jazeera. >> gabrielle, adrian pointed out the chinese market down 30% since june. what he didn't add, it had gone up by 140% in little over a year. so a correction, perhaps. what is the sense, of what is happening in new york? similar things or just falling? >> no, very similar. it's falling. the question is, this is a correction, that's what everybody is saying. the question is, is this a short term correction or is it a long term correction? and that's what no one really has the answer to right now. clearly from the volatile day we've had in new york in the stock exchange, it's very much a day that was sell sell sell, now it's buy buy buy. it's almost made up all the losses the dow since the opening over a thousand points losses when the market opened up. so it's definitely an issue of a market correction but last time we saw something like this, april 2011. but it's two different things compared now to then. then, the u.s. unemployment rate was 9% back in april 2011. today it's 5%. the economy on much more sostled footing. the chinese economy was on better footi

al jazeera's gabriel elizondo explains. >> it's a book like no other.e to read but to save lives. it's called the drinkable book. it's pages are made from technologically advanced paper a made of silver nano particles that kill water-borne diseases. imagine it being like coffee filters being pages of a book. here's how it works. each piece of paper or filter can be torn out of the book. the paper is slid into an especially designed filter box, dirty water can be poured through, and safe drinking waters comes out. >> at the end of the day, the hero is the technology. >> it was invented over several years by a chemist at carnegie-mellon university. >> we're testing these filter papers in a few different countries and evaluate the water quality before and after filtration. in south africa, ghana, and bangladesh, what i reported on the filters have also been tested in kenya, and the results were that 99.9% of the bacteria were killed by the paper, which is basically as good as tap water. >> more than 500 million people don't have access to clean water, and

and let's go live to the united nations and speak to al jazeera gabrielle and bring us up to date ofe learning about these allegations. >> reporter: diane corner the deputy head of mission in the central african republic held a video conference call with reporters at the u.n. and gave us a little bit more detail about these troubling allegations of sexual misconduct by u.n. peace keepers in that country. first she confirmed that there have been 13 allegations or cases of sexual misconduct by peace keepers since last september, september of 2014 when the peace keeping mission began. of those she said nine involve minors. one as young as 11 years old. she also said out of the 13 cases only one has been ruled or thrown out because of unsubstantiated allegations. the other 12 are still being investigated and as you said the really key line out of this is so far zero, absolutely no convictions in any of these cases. this is all coming at a very troubling time. it was just last week the u.n. secretary-general ban ki-moon fired the head of his mission the central african public after allega

gabriel elizondo, al jazeera. >> we shouldn't be rejoicing and celebrating that this mechanism has been set up. bringing those responsible to justice for a number of reasons look it's pretty evident that these are chlorine cansters that have been weaponized. they were delivered by syrian helicopters so one you see them it would be quite easy for this investigateing, one would actually in fact admit to being a participant in these atrocities. however i think that's very unlikely to happen in any are suggest that we're going to find a smoking gun between the use of these weapons and whether i think most people hope is that it falls at the feet of bashar al-assad. i think the chances of that happening are virtually nonexistent. >> average answer capital of kabul, are killed nearly 40 people and injured hundreds more. next nearest a nato military base where five workers were killed. jennifer glasse reports. >> the taliban claimed responsibility for the bombing bomber was wearing a police uniform and trying to get into the academy. across town there was another attack near kabul's airport no

gabriel elizondo al jazeera at the united nations. >> sunday marks a year since a white police officer in the united states in the state of ferguson shot and killed michael brown an unarmed black teenager. brown's death sparked weeks of often violent protest. kristin saloomey is in ferguson for what has changed sidge sinc. >> a tribute to one of their own. marking the anniversary of michael brown's death. this benefit one of many this weekend was organized by his father, mike brown, senior. backstage, there was reflection of what changed michael brown's life and eventually this city. >> in every city, whenever a cop kills a black person that's unarmed unjustly people are going to respond. >> reporter: around ferguson, reminders are everywhere. it was right here that michael brown was shot after being confronted by police for shoplifting. it's a makeshift memorial. federal authorities have cleared darren wilson for any wrongdoing. but there was an investigation of the city, fueling sometimes violent reaction to brown's arrests. sympathy marches spread around the country as did stories o

gabriel elizondo, al jazeera, united nations. >> investors are keeping an eye on china's stock market as it reopens. there is caution a day after the government cut interest rates and injected cash into the banking system. global stock markets are clinging to dollars in a four-day sell 16 spot by fears slowing chinese economy could push the world into a recession. we have this report from beijing. >> when china central bank cuts interest rates by one quarter on tuesday it was hoped that would have an affect on the market. on wednesday morning when the markets opened in asia pacific, yes it did have an affect on many of the regional neighbors to china, but the focus was on the shangha change high composite. most of the regional market, japan, kia, they're up only slightly. the interest rate cut allows more money from the bank to be loaned to businesses, to exporter who is have a short form in their cash flow as exports are now on their way out or the christmas market from the chinese manufacturers. it's important to try to bolster and help those industrialists. >> thailand says its bus

gabrielle with al jazeera, new york. >>> well there you go you can see our culture page on the website and that is where you can go al jazeera.com to keep up to date with all the stories we have been telling you about on this show. back in a few seconds with another update. . >> it's been a year since the shooting of michael brown, an unarmed black teenager by a white police officer. brown's death brought outrage that had been simmering for years to the surface, thrusting the city of ferguson, missouri on to the world stage. a year later, that community is bracing for another weekend of protests. while the family of michael brown try to ensure that he did not die in vain. ferguson - one year later. it's "inside story". >>> welcome to "inside story", i'm lisa fletcher in for ray suarez. when michael brown was shot and killed by a white police officer, the protest focused on the long-troubled relationship between police, and minorities in the country. almost a year later, the chosen for change foundation, the organization founded by michael brown's family is planning a weekend of peacefu

gabrielle with al jazeera, new york. >>> well there you go you can see our culture page on the websitet is where you can go al jazeera.com to keep up to date with all the stories we have been telling you about on this show. back in a few seconds with another update. . >> it's been a year since the shooting of michael brown, an unarmed black teenager by a white police officer. brown's death brought outrage that had been simmering for years to the surface, thrusting the city of ferguson, missouri on to the world stage. a year later, that community is bracing for another weekend of protests. while the family of michael brown try to ensure that he did not die in vain. ferguson - one year later. it's "inside story".

gabriel, al jazeera the united nations.t happened to you in that attack. >> good evening barbara. i come in a small town in damascus. august 21st, 2013, asaad regime used gas to attack, just like he used the same gas to attack eastern butah. i was one of the people that got hit. i lost my ability to breathe. i was sufficient everring from unbearable pain. sensation burning through all over my body. until my heart stopped. and the doctors placed me among the dead bodies after they thought i was dead. there was hundreds of people who got exposed to the saran. and it was a complete miracle that i came back to life. i woke up to see our town getting bombed, by asaad regime, and trying to invade. i always tribe what i have seen and i went through through all twenty-first, 2013, as a scene from judgement day. because the amount of terror and confusion i just seen people running the falling on the ground, suffocating and dying, vomiting this awful white vomit out of their mouths. something i can never get out of my head. this is s

gabriel elizondo, al jazeera at the united nations. >> four security men injured in an attack and treated at a local hospital. israel said they were targeting a training camp. a salafi group in gaza has claim responsibilities. efforts to get the iran nuclear deal through congress. one of his chief allies new york senator charles schumer says he will not back the deal. john terret joins us from washington, good evening john. >> that is right, good evening to you antonio. chuck schumer lobbying for and against diesel from the prime minister of israel and president obama who spoke at american yurt this week. the problem is that the senate which is leaving this weekend may go with chuck schumer's antirawn words ringing in their ears. on the other hand, it turns out not many people in washington expected chuck schumer to vote for this deal anyway, since he was from brooklyn acknowledge people in his district didn't except xp him to vote. >> i'm not going to let politics or policy influence my decision. >> the answer was no, the senior senator from new york acknowledge says to me the very risk

jazeera. >> for more on this story we're joined by gabriel at the united nations.s report telling what we really already know that the young and the innocent are suffering the most from this war in yemen. i expect we'll hear on that from the humanitarian chief who is expected to speak shortly. >> reporter: that's right. steven o'brien will be briefing the u.n. security council momentarily within the next few minutes we expect. we just spent several days on the ground in yemen, where we got a better sense of the humanitarian crisis that is really engulfing that country right now. we'll be listening to what he has to say. we heard briefly from o'brien briefly while he was still in the country. he reported back that the situation was desperate. he said especially aden was devastated after three months of intense violence. 200,000 people in aden forced to flee their homes, and 800,000 in aden -- almost the entire population -- in need of some sort of humanitarian assistance. o'brien is also expected to address the real problems -- >> gabe, let me jump in there, sorry t

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jazeera. >> allegations of rape by peace keepers in the central african republic have emerged. >>> gabriel elizondo is in new york, tell us more about these latest allegations, gabe. >> well, the peacekeeping mission in the central african republic thrown into more turmoil with this unexpected announcement by an u.n. spokesperson within the last hour. details of these alleged rapes are not fully known yet, but what we do know is allegations apparently came to light last week when the relatives of three young women came forward to u.n. officials to say that they're--that three young girls were apparently allegedly raped by peace keepers in the central african republic, at least one of the three girls apparently is a minor under 18 years old. this apparently took place in a town 350 kilometers outside of bangui. again, the details are still coming to light as the investigation moves forward. let's listen to what an u.n. spokesperson had to say just a few minutes ago. >> on the central african republic, the u.n. mission there said this morning that a new series of disturbing allegations much misconduc

gabriel he will stan do, al jazeera, new york. >> hotel operators on kenya's coast say that tourism,nya's second largest earner, is suffering after attacks by al-shabab. beaches are empty and hotels have been forced to layoff staff. >> the warm beaches of the island tell the story of its troubles. in good times this beach will be full of sun bathing tourists. it's been this empty for a while now. holiday makers blame troubles on rebel fighting. they have been coming here for the last eight years. >> it's just the most beautiful place on this planet, and it has magic. it's like paradise, and when you step off that boat you don't want to get back on it. >> while lamu has largely been preysful it is prohibited from tourists. many have been forced to layoff their workers. this hotel owner has not had guests in a while. >> in the history of lamu we've never had such an experience. there has come a time where we can go three months without a single guest. we're just cleaning our pool, cleaning our rooms. cleaning our kitchen, but no guests. >> every morning along the water front young men

gabriel. do stay with us here on al jazeera.aylor in london will bring you more on that story, and of course the rest of the day's news. ♪ >> the lives of american teenagers. >>> u.n. peace keeping chief in central african republic is forced to quit after troops are accused of rape and murder. ♪ >>> hello, i'm lauren taylor this is al jazeera live from london. also coming up, this important city has been held by houthi rebels for months, now rival pro-government fighters are closing in. >>> an important friend visits syria's president in damascus, and rebel jets pound

jazeera. >> well, earlier the humanitarian chief briefed the council of yemen. gabriel elizondo joins me now. it was a moving testimony given by stephen o'brien describing the scale in yemen in terms of meeting people's need and gaining access to the country. >> that's right. it was a very gloomy picture that stephen o'brien painted. he just got back from yemen. visited several cities over several days. his message to the security council was one that the humanitarian crisis in yemen is getting worse not better. he painted a very dark picture of the situation there. let me give a couple of numbers. these are really shocking. he reported to the security council there are 1.5 million internally displaced people in yemen. he said more than 1,000 children have been killed or injured in the conflict. and out of the 26 million yemenis, that's the population, 4 out of every 5 are now in need of some sort of humanitarian aid. o'brien visited several hospitals while he was there, and he gave anecdotes about what he saw. the lights were flickering in one hospital because they did