they have sent more troops to the sumatra islands to fight the fires and the smog. it caused schools to close in koala lumpur and three nearby provinces. >> in koala lumpur, an increasing number of people wear masks on the streets. tourists said they were surprised. southeast asia has been suffering from this haze for years. the cause is slash and burn farming practices across the indonesian islands of sumatra and kali mantan. more than a thousand troops have been trying to put out the flames since last week. joku said on monday he's demanding strict legal action against those responsible for starting the forest fires, including the revoking of land permits. indonesia's neighbors are increasingly demanding tougher measures to clean up the choking air. >>> a group of stargazers are working in an unusual location, an ancient tomb in western japan. their studies have shed new light on the history of astronomy in northeast asia. a tomb is believed to have been built around 700 a.d. inside the chamber, a map of the heavens is painted on the ceiling above the coffin. this

now they are burning in the south of sumatra. and the haze goes everywhere. let's do this together. i'm monitoring events every hour. >> the government has announced that companies won't be allowed to operate every more. deliberately lit or not, the worst cases will be black listed. thousands of soldiers have been sent to sumatra to battle the fire but most are raging in pete several meters deep that makes it impossible to extinguish the fire. >>> hundreds of people have lost their homes to the wildfires in the u.s. state of california. many people are having to take refuge in tents and living on donations. the areas they have been moved from are just too dangerous to go back to. a state of emergency has been declare. one resident said the fires are so powerful, his house burned to the ground in 30 minutes. >> by the time i noticed the smoke, i drove down to the corner, i saw the fire jumping trees. i had to get my wife and kids and animal its out of there. >> now, for the first time of poet laureate to the u.s. congress has been given to a person of mexican origin. he is the son of

are raging several meters deep and makes it almost impossible to extinguish the fire, al jazeera, sumatraliving in a ultra conservative community won award for building a school and we report from the punja province. ♪ the start of another school day, these girls are afghan refugees living in a remote community, it lies close to the mountains and their families left afghanistan over 30 years ago when the soviet union invad invaded. the school principal also fled here to a refugee camp in the middle of no where. the first thing she noticed is there was no school for girls. >> translator: we struggled to convince people they should allow their girls to go to start. i started with one tent, there were no books, pens, pencils, nothing and slowly they began to send the girls. >> reporter: at first there were a few students and now there are 140 girls, there are not enough rooms. some classes are taught in the stuffy alcoves. >> translator: the children were backwards and didn't know about respect and dignity and hydrogen and were treated like animals and were not asked if they wanted to marry

thousands of soldiers have been sent to sumatra to battle the fire. most of raging several meters deep, making it almost impossible to extinguish the fires. >> many have lost their homes to wildfires in california, many taking refuge in tent living on donations. the areas have been moved from areas too dangerous to go back to. one resident said his house burned in 30 minutes. >> by the time we noticed the smoke, i drove down around the corner to see where it was coming from. i saw the fire jumping trees and i knew that i had to get my wife kids and animals out of there. that's basically all i got out of there. by the time i left, there was fire on both sides of the road. >> let's find out if there is any relief to the people of california. ever to know. >> i believe we can hope for relief. look at the satellite picture. you can see there is clouds spilling in from the pacific. the good news is we are looking at lower temperatures. it will turn cooler. we've got the moisture coming in from the pacific. we've had heavy rain that did lead to flooding, ve

effective methods of clearing the land had been used for many years in many regions, not just in sumatraat we should be doing is referred to these buyers is agriculture fires if we want to start looking at the solutions. areaad: we know they agriculture fires. we have to go beyond that? we have to find out loans the land and who is behind it. land and who is beyond that. ask there are issues related to spatial planning and jurisdictions that are causing some of the issues. there are opportunistic investments going on to clear land and bring the money to agriculture. this is the root of the problem. it is exacerbated by the fact that all of this is happening at this time, which is causing more smoke and haze. if these were done early, they can be fundamentally good investments in development. rishaad: what we need is education here. education, wethe need the political will. are you seeing evidence of political will? >> there is clear political will, and we see increased ,ctivities to find the culprits as you call them, and bring them to justice. there is clear science that this is -- clea

it was a french press of sumatra. a day. >> what do you say when doctors cut down on coffee? >> they don't say that. they don't say that. you came for the day? >> came for the day. you are the highlight of our day. >> thank you. when i came here for the first time, i had never been in a starbucks store. i walked into the store. by the way, we have changed nothing. this is the original store, as is. and they handed me a cup of coffee made this way. this is a cup of sumatra, which is indonesian coffee. this is how i tasted my first cup of coffee, and i just knew, from that moment on, that i was home. did i ever imagine we would one day have stores in 65 countries serving almost 80 million customers a week? no. growing up in brooklyn in the projects in the early 1960's, what i would loosely describe as the other side of the tracks, provides a deep sense of understanding that there is a world out there different than the world that is inside, where we grew up. i wanted to be part of that world. when i finished school, i g

most of them do lie just to the north of the equator, one or two showers creeping into sumatra.he showers do remain a good deal further north, more big downpours coming in here, showers creeping down into souther sumatra, but nothing drought breaking. the heavier rain is further north and west. we're seeing heavy rain to northeastern parts of india. the summer rains do continue here. the monsoon bursts the northeast corner. some state has seen flooding, really could do with some of the rain. you can see the downpours we've been dealing with here, rain cross parts of the region, the most heavy downpours are set to continue. more heavy downpours, western parts of india still seeing showers. transition period, of course, we should start to see rains pulling away. a little slow doing so. a good couple of weeks behind schedule toward the west of india. even into pakistan, southern parts of pakistan, a heatwave in karachi, temperatures in the mid 30's. showers making their way further north. >> still ahead on this news hour, we'll show you the great length politicians go to in argenti

officials said they're sending more than 10,000 troops to fight fires in southern sumatra. smoke has made thousands of people sick, and delayed flights across the region, including in neighboring singapore and malaysia. the fires in sumatra are set in part to clear land for pulp companies and palm oil plantations. cuba says it is releasing more than 3,500 prisoners, ahead of next week's visit by pope francis. they include a mix of women, young people and the sick, but, apparently, no political prisoners. this is the third time that cuba's communist government has freed inmates ahead of a papal visit. and, wall street closed out the week on a positive note. the dow jones industrial average gained more than 100 points to close above 16,430. the nasdaq rose 26 points, and the s&p 500 added 8. for the week, the dow and the s&p gained 2%. the nasdaq rose 3%. still to come on the newshour: the many faces of another great migration, and the u.s. decision to open its doors to more refugees. then, the analysis of shields and brooks. and much more. >> sreenivasan: the numbers of peop

he was on his home to the indonesian island of s sumatra when the boat capsized. >> i hung on, i wanted to save myself. >> accidents like this happen lch every year in waters. relying on smugglers to get them in. >> they are here because they are poor people, that is why they are here. at the same time, our legal system has to be respected. >> malasian and indonesian officials say they will work to crack down. >> what we have to do is have a communication with the authorities in malaysia, how to prevent such an accident happening again in the future. so far our cooperation with authorities in malaysia is very good. >> reporter: out at sea the search for missing continues. malasian officials say sheps and planes are searching hundreds of kilometers. but as time passes, hopes for recovery will fade. >> guatemala's president otto perez molina resigned the presidency yesterday. he appeared before a judge who will decide if perez molina should be tried on conspiracy charges. prosecutors insisted today the former president knew about a bribery report. he could have been offered millions by jo

helping animals like rhinos in ken de, tigers in sumatra. we work with elephants in cambodia cambodia. it's a phenomenal, phenomenal project. >> we actually have friends with this little guy because they're found in australia. >> reporter: seems like everyone they meet they try to win over to the conservation cause. bindi taking time here at the grove in l.a. to chat to passersby and cure my hatred of snakes. >> everything loves you. >> they're trying to win me over. >> hilarious. >> they realize i don't really like them. >> that is really special. >> they're trying to win me over. >> that is really special. >> the animals seem to love you. >> reporter: she's trying to flatter me into caring. >> he really likes you. >> he genuinely -- look at that. >> sincerely. >> every time we lose an animal species it's like losing a brick from the house. soon the house just falls down. >> reporter: you're always going to be fighting a battle. you're never going to win. is there going to be a day you declare victory? >> yeah, that is true, and i always th

were part of this group, indonesians that come here, and were returning, in fact, from malaysia to sumatra. the search and rescue operators deployed a number of ships. they'll be continuing to look for survivors into the night, but, of course, more time goes by. there is a chance >>> china's president xi jinping pledged to cut the size of the military by 300,000 soldiers. he made the announcement of the ceremony to amark 70 years since japan surrendered in world war ii. at the same time china upgradeded air and naval forces. >> reporter: a nation's pride and military might on display in tiananmen square, and an opportunity for the chinese to remember the millions that died during world war ii, fighting japanese aggression. tiananmen square has not seen this sort of parade since 2009. and the fourth since 1960. military personal, past and present, representing chinese armed services marched to precision timing. more than 80% of the hardware on show was unveiled for the first time. tanks, armoured vehicles, dozens of aircraft entertained large crowds. security operations surround the event.

the boat was on its way from malaysia to sumatra. many indonesians make their way to malaysia every year. it's the third largest economy in the region. they come here searching for work. investigators of this stage believe that the people in this boat fell into this category of illegal migrants. they will continue investigations and confirm these reports. >> thank you. four turkish police officers have been killed in southeastern turkey. they died in their vehicle when a bomb detonated as they drove pass. >>> isis attacked a mosque killing 28 people. the suicide attack was followed by a car bomb outside. the second explosion kill would mayor medics. it's controlled by houthi rebels. >>> unicef says 13 million children across the middle east and africa are not able to go to school because of conflict. it estimates 9,000 schools are not being use in syria, iraq, yemen and libya. that's because the fighting damaged, or they are being used as make shift shelters. many children and teachers stay home out of fear of attack at or on the way

he was on his way home to the indonesian island of sumatra when the boat capsized. >> i was alone. i hang on to a peeve piece of w. i wanted to save myself. >> accidents like this occur almost every year in malaysia's waters. millions of desperate migrants travel here looking for work. most are illegal, relying on smugglers to get them in. >> i'm here, there are four people, here to work. but at the same time our legal system has to be respected. >> malaysian and indonesian officials say they will work more closely to clamp down on this trafficking. >> next, what we are going to do is to have communication with the authorities in malaysia, how to prevent such an accident happening again in the future. so far our cooperation with the authorities in malaysia is very good. >> out at sea, the search for the missing continues. malaysian officials say ships and planes are searching hundreds of square kilometers, but warn as more time passes the chances of finding survivors will fade. >> u.s. prosecutors say they want the death penalty for dylann roof, the man charged with murdering nine

. >> reporter: sumatra on fire. thousands of hectares of forest and bush burn, creating thick, choking smog spreading far beyond indonesia's borders. the airport is closed. the economic consequences appears to be huge. the act on health is most worrying. hospitals are filmed with people suffering respiratory diseases. these are up 30% compared to last year. the doctors have one word of advice. evacuate. an impossible task since millions live in affected areas. >> people are slowly but surely killed by smoke. especially elderly and people suffering. small children and pregnant women. >> this person was diagnosed with lung cancer. he had to leave his village due to the smog. >> we want people to know what we do. we hope the government will do something. i cannot talk about my future. they have to stop the fire now. because all of our suffering. >> farmers and plantation companies have been caught setting land on fire. the cheapest and fastest way to clear land. indonesia has become the world's largest exporter. most o

that fog was created by the burning of land in sumatra.ing up we look at the celebration and the controversy coming up. alison: another controversy for donald trump. the republican front runner the race for the white house is catching heat for how he responded or didn't respond. that's coming up alison: this time it's what republican front runner donald trump did not say in a town hall and he had no clue what would be asked there. leon: the first person had controversial commentary saying that obama is a muslim. kenneth mouton has the response or lack thereof and how it affects the race for the white house tonight. kenneth: today strong response to the lack of reaction by trump to this question at a town hall. >> we have a problem in this country called muslims. we know our current president is one. you know he is not even an american. reporter: trump stayed quiet on the inflammatory remark about the president and muslims. >> well, i was appalled. reporter: trump's rival, hillary clinton called trump's silence disturbing and discriminatory

al jazeera, sumatra. >> north and south korea have agreed to reunite families separated during the korean war in the 1950's. red cross representatives from both countries met monday to negotiate arrangements. 100 people will be selected by each side to take part in the week long event in october. nearly 130,000 south koreans are still looking for family members in the north since the division. >> colombia's president is willing to meet his venezuelan counterpart over the border crise. it comes when president maduro is cracking down on drug smuggling. he's ordered the closing of a crossing and sent an additional 3,000 troops there. >> while bottom bean and mexican police seized cocaine at airport, sniffer dogs found the drugs which had been died black and registered as ingredients for print cartridges and photo copier toner. it was bound for the mexican state of 16 low i can't. >> authorities in bolivia confiscated one and a half tons of marijuana bound for chile and argentina, found in a trailer truck in the south of the country. four bolivians have been arrested in connection with that f

al jazeera, sumatra. >> there is increasing pressure on the united states to help ease the global refugee crisis. the obama administration is actively considering ways to help, including letting more migrants come to the u.s. presidential candidate martin owe may said the united states has fallen short. the refugee crisis is likely to be a discussion on capitol hill. lawmakers are due back this morning after summer recent. they will approve or reject the iran nuclear deal. 38 democrats now support the agreement. the white house needs three more votes, 41 to mount a filibuster, then president obama wouldn't need to use his veto. even that may not be the end of this debate. >> the iran nuclear deal, good deal or bad deal? >> for weeks, interest groups in the united states have spent millions lobbying members of congress to support or reject the iran nuclear review agreement. >> iran could build a nuclear weapon. >> despite the efforts, those like the american israel public affairs committee or apac who oppose the deal, last week, the white house got the support of the 34 senators it needed.

hundreds of them across sumatra. so much the density looks like it has taken over the island.ection. you see the satellite imagery. hazy conditions in a city that takes pride for being incredibly clean. unhealthy air quality. officials having to cancel flights. people just stay indoors. way too dangerous to be outside. visibility reduced and look at the firefighters trying to battle the flames here. farmers trying to clear land for the farm iffing ahead of the growing season. the wind has shifted a bit. we have tremendous unhealthy categories of air. quickly leave you with what is happening with regard to the haze, sand and dust as well. massive sand storms sunday in to monday and tuesday. look at the satellite imagery, take over portions of syria, lebanon and cyprus, as well. two fatalities occurred because of the severity of the storms and 750 people hospitalized for respiratory illnesses associated with this. >> saw those pictures you understand why. >> we know of course a migrant path is in this area as well. the air quality is not helping the situation. >> wee we will kee

indonesia, an ongoing event with hundreds of wildfires across the western portion of sumatra. they've cancelled some 2,000 schools and sent home 1.5 million kids, and deploying 2900 military personnel to try to contain the fires. pushing off farther to the east and this is a major story developing over this region where the city well known for the cleanliness and trying to keep clean, but you can't control what's going on in your neighboring areas. that's what's happening in singapore. >> thank you very much. see you later. >> still to come here on cnn news room, europe divided. after the break, we'll talk to a spokesman for the international organization for migration, and get his thoughts on how european leaders are handling the situation there. also ahead. >> hello, i am a photo journalist. >> my faname is ruth, i am a photojournalist. >> young women and girls once held captive by isis find a new life through photography. ♪ look how beautiful it is... honey, we need to talk. we do? i took the trash out. i know - and thank you so much for that. i think we should get a medica