a drop in the sea both a true on sri lanka. the entire island nation including its capital colombo is caught up in an atmosphere of change. the civil war that lasted more than a quarter of a century ended in two thousand and nine at the beginning of two thousand and fifteen the people of sri lanka voted for more democracy in the form of a new president. the island formerly known as ceylon is an idyllic holiday destination for tourists it's best explored by train. the train journey here is always also a journey into the country's colonial past that much becomes clear before we start our journey at the central station in colombo fort in the heart of the city. we buy our tickets at a counter that has a nostalgic air they can then be checked by a friendly conductor. the station building was modeled on victoria station in manchester the traces of the british colonial rulers are everywhere. the british ruled between seventeen ninety six and nine hundred forty eight things were different back then. the many problems we have now and dr

one of the most significant in the whole of sri lanka is sri dollar dhamaal igawa the temple of the sacred tooth. the most important buddhist relic in sri lanka is kept here the buddha's upper left coast bid a significant symbol of national pride. people come from all around the world to attend the daily services they donate and they pray. the ninety minute puja starts at half past nine the word means something like worship and is an important ritual in every day buddhist life. according to legend the sacred tooth is said to store the buddhist spiritual strength this belief also turned this religious relic into a political instrument of power for the single these pills. by danny how that sri lanka was ruled by king. with the and there were seven royal ruling period was thing going to go and landed on your knees in the in eighteen fifteen the british conquered candy and with it the temple of the sacred tooth was he as an important symbol of power and straight lanka with on. budget you've been a city. patiently waiting outside the chamber where the relic is housed. visitors only get to see a

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working population up here mainly the women are employed in the many textile companies their goods sri lanka's most important industrial export. with wages at just fifty euros a month manual labor is no luxury and it's cheap compared to purchasing a loom the women get to pick the colors. so that's no overhead we tend to use strong bright colors in a day you can relieve a serang that's around two metres long. the thread is spun on the spindle they've made themselves. the thin yarn of the sarong is very water absorbent it's made of cotton and very pleasant on the skin silk is less practical in the mountains when it rains a lot a cotton sarong is better. we're apparently really. lucky with the weather today we're told on the train that there hasn't been a single day without rain up here in two and a half years. the british originally built the railway line to transport tea from the mountains to the port of colombo but first tea was merely a substitute for coffee which had been affected by a fungus coffee rust. the british recruited highland tunnels from southern india as cheap labor. to t

sri lanka ended their innings 238th all out.ly. the stage was set by him and finished by him. not out on 110 and hitting the winning runs to condemn sri lanka to a 5—0 whitewash.. australia are desperate to draw level in their test series with bangladesh after intense criticism from the media down under. defeat in the opening match was their first ever to the bangladeshis. here's captain steve smith. obviously, bangladesh will be full of confidence after the way they played last week. we need to play a lot better than we did last week. we need to win this test match to level the series. the inclusion of stephen o'keefe in the squad is a good one. it gives us the option to play three spinners if we like and if it is really skinny it is a good option. haydn porteous has won the czech masters. the south african came from two shots back going into sunday's final round in prague to overtake lee slattery. his three under par 69 took him to thirteen under overall and was good enough to give him victory by two shots. thanks for your com

sri la nka kumar sangakkara sri lanka. sri la n ka lost kumar sangakkara sri lanka. just one t20 match on wednesday to try to salvage some pride. australia are desperate to draw level in their test series with bangladesh after they received intense criticism from media down under. defeat in the opening match was their first ever to bangladesh. here is steve smith. bangladesh will be full of confidence with how they played last week, we are going to have to play a lot better. we are down 1—0 in the series and we need to win the series. i think the inclusion of steven 0'keefe in the squad is a good one, it gives us the option to play three spinners. there is a possibility we go with that. are more confident smile from chris froome as he has extended his lead in the welter is banned, he now leads vincenzo nibali by one minute and one seconds. andy lopez won the 129 kilometre 15 stage, his second stage win of the race, chris froome finished fifth and gained six seconds over his nearest rival. there are six stages to go. ewan sprinted to victory on the opening stage of th

the indian art of healing has a long standing tradition on sri lanka to. the holistic approach of io veda and a calming view of nature. the steam bath with healing herb's is also good for relaxation it reduces cholesterol levels cuts weight and cleanses the skin. it's paradise and. we're completely relaxed on our final leg to ella. this stretch is definitely one of the most attractive in the whole of asia that's why it's best to think about its future. the mainline should continue on as a great railway. as you can be and by the way it might be handed over to the us. my can as a day to day there and then again as i thought is very big. lie and i must say i don't say that it should be used for the. local bank it could be named dan rather than as. much of this area to. be a good idea because that would secure the continued existence of the mainland allowing travelers from all over to discover a new world in just nine hours straight. germany decides the day before the general election on t.w. a day dedicated to democracy from its dramatically killings in germa

sri lanka were put into bat and made 170 for seven from their 20 overs.home side which included four sixes. in reply, virat kohli laid the foundations for india's victory by smashing 82 off 5a balls. manish pandey hit an unbeaten half—century, including the winning runs, as india reached their target with four balls to spare. they'd already whitewashed sri lanka 3—0 in the tests and 5—0 in the 0ne—day internationals. australia hold a first innings lead of 72 heading into the fourth day of the second test against bangladesh in chittagong. david warner made it consecutive test match hundreds as bad light stopped play with 13 overs remaining after rain washed out the entire first session. warnerjoins a select group of 12 australian cricketers who have scored 20 or more test tons but bangladesh lead the two match series 1—0. former west indies pace great michael holding hopes the stunning victory over england at headingley does not turn out to be just "a blip" in the west iindies decline as a test force. jason holder's young team rebounded from a humiliating

hello everyone peter in doha here with your top stories from al-jazeera also ahead sri lanka's government to hunt down buddhist monks suspected of attacking a u.n. shelter for ranger refugee camps in the capital colombo. a verdict expected shortly in eleven on in the trial of a sunni cleric linked to a shootout in which sixty people died plus. a london bus tour taking in the sights of alleged nigerian money laundering property deals. ok let's begin with the latest on the fallout from monday's secession referendum in the kurdish region of northern iraq now initial results say ninety two percent voted yes to secede but pressure on kurdish leaders. is on the increase in iraq is demanding the vote be an old the country's parliament has called on the prime minister to deploy troops to disputed areas including the oil rich city of kirkuk that area is controlled by kurdish military units but officially it's governed by baghdad the iraqi prime minister also says the kurdish leadership must relinquish control of border crossings and oil revenues several international airlines have agreed to baghda

one of sri lanka's cricketing greats has called time on his international career.s and matched brian lara and sachin tendulkar as the fastest player to reach 10,000 runs in test cricket. he sat down with my colleague, matthew amroliwala, to reflect on his career. i think as a professional sportsman the desire to compete at the highest level never really disappears, forget the cricketing field, we play a warm up for any competition, even ourfriendly, the a warm up for any competition, even our friendly, the competitive spirit comes out. but my reflection on my game, my reflexes are based on technique and notjust hand eye coordination so i have had the longevity that sometimes players who rely on reflexes may not have. like isaid rely on reflexes may not have. like i said before, sometimes you hold on to long and i always think it is better to let go sooner rather than later. you broke into the side at 22, interrupting law studies, did you ever think he would finish equalling brian lara, sutton ten doctor? reporter at hanging at lord's? not really! i remember playing

just glad to be alive and would make the best of their new lodgings very hard on that very day the sri lankan government described the monks who led the protest as animals i would like to condemn in the strongest possible terms the attack against. refugees refute is under the. un they'd see obviously day in mt early in the hour by. by a group of cards in rooms the refugees are waiting for their applications to be placed in the third country to be processed by the u.n.h.c.r. when if an end is al-jazeera colombo now the governor of tokyo has launched a new political party adding more uncertainty to next month's general election in japan k.s. promising to end nuclear power and freeze a proposed tax hike the prime minister shinzo alvey announced the snap election on monday put into music island of bali remains on high alert because of fears of al qaeda might erupt at any moment it's mount going is being streamed smoke and ash for the past six days and its tremors are becoming more intense more than seventy five thousand people have been moved from the area the volcano last erupted in one t

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chandimal is still there, 60 not out, and sri lanka will resume on 227 for four.he first day of the first test against bangladesh in potchefstroom, thanks to a superb innings from dean elgar, 128 not out. hashim amla alongside him, aiden markram and elgar had put on 196 for the first wicket, before markram was run out for 97. south africa will resume on 298 for 1. in tennis, the semi—final line—up for the wuhan open in china is complete — but it doesn't include the world number one garbine muguruza. she was beaten in three sets by the french open championjelena 0stapenko. the champion lost in 3—set, the latvian coming from a set down. she will now face ashley barty who defeated pliskova. now they call it the presidents cup, and it's fair to say phil mickleson captured just that, sneaking a selfie with three former occupants of the white house on the opening day of the biennial matchplay tournament which pits the usa against an international team. and as colm harrison reports, they have reason to be happy — having witnessed a great start by the usa. barack 0bama ba

in reply, sri lanka struggled and were bowled out for 207 with more than seven overs remaining.ond league meet in brussels on thursday with his very last attempt. the american also threw a meet record of 22.44 metres improving his own personal best by almost a metre. the 24—year—old gets his hands on the diamond trophy and a $50,000 winner's cheque presented by the smurfs, and it comes as consolation for hill after he failed to win a medal at all during the recent world athletics championships in london. what a way to win and be presented with the trophy. until next time, goodbye. today marks the first day of the meteorological autumn, so i thought we would start with a summary of summer. a decent start. temperatures soared up to 35 celsius back in june, but since then it has been rather disappointing. a cool second—half, especially in august. the first few weeks terrible and quite wet at times too. this morning we get off to a chilly start of the day. out in the countryside, temperatures down to about 3—4 degrees in the coldest spots first thing, so a chill in the air. apart fr

sri? >> thank you very much for that update chery kang from seoul. >>> international investors cut their capital flows to emerging market debt and equities in august hitting a low not seen since january. em debt saw 16.5 billion of inflows in the month let's talk more about these flows with the co-head of emerging market debt relative at schroeders james, pleasure to see you and have you on the show what does this slowdown in in flows mean is it profit taking or people acting with more caution because at some point the fed will ramp up the tightening and reduce the balance sheet? >> at this point it feels more like a pause than a reversal of flows. the fundamentals are still strong the key for us is the dollar remains weak that tends to push flows into emerging markets that phenomenon is still going on we consider this a pause rather than reversal. >> is it still sensible to bulk up on emerging market debt even after this short pause do you think valuations have not gotten ahead of themsel

most international teams stopped visiting pakistan after a deadly attack on the sri lankan team backonly zimbabwe visited pakistan after that and pakistan were forced to play their home games in the united arab emirates. even the pakistani super league, the pakistani domestic championship had to take place in the united arab emirates. but security has been improving over the last two years and earlier this year the final of the pakistani super league was held in pakistan for the first time, the fact it went smoothly paved the way for this tour and now even the sri lankan team are due to visit pakistan at the end of next month. melanoma is the deadliest form of skin cancer. in australia alone, which has the highest incidence of the disease in the world, one person will die from it every five hours. but a team of researchers there say there is hope after clinical trials appear to show new treatment stopping the disease and preventing it from spreading. hywel griffiths reports from sydney. there are two drug treatments which have been trialled, one doctors say reboots the immune system

paid by the sri lankan government.nd hotels together, it came to around £100,000 in hospitality which had not been declared in the mps' register of interest. ian paisley responded first by social media and then via a letter from his lawyer, saying this story was devoid of logic and fact and he would be referring himself to the parliamentary commissioner for standards. the dup, who play a vital role in westminster at the moment, propping up the conservative government, saying they think he has made the right move and they are looking forward to the outcome of the investigation by the standards commissioner. mark devonport, thank you. after cycling more than 2000 miles in three weeks, britain's chris froome is on course to become only the third man to complete the vuelta a espana and tour de france double in the same year. the four—time tour winner leads the race by a minute and 37 seconds with two competitive stages to go ahead of sunday's parade into madrid. andy swiss reports. thed behind the handlebars — chris froome

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we are watching out for that thanks a lot >>> sri, with that, i'm sending it back to you it's a full day at the car show in germany in frankfurt. the buzz words are e-mobility, but also efficiency and how to make that all work in the future for the car industry as it's some sort of a perfect storm for them with that, back to you >> a lot of disruption going on. annette, thank you very much for that as you've been hearing all along, electric cars are one of the major talking points of this year's frankfurt motor show. earlier this morning, annette had the opportunity to speak to the chief competitive officer at renault. here is what he has to say about the evolution of the electric car market >> we have seen last year that the market in europe, market share of stwee row emission cars were getting over 1% it was already a very important small. now what we can see is year over year, it's a 50% increase in what is being asked by our customers for our cars zero emission cars so we can really see that the market now is moving very significantly. so what does it mean for the future which me

the main line was the first train line in sri lanka.the british colonisers built it to transporting. now it links some of the country's most stunning sides making it one of the most picturesque rail lines in asia. by train across sri lanka. fifty. t.w. . the d. w. media center see it find it here it discovery. video and audio podcast and language courses in the g.w. media center at media center dot d.w. dot com. beat the germans new and surprising aspects of noise and culture in germany. us american good news it takes a look at germany it is increasing use of the traditions everyday lives and language i can just come out of my lungs and so i'm young good shit. like a fish big guy a d w dot com make the germans. good to see seventeen beethoven c'est von from september and october first. she's long been a symbol of hope in syria i try to help people. are smart our side does she stand for change the more the false facade of her husband's rule of taliban. she believes in my projection that they are saving syria. the beautiful face of the di

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vishala sri—pathma, bbc news.sing facial recognition technology. the fast food outlet, in the eastern city of hangzhou, is run by the technology and retail giant, alibaba. robin brant reports. you do not need cash. nora pin. you do not need to sign anything. you just need your face. they say it is a world first. the chinese retail and technology giant alibaba has been fine—tuning this forfour years. now it is available at this high end fast food restaurant. you choose what you want, it scans your face, it crosschecks with your mobile number and the chinese government's vast id card data base and off you go. you like this? yes. i like. it works even if you pile on make—up or weight. but how about your privacy? alibaba insists that all the data it gathers is encrypted and says it does not retain any of it anyway. neither does the company behind the restaurant. but it admits that if the government changed the law and forced it to do so, it would have to co—operate. the chinese authorities are using facial recognition

stuff of breach rules but has no jurisdiction over criminal offenses more than one hundred of those sri lankan soldiers were sent home but there's no record of any of them being prosecuted or going to jail this week at un headquarters the sri lankan president was among fifty seven people who've joined a new circle of leadership against sex abuse within the un in june a decision was made under pressure from the us to cut un funding by six hundred million dollars and to close twelve missions the secretary general antonio terrace has announced a new push against abuse to root out the problem you have dealing with the problem of the un as a whole we want you ready kate because you do something that isn't acceptable for all an organization and they also cannot allow the unspeakable acts of the few diminish the work of dollars of men and women well paul developers of united nations charter often it's a great personal risk and certainly five but in every allegation of abuse there's a person who suffers there are two hundred nine cases involving one hundred seventeen children who are suspected

here's our business correspondent, vishala sri—pathma.n west london, and residents here are hoping that it's going to help bring down their energy bills. these houses are some of the first beneficiaries of a new scheme that will see 100,000 social housing properties have solar panels installed in the next 18 months. solar‘s become one of the cheapest sources of energy, and that's why the government thinks that panels like these are the solution to our rising energy bills. solarplicity is the company that's installing the panels. they say that they've found their tenants save an average of £2110 a year on their energy bills. these residents are hoping they‘ re right. in the long term, we're going to save a bit, i should think. so i think it's a very good idea. ealing borough council say that they had planned on covering more homes, but cuts to tariffs and subsidies has meant they simply cannot afford to do so. but the government insists that the falling price of solar now means that the industry does not require help. what we want to see i

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lanka are there for the time being sri lanka is dry. the weather sponsored by cattle and. water scarcity is a serious problem we use more than probably need to why is your research impact if there are plans to me having as much water you don't need to irrigate as much. and collecting water for talk why just came out of there and we'll compare that to some tap water which could provide a solution to the problem to global water that tag know at this time on all jazeera . six continents across the. correspondent. the stories they tell. news. you're watching al-jazeera a reminder of our top stories this hour the u.n. human rights council has agreed to send a team to investigate alleged war crimes in yemen that examine claims of human rights violations by all sides in the conflict. thousands of supporters of catalonia as voted for secession from spain have held a final rally before sunday's referendum but also occupying schools designated as polling stations to make sure the ballot goes ahead. the u.s. health secretary tom price has quit aft

in the mediterranean and so russia has a serious and sri foothold in the middle east and that's nato and that's more or less what they do that russian public that this is a great military success while you don't and hezbollah have also been instrumental in backing up syrian president bashar assad since the beginning of the war it was russian airpower that changed the dynamics of the conflict giving assad the upper hand the establishment of deescalation zones in syria has become a priority for moscow but even with the presence of russian military personnel in various parts of the country it's still a question as to how they will be enforced still having solidified its influence in such a strategically important country in the middle east the cost of military involvement in syria seems to have been well worth it for russia how much. at least twenty eight people have been killed in airstrikes in the rebel held province of syria the u.k. based group the syrian observatory for human rights says four children were among the day but it hasn't been able to verify whether the strikes were car

well the un's refugee agency says it's concerned about an attack on range of refugees in sri lanka and more blood by buddhist monks threw stones at a un shelter for refugees on the outskirts of colombo dozens of the mostly women and children were escorted by police to safety and health and us reports from colombo. sowing hatred and fear dozens of protesters led by extremist buddhist monks stormed this building housing thirty one room injure a few g.'s for me and. this is a terror group the lived in me in mar we saw in recent times they murdered monks killed women and children and also attacked eighteen police stations and an army camp wanly unconsumed she attacked and expelled them some of those taking part in the attack had been encouraged by live video streamed on social media urging people to join in the united nations refugee agency declined an al-jazeera request for an interview but in a statement said. the un is alarmed and concerned that yesterday's incident at a refugee shelter housing mostly women and children u.n.h.c.r. emphasizes the drift victims of violence and persecution

the main line was the first train line in sri lanka. the british colonisers built to transport t.v. . now it links some of the country's most stunning sites making it one of the most picturesque rail lines in asia. by train across sri lanka. w. w's program guide on the internet the highlights. the whole. d.w. dot com highlights. seventeen but he told incest bawn from september and he told her first. how to cover more than just one reality. where i come from we have a transatlantic way of looking at things that's because my father is from germany and my mother is from the united states of america and so i realized fairly early that it makes sense to explain different realities. and now here at the heart of the european union in brussels we have twenty eight different realities and so i think people are really looking for any journalist they can trust for them to make sense of this. biden is not tough enough and i work a double. this is day that leaders life of the other hand i'd still get a lot of top stories that this out of u.s. presid

second time pakistan has hosted an international match, since militants attacked the bus of the visiting srit people and injuring seven players and staff. a122—run second—wicket stand between babar and ahmed shehzad set the hosts on their way, before a quickfire 38 off 20 deliveries from shoaib malik set the world 11 a lofty target of 198. the tourists, led by faf du plessis, started brightly. du plessis and darren sammy both top—scored with 29. but the fall of regular wickets hampered their chances of victory as shadab khan and sohail khan picked up two wickets apiece. our reporter henna saeed is there. this has been an historic day for cricket lovers in pakistan. the first t20 match between the iis cricket lovers in pakistan. the first t20 match between the 115 has ended for pakistan's victory. how did you enjoy the match? it was very good. it has been a long time since any international team was in pakistan. it was a great experience. it has been a while, almost 5—6 yea rs, it has been a while, almost 5—6 years, since i have seen a live match. and we will talk about the feeling of the mat

we have been covering tour of sri lanka.red to what sony paid for the last decade for the next five years. it is a huge amount. we area five years. it is a huge amount. we are a billion strong cricket loving population. this is where the rights will go in the future. i think this is the way that cricket, sports entertainment, is going to go. why should facebook, twitter, the left back? even amazon was interested. it was no surprise facebook was in there, although they had such a huge bid. when the idea was formed, they probably did not know what they had on their hands. in the last ten yea rs on their hands. in the last ten years it was in is scandals and that fixing. —— was hit by scandals. but at the same time it reflects on the strength of the billion sized fan base. it is bullet—proof in that sense. we also had the de— monetisation from the government. the ad revenues from the 2017 season did not take a hit despite that move. it is bullet—proof in that sense. it will only get bigger. they finally decided they wanted to w

and it's sorry day for sri lankan cricket fans as india thrash their team again.day. maria sharapova's comeback for her first grand slam since her doping ban, is over. she's been knocked out in the fourth round of the us open by anastasija sevastova in three sets. former world number one sharapova, had been granted a wild—card entry into the main draw. despite criticism from some of her competitors. the latvian 16th lost the first set but took control after that

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the match will be the highest profile in pakistan since a militant attack on the sri lankan team busht people and injured seven star. since that attack, the country has not hosted international cricket, apart from three matches against zimbabwe in 2015. a lot of courage was needed on the other side to put it all together. and we are really very happy to host the world 11 coming here. we know that this is a small step in many ways, but a huge leap for pakistan. officials say the security will be full proof for a tour that represents a major milestone towards the possible restoration of international cricket in the country. the people of pakistan, who have bought to get in their thousands —— tickets in their thousands, the wait is almost over. three russian cyclists are taking legal action against the world anti—doping agency and canadian investigator dr richard mclaren. kirill sveshnikov, dmitry strakhov and dmitry sokolov were banned after after mclaren‘s report into state—sponsored doping in russia. the trio claim wada and mclaren carried out "a rushed and compromised investigation"

and india win their one—off twenty 20 match against sri lanka in colombo with skipper virat kohli leading the programme where we start with tennis and the news that men's world number one rafael nadal is through to the semifinals of the us open after a crushing straight sets win over 19—year—old russian andrey rublev. the spaniard, a twice winner of this event needed just 96 minutes for victory as he ruthlessly took apart his opponent dropping just five games against a player who idolised nadal growing up.

the poll of a house on the western bank of the river sri just across is the. house some members of the bundestag up their offices over there when the city was divided in this area the river served as the border between east and west berlin the crosses remember people who lost their lives trying to escape from the east. i'm standing in front of the chant. fleury up there on the seventh floor that's where an alum merkel works unfortunately i can't get in but on her official website you can take a look at her office. wow look at that view you can see the tear garden the big inner city park and all the way to the right star. right next to the chancellery i'm going to hop on that. nicknamed the chancellor train and it will get me to germany's most famous landmark in a matter of seconds. and here it is that brandenburg gate . nowadays everybody can easily walk through the brandenburg gate from former east berlin to former west berlin and vice versa for decades that wasn't possible because the berlin wall rent just a couple of meters behind the monument the gate was

i'm sri jegarajah. >> i'm carolin roth. here are the headlines >>> sirens in japan as another north korean missile flies over the country. japanese prime minister shinzo abe calls the test absolutely unacceptable >>> stock markets in asia and europe seem unfazed by the move while safe haven assets only briefly catch a bid. >>> london police and ambulance services are on the scene of an incident at parsons green station amid unconfirmed reports of an explosion on a train >>> renault-nissan targets annual sales of 14 million vehicles, by 2022 as the automaker lays out its bullish six-year strategy. and ceo carlos ghosn tells cnbc he is confident in the french government's plans to sell down its stake. >> they said they want to do it at the moment where the market is more favorable, which i understand, which i understand yes, i have no doubt on the fact that they will do it because they said so >> let's take you back to the markets. want to take you straight to u.s. futures initially they were lower than this after we heard th

pakistan has only hosted one international series since militants attacked a bus carrying the sri lankaning now, and anthony joshua has been speaking ahead of next month's world title fight against kubrat pulev in cardiff. joshua's defending his ibf, wba, and ibo belts against the bulgarian, whose only defeat came against wladimir klitshko in 2014. joshua, remember knocked out klitschko at wembley stadium in his last fight and wants to continue cementing his position in the sport the goal remains the same, the motivation remains the same but what i've noticed is some of the old legends of the sport, holyfield, tyson, foreman, guys i have looked up tyson, foreman, guys i have looked up to, i've seen positive comments and they are saying the spark which was missing has been brought back to life and they are enjoying the division and what we are doing. keep it going. when i get that type of respect from the greats it's phenomenal and i realise that know how many critics you get as long as the great she looked up to giving you praise and credit i think it sits with me and will for a long tim

since an attack on sri lanka's team bus in 2009, pakistan have been forced to play the bulk of theirhe united arab emirates. but next week lahore will host three t20 internationals between pakistan and an icc world xi — captained by south africa's faf du plessis, and led by the former england coach andy flower. pakistan are hoping the three—match series will encourage other countries to return to the country — to play all forms of the game. golf, and there's a three—way tie for the lead after the first round of the european masters at crans—sur—sierre in switzerland. the joint—leaders on 6—under—par include spain's miguel angel jimenez, who's looking for his first tour title in three years. australia's scott hend, and this man, tyrrell hatton, of england. they all opened up with a ga, and they're one shot ahead of the field overnight. the day began with a special presentation to the former world number one lee westwood to mark the fact he was playing in the 500th european tour event of his career. after the champagne and cake he went on to shoot a 1—over—par 71. there was a champagne

on off fired as aircraft pilots vitalism economist who lives with a lesbian partner a swiss woman of sri lankan origin together they've adopted two children although i have to the policy clearly states that a family needs a mother and a father vital even criticised the german government for introducing same sex marriage a running mate alexander garland is a founding f.t. member he's drawn condemnation for racist statements about what tank a black soccer player who helped clinch the twenty fourteen world cup for germany people think he's a good footballer down and set last year but they don't want to what tang as a neighbor. the a.s.d. hasn't always been a far right populist party and you come out to the german political scene it was founded just four years ago back then it was a single issue set up campaigning against the euro and germany's contribution to the e.u. bailout fund for greece it's almost got elected to the bundestag in twenty thirteen but ended up just shy of the five percent needed. but the f.t.c. electoral fortunes changed when chancellor merkel declared germany's borders

. >>> qantas airlines has shifted its headlines back to singapore from dubai sri jegarajah is at the aviation festival in north london what have you been finding out >> yes this strategy by qantas, as you said, is part of a broader strategy and a plan to try to capture more of that asian demand, and the alinliance with emirates helps qantas do that. you have to bear in mind a lot of these legacy carriers are under pressure qantas is no exception it had a tough time a few years ago, but profitability has turned around under the turnaround campaign. all of this rerouting and the new route is part of that earlier on today at aviation festival, we caught up with garrett evans, ceo of the qantas freight division i asked what kind of demand he saw on the new routes and asked him to give us a line on passenger yield. >> demand will be strong people have said nobody wants to be on an aircraft for 20 hours, but 30 years ago people said they didn't want to be on an aircraft for 14 hours flying direct from sydney to los angeles. we know how much that has changed. once those aircraft are availab

i'm sri jegarajah. here are the headlines >>> an apple a day news that the iphone 10 will ship later than expected >>> the rally state side is supported by tax reform optimism after treasury secretary steven mnuchin tells cnbc at delivering alpha he's confident he can push through cuts and could even back date them to january 1st >> the market moved. i am incredibly hopeful that we'll get the done by the end of the year >>> jpmorgan ceo jamie dimon takes aim at president trump's policies, saying the u.s. economy would be growing much faster if the administration got its act together. >> ask any of new this audience what have regulations done they're crippling businesses small business formation in this country, the united states of america, is less in a major recovery by 500,000 businesses >>> embrace new opportunities. that's the message from european commission president jean-claude juncker as he strikes a bullish tone in his state of the union address. >> the wind is back in the sails. we have now a

most big dealers come from sri lanka or thailand.up malagash sapphires to pass off as their own. but now, there are calls for greater transparency, demands that each gem be traceable to the mine it came from — a worldwide agreement to reform the trade. there could be some kind of international regulations on the trustability of gems. so that, at the retailer's side, you can know where this came from and how it was produced, whether it was in a sustainable way. so you would call for some kind of international accord, rather like that which regulates the trade in diamonds? yes, yes — and we have started this discussion with the malagasy authorities. it has just started, so i think that with also international support and pressure, this discussion could move forward more quickly. how urgent is that need? that would be urgent because we are not protected from the next rush. it can happen anytime, anywhere in madagascar. and so, it would be urgent to act, it would also help us in the future. that sounds like a good place to start. but for