left. many call it home. 80-year-old and his family live in a destroyed government building, displaced by war and desperate. boko haram destroyed my home. members of my family have been killed or displaced. i don't know where else to go or what to do. >> reporter: the government is planning to spend 5 million reconstructing the town. this man hopes it will trickle down to people like him. bombs are exploding in in north-eastern nigeria. there is optimism. boko haram fighters attacked the towns several times, destroying most of it. the regional government is taking a gamble, pouring millions into infrastructure. that once again could be targets of boko haram attacks. >> reporter: the damage to infrastructure is massive. with most of the state regarding help, government leaders say they are spending hundre

today we are headed to borneo in the south china sea. we'll meet some colorful characters. i saw one right there. >> look at him. >> and get grossed out in a bat cave. >> golly days. >> and cockroaches. >> it's a far

. >> reporter: borneo's forest ares fire. emitting dangerous greenhouse gases instead of oxygen. raging inside the thick layers of pete and nearly impossible to stop. they are causing a haze of smoke causing 10s of those of indonesian to his fall ill. the government has sent in the military but experts say it's all too little too late. it was known months ago that i indonesia would be hit by drought d due to the el nino weather pattern. >> i think the government has all the regulations, and the intention to stop this from happening. but it's about enforcement. again, most of the work that will be meaning. should have been done before the fires happened. before the el nino year happened. >> reporter: to protect one of the last remaining rain forests, this conservation company have hired villagers who traditionally practice slash and burn tech makes instead of setting them on fire the former loggers and farmers now guard 200,000 heck tars of carbon-rich trees. >> translator: every time we plant trees they never get a chance to grow and be productive because they are always destroye

smoke in borneo has spread across southeast asia causing respiratory illnesses and forcing the president short a trip to the u.s.. a strong el niÑo has made this year's haze one of the worst on record. geopolitical pressures on emerging markets, let's take a closer look at other pressures ahead of thearkets two day meeting of the fed. october has been a strong month with investors putting almost emergingon back into markets stocks. our next guest continues to see opportunities here. ricardo is head of emerging markets at babson capital management. more opportunities but a lot of volatility, to be sure. where are you seeing some bright spots? spot, clearest bright interest rates or an attractive proposition for investors. global rates have been coming down for a long time, emerging-market rates still have a lot more room to go down. >> which markets are most prepared and which are not? >> the one that is artist is china but it has the most resources. we like to see currencies that are floating so they have a self adjusting mechanism. we just saw some video in indonesia with the hades star

this place in borneo, the epicenter of some of the worst of the haze, we saw numbers here, pollutionex readings up above 2,000 over the past few week ps .and that's five or six times the hazardous level. but i want you to take a look behind me. what's absolutely remarkable. we talk about the haze and the pollution and tens of millions of people living in harm's way. it all starts here. this is one example of the carbon-rich soil that when it's dried out, when it's cleared, when it's drained turns into a tinderbox ignites. most of these fires set illegally. we saw a local team of the firefighters head out here. we're in an airport on the outskirts of the city. there were smoldering spots. smoke is coming out. why these fires are so challenging to fight and why it's not as simple as, you know, taking a hose and fighting the burning trees is 245 pete burns not only at the surface but underground. we saw their efforts last about 90 minutes, mixing water and chemicals together, kind of a frothy mix targeting all the smokey spots. they had some success and moved on. this is just one fire,

the blast has taken place in the capital of borneo state. we are into maidugari on the phone now. what more do you know about these explosions? >> actually, rather than say three suspected suicide-bombers arrived asking for directions, and the people got suspicious and then challenged them. that's when they set off their devices and security forces in the area told al jazeera that they suspect these are the works of--this is the work of suicide-bombers. by the way, it is an area that has been targeted repeatedly by boko haram. in one ma alone they've attacked that area two times prior to tonight's attack, and they have killed dozens of people in that particular area. >> and ahmed, any words on casualties? >> my sources are telling me that at least seven people died including the three suicide-bombers. they're not sure the number of people who have been injured because of the blast. it's possible that the numbers could go higher than that by the time everything clears. right now maidugari is under lock, and it's under curfew until probably tomorrow we'll get a better picture. in th

>> suicide bombings killed 5 people. 28 died in an attack in the north-eastern si, the capital of borneo state. a separate explosion killed at least 27 people. >> they have called for talks on the crisis. up to 50,000 entered the country. we sent this report from the slovenian town. >> another leg for another 1,000 or more weary refugees, another never ending ordeal. >> we are so tired, we are suffering. ali from iraq wanted one thing clear. he is not here by choice. >> i love my country, but we are a threat from militias. >> reporter: you can see from the ground that this is a well-worn route. and these are the latest refugees to arriving in slovenia, and the numbers keep on coming. >> that is a burden slovenia says it cannot bear. without e.u. money, man power and mutual agreement. police released a video showing the croatian authorities, leading refugees towards an illegal border crossing. the slovenian prime minister is frustrated. they send people to us in an uncontrolled way. they do not tell us where they will send the people. they push them through the border unexpectedly. someti

across parts of borneo, the levels are very, very high, unpleasant. >> if you look at the satellite. you see not much in the way of cloud. it looks like it will continue in this vain. moving north, we had heavy rain recorded across parts of china, close to hong kong. 24 hour rainfall totals. and further heavy rain. >> meanwhile. up in the far north of the reason there was a cloud feature there. there was a weather front here. they'll move up to the coral islands in and have an impact on al qaeda, chilly conditions, and could be torrential rain. >> let's bring pictures in from brussels. that is what is going on right now. what we are looking at is demonstrations against austerity, austerity being a common theme for many european countries struggling from the aftermath of the financial crisis, those people unhappy with the measures brought in, that they feel are impacting society in the wrong way >>> still to come on al jazeera. inmates take over a prisoner in brazil, threatening to throw hostages from the rooftops. >> gambling with the sports teams, and there are suctions it's not a l

. >> reporter: smoke from indonesia's burning land blankets the forests of sumatra and borneo islandsple who live there. with pollution readings in one province at the highest dangerous level and cases of respiratory illness up 250% since last month, many families on sumatra are bringing their young children to a temporary shelter in a government office building. >> translator: it's safe here because this place is sterilized. the air is clean, unlike outside. my child was coughing before he came, but now he is fine. >> reporter: that's that's a temporary reprieve for some, the haze isn't going anywhere. in indonesia, illegal forest fires often set to clear land for agriculture. but dry conditions exacerbated by the effects of the strongest el nino since 1997 have sent the fires and the smoke billowing out of control. parts of indonesia, malaysia, singapore and other neighboring countries are now engulfed in haze. the indonesian government is pleading for help, asking for planes that can carry more water. >> translator: we have already asked for help from singapore. the process is ongo