that's the news from the news hour team with david foster.r now, we have more coming up after the break. al jazeera. >> welcome to al jazeera. i'm tony harris. here are your headlines. we are just over four days away from a partial government shutdown, and there appears to be some progress. house republicans are considering adding a delay in implementing parts of the healthcare law to a bill to raise the nation's debt limit. that bill will come up for debate next month. the foreign ministers of the five permanent members of the u.n. security council plus germany are scheduled to meet in an hour's time. the ministers will discuss iran's nuclear program. on the sidelines u.s. secretary of state john kerry will be meeting with his iranian counterpart. it will be

david foster, we're here to recap the top stories. rescuers are struggle to help victims of a powerful earthquake in remote southwest pakistan. is. >>> thousands of people are feared homeless and the 7.7 magnitude earthquake. >>> bodies of al-shabab fighters might be found in the rubble of the shopping mall in nairobi after a siege that left 72 people dead. several countries are help the kenya with investigation of the dead. >>> turkish security forces are searching for prisoners who escaped from prison. it is just in southeast turkey. they dog a 17-meter long tunnel out of the jail. >> rebels in syria appears to have taken over a facility close to the border of jordan. one of the group responsible for the raid is an al-qaeda backed group. these pictures are said to have been taken in deraa province. we cannot independently verify that is the case, however. >> apparently showing an air raid, we can't say that that's what it is, but that's what we've been told. >>> u.n. weapons inspectors have come back into damascus continuing their i

>> welcome to the al jazeera news hour, david foster. this is what we have for you in the course of the next 60 minutes. more fighting in damascus and the battle for control of the town near the turkish border. we have the latest from syria. >>> we'll take to you mexico where people are lining up to receive aid after two storms sub merge their towns. south african police lied and fabricated evidence in the americana live shootings. >> reporter: we'll have the latest from london. and the burning issue for anglega merkel, could an anti-euro party about to win seats in germany's parliament. >> in recent days much of the focus has been about what to do with serious chemical weapons, but on the ground the civil war is showing no signs of easing. activists say car bombs explode on the outskirts of the damascus, the capital, killing 20 people. the blast struck a building east of the city center. these are pictures showing smoke rising from what is said to be the site of that explosion. >>> turkey has closed one of its border crossings with syri

. >> and a warm welcome, david foster for this al jazeera news hour.this is what is coming up in the next 60 minutes. we'll show you the evidence says russia that syria's president did not carry out the chemical attack that killed 1400 people. >>> no. mexico floods and torrential rains, more bad weather on the way. >> news from europe

. >> and a warm welcome, david foster for this al jazeera news hour. this is what is coming up in the next 60 minutes. we'll show you the evidence says russia that syria's president did not carry out the chemical attack that killed 1400 people. >>> no. mexico floods and torrential rains, more bad weather on the way. >> news from europe including anger in greece as member of the far right is arrested for stabbing a left wing activist dead. >>> and berlusconi waves goodbye to his senate seat. as he awaits his fate. >> well, russia is claiming it now has proof that the syrian government did not launch a deadly chemicals weapons attack, and it said it will soon show this to the u.n. security council. it said that it already has the evidence but decided to leave it out of the u.n. inspectors weapons report. >>> a visit in which syrian president bashar al-assad praised his apply for helping to create what he calls a new global balance. the exact nature of the syrian evidence has not yet been disclosed but russian said this new information may challenge the u

>> and this is the al jazeera news hour with me, david foster. a warm welcome. in the next 60 minutes syria sia will destroy chemical weapons. >>> and u.s.-iran herald a new chapter. >> anchor over rising fuel prices spill own the streets of sudan. >> reporter: i have the news from europe, including the latest from climate change talks in swede. human activity is the cause of global warming says a new u.n. report. >> beginning the news hour with syria, an international community pushing hard for the first united nations resolution on the country. the foreign minister has spoken with our james basen. did he have a lot to say. >> reporter: it was a snatched encountered he didn't want to speak at all. he said that syria would comply with an u.n. resolution if there was an u.n. resolution. we think it will be. it's a done deal. the prohibition of chemical weapons is meeting in two hours time. we've seen this, a draft of decision that we think they're going to adopt. and then after that the united nations will meet here in new york. let's hear from the new foreign mi

>> and warm welcome to this madge news hour with me, david foster. these are our top stories. over the next 60 minutes world leaders address issues of syria and iran at the united nations general assemblie assembly in n. >> we have shamed and stopped our attackers. >> killing many palestinians in the west bank. >> reporter: hello, we have the latest from europe including greenpeace activists could face 15 years in prison for trying to crime an off-coast drilling unit in the arctic. >> president obama said diplomacy must be tested when dealing with iran's nuclear program. there will be a success of world leaders talking over the course of the next few days as well as mr. obama, we're expecting the new iranian president. there see the president of colombia. we're talking on syria, mr. obama said the u.s. was commit to finding a political solution. our diplomatic editor reports. >> reporter: president obama came to the united nations to layout his vision of the middle east and the u.s.' future involvement in the region. a detailed explanation of involvement in syria, the palestin

. >> i'm david foster with you. france and russia are still divided over what to do next in syria.french foreign minister said evidence in the u.n. report proves that syria's involvement in last month's chemical attack positive. >>> the fbi telling reporters it believes the expecte suspected n aaron alexis acted alone. he brought legally purchased shotgun into the complex. >>> 17 dead, 80 hurt, the target appears to be shia neighborhoods. >>> arrested with two other brotherhood members in an argument in cairo. in the wider crackdown of the movement by the military backed government. >>> and gunmen killed an egyptian officer in the nile delta region. the alleged attack took place in el sharqyah. the officer was killed and three others injured when attackers fired on his vehicle. >>> the police chief taken hostage in the southern philippines city of zamboanga was released. we have reports now from zamboanga city. >> more thon a hundred hostage versus been rescued by the military. three soldiers were killed in the operation which came after the heaviest day of fighting. >> we were cau

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david de jesus finally ends this marathon can with an rbi single. the rays take sole position of the wild card spot in the al. arian fosteraid he was git getting money up front. accepted money after becoming so broke in his senior year in tennessee, that he had to choose between eating and paying the rent. he wants to draw attention to what he believes are unfair ncaa rules for amateur athletes. while those ncaa rules prevents players from getting paid foster says he doesn't think he did anything wrong. >>> coaches already on the hot seat three weeks into the season. our michael eaves and grant watson kicked around the idea of which coach is most likely to get kicked out first. >> i think bo polini, ma mack brown, bo polini is going to be interesting this week, to see how the crowd reacts after his rant. saying he had fair weather fans. i don't know what the memorial fans are going to do, are they going to boo him or say nothing? in terms of ones and losses, bo polini is in a better position right now. >> the pac 12 as a conference is off the a 23 and four start and on pace to set a new conference mark for nonconference w

foster, retired educator. given that more fight died lasted member board, do you seek -- this is what the media is saying. d.c. politics in america moving toward the david broder changing of the guard philosophy? demographically you are right. >> their rising part of the population is a minority part of the population. there are two big parts of the population. one is the aging baby boomers. and so the older vote is actually growing, and the other is young voters and particularly young hispanics. and that inevitably will change our politics, but not just young hispanics. young voters in particular. they're growing up in a world which is different than the one that most of us grew up in. it is a much more diverse world, and much more tolerant world on some social issues. and it is an economically quite challenging world which is affecting people's attitudes as they start to enter the political process and i believe at this point that the democrats believe that that will work for there advantage, but, as i said, these things are organic and just as bill clinton kind of rethought and redefine the democratic party after three consecutive losses during the r

foster greater market -- domestically. i think the exchange rate is a key priority. >> i suspect, david, in a distance from -- [inaudible] have a different view. steve, i want to ask you. you do you think it's a priority? [inaudible] just from china's own interest as marcus laid out. go you think it's a priority now? >> the point on the cushion, the buffer is very important, and as china commits to increasing market base transformation and having a flexible currency is an important part of the adjustment mechanism for any market-based economy. they know that. they have managed it a good deal higher over the last eight years. but management and market-based flexibility are two different things. they are calling in the right direction. there's no doubt in my mind that's where they're headed. there's a number of pieces that have to fall in place before they get there. >> both of you talked about urbanization as something that the government is keen on and promoting. given what you said, steve. about where things stand on the social safety net. and david, you talk about labor market. do you see urbanization -- oh reform. or what

. >> and a warm welcome from me, david foster, and these are our top stories over the next 60 minutes. hundreds injured in an earthquake in pakistan. aids run to help victims of the 7.7 magnitude earthquake. >>> in kenya they're searching for bodies of al-shabab fighters