Transcripts For ALJAZ NEWSHOUR 20170926

Kurdish leader must sit by zani says the yes vote is one mondays referendum on secession and calls iraq the Central Government to engage in serious dialogue. Israeli forces raid the home of a palestinian man who shot dead three of their Security Forces in your key five west bank the u. S. President announces hell be visiting hurricane hit also rico but not before sparking controversy over its financial debt. With the latest sports news including as they take it easy collectively used to be. This crowded in arizona Donald Trump Tells the n. F. L. The only way out of the controversy surrounding player protest is a rule to stop the kneeling better move in the program. Iraqi kurdish leader Massoud Barzani has said that the yes vote has won mondays referendum on secession he said Iraq Central Government in baghdad should now engage in serious dialogue instead of threatening sanctions but he also called for calm when the official result is announced. We should all step out of our political shoes and i ask you all i also all the sisters and brothers when the result of the referendum is announced to behave in a civil manner and express their love and not to fire a shot so that we dont effect that piece. Earlier iraqs Prime Minister hydrilla body had warned kurdish officials against declaring independence according to preliminary results eighty eight percent of voters support secession from iraq but a body says he wont allow the country to be divided or not. As. Well there are those who want to plunges into an internal crisis and to divide iraq through a referendum which is unlawful and unconstitutional i want the consequences of this referendum will have a negative impact on the kurdish area and the region as a whole and a negative impact on all citizens. The federal government of iraq will do whatever it takes and we will need to be quite united news for god according to the constitution we have to protect our citizens. Charles stratford centers this update from air bill in Northern Iraq. It was only a few minutes after a speech given by Prime Minister hydrilla body concerning this ongoing crisis regarding the what he describes as the unconstitutional referendum held in the k r g that we had a reply from the president of this region Masoud Barzani in a statement he said that the wishes of the people of this region should be respected not only by the baghdad government but five regional countries he said. Were not the solution and he invited members of the baghdad government and neighboring countries to come to a bill for discussions to try and negotiate some sort of solution to this crisis meanwhile more threats from the baghdad government the cabinet saying that the k r g have three days to hand over control of their International Airports will they will face an International Air in bargo we understand that domestic flights will continue its highly unlikely we understand that the k r g will agree to these threats also the cabinet saying that again the k r g have three days to hand over control to Border Crossings land Border Crossings or neighboring countries will be invited to take control of those Border Crossings themselves so yet again were seeing an escalation of the rhetoric from the baghdad government from neighboring countries replies by the k r g sorties here the crisis continues and the situation does seem to be escalating well thats not just inside iraq because regional anger is also mounting of mondays vote iran says its sending new missile equipment to its border with iraq while turkeys president is threatening sanctions but thats causing concern among some businessmen Andrew Symonds reports from her book on the tacky iran or dead. Two flags now turkey and iraq on a battlefield that sends out a daily message its addressed to iraqi kurds as they celebrated the referendum on the other side of the border these Iraqi Government troops were flown in to join the exercise. This exercise conveniently perhaps situated right beside the main Border Crossing road between turkey and iraq really hasnt got a great deal of military significance it carries yet another political message to the iraqi kurds. The reason is that alongside the tank charges the political attacks coming from turkey are in line with the Iraqi Governments sentiment. The kurdish leadership is being accused of treason by turkish president. Can alter their colors yes they will be left in the lurch when we start imposing our sanctions will be over when we close the oil taps or the revenues will vanish and they will not be able to find food and clothes when our truck stop going into Northern Iraq these are the trucks he mentions the only Border Crossing from turkey into Northern Iraq is one of the largest in the world for trade its worth more than eight and a quarter billion dollars of business a year to turkey if it closes it will be catastrophic for iraqis. Its estimated turkey supplies nearly seventy percent of their imported goods. Nihad billy schick is a businessman dealing in exports hes a turkish kurd and hes anxious he says the situation could hurt both kurds and turks shonda now there is tension in Northern Iraq really needs turkey in my view turkey also needs Northern Iraq because of domestic and other regional issues in this bridge of friendship and trade should be destroyed on the contrary it should be enforced. The other threat is blocking kurdish oil exports shutting off a pipeline in which up to six hundred thousand barrels worth of oil a day flows through turkey the threats are being repeated with no action so far apart from simulated combat on the border its holding back you aimed at pressuring the iraqi kurds into some sort of u. Turn its hard to see that happening for now while armies make new alliances there is uncertainty and drew simmons aljazeera on the turkish iraqi border. And im going to other top story this hour Israeli Forces have raided the home of a palestinian gunman who opened fire at the entrance of a jewish settlement in the occupied west bank killed three Israeli Security officers and wounded another before being shot dead harry force that has more. The aftermath of a deadly attack in the occupied west bank this gate is used every day by palestinian workers employed inside the illegal israeli settlement of har adar police say at around seven a. M. On tuesday one of the group pulled out a handgun and fired on Security Forces guarding the entrance as a result and for twenty three israelis were killed pronounced dead at the scene by emergency units a fourth person was taken to hospital in serious condition the attacker. Was shot dead a thirty seven year old father of four from the nearby palestinian village of beit syria he was a familiar face in the settlement and worked there for many years developing longstanding relationships with settlers he worked in. Helping. With the garden and. The working in how. Our neighbors israeli president called it a cruel act of terror the Prime Minister blamed incitement by the Palestinian Authority and others in gaza hamas and Islamic Jihad hailed what they called an act of Palestinian Resistance while rival faction fatah said israel responsibility for the reactions of palestinians to its crimes the consequences of what happened here also being felt in the village from where the palestinian attack came from the Prime Minister of israel has already said that his house will be demolished his brother has already been arrested and also his entire extended family will have their work permits rescinded outside the family home shocked mourners said ill jamal wasnt political had been having marital difficulties but that didnt explain what had happened in a social media message to his wife apparently said she had no connection to what he was about to do. The pressure the palestinians suffer on the checkpoints on the humiliations that we see makes him and others do these things because of the pressure. It tackles coincided with the latest. Is it to the region by us and really jason green black his talks with each side now likely to be made more complex by this latest outbreak of violence ari force it out in the occupied west bank. The u. S. Government is ramping up its response to the crisis in puerto rico after it was devastated by Hurricane Maria five days after the category four storm ripped through the island most of its three point four million residents are still without power roads are clogged with deborah and communications havent been fully restored many people are still without adequate food water and fuel supermarkets are running out of surprise but its not just the shops some pharmacies are now saying their stocks will run out in less than a week medical facilities are getting overwhelmed with the number of patients hundreds of terrorists havent been able to leave experts say it will take months and tens of billions of dollars to fix the main airport well President Trump says puerto ricos in deep trouble because it has billions of dollars to banks on wall street hes also praised his governments efforts to help florida and texas but youve also been hit by hurricanes and it says puerto rico will get similar support what were going to enjoy a lot of money im going to puerto rico tuesday scheduled trip thats the earliest i can go because of the First Responders that we dont want to disrupt the relief efforts you know were going to a lot weve got great places like texas and florida and we will also on puerto rico but the difference is this is an island sitting in the middle of an ocean its a big ocean. Joining us now from washington d. C. Is Jerry Anderson the associate Vice President for humanitarian response at the charity save the children thank you very much for speaking to us just hearing from u. S. President donald trump there saying that he plans to visit puerto rico what are your expectations of this trip given everything weve heard in terms of his response so far. Well i think we welcome the administrations support in this situation on the island is extremely dire talking to our teams on the ground it truly has been a catastrophe there you know millions of americans are without power food and fuel seven hundred thousand of them being children save the children is is on the ground we have mobilized teams and were mobilizing additional supplies to get in to assist so its its a truly catastrophic situation on the ground i just want to pick up on one thing you said that because you have three point four Million People still without power that has its own challenges but did you say seven hundred thousand children are monks them stranded what are your tell us more about your fears for their health and safety well as we know in our experience you know children are some of the most affected in any disaster and so obviously our our prime concern right now is you know the great number of children who are still in shelters number one in the war and unable to access you know basic necessities so you know were working hard there with our partners to mobilize supplies and relief items for to address those needs how difficult is it to mobilize those supplies one of the logistical problems youre facing well its true in after a disaster there are always logistical challenges whats needed now is really you know a heavy lift from from you know federal authorities the military to get fuel water food into the islands open up the roadways things of that nature so we are also mobilizing our own supplies but really some of those critical basic necessities on a larger scale you know were hopeful that those will start moving very soon because it it cant come soon enough its critical right now. Is a come soon enough do you have is there some thing to have been could the federal response a been better more effective. Well you know were hopeful that the attention that puerto rico is getting now and then the administration is going to be focusing on that support you know so i think that things as as a getting cranked up things open up you know the theme is in puerto rico theyre working flat out we are close partners with them i think we just need to make sure we have the all the Resources Available and all channels are open for assistance. Anderson from save the children we wish wish you best of best of luck with your important work thank you as much want to tell you about in this news hour how young ranger children have escaped war and neon mark dealing with that traumatic experiences also tens of thousands of people leave the island of bali as indonesia wants an eruption of the mountain agone volcano is imminent. And then peter will be here a bit later with the best of the Champions League action as real madrid visit dortmund. United states is announce new sanctions against north korea including twenty six individuals and nine banks some with ties to china north korea nationals in china russia libya and dubai have also been targeted in north korea delegations russia raising expectations that moscow may be attempting to find a political way out of the crisis on the Korean Peninsula or a challenge has more from moscow. Although the Russian Foreign Ministry Announced on tuesday that it was working behind the scenes to bring the north korean crisis to some sort of political resolution we dont know much more because theyre not releasing any further information however we have heard also on tuesday from the north Korean Embassy here in moscow that a delegation is arriving from pyongyang all of Foreign Ministry officials to have talks with their russian counterparts and that the pyongyang delegation includes the head of the north american directorate russias perspective on north korea is that its sanctions against it are running out of steam that a war on the peninsula would be catastrophic and that the language used by donor trump is essentially irresponsible it would like to see a few more carrots being used in this situation and not so many sticks and i think that it will try to use its political and economic leverage with north korea to try and diffuse the situation perhaps dangle some incentives in front of them like gas contracts already graylings or perhaps increasing the number of north koreans allowed to work in russia basically things that might help the north korean economy and try to persuade them to back away from the march to war now some news from kenya where police have used tear gas to Disperse Protesters in the capital queues the Electoral Commission of involvement in vote raking in august president ial Election Supreme Court invalidated president era kenyattas victory and a repeat vote is scheduled for months time but Opposition Leader raila odinga says he Wont Take Part unless some members of the Electoral Commission a sacked. Meanwhile in neighboring uganda a fist fight broke out in parliament ahead of a debate on whether to allow president gary in the seventy to stand for another term in Office Government and opposition politicians tussle on the floor with some using chavez as weapons seventy wants to amend the constitution to allow people over seventy five to stand for the presidency hell be seventy seven at the next election in two thousand and twenty one. Now aid agencies are warning that hundreds of thousands of children who fled violence in myanmar are risk of malnutrition four hundred thirty thousand muslim or refugees have crossed into bangladesh since the military crackdown began more than a month ago more than half of them are children and some of too traumatized to speak about their experiences so theyre drawing pictures instead of glass have reports now from could have fallen camp in southern bangladesh there are moments children best described using markers and pencils moments too difficult to put in words like when men in uniform slashed the throat of her friends miriams friend will not talk about the moment they set her house on fire with her parents inside. Deny theres been an ethnic cleansing return you will gianna draws a different picture. I was in my home when they grabbed my mother she was screaming they hit and forced themselves on her then they shot her in front of me. These are satellite images of the Childrens Home collected on september sixteenth now look at it we can later. And the City International accuses more Security Forces of a scorched Earth Campaign on a mass scale no independent observers or journalist have been allowed into the range of villages this is as close as we can get to the record states where an ethnic cleansing is currently happening just moments ago we saw villages burn in the distance the more Security Forces have put up barbed wire fencing and planted land mines on the border the general in charge of this clearing operation says that all its citizens are welcome back to me and more except rangers who are considered Illegal Immigrants by young gone almost half a Million People now live in sprawling villages made out of bamboo and plastic sheeting bangladesh hasnt seen such Mass Movement of people since its war of independence in one thousand seventy one they too have beefed up patrols on the border and deployed the army well a little but normally our orders are to not allow ro hinge in but given their suffering our government has told us to look after them bangladeshi soldiers patrol the camps without arms so as to not frighten the refugees they come here traumatized afraid unable to hide their pain nicholas hauke al jazeera could a problem count. Meanwhile myanmars government says mass graves have been discovered in Rockland State where at least forty five hindu villages and soldiers a barrett they released this video of bodies being pulled from two pits in mangalore district say theyve now discovered a third site they accuse the group a r. S. A. Of being responsible for the killings but the group denies this indonesias Disaster Agency is warning the eruption of the mount i go volcano on ali is imminent or than seventy five thousand residents have been evacuated from a twelve kilometer exclusion zone step boston reports now from a Mountain Village which is doing its best to provide temporary accommodation. Peeking out from behind the clouds mount is holding barely suspense volcanologists say the risk of an eruption is imminent thousands of people who live on the slopes of the volcano have been forced to leave their homes but are balinese have been quick to respond with help. These school girls are bringing clothes rice and shampoo. But i feel that my relatives like my own family they really need help from us more than seventy five thousand people have moved to safer ground many now staying in temporary shelters relying on others for basic needs ballys spirit of solidarity and its best volunteers are struggling to distribute goods that are poor in nobody knows until one aid is needed for the evacuees and they hope that this spirit will last. Local activists are taking good story mode areas which are difficult to reach what a purifier mattresses and food arrives in. A small village that has accepted two thousand evacuees but. This is bali tradition is to help each other their suffering is our suffering thats our possibly involving. Local teachers are providing children with learning materials and classes to ensure they dont miss their education the hospitality is well received. But i feel relieved that i can stay here because theres a lot of aid and people are really nice to us if we need something they try to give it to us. And its not just people who are finding refuge here but also their paths birds cats and dogs have been evacuated too which makes what could be a long and on certain weight of possible disaster a little more bearable step aljazeera. Out as there is demand. In the release of its journalists not hussein whos now been in prison in egypt for more than nine months hes accused of broadcasting false news to spread chaos which he and al jazeera strongly deny authorities of refused to allow him to be transferred for specialist treatment on a broken on an injury he received while to tang. Saudi arabia says that from next june women will be allowed to drive the moment the few women who do a breaking the law saudi arabia is the last country in the world where its illegal for women to drive several womens rights activists have been jailed for flouting the ban so lets discuss this some more im joined by karen young from the Arab Gulf States Institute a think tank in washington d. C. Thank you for speaking to us so why is the government in saudi arabia doing this now well i think first this is a victory for the women activists in saudi arabia who have been working on this campaign for so many years so its a day of celebration for them but the Government Support of ation is probably along with several other lines the primary being an economic motivation as part of the economic reform agenda and the efforts to streamline the amount of money that the state spends on its citizens with diminished oil revenue the idea of including more women into the labor force would definitely help and so driving is is one mechanism to increase womens economic participation so thats one reason its happening now the second reason is that this is an expansion of the reform agenda and really a liberalization agenda by the crown prince muhammad and so long and what does this mean for the majority of women in saudi arabia what does it enable them to do. Well as you said for the short term nothings really changing but this is an announcement that by the middle of next year by the summer of two thousand and eighteen there will be the bureaucratic procedures available to women to try to get drivers licenses just like many other rules in saudi arabia where in the guardianship system women need a male relatives permission to do many things like leave the country and in some cases even seek help care its not clear how the the licensing procedure will move along but the government has a balance that it will indeed happen and women will have the right to get a license. And what about the largest struggles the equal rights under the law you are touching on the guardianship system a lot of women will say that this is perhaps a big issue for them that along with you know Financial Freedom control of assets and general freedom of movement thats right there certainly bigger issues at stake and women activists in saudi arabia see driving is secondary to those larger concerns of personal mobility. And the restrictions of the personal status laws which are across the g. C. C. But most of you are inside of saudi arabia so this is one step in the right direction and i think for many it is a its a day of celebration but the road is still quite long to go and in terms of this particular measure. At least nine months to go because the new order wont come into effect until june of next year. Do you have concerns about this time lapse and what might happen between now and then. Well there is a lot going on in saudi arabia right now there is truly a transformation underway and we have seen a bit of pushback already from more conservative elements inside of society so just on national day and seller saudi arabia which was celebrated over the weekend and sunday there were women allowed into sports stadiums for the first time and really over the last year and a half more people mixing in public space in general mixing of genders and for some people this is culturally and religiously unacceptable and the governments efforts to sort of rein in the religious establishment will be met with some pushback but for the moment were seeing some really unparalleled openings that even a year and a half two years ago would not have been possible putting into perspective karen young and washington d. C. Tell you about. Why these policemen received such a bad reception in boston lona. Dropping the ball and fighting drugs why the u. S. Is threatening to withdraw tens of millions of dollars in funding for colombia. And the player who appeared to defy teammates during sundays n. F. L. Protest saying it wasnt his intention he too will have that story. Well i was still got some rather lively showers across parts of Central Europe little bit of cloud still way down towards crease towards the balkans easing over towards the black sea areas of low pressure still bringing some thundery heavy showers in across the region then still seeing some of the lobby showers just around the new year and corsica well the cloud of rain will eventually spill its way in from the atlantic but not too bad for England Wales and scotland as we go on through wednesday Northern Ireland getting off to a decent start with a wet weather as you can see not too far away seventy winds coming in here to twenty or twenty one celsius for london and paris but the cloud right that will not use way through as you go on through day perhaps a touch colder but not too bad for the time of the year nineteen celsius in vienna as well maybe a seventeen there for book rest still a few of those showers just across central parts of the med but further north moscow not doing too bad the highs here have around twelve degrees celsius it will stay dry staying dry to across much of north africa as one would expect you to sell just there for kyra little more cloud though just moving across Northern Areas of algeria spectacle driving the chance of wanted to showers into a little parcel rocko plenty of showers across Central Africa more big downpours into the gulf of guinea and that right across much of west africa. 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Talkback youre watching the news hour a quick recap of the top stories Iraqi Kurdish leader Massoud Barzani has said the yes vote has won mondays referendum on secession he said baghdad should not engage in serious dialogue instead of threatening sanctions three members of the israeli Security Forces have been killed and one injured in a shooting near a jewish settlement in the occupied west bank the palestinian gunman was shot dead. And the u. S. President donald trump says hell fly to puerto rico next week as the caribbean island struggles to recover from Hurricane Maria three point four million residents on the u. S. Territory a still without power and many face food and water shortages as well. When other stories were following the french president has called for a major changes to the European Union he wants the eurozone to have its own finance minister it wants to see more cooperation on everything from the integration of refugees to defense or explains from paris. Unless the European Union is reformed its very existence could be threatened the message from the french president in a speech in Sorbonne University emanuel markoff set out his vision for overhauling the block and says only change will stop growing euro skepticism and the rise of anti e. U. Parties maybe. This idea that you can flourish has not disappeared even though its fragile globalization has had an impact we need to confront ideas with potente new solutions such as nationalism protectionism segregation these ideas and so many times before threatened europe they pretend to be legitimate because they exploit peoples fears for too long we have ignored their power. Macross said issues such as security refugees and globalization have divided europeans and briggs its been a challenge to reverse the trend he called for more e. U. Collaboration in defense migration and education but the focus of his reforms is the eurozone is calling for the creation of a euro zone budget and ministry to finance current projects such as infrastructure from i call the u. Vision to become a reality who needs the support of other new leaders and in particular germany its why hes delivering the speech just today was off to the german election he wants his reforms to be firmly on the agenda as chancellor Angela Merkel begins our Coalition Talks merkel shares micros desire to reform europe shes open to a small eurozone budget and a ministry but who she ponders with in the new German Coalition government will determine how far she can go the liberal f. D. P. Party opposes the french president s agenda saying it will lead to germany bailing out weaker countries from across perspective on euro zone reform. The liberals are quite skeptical on a lot of the issues that he wants to reform so they will be a more difficult partner on the other hand we have the green party who is strong here probably european a bit more left leaning closer to my home maybe on that front as well and they could counterbalance to a certain extent the liberals in germany. Outside the sawbones students protested against some of my close domestic reforms saying hes ignoring poorest sections of French Society a reminder that like the german chancellor the french president still has much work ahead if he is to convince those at home and abroad that his ideas are in their common interest with aljazeera powers. And i was banished government has sent thousands of Police Officers to catalonia ahead of sundays planned independence referendum spains Central Government insists the vote is illegal and is determined to stop it from going ahead but katz an official say if the yes camp wins they will declare independence within days and all reports now from barcelona. Police court made angry charge of. The Spanish Government is drafting thousands of police me and force winds into catalonia with orders to block the referendum. Secession activists say the patient forces as. Theyre trying to frighten us with machine guns but im not afraid im eighty years old and i will fight as long as i can. Many of the estimated ten thousand extra police ability ferries at barcelona port to avoid public hostility concern is growing within the ranks about how police are being thrust into the growing political crisis. Alphonso Union Representative to the paramilitary civil guard. To seeing the Political Climate seeing how society is reacting the Police Morale is falling things are not good at all and the referendum could get very complicated. Very tight Security Forces have shut down dozens of websites promoting the referendum sparking spontaneous demonstrations. We met this Computer Program after he was released from questioning by National Police hes accused of creating proxy websites backing a secession hes facing jail on public disorder charges. Spanish state is applying censorship closing web pages servers monitoring data and trying to block access to information just like north korea or china word the closure of those web pages has prompted independence activists to go back to low tech methods that is meant simply setting up tables on the street to hand out Campaign Material and also telling voters where they can go to. On the. Media. Also under scrutiny radio catalunya presenter monica tell us the morning debate show state prosecutors are threatening to charge her with obstructing Police Business after she broadcast this message that it gives the accused that is that one of the first where once young women in the course of the call to taxi drivers and truckers took poleon reports of police maneuvers and operations. The crisis may have been triggered by cause for independence but the bridge reaction is now raising fears of a crackdown on civil rights and freedom of expression. In all aljazeera bosler spain. Now a new report by the Group Biodiversity international has highlighted concern over the security of global Food Supplies warning that humans are overreliant on a narrow range of food the report found the global diet as a whole is becoming too similar with three quarters of the worlds food coming from just twelve crops and five animal species rice wheat and maize provide more than fifty percent of the worlds calories from plants it recommends that more is done to boost agro biodiversity the variety of species in the agricultural food chain suggesting there are tens of thousands of wild rarely cultivated species that could provide us with nutritious food it says a sixth mass extinction of wildlife species is already underway that at least a thousand cultivated species are already endangered and toiler is the director general of Biodiversity International she joins me now via skype from rome thank you very much for speaking to us so if you could just give us a bit more detail is this about the scarcity of certain foods or are more of us in the world eating the same type of food. I think its primarily the fact that more of us in the world are eating the same types of food and were relying on a very narrow base of crops and animal species to to feed ourselves when we have literally thousands of varieties of crops and species of crops that we could be using to improve our nutrition and grew our resilience to pests and diseases and help us adapt to Climate Change is i know enough diversity in what we eat. Well there are many many reasons one is that over the past forty or fifty years we have been focusing primarily on. Producing calories and so weve been looking to crops that can provide the most calories per factor of four per acre and increasingly now with the challenges of poor diet that are contributing to the largest amount of death and disability worldwide we need to focus on nutrition with Climate Change depressing yields of many stable crops we need to look to diversity both within those crops but to other kinds of crops to give us opportunities to confront the future and why are there certain foods all species that are not cultivated things that we dont focus on that we dont eat. First of all weve seen a lot of investment going into those very few crops so between one nine hundred sixty and roughly two thousand there were eight thousand different varieties of crops released from our crop breeding programs but those were only an eleven commodities so weve really invested our research into quite a few narrow range of commodities our food systems have become more limited and in part because weve pursued a survey of the industrial food strategy. And people around the world aspire to a certain kind of diet so the core of what youre saying is that we need to find and cultivate a wider range of food what is the worst Case Scenario if this doesnt happen. Well we see that the crops are very vulnerable to pests and diseases a number of years ago for example we have an outbreak of disease in the maze in the United States and we were only able to find a cure for that disease in a very old variety that was found in mexico so in order to basically address the challenges we have coming in the future we need to to really integrate the center of our global food system. Oh thank you so much it really interesting to talk to you and thank you for telling us more about your report from by adversity international thank you very much. Colombian government has insisted its long time came production is working and thats despite concerns in the United States about a trans force of Illegal Drugs from the south american nation i was under the reports. This area in Southern Colombia used to be covered with coca plants but most are gone thanks to a program trying to persuade where we farmers to switch crops as part of the countrys peace effort and. Families signing up to receive subsidies of eight thousand u. S. Dollars in the first year well switching to alternatives such as coke or coffee they also receive help with infrastructure government officials former rebels and farmers strike the deals if none are reached then the army may come into up three to play in spain hands. Down you are a gore says more farmers remain suspicious of the governments ability to deliver but are cautiously optimistic. That this is a very Good Opportunity the government is offering we have never seen anything like it before its just starting now but the community is happy because weve been receiving payments so we hope the rest of the deal. But last year so i record five hundred cocaine production thats angered the u. S. Government which is accusing colombia of dropping the ball on fighting drugs. The colombian government sees things differently from you see third of all coca fields by the end of the year in my book from the old methods only contain that this going to achieve sustainable reductions but it will require patience we cant bring it down to zero thats impossible but we can make it a marginal phenomenon in colombia this is one of the fields that has been ridden of coca plants in the last couple of months you can see here on the ground whats left of some of those plants but. More and its quick successes to build trust among the farmers and american fears. But in most of the new the problem we always had here is that the subsidies a lot more do the trick the government needs to create the conditions for legal markets to flourish to grow its electricity awkward ox when we see in the past projects never materialize or arrive too late so unless this infrastructure arrives farmers will go back to coca. Colombia seems determined to get rid of the plant farm by farm finally gaining the trust of communities long neglected by the state but many also understand that as long as there will be customers for cocaine somebody will find a way to satisfy the demand allison that im just. So a convoy thats out how a chance discovery has led to a brand new what all than a century after the death of one of the worlds most influential office. And womens well number one is going strong at the new hot open itto have that story. Business update brought to you by chance are they always going places to go. Business update brought to you by chance are they always going places to go. Back u. S. Or some mark twain died more than a century ago but fans of the creator of Huckleberry Finn and tom sawyer can now look forward to a brand new what no its of a bedtime story told by twain to his children has now been turned into a Childrens Book by husband and wife team of modern authors kristen salumi has the story. A poor boy along with his animal friends finds himself on a quest to rescue a kidnapped prince its a character conceived by the American Literary icon mark twain but brought to life more than one hundred years after his death the journey of this Childrens Book starts here in Hartford Connecticut this house was where the major creative period of mark twains life happens this is where the author whose real name was Samuel Clemens honed his craft writing the adventures of tom sawyer Huckleberry Finn and the prince and the popper his home was a place for imagination and creativity and his daughters encouraged him to tell them stories on an almost nightly basis and every story had to be different and if any element of any story seemed to be the same as an earlier one he had to go back and start over again think of what that does to your Creative Process as a storyteller that you have to come up with something brand new on an almost nightly basis the prolonging of prince oleo margarine comes from a long clemens Family Tradition of telling bedtime stories its based on a fairy tale he first told his daughters in paris one that the authors hope will continue to resonate with children for generations to come. The story was just sixteen pages of twains handwritten scribbles when it was discovered in the archives several years ago the husband and wife duo philip in aaron stead were tasked with turning twains unfinished notes into a full Childrens Book it wasnt necessarily our job to please mark twain it was actually our job to please mark twains daughters because that was who the story was for originally when he was telling it the steads had to make a few critical choices along the way one of the most notable illustrating the protagonist is black the simple answer is that thats who i saw when i was thinking of the story a lot of a lot of people are sort of suggesting that twain wouldnt have made that choice that character wouldnt be a person of color in tweens original vision i would argue that maybe it would have been an eight hundred seventy nine but anybody who study between knows a tween. Changed radically from the beginning of his career to the end of his career perhaps thats why his insights on American Life remain as relevant as ever a literary tradition has modern cowriters hope to continue christian salumi aljazeera Hartford Connecticut beaches and alleys all. Thank you very much Marianne Donald trump has told the n. F. L. That the only way out of the controversy surrounding players kneeling in protest is to create a new rule banning them from doing so it follows four days of divisive comment from the u. S. President to which many players have responded by making they protest against Racial Injustice even more visible the Dallas Cowboys and owner jerry jones kneeled in unison before mondays game with the Arizona Cardinals but the crowd did not respond positively. As they take it easy call actively choose to be heard. From the sellout crowd in arizona. The players then rose to stand together while the National Anthem played as though the Arizona Cardinals on friday donald trump had called for players who neil to be fired more than two hundred n. F. L. Players melt or set during sundays games meanwhile the Pittsburgh Steelers player who appeared to defy his teammates by standing during the National Anthem has said that was not his intention the steelers chose to remain in the locker room while its played but on the way over an army veteran says he became separated from the squad while trying to get a glimpse of the flag from the tunnel. But because of that i have made coach tomlin look bad and that is my fault and that is my fault only have made my teammates look bad and that is my fault my fault only you know made the steelers also look bad and that is my fault and my fault only so unwillingly i have made a mistake. N. B. A. 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I was proud of their coaches and the owners who are rallying behind the players for me as a professional athlete in the state and even know this state voted for trump that doesnt stop me inspiring these people the people of the state and aspiring to you because i would be even more at wrong if i started down the people of ohio that makes zero sense my job is and my calling is much bigger than that guy and his name so why have this platform i will continue to inspire the state of ohio not only by what i do want to floor but also by point Thirteen Hundred key is in a school and its been almost forty five Million Dollars to me youre a clown like youre like this thats unacceptable. As and i would a leader does like your job is supposed to bring everybody together and everybody in the world feels like. Since you got in office that hasnt been the case you know theres a lot of issues going around the world like puerto rico doesnt have water and power like theyre still part of the u. S. 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The coaches are accused of taking cash bribes of up to one hundred thousand dollars to funnel Young Players to agents and Financial Advisers in the second scheme the head of global basketball marketing at a desk is alleged to have paid over one hundred thousand dollars in some cases the payments were made to families of High School Players so they would commit to play basketball at two colleges sponsored by the sports where giant and later signed with the brand these coaches abuse that trust placed in them by the players and their families. And they violated the duties that they owed to their schools. In exchange for bribes ranging from thirteen thousand dollars to almost one hundred thousand dollars each these coaches allegedly pushed particular managers and advisors and the players and their families and certain other coaches arranged for separate payments to be made to the families as well roma dritte have beaten brasil dortmunds in the u. A. E. For Champions League tie on tuesday it was the ninth time in five years that the two sides went head to head rails gareth bale open the scoring which cristiana rinaldo then added to dortmund pulled one back but another from rinaldo gave israel a Comfortable Lead three one with the final result as madrid go top of group h. Elsewhere tottenham beads of whom the cozier three no porto also beat monaco three no in what was a rematch of the two thousand and four final and Manchester City ran out to no winners against shakhtar donetsk the Champions League continues on wednesday when german giants brian munich visits a big spending paris st germain the german club will face a determined p. S. G. Who now believes they are worthy of a place at european footballs top table the french club smashed the world transfer record during the previous transfer window to bring in brazilian strike and neymar well by him have had something of a startling start to the Domestic Campaign in the bundesliga we didnt start at the top but only the beginning go this is. Will be important game tomorrow not the size of a prestigious game of course we want to show our best that we want to try to win. We want to try to be the first plays bogo of the group. That they gave us here use they say that this team is serious but the players they have brought in over the past few years and this year its a step toward having the opportunity to be one of the candidates to win the Champions League its a process but for the other teams were now a sporting enemy thats why they speak about this team now. Also on the night chelsea will be away at Atletico Madrid in their fancy new stadium you ventus will host greek side olympiacos barcelona hope across the portuguese border its a place sporting lisbon and Manchester United or in russia where they will face c s k a moscow. Tennis now in womens world number one. Has advanced to the third round of the open the spaniard beat less. Of a ukrainian the events of thats being held in china dobbin year when three when the match in straight sets six two six four and she goes on to face magda limits of gold and next. Covering the place has moved into the third round at the blue hand open in china beach hometown hopeful is jansch way on tuesday to advance six hundred three six six for the czech will now go on to face another chinese where when chianti and thats all the sport more later lovely thank you all astronauts have captured the spectacle of the Northern Lights as seen from the International Space station the time lapse for to a vivid green lights of the Aurora Borealis was taken by italian astronaut Paolo Nespoli and then posted to social media it was filmed as the space station past of a canada that happened earlier this month. Except for me but actually i was back in a couple of minutes with more news for you. Its the end of the breeding season as we take a ferry through the straits of magellan to Magdalen Island today the island is a penguin colony sanctuary with access to tourists accompanied by food nanda sent penguin expert cloudy old boy we learned the penguin colonies in south america are under threat Climate Change is one reason it is well documented that changing rain patterns or spend was to abandon fly the nest warmer Ocean Temperatures have diminished the quantity and quality of fish for the penguins who were swim further and further away to feed their young overfishing and ocean contamination especially plastics are also killing penguins. In the off the mouth of civil war peace and reconciliation i remember seeing in the absence of justice. People in power on earth chilling testimonies of atrocities suggesting or for it to have failed to conduct full and proper investigations that could help heal resentment inflicted by conflict. Could do far partial justice at this time on al jazeera. The Iraqi Kurdish leader Massoud Barzani says the yes vote has won mondays referendum on secession and calls on iraqs Central Government to engage in serious dialogue