why should people care about sri lanka? e story has to go on, and for it to go on, we have to have some hope. citizens were asked for what they most desired, and that is how peace came to the island of short memories. the warring parties fast realized that it didn't matter who won, or who lost, because in the end, they were all on the same side. ♪ [ speaking punjabi ] ♪ [ speaking punjabi ] [ horn ] ♪ ♪ [ speaking punjabi ]

sri lanka were dismissed for 205 in their first sri lanka were dismissed for 205 in theirfirst inningst india sri lanka were dismissed for 205 in theirfirst innings against india on theirfirst innings against india on the first day of the second test. qualification for the woman's world cup in 2019 is continuing around europe. england played their second match in group a. they beat bosnia 4-0. match in group a. they beat bosnia 4—0. portugal have beat moldova yet— zero. the draw for the quarterfinal stage of the woman's champions league has pledged lyon against barcelona. will spark this prague, montpelier will play chelsea and manchester city will play the swedish champions, who have never been part of the last eight. belgium and france are level after the first day of the davis cup final. david goffin beat lucas pouille. that end the run of three defeats to the frenchman, given belgium the best possible start as they hope to end what has been a 16 year run of three defeats to the frenchman, given belgium the best possible start as they hope to end what has been a 16 year brands witho

globe trotters stephen a sends us money or guides from sri lanka. and in our email we take to the parrot. lighting they can start. i'm on my way to botch book castle high above guys and this is where martin luther translated the new testament into german between fifteen twenty one and fifteen twenty two. it's a climb. but if you run out of breath don't worry along the way you'll find fifteen panels with information about luther the perfect excuse for a little break. luther was quite the phrase monger many of his sayings still apply today. the wearer of cats that lift you when you're looking but scratch you when you're not i kind of doubt he was really talking about caps there of course when he was really talking about were hypocrites and backstabbers. i've made it bought a book castle it's almost a thousand years old and a unesco world heritage site. it played an important role in martin luther's life it's where he took refuge when he was declared an outlaw protected by the thick castle walls he translated the bible before that he spent a lot of tim

sri lanka were in a sound position in the first test for almost four days before collapsing in the finalon as the match ended ina draw. india have only two days after the conclusion of this tour, before they fly out to south africa for three tests, 6 one—day internationals and 3 t20s. as it usually, we are crammed full time which we need to assess in the future. we assess the team but we do not look at how many days we have to play. everyone is atjudging players after test matches but it should be after test matches but it should be afame game after test matches but it should be a fame game where we want to prepare the way we want to and we are entitled to be criticised. in the europa league italian giants milan are through to the last 32 they beat austria vienna 5—1 at the san siro despite falling behind early. andre silva and patrick cutrone picking up the decisive second and third goals respectively before the half time break and both got another during the second half meanwhile in group] swedish side urstersunds — in theirfirst season in europe — are assured of a spot in the last 32

more than fifty men have said they were abducted and tortured by sri lanka's current government according to an investigation by the associated press the men from the ethnic minority are seeking political asylum in europe they say they were accused of trying to revive a rubble group from sri lanka civil war sri lankan authorities deny those allegations. authorities in india's capital delhi have closed all schools in the city as dangerously high levels of pollution choked the city for a second day authorities have also issued health warnings for the sick and elderly local media say the level of pollution has reached twenty five times the limit deemed safe. and people in vietnam have begun the cleanup following last weekend's flash floods more than half of the ancient town of remains under water authorities say at least eighty nine people died in the floods they were triggered by a typhoon that struck the south of the country on saturday. catalonia as ousted leader carlos first of all has sharply criticized the european union for not supporting the region's bid for independence he made the

more than fifty men have said that they were abducted and tortured by sri lanka's current government an investigation by the news agency a.p. has found the men from the tumble ethnic minority are seeking political asylum in europe they say that they were accused of trying to revive a rebel group from sri lanka civil war sri lankan authorities deny the allegations . people in vietnam have begun the cleanup following last weekend's flash floods more than half of the ancient town of remains under water authorities saying that at least eighty nine people died in the floods they were triggered by a typhoon that struck the south of the country on saturday. pollution levels have soared in the indian capital delhi prompting authorities to announce emergency measures including closing all schools in the city local media reported the level of pollution was at least twenty five times the international limits in certain areas equal to smoking fifty cigarettes a day. doctors are calling it a public health emergency and have warned sick and elderly residents to stay indoors. and correspondent kati

that's what's wrong with this elephant in sri lanka. as you can see, it can't get out on its own. >> traditional elephant rescue machinery. heavy machinery. >> yes, an excavator and fire cracker. first the excavator. >> again with the explosives. >> that's how they do it in sri lanka? >> i think it's to get them moving. >> it would get me moving. >> it worked so far. so they get the excavator out but they have to stop down for three hours because there have been such heavy rains, but then they begin work again and now the elephant is like, you know, i'm ready for this to be over. >> especially after three hours of rain making it 100 times worse. >> let's do this. >> the elephant is like, excuse me, back to work. it's like i'll help, too. finally, after all that work, the elephant finally has a way to get out. then you see fire crackers start going off. >> trying to make it go the opposite direction away from the village. >> well, you can see they are falling after it, trying to get it away from the area where it was stuck. >> well away.

was last photo people catch the bus of the rain pouring down would indicate but further south in sri lanka the monsoon rain is still pretty active at the moment so flooding remains a risk in the forecast across parts of tamar do and carola rain is likely that so tropical storm system which is moving away three it's called it's still some rain though it likely to be affecting sri lanka about stage northern parts of india and pakistan all looking dry and fine temps there new delhi twenty four here in the arabian peninsula is largely drive you could see some showers in parts of saudi. from mother to daughter an ancient craft kept alive by a bustling matriarch. from start to finish. all traditions intertwined with new designs making this family's place unique in two years rich tapestry of. the threads at this time on a. welcome back reminder of the top story sarah al-jazeera the u.k. prime minister to resign my has once again content us president donald trump for sharing anti muslim videos with tensions running high after north korea's latest intercontinental ballistic missile launch russia ha

lot of rainfall you have the sky and in the forecast comes a little less in india a little more in sri lanka i think of the next as it is right time of the year for that rain to be unharmed but going to potential development in the bay of bangor the tropical depression that might become more than the that's when we'll certainly have to watch for the rest it's dryness drive through the arabian peninsula but was rain on the horn of africa heading towards. home. and inspiration and. personal stories of people keeping the spirit of freedom alive. by courageously defending their right to be such. as disciplined. to be good. at this time. welcome back remind of the top story on al-jazeera saudi arabia has fired another warning shot as iran accusing it's a direct military aggression through three rebels in yemen. the accusation contrary to reality. the un has condemned saudi arabia's blockade of yemen as catastrophic and this urging riyadh to lift it so it can deliver the needed a. u.s. president has struck a more conciliatory note towards north korea on a visit to the south signaling he's still op

about sri lanka.lly surprising. >> in africa, one country had a 52% literacy rate in 1950, way third and it is the richest country today per capita. sri lanka was ahead of everyone the, even mauritius in 1950's. joe: what is the theoretical connection? i realize we have been talking about the link between industrialization doesn't really work unless you have a solid base of literacy. guess, peopley, i think it doesn't really matter. people don't need to be literate to work in a factory and press buttons. why doesn't it work? i was quite happy to accept the data. at every other country, i said, does it still work now? there is not a single country in the world today with literacy below 70% and manufacturing that is over 20% of gdp. factually, it just works. i will leave it to you to find out why. julia: i'm going to think about that one, actually. scarlet: we are going to come back to this. julia: it suggests a level of education that would -- >> it seems we need a bit more education than you think. to

one further towards the west is cause some flooding issues in chennai a bit further south across sri lanka wave had some really really heavy rain this system continues to move away though so we should see an improvement across sri lanka the whole system curves away as it moves northward across the west coast of india but it should stay largely offshore. the weather sponsored by cat time riis. when the power goes out. there's only one humanity trying to. local heroes to many he's stealing electricity. but keeping the lights on is dangerous. as beautiful as he's cracked i am spock speaking to flight. powerless a witness documentary at this time on al-jazeera growing up in the united states i learned that the first amendment is really going to be a good thing the freedom of the child is born to be. men and women to the resources that are available but that's an al-jazeera story is that we just don't tell you what the subject of the story wants to know the government is not going to do the one thing the demonstrators want to apologize for that's what al-jazeera does we ask the questions so tha

with the monsoon rain still concentrated out in the southeast corner of india and sri lanka the thing is reported downpours are huge and drinking really for example fifty five millimeters in sri lanka but that's the wet area as i'm sure you know this whole northern plain of india pakistan is suffering from very low movement slow movement so it's foggy misty and more especially is full of smog pollution unfortunately there's no chance that's going to be very hard quickly there's no wind to move it and it's that time of the year on the arabian peninsula the picture is largely a fine one. ambitious in deference to create proof crops amazing to think that the plan b. sawyer that look. looks completely alive and international efforts to combine the posts the press and so they bring in their samples they show you the impact of crops just like a doctor write your prescription you're doing the same thing here you're writing a prescription for the farmer and six blows inspiring advances to farming for the future. al-jazeera. the mind of our top stories here on out is iraq the u.s. and france h

that some photo people catch the bus of the rain pouring down would indicate of further south in sri lanka the monsoon rain is still pretty active at the moment so flooding remains a risk here indeed in the forecast across parts of town were due and carola rain is likely that so tropical storm system which is moving away three it's called it's still some rain though it likely to be affecting sri lanka about states northern parts of india and pakistan all looking dry and fine temps there new delhi twenty four here in the arabian peninsula is largely drive you could see some showers late in parts of saudi. you are making great point even mts when they're on line the us response to drug use and the drug trade over the last fifty years has been criminalized or if you join us on say you know you will first just wakes up in the morning and says i want to cover the world in darkness this is a dialogue and that could be what leading to some of the confusion online about people saying they don't actually know what's going on join the colobus conversation at this time on al-jazeera. you're back with

the high commissioners, or deputy high commissioners, or deputy high commissioners, of pakistan, sri lankaigeria, cyprus, sierra leone, tanzania, jamaica, trinidad & tobago and uganda. following them, kenya, malawi, malta, george cross, zambia, singapore, guyana, botswana and lesotho. and now barbados, mauritius, swaziland, tonga, fiji, bangladesh, the bahamas, grenada, papua new guinea and the seychelles. and the final group of high commissioners from the commonwealth of dominique, st lucia, st vincent & the grenadines —— dominica, belize and antigua & barbuda, st christopher & nevis, brunei christopher bide-visfimnfi namibia, christopher &nevis,firgne+ namibia, cameroon, darussalam, namibia, cameroon, mozambique and rwanda. the last two recent members of the commonwealth who were not actually involved in the fighting in the first and second world wars but they are here because they are members of the commonwealth and have an entitlement to lay their wreaths. they are followed by the ambassador of ireland to great britain adrian o'neill. the irish regiments who serve way back, the irish guar

and we're just a few hours away from the first test between india and sri lanka.kolkata, and that'll be followed by three one—day internationals, and three t20 matches. the two sides met as recent as august when india whitewashed the sri lankans in all three formats. the indian captain virat kohli knows they'll be expected to repeat that feat on home soil over the next six weeks. we don't like to defend. we simply wa nt to we don't like to defend. we simply want to do well as a team. whatever combination we need to play, we will do that accordingly. keep in mind, winning is the most important thing. for that, everyone is on the same page. wejust for that, everyone is on the same page. we just want to play good cricket as a team. the results take ca re of cricket as a team. the results take care of themselves anywhere in the world. there has been a lot of hard work in the practice and on the field and off of the field. they are really good as a team in every format. they are really balanced. that is the way that i think they are really good at the moment. the top g

sri lanka's cricketers have made a strong start to the first test against india in kolkata, with surangathe indian openers went cheaply. rahul gone for a duck and darwin just eight. fewer than 12 overs were bowled — and india will resume in a few hours from now on 17 for three... the conditions were brilliant for batting and we did not get an extreme passage of play. you have 15 01’ extreme passage of play. you have 15 or 20 overs bowled in a particular fashion and our batsmen could not get into a river. it was similar to a day night test. it seemed like that. at times when you play in such circumstances, playing with a red ball, it becomes difficult because it is more difficult to pick the red ball. i think the wicket was receptive and it was very helpful and it will be a big challenge and we were expecting that, we knew it would happen. by saying that, the job is not finished and it has only started. itjust started. is a fast bowler, as fast bowling coach, i would love to be on wicket like this. you can get all the latest sports news at our website — that's bbc.com/sport. but from me a

batsmen lokesh rahul and shikhar dhawan hit solid half—centuries to lead india‘s fightback against sri lanka making i7i—i at stumps on day four. india lead by 49 runs, after overcoming a i22—run deficit in their second innings. for runners who perhaps find city marathons a bit too easy, what about a 165km race through the oman desert? it is run over six days. competitors make their way across the sandy dunes in temperatures of nearly 30 degrees celsius. runners are required to carry all of their own equipment, except for water. sunday‘s second stage was won by moroccan mohamed el morabity, while the women‘s race was won by russian athlete natalia sedykh. but, from me and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye. hello. it is safe to say there is a lot of weather to come in the week ahead. low pressure after low pressure will be coming in from the atlantic. this is how we are starting the week. still cold enough for a bit of snow into the scottish hills for monday morning, but milder air will be pushing in across much of the uk for a time this week, because it looks like this will be pushed

the bell shaped buildings down originated in sri lanka like a walled burial mound it isn't suited to be a self-supporting. and. days other for usually solid. that's different in the what to pry unit it's j.d. is hollow and can be entered to pray meditate only devotional offerings such as the gold leaf on the wools all religious objects. visitors can also marvel at the simple trick the builders used to give their done the necessary stability. at the end of our film we were turned to the beginning the naming of the capital two hundred and fifty years ago there was just a small fishing village with a relatively an imaginative name. groove on the river. called. king rama the class decided to build his new residence here bigger and more beautiful than anything seen before its glory was to be summed up in its name. many suggestions were made and in the end and most all of them word opted. to take up a karaoke microphone and sing the home with us. one hundred and sixty nine letters without spaces and. a superstar among city names city of angels and of the emerald buddha impregnable city of

sri lanka did not hesitate to ban that product when it was found to be limited to kidney disease andarmers. reporter: glyphosate once rereigned over these rice field. farmers would put the weed killer on their crops. was before. since it was banned years ago, farmers have not touched a drop. don't use itit anymore. i don't like this product. i don't want to die. reporter: these cousins say the product made their families and neighbors sick and contaminated the drinking water. it does toout what weeds. that was going into our water. the company said that this type of product is good for farmers and we bought it, because we did not know any better. the two: the older of now has a chronic kidney disease, along with 10% of the region for all i inhabitants. not all. yours -- not all doctors blame glyphosate, but .his rancher is convinced he lobbied the government to ban the weed killer. enough courage to bandy glyphosate. why not france? why not other european countries? reporter: the renowned tea managed by to be hand. it has caused prices to rise $.10 a kilo. harry isitain's prince enga

in recent years, seven countries have been certified malaria free including the maldives and sri lankaase over the next decade. but scientist say that could only happen with more funding to fight malaria. joining me now via webcam from manila is dr markjacobs, a director at the world health organisation's western pacific region. thank you forjoining us here on bbc news. this is quite shocking, isn't it, given the progress that was being made? well, there is certainly some concerning information in this news report that it is not all concerning information by any stretch. the long—term trend is still a good one with numbers of cases and deaths declining quite significantly. but we do need to be concerned about the plateauing of that reduction in the last year or two. really, it is a reminder to us that the job is far from done with malaria. we really do, as a global community, need to keep on focusing on itand community, need to keep on focusing on it and accelerate a lot of our effo rts on it and accelerate a lot of our efforts to finish the job. is it all about funding? no. certainly

just stop calling them wells and start calling them elephant traps, because so often from india, sri lanka, things like that, we keep seeing the same thing. >> the sad thing is in this situation, this baby was with the herd. the herd had crazed the irlatani river but this one, he fell in. he was in there for hours. villagers nearby heard his trumpeting all night and they were afraid. they thought the herd would rampage through the neighborhood and tear things up, as they've been known to do, so they called authorities. authorities got this excavator and they started digging a few hours later. in this footage you see from viral video uk, they are nearby that river. those elephants are close and you can hear them trumpeting. and could you see as the rescue is about to take place, here they come. >> uh-oh. >> we're trying to help, i promise! >> oh! look at that! >> the baby just makes its way out of there. >> time for one of those hugs/punishment monts. many, times, have, i, told, yo not, get, inside, that, ho! >> all of other ones use their trunks to baby the elephant and kind of make sure t

the northeast monsoon now bringing some very heavy rain into southeastern parts of india and also sri lanka look at that massive cloud it's been a really wet week across chennai for example hundred sixty five millimeters of rain here in the past twenty four hours take a look at this for the last four days we've seen four hundred twenty two millimeters of rain the average for the entire month of november is about three hundred fifty millimeters of rainfall so certainly enough to get the shoes wet lots of very heavy rain more than just a sheet as you can see that's coming right up to the thought either causing major problems across a good part of southeastern indian i'm afraid those showers there in the forecast over the next couple of days as well as that western weather pushing up towards are there but there are still quite a few showers into a good part of time will not do maybe some showers also pushing up the west and get to see a little bit of wet weather there into kerala sri lanka staying very disturbed on the other side of the thing go into thailand see some very heavy rain here as w

anita is the first member of her family to go to university her parents are from sri lanka. can be had gotten started also my parents weren't very familiar with the education system here and even when my teachers tried to explain it it still wasn't very clear. and that's really the program gave me the information i needed. and the counselors here at the university told us about the various courses of study we could take. that was really helpful yeah. but i had said. for many young people from immigrant backgrounds in germany getting ahead depends on getting help many don't finish high school and only around ten percent to pursue higher education so the university also offers tutoring for schoolchildren immigrant families often do not speak german at home yet command of the language is a prerequisite for success. six years ago mariam fuck here he and her family fled to germany from afghanistan she wants to become an engineer or architect and. that's probably why you see me it was hard at first because i didn't speak the language and everything was so foreign to me. and you he

in sri lanka; in myanmar; in bangladesh; in djibouti; in pakistan; in tanzania. and what this is all about is getting oil and gas, from the greater middle east, and transporting it to china via the indian ocean, north through pipelines into china, in order to avoid the strait of malacca. - china will be tempted to pay more attention to the persian gulf region, and possibly start deploy military assets into that area if the united states draws down and pulls out. and there's a lot of speculation going on right now that the united states is going to use american energy independence as a way of, sort of separating itself from the volatility of the region. - [narrator] in the united states, the low cost of oil is a mixed blessing. it means cheaper fuel and goods, but can increase consumption and hurt america's oil and gas sector. - [colgan] on the aggregate, low oil prices are a boon to the us economy. they're great for consumers; great for industry all around, except of course, for the oil producing sector. - [gerrard] i think low oil prices move jobs around. low oi

doesn't actually care about its work or can't sustain itself for many years this is what happened in sri lanka this is what i have been in. in myanmar and therefore i think the immediate effect of this sanction is going to be mostly about diplomacy and also in terms of cambodia standing in the international community and i think given that cambodia has already the oriented itself so close to china keeps coming constantly blocking regionally nation for dialogue for example on the border disputes on behalf of china and is already voting almost as a proxy state in the for example organization like as c.n. it will be very difficult to achieve that naming and shaming because it's in fact already there ok. you can see the. call to sanctions and if they are implemented it may merely push kemba a further into the arms of china. no we're talking about target take sanctions as step number one yes mr hussein his cronies his families have assets outside of the united states money in china in the united states in australia in france but not in china they get they are not going to have it do they not gettin

in recent years, seven countries have been certified malaria free — including the maldives and sri lanka decade. but scientist say that could only happen with more funding to fight malaria. stay with us on the briefing. also on the programme — we'll have all the latest sports news, including manchester city's title hopes — will the premier league leaders' undefeated run continue as they take on southampton? president kennedy was shot down, and died almost immediately. the murder ofjohn kennedy is a disaster for the whole free world. he caught the imagination of the world, the first of a new generation of leaders. margaret thatcher is resigning as leader of the conservative party and prime minister. before leaving number 10 to see the queen, she told her cabinet, "it's a funny old world." angela merkel is germany's first woman chancellor, easily securing the majority she needed. attempts to fly a hot—air balloon had to be abandoned after a few minutes, but nobody seemed to mind very much. as one local comic put it, "it's not hot air we need, it's hard cash." when bob geldof of the boomtow

the indian skipper reached 50 international centuries in the first test draw against sri lanka.on monday with four goals but no winner. brighton and albion drew 2—2 with stoke city. new boys brighton have now gone five league games without defeat. if only vitesse arnham defender at his own net! under pressure from groningen, dabo made a total mess of the passback. one for our highlights reel — maybe not for dabo's! tennis greats are remembering the brilliant personality and competitivness of jana novotna who died aged a9, after a long battle with cancer. novotna finally won the wimbledon singles trophy in 1998 after finishing runner—up twice. she was such a warm person, very friendly off the court, always the first person to come up and smile and give you kisses. really loved by everybody. novotna has been trending across the world on social media and 18—time grand slam singles champion martina navratilova said she was "gutted beyond words" after hearing the news. "jana was a true friend and an amazing woman." 2013 wimbledon champion marion bartoli said she will always be rememb

in sri lanka wildlife protection crews launched a three hour operation to free rather annoyed wild elephants that have been stuck in a well for three days crews used an excavator to cut a path for the elephant to escape and for an extra bit of incentive they chased the animal off with fire it's. russian president vladimir putin is set to meet his a rainy and counterpart house on rouhani in tehran today the talks will focus on the ongoing conflict in syria as moscow a new initiative to end the country's civil war both iran and russia want fresh elections in syria featuring current ruler bhatia. iran has said cooperation with russia is a clear rebuke to u.s. efforts to stem iranian influence in the middle east let's bring in our moscow correspondent yuri rachet zero on this story hi ruth tell us how significant is this meeting between the russian and iranian leaders in to around. well this meeting takes place in the context of increased tensions between tehran and washington off to get us president of the trump refused to confirm iran's implementation of the nuclear agreement and washington po

and in sri lanka wildlife protection crews launched a three hour operation to free and agitated wild elephant that had been stuck in a well for three days crews use an excavator to cut a path for the elephant to escape and for an extra bit of a pen to chase the animal lost with fire. now spain's high court has summoned the ousted leader to testify in madrid on thursday it is the latest twist in the ongoing cuttle on the crisis. is currently in brussels he traveled there after spanish prosecutors announced they would file charges after he declared independence they choose him and other cabinet members of rebellion and other crimes. carlos dumond's first appearance since declaring catalan independence last week was every bit as frenetic as the political fallout he left behind in spain now in belgium the ousted president said he's there for protection not asylum i am not. doing this i believe because. this is the belgian question here in brussels and with all of europe i'm here. to act with freedom and safety and security. as he laughed yet more chaos the upstart leader couldn't avoid q

in recent years, seven countries have been certified malaria free, including the maldives and sri lankatists say that can only happen with more funding to fight malaria. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news. at least two people have died with three others in a critical condition after a car bomb exploded outside the yemeni finance ministry offices in the southern city of aden. officials say they believe there are more casualties at the scene of the blast, but they're unable to reach them due to an exchange of gunfire taking place. no group has yet claimed responsibility for the attack. ajury in the united states has acquitted a libyan militant of murder but convicted him on lesser terrorism charges in connection with an attack on the us consulate in benghazi in 2012. ahmed abu khatallah had been facing 18 charges, but was acquitted on all but four of them. kenya's president, uhuru kenyatta, says he'll work to reunite his country following his controversial re—election last month. mr kenyatta was inaugurated for his second term on tuesday despite continuing oppo

four hours now as we head across into south asia you can see the monsoon rain retreating but still sri lanka seeing some very heavy rain through the course of saturday further north looking dry so here to new delhi and temperatures are looking at twenty four degrees fine across much of pakistan too but fine weather continues and be pretty woman for crouchie on sunday those ahead across into the arabian prince is certainly cooled off here in recent days temperatures a mere twenty six in doha with cooler weather partly to use a cold front which is pushed through the region we've had some rain here last twenty four hours or so quite a chilly one and bridge here in the course of saturday let's head on through into sunday it should begin to won't hear a little bit. you are making very pointed remarks where on line the main u.s. response to drug use and the drug trade over the last fifty years has been criminalized or if you join us on say no evil person just wakes up in the morning and say i want to cover the world in darkness and this is a dialogue that could be what leading to some of the confu

heavy but it has been there's been flooding around chennai in fact this whole southeast of india and sri lanka have had some fairly heavy rain and there is more to come this is monday's forecast and it's almost all green tuesday's similar. the weather sponsored by cattle and race. sixty seven words that spelled promise for one people but ended up a disaster for another. that led to the establishment of a jewish homeland at the expense of the palestinians one hundred years on al-jazeera world tells the story of the british declaration that changed the middle east for seeds of discord at this time. welcome back you're watching al-jazeera ives a whole robin a reminder of our top stories a mass shooting at a church in the texan town of sutherland springs has left at least twenty six people dead police say the shooter walked into the church during a service an opened fire at least twenty other people were injured in the attack the gunman fled the scene and was killed during a confrontation with police. more than a dozen sidey princes and ministers have been detained in a sweeping corruption crackdo

rather dismal twelve and twenty four in hong kong rain has been significantly heavy in tamil nadu in sri lanka as you might expect that's correct just on the even here we've had quite a bit falling nothing much elsewhere in india that's correct it should be dry is a breeze stirring up the atmosphere be a good sing in new delhi where equality of course is still the issue the potential development of a tropical depression here just the us is for like a couldn't house the rain even more in the next day or so so flooding seems quite likely even this time of year for the arabian peninsula has cooled down to proper winter conditions and low but a bit of a breeze running down the gulf for kuwait for qatar u.a.e. temperatures there for hell down below thirty's a max needs higher than that on the western side mecca for example so it is for your thirty four degrees generally speaking it is dry is sometimes a little dusty but as you can see again a hint of cloud building with the potential for thunderstorms on friday some way northeast and saudi. documentaries that open your eyes at this time. welcome ba

seen here and you can see why we've got lots of cloud with this currently is also affecting us in sri lanka and this is showing no sign of going anywhere as we head through the next few days we could still see more problems with very heavy rains as we head through friday and saturday meanwhile further north largely fine and dry as you'd expect at this time of year thirty degrees is currently the maximum in new delhi. subzero temperatures extreme altitudes deadly roads. this is where the hard part because the extraordinary journey from polish pathetic is done braved quite ordinary joy to the world with two high up there's no oxygen. just to experience life simple pleasures. risking it all in kurdistan but this time on al-jazeera. and one of the top stories i was there a spanish judge has ordered eight catalan leaders including the former regional vice president to be remanded in custody pending an investigation into catalonia as independence push and a potential trial spain's state prosecutor has requested a european arrest warrant bastid caton i need a catalyst for. me and most media and so

the same place in the south and that's the way they're going to stay monday and tuesday also in sri lanka so pretty heavy showers around to further north and where we saw a snow these last are going to be draw in fine as we head through the next couple of days now here in doha there's a chance of a few spots of rain over the next few days but still at temperatures making it up to thirty one degrees. is captivity the only hope for china's panders. one one is ventures deep into the mountains of western china in search of the elusive while. at this time and how does it. zero. where ever you. go back obviously beyond remind of the top stories here on al-jazeera the zimbabwean president robert mugabe's ruling party has sacked him as its leader and has given him until midday on monday to resign as president or face impeachment. the party has replaced mcgarvey with emerson the former vice president who sacking led to the army intervention. now the arab league is holding an extraordinary meeting in cairo to discuss alleged violations committed by iran in the region saudi arabia requested this spe