presidential race is heating up the ruling coalition has held its first major gathering in the capital kinshasa attracting tens of thousands of supporters but the opposition is angry over the introduction of electronic voting machines paul brennan reports. it was a show of support and a signal of intent tens of thousands of pro-government supporters packed to the stands of conciousness tatar raphael stadium to hear speeches including an address from presidential candidates emanuel amazon each other it was an impressive turnout given president joseph kabila his current low poll ratings and should dairies small support base. to. look sick to go for the elections on december twenty third we know that you're ready for this election campaign peacefully and for sure we'll win but the help of god president kabila term ended nearly two years ago but he stayed on thanks to a caretaker clause in the constitution opponents say he's now engineering the election to make sure he is his successor. should areas it could be loyalist with no significant political following his own observers believe capello wants

pays to collect his garbage will probably trash it in bungalow riva katherine sawyer al jazeera kinshasa. southwest of the u.s. deserts it's raining is rob it is of course still monsoon season this is not southwest monsoon enhanced for millions of americans have a lead at this there's a there was a state of motion declared in the north of buffer california as it rains and they all remained it's pianist of rosa spread in too many masses a cloud made landfall now a beautiful sunset this was observed in baja california but also caught right in fact called rains for a long way had about her right up in two hours and beyond this was just arizona itself it doesn't take very much in the desert states to collect just one rain shower and shove it down a normally dry ground anybody who lives in this part of the world where we are. recognize this is what happens in what is as well and it wasn't just the right there was some strong enough wind to bring trees down the cloud is pretty long way north and that's heading up towards utah in the next day or so they will be yet more outbreaks of quite signi

catherine saif al jazeera kinshasa. it's been fifty years since a group of students were gunned down in the middle of a square in mexico city at the time the authorities tried to cover up the true scale of what happened at the mexican government has now accepted it was a state crime john heilemann has more now from mexico city. it was a night that traumatized mexico exactly fifty years ago mainly student protesters gathered in tata local square to challenge a north or a tarion regime then the unthinkable the army trapped them and snipers mowed them down it's marked the country ever since felix hernandez was there. but the bottle. of pills there were clothes and shoes drawn about bodies lying there we didn't know if they were dead or wounded shortly after army trucks came to take them away and clean up with high pressure hoses. now in the harsh sentry anniversary of the massacre the government has admitted for the first time the what happened at the two local was a state crime. but the it this document explicitly recogni

presidential race is heating up the ruling coalition has held its first major gathering in the capital kinshasa attracting tens of thousands of supporters that the opposition is angry over the introduction of electronic voting machines operate in reports. it was a show of support and a signal of intent tens of thousands of pro-government supporters packed to the stands of conciousness tatar raphael stadium to hear speeches including an address from presidential candidates emmanuel amazon each other it was an impressive turnout given president joseph kabila his current low poll ratings and should diaries small support base. take a look see if. we go for the elections on december twenty third we know that you're ready for this election campaign peacefully and for sure we'll win by the help of god president kabila term ended nearly two years ago but he stayed on thanks to a caretaker clause in the constitution opponents say he's now engineering the election to make sure he is his successor. she diary is a copy loyalist with no significant political following it was around and observers believe cap

to the capital kinshasa it is not yet clear what caused the. people. casting their ballots in palm mentary elections today opinion polls suggest a populous party catering to the country's large ethnic russian minority. the head of the governing center right coalition. in the bundesliga there was a seven goal thriller indorsement as they came from behind against oxburgh. came on in the sixteenth minute with his side one nil down he put in a man of the match display scoring three goals in just over half an hour to grab before three win for dortmund let's take a look then now at the results so far on match day seven hanover grabbed their first win of the season against st got defeated do sold off to neil minds versus here after was goalless well by and are set to play got back in saturday's game on friday for deployment continued their strong start to the season with a two no win over of all spoke their three games on saturday with leverkusen in five book front foot in hoffenheim and leipzig host nuremberg. will spanish or para sing out montserrat skivvy

people were injured the tanker was on its way from the western city of mentality to the capital kinshasa it is not yet clear what caused the collision. and once booming a brazil will vote for a new president on sunday preparations are under way amid economic crisis and corruption scandals the clear favorite is the far right ex-military mansion i are both an arrow he's been criticised for controversial statements he has made about women and racial issues fernando had dad of the workers' party is second in the polls none of the thirteen candidates are expected to gain an absolute majority a runoff election will likely to. place at the end of october. and to get more on brazil's upcoming election we go now to our correspondent ophelia harms our roots in rio de janeiro can you tell us what's the atmosphere a day before the first round of the election. well the atmosphere is tense we so massive protests here last weekend and there were more announced for today that got cancelled last minute and even though we don't see much campaigning on the streets these are still allowed till ten pm this p

people were injured now the tanker was on its way from the western city of my teddy to the capital kinshasa it's not yet clear what caused the collision. the funeral of a thirteen year old boy said to have been shot dead by israeli soldiers has been taking place in gaza officials in the territories said he was one of three palestinians killed in friday's clashes on the border with israel the israeli military said thousands took part during explosive devices and grenades at its troops. people in latvia casting their ballots in parliamentary elections today opinion polls suggest a populist party catering to the country's large ethnic russian minorities and the need ahead of parties in the governing center right coalition. now this one is for wine lovers while most of the cultural industries have been suffering under the heat of the summer in western europe the wine industry is reaping the benefits with a great harvest almost finished here in germany wine makers already toasting its success. the sun is shining on germany seven yards and it's one harvest two thousand and eighteen looks like it'

to the capital kinshasa it's not yet clear what caused the commission. on sunday voters in brazil will be casting their ballots in the first round of the country's most divisive presidential election in decades and that's largely due to the controversy surrounding the ballots far right frontrunner. the polls give him a solid lead over his leftist opponent and that has many voters worried that a candidate who is openly hostile to gays ethnic minorities and women may soon be the country's leader. the statue of christ the redeemer watching over rio de janeiro from a distance there's no sign of the tensions simmering below public discourse has become increasingly polarized ahead of sunday's elections the most controversial vote since democracy was restored thirty years ago lucas alay shoe is gay and just join the protests against the leading candidates in the polls shape all synonomous he thinks the far right outsider is a threat to democracy. or to make you both not really afraid that both the novel might win because if he does we'll have a civil war. becau

thousands of people have taken to the streets of the democratic republic of congo's capital kinshasa they're protesting against the plan to use of voting machines in contentious and long delayed elections coming up in december opposition supporters here the machines will be misused to rig the results. resilience head to the polls on sunday in the country's most divisive presidential election in decades far right candidate. beat a leftist hopeful for binondo donji in the first. around and he's still the favorite to win also nora's opponents say he poses a threat to democracy he's made offensive remarks about gay people women and black resilience but even among those groups he has supporters. we're in the suburbs of rio de janeiro most of the city's black population lives here not in the famous more upmarket neighborhood of copacabana in classroom b. security is an important issue people here are afraid of being assaulted on the street the black brazilians we talk to do the right wing populist j. you're both so narrow as the best option for their country. i will vote for both because w

people were injured the tanker was on its way from the western city of mentality to the capital kinshasa it is not yet clear what caused the collision. and people in brazil are preparing to go to the polls to elect a new president the far right candidate show here both a narrow is confident he can win to morrow and avoid a runoff vote at the end of october his main challenger is the left winger fernando dad who was only confirmed as a candidate less than a month ago. it's the first strike into voting in brazil's presidential election after a run up that certainly wasn't short on drama. far right front runner she also not who was stopped by late campaigning leftist former president louis thing that just silva in prison for corruption was eventually reeled in eligible to stand his replacement for nanda how dad was confirmed as a candidate just three weeks ago. his comments about minorities and women had him hitting the headlines long before his stopping and he's confident he will win. this this is the final push each of you who have been convinced to vote for me managed to get tight and wi

now banned the manufacturing and sale of plastic bags and bottles and many people in the capital kinshasa say a lot more needs to be done catherine sawyer reports. this is an important river that crisscross. and a tributary to the congo river but look at it state after years of neglect and dumping of much of the city's waste those who live in the township of colombo and i saw all the health and environmentalists but moving away is too expensive if. everything in the local government is doing is not working the bridges tool and the plastic to watch and every time they clear. up. government workers sometimes collect trash and dump it in a landfill at the edge of town but this does not happen often or cover the whole city of twelve million people the local government has been trying to clean up the river it's a difficult task by limited resources but the more it remains cranked the more dangerous to those who live around it in january forty five people died in floods caused by this river. as. the died when the river broke its banks two years ago he was trying to save a drowning child oh. dea

now banned the manufacturing and sale of plastic banks and bottles but many people in the capital kinshasa say a lot more needs to be done catherine so reports. this is an important river that crisscross. and a tributary to the congo river but look at it state after years of neglect and dumping of much of the city's waste those who live in the township of colombo and i saw all the health and environmentalists but moving away is too expensive. everything in the local government is doing is not working tool on the plastic to watch and every time they clear. up. government workers sometimes collect trash and dump it in a landfill at the edge of town but this does not happen often or cover the whole city of twelve million people the local government has been trying to clean up the river it's a difficult task by limited resources but the more it remains cranked the more dangerous to those who live around it in january forty five people died in floods caused by this river. as. father died when the river broke its banks two years ago he was trying to save a drowning child. every time a deer flood

because of the harsh life on the streets of the capital kinshasa. they found help in the sense of the uses music and theater to help. us and they become. the young talents this is the brass band of this class must. a congolese organization which helps former street children. based in kinshasa the center works with children and young people and train them in music and the arts. all of these band members once lived on the streets they left their homes because they were abused or their families couldn't take care of them. i said. i am an artist a musician. is in my blood. when i was a child living at home i had to. believed in different centers until i came to espouse. and here they walk in exemptions that provide shelter. well ms ignace music is something that helps me when i think about things when i play music it helps me clear my mind it also shows music and theatre to be my work so i can make some money to live off. started by three local artists and is open to children of all ages mundo has been here for ten years he even spent two months in belg

presidential race is heating up it really coalition has held its first major gathering in the capital kinshasa attracted tens of thousands of supporters but the opposition is angry over the introduction of electronic voting machines and say they will not take part in what they say is a corrupt vote paul brennan reports. it was a show of support and a signal of intent tens of thousands of pro-government supporters packed to the stands a consensus tatts a raphael stadium to his speeches including an address from presidential candidates emmanuel amazon each other it was an impressive turnout given president joseph kabila his current low poll ratings and should diaries small supporter base. take a look see if. we go for the elections on december twenty third we know that you're ready for this election campaign peacefully and for sure we live in with the help of god president kabila as term ended nearly two years ago but he stayed on thanks to a can take a clause in the constitution opponents say he's now engineering the election to make sure he is his successor. should areas it could be loyalist w

the accident happened near kisantu, around 100 miles west of the kinshasa. suffered second degree burns as the flames spread rapidly to nearby houses. one week after the indonesian island of sulawesi was hit by a devastating earthquake, officials say more than 1,000 people could still be missing beneath the rubble. around 1,500 people are known to have died in the disaster. hundreds of buildings were destroyed in palu on the island of sulawesi when it was hit by a wall of water. yet alongside the despair, there have been some stories that bring hope, as our correspondent nick beake reports. within this devastated city you find incredible stories of survival. 12—year—old football fan rizki was in an internet cafe in palu watching highlights of his beloved manchester city when the earthquake struck. "suddenly the earth started to shake," he tells us. "i started to run, my hand was crushed, but i was able to stick out my other hand. i waved it, someone saw me and helped me out." rizki survived with a broken arm and is now reunited with his family. he still hope

thousands of opposition supporters staged a noisy but nonviolent demonstration of their own marching in kinshasa against the intended use of electronic voting machines the opposition say the voting machines are untested and inappropriate since just nine percent of the country has electricity also once ten million names struck off the electoral roll because they have been registered without a digital fingerprint to verify that the social oh our message to the ruling coalition and to the electoral commission president is our people want credible elections in december without voting machines and without this corrupt electoral list we cannot participate in elections that we know already we will fail because of these voting machines but significant opposition leaders including jumpier bemba . have been barred from contesting the election and opposition hopes a leaning towards this man felix leader of the union for democracy and social progress party the delegates from the various opposition groups intend to name a unity candidates to face shut down by november fifteenth paul brennan al-jazeera . cata

thousands of opposition supporters staged a noisy but nonviolent demonstration of their own marching in kinshasa against the intended use of electronic voting machines the opposition say the voting machines are untested and inappropriate since just nine percent of the country has electricity also once ten million names struck off the electoral roll because they have been registered without a digital fingerprint to verify that the diversity of the message to the ruling coalition and to the electoral commission president is our people want credible elections in december without voting machines and without this corrupt electoral list we cannot participate in elections. that we know already we will fail because of these voting machines but significant opposition leaders including jumpier bemba to be barred from contesting the election and opposition hopes leading towards this man. leader of the union for democracy and social progress party the delegates from the various opposition groups intent to name a unity candidates to face should diary by november fifteenth paul brennan al jazeera. now the old

marching in kinshasa against the intended use of electronic voting machines the opposition say the voting machines are untested and inappropriate since just nine percent of the country has electricity but also wants ten million names struck off the electoral roll because they have been registered without a digital fingerprint to verify that this was the our message to the ruling coalition and to the electoral commission president is our people want credible elections in december without voting machines and without this corrupt electoral list we cannot participate in elections that we know already we will fail because of these voting machines but significant opposition leaders including jumpier bemba . have been barred from contesting the election and opposition hopes a leaning towards this man. leader of the union for democracy and social progress party are delegates from the various opposition groups intent to name a unity candidates to face shut down by november fifteenth paul brennan al-jazeera . fishermen in kenya have hung up their net center instead trying to conserve marine life no

pays to collect his garbage will probably trash it in bank on a river katherine sawyer al-jazeera kinshasa. support his army. thank you very much oil has been no more than just a little rest spite for manchester united under pressure manager jerry's a marine his team hitting a blank in a nil nil champions league draw with united have made their worst domestic starts really campaign in three decades but they are unbeaten in europe still and second in their group after this draw a sports correspondent lee wellings thinks marino is job should be safe and now what do you much started a special club in this instance with how they go about their business business being the key word here owned by the glazers in america they're very reluctant to make a change to you might say well by sight david moyes after one season but david moyes was in a lot of trouble throughout that season they waited with louis van all there was a point we realized that it wasn't working and no waited and they waited so i actually was they might look trigger happy actually the record shows that they give someone until the

the accident took place near the city of kisantu, around 100 miles west of the capital kinshasa.nor of the region said that 50 people had died and a hundred more had suffered second degree burns. in 2010, at least 230 people were killed in dr congo when a fuel tanker overturned and exploded. one week after the indonesian island of sulawesi was hit by a devastating earthquake, officials say more than 1,000 people could still be missing beneath the rubble. around 1,500 people are known to have died in the disaster. hundreds of buildings were destroyed in palu on the island of sulawesi when it was hit by a wall of water. yet alongside the despair, there have been some stories that bring hope, as our correspondent nick beake reports. within this devastated city you find incredible stories of survival. including here, where the injured are still being treated outside because they fear the hospital could collapse. 12—year—old football fan rizki was in an internet cafe in palu watching highlights of his beloved manchester city where the earthquake struck. "suddenly the earth started to

pays to collect he's got beach will probably trash it in bungoma retha catherine sawyer al jazeera kinshasa this year's nobel prize in physics has been awarded to three scientists including the first female winner for fifty five years and the oldest ever nobel winner american arthur ashe can frenchman gerard and donna strickland of canada were announced as the winners in stockholm and strickland developed a way to create more powerful bursts of laser light with numerous applications including eye surgery and ashkan who's ninety six years old created optical tweezers which can grab tiny particles such as molecules and viruses i was done in the early to learn that i had the nobel prizes. i was and had to be prepared but. but then you. change the ways people so absolutely stunned and. completely overwhelmed by that of the awarding of the prize to a woman comes just a day after an italian physicist was suspended by cern the european organization for nuclear research for saying in a presentation the true six was invented and built by man the web site al jazeera dot com. and a quick look before w

democratic republic of congo it happened near the town of kiss and two that's close to the capital kinshasa president joseph kabila has announced three days of national mourning. be reports. it was early on saturday morning when an old tanker collided with another vehicle on a busy highway near the town of kiss and two villages rushed to the scene to collect leaking fuel what happened next has left the community devastated. it was horrible two vehicles crashed and one was full of petrol villagers went to collect the petrol after the accident then an explosion happens many people were killed. justin a man gambas son was badly burned and died in hospital. my boy was waiting to travel to can shots up early in the morning when all of this happened hospital officials informed me that my boy is among those who died. other relatives have gathered outside the only hospital in consent to waiting for the news among them a mother of five who's desperate to know what's happened to her children. this is one. of my five children three are missing this is why i'm here to find out whether they are being tr

vehicle in the democratic republic of congo it happened in the town of his son to near the capital kinshasa roads in the central african nation and notoriously bad off two years of war and neglect. meanwhile in the next hour a ban on traveling by road rail and will come into force in cameroon ahead of presidential elections on sunday country's been rocked by a violent uprising by phone separatists have threatened to disrupt the vote separatists want the english speaking northeast and southwest regions to be independent from the french speaking parts of the country protests two years ago in the english speaking wage and against marginalization by majority french speakers turned deadly when the government launched a crackdown the heavy handed response by francophone president paul sparked an armed uprising by separatists well then four hundred people have been killed and two hundred thousand displaced the eighty five year old president has been in power for thirty six years is up against eight other candidates algis there is hippa morgan has more than. one of the final rallies before polls op

five hundred thousand people a year and every year three hundred ninety thousand people pour into kinshasa in the democratic republic of congo in order to escape war and poverty today it has possibly twelve million inhabitants and is predicted to be africa's second largest city inside fifty is joining us now via skype from london is vernon henderson vernon is a professor of economics geography at the london school of economics good to have you with us at the u.n. predicts that in the next. few years will by twenty thirty five ten of the fastest growing cities will all be in africa in fact africa is going to have eight cities that are expected to more than double their population size over the next for the few years and grow even faster than than all other cities in the world is that good or bad news. i would say it's a challenge. you know on the good side is that these cities will get bigger they will have more a gram ration benefits that tension can increase productivity to cities offer we know that when you are in africa that families moving to big cities probably double their incomes in

. >> anthony: what did you do in kinshasa?at, i decide to be farmer. it was my dream. >> my dream it was to get my own garden, and what i harvest, i need to cook. >> anthony: where are you cooking now? >> i work at the four seasons hotel. >> anthony: oh that's not a bad gig. >> yeah, yeah. >> anthony: how african will houston be in twenty years? a lot, right? >> gertrude: i want, all my family still over there. my mom, my sister -- >> anthony: and you'd like them to come. >> gertrude: i want them to come. >> anthony: a lot of first generation and second generation african babies are going to be happening here. >> albert: yeah. >> anthony: houston is going to look real different. you'll hear lingala at the 7-eleven? no problem? >> gertrude: no problem. >> anthony: in 10 years? are we there yet? you don't always use your smartphone for directions... hey guys, up there. ...or to laugh out loud. ♪ but when it matters most, you count on tracfone to keep you connected for less. ♪ our smartphone plan gives you talk, text and data wit

in the democratic republic of congo it happened near the town of his son too close to the capital kinshasa roads in the central african nation and a tory asli bad after years of war neglect many villages had rushed to the scene to collect leaking fuel. meanwhile a ban on all into regional road rail in air travel has been imposed in cameroon ahead of presidential elections on sunday country's been rocked by a violent uprising by separatists who want independence from the english speaking regions and threaten to disrupt the vote eighty five year old president paul bia has been in power for thirty six years is up against eight other candidates from a divided opposition. well to brazil now where the far right presidential candidate . has widened his lead over as left wing rival fernando had died the head of sunday's vote according to a new poll both a narrow could also secure enough votes to avoid a runoff later this month and latin america at its release in yemen has more on both sinatras unlikely rise to prominence. four years ago. a punk for an obscure ultra right wing party was considered

in the democratic republic of congo it happened near the town of q sound too close to the capital kinshasa roads in the central african nation and a tory asleep bad after years of war neglect many villages had rushed to the scene to collect leaking fuel now the international police agency interpol is os china to clarify the situation of its missing president's men home why hasn't been heard from since boarding a flight to china from is believed to have landed in the country but subsequently disappeared interpol chief held a number of security positions in china before taking on his current role is wife has been placed under police protection in france after receiving threats meanwhile authorities in hong kong have refused to renew a work visa for senior editor of british newspaper has prompted concern over freedom of speech on the chinese island which has which was handed back to beijing by the united kingdom over twenty years ago that to manage his asia editor for the financial times as well as vice president of hong kong's foreign correspondents club the top spot fieri in beijing recentl