al-jazeera arabic would cover the middle eastern arab speaking audience and al-jazeera -- al-jazeera english would do it for the english-speaking audience. >> thank you. i was wondering if you know if there was ever any conversation about the decision to come to the american market around changing the name of the network before going on air and why was it that they decided against that and one of the reasons i think about this is when you look at other subsidiaries of the media network they made this decision when going into the european market for sports for example to change the al-jazeera sports network to tv and when you watch mtv now for example there's no direct way of knowing that it's connected to al-jazeera so i'm wondering what changed? why was the decision calculus so different when we know very well what kind of challenges in the american market when it comes to islamaphobia? >> because i'm really exhausted i'm going to cheat and read the paragraph but that is a great question. even russia today at some point tries to cleanse the brand. under the direction of tony berman

china's democracy experiment and this time on al-jazeera. turkish forces backed the free syrian army in an operation to drive out to form al qaida affiliates in the country's northwest. hello i'm down jordan this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up a number of people have been killed in a massive explosion at a gas station and donna's capital. makes landfall in the u.s. state of mississippi these are live pictures it's already killed dozens across central america. and we'll tell you what south koreans are celebrating almost a year after a massive street protests brought down the president. has announced that starting an operation in syria's edler province the turkish president reza type on says turkish soldiers haven't yet into the area much of it live is controlled by. an alliance of factions spearheaded by a former al qaida affiliate. on turkey's border with syria. this is what we know so far the turkish military standing reinforcement of their highly border crossing with hundreds of free syrian fighters also present in the area ph

al-jazeera. where every. iraqi forces say they have captured the center of isis last enclave in the north. the shock area this is al jazeera life and also coming out the french president offers to help mediate between iraq's government and kurds wanting to break away. the meticulously planned on the worst mess because you know if they. say the las vegas gunman was disturbed and dangerous and spent years building up a stockpile of weapons plus. i'm going to be reporting from bangkok where there is a last minute rush to ties to pay their last respects to the late king before his funeral. iraq's prime minister says his military has recount turtle beach a from eisel the campaign to retake the northern town was announced two weeks ago we just one of just two remaining pockets of territory held by eisel in iraq thousands of civilians fled to nearby areas during the campaign in a moment we will go to natasha butler in paris for the french and iraqi leaders have been meeting first though to trial strafford into this

to al-jazeera vienna. well the philippine president says his military has liberated the southern city of morale we are a five month battle against isis fighters president rodriguez a terrorist say says the city has been freed from what he called terrorists but his military is still continuing the announcement came a day after two senior commanders of a local isolating group were killed more than a thousand people have died in the conflict and displaced at least four hundred thousand others. joining us from morocco itself and that is where the president was holding a flag raising ceremony with the military so certainly he's declaring the liberation of the city. i. apologize we apologies we seem to be having connection issues with we will try and get her a little later on in the program we'll move on to news out of somalia because we're hearing that rescue crews there are working to find survivors two days after the country's worst ever attack more than three hundred people were killed and hundreds more inju

al-jazeera. u.s. backed forces and syria are celebrating that you think isis in iraq looking rocket is a major blow for i think. talking about such. close to the minute that i mean al hunt cornish the u.s. banks all sit around and said operation. hello i'm richard yes bourdin you're at the listening post this week we're examining the media.

sirrah clarke al-jazeera tokyo a u.s. sparks rebel group has captured syria's largest oil field from i saw the kurdish led syrian democratic forces are in a race against the russian backed syrian troops the things parts of the oil rich there as a region yes yes have already pushed eisel from the areas main natural gas field and the city of rocker after a four month campaign well as the war in syria continues a growing number of children are being forced to find work to help support their families tens of thousands of children are missing out on an education. reporter how tight in southern turkey. where our show is from it town in northern homes the area has been besieged for almost four years by government forces but collects plastic waste not to resell for recycling but to burn during cold days so that his family can survive harsh winter conditions in nor did i want to go to school and become a teacher or maybe a doctor i just want to be with my friends. is a street vendor has the families breadwinner mohamed and many th

right here on al-jazeera. one of canada's largest retail chain sears is setting down after serving customers for more than half a century the company declared bankruptcy last week and began selling off all of its assets more than twelve thousand people will be losing their jobs as daniel black reports. named for william shakespeare's birthplace in england the small canadian city of stratford is one of dozens of places coping with the bankruptcy of sears canada nearly one hundred jobs will be lost as a chain that shows this community for its first ever store in one nine hundred fifty three closes its doors permanently it is a major retailer that of course had a big presence within our community a lot of jobs a lot of large footprint bricks and mortar within a established mall and that is now a void that needs to be filled to do that the city government is finding new jobs for former sears employees and emphasizing its downtown heritage district as a home for new business particularly information technology. no

this is al-jazeera. everyone i've found a warm welcome to this news hour live from london coming up in the next sixty minutes trying to make good after a false start donald trump meets victims of hurricane rhea in puerto rico but he's not mincing his words. now i hate to tell you or to recover it you've grown up but you're a little out of work. space is king denounced his castle and leaders are pushing for secession in a rare public address and we'll be live in las vegas where investigators are trying to find out what drove a sixty four year old man to open fire on concert goers killing fifty nine. tennis turn around for the world number one it's relief for rafa as he survives the scare in his first match since winning the u.s. open details coming up later and. our u.s. president donald trump is due to leave puerto rico after touring areas hit by hurricane maria and meeting victims of the storm he made his first official visit thirteen days after the u.s. island territory was devastated some officials in

al-jazeera. our assessment right now is it is an isis affiliated group the u.s. says is responsible for the deaths of four american servicemen and. matheson this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up killing spree the group carries out a revenge campaign in a syrian town slaughtering more than a hundred civilians plus. we have to continue the fight against the taleban and against others in order for them to understand they will never be the battle will go on the u.s. has to stay the course against the taliban in afghanistan also. greening of the also contend the insult canceled at a palestinian film festival we'll tell you why. the u.s. is top general says he believes a group linked to isolate is behind the ambush which killed four soldiers in a news briefing john donne fode the chairman of the china stuff bereaved relatives to be patient as a senate investigation determines how the man died. it is an isis affiliated group and i think what you bring up is what we're dealing with in many pla

this is al-jazeera. hello i'm barbara starr and this is the news hour live from london thank you for joining us coming up in the next sixty minutes the beginning of the end of i saw in syria critics led forces capture the group's a self declared capital rucka. still in shock after saturday's massive truck bombing the president is blaming al-shabaab and is calling for more international help. the president of the philippines declares victory in the southern city of we after a five month battle against isis a link fighters and the mass exodus of refugees it shows no signs of abating between ten and fifteen thousand crossed into bangladesh in the past forty eight hours. and. with all the day's news. meeting new york to try and find a way forward of the place continue to meall during the playing of the national anthem that more later in the program. we begin the news hour in syria where u.s. backed forces have driven out i saw from itself the clear capital of raka in syria after a tough four month battle the

al jazeera. hello i'm adrian finnigan this is that he is live from al-jazeera headquarters in doha coming up in the next sixty minutes. and bangladesh discuss the repatriation of hundreds of thousands of the hinge but continue to deny the muslim minority citizenship rights. kurdish peshmerga forces say they're stopping iraqi forces from advancing on the more disputed territory. china enshrines president xi jinping has political philosophy into the constitution. and the un issues a failed grade as it assesses the state of education around the world. has signed an agreement with bangladesh for the repatriation of hundreds of thousands of her him but is still refusing to recognise the muslim minority as citizens government ministers signed a memorandum of understanding in the capital naypyidaw a short time ago but it contains a clause which says the repatriation must take place in line with citizenship law which has been used to deny the right here. ger writes six hundred thousand range of muslims o

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al-jazeera selects at this time. this is. a low and welcome to this al-jazeera news i live for and i'm not seen dead is coming up in the next sixty minutes i solicit driven from a syrian stronghold of russia a battle is won but the war is far from over. after retaking kirkuk iraq's prime minister office dialogue with the kurds but says their bid for independence is over . cementing his authority china's president is due to deliver his outlook for the next five years at the communist party congress. plus millions of women take to social media to protest against sexual harassment but do such campaigns hope to stop crying. but we saw in syria where the u.s. backed opposition forces have now driven i. out of it self declared capital kurdish led syrian democratic forces raise their flag in the city stadium after a four month battle from the had on the turkey syria border. kurdish fighters triumphantly into iraq they're celebrating the capture of the city which was i saw a main stronghold in syria but take in iraq wasn't easy. the

this is al-jazeera. hello i'm rob matheson and this is the news our live from doha coming up in the next sixty minutes turkish forces backed the free syrian army in an operation to drive out a former al qaeda affiliate from its base in the country's northwest. casualties after a massive explosion at a gas station and gonna as capital. out of a nature makes landfall in the u.s. state of mississippi it's already killed dozens across central america. rallying for unity but spain's prime minister says no to talks after catalonia is vote to break away. and we begin in syria where turkey's announced it's starting a big operation and it led province isn't sending its own forces but it is providing the just. sickle and intelligence support to rebels in the north west of syria much of it is controlled by. it's an alliance of factions spearheaded by a former al-qaeda affiliate turkish president one says he won't allow that alliance to thrive along the border of his country. we have opened up a space in our region

al-jazeera. i think. the japanese leader looks to reform his country's pacifist constitution. follow on down jordan this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up. we cannot force people we are not ready. it's a stalemate in the gulf high level meetings on the diplomatic rift with qatar appear to them no way. an exclusive look inside central command the desert air base in qatar some called the most important military facility in the world plus. i'm not angry with my mother and she did what she could be ten she was young when she married twenty thousand under-age girls get married every day the fight to end the practice intensifies in west africa. japan's prime minister has secured a big win in sunday's election his ruling coalition has won three hundred twelve seats that easily gives him a majority in the four hundred sixty five seat parliament to push through his agenda hopes to change the constitution and develop a fully fledged army japan's constitution limits the military to being just a se

on talk to al-jazeera at this time. u.n. demands myanmar allow humanitarian access to rock island state and that expects even more of the refugees to flee from violence. and welcome to al-jazeera live from my headquarters in doha with me elizabeth brown and also ahead dozens are dead and thousands affected as another major storm battered central america. surveying the damage we meet puerto ricans fearing what will happen today how it can help communities and plans for a permanent memorial for the victims of sunday's match in the u.s. city of las vegas. the u.n. is bracing for what it calls a further exodus of the hang of refugees from myanmar to bangor there with up to one hundred thousand people waiting to cross the border half a million rangar have already crossed since the end of the stores for the military crackdown and what kind of state says it's fighting separatist groups and deadlines accusations of ethnic cleansing. where the un is criticizing myanmar over difficulties getting humanitarian aid into iraq and state. t

witness documentaries that open your eyes at this time on al-jazeera. oh is it allison when they're on line we were in hurricane winds for almost like thirty six hours these are the things that new u.k. has to address or if you join us on sat i'm a member of the ku klux klan but we struck up a relationship this is a dialogue tweet us with hostile intent stream and one of their pitches might make them actually join the global conversation at this time on al-jazeera. the people cannot accept this attack standing their ground hundreds of thousands protest against the spanish move to take control of the regional government. looking pieces over you're watching al-jazeera live from doha also coming up at the polls open in japan where the prime minister shinzo obvious seeking to become the country's longest serving leader since world war two. revenge a refugee children who escape violence in myanmar face a new threat in bangladesh. and the u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson is in saudi arabia for another bid to end the blockade against cattle. catalonian pr

al-jazeera compound zambia. lots more top stories for you still to come including these ones a tight race in liberia to find a replacement for africa's first elected female president also. he took it out from a home and tried to hands behind our backs he pulled his along the roads and kicked . a teenager or injure a few g. tells of how he survived an attack by me and most military. we got some very heavy rain pushing towards vietnam over the next couple of days when organized circulation this one that might develop into something a little more ominous as we go through monday into tuesday very wet weather coming in here that will drive its way further westwards into indo-china right in the line of pretty lively showers making the way across northern parts of vietnam then and into the fosse out west of china still some rather wet weather to just around the by a bingo particularly up towards the ganges nasi looking crop of storms here bringing some very heavy showers into bangladesh into the northeast of india just

hussein is the latest al-jazeera journalist to be imprisoned in egypt last year a former editor of al-jazeera arabic website was sentenced to death in absentia in two thousand and thirteen an international campaign was launched after the arrest of peter greste mohammed fahmy and baher mohamed the three spent more than a year in prison in all cases al-jazeera says their only crime was being a journalist natasha going to al-jazeera. their top stories on al-jazeera kurdish forces are suffering huge territorial losses in iraq a day after government troops seized the northern city of kerchoonz they've now withdrawn from the town to singe are mahmoud and russia as well as several oil fields charles stratford has more from erbil it is of huge consternation here the government shall see that this is going on and some very big questions being made by the could regional government as to how this is happened and interestingly enough the conspiracy theories running rife was somebody old was there at the to kill a policy that was responsible for making this happen with in the k r g well the philippine pre

witness documentaries that open your eyes at this time on al-jazeera. this is al-jazeera. hello i'm maryanne demasi this is the news hour live from london coming up turkey arrests a second u.s. consulate official in both countries suspend visa services as a diplomatic dispute intensifies. at least twelve ranger refugees drown ten of them children as another boat capsizes trying to cross from man not to bangladesh. and spain's government called in the national police to guard catalans key court as it increases pressure on regional leaders to back down on independence. m p seven in doha with all the day's sports news including a very public statement from the v.p. as mike pence walks out of an n.f.l. game even mealing players i'll have more on that later. a diplomatic dispute between washington and curry is intensifying after reports that turkey has issued a detention warrant for a second u.s. calls you know it work or else we cannot the american consular employee was arrested and as some. allegations of links to last year's failed coup in turkey a turkish lira has dropped s

on al-jazeera. a rite of passage preside through the generations my cousin was laying down there screaming she was helpless the woman who after endorses facal of pain for what that menai needs the women affected by it at g.m. and those reshaping perception do you think people will abandon this idea what about today's take on al-jazeera correspondent the kind of the story. this is al-jazeera.

on al-jazeera. a rite of passage preserved through the generations my cousin was laying down there until a screaming she was helpless the woman who after endorses fikile of pain for what fact menai meets the women affected by s.g.m. and those reshaping perception do you think people will abandon the search even through it a bit of the mistake al-jazeera correspondent the current at this time. this is al-jazeera. hello i'm barbara sarah this is the news hour live from london coming up in the next sixty minutes thousands rally across spain in catalonia calling for talks to resolve the worsening crisis between the two plus. more than two hundred russian opposition supporters arrested as they mark through transit sixty fifth birthday with protests around the country turkey's president announces an operation to rid the syria's a blip province of an al qaeda linked alliance new orleans prepare is a hurricane made heads for the u.s. gulf coast africa twenty five people in central america. and far as mt i'l

david mercer al-jazeera. catalonians regional president has met community leaders in barcelona to discuss what to do after sunday's referendum the group includes lawyers academics and members of the barcelona football club catalan separatist leaders say they're planning to go ahead with secession despite a ban from the spanish central government the prime minister mariano rajoy has rejected any talks on the matter but madrid has apologized for the violent response by the police during the secession vote local health authorities say around nine hundred people were injured culpable reports from barcelona. as apologies go it was a little lukewarm the spanish government spokesman said he was sorry for the hundreds of catalan voters injured by national police and civil guard riot units but he said they were just following orders those orders to stop sunday's referendum from happening at all direct from madrid on. and i said this very clearly before they were following an order they weren't order to avoid in a lega

this is al jazeera. hello and welcome to this al-jazeera news hour live from doha i'm martine denis coming up in the next sixty minutes the un's human rights she says crimes are being committed against the ranger and those responsible must be punished. as kenyan official flees the country in fear of her life and the man in charge of next week's election rerun admits it may not be free and fair. the pressure mounts on catalonians leaders as a deadline to give up their secession bid is just hours away. and very nice conversation with the woman with the wife who sounded like a lovely woman. president trump embroiled in another riled this time of the his words to the widow of a soldier killed in asia. from human rights groups to the un to washington d.c. there is growing pressure mounting on me in ma to stop the violence against the range of people with an increasing number of lawmakers now demanding action u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson says his country holds me in miles military leadership accountab

jazeera dot com al-jazeera dot com. i don't mind at the top stories on al-jazeera a diplomatic dispute between washington and ankara is intensifying off to turkey issue that tension warrant for a second u.s. consulate worker last week another american consulate employee was arrested in istanbul over allegations of links to last year's failed coup in turkey the turkish lira has dropped sharply since both countries suspended visa services for each other's nationals. above all this decision is very upset. for the years amber c. and i agreed to take such a decision and implemented it is absurd i'm. sure our foreign ministry colleagues have contacted their u.s. counterparts over the issue of iran is promising a crushing response of the us names its elite revolutionary guard as a terrorist group the comments were made a week before president donald trump is expected to announce his rejection of the iran nuclear deal a powerful us republican senator bob corker has issued more criticism of president trump in an interview with t

al-jazeera. this is al jazeera. hello i'm rob matheson this is the news hour live from doha coming up in the next sixty minutes more resistance cutlass push them on says catalonia will not accept what he says is an attack on democracy by the spanish government. could say they've been betrayed by the rest of the world after iraq's military seized control of areas once held by fighters. back for another try u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson is in saudi arabia again in a bid to end the blockade against qatar. and it's election time in japan. become the country's longest serving leader since the second world war. catalonia is regional president is denouncing moves by the spanish government to take control of the region among says it's an attack on democracy and the rule of law to simmons has more from barcelona. an extraordinary day most would say for all the wrong reasons mariano rajoy said he had no alternative but to trigger article one five five which some say means repression catalonia. is o

to al-jazeera vienna . a russian man has accused police in chechnya jailing and beating him must part of a crackdown on homosexuality. is the first person to file an official complaint despite a wave of accusations earlier this year he said he could hardly cruel when he was released after two weeks human rights groups say more than one hundred men were arrested beaten and tortured. as spring chechen authorities began an organized sanction from the very top a very comfortable excuse for not investigating was the lack of allegations from victims this situation quite a while many official people used to sixty's now allegations have come forward. a journalist who has been leading the fight against corruption in malta has been killed by a car bomb. had made several allegations against siena business and political figures has robbed matheson the burn drag of daphne koller one ugly thea's car lies in a bolt he's feeling flung over a wall by an explosion which killed the crusading journalist parent in the crowd don

risking it all kurdistan but this time on al-jazeera. they're one they want a regime change that's just so obvious. qatar's america is the four arab countries behind a blockade of plotting to overthrow him. in jordan this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up the leader of the iraqi kurdish region is stepping down as he defends his controversial push for secession . marching for unity hundreds of thousands of people rally in barcelona to protest against catalonia declaring independence. from canada to cabernet we examine the new growth industry and the lebanese. qatar's emir says the countries behind the gulf crisis are trying to force a change of leadership just to me been hammered out fanny was speaking to the u.s. television program sixty minutes his country's been living under a blockade almost five months since four arab states cut diplomatic and economic ties my kind of reports from washington. there was no sign of friction among gulf leaders when they met president trump for his first foreign trip it was all smiles and a com

at this time on al jazeera. al-jazeera. where ever you are. you know again i. would be top stories on turkey says that one process any visitor visas for u.s. citizens that's after washington suspended nonimmigrant visa services at its missions and. all this comes after a u.s. consulate official in turkey was arrested for alleged links to a u.s. based turkish business when. a coup last year at least twelve people have drowned after a. refugee from myanmar bangladesh capsized as the. people start violence at myanmar's state and. can post an almost five hundred and twenty thousand refugees is now facing a cholera outbreak and hundreds of thousands of people have joined a unity rally in spain's region one week after the session referendum the regional government is considering a unilateral declaration of independence. campaigning has officially ended in liberia over voters will soon choose a successor to president ellen johnson sirleaf vice president joseph is leading the race and he's got some colorful and controversial company there is legendary footballer george

that on al-jazeera. and now a reminder of our top stories police in the kenyan capital nairobi have used tear gas to the spurs protesters calling for electoral reform confusion is mounting in kenya over this month's repeat presidential election kenya's election board says all eight candidates who competed in the first poll will be on the ballot that means opposition candidate right loading his name will be there despite him announcing on tuesday that was pulling out of the poll. spain's prime minister has given catalan leaders on monday deadline to clarify whether they've declared independence or not the government the said that if catalonia does split from spain it will take away the region's autonomous status on tuesday catalonia as leader catalyst pushed the month stepped back from announcing full independence and signed symbolic that liberation. it was president donald trump has been holding talks with his canadian counterpart justin trudeau at the white house the pair are discussing the nafta trade

craig leeson al-jazeera song south korea. to brazil now where congressional committee has voted against sending the president to be tried for corruption and the supreme court the recommendation is expected to be accepted by one. of the whole congress next week the country's top prosecutor alleges president michel tema took millions of dollars in bribes from a major production company he denies any wrongdoing saying there's a conspiracy to overthrow him. know again as a problem in doha with the headlines on al-jazeera international concern of the treatment of myanmar's or head to population is increasing the un human rights chief says perpetrators of crimes against the range of must face charges and if they don't he wants the security council to act and across party group of u.s. politicians have written to the secretary of state calling for meaningful steps to be taken against me are miles military the chairman of kenya's electoral commission has admitted that next week's election rerun may not be free and fair. says there's

al-jazeera. the talks in a starter concentrated on strengthening the deescalation. lost more news as well on the website al jazeera dot com and we'll wrap up all your top stories when we come back. welcome back now the weather across much of southern china is looking fine at the moment sunshine there for hong kong looking fine all the way to coming there with highs of twenty we've got an area of low pressure pushing across the philippines as some wet weather here not develops as we head on through into thursday so manila could see some pretty wet weather before that low moves out into the south china sea but it's looking fine across vietnam last two we lost the showers even dryer picture here yangon thirty one draw and sunny it's not often i say that now as we head across into south asia most of india pakistan bangladesh nepal it's all looking fine once you come further south into tamil nadu and across towards carolinas a different picture we still got some heavy monsoon rain you see from the rai

at this time an al-jazeera. al-jazeera. and i'm jane duck and this is the news live from coming up in the show. celebrations as iraqi forces drive away kurd fighters to retake can't cook we find out what this means for kurdish independence goals spain's government gives catalonia a seventy two hour ultimatum to clarify its position on independence or face the prospect of direct rule. turkey steps in to help the victims of somalia's twin bomb attacks as the death toll rises to more than three hundred. and discovery of an age old cosmic collision that confirms the origins of gold and platinum. we begin with major developments in iraq where government forces have taken control of the contested city of kirkuk from kurdish forces tension has been mounting in the oil rich region ever since the kurds how the referendum on secession last month stratford has more from it bill. the kurdish flag no longer flies in the center of kirkuk. the city now officially back in the hands of the iraqi government its forces but made a rapid advanc

al-jazeera. watching the news hour live from our headquarters in doha i'm dead you know coming up in the next sixty minutes. kenya's disputed presidential election gets the go ahead despite growing anger on the street. china unveils its new leadership line up further cementing the power of president xi jinping. a new report accusing israel of the systematic abuse of young palestinians under arrest in occupied east jerusalem. i'm joining with the latest sports news including the most expensive baseball clayton cashel. l.a. to victory in game one of the world series. hello we begin in kenya that's where the presidential election will go ahead on thursday despite an eleventh hour legal challenge so the election board says it's received assurances that every voter will be protected no matter who they choose to be there or a new leader well that's all despite an eleventh hour legal challenge to the vote which failed because the supreme court said there weren't enough judges to hear the case so opposit

al-jazeera world at this time on al-jazeera. now reminder of the top stories on al-jazeera spain's national court has called catalonia is the president to mount to testify on thursday as a processes of rebellion and sedition charges against him for declaring independence from spain kenya's opposition leader raila odinga has called for the result of the presidential election rerun to be an old warning it could undermine the public's faith in democracy and the lawyers of social media companies facebook twitter and google are testifying at a u.s. senate hearing into russian interference in last year's presidential election. at least five people have been killed in a bomb blast near the u.s. embassy in kabul afghanistan as the fence ministry says at least fifteen others were injured in the suicide attack that happened in an area where many foreign embassies and government departments a base a quarterly report to the u.s. congress has highlighted just how much the situation is deteriorating in afghanistan it says armed groups are inc

told al-jazeera the ana nations are the first victims of climate change. reason of my visit to barbara. is exactly to raise awareness to put pressure on international community for a stronger humanitarian aid now and also for a stronger aid in relation to the reconstruction and the building resilience in the islands of the caribbean as we manage in that in the next few years seems will get worse than worst the world bank is promoting a meeting in the context of their annual meeting and i urge the international community to fully support these caribbean states they are small islands they are sometimes completely destroyed they are classified many of them as middle income countries they have no access to grants or to soft loans these needs to be revisited and i think it's essential for the international community to be able to help these states allowing them to reconstruct and overcoming the enormous difficulties that they face not only because of the natural disasters but because of the i levels of depth that they already had before they need international

at this time an al-jazeera. back here's a reminder of the top stories on al-jazeera u.s. backed. out of the clear capital of iraq and syria the battle to take the city from eisel began back in two kurdish forces have suffered more territorial losses in iraq a day after government troops seized the northern city of kirkuk and rescue operations are continuing in some capital for those still missing after the worst of bomb attack in the country's history. the president of the philippines has the clear the southern city of liberated after a five month battle against isis fighters. the city has been freed from what he called terrorists but his military says fighting still continues as reports the threat of violent extremism remains not just in mar are we but all across the mindanao region and people are anxious about their future. and over the months long military operation to take back. i saw inspired group called the mouth had taken parts of the southern philippines city earlier this year even though the military admits there are still pockets of resistance. you all started with the

al-jazeera young gone. australian police see the cesaire biggest ever hole of a key chemical used to make illegal drugs nearly four tons of ephedrine was hidden inside green tea bottles and smuggled from thailand to australia ephedrine is used to make the drug ice three hundred fifty kilograms of methamphetamine was also seize and three people where arrested now a fifth of australia's illegal guns fifty one thousand have been handed over to police they were surrendered during a three month amnesty and will now be destroyed australia banned semi automatic rifles and semi automatic shotguns after a mass shooting in one thousand nine hundred six prime minister malcolm turnbull says australia's tough laws prevent the kind of attacks that happen in the united states we've seen the shocking tragedy in las vegas. the killer had a collection of semi automatic weapons which a person in his position would simply not be able to acquire in a stroller so we have strict gun control laws meanwhile in the us hundreds of pe

al-jazeera. you're watching al-jazeera reminder of our main story this hour the nobel peace prize has been awarded to the international campaign to abolish nuclear weapons i can you know we join paneled praise the group for working to prohibit the use of nuclear weapons and this comes at a time where nuclear conflict is a new risk. their organization is receiving the award for its work to draw attention to the catastrophic humanitarian consequences of any use of nuclear weapons aren't for its groundbreaking efforts to achieve a treaty based profile bishan on such weapons and i can see executive director has just reacted to the award with this this is an issue that has been ignored for a long time and at the same time the stakes are so high right now this treaty the treaty on the prohibition of weapons is a really. huge accomplishment and a very strong signal to the new crown states that the status quo is not acceptable . we need to work really hard now to make it all states to sign this treaty. o

al jazeera correspondent my own private bollywood this time. and put it well on. u.s. and british companies have announced the biggest discovery of natural gas in west africa but what to do with these untapped natural resources is already a source of heated debate nothing much has changed they still spend most of their days looking forward to for dry riverbed like this one five years on the syrians still feel battered or even those who managed to escape their country haven't truly been able to escape the war. the doctors the nurses and all of the people who are still have. a job that's indescribable hailing first responders as heroes president trump meets police paramedics and firefighters are on the scene after sunday's match in las vegas. in jordan this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up an outbreak of the plague causes panic in madagascar as health officials call for calm. leaders called the mediation of their push for independence from spain madrid says there's nothing to talk about. and britain's prime minister tries to rally the party faithful but very l

so the headline news continues on al-jazeera after talk to al jazeera keep it here. on counting the cost of the world's fastest growing startup created a new labor market but can that business model clear the regulation roadblocks ahead plus the fact as a play as oil prices enter a bull market counting the cost at this time on al-jazeera. would you or i. would see. thanks to the migration crisis in europe hungary's profile is higher than ever but it's controversial and e.u. court says budapest is wrongly denying asylum to the mike fleeman war and deprivation the government of prime min.

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of their julien macdonald this is al jazeera live from london also coming up. position protesters defy a ban on demonstrations in kenya two are shot dead by police. tensions escalate in northern iraq kurdish forces evacuate villages side of coca-cola over fears of an iraq it's high. a more problems for said africa's president jacob zuma as a key court ruling goes against him. all of their very warm welcome to the program u.s. president donald trump has laid out an aggressive new strategy on iran he did not pull the u.s. of the nuclear deal struck in july twenty fifteen but he's decided not to certify iran as being in compliance with the accord wants congress to toughen u.s. policy towards iran and if it can't reach an agreement trump says he'll terminate the deal he'll also ask congress to find a way to punish iran for its ballistic missile program the current deal only covers it so you clear activities and his administration will punish some members of iran's revolutionary guard but it will not be declared a so-called terror organization really how could repor

how many al-jazeera. a u.n. report has accused me of killings of rape and torture of the hunger after interviewing survivors who fled to bangladesh the military is also alleged to have torched homes and crops and stayed to stop the hunger from returning there yet of a male who has more from the gang gone. and away so this in a sea of misery. this school is teaching english to or hinder refugees who fled mean mass military campaign before eleven year old say you know the conflict is ever present. in our village record and people came to our house to kill people and they burned houses so we can't stay there they were torturing a lot united nations investigators are prevented from going to mean mass conflict zone so they came here to bangladesh in what is now the world's largest refugee camp more than half a million have fled across the border from maine marty bangladesh since late august it was from them that the un heard testimonies of the military campaign of indiscriminate killing mass rape and the burning down

al-jazeera. welcome back a quick recap of the top stories here this hour the united nations children conflict i strongly criticize both sides in the morning yemen says the south that. the rebels responsible for killing and injuring hundreds of children in yemen last year. spain's top code has suspended a session of the council on holiday and local leaders are planning to the session during monday sitting parliament speaker has accused madrid of putting freedom of expression in danger. and u.s. president donald trump has again cuse duran of not living up to the spirit of the twenty fifth. xpect to decertify the agreement next week saying it's not in the national interest then just back to congress for review which will then decide on new economic sanctions on tehran. hundreds of people have gathered in las vegas to remember a police officer who was killed in sunday's shooting at a country music festival thirty four year old charles and hartfield was off duty join the incident he was among fifty ei

al-jazeera. the nature of news as it breaks. during the week with detailed coverage this is what you mean for money going to find a way to buy the nigerian army hundreds like the something just for in the past few months from around the world there are also hundreds of thousands of arabs that have arrived here in recent years bullying by so they feel very let down by the baghdad government. the fall of ice and capital rock areas near fighters are expected to flee taking civilians as human shields. hello i'm down in jordan this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up at least twenty people are killed in a truck bomb explosion and somalia's capital mogadishu plus. final rallies ahead of sunday's vote in austria which could see the country elect the world's youngest leader. a race against time to save a minority chinese culture from dying out in hong kong. i salute on the verge of being pushed out of its self-proclaimed capital in syria iraq or officials say the remaining members of the armed gr

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al-jazeera. the arab. the most read story right now one hundred years on the bow for a declaration explained it's one of the most controversial contests the documents in the modern history of the arab world and the sooner this week rather palestinians around the world are marking one hundred years since the balfour declaration was issued that was on november second one thousand seven hundred so we'd much more about it's. ok for the counts of killings rapes torture and other atrocities and refugees forced from their homes in me and mar are losing their abandoned farmlands to me and mars government human rights activists say it costs more doubt over whether they'll ever be able to return from bangladesh that's where hundreds of thousands are sheltering the government has begun harvesting rice in three row hinge overload. has in mind dow township that's in rakhine state almost thirty thousand hectares of this land are owned by farmers who are driven away by violence that started in late august a spokesman for

november on al-jazeera. in a historic visit the pope will travel to me and my bangladesh bringing more focus to the plight of the range of. a new six part series about extraordinary lives of the common people from across tunisia. as the u.s. backs away from the paris climate agreement well diplomats will be gathering in bone to restate that commitment. from the heart of asia one when he springs captivating stories and award winning fields. as tensions on the korean peninsula remain high president trump embarks on a five nation tour to east asia november on al-jazeera. sixty seven words that spelled promise for one people but ended up a disaster for another. that led to the establishment of a jewish homeland at the expense of the palestinians one hundred years on al-jazeera world tells the story of the british declaration that changed the middle east for seeds of discord at this time. thank. you stan the difference is. in the similarities of cultures across the. al-jazeera. hello there jim it's almost here in