is a place following an explosion early on whedon's the morning in which 3 workers were injured. well the refinery owned by the t p c group produces thousands of tons of chemical and petroleum based products which are exported world wide the situation in port neches is still ongoing as emergency services seek to bring the fire under control as quickly as they can. on the top of this a we can go live now to journalist and campaigner on health and environmental issues all of her to tell all of a good to see you on the program the authorities we know immediately issued a mandatory evacuation how long would it take to give such an area the all clear or do you think after an incident of this. well it's really very difficult to know so far i'm not aware very much information having been released about the nature of. the accident that took place what is clear is that some really quite toxic compounds are used on this site and the manufactured on this site. carcinogen carcinogenic compounds such as beauty in benzene and lots of chemical precursors going into synthetic rubber fuel added t

got off to a bud tempered start this whedon's they were boris johnson launching a series of skipping a turk's on the opposition leader the prime minister to the public to vote for his conservative party rather than german corbin's labor which he claimed has failed to take a tough enough line. come with us a government that believes britain should stand in the world or go with generally could be in the labor party who sided with putin when russia did poisonings the streets. prime minister there in the grab that years referring to the script poisoning case back in march 28th seen of course russia did get the blame for this consistently denied all the allegations ever since because the prime minister they're bringing up the scandal to basically discredit jeremy corbyn as part of the campaign going forward and it wasn't the only anti russian the negative russian reference that's been used so far in the campaign the prime minister has also compared jeremy corbyn the stalin saying that he's attacking the wealth of the landowning classes when response the labor m.p. emily saw him self has r

prime minister benjamin netanyahu just after he met his rival benny gantz who has until the end of whedon's day to try and form a government mr ganns is still in negotiations with other parties if he can form a coalition israel could face a 3rd election in less than 12 months mr netanyahu described his meeting with mr gans as the quote final moments of and start decision that could affect the country's security. yemen's who see rebels have released 3 ships and their crews seize near the red sea on monday to south korean ships and a tugboat from saudi arabia being held near the port of data the saudi government called the seizure a terrorist operation the the who these say their actions were justified to u.s. military personnel have been killed in a helicopter crash in afghanistan it happened in the province of logo officials say they don't believe the helicopter was shot down and they are now investigating the taliban has claimed responsibility. china has summoned a u.s. diplomat after the senate in washington passed a bill to support human rights in hong kong following months of often viol

toxic a tux several countries are threatening to block funding during whedon's these budget vote if into each provision for a new fault finding team previously vo p.c. w. could only say whether or not a chemical attack had taken place but as the of reports even that mandate is in question after leaks from whistleblowers. u.p.c. w. was all that stood between humanity and the terrible terrible curse of chemical weapons they did this by never taking sides they never assigned blame they came they analyzed then reported not what they thought but what they knew not who but what there was never any reason not to trust that you can't argue with pure science it was utterly impartial objective apolitical it was past simple. is highly likely that russia was responsible to the old russia culpable culpable culpable for the attempted murder. it was always a technical organ where consensus prevailed and now we see that it is completely politicized with a politicized agenda from various parties we want the o.p.c. dobby to get back to where it was before wasn't enough for the p.c. w. to present facts som

inclusiveness issues with conservative lecturers increasingly being shut out by student protesters last whedon's than more than they thought was a university of california students tried to block a conservative pundit from speaking on campus in berkeley. ah. ah ah ah ah. ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah rows of young protesters form a human chain to block the audience from entering the building they chanted racists no bombers criticising donald trump's immigration policy police in riot gear then guarded the entrance from the demonstrate to separate us protesters were reportedly arrest the parties came up and looks no bigger picture. universities are supposed to be a place for learning getting a useful degree and exploring certain ideas however lately they've become a home to some rather intense political activism as well as excluding certain ideas take the university of california berkeley as an example during the 1960 s. the campus was home to the free speech movement and upsurge demanding the right to discuss and debate divergent ideas. with. a columnist with right wing conservative v

well before gas even started to arrive on the bric summit early on whedon's the morning the venice whilean embassy in brasilia was stormed by supporters of venice wheeler's opposition leader one quite oh have attempted to as president nicolas maduro earlier in the year reports say a number of confrontations took place outside the diplomatic compound between prob why protesters on the embassies personnel military police were called in to intervene and aspect to note brazil recognizes why joe of the legitimate president of venice we have is appointed representative in brazil confirmed the incident saying employees of the embassy had opened the doors to a lot of protesters inside however officials for president maduro denali that stuff was had switched the legion's or favored the demonstrators have described the incident and invasion they have also called on the brazilian government to ensure diplomatic protection. fears of big brother watching your every move for once confined to works of fiction but no privacy concerns are being raised again with a federal inquiry opened in the u.s. over

right another of the headlines stories the turkish president is heading to the white house this whedon's they for talks with donald trump it's his 1st official visit to washington since 2017 while relations between the 2 countries are historic low. expressed hope they'll be able to overcome all of their differences. despite the. relations we agree with trauma the problems will be resolved and our relations improved. well there are a number of factors behind the old precedent and strain on relations between the u.s. turkey right now among them or on cruise offensive against washington's kurdish allies in northeastern syria american lawmakers have also called for sanctions against their nato over turkey's decision to purchase the s $400.00 missile system from moscow with more than the tears. the presidents of turkey and the united states now to call this meeting highly anticipated would be an understatement especially as the 2 countries are going through a rocky patch syria the kurds relations with russia the arms trade you name it. when the united states began supporting the kurdish fight

on whedon's day benny gantz is negotiating with other political parties his meeting with mr netanyahu made no progress if mr gunson can't form a coalition israel could face a 3rd election in less than 12 months. ukraine says it's ready to accept a reasonable compromise on session the conflict in the east of the country when the 13000 people have been killed in the 5 year conflict between russia backed separatists and ukrainian forces leaders from ukraine russia germany and france are expected to discuss that issue a summit next month up next it's the stream. we understand the differences. and the similarities of cultures across the world. no matter how you take it. we'll bring you the news and current affairs. and here in the stream we know our community is all over the world but chances are you know or have heard of an american singer named dolly parton she's peak pop culture all over again the 73 year old superstar is the subject of a popular podcast another flick series and has a number one song on the dance charts impressive achievements for anyone but particularly for an artist w

in a newspaper column on whedon's day the prime minister attacked jeremy corbyn the opposition labor party leader for targeting the rich with a vindictiveness not seen since talent but on the campaign trail in the u.k. midlands mr corbyn insisted that britain's richest 5 percent had a moral obligation to pay more together we can do something spectacular we can transform people's hopes by the inclusiveness he of our campaign and into town and so that communities and painful and not held back and left behind i think it is time for real change again as campaigns go it's been a shaky start for the conservatives in a sign of just how unrestrained this election campaign may become the party posted a doctored social media video of labour's breakfast spokesman kier stammer and then refused to apologize when called out for it. and just moments before the prime minister's speech a letter arrived from cabinet minister alan cance tendering his resignation over allegations which he denies that he lied about his knowledge of a collapsed court case can's was lined up to lead the conservative campai

headlines iran taking another step away from the 2050 nuclear deal president hassan rouhani says from whedon's day there will be injecting uranium gas into more than a 1000 centrifuges a process that was banned under the agreement but rouhani didn't say whether it would be now used to enrich uranium britain's main opposition leaders laid out how he will fix the bragg's a crisis if his labor party wins next month's general election german corban says he'd negotiate a new withdrawal deal with the e.u. which would keep britain more closely aligned with the bloc he put that deal to voters in a 2nd referendum where the other choice would be cancelling brings us. emergency crews in nigeria have been fighting a fire that's threatening to destroy a multi-story building people raced to save their belongings after the fire broke out on the roof of the popular balogun market in lagos a crowded market stalls prevented firefighters from reaching the building for more than an hour. and these are live pictures from johannesburg airport where south africa's rugby world cup champions have returned home to a he

condition fanned the flames in some of the worst conditions on record the conditions will ease on whedon's state helping the crews battling hundreds of fires still burning across new south wales and queensland but that reprieve will be brief. it will still be warm and windy as we head into the end of the week and we can expect elevated far danger's particularly into the balance of the way gained as we head south and i and sunday particularly and then there's another frontal pattern moving across the state early in the way to the middle of next week where we're going to see another burst of really hot conditions dominating much of the weather in new south wales and we can likely expect some increased fire dangers early in the middle of next week as well we will not have all these fars can timed before then we will not have all these fires can tined and locked up for many many weeks given the enormity of the far falling if it the u.s. energy regulator is allowing or oil to flow once again through a major pipeline just weeks after at least 9000 barrels of this stuff and around the clock clean

on whedon's day benny gantz is negotiating with other political parties his meeting with mr netanyahu made no progress if mr gun can't form a coalition israel could face a 3rd election in less than 12 months. ukraine says it's ready to accept a reasonable compromise on session in the conflict in the east of the country more than 13000 people have been killed in the 5 year conflict between russia backed separatists and ukrainian government forces leaders from ukraine russia germany and france are expected to discuss that issue a summit next month up next it's the stream. also used to. understand the differences. and the similarities of cultures across the world so no matter how you take it. there and we'll bring you the news and current events that matter to. al-jazeera. and here in the stream we know our community is all over the world but chances are you know or have heard of an american singer named dolly parton she's peak pop culture all over again the 73 year old superstar is the subject of a popular podcast a netflix series and has a number one song on the dance charts impressive