we are very miserable. >> zhou and his first daughter, zhou qing, help prepare the birthday meal. he is separated from his wife, and alone provides for his 10-year-old. zhou also has a second daughter, one he has not seen since she was seized by local officials eight years ago, and likely sold into adoption abroad. in 2003, when zhou was away working, family planning officials barged into the house where his mother was tending to the 3-month-old child. >> "they asked my mother for money as a fine for the birth of our second child. but my mother had no money, and my wife and i were out working. they asked my mother where this child came from. my mother was very afraid, so she dared not to admit the baby was ours. she told them that the baby was someone else's and that she was just looking after her for the moment. but they took the child away." when zhou learned what had happened, he pressed the local government for the return of his daughter. "i immediately reported it to both the county and municipal governments, but the officials there protected each other, saying: now that your

all in the name of economic development. >> reporter: heidi zhou-castro, al jazeera, stillwater, oklahoma. >>> communities have to boil their drinking water, meanwhile, bridges along interstate 95 have been repaired. two hour detours around the road. kevin corriveau is here with the weather. >> well, the second round of rain in the carolinas have stopped. but we're still look at significant flooding. three inches of rain, didn't help the flooding. columbia to charleston, myrtle beach and, flood warnings are in effect. these aren't going to go anywhere very fast. i want to take you to the northwest, we saw quite a bit of rain through the area. so much remain that in tacoma, take a look at what happened at stadium high school, where the water really was flowing down the bleachers, onto the field, because of the very aheavy rain situation there. what happened was, down the street the drains plugged up and the rain had nowhere else to go. and of course the field saw not only rain but quite a bit of mud too. it's going to take a little bit of time for all that to be cleaned up. well, the syste

. >> reporter: most iraqis are skep cal of the easing of the restrictions into the green zhou saying it's another example of the prime minister minister promising change yet offering very little, and that until he deals with issues like government krpgs, poor public services and serious allegations of human rights allegations, the opening of a few roads into the green zone won't calm their anger. al jazeera, baghdad. >>> the bodies of almost 100 refugees have been discovered washed up on beaches in western libya. the libyan res crescent says 85 r found close to tripoli and 10 more at a coastal city 50 kilometers west. >>> turkey's president has been meeting eu leaders in brussels with the refugee crisis high on the agenda. he's accused europe of double standards in its policy on the current exodus. jonah hall has the latest from southern serbia, one of the main transit points for refugees heading to western europe. >> interpreter: >> reporter: the serbian town is one of several on a well-trodden route in europe overrun by refugees, many of them syrians. to get here most will crossed

zhou was sentenced to life in prison in june.horities in the netherlands are to release the report into the crash of mh-17 later today. a paper last year suggested it broke up over eastern ukraine after being hit by high energy objects. they say it was hit by a russian-made missile. moscow says ukrainian air force may have been involved. today's report will describe the damage caused and indicate what may have happened. football legend pele has ruled out any chance of him becoming the new head of fifa. he says he is no intention of seceding sepp blatter who has been suspended. the uefa chief has revealed there is no written contract covering $2 million that was paid by blatter in 2011. they said they had a verbal agreement for the work she did nine years earlier. screening anext, scandal. how vw's diesel emissions cheating could get the hollywood treatment. ♪ rishaad: still on the rugby world cup preparing for the knockout stage. here are the latest talking points. the final against argentina after being cited. he faces a discipl

and china southern, based in guan zhou. it is the only chinese airline to be flying.ie: these are all tier one airlines. already large. when a combination -- wouldn't a combination created an asian make a carrier? zeb: it would create a mega carrier, and it would give the chinese airline to monopoly on the chinese market. we know it is the fastest-growing aviation market in the world. within two decades, it will be the world's biggest air travel market. so, they want to keep a hold on that market. cargo is lucrative. a lot of money made in air cargo. next year you're uploading is much cargo as you can. then the chinese outbound traveler. the millions of chinese heading out of the country and traveling around the world in years to come. it is a remarkable story. we will see if they actually get together. angie: thank you so much for that. zeb eckert. coming up next, look at the bigger picture amid signs the global economy may be shifting down a gear. you are watching "first up." back to you after this short break. ♪ angie: checking other stories. our russian drone has

this was meant to be a zhou full protest, an attempt to protest and demonstrate in favor of piece in the southeast of turkey where there has been an increase in violence between kurdish separatists and government groups. there are going to be a great many more rallies sked kruld in turkey over the next month. suddenly, this mayhem broke out and the death toll rose from 30 to now over 80, 86 as you mentioned. clearly in turkey. >> 86, dead. nearly 200. that's from the ministry of health. beyond those numbers, are we hearing anything else from the government. condemnation, any other details. >> the government has been there to save the numbers. they are saying they had taken adequate security precautions. they are not claiming it was their negligence behind the attack. the opposition has leapt in and said, particularly the kurdish nationals came in and it is the fact that no one is taking responsibility for this means there must be some degree of government complicity in this. they see it as an attack on them and their potential success in the upcoming election. this will lead to a gre