Youre watching aljazeera lets take a look at the top stories right now Belfast High Court has thrown out a case claiming their pranks and strategy of forced johnsons government is not compatible with the 1900 more than ireland peace accord this comes after the release of a British Government report warning approximate worst Case Scenario includes traffic jams shortages of food and medicine rising prices and public unrest the body of former president Robert Mugabe is to lie in state at a stadium in harare that is where he took the countrys leader early 4 decades ago he is to be buried on sunday but there are ongoing discussions between the government and his family about where theyll be laid to rest sudans new Prime Minister abdullah hum doc is making his 1st state visit to south sudan where this hosting talks between the Transitional Government and several armed groups has made peacemaking with groups fighting khartoum one of his main priorities. Scientists doctors and political. Leaders are meeting in brussels at a global vaccination summit the Conference Takes Place in a time when countries around the world are facing outbreaks of preventable diseases to or to lack of adequate bax a nation now many nations including malaysia are considering making immunization whole story for Children Play reports in kuala lumpur this is a government clinic in malaysia where vaccinations are given free for 12 preventable major childhood diseases including measles diphtheria and polio Immunization Coverage has reached 95 percent but the program isnt mandatory and mohamed nor bin zakaria a father of 2 has chosen not to vaccinate his children i do believe that although. I do believe the measles is not a deadly disease because if we look at the older generation how did they deal with it somehow were treating all these diseases that have existed for a long time something that is so deadly and i believe that with good sanitation good hygiene Good Nutrition and existing information you can treat made at least from my child thats my personal stand but i dont go around telling parents not to vaccinate their kids. Reasons cited by other parents for not vaccinating include concerns about possible adverse side effects and religious grounds this debate is taking place not only in malaysia but globally the World Health Organization has blamed vaccine misinformation as a major threat to Global Health saying it could reverse progress made in tackling preventable diseases one example is measles provisional data from the w. H. O. Indicates the have been more measles cases reported worldwide in the 1st half of this year than in any year since 2006 the rise in measles cases is driven by poverty in some places but in more developed countries is due to a growing wave of people who refuse immunization for their children in malaysia the Health Ministry says the number of anti vaccines as theyre known is small but the government is considering a proposal to make certain vaccinations compulsory for children we all agree that our children must not be exposed to such unnecessary release especially when there is vaccination available and its free for the children. Are of me and his wife expecting their 1st child next month and theyve decided that theyll follow the National Immunization shed you know interest but not protecting your child its about protecting others as well because if we can ensure that every child can learn that seeing it benefits in it that. Might prevent all this. From spreading he says to deny that to any child would be irresponsible florence aljazeera. Gather is a virus expert a lecturer at Lancaster University in england he says the use of social media can be vital and educating communities about vaccinations. When we had 84 notify deaths in the European Union last year from measles and historically death rates were much higher in the prefix nation days in 1980 there were 2 and a half 1000000 deaths worldwide from from measles and thats come right down into the teens of thousands no largely as a result of the vaccination campaigns that have been ruled out saw theres no doubt the statistics are on the side of the of the vaccines and the case for vaccination is or is overwhelmingly compelling but the problem is that were finding it difficult to get that message out on the grown and vaccines conference taking place at the moment in belgium the u. S. Surgeon general talked about how the Measles Outbreak in new york had been counteracted and he emphasized that it was through dealing with local Community Leaders and getting the message out to people who have trusted in in the affected communities that they were able to get more people to take up the measles vaccine and thus bring the new york Measles Outbreak under control so we have to operate through social media and Community Organization level in order to get the message to the people who who have been vaccinated the children. Hong kong was one of the worlds most visited cities in 2018 but after almost 100 days about rescue and astris like tourism are suffering and this week the government confirmed the number of people visiting in august was down 40 percent from a year ago a train brown imports are an economic downturn that looks set to worsen. Burned performs in an almost deserted theme park this is disneyland normally one of hong kongs most popular Tourist Attractions but there are no queues to the rides and other attractions today. On average 18000 people visit each day many of them from Mainland China this. Year but the unrest that began on june the 9th has made it harder for hong kong to sell itself as a fun destination in. The neighborhood of manchaca has seen some of the worst winds the bravo clothes boutique on princess wood road regularly has to close early but always opens the following morning only the graffiti hinting at what had happened a few hours earlier. The shop faces monk Police Station a frequent target for demonstrators since mid june businesses for them by 80 percent yet the solitary Sales Assistant says she supports the protests because she says they want what she wants. Of course Freedom Freedom since im not the boss and just an employee i think freedom is more important but my boss would think business is more important. At the nearby noodle 11 restaurant customers are still coming but business is 30 percent down on a month ago and while the owner remains confident hong kongs economy will recover he still worried. Its hard to sustain the business how to pay the rent and the stuff. In more prosperous districts sale star found a number of customers in some luxury boutiques visitors from the chinese mainland are still arriving but theyre spending less time here and list money some appear indifferent to the unrest well i dont know when i got here it seemed fine its not as hard as i imagined and even before the protests began on june the 9th it had not been a good year for hong kongs economy its been fading the effects of the trade war between china and the United States as well as the slowdown in chinas economy and all of that argue some economists could be enough to push hong kong into recession. This is a city where divisions in society are deepening and no matter how it all ends many people on both sides agree on one thing hong kong is unlikely to be the same again adrian brown aljazeera hong kong. And the u. S. Supreme court has ruled in favor of president ronald chance latest effort to restrict immigration the Court Allowed a ban to go into effect on nearly all asylum applications at the mexico border so people all the while have to seek asylum in the 1st safe country they travel through and that effectively blocks most applications jordan has more now from washington d. C. U. S. President donald trump is celebrating the Supreme Court decision to allow his new policy denying migrants from Central America the right to apply for asylum to continue however the president may not want to celebrate 2 vigorously too soon thats because this is simply allowing the new policy requiring people to 1st apply for asylum in a 3rd country before trying to ask for refuge in the United States because there are legal challenges against this new policy inactive in mid july the groups that are challenging the law say that it is up ending nearly 40 years of u. S. Asylum policy and that it is incredibly disruptive to the families of those who are trying to find shelter and refuge in the United States they also say that the trial that ministration has tried to impose this new policy without getting proffer public consent but what the u. S. Supreme court is saying in a ruling 7 to 2 is that this is a matter where the u. S. Has to let the legal challenges in a number of federal courts play out but in the meantime there should be some sort of hold on the number of people being allowed to come into the United States in essence its simply a hold it doesnt mean that the controversy over what the trumpet ministration calls a migration crisis is anywhere near being resolved. Yes Democratic Party president ial candidates leading in recent polls will debate each other for the 1st time later on thursday it will be the 3rd party debate a later show by Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders havent shared the stage together until now our panel supports in histon. Its a showdown in euston with the leading Democratic Candidates all together on stage for the 1st time former Vice President joe biden is the front runner followed by senators Bernie SandersElizabeth Warren and kaamelott harris trailing in the polls are south bend indiana mayor. Senator cory booker prize former cabinet secretary who leon castro former congressman bait to ororke senator amy clue which are and businessman andrew yang viewers can expect spirited discussion of democratic priorities expanding health care reducing gun violence and overhauling the immigration system but polls show democratic voters have one overriding priority 1st and foremost they want to beat donald trump next year and while they may not always articulate electability quote unquote as a major concern in polling the unifying theme is fight and be trump the candidate who can you know show competence in doing that i think is likely to attract a lot of support so far that has benefited biden whos seen is best able to reach out to voters in rust belt states like michigan and wisconsin where trump narrowly won in 2016 but the choice of texas as the venue for this debate is also significant for decades democrats have dreamed of moving this state into the democratic column analysts believe this could be the election in which that happens texas is a dynamic and changing state weve got urban professional suburban professionals from around the country moving in weve all. Got a large multicultural population coming of age and beginning to vote those the combination of those factors is changing the states politics and a massive and rapid way a lot of the president s rhetoric against immigrants the policies in these Detention Centers around the border most of which are in texas by the way that combination of factors has begun to galvanize latinos in a way in the state that they havent been previously if texas went democratic the republicans would have virtually no chance of winning the white house just before the debate the democrats got some good moods a new poll came out showing that the top 4 candidates Biden Sanders warren and harris all running ahead of president pro by significant margins but its still more than 400 days until the election robert oulds al jazeera houston protesters in argentina are demanding the government declare a food emergency after shortages hit the country and argentina has been battling an economic crisis with inflation forecasted 53 percent and coming months the country spent 15000000000. 00 in reserves to try to stabilize its currency it crashed after president rates in mockery lost an election primary a month ago cubas president says his country will soon be in an acute fuel shortage unless emergency measures are taken a gold as canel says the nation is feeling the effects of the United States blocking of Oil Shipments to the country cubas imposed austerity measures since 2005 when oil supply from its ally venezuela started to decline in the 1990 s. Cuba experienced blackouts and Food Shortages due to disruption and oil supply. If you go good the problem is short term and not the result of bad management talk pass it to you the cuban government as the United States has tried to say we have many problems to solve but this in particular is not the result of our insufficiencies rather it has to do with the grease of measures that the United States government is extraterritorial imposing to economically suffocate people the search for alien life just got a galactic boost scientists from University College london have detected water vapor in the atmosphere of another world thats more than twice the size of earth thats the 1st time a planet orbiting a star outside our system or exoplanet has been found with both water and temperatures that could support life catherine stansell reports 110 light years away from our planet there is a super earth a world where life could exist outside of our solar system. Was discovered in 2015 astronomers use data gathered from the Hubble Telescope to analyze light filtered through the planets atmosphere they found water vapor in helium the eggs the planet also orbits at suns habitable zone meaning that temperatures are stable and favorable to host life forms these planets is potentially a hobby that will so were talking about a planet that. On paper based on calculations is able to host liquid water right now we all can only calculate temperatures for these plants ok 2000 bees the only one that we go one step further we know that there is water up most of it but to go to to hubby the blue planet thought would require many many advances and many more observe ations. Researchers at University College london believe that other molecules found on earth like nitrogen and me saying are also present in the out. The exoplanet may have the conditions to support life but its not another version of the earth its twice as big as a smaller sun and thus far more dense and scientists currently dont have the technology to physically reach the planet or analyze its surface to determine if life actually exists there. 18 b. Is one of thousands of exoplanets but being trillions of kilometers away its unlikely humans will ever be able to reach them even though this is a very exciting discovery we should wind back a little bit because its just i dont occasion that something that we know is vital for life as we understand it. Is presence of this world but whether that indicates that there is life there is another question entirely we know the more we learn about the cosmos the more we realize that perhaps the earth has this singular combination of characteristics that would be very clear that there should be other worlds out there like earth but at the moments we have discovered that new more powerful telescopes are expected to be launched over the next few years theyll be able to provide deeper and more accurate analysis of 18 b. And other exoplanets allowing astronomers to discover their composition and learn more about the evolution of worlds outside of our solar system catherine stansell al jazeera london. Our web site is aljazeera dot com take a look fairly you get a moment her update. From news around the world and on the other side of the break we have the headlines for you keep it here. Im Richelle Carey these are the headlines on aljazeera Belfast High Court has thrown out a case claiming the bricks that strategy of war sponsons government is not compatible with the 1908 were there in ireland peace accord this comes after the release of a British Government report warning a bracks that worst Case Scenario includes traffic jams shortages of food and medicine also Prime MinisterBoris Johnson has refuted claims that he lied to the queen in order to suspend parliament did you lie to the queen when you advised her to probe to suspend parliament absolutely you know a lot. And indeed i say that the high court in. Playing the agrees with us but the supremes will have to decide we need a queens speech we need to get on and do all of these 3 Afghan Soldiers have been killed in a suicide bombing near an army base in kabul the afghan minister of defense confirmed that attack 4 soldiers were also injured and the taliban says it is responsible sudans new Prime Minister abdullah is making his 1st state visit to south s