in mexico city is the favorite to win. by syrian vice jets and their russian allies have killed at least seventy five civilians and there are province over the last twenty four hours and talks have resumed between rebel groups and russian negotiators as they try again to end the fighting. bombs going off in the center of jalalabad in afghanistan just hours after president ashraf ghani left at least twelve members of the sikh minority community were killed in the blast that also injured twenty prevention government officials. a series of bombings in jalalabad where i saw the taliban have a strong presence. more now on our top story elections in mexico that largely hinge on voter fury of a corruption and violence as many as thirty thousand people were murdered last year alas in america to lucianne human tells one grieving mother story from mexico city . this is my son her son he was nineteen and studied architecture but he said mantel piece is in fact a shrine to her two murdered sons place where she can at least keep their

the the former mexico city mayor triumphed against the two parties that have ruled mexico city for nearly a century. >> after the victory lopez obrador vowed to seek friendship

one of his allies is on course to become the first woman mayor of mexico city.differences with chancellor merkel over immigration policy. mr seehofer has been pushing for a tougher approach to asylum—seekers and was reported to be unhappy with this week's european union deal on migration. russia football fans have been celebrating their team's unexpected triumph over spain in the world cup. russia won the match in moscow in a penalty shoot—out, eliminating the former champions. in the quarterfinals, russia will face croatia, who beat denmark, also in a penalty shoot—out. now on bbc news, hardtalk‘s stephen sackur speaks to computer scientist and authorjaron lanier.

as we were hearing from our correspondent in mexico city, will grant, he has been fighting especiallystrong showing. it is fitting with a global trend of antiestablishment politics. a lot of this has erupted around the world. he is an antiestablishment figure winning in an election. that is andres manuel lopez obrador. we will talk about what this means for the mexican economy shortly in the business briefing. please stay with us. hello. on sunday the temperature was back up to 32 degrees. so are the temperatures over the next couple of days. also a bit of rain in the far south—west, not too many thunderstorms either and most of those have cleared away. the rain, what it was came from this area of cloud, a few showers around and thunderstorms but the easterly wind is tending to drag away. a small chance of catching on towards the south coast, most of them staying out in the english channel. a bit of cloud could get get stuck in south—east scotland and the highs, fresh air with temperatures hitting 31 or 32 in england and wales with lots of sunshine on offer on monday. probably more fo

let's get more on the mexican elections. joining me now live from mexico city is christopher wilson, o institute. the two are the main candid at have said we have lost and it looks like andres manuel lopez 0brador will be crowned winner? it does indeed, the other two candidates, really, crowned winner? it does indeed, the othertwo candidates, really, it crowned winner? it does indeed, the other two candidates, really, it was impressive how quickly they recognise the victory of andres manuel lopez 0brador. to me it is a good sign of a maturing mexican democracy, willing to recognise the will of the voters and not leave it up will of the voters and not leave it upfor will of the voters and not leave it up for dispute, ebay but ready to move on. “— up for dispute, ebay but ready to move on. —— debate. they said they would be there to support the future president but also to be a strong opposition to him and that is what a strong opposition party should do. in 2006, andres manuel lopez 0brador came very close but it is a long time in quite a while that a left—wing candidate has made it. h

will grant is in mexico city.a we start to see the first results 7 how is a we start to see the first results? —— sued. how is a we start to see the first results? -- sued. it is probably a good few hours but this is the important it of the day. by and large voting has gone through peacefully. already, based on a few axel paulsen it looks like it might have been a successful night for andres manuel lopez obrador's party at the governance ship level. but there is a big caveat when it comes to exit polls, take everything with a big pitch of salt until we get the official results. we do violence has been a big issue, as has corruption. what a back —— mexico is worried about? those two issues and andres manuel lopez obrador underlined the question of tackling corruption is above all others. on top of that it is the economy that a lot of people are worried about. this is a country where levels of inequality are vast and the difference between those connected to the political and is this leads and those that simply stru

the plane was on its way to mexico city when it went down. local media say in it had taken off from durango state on the two—hour were flight durango state on the two—hour were flight south from the international airport with at least 80 people on board. aeromexico said it was aware of the incident but could not yet confirm the exact number of people on the plane. initial reports say it was in the 190 aircraft capable of keeping —— carrying up to 100 passengers. the airport is now being closed while emergency services deal with the crash and families wait for news on the condition of passengers and crew on board. i'm joined now by aviation analyst alex macheras, who has been following developments from spain. can you tell us what you know? this aircraft was an e190. a regional short range airliner that operates for the regionals and city area arm of aeromexico. aeromexico, the flag carrier of mexico, they are one of the world ‘s safest airlines, among the world ‘s safest airlines, among the world ‘s safest, and this was meant to be quite a rou

it's 7 am in singapore, midnight in london and 6pm in mexico city where the polls in presidential andentary elections are now closing. mexico is thought to be on the cusp of a decisive political shift. the frontrunner in the presidential race is the left—wing former mayor of mexico city, who's pledged to clean up politics. it follows a campaign plagued by violence, with more than 130 candidates and party members killed. will grant is in mexico city. how soon before we start getting results in? world, this in a way this is the most sensitive part of the day, this is where mexicans get quite nervous. they do not want to see any of that campaign violence translated to this morning, if there are any questions about people not being allowed to vote if they are in the queues. if you are in the queue, you should still be allowed to cast your all that. this is where things can get difficult and people start denouncing acts that were carried out illegally in their polling stations and so on. so far we're not hearing anything to serious and you are right, the next step is the count and that is

all right a feeling harms i wrote the reporting from mexico city thank you. and at the soccer world cup host nation russia have pulled off a massive shock and propofol alias turned into place for it is here to break it all down for us so pablo this was a huge surprise russia are through and spain are out and you're absolutely right and of course that's not from half spanish so i'm feeling very upset today now but indeed it was a bit of a shock because no one really expected this before the tournament started but russia have been doing incredibly well and spain have been rather on their well and so i think what we need to do is actually take a look at this report see have that much power that. when marco asensio swung in a deep free kick on the on sergio ramos made himself a nuisance sergei ignatiev it was overwhelmed and unfortunate a goal sourced by going front but the hosts pulled themselves back to a corner shortly before half time was met with a hand boom from gerard piqué the referee gave a penalty which also in juba smashed home to bring russia net. an

the frontrunner in the presidential race is the anti—establishment former mayor of mexico city, andresuel lopez obrador, who's pledged to clean up politics. if he and his coalition win, it will be the first time since 1929 that mexico has a leader from outside the two main parties. let's go live to will grant in mexico city. three hours or so left still to vote. what is your sense of which way this is going to go? it's hard to say just from way this is going to go? it's hard to sayjust from the smattering of people you end up speaking to on the day of the election itself. we went to quite a working class, low—income community in the east of mexico city, and the vast majority of people there were pro—amlo, the initials of andres manuel lopez obrador. they didn't mention him by name, but it was clear from the way they were talking about fundamental change, not just the they were talking about fundamental change, notjust the identity of the president, but the political direction of the country, that they we re direction of the country, that they were referring to the sort of language he h

you say the plane was on its way to mexico city and it made a forced landing about ten kilometres fromapital. just tell us a little bit more about the region. this was an aeroplane in the north of mexico. it was a plane that was doing a circular route which mean it started in mexico city this afternoon, and now it is coming back. it was about four o'clock in the afternoon and it happened very near to the airport of the capital city. now all operations are stopped, security forces from all the country have gone and everything is moving very fast now so we are everything is moving very fast now so we are expecting to know more information in the next minutes or hours. as you are speaking, we are watching photographs of emergency vehicles on the scene. you mentioned the weather. what more can you tell us the weather. what more can you tell us about that? it was raining heavily but they don't know yet if that was part of the process. some of the reports said there was a crash when the plane took off, there was a crash with some object but we still don't know. those reports are still don't

was just ten years old when a devastating earthquake struck mexico city in one thousand nine hundred five the quake damaged her family's apartment and the government moved them to distant shack around seventy families who lost their homes in that earthquake still live in this camp. the government raised our hopes and then abandoned us politicians have promised that they won't allow a repeat of what happened after the earthquake in one thousand eight hundred five but the cost and complexity of housing hundreds of people living in camps is a major task and one that many people here think the government failed. the afghan national army. guardians of a country ravaged by decades of war and occupation abandoned by its liberate his. young men who know that each day could be the last it to continue to fight for a future free from calques. honest on. a witness documentary on al-jazeera. a string of rebel towns in southwestern syria accept government rule as russian and syrian air strikes killed at least one hundred thirty six civilians. this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up. to ze

drug cartels to tighten their grip and create a culture of fear presidential candidate and former mexico city mayor on the bench manuel lopez obrador has vowed to and violence stamp out corruption and transform the country he was among the first to cast his vote. well for the very latest we're joined now by our correspondent a few harms rooty who is in mexico city so if you're the frontrunner lopez obrador has already run twice for the presidency so how good are his chances this time around becoming the next mexican president. while he has a lead of twenty five points on top of his nearest challenger which is what he got a lot from a call ition led by the conservative party national action and the third plays an independent candidate who was picked by the governing party the institutional revolutionary body close antonio meet it is also very likely that lopez obrador and misquotation will hold control of both chambers of congress which will probably help him to pass some of the major reforms he wants to make especially in the telecommunications and electricity sector. all those candidates lop

a fiery campaign against what he describes as the mafia of power is a picture of him voting in mexico city not long ago but lopez obrador as rivals woman he could set the country back by decades on home and joins us now live from mexico city's edge on the polls have opened we were watching the front runner lopez obrador waiting for over an hour to enter the polling station in mexico city we've just seen him voting in the last ten minutes now he's just leaving that polling station at such a crucial election for him. it definitely is you say he's waiting an hour to vote well he's been waiting twelve years to get to the moment when he can be called the country's president so he probably won't mind too much just a little way at the start of course he's the front runner by far by by about twenty points in an aggregate of the main polls and that's going to make this quite a landmark moment if he does get over the line become the country's next president and that's because mexico's two oldest parties the pre and the pan have held a grip on power here for eighty nine years lopez obrador has his ow

correspondent ophelia harms our rooty is in mexico city and she joins us now for the latest so ophelia there have been these reports of some people being too scared to go out and vote because of all the violence just what sort of turnout is expected. well yes there is fear in some states that are very. filled with criminals which is colima get out on behind where people think that maybe criminal organizations might be disrupting the electoral process but this is actually expected to be a historic turnout with about sixty five percent of the electorate going to the polls on sunday and it will be historic because mexicans are fed up with the corruption and violence in this country and because of that their traditional party that has ruled mexico so far have not been able to fight this problem and that is why we might be seeing a leftist candidate becoming mexico's next president for the first time but is also going to be historic but because it is going to be the first time mexicans vote for so many political position it's not only president but they are renewing their congress and many

who is in mexico city so if you're the frontrunner lopez obrador has already run twice for the presidency so how good are his chances this time around becoming the next mexican president. while he has a lead of twenty five points on top of his nearest challenger which is we got on my left from a call ition led by the conservative party national action and on the third place an independent candidate who was picked by the governing party the institutional revolutionary party close antonio meet it is also very likely that lopez obrador and his coalition will hold control of both chambers of congress which will probably help him to pass some of the major reforms he wants to make especially in the telecommunications and electricity sector. all those candidates lopez obrador has vowed to completely change mexico what does he mean by that and why do people trust him. well mexicans are so fed up with their ruling class that they are taking a chance on a populist for the first time and this is mainly because the traditional parties and pretty they haven't been able to to fight the biggest problems

well for more we're joined now by our correspondent ophelia harms who's in mexico city so ophelia the frontrunner lopez offered or has already run twice for the presidency just how good are his chances this time of becoming the next mexican president. well he's running for the third time and he said this will be the last time he will do it he's leading most of the polls with twenty five points over his nearest challenger which is that we got an idea from a correlation led by the conservative party national action and after him in the third or second place depending on which poll you look at you have the official list candidate close and don't you know me now look as a rather and his his qualification will probably hold power of both chambers of congress as well which will help him pass major reforms especially in the telecommunications sector and the energy sector but he will need special measures already so he will have to hurry as well because they will have a mid-term elections in three years and they will have to renew one of the chambers will look as average or has value to compl

definitely not want to be confronted with these cartels or corresponding to feel the harms are rooted in mexico city tonight on reporting on who has become the new president of mexico if you think you very much. for we have another action packed at the world cup in russia to talk about it kept the fans on the edge of their seats including the man sitting next to me. from. here to take us through what we saw the. all right so belgium beach japan in the dying seconds to reach the quarterfinals and that was an incredible game as absolute remarkable it was a crushing couple see how aggressive japan where they went in this thing in your face attitude towards the belgians which actually caught them off guard but anything i say now will not do this game injustice which is why i think we need to actually see how it all played out. a frantic second time saw all the goals and right at the start of it how did gucci kept his cool with the blue samurai and. then minutes later to kashi ina we added a second for japan. to the next big world cup upset appeared to be in the making on the now midway through the secon

he lost by less than a percent, and his supporters occupied parts of mexico city for two months.e ran and lost again in 2012. but this election he started a new party, and has broadened his appeal among urban middle class voters, by expressing rage at the establishment. >> ( translated ): we're going up against the mafia of power. toey're sneaky. they don't want torobbing. and they don't want to lose. >> reporter: tatiana clouthier is lÓpez obrador's campaign manager. >> if being radical means sitting on the side that the persons th have bigger needs in the countrythat is being radical, i think he's a radical. >> reporter: amlo's opponentswo use the rd radical against him. p.r.i. party candidate jose antonio meade warns amlomes a threat tco's nascent democracy. 39-year-old pan party candidate ricardo anaya says amlo represents old failed policies, criticism echoed by 29-year-old voter andrÉ gutierrez. >> i really don't believe lopez obrador, because i don't believe his proposals aboutti orruption when he's one of the most corrupt persons in the country. >> reporter: but polls sho

tonight her family says she was smart and beautiful. >> this was her first trip to mexico city box >> reporter: they learned the unthinkable, their daughter, 27-year-old tatiana who lived in san francisco is killed while vacationing in mexico city. she was celebrating her wedding anniversary with her husband. family members say during lunch saturday, a man on a motorcycle pulled up near the restaurant where they were eating and started shooting, killing her and injuring others. her family is devastated. >> for tatiana and one of the people that responded said that he went to a mass sunday morning right near where the shooting happened where they took my daughter's life, and the priest asked people to pray for the american girl that was killed. >> reporter: investigators in mexico city say the intended target was bouncer standing outside the restaurant. he survived the shooting, but tonight coworkers at nectar therapeutic south of market where she worked for nearly three years and her family and friends are mourning her loss. >> she had so much going for her, so much to offer the world

home and joins us now live from mexico city and john we've just been saying the front runner in dresslabor's obrador waiting to enter the polling station eager to vote in these very crucial elections. that's exactly right you can probably see behind me as well the polling stations are just starting to open up here in mexico and there's manual lopez obrador as you say is by far the front runner in this and that's significant because it could be the first time in eighty nine years when there's a president that's not from mexico has two oldest parties the prairie and the pan now one of the biggest issues this time around is violence two thousand and seventeen was the most violent year on record in mexico two thousand and eighteen looks set to surpass that so to talk a little bit about that i have with me now gavin strong who's the chief analyst for control risks which is a security consultant see group so what does the next president whoever that is in the next government have to do to lower these appalling levels of violence in the country well i think for a start the next president nee

in mexico city tonight if you're thinking. well if you're ever in kenya the one place most people will tell you to visit is the nairobi national park it's home to the world's largest concentration of black rhinos and other species unique to the african continent an environmentalist say its biodiversity is now under threat from a new railway line. welcome to nairobi national park the only national park in the world the directly borders the city. if you're lucky you'll spot will to be giraffes and even the every loose of pride of lions. but looking at the land from the air you notice a different kind of creature the standard gauge railway. authorities say out of seven possible routes this was the best option what he established was at all those other possible routes one we're going to have a lot more impact on the park because we're going to acquire more land from the national park in excess of one hundred fifty. but what they took was an option of building a breach across the national building a bridge one hundred meter to pass

we are live in mexico city. bmw's trade warning, the carmaker joins gm in a lobby against auto tariffs, while chinese pmi's signal weaker exports. and judgment day, the german chancellor holds migration talks with her coalition partner. can't she swerved a government crisis? -- can she swerved government crisis? anna: good morning. 9:00 6:00 here in london, if you are in dubai with manus. let's talk about asian equities. it has been a fairly negative one. we have hong kong out of action, but generally we are weaker, down 0.3 percent. this has been the story of the second quarter. we have voices joining the trade conversation, it in particular from the very networked car industry. we have the g.m. ceo speaking out, bmw, plenty of voices. mean rise, the chinese currency continues to weaken. the dollar is stronger. we are seeing asian fx weakening, in general it many voices say they are not seeing signs of the chinese weakening their currency. %,at euro is weaker, down 0.3 dealing with the headline around angela me

country really come under three camps we saw a lot of the first come last night in the central mexico city plaza there through but that man has finally got into power they see him as personally honest they he him is able to bring the change the mexico needs from a political class that hasn't been able to deal with corruption crime and poverty there's many others in a second category they're down about not preserve their slightly worried about what he might do they don't know what comes next but they feel that they just couldn't go on with the political class that's been governing mexico for so long and then there's a third category of people that are sincerely worried about no principle or daughter a man who after losing the last two elections said that there was both fraud and then accept the results business leaders they've been called by lopez obrador part of the power mafia as he said and they actually instructed obliquely their employees before the election to be very wary about voting for president lopez of president elect now lopez obrador so this country is very split although he's

the the former mexico city mayor triumphed against the two parties that have ruled mexico city for nearly a century. >> after the victory lopez obrador vowed to seek friendship with the united states with the quote always rooted in mutual respect and in defense of our migrant countrymen. >> reporter: what many are calling a revolution for this country. you see people pouring into the square behind me to celebrate an event they never thought would take place, the election of a leftist populous candidate. he's been running for president now for over a decade. this is his third attempt at the office. previous attempts he said kept him from gaining office because of corruption. not right now, though. he has more than defeated the opposition. that's because more of mexican society feel over the years but this election he managed to reach out. and so many people were struck by his anti-trump message, his message against the violence in this country. but now the harder questions will begin to emerge. how will he govern? how will he, for example, confront donald trump issues that are so unpopular

was celebrating her first anniversary with her husband when she was shot leaving a restaurant in mexico city. >> a year ago we were worried about selecting wedding flowers. now a year later we're ordering flowers for her funeral. >> reporter: in a ritzy neighborhood, she was hit by a stray bullet during a drive-by shooting targeting someone else. >> she felt comfortable going to mexico. she knew about the people. she knew about the culture. she knew about the traditions. >> reporter: mexico has a murder rate nearly four times that of the u.s. this may, a homicide every 15 minutes. even at popular beach destinations, americans have been warned of violence. the u.s. government has issued "do not travel advisories" for five mexican states. many crimes connected to gun violence. >> i live in chicago. you know, we're sensitized to this. this is the worst experience a parent could ever have. >> reporter: tonight during the height of summer vacation, the murder of an american in a country where the government insists it's safe. miguel almaguer, nbc news. >> there is much more to tell you about toni

and he is joining me now from mexico city. foreign minister, welcome to the program. >> hello, christiane. it's great to be with you from mexico city. >> so i just want to start by asking you, obviously the question of our time and the question that's really standing between you and the united states, and that is the immigration issue. you have called the president's policies cruel and inhumane. we've all seen these horrendous pictures of children crying, weeping, separated from their parents. the president has changed this policy, but are you getting any assurances as to what's happening with the children, what immigration policy is? >> christiane, let me start by saying that mexico's relationship with the u.s. is extremely important and it's also very wide, very complex. we have -- it's not only about immigration. it's not only about trade. it's about security. it's about investment, tourism, culture, education. it's one of the tightest, more intense relationships between neighbors in the world. certainly we want to have a v

and possibly the first woman mayor of mexico city.r team's unexpected triumph over spain in the world cup. russia won the match in moscow in a penalty shoot—out, eliminating the former champions. in the quarterfinals, russia will face croatia, who beat denmark, also in a penalty shoot—out. the world cup upset is all over the media today, as are many of the other stories to let us take a look at some of them, starting in germany. starting with the frankfurter allgemeine, where the headline reads showdown with merkel as interior minister horst seehofer offers to resign over chancellor merkel‘s migration policy. we will look at that in just the second. —— we will look at that injust a second. in the financial times, the eu hints at countermeasures to president trump's threat of car tariffs, in a submission to the us department of commerce. as much as $294 billion worth of trade has been earmarked. in the daily telegraph, another world cup upset — the paper is calling it a ‘russian revelation' after the hosts sent home spain in a penalty

will cross over to you a little later on for the tenth time being thank you for that update from mexico city and social media has played a significant role in mexico's elections but there has been a large scale social media doesn't dissemination of partisan political messages on false news so here al jazeera look some of the fake news stories dominating the internet so you can head to al jazeera dot com to have a read through this. we are also on facebook at facebook dot com slash al-jazeera we're also on twitter our handle is at age english use the hash tag a.j. news grid and you can send us a what's up or telegram plus one seven four five zero triple one one four nine a lot of interest and comments coming in to me here at our feet on the mexico story we have a comment on facebook from shante wishing the beautiful country of mexico to overcome of their current problems now we will cross over to london for more of the international news with mary. hello they are staring we begin in germany where chancellor angela merkel's coalition government could be at risk with her main political ally dec

thank goodness for mexico city. thank goodness for mexico city. thank you for watching. bye—bye.e end of summer as we know it because, throughout this week, we're still going to see some sunshine and some warmth. we finished yesterday with some sunshine in the west, more of that to come today and through this week. as well as a bit more sunshine, it's not going to be quite as windy. the rain that we do see — and there will be some — will be mainly in the form of showers, only forming a small portion of the day if at all, and gradually we will see temperatures rise yet again. the weekend weather was courtesy of a overall low pressure centre to the south of iceland, bringing these weather fronts around the bottom edge of it. butjust notice that circulation, with the cooler air, starts to weaken as we go through the week, and in doing so, we start to tap in to warmer air across western europe later on. but out there this morning, it is a reasonably warm and not muggy start to the day, across parts of the south and east in particular, temperatures 17—18 celsius for the morning commut

the airline hasissued north of mexico city.ify what has happened, but in the last few, the governor of the mexican state of durango has said there were no text. the transport ministry has said there we re transport ministry has said there were 94 passengers and two crew members on board, but there are reports of a number of people being injured. that is according to the state civil protection spokesman, who has been talking to local television there, but he couldn't give a precise figure. at the moment there are no reports of any deaths. the headlines on bbc news: a teenager is sentenced to 17 years in prison for an acid attack, after a woman dies. a passenger plane carrying 101 people has crashed in macro one state —— durango stake in mexico. —— state. the opposition party in zimbabe claims victory in the elections but tensions grow amid accusations from both sides. every year, up to 32,000 women in america fall pregnant after being raped. and in four states in the country, if they decide to keep the child born after the attac

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who is in mexico city so a few of the frontrunner lopez obrador has already run twice for the presidency so how good are his chances this time around becoming the next mexican president. while he has a lead of twenty find points on top of his nearest challenger which is we got on i left from a call ition led by the conservative party national action and on the third place an independent candidate who was picked by the governing party the institutional revolutionary party close antonio mead it is also very likely that lopez obrador and his coalition will hold control of both chambers of congress which will probably help him to pass some of the major reforms he wants to make especially in the telecommunications and electricity sector. all those candidates lopez obrador has vowed to completely change mexico what does he mean by that and why do people trust him. well mexicans are so fed up with their ruling class that they are taking a chance on a populist for the first time and this is mainly because of the traditional parties and pretty they haven't been able to to fight the biggest proble

home the news live in mexico city first said john lopez obrador won the presidency at a gala but then mexican congress and senate were also up for grabs what happened there. we haven't got the complete vote tally yet but the projections for showing. those parties and their allies will also take both houses of congress now they'll have the projections say a majority but not the two thirds a supermajority that they need to change the constitution so there is a check there what he's going to be able to do at least in the first part of his presidency that sort of checks and balances been talked about before and now after the election people wanting to see what exactly the new president elect of the part of the country is going to be able to do some of that as you heard in lucy is package piece there some people worried about the fact that the new president elect is very strong minded he has a vision of mexico he said several times in rallies i'm stubborn and once i've got something into my head and that's what i'm going to accomplish many people feel that that might some people feel that

most powerful and chin empires in the americas and has a story past john heilemann has more from mexico city. the red queen one of mexico's most famous archaeological treasures a restored funeral finery has arrived in the nation's capital all the one thousand three hundred years after she took her last breath experts believe she was a prominent figure in the maya world is like i said the only national she's the head of a long line of governors and a lady that headed up confrontations between other mayan political centers. she was laid to rest in pulling the ancient mayan citadel in the jungles of southern mexico placed in a red sock office in a red chamber both claim a great sacrifice experts say many would have died in getting the radioactive mercury so far it used to paint them the colors exact significance was lost over time so was the red queen until nine hundred ninety four when archaeologists found her now believe carefully reconstructed her features along with her funeral garment precious jewels and the death mask made out of more than one hundred pieces of molokai to closely resemble

after losing so much hope she reminds us is the last thing you can lose you see in human mexico city still ahead on al-jazeera among taken your i have to be strong but my star cops out to be a mother's anxious wait during the search for her thirteen year old son trapped in a cave in thailand. and we take a look at the impact of u.s. tariff for candidates industries and people. hello there we've got plenty of showers over the southeast parts of asia at the moment we look at the satellite picture we can see the showers generally felt around the philippines then track down through parts of borneo and a victory across the monitor as well so that's where we're seeing the west of the weather and to the north and the south of that is where there's a far more in the way of dry weather around and plenty of sunshine so for us across parts of viet nam and towards the west over many parts of thailand there's heavy fog.

mexico this is what's left of a school that collapsed during last september's earthquake here in mexico city and these little angels represent the nineteen children who were crushed to death when a structure that was built illegally by the school's owner fell on top of them as he had apparently paid off local officials to turn a blind eye to the building code the victim's parents say that they died not because of the earthquake but because of corruption a phenomenon that is spreading like a disease throughout mexico and almost every aspect of life. which is why confronting crime violence and the widespread corruption that makes those things possible are the main issues for tens of millions of mexicans as they choose a new president. one has to be the criminal so they'd let you work in peace sometimes it's the police that bribes corruption is everywhere. in geo mexican's against corruption and impunity says the corruption costs the poorest thirty five percent. of their income putting poverty and violence in of this is circle and when you start healing the economy with those levels of violence

vote well for the very latest we're joined now by our correspondent a few harms rooty who is in mexico city so if you're the frontrunner lopez obrador has already run twice for the presidency so how good are his chances this time around becoming the next mexican president. while he has a lead of twenty five points on top of his nearest challenger which is only got about najaf from a call ition led by the conservative.

direction economically, politically and the frontrunner, manuel lopez 0brador, the former mayor of mexico cityhat, saying that the time is now to take mexico in a new direction and that he is the man to do that. is the violence a reflection then of his credibility asa reflection then of his credibility as a candidate? in other words, if this evidence of the cartels trying to fight back or isn't it as simple as that, is it more complicated, the victims and the political workers who have been killed in the last few months, do they all come from one side? well, you know, i have lived in mexico for three or four years, and now i am back and forward co nsta ntly and now i am back and forward constantly between here and elsewhere in the region and i don't think i have seen it as fractured as it is now. it is hard to pinpoint a single cartel in the way that you used to be able to. there are so many different groups that have broken up since their main heads have been arrested or killed. it is a very complicated mosaic of violence and different competing interests. added to that, the state institution

mexico. their chances and i are out of the world cup, but it was so much fun to be here in this city when mexicodown into the programme from here with the one day. what a significant day. the election that has taken place, and also this date when they were hoping to beat the curse, as they call it, but not this time. this is beyond 100 days from the bbc. coming up for viewers on the bbc news channel and bbc world news: rescue teams find all 12 boys and their coach alive in a cave in thailand, after going missing for more than a week. hello. 0nly hello. only very subtle weather changes day to day this week. anybody looking for significant bill will be disappointed with this forecast. for many it will remain dry. a little bit cooler for some, particularly in the breeze across southern parts, compared to sunday. this is the satellite picture. cloud free for most, and there will be some cloud spreading into some parts of south—east scotland and into north—east england through the night. it will be misty and murky for some of us starting the day tomorrow. a chance through the evening of an isolated s

ophelia holmes joining us from mexico city where as we can see people are celebrating thanks. still to come on the show you're watching d.w. news will this man bring down angela merkel's government political drama as german interior minister. threatens to resign over migration we will look back on how it got this far. and croatia have folks there facing the quarter finals of the world cup they screens past denmark in a penalty shoot out and will now face the hosts russia. all that mark coming up in just a few minutes time i'm sara kelley in berlin you're watching news. from the. front line the cages and. the weapons are a guitar complex and passion that. he's fighting against drugs for a sucker. of all u.k. residential want britain to stay in the e.u. the photos show mug leymah is not about to quit she believes in miracles and superpowers. once the funding dries up. five pounds. those are children in afghanistan will no longer be learning anything here. on a project that has built and run schools here for more than twenty years could soon be no more but a german couple is stil

when a family member is murdered or last in america you see a name and explains the issues from mexico city. this is my son had a son he was nineteen and studied architecture but he said mantel piece is in fact a shrine to her two murdered sons place where she can at least keep their ashes close to her three years ago the eldest person was kidnapped yeah. a few hours later fifteen year old a football player was murdered along with his brother in law invade a goose where they used to live even though the family paid the ransom to get her son back he was never returned eventually the remains of my eldest son were found in a bass grave along with one hundred ninety other missing people in your area. i thought one day i would find. only thing i have of him now is his call and a piece of hip and leg because those monsters chop them all to pieces. there's no peace for the families of the more than thirty thousand mexicans who were murdered last year and the equal number who are still missing records that are expected to be surpassed this year. but there is another type of crime that is also destr

clive myrie is in mexico city for us and explained what's at stake. political shift that you talk about could well be to the left, and that would signal a huge transformation of society here potentially. this country has been led by centre and centre—right governments as long as anyone can remember, so we're on the verge of a political earthquake potentially. the man who's been leading in the polls, low a hard right candidate and the former mayor of mexico city and the former mayor of mexico city and there's a sense this could be a change election. the electorate is fed up of widespread corruption and violence, you mentioned those candidates and politicians killed in the campaign, and they're fed up of the campaign, and they're fed up of the drugs cartels and criminal gangs that run so much of society here, leading to a murder rate that is the envy of war zones, leading to a murder rate that is the envy of war zones, up from january tojune envy of war zones, up from january to june this year, envy of war zones, up from january tojune this year, at the

after his two main rivals both conceded latin america had to lose you know in reports now from mexico city. times have been bridled violence and corruption mexicans have taken a leap of faith was a hero massacred nearly was we all want to be able to live and work in our country without being killed but lopez obrador we believe there will finally be real change was for the first time mexicans have chosen a left wing populist and despond. to beat them better known as he represents social change and up up all honesty was. i will not let you down i will not disappoint you i am conscious of my historic responsibility i don't want to go down in history as a bad president. says he will begin by a radek adan corruption which he says is the principal calls of poverty and violence but just through college tuition expects he would see his ambitious goals this mystery because he has been trying to be short on details about how the once to implement what he calls a radical transformation of mexico. he has explained that he'll pay for ambitious social programs and subsidies to the poorest with an estima

candidate andres manuel lopez obrador in the country's presidential election the former mayor of mexico city has promised to stamp out corruption. and at the world cup croatia booked their spot in the quarter final they squeeze denmark in a penalty shoot out and will now face hosts. i'm sunni so misconduct to have you with us crisis grips germany's government as a feud over migration and dangerous uncle michael's ruling coalition last ditch talks among the chancers conservative bloc are now set for today on sunday interior minister who say hope for threatened to quit his post over mackerels insistence on an e.u. wide migration policy his resignation could lead to the breakup of the decades long conservative alliance say hope for is describing this evening's talks as a concession to his coalition partners. one year we will talk one more time in the interest of our country and the capacity for action of our government which we want to maintain we intend to make a further attempt at reaching agreement on the central question of border controls and turning people back on this question alone. and

four people including emergency workers have been killed in a series of fireworks explosions from mexico city the agency red cross says firefighters police and paramedics are among the dead it happened in the town of told to pack which is known as mexico's fireworks capital those are the headlines to news continues keep it here on al-jazeera a witness is next. there are some gabby are the ones that are that we are going to call it one. of the first fun i came up being that the young on the them going to concord. where the because you got off with that i've got some. on my gear for the man i call the million is on me by the some of us he'd go for my one up would he get them. fail and you know i got said it would be. mainly. on its own if. that was the one they like the look and those that i wanted. what i would urge young girls all over there were. give it a good show for the good. job board on the show that even will. let others who are near the marijuana go to the bottom of the some of the anger. well that on the. the world. you're perfect and i. just love. the market. i love city. come on i