. >>> plus -- >> i'm malcolm webb in kenya, where these corn husks are being turned into electricity which is going into the national power grid. ♪ >>> we begin this news hour in china, where the government has abboll libbed its decade's old one-child policy. all couples will now be allowed to have two children. it's calling it a proactive response to the country's aging population. in just 15 years, china will have the oldest population on the planet with more than 400 million people over the age of 60. in that will burden healthcare and social security any government fears the economy will struggle to maintain growth since the working age population is drastically shrinking. and after 36 years of artificially altering birthrates, china has created a general gap of more men than women. an associate fellow at the asian associate. >> i think the importance of this measure is not so much demographic, in terms of encouraging vast new numbers of children to be born, but it is the lifting of a highly restrictive and at times extremely cowe are sieve policy. there are underlying demographi

malcolm webb visited the set of one film. >> reporter: the rescue operation gone wrong. the rescue i rescuers fight. it's the plot of his latest action film. he makes almost one every month. here at his studios in uganda's capital. >> many people in uganda come from the ghettos, from the slums here, so i normally focus on the life we go through in the movie we put it in the movie plus some fiction it becomes a move foy them. >> reporter: and they are popular. extraordinarily all drama in familiar settings draws crowds in the neighborhood sin los masd since isaac started putting the trailers youtube. it's attracted fans from all over the world. this one went viral and had more than 2 million views, the theatrics are made possible by the creatively resource. crews behind the scenes. all of the equipment homemade them camera tripod is made from a car jack. over here, there is a crane, this is made from bits of scrap medal we would the together. the biggest problem a life size model a helicopter that the technicians are still building. here say giant machine gun made from wa

malcolm webb, al jazeera, kenya. >>> time for sport now. here is robin. >>> thank you so much. gone two games up over the new york mets in the best of seven world series. now, they are chasing their first title in three decades and after a 14-inning marathon in game one, game two was a lot more straightforward. >> getting the start here in game two. >> reporter: less than 19 hours completing the longest opening game in history, the royals and mets were back at kaufman stadium. the fatigue perhaps evident as it took until the fourth inning for lucas duda to get the first run on the board. it would be the last of the mets' scoring for the game. as the royals took charge: >> rios scores. escobar, it's 3-1. >> reporter: four runs secured in the fifth inning alone. >> in to right cente center! in to score is hosmer. over to third is morales and it's 4-1. >> reporter: but the batters were the warmup act for johnny cueto who stole the show. strikeouts in the sixth and then seventh inning on his way to becoming the first pitcher to throw a complete game in the world series since 1991.

al jazeera's malcolm webb explains. >> he and his family never had electricity before, but the costs in kenya recently came down so it finally pace to get power. everyone is excited. >> i am very happy. i have waited for so long. before, i just couldn't afford it. >> it's among a steadily growing number which how else holds connecting to electricity. the growing demand for energy is being met by varying sources. just across town, there's a new one. these cornhusks and broccoli leaves from a nearby farm are feeding a bio gas power plant. it is the first to put electricity into a national grid. >> the farm waste is mixed with water and because at her i can't which comes from the insides of cow's stomach bought from a local slaughterhouse. it makes quite a smell. it is pumped into the digestor. that contains the gas collected there and pumped to a power station just over here. meanwhile, the liquid and solid waste goes into this tank, where it's turned into compost and taken back to the farms and used as fertilizer. >> the farms use about half of the electric tyrone 80 here, too and bri

malcolm webb, uganda. >> do stay with us here on al jazeera if you can. i'll be right back with another full bulletin of news. >>> ukraine should have closed its air space, the final report in the downing of mh 17. ♪ >>> hello, i'm laura kyle with your global news update. also ahead. three israelis are killed in two separate attacks by palestinians has rallies are held in the occupied west bank and israel. >>> grim details of a hume situation in yemen, the number of children at risk of acu

bakery backup, this is his 40th movie and as soon as it's finished he will start on the next, malcolm webbt is a wrap and thanks for watching the news hour and i'll be back with another full bulletin of news on al jazeera, see you then. ♪ >> good morning and welcome to al jazeera america. >> is this the first chance they're getting to asses the damage. >> we begin with breaking news coming out of the west bank. >> they don't fear anything. >> they're consuming economically important species >> we're offering something on our menu that no-one else is offering. ♪ dramatic developments in israel overnight and a deadly attack on a bus in jurisdiction lumbar and the latest between palestinians and israelis this morning and israel's prime minister promising action. >> they are hours away from squaring off face-to-face for the very first time. [yelling] more than a dozen confederate flags indicted f

. >> malcolm webb, al jazeera, kenya. >>> you can get more on that story as well as all of the others we have been telling you about. if you head over to our website you can see the front page there. all for you there, at aljazeera.com. >>> these are live images coming from capitol hill where they are picking the man who will soon be third in line to be president. it is expected to pick paul ryan as speaker. >>> the dynamics of diplomacy to push the end to the crisis in syria. >>> and china is ending its one-child policy. why the government says that aging population is behind their change. ♪ >>> this is al jazeera america live in new york city, i'm del walters. the house of representatives at this hour is in the process of selecting a new speaker. the roll call is underway, and once it is over, paul ryan is expected to have that job. libby what is happening. >> reporter: the roll call is underway. and so far paul ryan has over 180 votes cast for me. democrats traditionally vote for their leader, so they are casting a vote for nancy pelosi. we're watching if any republicans choose not

malcolm webb, al jazeera, uganda. >>> i want to see that movie. you can find out more about everything we have been talking about on our program on the website. the address is on your screen right now, aljazeera.com. ♪ ♪ >>> investigators confirm malaysian airlines mh-17 was brought down by a missile. >>> police are calling today's attacks in israel the worst yet. >>> and it is debate day for the democrats, what they are saying to voters trying to win them over. ♪ >>> this al jazeera america live from new york city. i'm del walters. the families of the victims of malaysian airplane right 17 finally receiving the long-awieted report into the crash. dutch investigators confirming it was a russian-made missile that brought down the plane in eastern ukraine, all 298 on board died instantly. the boeing 777 was flying from amsterdam to kuala lumpur when it crashed. lisa stark has been following the story since the crash itself. lisa a finding of fact, but not necessarily fault. >> reporter: absolutely. that is still to come, del. there is an ongoing cri

malcolm webb, al jazeera. >>> you can keep up to date with all the news on our website al jazeera.com, the very latest there on the situation in israel and the occupied palestinian territories where tensions continue to rise. al jazeera.com. ali velshi. "on target" tonight digital divide. the battle to bring high speed internet to those who want it and the laws that got in the way. plus, data crack down. the european ruling that could force american tech companies to make some changes. 19 years ago this month president bill clinton and vice president al gore announced a $100 million program to help create what they called the next generation internet. in their remarks, both men used a term that is unfortunately still a major cause or the concern in our current information age. >>> the digital divide. president clinton said, if we didn't broadly share the knowledge we are, it would provide anxieties among people. remember this was 1996. president clinton had recently signed a major telecommunications act designed to promote competition among telecommunications companies. that was suppo

malcolm webb, al jazeera, uganda. >>> i want to see that movie.d out more about everything we have been talking about on our program on the website. the address is on your screen right now, aljazeera.com. ♪ ♪ >>> investigators confirm malaysian airlines mh-17 was brought down by a missile. >>> police are calling today's attacks in israel the worst yet. >>> and it is debate day for the democrats, what they are saying to voters trying to win them over. ♪

malcolm webb, al jazeera, uganda. >>> much more real news from al jazeera. >> this week on talk to al jazeera - the president of liberia ellen johnson sirleaf. >> my life story of fighting and getting up and being beaten and rising again and fighting for the things i believe in. >> the first woman elected to lead an african country has spent almost a decade rebuilding post-conflict liberia. >> people were tired of war. war was seen as something that had been initiated and carried on largely by men. so women were ready for change. >> she survived a violently abusive husband - and advocating for women's rights and full gender quality have been among the president's main priorities. >> i'm optimistic that if we continue on the progress we have already made, that we can get to - that is a battle that i'm going to fight. >> under sirleaf's leadership the small country on africa's western coast saw strong advances in economic growth - but the ebola crisis dealt a devastating blow. >> ebola was an unknown enemy, i didn't know what to do. nobody knew what to do, nobody could tell us what we w

malcolm webb reports. >> reporter: peter and his family never had electricity before. connection cost correctly came down, so he has finally paised to get power, and everyone is excited. >> translator: i am very happy. i have waited for so long. there has been power in this neighborhood since 1985, but before i just couldn't afford it. >> reporter: it's among a steadily growing number of households connecting to electricity. the growing demand for energy is being met by various sources. just across town there is a new one. these corn husks and broccoli leaves from a nearby farm are feeding a biogas power plant. the farm waste is mixed with water inside this tank and also with bacteria which come from the insides of cows' stomachs, makes quite a smell. next it spends a day inside this tank before being pumped into the digester. this dome contains the gas that is selected there, and then pumped to a power station just over here. meanwhile the liquid and solid waste goes into this tank, where it is turned into compost and taken back to the farms and used as fertilizer. an

malcolm webb, al jazeera. >>> you can keep up to date with all the news on our website al jazeera.comry latest there on the situation in israel and the occupied palestinian territories where tensions continue to rise. al jazeera.com. ali velshi. "on target" tonight digital divide. the battle to bring high speed internet to those who want it and the laws that got in the way. plus, data crack down. the european ruling that could force american tech companies to make some changes. 19 years ago this month president bill clinton and vice president al gore announced a $100 million program to help create what they called the next generation internet. in their remarks, both men used

al jazeera's malcolm webb travels to kampala to meet the man behind the movies. >> a rescue operation gone wrong. the rescuers fight back. >> it is part of this man's latest action film. he makes one a n month in uganda. >> many people from uganda come from the ghettos. normally i focus on the life. in the movie, if i put it in the movie, plus fiction, it becomes a movie for them. >> and they are popular. extraordinary drama in familiar settings, drawing crowds in the cinemas. since isaac put the trailers on youtube, it attracted fans from over the world. this one went viral and had more than 2 million views. the theatrics on screen are possible by the creatively resourceful crews behind the scenes. >> all the equipment is home made. the camera tripod is made from a car jack. there are cogs on a car used at a weight. the biggest prop is a life-side model of a machine-gun. >> the sound of gunfire sn added after after. >> isaac taught himself to use graphic software, and his wife is an expert in special effects. >> we mix cole ou, putting in a little blue and put it in. >> reporter: the