they transferred tourists to the capital mexico city where officials say the rains are likely to continue in mexico's west end surrounding areas. >> our meteorologist has always been tracking the situation there. what's the latest? >> with these storm systems out there across much of mexico, the rains have been coming down recently and like you said not just with the one storm, but both combined together and just to show the accumulation in the past week and you can see the track of manuel and skirted the pacific coast of mexico and dropping 300 to 400 millimeters in these areas here and also in the gulf of mexico coast with ingrid and this was a slow-moving storm system so it dropped just that tremendous amount of rainfall and that's why we're seeing that very serious threat of flooding and those images coming out with much of mexico here. now manuel is starting to reorganize that together. expect that to continue to track off with the northwest and becoming a tropical storm over the next 12 hours and then making a second landfall there out of baja, california and isolated areas could se

we have this report from the capital of mexico city. >> reporter: this is result of days of torrentialdozens of bridges and roads laid to waste. thousands of homes destroyed. tens of thousands of people made homeless. people wait anxiously for emergency rations, flown in by mexico's military. many have gone without food or water for days. and are desperate for help. >> we just want medicine and support. something to eat. >> reporter: more than 1 million people have been affected by two tropical storms that slamed in to mexico last weekend. rescue teams are finding more bodies as they reach isolated areas. survivors say the mudslides came out of nowhere. >> i was walking down a street near a store when i heard a loud noise and i just stood there and i saw how the dust and dirt began to billow up. it was like black smoke and it turned like a windmill. when i saw it was coming down i started running. >> reporter: the flooding brought other unwelcome surprises. crocodiles were spotted in the streets of alka pole co, one of the country's primary tourist destinations heavy rains washed them

. >> the mech can air force have been air lifting hundreds and bringing them here to the capital of mexico city, as they try to bring some of the thousands of people stranded in acapulco after tropical storm manuel devastated that area. we have seen people walking through chest-high water trying to evacuate their homes, the mexican military is there conducting rescue operation, trying to understand the full extent of the disaster. we think two storms hitting mexico at the same time, ingrid on the west coast and manuel on the equities, th east coast -- t coast, as they try to understand the damage to the area there. the highway from mexico city to acapulco is total reply cut off and not expected to be back in operation until friday. >> i'm meteorologist dave warren. we'll keep it there in mexico, and watch the tropical storm that are there, the first one is manuel, pacific coast of mexico it's right there the center of the storm really blew up today and slowly drifting north dumping a lot of rain over the same area. only a little further south now we have just rain and thunderstorms over souther

the main road that connects it to mexico's capital city has been cut off by widespread flooding. as a result, thousands of holidaymakers who had traveled to the pacific for the independence a weekend have found themselves still stranded in acapulco, many without basic necessities and becoming increasingly desperate to get home. the mexican red cross is helping to distribute emergency supplies . the operations continue to be hampered by the weather. >> we use helicopters to transport materials. there are many landslides. >> file tropical storm manuel has caused chaos in the western hilees, in east -- wow -- wo tropical storm manuel has caused chaos in the western states, an estimated 1.2 million people have been advised the -- have been affected. peoplere still over 50 believed to have been killed. it is believed that tropical storm manuel could strengthen again, given the streaking -- giving the stricken community little chance to recover. terrifying scenes for people in mexico. ,nd more in ottawa, canada where there was a horrific scene when a passenger car collided with a doubl

juarez, once known as a booming industrial city and a model of economic progress in mexico, has become infamous as the murder capital of the world. >> since i came here there was something really heavy moving in the city. it was a chaotic collapsing of forces. >> the official story is that the sinaloa and juarez cartels are battling for the city and the access it provides to the us drug market only a few hundred meters away. >> now there's an estimated 100-200 thousand addicts in the city. that means every street corner is worth killing for. cause every street corner is a point of sale now. every little tienda is a point of sale. >> more than 8,000 people have been killed here since 2008, the year mexican president calderon sent in the army to carry out his offensive against the cartels. 3951 people were recorded murdered in 2010 alone. we traveled to juarez try to understand how human life here came to be worth so much less than the drugs being trafficked through. >> my question was, at the beginning, okay the whole country is in a fight, why has juarez been the bloodiest? this must be related to just the story of

mexico city. >> weeks of protests with teachers in mexico city resulted in a long stand off with riot police. police used smoke to disperse them from the capital of main avenue. they have been camping out and holding daily march ons highways and avenues to protest against an education reform, a reform taking hiring and firing power from the main teacher union giving it back to the government. the plan changes also includes an evaluation system. could just be a cover for the government to privatize schools teachers say but the president say this is needed to improve the mexican students chances of competing in a globalized marketplace. protests have gone on for weeks but wednesday was different, a day after the reform was put into law. >> we won't take a step back in applying our education law. rather, we'll make sure we move forward faster to guarantee the right of all and youth to a higher quality education. reporter:>> the teachers don't care. they're now out to repeal the law. >> during the resolution and the war for independence everything was done at this conviction. there were fights and people joined because of their conviction. we're a

consulate in the capital killing two afghan soldiers under security guard. police of storm mexico city's central square clashing with teachers who are outraged at new laws the protesters had camped out there for more than two weeks of already has used tear gas to disperse them saying they wanted to clear the square for independence day celebrations and the education reforms will see new tests on teachers to judge the level of their performance. heavy violence has again broken out in the philippines between the army and a muslim rebel group despite a cease fire agreement on friday of the morrow national liberation front continues to hold one hundred people hostage in the southwestern zamboanga city more than fifty people have been killed in six days of violence fifteen thousand residents have now been forced to flee the area. and the fifth consecutive night of protests in turkey has once again seen violence between demonstrators and police activists are demanding security forces be punished for reportedly killing an opposition member who they claim was lethally hit by a tear gas canister

thousands of people have walked out on the streets in the capital of mexico protesting against the privatization of the state run oil company activist the city center where leaders of the mexican left speeches opposing the move last month the government announced its plan to end the country's seventy five year state monopoly on oil and open the market to private investors. now it is one hundred fifty days before the olympic flame is lit in sochi for the first ever winter lympics to take place here in russia with excitement growing in the countdown will be celebrated in various cities across the country meanwhile with that clock ticking are growing volunteers are doing everything they can to make sure the venues are ready before the curtain rises in february so all the athletes and visitors from around the world should have the time of their life in the black sea resort. now a u.s. federal court has imposed our gagging order on an jailed journalist barrett brown he's facing more than one hundred years in prison for his work related to exposing online surveillance and the case has already been dubbed as the latest in the persecution of investi

people have walked out onto the streets in the capital of mexico protesting against the privatization of the state run oil company activists block the city center where leaders of the mexican left delivered speeches opposing the move last month the government announced its plan to end the country's seventy five year state monopoly on oil and open the. market to private investors. and police in istanbul fired tear gas and rubber bullets at protesters they've been rallying in support of a fourteen year old who remains in a coma after being injured in june during a demonstration in gezi park activists responded by throwing rocks and molotov cocktails at the offices of the gezi protests against the urban development plan for the park contacts some square began in istanbul in late may and grew nationwide after the initial certain was dispersed heavily by police. and the bus has fallen two hundred meters into a ravine killing at least forty three people in western hamada and the vehicle pronk from a kenyan after reportedly losing control on a tough part of the road emergency teams have managed to recover forty six survivors from the wreckage s

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people have walked out onto the streets in the capital of mexico protesting against the privatization of the state run oil company activists block the city center where leaders of the mexican left delivered speeches opposing the move just last month the government announced its plan to end the country's seventy five year state monopoly on oil and open the market to private investors. now it is one hundred fifty days before the olympic flame is lit in sochi for the first ever winter olympics to take place here in russia excitement certainly growing and the milestone in the countdown will be celebrated in various cities across the country meanwhile with that clock ticking a growing army of volunteers are doing everything they can to make sure the venues are ready before the skirt and raises in february of course it will be you know starchy twenty fourteen it's poised to have the biggest price tag though when a limb pick history of the black sea resort is the warmest venue ever to host the winter games with temperatures in the city expected to be around ten degrees at the time of the event. or in just a couple of minutes here on r.t. as pro

mexico where tens of thousands of. streets in the capital protesting against the property of a state run oil company. the city center where leaders of the mexican left delivered speeches opposing the move last month the government announced its plan to end the country's seventy five year state monopoly on oil and open the market to private investors. and police in istanbul have fired tear gas and rubber bullets at protesters they've been rallying in support of a two year old boy who remains in a coma. during a demonstration in gives you part activists responded by throwing rocks and molotov cocktails at the police at the gezi protests against the open development plan for the square. may grew nationwide the initial sit in was dispersed heavily by police. a bus has fallen two hundred meters into a ravine killing at least forty three people in western quarter model of the vehicle from a kenyan offer reportedly losing control when a difficult part of the road emergency teams have managed to recover forty six survivors from the wreckage. now a u.s. federal court has imposed a gagging order on jailed journalist ba

city's seaport one of the world's busiest has also been closed. mexico has seen thousands strong rally as protesters flooded the streets of its capital to oppose newenergy reforms president and rekey pena nieto is proposing to open up the state owned oil sector to profit sharing contracts with private firms mexico's nationalization of its oil industries become a popular symbol of sovereignty many in mexico are against any foreign or private investment in that industry. hero to some traitor to others whistleblower edward snowden has not been seen in public since russia granted him asylum two months ago to find out more about his current lifestyle r.t. interview show sophie coast spoke to one of the few men in touch with the fugitive leaker you'll be able to watch the full exclusive interview with snowden's lawyer anatoly could check in at nine thirty g.m.t. in the meantime here's a quick preview. this problem you know a lot of job opportunities for him and we keep receiving job offers by telephone or mail this one you know. from google are they all coming from security services or from different organizations as well. that offers come from differen

city seaport one of the world's busiest has also been closed. mexico has seen a thousand strong rally as protesters flooded the streets of its capital to oppose newenergy reforms president in reeky pena nieto is proposing to open up the state owned oil sector to profit sharing contracts with private firms mexico's nationalization of its oil industry has become a popular symbol of sovereignty many in mexico are against any foreign or private investment in the industry. here news just into policemen have been killed in russia's republic of dagestan initial reports say they died in a car bomb explosion no more details are available at the moment we'll bring you more as it is. up next our team takes you to a football field sized island in just a few minutes. the mcmillan family in canada has decided to defy time itself and keep their family trapped in one thousand nine hundred six sort of like new age but only for one year and not their whole lives so to live in one thousand nine hundred the family forbids the use of any technology developed after the mid eighty's they want their children to experience the world they grew up in when you had to read b

city's seaport one of the world's busiest has also been closed. mexico has seen a thousand strong rally as protesters flooded the streets of its capital to oppose new energy reforms president and reka opinion yet so it's proposing to open up the state owned oil sector to profit sharing contracts with private firms xico is nationalization of its oil industry has become a popular symbol of sovereignty many in mexico are against any foreign or private investment in the industry. what has n.s.a. leaker edward snowden been doing since he accepted asylum in russia sophie shevardnadze has asked his lawyer just that that's up next. the news today violence is once again flared up. these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. giant corporations are on the day. i want to. pick up something that is quite simply. was no way. clearly they were just at the wrong place at the wrong time. and sold to the u.s. turned over to the u.s. for. the sole the birth of the law i. was saved with great over. and they wanted to turn me into a terrorist so it was they wanted me to admit that i was a member of al qaeda the taliban but i fought with t

have marched in cities across mexico and really sweeping new law that will make their salaries and jobs dependent on assessing their standards the largest really took place in the capital where demonstrators streamed through the center blocking off major roads teachers claim the law doesn't take the difficult work conditions into account and will be used by the authorities to sec them more easily. a japanese transfer vehicle has successfully detached from the international space station filled with try as now the crew maneuvered it into position using a huge robotic arm or before sending it back towards earth the ship originally brought supplies before being transformed into an orbiting waste collector and the specter to burn up on three entry over the pacific rim. romania is witnessing its largest environmental protest and process times as the thousands of people marching is resurrecting of the country's the biggest the gold mine activists of fear the poisonous substances like niger which are used in the mining process will cause a grave or biological damage the mine has been closed for the past fourteen years and parliament is expected to surge later this month and w

teachers of motion in cities across mexico and greatest sweeping new law that will make this salaries and jobs dependent on assessing their standards the largest relative place in the capital the demonstrators streamed through the center blocking off major roads teachers claimed the law doesn't take the difficult work conditions into account and will be used by the authorities to sack them more easily. romania's witnessing is the largest environmental protests in post soviet times of people much against resurrecting the country's biggest gold mine activists fear that poisonous substances like cyanide which i use in the mining prices will cause a grave biological damage the mine has been closed for the past fourteen years and parliament is expected to vote later this month and whether to reopen it. the russian president's press chief talks to r t's a sophie shevardnadze in a few minutes. iraq afghanistan the balkans somalia haiti libya yemen and so on and so on the list of engagements of airstrikes by post cold war nato just keeps getting longer and now it looks like it's serious toward a lot of people have written me asking me to predict what is going to happen next which

and the capital ankara is the third night of violent confrontations after a funeral was held for the twenty two year old who died in what people are calling disputed circumstances. to mexico city where thousands of teachers have taken to the streets again after the president signed a new law about education reform the protests have been ongoing for a month and see right here resulting in clashes and paralyzing much of mexico city the new law will see teacher's salary said just an outside monitors will evaluate and grade their performance. now more than a million people have turned out in the spanish region of catalonia pushing the claim for independence by forming a human chain of four hundred kilometers from one end to the other the calling on the national government to let them hold a referendum on separating from the rest of spain from barcelona with more. well the human childhood is so let's just. let's say it was good to have a lady up in the building with the rights to the cats a lady a little guy i meet a mold this action to put pressure on the spanish government could close catalonia independence referendum and only of course the catalonia to become an independent stat

teachers of large cities across mexico angry at a sweeping new law that will make their salaries and jobs dependent on assessing their standards a lot of us really did place in the capital where demonstrators streamed through the center blocking off major roads to just claim the law doesn't take their difficult work conditions into account and will be used by the authorities to set them more easily. egypt's interim president has used his first interview in the job to defend the military forces to topple mohamed morsy from power two months ago i was food also stood behind the government's decision to forcibly clear an opposition city in last month when a bore than six hundred people died his comments come as a military court jailed an opposition for life and fifty others to fifteen years for taking troops injuring wives in the port city of swears last month. hundred and sixty both of them coal miners have spent more than two days on the ground in protest over no wages and recruitment the demonstration was triggered when the colyer e o no such choice to hire more administrative stuff instead of increasing salaries but the company has now pledged to give workers a twenty p

city seaport one of the busiest in the world has also been closed. mexico has seen eight thousand strong rally as protesters flooded the streets of the capital to opposenew energy reforms president and reka opinion yet so is proposing to open up the state owned oil sector to profit sharing contracts with private firms mexico's nationalization of its oil industry has become a popular symbol of sovereignty many in mexico are against any foreign state foreign or private investment in the industry. up next as promised our exclusive interview with the lawyer of fugitive whistleblower edward snowden stay with us for that. the macmillan family in canada has decided to defy time itself and keep their family trapped in one thousand nine hundred six sort of like new age amish but only for one year and not their whole lives so they live in one nine hundred six the family forbids the use of any technology developed after the mid eighty's they want their children to experience the world they grew up in when you had to read books and if you're outside no one could call you and there were no tablet computers to stupefy children at a moment's notice as a parent i hav

city center and thousands of riot police deployed across the capital to try and get them out. despite the weeks of protests, police were hesitant to use force to dislodge the teachers. mexico has a history of massacres at protests from the 1960s and '70s. the operation could be a win-win for the teachers and government. the teachers can say they didn't back down, and the police can say they showed restraint. once the teachers regroup, they have to decide whether to return to the classes or keep up the fight against government. adam raney, al jazeera, mexico city. >>> just ahead on the program. >> i'm nick spicer on a tour of germany ahead of the federal election. we're looking at voters tempted by the far left and far right. >>> a shortage of sand could spell trouble for florida's tourism industry. there's more to financial news than the ups and downs >>> these are the top stories on al jazeera. talks between the u.s. and russia on syria's chemical weapons are into a third day in geneva. the russian foreign minister, sergei lavrov and u.s. secretary of state kerry have been seen in discussions outside the hotel. the u.s. president is open to a u.n. resolution not backed by

city center and thousands of riot police deployed across the capital to try to get them out. despite the weeks of protests, police had been hesitant to use force to dislodge the teachers. mexicoistory of mass kr-rz at protests from 1960s and 70s the operation could be a win-win, the teachers can say they didn't back down and the police can say they showed restraint. once the teachers regroup they have to decide whether to return to the classes or keep up their fight against the government. al jazerra, mexico city. >> here with the weather next and then we are in south sudan where u.n. peacekeepers are trying to protect members of tribesing from killed. tribesfrom being killed. >> reporter: i am here in germany looking at voters tempt pedestrian ted bee the far left and far right. what happens when social media uncovers unheard, fascinating news stories? it drives discussion across america. share your story on tv and online. of the dow. for instance, can fracking change what you pay for water each month? have you thought about how climate change can affect your grocery bill? can rare minerals in china affect your cell phone bill? or how a hospital in texas could drive up your

mexico city. >> reporter: weeks of protests result in this, a long standoff with riot police. police use smoke to disperse them from the capital'sain avenue. they've been camping out in the main plaza and holding daily marches on highways and aefrns to protest against the pending education reform, a reform that takes hiring and firing power from the main teachers union back to the government. the plan changes also include an evaluation system. teachers say this could be a cover for the government to privatize schools, but the president says the reform is needed to improve mexican students' chances of competing in a globalized marketplace. although the protests have went on for weeks, wednesday's demonstration was different. it's a day after the reform was put into law. >> translator: we won't take a step back in applying the education law. rather, we will make sure we move forward faster to guarantee the right of all children and youth to a higher quality education. >> reporter: the teachers say they don't care. they're now out to repeal the law. >> translator: during the revolution and the war for independence, everything was d

cities with over the last six months we have the greatest profit margin. but i do agree that flagstaff but also albuquerque. the next expansion of real capital is today mexicomelissa: what is the most important thing to keep in mind and what to upgrade first? >>. >> my overall concept when you buy a house they will flip it is not just a pate and throw in some carpet i like to find a house that you can upgrade the lifestyle. i'll look for homes that meet the needs of today's buyers. open floor plans or the potential to create privacy. some of the stuff that people want now. i look for homes that have a great bonus with basic problems, not teardowns but those. >> that is a lot of religious speech give me some examples. >> i tell her -- i look for a kitchen that will open to the dining room. that is simple blood cavanaugh and load bearing wall. that is easy. i also look for houses were access is built into the outside. if the rooms go out i want to put in french stores a very easy to do not out the window and a bill but that people almost double the size of the room without actually having to add any more square footage. melissa: how much she'd be able to expe

city center and thousands of riot police deployed across the capital to try to get them out. despite the weeks of protests police had been hesitant to use force to dislodge the teachers. mexico a history of massacres as protests. the operation could be a win-win for both the eachers and government. the teachers can say they didn't back down and the police can say they showed restraint. once the teachers regroup, they'll have to decide whether to return to their classes or keep up their fight against the government. adam, al jazerra, mexico city. >> recalling nearly 200,000 cards and suvs because of a problem with an air bag censor. the recall includes. no injuries have been reported and owners will be located next month. a rare brain-eating a 1 ameba hs been discovered in the water supply. >> shane, lets concentrate here on this little area. is this good for you right here. >>> jeff had been sprucing up the yard for weeks. >> let's see if i can't pull some of them. >> reporter: after all he's expecting the whole family. >> sunday we are having a big blowout here if my dad. the whole family 50 people will be here swiming in my swimming pool. >> reporter: but he and his wife m