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thousands and hundreds of thousands promised by the joint opposition chaos will be assured leaders from pacific island countries are meeting in the tiny island nation of now rude to discuss common issues bought their form began with a rush hour over a lack of media access to the event and the detention by police of one of the few journalists who was allowed in andrew thomas reports from sydney. the leaders of pacific island countries have a lot of issues to discuss climate change and rising sea levels disaster preparedness the vulnerable fish stocks and the growing influence of china all those issues are on the pacific island forums agenda but all that being overshadowed by where the forum is happening tiny no room is one of the two places australia's government to send and held for years refugees who've tried to get its shores man aside and in papua new guinea is the other unless the international human rights watch and united nations agencies have all condemned conditions on the island australia's refugee council and its asylum seeker resource center has just published a joint report it says poor living conditions on the roof and the lack of a lo

lanka was in germany this week to solicit german investment german companies are involved in the island nation to the tune of one billion dollars that's still modest compared to the fifteen billion dollars china has invested in sri lanka since two thousand and five. yes but. we are here primarily to attract. investment from germany and to increase trade between doctoral countries. are very keen on improving. increasing i exported germany. object mission here. sri lanka's president serious and now has promised to reduce his country's reliance on beijing chinese funded infrastructure projects have sparked protests like here against the planned port city in colombo. a new district is being built on an artificial island in the capital all financed by china these impressive animations are designed to get german and other european investors on board. german business leaders would also like to strengthen ties to sri lanka starting this year germany has its own foreign chamber of commerce in colombo sri lanka at the moment. when a strategy tries to position itself as a trading help us wall not only a

of them every year the number of tourists visiting the island goes up twenty percent last year two point six million tourists visited the island nation the inhabitants of. have mixed feelings about the visit. very often people that come on the cruise ships they don't even know the name of the town or that i even know where they cannot point to where in iceland they are. so i'm hoping that they somehow get the feeling of there's an actual. town with people but most of the people here welcome the tourists now that the fishing industry has shrunk iceland does need to replace their once most important industry. iceland is having problems with so many tourists. yet the five thousand people on that depend on the village of a few hundred but the problem. is great great anything but the frenzy of cruise ship season only lasts for months after that the sea around you see if you though it is simply too rough for them. before we go in germany's lower saxony the first rail service using a carbon neutral train has been inaugurated it will connect cities along the state's northern coast the train features a hydrogen tank and a fuel cell on its roo

of them every year the number of tourists visiting the island goes up twenty percent last year two point six million tourists visited the island nation the inhabitants of easy a few of their have mixed feelings about the visits. very often people that come on the cruise ships they don't even know the name of the town or that i even know where or not. where they are. with people but most of the people here welcome the tourists now that the fishing industry has shrunk icelanders need to replace their once most important industry. iceland is having problems with so many tourists but yes appreciate the five thousand people on the descend on the village of a few hundred but a problem all the. while a great place great great player but the frenzy of cruise ship season only lasts for months after that the sea around. is simply too rough for them. that's all for this edition of. can always stay up to date with the latest headlines on our website at the dot com or follow us on social media. possibly even a brain says deaf mankind's giant leaps. on some mini. so why has no one been back since one thousand nine hundred seventy two despite fifte

of them every year the number of tourists visiting the island goes up twenty percent last year two point six million tourists visited the island nation the inhabitants of easy if you have mixed feelings about the visit very often people that come on the cruise ships they don't even know the name of the town or they don't even know where they cannot point to where and i think they are. so i'm hoping that they somehow get the feeling of there is an actual. town with people but most of the people here welcome the tourists now that the fishing industry has shrunk icelanders need to replace their once most important industry. iceland is having problems with so many tourists. yet appreciate the five thousand people on the defend on the village of a hundred but a problem. with me great great relief but the frenzy of cruise ship season only lasts for months after that the sea around you see a few though it is simply too rough for them. thanks for watching. the touch some of the most. cut cut. cut cut cut cut. cut cut cut cut. cut cut cut cut. history up close movie merlin has no shortage of locations where you can revisit the city's turbulen

the leaders from pacific island countries are meeting in the tiny island nation of now room to talk about common issues but that forum began with a roué over a back of media access to the event and indeed the detention by police of one of the few journalists who've been allowed in andrew thomas reports from sydney. the leaders of pacific island countries have a lot of issues to discuss climate change and rising sea levels disaster preparedness vulnerable fish stocks and the growing influence of china all those issues are on the pacific island forums agenda but all that being overshadowed by where the forum is happening tiny no room is one of the two places australia's government to send and held for years refugees who've tried to get its shores man aside and in papua new guinea is the other i missed the international human rights watch and united nations agencies have all condemned conditions on the islands australia's refugee council and its asylum seeker resource center has just published a joint report it says poor living conditions on the roof and the lack of a long term plan for the

now, the island nation is planning to build a massive port on its south coast, hoping they will become the next transoceanic shipping hub. others are worried about the impact could have on the environment. -- the impact it could have on the environment. >> tourism has not reached iceland's remote northeastern corner yet. this area earns all of its money from fishing, but iceland's watchers are warming up and that is pushing fish further north. local politician -- a local politician is on his way to the nearby fjord. he supports the construction of a deep-sea port. >> you have e ry good laland to builild on. >> project blueprints shshow the land c could support c containes anand an iustry aroround procesessing andnd shippining nl resources from the arctic. climate change is s king this sa possibility. melting sea ice could make iceland a hub for international shipping routes. but what to locals think about the idea of a port in their backyard? >> i am worried about the nature of it. this area needs something, of course, but i don't know if it is that actually or something else. >> many

of them every year the number of tourists visiting the island goes up twenty percent last year two point six million tourists visited the island nation the inhabitants of easy a few were have mixed feelings about the visit. very often people that. they don't even know the name of the town. even know where they cannot point to where they are. so i'm hoping that they somehow get the feeling that there's an actual. town with people but most of the people here welcome the tourists now that the fishing industry has shrunk icelanders need to replace their once most important industry. iceland is having problems with so many tourists. yet appreciate the five thousand people on that depend on the village of a hundred but a problem. that a great great anything but the frenzy of cruise ship season only lasts for months after that the sea around you see if you though it is simply too rough for them. and it's the very first of its kind in germany's lower saxony the first rail service using a carbon neutral train has been inaugurated and will connect cities along the state's northern coast the train features a hydrogen tank and a fuel cell and it

voting is left in the maldives and a presidential election seen as a test for democracy for the island nation the president of the i mean is seeking another five year term the opposition says this poll is not fair i mean for silencing dissent the u.n. humanitarian chief says yemen is approaching a tipping point with famine a major threat three quarters of the population that's twenty two million people need some kind of humanitarian assistance because of the ongoing war that. the stage is now sets in the u.s. for a dramatic showdown between a supreme court nominee and the woman who's accused him of sexual assault both are expected to testify before the senate judiciary committee on thursday christine blassie ford says brett kavanaugh assaulted her at a party in one thousand nine hundred two when they worked in high school students together he denies those allegations the trumpet ministration is continuing to offer strong support for kavanagh. but honestly the way some democrats have conducted themselves during this crisis is a disgrace. the president are confident that senate republicans will

now rescue teams are struggling to get all the people who need help on the indonesian island of soloists and moments ago the national disaster agency announced the death toll from the earthquake and tsunami had more than doubled to a hundred and thirty two people the deputy president is warning that death toll expected to reach into the thousands most of the confirmed dead in the city of palo there's been no contact with the town of dongola it's home to around two hundred and seventy thousand people those are jabari reports. the difficult task of looking for survivors this is what is left in the city of hollow after friday's magnitude seven point five earthquake and tsunami rescue workers frantically trying to find those who may still be alive the search efforts are being hampered by blocked roads and a collapsed bridge rescue teams dug by hand to free twenty four people trapped in the rubble of this hotel the owner told local media people could still be heard crying out for help but no heavy lifting equipment was available dozens remain missing in the city of over three hundred thousand those who did survive the qu

. >> her specific responsibility will be for promoting education, tourism and investment for the island nationse the country says she's contributed significantly to raising the island's profile across the world. >> good for her. >> yeah. >>> all right. eric stonestreet like we've never seen him before and hopefully never again. >> the actor is best known for his role as cam on "modern family," apparently for the halloween episode. >> he was nabbed on the set this week dressed as meghan markle, complete with wig and pink dress. >> so who wore it better? it better? part b is all the doctor stuff... the most important thing to know? medicare doesn't pay for everything. and guess what that means... yep...you're on the hook for the rest. that's why it's important to consider an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. a plan like this helps pay for some of what medicare doesn't. so you could end up paying less out of your own pocket. that's nice. and these are the only medicare supplement plans endorsed by aarp. selected for meeting their high standard

northern route which looks longer on the map than it is in reality passes by iceland well now the island nation is planning to build a massive deep sea port on its northeastern coast they are hoping that it will become the next trans oceanic shipping hub others are worried about the impact it could have on the environment. tourism hudson reached iceland's remote northeastern corner yet this area money from fishing but iceland's water has a warming up and that's pushing shoals further north. local politician cigar stefan's on is on his way to the nearby fin a fuel that he supports the construction of a deep sea port here. but it did feel that you have possibility of wrong kaiya i do have a very good lad who based on. project blueprints show the land could support containers and an industry around processing and shipping natural resources from the arctic climate change is making all this a possibility. melting sea ice could make iceland a hub for international shipping routes but what do local think about the idea of a mega port in their backyard. florida vulcanite share of the birds which on thi

security at the airports very low key. island nation transport is quite tightly controlled too you travel everywhere by boat either that or sea plane so visiting the capital takes an extra step you have to make the effort to try and get there as well because everyone based on the resorts and you mentioned there in your report all of the infrastructure projects did you see a lot of that going on what was your there was your room pressured absolutely i mean the the moldings obviously very aware of the implications of climate change they know what's what's coming in there's a lot of loaned reclamation projects going on as well they built a new capital city that is linked by a chinese bridge that was built in four years' time and when you travel underneath it it's festooned with say chinese flags as well so chinese influence and investment projects are definitely very very evident all the monitoring all of that see what does come out of these elections alex the top was actually much now iran's president says the u.s. is trying to create ins

voting is underway in the maldives and a presidential election is seen as a test for democracy on the island nation president abdullah i mean is seeking another five year term but he's been repeatedly accused of silencing dissent iran's president is on his way to the united nations general assembly in new york following saturday's attack on a military parade which killed at least twenty five people as enron is accusing the united states of trying to create instability in iran and the u.n. humanitarian chief says yemen is approaching a tipping point with famine a major threat three quarters of the population that's twenty two million yemenis need some kind of humanitarian assistance because of the war. israel has given people living in a palestinian village seven days to move outs earlier this month israel supreme court approved its demolition to make way for illegal settlements about two hundred people live in the bedouin village of han and ahmad in the occupied west bank israel says the villages should tear down their homes or they'll be demolished after the first. the philippines has temporarily

the island nation bearing the brunof the deadly storm.hapman bell, nbc newslondon. >>> suspicionhe surrounds t disappearance of one of china's most famous actresses. fan bingbing, who has starred is blocrs like "x-men" and "ironman" hasn't been seen publicly since early july. she's currently at the center of a tax investigation, but so far no violations have beenfound. fan, who turned 37 yesterday, is one of china's hhest paid actresses, with an estimat40 net worth ofillion. >>> today, several beaches along cape codn massachusetts are closed to swimming following a deadly shark attack. a sunset vigil was held yesterday for 26-year-old arthur medici. family, friends, andtrgers left candles and flowers at the beach on the beach where he ed. medici was attacked by a shark while boogie boarding. a friend heard him scream and then she was dragged under the water. this is the first deadly shark attack in massachusetts in more than 80 years. >>> i want to update now the police-involved shooting in temple hills. a suspect isdead. >> it happened a

markets worldwide today again typhoon mang hut is on track to directly hit the island of luzon in the philippines luzon is the nation's main island and its breadbasket manc cut is the most powerful typhoon of this year's season roughly nine hundred kilometers in diameter with reported sustained winds of two hundred five kilometers per hour that's one hundred twenty seven miles per hour authorities further west are preparing for the storm which is currently tracking on a path towards southern china the zone of concern and preparation reaches as far north as taiwan this comes as many are certainly mindful of the recent hit from typhoon job by which killed eleven in japan and close the consol international airport a major regional hub for days on the other side of our twiddly warming world hurricane florence has not yet made landfall on the east coast the united states but she is already influencing energy markets worldwide and is expected to push gasoline prices up in the united states the american automobile. associate invited a storm like this typically causes and increase in fuel purchases in the market motorists can

approving a general agreement between the port and the national park service for 30-year term with two ten-year options allowing ferry concessions to alcatraz island and oat golden gate national recreation area sites and lease agreement to develop visitor amenities to commence upon approval of the board of supervisors. >> president cohen: the port has a long deep bench of supporters and friends, elaine and then rebecca as well, and jay edwards possibly also on deck to present. again, just an item, long-term 30-year lease for the embarkation area out to alcatraz. and hear after the port's presentation, hear from the budget legislative analyst and their thoughts. i understand they may have a couple of amendments. thank you. elaine, welcome. >> good morning, chair cohen, welcome, and members of the committee. elaine forbes, port director, pleased to be here today to recommend an agreement to you that really secures the embarkation sites of alcatraz into the future, 30 years, up to 50 years. >> president cohen: for those of us who don't know, what does embarkation actually mean. those of you watching at home. >> using a port word. embarkation where pa

rihanna has been given an expanded role in her home country of barbados, aimed at promoting the island caribbean nationat investment, education and tourism in barbados. i asked cheynejones, a journalist in rihanna's hometown of st michael about this elaborate new title. as you said, it's a fancy title, ‘ambassador extraordinary‘. in fact, all that means is that she now has the specific responsibility for promoting education, tourism and investment for barbados. that's really what it is, she has direct influence over those things, and i guess she will be working with the government over education, tourism, and investment in barbados, trying to get some more foreign exchange into the country. and the prime minister is saying that she already a track record in the world of things like business? yes, the prime minister's saying that rihanna, she's looking at all her business acumen, and she says the fact that it's a significant creative acumen and shrewdness in business, as well as her charitable contributions has led her to this decision to give her the title. but, shane, you know as well as i do that the

after taking more than fifty eight percent of the vote i mean i've been in charge of the indian ocean island nation for five years but have been accused of stifling opposition every moment has more. many had expected this president abdullah yemen to win the election then it was feared that he would not accept the results but hours after early poll results showed that his rival one yemen conceded defeat we are going to be hard all deviant people have decided what they want to the results from yesterday that. has been in political turmoil under yamin during his five year tenure two former presidents a prosecutor general and a number of opposition politicians have been jailed in controversial trials on the eve of the vote opposition leader ibrahim mohammed who hails campaign office was raided by police but no evidence of electoral fraud was uncovered preliminary results on monday showed that so he won fifty eight point three percent of the votes the electoral commission said voter turnout in the country of four hundred thousand people was eighty nine point two percent the u.s. had threatened sanctions

now observers wonder if this city's the island nation vulnerable to china's demands as for sunday's election will activists have told human rights watch that the government made sudden changes to the vote counting process which human rights watch believes will compromise transparency. patricia rather gusman is asia associate director and what she's written is that maltese authorities have detained critics most of the media. misuse the election commission to obstruct opposition candidates to ensure president you mean a victory on election day and these are allegations also echoed by former mohamed nasheed star he's the formal devean president he's living in exile in neighboring. the zealots. but drugs are not absorbed by any. official international institution or group. has pulled out of the common road and therefore the common goal is not of those who would have been union and the united nations phone but that the process to the election was sold flawed and that of dilution that would be an endorsement of the process. now an anti corruption engine maltese tweeted its concerns over the dick d

banking, investors and policy makers from cyprus are gathering in london for cyprus invest as the island nationuild investment as well as a holiday destination. joining us now is the ceo of the bank of cyprus holdings. thank you for joining us. we can all see why cyprus is great as a holiday destination. what are you telling investors as to why now is a great time to invest? >> you have an economy that has ine out of cardiac arrest 2013 and has posted four years of growth. theoes not look like -- sovereign is the lead indicator of whether or not the country is doing well. as of friday it received its first posting. we have moved back out of junk status into investment grade. the economy is growing well. it is broad-based and its recovery. unemployment is falling. there are a lot of indicators which suggest this is a good time to invest. we have been saying that for a while. it does feel like the momentum is with the country. nejra: what does the country being investment grade mean for the bank of cyprus? >> it is a confidence issue. the banking system is a warrant on the economy. the best way t

rihanna has been given an expanded role in her home country of barbados, aimed at promoting the island caribbean nations "ambassador extraordinary", looking at investment, education, and tourism in barbados. i asked cheynejones, a journalist in rihanna's hometown of st michael about this elaborate new title. as you said, it's a fancy title, "ambassador extraordinary". in fact, all that means is that she now has the specific responsibility for promoting education, tourism, and investment for barbados. that's really what it is, she has direct influence over those things, and i guess you'll be working with the government over education, tourism, and investing in barbados, trying to get similar foreign exchange into the country. and the prime minister is saying that she already a track record in things like the world of business? yes, the prime minister's saying that rihanna, she's looking at all her business acumen, and she says the fact that it's a significant creative acumen and shrewdness in business, as well as her charitable contributions has led her to this decision to give her the title. but you kn

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by japan with the support of countries like norway and iceland and in fact a lot of small the civic island nations as well the idea was to allow for what they call sustainable commercial whaling to end the band that was imposed in one nine hundred eighty six japan argues that it's time to revisit the whole thing says that the whales are no longer in danger of extinction that science would indicate that this is the case of course those opposed vehemently to lifting the ban say exactly the opposite in the end japan's proposal was struck down by a quite large number of votes but japan has come back saying that after this it may withdraw from the i.w.c. altogether which means that it may be a very short lived victory for conservationists it's been two years since the iraqi fighters out of fallujah but the city is still struggling to recover the government says reconstruction projects creating jobs and handing out compensation but many residents say little has changed for months and reports now from baghdad. for two years the people of fallujah have been struggling to rebuild much of the city was destr

be worn militarily but it had to be accepted on the political front there's way leaders from pacific island countries are meeting in the tiny island nation of nauru to discuss common issues but this forum began with a round over a lack of media access to the event and the detention by police of one of the few journalists andrew thomas reports from sydney. the leaders of pacific island countries have a lot of issues to discuss climate change and rising sea levels disaster preparedness vulnerable fish stocks and the growing influence of china all those issues are on the pacific island forums agenda but all that being overshadowed by where the forum is happening tiny no room is one of the two places australia's government to send and held for years refugees who've tried to get its shores man aside and in papua new guinea is the other unless the international human rights watch and united nations agencies have all condemned conditions on the island australia's refugee council and its asylum seeker resource center has just published a joint report it says poor living conditions on the roof and the lack of a long term plan for the families bei

the court later this month. leaders from several island countries are meeting in the tiny island nation of now or to discuss common issues but their foreign began with the route of a lack of media access to the event and the detention by police of one of the few journalists that were allowed in the thomas reports from said. the leaders of pacific island countries have a lot of issues to discuss climate change and rising sea levels disaster preparedness the vulnerable fish stocks and the growing influence of china all those issues are on the pacific island forums agenda but all that being overshadowed by where the forum is happening tiny no room is one of the two places australia's government to send and held for years refugees who've tried to get its shores man aside and in papua new guinea is the other unless the international human rights watch and united nations agencies have all condemned conditions on the island australia's refugee council and its asylum seeker resource center has just published a joint report it says poor living conditions on the roof and the lack of a long term plan for the families being h

beauty each eagle has lived on the indonesian islands for a year and a half the german national works at a diving school on the island of. near lombok once a party destination and diving paradise today it's a ghost island. we travel with her to lombok to deliver aid packages. that we got a call from our employees they said we've received nothing please please please help us. at that point my other german colleagues and i said ok we have to do something. i'm right in the middle of this situation since the first big earthquake i've been trying to make a difference. here the earth shakes on a near daily basis huge it has counted more than three hundred tremors since the start of august. everything that is still standing has to be demolished these buildings can't be left like this they have to be taken down before someone gets hurt that was a school cluster of. commuters is visiting this remote village for the third time she's delivering supplies like baby food medicine and toys. for a few moments these young ones can again feel like children they can forget what they've been through even

of the leaders of pacific island nations have been meeting in now too that's where australia has an offshore prison camp for refugees before they form is focusing on regional peace and security and improving the health of the island's people but the prison camps and the treatment of the refugees there is casting a shadow over the conference around sixteen hundred people are being held in two camps one a narrow the other in papua new guinea's man assad and andrew thomas has more from sydney. the pacific garden for me is the big annual meeting for leaders from across the pacific to discuss the big issues that face the more things like climate change the existential threats that rising sea levels pose to know fisheries stocks across the pacific very low they need to be managed carefully improving health outcomes across the pacific and balancing regional stability the balance between the united states and its allies on the one hand and the increasing interests of china across the pacific on the other those are all things that will be on the formal agenda but of course all this is being overshado

sunday's election opposition leader ibrahim mohammed soli will be the new president of the indian ocean island nation after taking more than fifty eight percent of the vote and inquiry into one of the worst treatment disasters in the history of the u.k.'s national health service has begun in london thousands of people died after being treated with blood contaminated with a child b. and hepatitis c r s's in the one nine hundred seventy s. and nine hundred eighty s. on kong has formally banned a political group that promotes independence from china according to threat to national security the british government has expressed concern of the ban on the national party which is the first since the city was handed back to china twenty one years ago yes tariffs on two hundred billion dollars worth of chinese imports are now going into effect is the latest in largest round of levies in a growing trade war between the world's two biggest economies those are the headlines coming next the stream analyzes the implications of the maldives presidential election stay with us. i am really could be today a presidentia

issues democrats fear cavanagh will pull the court even further to the political right the leaders of pacific island nations have been meeting in narrow that's where australia has an offshore prison camp for refugees before they form is focusing on regional peace and security and improving the health of the island's people but the prison camps in the treatment of the refugees there is casting a shadow over the conference there are around one thousand six hundred people in two camps one in now to the other on papua new guinea's manor silent in yemen protests have been going on in the south against the saudi and the rotty coalition's military campaign. i. demonstrators in the large governorates chanted for the coalition to leave calling it a puppet of the us. some yemenis blocked off main roads and carried placards blaming the coalition for the collapsing economy more protests took place in the south of the government's failure to take measures against rising prices and the collapse of the currency. a bridge collapse in the eastern indian city of kolkata killing one person and injuring one thousand others the

man: 2004, 2005, the middle of the ocean, the phoenix islands in the middle of the ocean, the nation of k kiribati, h had this exextraordinanary hot spopot tht developed over it for 6 months. it was like some creature had a mamagnifying glass and just was burning a hole in the ocean in that spot, right along the equatorial pacific. cocorals bleached, died. my colleagues stopped counting corals, dead corals, after they got to something like 1,900 dead corals. we thought corals in the middle of the ocean were protected because the stress was coming from the land around them, and that was, like, ringnging the rl alarm bells. alling: there was no corals living. it had been so hot. we had looked at the noaa sea surface temperature maps, and it was clear that for 8 months, a hot spot due to climate change sat on that reef and the corals died, and it was striking. van thillo: global warming was wewell-known, but t most peopled not dare to say this was global warming, although, for us, t ths was a complete sign that thhere was global warming. dustan: imagine you as a human being. we increase