united players, getting ready to celebrate their silver anniversary tomorrow. the group has their roots in the gang violence, that gripped san francisco 25 years ago. and the people in charge, they say their work is far from over. >> and we started seeing the transitions, like we do when we are on it had side of the gun to help them out. t life. >> united players have established a number of successful programs during their 25 years. one of the best now is their annual gun buyback program. it's removing hundreds of guns from circulation over theyears. >>> still ahead tonight, celebrating hispanic heritage month. how restaurants are putting a modern twist on cultural favorites. >>> and also if you have a question about bart, you may want to log on to twitter tomorrow. the extras you could get from their new general manager. >>> and our weather is about to take a turn for the dangerous. we do have a fire weather watch in your extended forecast. i'll have details coming up. you know when you're at ross and your new fall look just keeps getting better? check this o

sheffield united player so dynamic, they play attacking football, i feel there are going to be plentycause arsenal's defensive issues. it is going to be noisy on their return to the premier league. another high—profile match on the telly. arsenal can go third if they win. sheffield united just a point above the relegation zone. plenty of motivation for both teams. thank you for joining motivation for both teams. thank you forjoining us. you can hear much more on the monday night club. there's bad news for wales ahead of their rugby world cup semifinal against south africa on sunday. they've lost their forward josh navidi for the rest of the tournament. the back—rower, who's mostly been deployed as a number 8 injapan has torn his hamstring. he limped—off in the first half of their quarter—final win over france. centrejonathan davies though, who missed that game with a knee problem, should be fit for the south africa semi. very disappointing for him. he has been very influential, very important for us. so, yeah, it is disappointing for us to have a player ruled out. but, in saying that,

we did -- we provided funding for united players, so that they can acquire their offices and their clubhouseevent eviction. we've also administered soma community action grants to help our neighborhood acquire some funding for some of the community engagement activities. we even had a small-sized acquisition project and saved a couple families there from eviction. so i thank you for listening and hope you can support. thank you. >> supervisor ronen: thank you so much. is there any other member of the public who wishes to speak? seeing none, public comment is closed. [gavel] anybody want to make a motion? >> excuse me. i move that we send this forward of positive recommendation from the committee. >> supervisor ronen: as amended. >> as amended. >> clerk: would you like to adopt the amendments first. >> i move we adopt the proposed amendments. >> supervisor ronen: without objection, those amendments are adopted. [gavel] >> my first motion is we move this forward with a positive recommendation. >> supervisor ronen: as amended. without objection, that motion passes. [gavel] thank you. thank you

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united. the players delighted.nation to bury as well. and you can get a full list of the first—run fixtures on the bbc sport website. former british number one carl edmond has slumped to his eighth straight defeat, beaten in straight sets by the semifinalist in the first round of the vienna open and showed glimpses of his best, but errors crept into his game, and the italian who is ranked 11th in the world came back to win. edmund is now 75th in the world rankings and has not won since beating the curious in august. wales have called up curious in august. wales have called up cardiff blues wing 0n lane to their world cup squad. he was part of wales's extended pretournament training squad and replaces the forward after the back row was ruled out by injury. he tore his hamstring and limped off in the first half of their quarterfinal win over france, and jonathan davies should be fit for the semifinal against south africa on sunday. very disappointing. he has been very influential and important for us. in the last yea

the anticorruption unit is reliant on players to play a central part and i did not do my duty in thist bangladesh will be missing — he's the number one ranked all—rounder in one day cricket, second in t20 and third in test cricket. he has over 11,000 international runs across all three formats and 562 wickets as well. faisalfrom the bbc bangla service — says the team will struggle to replace him. the bangladesh cricket board has provided a reaction and said they are now two cricketers in their team who have been sanctioned. so when you do not have someone like shakib al—hassan in your team it is a big low and a challenge, especially when they need to take on a country like india. and then some other big series ahead against australia, pakistan and the world cup. and shakib al—hassan will be badly missed. bayern munich survived a scare in the german cup. they went one down to second tier bockum. alphonso davies put the ball into his own goal in the first half. and it wasn't until the 83rd minute that they got back into it. serge gnabry with the equaliser. and then in the final minute o

anticorruption unit is reliant on players to play a part in the fight against corruption and oh i didn't do my duty in this instance to tennis and force it down the medvedev suffered a shock 2nd round exit by france germany saturday at the paris masses the russian who has climbed to wall the number 4 after his brilliant form took the 1st set but slipped a 466264 loss and in his bid to reach his 7th straight final in france. you are 6 see the alexanders very ever had no problem in his 3rd round match against them and over the last goal he breeze through in straight sets 6163 in just under an hour. and that's it for me adrian salivary thanks dude and that is where we end this news hour sammy is back with us just a few moments talk to each of the day's top stories. thanks for watching but for now. why injections of the world's beaches in the sport of squash. from some of the top players themselves. that's fun to watch us play because we focus on skilful and hard challenging shocks. al-jazeera world examines why egyptians dominate the sport egypt squash champions on al-jazeera. too often on

inclined to do the same things and to be more coherent in their in their political stances the united the has player like a kind of a double a rule that's not very clear right you apply some criteria. because some countries have the different set of criteria to this situation or crisis in another country that shows probably a double war are. jailed former brazilian president lula da silva is refused to be transferred to a semi open prison with better conditions claiming he won't accept bargaining with his rights and freedom. was president of brazil from 2. 1003 to 2010 he then served as the head of presidential staff in the administration of his successor in 2017 it was convicted of money laundering and corruption and sentenced to 12 years in prison and an arctic seclusive our spanish channel spoke to the former president in his prison. ecuador fear no one has to accept foreign interference in the affairs of a sovereign state i do not support american brazilian colombian or any other interference their attempts to control another country by promoting their own candidates by creating a fake figurehea

yes this is a player from the united states look at her off the ball running. the other player could have taken a shot herself. but the angle was too tight to move the camera. if you can mean more that derek medina understands us and she's honest and wants to help us improve and make progress and that's why we like playing on her to know i mean us. it has supported me to. me i know the bowlers are very good but give it a go anyhow a little bit. about how it is the whole be just me that. playing them gives us extra and then mr the issue once you've started it's hard to start finish williams want to come out on the pitch we can really let. you know and that feels great he has the song. after the training session medina invites her team for a meal out. the restaurant has a cordoned off seating area for women the main topic of conversation is the men's national team and their upcoming march against palestine he wants pizza 123455 how big is the large one. it has 16 slices. it depends how big the slices are. when is the match. this sunday on independence day. let me

company activision blizzard faces on that backlash and calls for a boycott after one of its units punished a playering .rotests in hong kong the player was banned from the wasorts competition and denied prize money after he shouted a hong kong protest slogan on a podcast. american company so shifting locations to cope with the trade more. location tracker says it is looking at mexico and vietnam as future manufacturing hubs. they also considered moving back to the u.s. paul: plenty more still ahead in the next hour on "daybreak asia." mainstay capital's founder tells us why u.s. jobs growth is lowering the risk of recession. we will have that interview and all the days news, our check of the markets as well, in a moment. that is it from "daybreak australia." "daybreak asia is up next. this is bloomberg. ♪ paul: good morning. i am paul allen in sydney. we are under one hour away from the market open in japan and south korea. shery: i am shery ahn. sophie: i am sophie kamaruddin in hong kong. welcome to "daybreak asia." paul: our top stories this thursday, trade talks return under a cloud. u.s. futur

trade will be or are initiated in the republican party is hurting both major players the chinese in one hand and the united states urging both major players the chinese in one hand and the united states in the other this is done mostly to get mr trump reelected but the cost in the other this is done mostly to get mr trump reelected but the costs we're paying on both sides are enormous that's why you had that bond the 4th we're paying on both sides are enormous that's why you had that bond the fog in china that worried people over the last couple of days and so on in china that worried people over the last couple of days and so on my guess is that we are going to see a building rage my guess is that we are going to see a building rage and anger at the economic costs that the world is asked to pay and the anger at the economic costs that the world is asked to pay for a political struggle here inside the united states and the good for a political struggle here inside the united states and again let's not lose sight in china the rate of growth was 6 percent end let's not lose sight in china the rate of growth

players that the united states typically would not want to see gettg a stronger foothold in the middle east b within two weeks we saw such a drastic ship and it's alarming to think what uld come. robert: when you think of president trump writingto lettes erdogan, directing his own foreignolicyyut you had vice president pencery and secref state pompeo go ove o there to try to negotiatete the ceasefir. are theyrying to cleanp thear own president's actions? what is their role based on your reporting? p susan: tsident spun that ceasefire, or pause, as he called it in a tweet, as a victory. what they wereer really doing is they were going over for less than 48 hours, basally, and trying to undo the damage that was caused by theresident's decision just 1 days earlier. so it requires a little bit of creative spin to claim that y, helping to slightly undo a catastrophe that you caused, is a win. robert: we heard from one of president trump's staunchest allies on friday, sene majority leader, mitch mcconnell, who penned anp- in "the washington post." he said mr. trump's decision to pull out tro

it is fairto it is fair to say that spending of former players agree with him. this uniteded team is the worst team i can remember for a number of years. united team is the worst team i can rememberfora number of years. it would be very frustrating as a forward , would be very frustrating as a forward, because of the lack quality and the lack of balls coming into the box. he starts look at the system, where is the intensity? i think the belief now is ebbing away. this could be the beginning of the end for this manager, because i do not want to see at boro player and leave the job. but there has to be a spark, there has to be a reaction and there seems tojust be spiralling out of control at the moment. unlike united, the highs for totte n ha m moment. unlike united, the highs for tottenham had been fairly recent. but since losing to liverpool in madrid, theyjust but since losing to liverpool in madrid, they just have but since losing to liverpool in madrid, theyjust have not recovered and they have conceded ten goals in just two matches and by days. after, of course, that 7—

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players in syria which is seen as a test table by many political analysts all players are negotiating syria iran russia united states turkey also what's russia is going to say is going to be very important as presidents are daughters going to have. to meet with the russian president went to 2nd and he's going to have a by later a meeting with u.s. president donald trump on november 13th and is so far turkish military has advanced on ground much quicker than expected according to many parties but of course as i said after the u.s. pullout decision to pursue. id i got engaged with the syrian regime the syrian regime denies this they say the idea the y.p. just surrender to us so it will depend which party is going to offer what to the corresponding party today is going to be full of surprises probably because our don yesterday at 1st he said he's not going to meet the delegation led by the vice president mike pence as his counterpart is a u.s. president donald trump but today they are going to meet and after this meeting which is going to take place soon don is going to come together with the u.s. defense indust

the worlds of the ex—man united forward ibrahimovich, who's been honoured in his hometown with — what else — but a golden statue! the la galaxy playert, which depicts the 38 year old celebrating with his shirt off, was commissioned by the swedish fa and stands almost 3 metres tall. iam sure i am sure he is proud of it. you can get all the latest sports news at our website — that's bbc.com/sport. but from me and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye. hello there. it was a fairly unsettled day on tuesday. we saw plenty of showers across northern and western areas. and a few got across into the east that were pretty heavy and thundering in one or two spots. but there was plenty of sunshine too. the next two days, similar story, staying rather unsettled, with low pressure nearby, and it is going to be windy for most. on wednesday, low pressure against the north of the uk. fairly strong winds, plenty of showers blowing from west to east. and then for thursday and friday, looks like we could see more organised weather fronts pushing in to bring more persistent rain for some areas. if you were watching yesterday, like i mentioned, it i

, republicans who, if i want to bring this back to a political debate inside the united states, were against when playersthe nfl were expressing their own view just two years ago, taking a knee in the kaepernick dispute. so i think there's a grand irony going on in terms of who is on what side. there is no question right now with the nba, there's $4 billion at stake and probably more. but the other piece of this is why are the players not saying anything inside the nba? steve kerr, the coach of the warriors has always been very public. he says all sorts of things about the president. in this instance he's asked about it, doesn't say anything. i hate to say everybody understands where their bread is buttered, but that's really what's going on here. lebron james is a huge figure in china and there's a lot of money to be made. and i hate to say that money talks, and maybe i'm a cynic, that seems to be what's going on here. >> well, the president hasn't weighed in yet. we are seeing people on both sides of the aisle criticize this situation, but can republicans. the president has been largely silent not just

activision blizzard is facing an online backlash and calls for a boycott after one of its units punished a playerrting the protest movement in hong kong. they banded the player from its grandmasters e-sports competition for a year and withheld his prize money after a hong kong protest sloping during a webcast. shery: -- is moving production out of china for all of its health trackers and smart watches to avoid u.s. tariffs on imports. it is not the only american company shifting operations to cope with the trade war. they are looking at mexico, malaysia, and vietnam as future manufacturing hubs and they also consider moving operations back to the u.s. markets open in tokyo and seoul at the top of the hour with korea coming back from a holiday. let's turn to sophie for what to watch and markets. sophie. sophie: nikkei futures are under pressure. looking like a classic risk-off day in the making in the wake of the report slashing cold water on enthusiasm. treasury futures are jumping. a three to five basis point drop . japan, we will be gauging reaction to machinery orders, which slumped more than

anticorruption unit is reliant on players to play a part in the fight against corruption and i didn't do my duty in this instance. we spoke to e.s.p.n. cric info assistant editor see the arts monger in daily he believes should have known better this is the same person who had reported approaches the suspect approaches in the nurse book and 8 and 2010 and it was also a nurse that looked at 13 people corruption case it means you might have made a conscious decision to not share this approach with. you that makes it. that makes it sound really bad for bangladesh cricket because i think it was the captain of the side when these are made to him and we all know how bookies operate the board of the captain to try to get the motivation he cannot be the only one that he is operating. or a group of cookies or a whole industry is operating room i don't think is the way easy. spend outside when you're watching all the cricket and we're seeing the i.p.l. as we're seeing that it really woke up i think that when it. college athletes in the united states can now profit from brand sponsorships and end

anticorruption unit is reliant on players to play a part in the fight against corruption and i didn't do my duty in this instance we spoke to e.s.p.n. cric info assistant editor see the arts monger in delhi he believes should have known better. this is the same person who have reported approaches the suspect approaches in the years 2008 and 2010 and he was also a key witness in the 2013 people corruption case it means he might have made a conscious decision to not share this approach with the i.c.c. is the issue that makes it. that makes it sound really bag for bangladesh cricket because i think it was the captain of the side when these approaches are made to him and we all know how bookies operate the boat or the captain to try to get him a commission he cannot be the only one that bookie is operating with or a group of cookies or a whole industry book is operating with i don't think he's got away easy years spent outside when he's watching all the cricket on t.v. it's missing the i.p.l. is missing the t 20 world cup i think that's a big enough punishment. college athletes in the uni

kind for the community project did produce some good footballers including man united legend rio ferdinand and a few young players who gained early fame in the bundesliga such as adam i love man rhys nelson and of course jane inside joke. around here where they can actually play for. you know pay for it it's all free for him. you know if it will get the coaching they need from from norman and so yeah this is true this is where this is a this is grassroots to say in england. tackling was forbidden and tactics were not so important instead the focus was on the joy of the game and its social aspects sports as an educational tool for the kids. to the culture. with everyone. trouble and think about the. kind of this will come together. and education. a one of them once. you can see that you enjoyed it more now with children and with. children just kicking a ball every single time i would just kick in a tin can and i just kick in a tennis ball and that's what it is they just want to kick a ball. and you can see that you know he was a bit more passionate about football and. except for his buddy reste nelson is jaded and

kind but the community project did produce some good footballers including man united legend rio ferdinand and a few young players who gained early fame in the bundesliga such as adam a look. and of course. around here where they can play for. you know pay for it it's all free for him. you know they will get the coaching they need from from the moment. so yeah this is what this is this is the this is. to say an england. tackling was forbidden and tactics were not so important instead the focus was on the joy of the game and its social aspects sports as an educational tool for the kids. to the culture. with everyone. and then. one of them. you can see that. children. just kicking a ball every single. just kicking. a tennis ball and. you can see that he with a bit more passion. except for his buddy rhys nelson says jade and race became friendly rivals on the pitch. it was like the i just did not want to venture private at least i never ventured by ground so you start there with quantum physics in terms of them playing together is probably painful it was i believe you you'd move them both in that you know yeah and i

now north korea's chief nuclear negotiator kim yong hill says he's called off the new players ation talks with united states in sweden saying washington brought nothing to the table allegations from both countries were in stockholm to discuss pyongyang ending its nuclear program and exchange for sanctions being lifted. and iraq there's been more anti-government unrest and live fire in the capital baghdad say at least 5 protesters have been killed after a 2 day curfew ended almost 100 people have been killed in the last 5 days of unrest there's also been a number of t.v. stations that have been attacked. there are more protests in hong kong on saturday and traders defy the government wearing face masks despite leader kerry land banning them from public rallies. freeway talks in sudan over a controversial new dam projects in ethiopia have ended and deadlock the credit european renaissance dam will be the largest hydroelectric dam in africa egypt is concerned over its impact that the dam will have on those downstream downstream flow of the nile river morgan reports from khartoum talks between sudan if y

then where does that leave the united states as a potential side player inside syria? >> then, nick, you mentioned that the syrian kurds have said they played a vital role in all this. then you listen to the president earlier. he thanked a litany of countries. it was russia that was first. turkey, syria and iraq for their support in the operation. really, you know, he also said -- he also wants to acknowledge the syrian kurds. almost like an after thought. how is that being received? >> well, it's startling really. the list of countries he leapt to, to some degree their leaders are thor tarn and the syrian kurds got an after thought. trump has always been ambivalent about them. there were lots of moments during donald trump's speech which jarred. it was extraordinary how the communications were managed. there's a long trail of him releasing details, explicit deta details. some of them the crudeness you would expect of isis, the whimpering, al-baghdadi crying in a sealed tunnel. it was disturbing to hear to some degree and a moment where it felt like donald trump was in

fans and players away and on the issue back in the united states golden state warriors coach says the financial and political forces and pay make the decision ration difficult for the league and basketball is wildly popular over there and so from my perspective the n.b.a. is doing a lot of great things in terms of helping to unify. people in the world the game itself is a unifier and i think that's important and and all of a sudden that is meeting these political forces and. business forces and we are short of thrust in the middle of it and frankly we don't really know what to make of it now the talk of a semi final streak in shanghai has come to an end the defending champion and 4 time winner last to 68 to finalist kisses a fast and the shanghai masters quarterfinals before 5 does that matter djokovic had won 24 straight sets in asia the victory for the city has also and him a place in the a.t.p. finals for the 1st time. oh you're 22 and call the fires continue on friday england are taking on the czech republic later on in the manager gus gate has stressed that his players will follo

have captured over the areas they have captured over the last four years, the united states is unlikely to be a major playeri think it is indicative of that that the 120 hours corresponds almost a ptly the 120 hours corresponds almost aptly with president erdogan‘s visit to russia to meet with president putin. this will ultimately come down to turkey and russia, much more thanit down to turkey and russia, much more than it will to the united states. what are you most concerned about here is plays out? i have said already, i think the president that are set by the united states condoning the annexation of territory is a dangerous one. but i am also very concerned about the designation of this area is a quote, unquote, safe zone. for a long time turkey has pushed for the creation ofa turkey has pushed for the creation of a safe zone in northern syria. the 0bama administration resisted that for a long time. this agreement, among other things, absorbs that language and reproduces it and absorbs that language and reproduces itandi absorbs that language and reproduces it and i think it is a real question whether

> some companies are succumbing to press ou pressure of communi, the blizzard unit suspended a professional have game player. u.s. sports, brand bans removed a small number of submission and a sneaker design competition, including one giving a shot out to hong kong. joining me now, olivia esenior policy analyst at asian study center, what do you make of this? >> i think that china is acting in a way, bullying people across the pacific. we're seeing instances where china is now causing the u.s. and different entities to consider infringing on freedom of speech no matter what nba says, they are infringing on mr. morey's ability to to express his views, this is serious, u.s. standing in favor of democracy and freedom, not in favor of authoritarianism, that we've seen is the way of china, we can't allow china to affect those overarching freedom that americans hold deer. melissa: is it ironic, you look at how businesses are responding in this situation, and really you know microcosm of what has been going on for a long time that people have been ignores, companies have knuckled under to demands of china because

. -- game. 25% of the players were born outside of the united states.nternational ownership piece continues to be a part of the nba. so much of that is driven by the popularity of our sport. shery: in september, the full owner of the brooklyn nets was approved by the board of governors. janet is here with more on this. we just heard how important china is. how much money are we talking about? janet: billions and that is direct money in terms of games that will be broadcast. cctv said he will not broadcast rockets came in china now. it is sponsorship money and it also has to do with the stability of the nba and its team in china and how vulnerable their popularity is to the chinese government, essentially. leftof the money that is has to do with how much the teams are worth if there access to the chinese market is there. amanda: there was a high level of discontent at this. luxury have seen other brands, some have had missteps. how fast do they recover? misstepsme of the recently have been offensive advertising oreo considered stereotypes. -- or ill cons

the south china seas role looking at that right now it's not just the united states the philippines vietnam a lot of regional players does this military progress that china has made mean that that region now belongs to china or we haven't seen anything to the contrary and like to think that for the freedom of navigation operations who have been a show of force of some sort by the u.s. and other western powers we have not seen much of a competition about dominance in that in that region anymore this is basically china's territory president trump in the u.s. when he wants to turn that around he wants to slow china's rise with the tariffs with better protections for intellectual property is there support for this ring fencing china strategy here in berlin for there is definitely is support on the like the analysis of the problem that we're facing. current economic posture it's a set of mess and the region this is definitely something that is not something that is appreciated in the in berlin and in europe more broadly but there is not an agreement on the ends that are approached and the way in which the administration

shifted the regional challengedpower and the united states' effectiveness as a provider of security in the area, leading to a sort of power vacuum that other players attempt to fill. statesend, the united has allowed for regional actors, saudi arabia, iran, turkey, and israel, have each gained an increasingly dominant position on the middle eastern stage. competition has gradually extended to a much broader array of players then in the past. saudi arabia and iran, for instance, is having an impact where the two are fighting a proxy war, especially in yemen. ability toturkey's close partnerships with different players has expanded on kara -- ankara's network of allies in the arab world. its reach, its influence, in allowing ankara to push its ambitions. on the other end, more importantly, american troops have scaled-down engagement, making way for russia. potentially, it creates new space for china. the roles oferline russia, china, and operational actors in the middle east. i now have the pleasure to the director for the studies atcultural the middle east institute. a call between donald trump and -- announced partial withdrawal of u.s. troops on

gain their legitimacy and the international community already already the united states has been imposing sanctions on a main player in the government the iranian backed hezbollah so if this government becomes purely a hezbollah backed led government then lebanon as a country could be sanctioned by the u.s. so he knows this this is a card that's how to how to be has in his hands he's playing them playing them maybe it is a negotiating tactic but right now his decision is is to side with the protesters in the streets i would say that for the other many thanks indeed let's go elsewhere in the city al-jazeera stephanie decker is in beirut stephanie you do you can see the pictures that we're showing our viewers at the moment scenes of what can only be described as celebration after the violent scenes we saw earlier in the day protesters pretty happy they've gotten what they wanted the government is no more does that mean an end to the protests what happens next. i think it's very early days we are outside the residence of the prime minister you saw earlier things in this country can change in a 2nd. dividing. tendered