go to a specialist because i developed an asthma problem, because i've been living in such a poisonous cityears. >> who needs an expensive new car that'll go 200 kilometers an hour if you spend most of your time stuck in traffic? ruiz had his car converted to meet his true needs. >> so what kind of a range does your car have? >> 50 kilometers. >> 50 kilometers? that's nothing. it's really not worth it, is it? >> it is worth it. i never drive more than 25 or 30 kilometers a day. >> if he had stronger batteries, the electric beetle could go much further, but ruiz doesn't care. he paid 4,500 euros for his electric drive to this man, alvarÓ de la paz. the mechanic converts cars with diesel or gasoline engines into electric vehicles. a mini like this one requires a lot more battery power than the bug. de la paz is self-taught. >> looks like all the others. i'm pretty proud of it. >> de la paz says that converting conventional cars is quick, saves resources, and costs just a fraction of what a new electric car would cost. >> it's to our advantage if we use what's already been made and turn it int

to go to a specialist because i developed a nasty a problem because i've been living in such a poisonous city for fifteen years. who needs an expensive new car that will go two hundred kilometers an hour if you spend most of your time stuck in traffic ruiz had his car converted to meet his true needs. you so what kind of a range does your car have. fifty kilometers. fifty kilometers that's nothing. it's really not worth it is it. it is worth i never drive more than twenty five or thirty kilometers a day. and. if he had stronger batteries the electric beetle could go much further but really it doesn't care. he paid forty five hundred euros for his electric drive to this man i thought oh dear love house the mechanic converts cars with diesel or gasoline engines into electric vehicles a mini like this one requires a lot more battery power than the bug deal of hers is self-taught. looks like all the others i'm pretty proud of it possible for. dillahunt says converting conventional cars is quick saves resources and costs just a fraction of what a new electric car would cost us and i love it and it

book about the floodwater crisis fortunately this time is picked up a release last month "the poisoned city" chronicles the story of the floodwater crisis that is more complicated than water supplies. anna worked hard to break, nrda fled so readers understand how an estate surrounded by fresh water its residents were poisoned from something so easily taken for granted, water from the faucet. although i admit to pre- -- being. biased in my review of the book which i think is wonderful i'm happy to report "the news york times" and "usa today" agree with me. everyone should read it. without further delay or potentially embarrassing childhood stories here is anna clark. [applause] >> i'm so happy to be here and i'm utterly overwhelmed and i'm lucky that i still have my voice at all. this is really moving. thank you so much for being here. i'm so grateful to the library which really was a second home to us for many years and for letting us have this event here but i'm grateful to forever books and my many family and friends who are all here and to those of you that i have needed that yet. i feel

to poison them in the city of salzburg russia is denying its involvement and this threatening retaliatory measures. canada's prime minister justin trudeau insists his country will always speak strongly on human rights he was responding to an escalating diplomatic dispute with saudi arabia it has cut trade investment and educational agreements after canada called for the release of a jailed political activist kristen salumi reports now from toronto. canadian. prime minister justin trudeau had no apology for his government's call to release two human rights activists being detained in saudi arabia canadians i have always expected our government to speak strongly firmly clearly and politely about the need to respect human rights at home and around the world we will continue to do the trick doe promise to continue to engage with the saudis and their allies but the saudi foreign minister wasn't having any of it he accused canada of intervening in what he described as a national security issue claiming that the activists had attempted to get sensitive government information if you don't do some

daughter in britain the state department accuses russia of using the nerve agent novacek to poison them in the city of seoul very russia has called the allegations far fetched now months of national debate in argentina have ended with politicians voting against legalizing elective abortion thousands of people have gathered outside parliament as the final vote took place following more than seventeen hours of debate police used tear gas and water cannons to disperse the crowds. south sudan's president salva kiir has granted amnesty to form a vice president and others involved in the five year civil war it follows a power sharing agreement signed earlier this week aimed at ending the conflict the deal gives care and its former deputy michel eight months to form a transitional government and that via has deported a leading zimbabwe an opposition figure defying a court order allowing him to seek asylum and die betty from the opposition movement for democratic change faces charges at home for inciting post-election violence the m.d.c. was defeated in last week's elections which it says it was rigged in

daughter in britain the state department accuses rusher of using the nerve agent novacek to poison them in the city of seoul sprit russia has called the allegations far fetch more challenges following events for us in moscow they're saying a lot more at the kremlin are they not rory. yeah you get the impression the kremlin is pretty mad about this the spokesperson dmitri peskov has said this is categorically unacceptable that it's illegal under international law or the kremlin has again stress that it had nothing to do with the script poisoning and says that these sanctions the new ones are inconsistent with the constructive atmosphere that the kremlin felt that it got from donald trump but the helsinki summit some weeks ago now though they're saying that washington is an unpredictable actor on the international stage but that it's too soon for the moment's talk about russian council measures counter sanctions because they need to find out more about what these actual u.s. sanctions involve but they're hoping that at some point they can return to constructive relations with washington d. c. now the

the former russian spy sergei skripal, and his daughter yulia, were poisoned in the city in march.russia violated international law by using chemical or biological weapons, but the kremlin denies any involvement. steve rosenberg is in moscow. 0ne suspects the news of sanctions hasn't gone down too well. the reaction here addictively negative. 0ne russian senator said that america was behaving like a police state, dispensing justice in the worst traditions of a lynch mob. the language from the kremlin today a little less colourful, but it made the same point. president putin's spokesman said the new us sanctions we re spokesman said the new us sanctions were absolutely illegal and categorically unacceptable, and he insisted there was no connection between the russian state and the salisbury poisoning. the kremlin sounds increasingly confused by the mixed signals coming out of washington, the fact that, on one hand, there is a us president, donald trump, who says he wants better relations with moscow but, at the same time, the list of us sanctions against russia grows longer and long

the former russian spy sergei skripal and his daughter, yulia, were poisoned in the city in march.ays russia violated international law by using chemical or biological weapons. the kremlin has denied any involvement. our washington correspondent, chris buckler, reports. an attack in the middle of england continues to have consequences for international relationships, and in imposing sanctions, america is making clear that it believes russia used the nerve agent novichok in an intended assassination here on the streets of salisbury. in the aftermath of the poisoning of the former russian double agent sergei skripal and his daughter, yulia, the united states was one of many countries that did take action. it expelled dozens of russian diplomats from the us, including many from its embassy in washington. and since then, members of congress have been pushing for the state department to make a definitive statement that russia had broken international law by using a chemical or biological weapon. in making that determination, sanctions are being automatically imposed that will prevent th

and his daughter the state department accuses russia of using the nerve agent novacek to poison them in the city of souls bring a cargo ship loaded with soybeans is stranded off china victim of the trade war between china and the u.s. it arrived off the coast on the sixth of july just after beijing imposed a twenty five percent tariff on soybeans from the u.s. the chinese levies were a response to u.s. tyrus where thirty four billion dollars. leading zimbabwe an opposition figure is about to appear in court off to be a deported him despite a court order allowing him to seek asylum tendai biti of the movement for democratic change faces charges for inciting post-election violence the m.d.c. was defeated in last week's vote which it says was rigged in favor of the ruling zanu p.f. . with all the headlines more news on al-jazeera after the stream media mars commercial capital yangon is a symbol of its rapid economic growth but in its slums families struggle to survive on borrowing money from merciless loan sharks is their hold inside the cycle of debt one when used on al-jazeera. hired by me ok and

precious in the iraqi city of basra where hundreds of people are in hospital after drinking contaminated water iraq's government has launched an investigation into the mass poisoning the residents in the oil rich city say is just the latest example of basic services being neglected. as more. people in basra have been uploading videos of what comes out of their water tanks contaminated water which appears to be unusable and unsafe some have conducted particle tests on their own and see the water being provided is not fit for drinking hundreds of people have been treated in hospitals in the last few days but stomach related complaints including aches and diarrhea that there are many poisoning cases my own family members have been affected and when i took them to hospital i was surprised to see so many other poisoning cases because of water. oil rich buzzer is iraq's second city with a population of more than two and a half million people for years its facilities and water treatment plants have been neglected using various tests iraq's government has identified deteriorating water quality along the tigris euphrates and the shuttle rob people blame politicians for mak

his daughter and press and the state department accuses russia of using the nerve agent to poison them in the city of souls free russia has called the allegations far fetched or italians joins us now live from moscow savory if we've seen any reaction there from the kremlin. yeah in the last hour or so we have heard some comments from to be true peskov who is the kremlin spokesperson and he said that the. announcements from the united states about these sanctions are unacceptable categorically unacceptable that they are illegal under international law that's according to the kremlin the kremlin has taken the chance yet again to say that it had nothing to do with the poisoning of the script in the u.k. and that these sanctions are inconsistent with the constructive atmosphere of the helsinki summit some weeks ago between me putin and donald trump they're saying it's too early to talk about countermeasures counter sanctions because they need to understand more about what the u.s. sanctions involve but that moscow continues to hope for an improvement in relations with washington d c the the ruble the

the former russian double agent, sergei skripal, and his daughter, yulia, were poisoned in the city innternational law by using chemical or biological weapons. the kremlin has denied any involvement. 0ur washington correspondent, chris buckler, reports. an attack in the middle of england continues to have consequences for international relationships, and in imposing sanctions, america is making clear that it believes russia used the nerve agent novichok in an attempted assassination here on the streets of salisbury. in the aftermath of the poisoning of the former russian double agent sergei skripal and his daughter, yulia, the united states was one of many countries that did take action. it expelled dozens of russian diplomats from the us, including many from its embassy in washington. and since then, members of congress have been pushing for the state department to make a definitive statement that russia had broken international law by using a chemical or biological weapon. in making that determination, sanctions are being automatically imposed that will prevent the sale of some elect

the state department accuses russia of using the nerve agent novacek to poison them in the city of seoul is free russia has called the allegations far fetched for a challenge possible from moscow. well the kremlin response is that this is categorically unacceptable illegal under international law they say they've claimed again that they had nothing to do with the poisoning of the script and these new sanctions are essentially inconsistent with the atmosphere of corporation that they felt they got from donald trump of the helsinki summit with running with putin some weeks ago now where they're saying that washington is an unpredictable actor on the international stage and they don't know yet what they're going to do to respond because the kremlin says it doesn't have enough information about what these u.s. sanctions actually are. however this is in concert with another package of sanctions that looks to be shaping up in washington d.c. has rattles russian markets the ruble has fallen to its lowest level in twenty months and russian stocks and shares are being here to the script how sanct

the former russian spy sergei skripal, and his daughter yulia, were poisoned in the city in march.g chemical or biological weapons. the kremlin has denied any involvement. our washington correspondent chris buckler reports. an attack in the middle of england continues to have consequences for international relationships, and in imposing sanctions, america is making clear that it believes russia used the nerve agent novichok in an intended assassination here on the streets of salisbury. in the aftermath of the poisoning of the former russian double agent sergei skripal and his daughter, yulia, the united states was one of many countries that did take action. it expelled dozens of russian diplomats from the us, including many from its embassy in washington. and since then, members of congress have been pushing for the state department to make a definitive statement that russia had broken international law by using a chemical or biological weapon. in making that determination, sanctions are being automatically imposed that will prevent the sale of some electronics and sensitive techno

the poisoning of triple the state department accuses russia of using the nerve agent to poison them in the british city of souls free russia has called the allegations far fetched chalons is following events for a second moscow we are expecting some sort of reaction from russia it will just be interesting to see what they say or do. well there is a response already from the russian embassy in the united states which has said this new draft of sanctions is draconian and says that there is also no facts or evidence to support the allegations and we're also hearing from russian parliamentarians in moscow that they are considering some sort of counter sanctions measure it's a response to all this so that the official response so far has been i suppose fairly usual it's interesting i think to wait and see what effect this might have on russian public opinion because actually recent polls suggest to you interesting trends of me going on recently one is that the unpopularity of the west a month's russians has actually been lifting also the popularity of rather may putin has been falling now you could maybe as

the former russian spy, sergei skripal, and his daughter yulia, were poisoned in the city in march.or biological weapons. in a moment, we'll get more from washington, but first, here's our moscow correspondent steve rosenberg on how the sanctions are being received there. the reaction here was predictably negative. one russian senator said america was behaving like a police state dispensing justice in the worst traditions of a lynch mob. the language from the kremlin today a little less colourful but it made the same point. president putin's spokesman said the us sanctions were absolutely illegal and categorically unacceptable, and he insisted there was no connection between the russian state and the salisbury poisoning, but the kremlin sounds increasingly confused by the mixed signals coming out of washington, the fact that on the one hand there is a us president who says he wants better relations with moscow yet at the same time the list of us sanctions against russia grows longer and longer, and all this is notjust getting the kremlin down but dragging down the national currency.

earlier this year the state department says russia use nerve gas to poison surrogate script pal and his daughter in the english city of sorcery in march is seventy three years since the united states dropped an atomic bomb and nagasaki in japan which led to the end of the second world war at a ceremony to mark the universe the anniversary un secretary general antonio terror she urged all the leaders to commit to nuclear disarmament saying the fear of war is still present three days before and after sadly the u.s. adopt another atomic bomb on hiroshima roger today those are the latest headlines from us here at al-jazeera coming up next bone hunter. more than twenty years after the bosnian war one man is thirteen for the bones of his piece of old you feel self for floor. again according. to all the third army on the wall give you a free food and water bones are all that families have to lay their loved ones to rest for you so much and of course we don't know what's in it is his life mission but maybe he will know it until the end of his life. flew. all over the world to speak. every day since two thousand and two ram

to poison surrogates crippled and his daughter in the city of souls free russia says u.s. accusations about moscow's involvement a far fetched. still ahead here on al-jazeera. support for the iron lady of ivory coast and. the new terrorists causing frustration and fear of famine in yemen. hello and welcome to international weather forecast the heat across central parts of europe is still in evidence on our chart for thursday temperatures well into the thirty's all the way up through the balkans down through austria and towards germany really easterners all looking dry and fine but it's change taking place further towards the west we've got some severe storms we've got much cooler weather pushing across the u.k. down through france the low countries still pretty warm across parts of the iberian peninsula but not as hot as it has been now to move the forecast through into friday that cold air really wins out across many parts of western europe those still with a southerly flow we're getting temps of twenty seven degrees in stockholm which is quite impressive and further towa

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earlier this year the state department says russia use nerve gas to poison surrogate script pal and his daughter in the english city of saul's free in march.

everyone was shocked by poisoning in an english city of ordinary people, and i think that that has reallyk home, and it has focus people's minds on the events in syria on how awful these weapons are and how more needs to be done to make sure that it is really prohibited. >> neil: i like the way that you framed that, ambassador, the death of an individual, it could have been at least, and one of the major metropolitans of the world. stepping back from all of this, what do you think vladimir putin is doing these days? and whether he is trying to reassert himself on the global stage? what you think? >> i remove are working with russia when i was a younger diplomat i remember working with russia on the bolton's, i remember working with russia and the middle east. i think it is a pity that russia is moving away from that sort of cooperation to a much more aggressive, and competitive stance. some of this is about seeking to set the rules for how international affairs are conducted, moving away from the rules-based system that we have all worked with. but, we do try to work with russia in this c

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prohibition of chemical weapons has confirmed it will send the british city of amesbury as part of the investigation into the poisonings which resulted in the death of one british citizen it's already been confirmed that the woman died from contact with the same type of nerve agent which was used. to attack a former russian double agent and his daughter however they still don't know if it was the same batch of poison. the experts from the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons returned to the u.k. to continue their work to independently confirm the identity of the nerve agent which resulted in the death of one british national in a newsgroup and left another seriously you. ok let's go to our london bureau to get more details and see for us a nasty just run through them or to the experts actually hope to achieve on their visit well andrew presumably they're going to be able to try to help move the investigation forward we do know that they'll be collecting further samples they will be sending those back to o.p.c. w. labs and then reporting back to the u.k. and of course this comes as investigators continue

stay with us on bbc world news, still to come: is this peruvian city the most polluted on earth? residents say mining is poisoningbc world news today, i'm ben bland. the latest headlines: the us space agency, nasa, has successfully launched a mission to send a spacecraf closer to the sun than ever before to send a spacecraft closer to the sun than ever before. washington braces itself for a rally by hardline nationalists and white supremacists, a year after the racially charged violence in charlottesville, virginia. 12 people, including two children, have been injured in a shooting in the city of manchester here in the uk. it happened during a street party, which was celebrating a local carnival. police are treating the shooting as an attempted murder — megan paterson reports. thousands of people enjoy manchester's caribbean carnival every year. yesterday was no exception. but after the event finished, at a large party a few streets away, shots were heard. officers arrived on the scene at 2:30am this morning. some were armed. nine people, including two children, suffered pellet—type wounds. —— ten people were adm

poisoning cases because of water. oil rich buzzer is iraq's second city with a population of more than two and a half million people forears its facilities and water treatment plants have been neglected using various tests iraq's government has identified deteriorating water quality along the tigris euphrates and the shuttle rob people blame politicians for making matters worse since to attend any of those corrupt politicians cannot even help the fish in this water to survive things that be able to help our country. even animals in europe enjoy some dignity compared to us here in iraq air and water are necessary for life but now there is no water and. the anger has again reached the streets dozens of people have been protesting against the lack of solutions from the government civil society activists and lawyers have filed cases against the governor of the head of the municipal council and the directors of water and health authorities. the people buster are demanding the provision of uncontaminated drinking water as well as health services and good education these are constitutional rights the constitution is merely in

international chemical weapons watchdog to visit the british city vegas' phrase part of their investigation into the deadly nerve agent poisoning. and we speak to the son of a jailed bahraini opposition figure who is going on hunger strike because he claims his father is being denied life saving treatment. they could. be training they are coming. from medical teams. from egypt is he acts is the book even what it but. without international three pm here in moscow. our top story this hour change the word white to black or jewish you could find yourself in trouble on twitter that's what one conservative activist in the u.s. confirmed as she tried to highlight the platform's alleged double standards with more his. candace she's from turning points usa conservative organization in the usa what she did was she took tweets from new york times journalist sarah job and simply replaced the words white with the words black or the word jewish the response of twitter was to shut down her account candace owens says that twitter was right to take down her posts and ban her for making hateful comments regarding black and jewish people she says

city managed by from. the u.s. is to impose new sanctions on russia over the poisoning of a former russian spy in britain the state department says moscow used another chunk nerve agent to attack former double agent. and his daughter yulia in the english time of souls pray in march the kremlin denies any involvement. leading zimbabwe up .

poisoning cases because of water. oil rich buzzer is iraq's second city with a population of more than two and a half million people for years its facilities and water treatment plants have been neglected using various tests iraq's government has identified deteriorating water quality along the tigris euphrates and the shuttle rob people blame politicians for making matters worse seem to attend to those corrupt politicians cannot even help the fish in this water to survive things that be able to help our country. even animals in europe enjoy some dignity compared to us here in iraq air and water are necessary for life but now there is no water and the anger has again reached the streets dozens of people have been protesting against the lack of solutions from the government civil society activists and lawyers have filed cases against the governor of the head of the municipal council and the directors of water and health authorities. the people buster are demanding the provision of uncontaminated drinking water as well as health services and good education these are constitutional rights the constitution is merely in qan

poisoning cases because of water. oil rich buzzer is iraq's second city with a population of more than two and a half million people for years its facilities and water treatment plants have been neglected using various tests iraq's government has identified deteriorating water quality along the tigris euphrates and the shuttle rob people blame politicians for making matters worse since to attend to those corrupt politicians cannot even help the fish in this water to survive things that be able to help our country. even animals in europe enjoy some dignity compared to us here in iraq air and water are necessary for life but now there is no water and. the anger has again reached the streets dozens of people have been protesting against the lack of solutions from the government civil society activists and lawyers have filed cases against the governor of the head of the municipal council and the directors of water and health authorities. the people buster are demanding the provision of uncontaminated drinking water as well as health services and good education these are constitutional rights the constitution is merely in q

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