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Reigning champion actually kerber has got the defense of her title off to a winning stop. China has condemned the actions of protesters in hong kong in the harshest words since huge crowds began taking to the streets one month ago a call the storming of the Legislative Council building a plane challenge to the one country 2 system bottom line and also said we express our hadnt condemnation against this now once inside the legislative chamber protesters unfurled a British Colonial flag over the speakers podium and deface the territorys official seal the anniversary sparked by yet another huge marks the 3rd and a matter of weeks around half a 1000000 people packed the streets protesting not just the controversial extradition bill but also the governments response begin our coverage with this report from the train to you in beijing. This is the hong kong the Chinese Government wanted the world to see celebrations marking the 22nd anniversary of its return to the chinese motherland instead piece with the scenes broadcast around the world dismissed by beijing as little more than violent mobs pushing but it says is a blatant challenge to the one country 2 systems rule its strongest words yet very sentimental euthanizing of what happened in hong kong violently striking in the last minute damaging facilities is an act of law and violating social order is a serious to law breaking behavior. The communist party has condemned the storming of hong kongs Legislative Council and its full support behind chief executive kerry land government its backing a Police Investigation into the criminal responsibility of those involved on monday night saying offenders who feel the full force of the law. The Chinese Government are continuing to play down the takeover of hong kongs column and calling it the illegal behavior of a group of radicals but the intensity of the protests have no doubt time is leadership and pundits and questions as to why so many who are resisting they jews control they see or perceive that somehow beijing is overreaching that its violating what they perceive as the spirit of the agreement that was in the handover from beijings point of view theyre protecting their people and their country for now from Chinese State media familia party line continuing to protest will only undermine social order and harm hong kong. Beijing is watching closely waiting to see of Hong Kong Government is able to stamp out the unrest if not it may bring with these protesters fear the more stuff more controlled from the mainland chinese you aljazeera beijing Andrew Thomas is in hong kong for us so andrew its about 24 hours since those dramatic scenes started to take place whats going on now. Well youre absolutely right it was exactly 24 hours ago that the place moved in from all directions on the protesters who had surrounded this building the Legislative Council right in the heart of hong kong with the protesters that had essentially under siege for all of monday and then about 9 oclock at night hong kong time so if you like 2 hours ago yesterday they smashed their way into that building and really had overrun it and done an awful lot of damage as weve seen in the footage and i saw myself when i went in there off the place cleared it late last night so choose day as all been about clearing up clearing up the debris that surrounded this building and clearing up inside at the same time the place all day started an investigation theyve been taking out probably loads of evidence as theyre calling it from that building things that the protesters took in with them but also things that the protesters damaged once they were in there and they got site that away and will use it in any future prosecutions of people who broke into that building or were violent around the building during monday so this is now a crime scene the parliament essentially of hong kong sealed off with tape like this and its a crime scene that carry lamb has said will be fully investigated and she is the chief executive of hong kong and she said that they will prosecute those bottom protesters who went in there now she was very clear in her Early Morning press conference on tuesday to make a distinction between the half 1000000 people who marched in the streets of hong kong he slowly and the 30000 or so who surrounded this building and hundreds perhaps even a 1000 or more who went into that building and caused so much damage the protesters well for them its all about where they go from here because they havent achieved their aims caroline has not taken those controversial extradition proposals completely off the table shes maintained they are suspended but not formally cancelled she hasnt resigned and they havent got an amnesty for people arrested in previous protests either so its a question for the protesters really where do they go from here and where does that country go from here. Well hong kong is this funny place at the moment halfway through this transition from British Colonial rule to chinese rule formally off the 50 years china guaranteed hong kong independence 50 years effectively of the handover on the 1st of july 1907 and were halfway through almost that period now where do the protesters go from here well i was talking to some of them a couple of hours ago and to be honest their mood is fairly despondent they are as frustrated as anyone but the violence happened in the way that it did in that building late last night and that goes even with some who were in that building may have taken part in some of the violence they say its explicable in the sense that they had tried every form of peaceful protest they believe getting 2000000 people out on the streets for a march here in june petitioning the legislators in there getting the attention of the worlds media and yet none of it was achieving their aims pacifically on these extradition laws but more broadly for democratic reforms here in hong kong and they felt that they needed to do something dramatic to get more attention to make something shift they came prepared for violence they say because they expect that from the police thats why they carried helmets thats why they carried gas masks and dissipating tear gas but i think of the 12 in some cases more hours 15 hours some protesters sat outside this building waiting with a real growing sense of tension during the day some of them just couldnt contain themselves anymore and when they got into that building and the police didnt stop them they smashed their way in some of them just went frankly a little bit crazy in there and the damage that was done in that building will not help their cause ive spoken to lots of people in hong kong over the course of tuesday and they have told me that while they did support the aims of the peaceful marches and many many of them took part in those marches they are almost universal in their condemnation of what the protesters did in that building criminal down. And really they werent even doing it when the police were coming in the damage was done before that so for the protesters where do they go from here talking about future marches but they also say they need arrests because its been a long few weeks here in hong kong and yesterday was definitely a climax but perhaps not one thats taken that cools any further to completion thomas live for us in Hong Kong Andrew thank you martin lee is the founding chairman of the Democratic Party of hong kong he is suspicious as to why the police didnt do more to stop the protesters from entering the government building why were they allowed to go into the building to begin with and we do since you have been watching. There were 3 or 4 guys actually doing damage to. Us dog for those who are in the us i and students who are. Or taking no follow through 4 hours before they finally broke the door and where were the police who were exactly her in the glass door fully armed and just waited. And when they finally. Go they didnt and there was another. And the police get behind another all the computer. Even. When the world would you have seen that you know the police were actually there and another good test is to spend so much time just a few of them to bring over the door but the Police Actually set a trap for what they did what they did or what they didnt hurt anybody i mean that thats a good nobody because they didnt want to hurt anybody and the police a lot of them and i will be people were detained. And their religion challenges the one country 2 systems who committed the. Big income a phone call. Universal suffrage that. Region promise that they would not interfere in hong kong is they care or. They have been making these regions who was watching me. Frances president is calling on iran to immediately reduce its enriched uranium reserves they went Nuclear Watchdog confirmed tehran is stockpiling more enriched uranium nets and its allowed under the 2015 Nuclear Deal Iran a parliamentary speaker says u. S. Pressure is only making the country stronger or should it. Americas problem is that they dont know the middle east and the iranian nation and they think if they deploy some low ships to the region they can suppress the determination of a nation but iranians have shown they have unified will trump should realize that a civilized nation will get more united when they believe if they understand that many problems will be solved the understanding it needs wisdom. To talk about what joins us now from paris and how should these comments from memory put them into a sort of context for us. Yes the lease a put out a statement earlier on tuesday in which the french president tomorrow michael said he was very concerned about the fact that iran had decided to exceed its uranium limits he is calling on tehran to reverse a decision and also not to take any more of the steps which would mean that iran was not complying with the 2015 iran deal the j c p a way now his comments were very much echoed on monday by the British Foreign minister jeremy hunt who also said pretty much the same that britain is very worried about the situation and he underlined the fact though the european powers are still quite adamant that they want to maintain this deal they still see it as the best deal that there is out there for Regional Security and peace but the focus clearly for european powers for britain france and germany who also in the 2015 deal they will focus is on trying to make sure that iran doesnt carry out any more steps that could be seen as violating the 2015 accord because they do not want that deal to collapse it would be a huge diplomatic failure for them but also they see it as potentially very dangerous of course if iran was able to build a nuclear weapon. Ok natasha but our live breath and paris natasha thank you very much. Plenty more ahead in the news hour including we meet the medical workers in libyas capital working under a dangerous condition. And its one of footballs most famous rivalries resumes america for a looks ahead to the final clash between brazil and argentina. Precious Defense Ministry says 14 sailors have died in a fire on a Navy Submarine the deep sea vessels bases in several more skat russias northwestern edge and this happened in its territorial waters the deaths were reportedly caused by poisonous gases from. Who is in moscow so what information are you learning about what happened. Well the ministry of defense here in moscow has only released this information today while this accident has already happened on monday they also havent released much information they said that their mission was meant to be a military survey to ration basically make doing measurements on the sea bottom in that particular area when the fire broke out there was also no mentioning of the cause of the fire but by now its been extinguished by the crew themselves and also its not clear if the bodies have been removed from this submarine but interestingly the ministry hasnt mentioned any type or name of the submarine a military source or a Security Service source has spoken to a website called because which is a business website and has actually mentioned that this is an a as 12 deep sea Nuclear Submarine called arctic we cant confirm this but this is very interesting but because disappearing in the west is called a spy submarine its not very clear what exactly it can do but it has been a lot of concern especially in the United States that in case of a global conflict this submarine could cut off all the major internet dot on all the other data that are used by governments and are important institutions again we dont know if this is exactly the type of submarine but this is a source of color talking to our because this particular web site the investigation is now undergoing the commander in chief of the navy is leading the end vesta geishas to what has caused this fire on july the 1st step was in line for us in moscow step thank you. Negotiations to select the European Unions top officials are underway again after repeated attempts to reach a consensus its the 3rd meeting to pick the blocks top jobs including the president of the European Commission a marathon 20 hour negotiation on monday broke down over Eastern European opposition to france timmermans is a dutch socialist politician who has the backing of germany france and spain so lets take a closer look at whats at stake here the presidency of the European Council which is elected by the council itself is held by donald tusk the council presides over the 28. 00 Member States of the European Union all the European Parliament elects the president of the European Commission who will replace john called john hod rather younger and addition the jobs of e. U. Foreign policy chief and head of the European Central bank are also up for grabs and as those leaders discuss who should get the top jobs the new European Parliament has been inaugurated in strasbourg politicians will submit their candidates by the end of tuesday and elect a new parliamentary president on wednesday and many leaders say they prefer the election to follow the appointment of the European Commissions president has more from brussels. Well one new name in the mix here in brussels is the German Defense minister on the lay and shes being talked about now as a possible alternative candidate for the presidency of the European Commission shes reported to be acceptable both to the french president Emmanuel Mccall and german chancellor Angela Merkel shes from the center right. Was a party in fact and theyve been pushing all along for one of the bears to get that job which is seen as the jewel in the crown according to them friends timmons a dutch socialist was a front runner over the weekend but hes extremely controversial and countries like poland and hungary say the appointing him to head to the legislative body would be in their words a total catastrophe so new figures emerging over time its not clear in fact who will get that job but it doesnt affect the other jobs because theres a lot of horse trading involving saying if we give you the commission then our figure needs to get for example the head of the European Council and so on meanwhile the European Parliament is saying that very wishes need to be listened to more because of the change in the dominant dynamics there since the may elections so it could take some time but possibly if there is still an impasse in the next 24 hours here in brussels the spanish Prime Minister suggesting that in fact the European Parliament is where the answer lies and International Observers albanias local elections say its become a political fight which isnt benefiting voters the main opposition parties boycotted 10 days poll over accusations of corruption and now legal challenges might be on the way abscesses chance for up less support in albania. The mayor of chicago is tallying voter turnout in sundays local election it is pitifully low which is good news for the incumbent will down a penny because the Democratic Party she represents boycotted this election so she wasnt a candid it people they refused it is and this is wonderful this is not political this is being a citizen so because of that i think that it is there and because of that they feel happy to be the Democratic Party accuses the socialist government of corruption it is demanding the resignation of Prime Minister and the general election president who is sympathetic to the opposition claims declared the local elections cancelled and rescheduled them for october to give the parties a cooling off period but the government under held them anyway. Has been a Democratic Party stronghold since the fall of communism in 1998 but on sunday a socialist Party Candidate stood here unopposed according to the municipal tally fewer than 7 percent of registered voters turned out to vote and many of those apparently in protest. And some of those are workers in state services who told me of a dummy they were ordered to vote in resulting political disagreements international monitors blame the 2 main parties this is actually as of june and the elections were held with little regard for the interests of the electorate in the climate of the political standoff and polarize ation 30 his did not have a meaningful choice between political options. In february the Democratic Party opposition walked out of parliament this polarization has left voters confused and disillusioned. The politics of the last years is so very very confused you know for all the people and the people are so so tired honestly we need an opposition even if its maybe bad without any organization or anything like that. A demis term officially ends in august since she doesnt recognize this election as legal she is refusing to give up hope post as a 23 other opposition may as Prime Minister rama has invited the opposition to talks unless the Political Parties Reach Agreement it will be up to rome whether to initiate Legal Proceedings that will put a demi and the other opposition mayors in jail jumpsuit aljazeera godhra the battle for libyas capital is making it hard for help workers to do their job theyve also been caught in the line of fire several have been killed and injured forces loyal to war likely to have to are fighting to take control of the city from the un recognized government and the tail had reports from tripoli. These ambulances are on their way to the frontlines of southern tripoli. A tough task for medical workers here whole face gunfire while trying to do their job. The 3 months battle for control of the libyan capital has taken out all. Forces are allied with the you and recognize the government in tripoli accuse those loyal to the warlords for have to of targeting healthy physically as well as residential areas this new Field Hospital insula had been able hood in southern tripoli is one of 4 Health Facilities hit by airstrikes or shelling 1000 ambulances were struck by rockets and 2 Health Facilities had to be fully evacuated medical workers have moved here to this new Field Hospital to treat those who have been injured but theyre worried that their location could be targeted by have to those warplanes at any time was a life even if the seed will be human. Several of our colleagues were killed and several others lost their limbs or were injured this left us in a panic and could derail our work. It is very tense here in this Field Hospital which is not far from the front line doctors here say they continue to receive cases although there is a shortage of a staff and medical equipment medic middle seat leads a team of red crescent workers some of them work on the front lines while the others is standing here ready for casualties hes calling on the warring factions to go into the safety of his staff. Weve confirmed to the rival factions several times that we are providing humanitarian services to everyone equally we have no political affiliation the battle for control of tripoli has killed more than 700 people 41 of them were civilians including several medical workers the World Health Organization has warned against targeting Health Workers and facilities it says its a violation of International Humanitarian law the medical workers here say in some cases health that its forces have deliberately fired towards their ambulances and as the fighting goes on theyll continue to put their lives at risk to save others. Tripoli. Sudans protest leaders are vowing to step up demonstrations they call for a nationwide civil disobedience later this month as reports they blame the military leaders for the 11 deaths during sundays rallies im going to manipulate you i mean you. Name the latest victims of the fight for civilian rule in sudan killed as Security Forces broke up some of the largest demonstrations in weeks. But once the funeral processions began some cried out blood for blood and down with military rule. Despite an internet blackout that curbed their ability to organize hundreds of thousands of protesters took to the streets in the capital khartoum and other cities demanding an immediate handover of power to a civilian led government. So. We dont trust the military council this is something were not hiding we have doubts about them and we will not put down our weapons which is the crowds of people to just follow the road of negotiations alone and. The African Union any mediating between the 2 sides last week the military junta said they were ready to resume talks on a transition but there are already plans for more street protests next week. 3 months after the fall of president Omar Al Bashir after nearly 30 years of rule those calling for complete change in sudan say there is still a long way to go and a chapell Al Jazeera Ibrahim monopole is a political analyst and assistant system professor at the Community College of qatar he says Regional Government forces have been increasing pressure on sudan military council. The idea is that there is Regional Forces now from saudi arabia to robi did. You see. This issue this is a problem so i think the idea that this is a provisional but does it have to have 0 on is the ready not just a mobilizing people they have to have their own is that it is they have to go into the International Bodies to reflect what exactly happening now and they have to press on this military council because her own did behave it is clear that they dont want to you know to. Remain. Optimistic that they can accept that but the prison will come now even though there is a civil obedience will be. 14 and by this period. Military council will just accept the mediation so at on al jazeera about a foreign invader choking nigerias rivers. Enemy the stargazers walking to a small town in chile to watch where the clips. And its semi final time at the womens world cup defending champion she would say are taking on england for a while have that in sport. How i once again welcome to look at the international forecast by surprises in the weather across the middle east at the moment lots of hot and dry weather temperatures getting up into the mid to high fortys for some actually back to 44 celsius 46 in kuwait city near 34 for kabul so the temperature to 4 karate rather more pleasant 29 celsius the beirut summit temperature for sure. Over the next couple of days may miles you can see we keep the status quo as we go on through thursday maybe want to shout between the black sea and the caspian sea but as i said dry and sunny hot dry and sunny across syria but its there as well has here and 42 celsius its cold off a little it will pick up again as we go on into the latter part of the way but for the time being we hang on to that kind of valley but fortys in riyadh further south a little more cloud there just into southern parts of a monument see a spot or 2 of drizzly rain southern parts of south africa could also see a spot or 2 of rain clouds just clipping the southern cape much of Southern Africa will be dry and sunny as that increasing cloud just spinning its way towards the western cape as we go through where the state pushes through cape town for thursday much of the region staying dry unsettled. Croaker goes in 1999 a boeing 767 took off from cairo to. The point. 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Frances president is calling on iran to immediately reduce its enriched uranium reserves Nuclear Watchdog confirmed to iran to stop piling more enriched uranium than allowed under the 2015 nuclear deal russias defense. History says 14 sailors have been killed in a fire on a Navy Submarine the deep sea vessels bases and russias North Western region reports say the incident happened on board a Nuclear Powered research submarine. Attacked our top story the protest and hong kong and the aftermath the rhetorics reactions in hong kong to mondays takeover and vandalization of the Legislative Council the government is vowing to take action against those who broke into the building when he reports from hong kong the center of power in hong kong is now a crime scene the Legislative Council its parliament is in disarray after antigovernment protesters broke in on monday nights the morning after the Violence Police began investigating the incident which may result in protesters being charged for trespassing and vandalism those who usually work here and still coming to terms with what happens. This is a place for hong kong people it is a symbol of legislation even though people including the youngsters have different opinions they have no right to cause damage to the Legislative Council i think we should all protect this council its a place to discuss politics not a place for fighting i was after the riot police dispersed the rally a cleanup operation also began work is cleared piles of debris left behind as protesters made a quick retreat the latest rally came to an end amid clouds of tear gas and charging police the catalyst for the crackdown was the decision by protesters to force their way into the government building it came after a much larger peaceful antigovernment march earlier in the day organizers said more than half a 1000000 people came out on the 22nd anniversary of the handover of hong kong from Great Britain to china they want hong kongs chief executive to resign and for a controversial extradition bill to be withdrawn. They see the bill which would allow criminal suspects to be sent to Mainland China for trial as another sign of beijings increasing control over hong kong as the Police Investigation continues here the debate is only really just beginning about the decision by protesters to burst into this building causing so much damage along the way and whether it will turn Public Opinion against the antigovernment movements even some supporters of the protesters believe it was a mistake but they say it has to be viewed in a broader context of what theyre trying to achieve why this down people are so disrespectful to the rule our legislature that is because they cannot represent the voice of the people the people of hong kong is still trying to digest what happened here the protesters grab everyones attention with directions but they still havent achieved their goals increasing the possibility of more violence on the streets when hey al jazeera hong kong. To have arrested their Top Commander over his failure to stop the Easter Sunday bombings which 258. 00 people who cheat in daraa and former defense minister emissary fernando have been charged after prosecutors said their negligence on negligence that is amounts to crimes against humanity mormon or fernandez joins us live via skype from colombo about these arrests. Commissioner 1st we heard that and this kind of action was going to be taken against the former defense secretary and the Current Police chief was when the attorney general wrote to the acting police chief basically yesterday saying that they should be treated as suspects that should be produced before the court his letter which was the 2nd letter he had written to the acting police chief basically said that then negligence of their sort of omission in their acts which of sort of contributed to the 21st of april Easter Sunday bombings could be considered under International Law as grave crimes against humanity so the kind of language which was very very serious early this morning we saw both of those individuals both admitting themselves to hospital pretty much stand us up for a Standard Operating Procedure in july going politics the moment you know your your wanted by the police or by the courts so even though they had admitted themselves in different hospitals during the course of the day we heard that the criminal Investigations Department the investigative arm of the police had sent 2 teams to these 2 hospitals and place both those individuals under arrest the magistrate had visited both of them and we have heard that they have been demanded pending possibly them being produced in Court Tomorrow morning isha reitman elfin at us with the latest there out of comma mel thank you. At least 21 people have been killed and Dozens Injured during monsoon rains in western india flash flooding caused chaos in the Financial Capital and its surrounding areas reports. Is the heaviest rainfall people in mumbai have seen in a single day in more than a decade more than 350 millimeters of rain fell in just over 22 hours in the city of 20000000 people cars were submerged main roads flooded and at the citys airport there was a major disruption with a plane skidding from the runway and 100 flights affected with millions prevented from getting to work and School Mumbai officials declared a public holiday. And there is no train and they are not making any announcements either there is water logging everywhere here in the next block from. The heavy downpour forced water levels to rise. Commuting is a big problem how does a man go to work. They have to get down you need deep and sometimes waist deep water on waterlogged roads to get from one place to another. In the western part of mumbai a wall collapsed on homes in the shanty town workers scramble to rescue survivors several people were killed and Dozens Injured in the search with 3 methods victim locating cameras dog searches and physical searches weve handed over all the bodies that we found and all the searches were not getting any more information or extra signals so well ask the local authorities to conclude the rescue operation the indian navy has been called in to provide relief to other areas affected by the heavy downpour. India has its monsoon season every year but this storm has already brought the 2nd highest rainfall in 44 years and with 3 more days of heavy rain expected people in mumbai are being told its better to stay at home for healing mohammed al jazeera. Decades of war in iraq have left it contaminated with land mines and in recent years the battle against eisel has diverted money away from projects already struggling to help those explosives the worst affected region as around the city of basra. Has this report. Is led home by her teenage nephew meade. Zahar i was blinded almost 20 years ago when she stepped on an antipersonnel mine in a field close by. Her brother was killed by a landmine 2 years later. It has had deep psychological effect on my life i often feel like im a dead person what used to my to anyone the area we live in is still contaminated with bombs many young people have died zahara lives in the bus or a neighborhood a bedroom in southern iraq its name roughly translates to the place of amputees will know 150 people have been killed and many more injured in both wrong but buried bombs from iraqs wars over the last 30 years. In a house close by we meet malik need his leg was blown off 6 months ago when he stepped on a mine while searching for scrap metal which he used to sell to supplement his income as a construction worker. Now i live off the charity of my friends i survive on their generosity i have no Social Security or a pension a depression is overwhelming i can work to support my children and that frightens me this is the area where malik was injured it is littered with military debris from a war that finished 3 decades ago their own border is around 6 kilometers in that direction this area was effectively the front line during the iran iraq war a war that ended more than 30 years ago and yet this area remains one of the most heavily mined in the world. Around 100 kilometers away close to the kuwaiti border unexploded ordinance teams search for cluster bombs struck by the u. S. Air force and saddam husseins army during the 1991 war. There are huge areas like this across southern iraq contaminated from the 2003 u. S. Led invasion of iraq to. Fragments of these potentially lethal up to 30 meters. Experts say in addition to the vast areas littered with bombs like these. Theres more than 800 square kilometers of mine that need to be cleared around. Since the war on ice on the north of the country the International Donors and government attention has focused on refugees and clearance of ordinance there but they must not forget the south this region is the most heavily polluted with unexploded munitions in iraq. Sits with his 2 sons afraid for his familys future he says he expects many more people will suffer the hidden remnants of iraqs walls for many years to come. Algeria head of the parliament. Has resigned. A little. Calling for the removal of more government figures on tuesday. And the resignation of. The resignation of president. Newspaper dependent he says the Popular Movement is still strong. Well the head of parliament is the 3rd personality in the country so hes very important. Or if you go in there are many you know he was pushed to these resignations by his own m. P. s the m. P. s of his party and by all the parties forces in the us today to put his resignation today they even broke into his own role yesterday in the on and on though that his name was on the table and the demonstrations or since february 22 people were calling for him when his removal but the whole the whole quantum of julia is considered as immediately mates. By the protest next friday it will be a massive protest and that will mark the 67th anniversary of our independence so it will be and you protest in the whole country the movement is still strong and ill show you this your man in nigeria say a nonnative plants he says choking rivers and restricting trade the water has scientists and is a native to the amazon basin of south america and it started appearing in nigeria in the 1990 s. And spread quickly i want to just support some like us. On land hundreds of thousands of cars and trucks clog the streets of lagos and for those people who have increasingly turned to the water for transport an invasive weed is making life difficult there. Because of how enormous it is is the governments the us will kill more machines to also show that were able to talk with properly the spread of water hyacinth is heading inland covering small streams and rivers at least 26 out of nigerias 36 states affected. It is accelerating the buildup of silt at the bottom of rivers and choking about aquatic plants by blocking sunlight and oxygen. What to herself was 1st noticed in nigeria in the early 1990 s. Since then the Invasive Plant has disrupted not only transportation but also hydroelectric generation and fishing in several regions efforts to control it have so far field. Yemi a model has been a fisherman all his life says the job is now getting harder. To stop by law taliban presence of the plants makes it difficult to part of the court and cast our net the catch is decreasing in fact the water is becoming shallow. But what he sees as a nuisance others see an opportunity they have is the plan to create an artwork out of it for sale. But importantly Scientists Say there is a lot of potential of water price of including electricity generation. Scientists. The what i think and the long process of my research. When all plants what i see. And whats not. Being disclosed for me its now using it for. Me and using it for. Something that might prove beneficial to nigeria as it struggles to generate electricity to power its factories and hold. Back on the river which is the wheat will just disappear so that the fish can return in the bush. Lagos still ahead on aljazeera the french open champion was an impressive likes to get our hands on or call that a level thanks thanks thanks. Thanks. Thanks thanks thanks thanks thanks thanks thanks. Thanks thanks thanks. Thanks. Stargazers are flocking to a small town in chile for what they hope will be an exceptional viewing of a rare Solar Eclipse at set to darken the skies over south america in just a few hours a lot america with new men traveled to get her and she lay a town considered to be the best place to see the rare event. The transparent skies of northern chile especially the cold team will region have turned this into the worlds a stronger me capital. But scientists arent the only ones rushing to witness a cosmic event that is drawing hundreds of thousands of visitors here to see a total Solar Eclipse people say well whats question with that or why would you want to travel so far to see it. After you see the eclipse you will know that this would be the american couples sixteenths have been chasing Solar Eclipses the world over in a full Solar Eclipse the position of the moon appears to fully cover the sun turning day into night it occurs somewhere on our planet roughly every 18 months but theyre all different depending on the location the position of the sun and the clarity of the sky on the day when this fringe family just arrived from paris and says they expect this their 5th eclipse to be the best one yet yes its an expensive hobby but once you see the full eclipse. You get addicted actually you want to see the next one. Accommodation in the cool kimball and i thought karma regions have been sold out for more than 6 months this is the get up population. 4000 where almost everybody is renting a room or their home or even just a little piece of land where people visitors can camp out and the reason is that this remote place has some of the best views of the stars of anywhere in the world and which according to astronomers will also give you some of the best views although the eclipse. But for a strong reason physicists have also camped out here its an opportunity to see elusive stars gather data or demonstrate this theory of relativity through these telescopes so you will go to the bed if you are able to see weak stars doing a total eclipse we will be able to determine if the light has displaced them and demonstrate once again einsteins general theory of relativity and they said its wonderful this one sharon and burn our book cults have less ambitious expectations so im hoping to see stars in the daytime. If the weather cooperates as media or all or just predict she will more than likely get her wish. And ill just let america with you newman joins us now from Chiles Valley so im lucy had this particular eclipse why has it gotten so much attention. And overshadow well this is all about what they call chasing totality now remember the moon goes over a certain part of the earth and that is and that is what makes it all go dark and that is called the path of totality and we are so its a very narrow path and we are standing right in the middle of it now the new does not guarantee that you actually can see a total eclipse because it depends on a lot of other factors for example that french gentleman i was just speaking with he went to the last. Show it was going to see the last Solar Eclipse in china but it raining the whole time so he saw nothing here in the end give ali this part of chile is known for its clear skies almost erode little or no pollution or Light Pollution or air pollution and so and its also supposed to have some kind of Cosmic Energy and thats why so many people have come here and weve been seeing helicopters going back and forth norm stop to what theyre calling again camp land camp sorry just in the hill behind me we are we are hearing now that celebrities such as well bill clinton is not going to cop a deal branson all sorts of people not even billionaires and movie stars are coming here to see it from this 5 star camps but you can see it for free just here where were standing right now and the people whove been camping here all night long preparing for this so its going to be a momentous occasion nonetheless richelle so this type of atmosphere that youre describing it wasnt always this way. Were absolutely right eclipse is used to these you know when oldman a bad omen that during the ancient greek times in fact the word eclipse comes from the greek or the latin rather frustrating for for covering up something in and the greeks used to believe that it was a sign that the gods were angry the vietnamese thought that a giant frog had eaten the sun while in Medieval Times they thought that it was a dragon that had eaten or stolen the sun now of course thats no longer the case we dont know when these eclipse is going to take place its a natural phenomena supposed to be a fantastic one ive never seen one yet but im very excited the only danger is the sun itself you cant look directly at it which is why we have to wear these special gone those who look directly at the sun and thats all you have to do. Dont put the glasses on just yet im telling how long this is supposed to last. This year im sorry i couldnt hear you could you repeat that when you were coming out just a touch certainly certainly can you just tell us how little most of please how this is supposed to happen how its how long is this to last how its all going to play out. Ok well then actual process begins in about 4 hours it begins slowly we are told were going to start to hear the animals the birds get very excited or rather rather disturbed because they can feel that the eclipse is coming and then they will go very very silent and then will come the most important part where the sun where the sun appears to be covered by the moon entirely and it goes dark and will see a corona and that is the light from the sun that comes out from this large black circle and that is what the scientists are most interested in because that will allow them to study our most important star which is of course the sun that will last for 2 minutes and 39 seconds and it wont just be the sun itself that disappears and has the corona but all around to be 360. 00 degrees im told will be able to see a sunset and that its supposed to be magnificent ok as weve been hearing looking forward to it lizzie and dont dont lose track of your glasses there thanks to see and they went. All right time for sports now with our richelle thank you so much the defending womens champion and julie kerber is off to a winning start at wimbledon the german who seeded number 5 this year be compassionate Tatiana Maria on center court pervert taking it in straight sets 6463. Of the new world number one in french open champion ashley barty is also looking good she dropped just 6 games so shes trying to save a shot. You know very tricky for him to start off with so really happy with the way that we were able to kind of get through and work your way into the match to control and to adjust to conditions in the Different Court but to be difficult to play on and enjoy every minute. Former u. S. Open champion Sloane Stephens cruised into the 2nd round but number 9 see drop just 6 games and should be tuning in for. Roger federer has booked his place in the 2nd round the swiss beating lloyd harris in 4 sets not a good day for go for 2 time french open finals dominic team hes been knocked out the 5th seed from austria with forceps by americans for. Corey was a straight sets winner in his 1st round match the japanese number 9 see it beating brazilian gold mine. There is a key match taking place at the cricket world cup as bangladesh looks to keep alive their hopes of making the semifinals there up against india who are looking to recover from their 1st defeat of the tournament india posting a total of 314. 00 for 9 bangladesh or 139. 00 for 3 if india when they confirm their spot in the last 4. Its a big day at the womens world cup as the semifinals get underway after her 2 goals against france in the last round the usa will be looking to Meghan Rapinoe to take them to another final the defending champions have been dealing with accusations their over confident going into their clash with in one. I dont think our team is arrogant at all i think that our team is confident were respectful of our opponents and i think the way that we respect them is by preparing for each game against as if the opponent that were going to play is the best in the world england havent conceded a goal in their last 4 games of the tournaments the team are looking to go one better than 4 years ago when they lost to japan at this stage of the tournaments. I think were all born winners not my mentality we came here to win the world cup and that still our aim so obviously it would be disappointing on i think as players we would see the potential of a failure. Because our mentality has been to win it so anything less will be disappointed in ourselves. The 2nd semi takes place on wednesday also in sweden are hoping to reach their 1st final at the tournaments for 16 years its a confident squad after knocking out 2 time former champions germany in the last states. And evelyns are looking to do at the double by adding to the world cup to their european title star midfielder at least akam are tense this their final training session. Of the 2 powerhouses of south american football meet later in the copa america semifinal brazils go up again against argentina in as they aim to win their 1st continental title since 2007 brazil were one no winners the last time the sights mats and havent lost at home to argentina for 21 years argentina have reached for the last 5 finals but are chasing their 1st cup of title since 1903 so much pressure on the shoulders of leo messi buddies all scored once in the tournament so far and by his own admission has been below par. For the baseball world has been paying tribute to elie angels pitcher tyler skaggs who died on monday the 27 year old was found in his hotel room just hours before the team was due to play a Major League Game against texas ranger the police say there are no suspicious circumstances. So those moments where you just kind of know to life. You know i personally theyre just tremendous things about him and. You know everybody spoke very highly of him and just a really sad situation obviously. You know of our hearts go out to work that were thinking about him or think about his family. Ok and that is all your support for now richelle back to you farai thank you very much and thank you for joining me here on the news hour on aljazeera have much more for you on the other side of the break another bolton in the meantime go to our web site aljazeera talk all we have all the days news for you there constantly updated for you but as i said much more news on the other side of the break. The producers of mexicos most watched soap opera continue to talk a real womens issues and the audience is now reacting. Emboldened by the show a woman freezing a cell from the horrors of sexual abuse. 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