Spent on answering the questions directly with real data back at the National Palace reporters are still competing for the president s attention here everyone from internet bloggers to Celebrity News anchors have an equal chance of getting called off work at 2. This is good because you have the opportunity to the bait and get clarity on the president s positions on the other hand the press conference has in some ways centralized the federal governments hold over information and some critics have referred to the money in it as a populist strategy comparing lopez over to donald trump in the way he steers the daily news agenda were in the National Palace in mexico city and todays press conference has just ended whats remarkable apart from the fact that the president leads these question and answer sessions nearly every single day is that this practice was previously unheard of in mexican president ial politics right in the sense longwinded as it may be many in mexico see lemonade as a positive sign that the federal government is becoming more open and transparent manner as not below. Mexico city. A team of divers has been descending into the unknown off the coast of south america when the couric joins the unique expedition charting the recently discovered amazon wreath. Here on the northeastern edge of south america lies an outpost of france where in the cooler tropical evenings they relax as they might do in paris or not but this is cayenne in french guyana and the launch point of a unique expedition to explore and dive a whole new world we jump on the expedition ribbon head out to see the ship with the joint is lying 20 kilometers off shore the esperanza is one of greenpeaces campaign vessels and right now a dive ship and a flotilla poetry combined. So the amazon river and the amazon mouth is here the amazon reef presence was 1st revealed. Years ago off the coast of brazil here with the 1st greenpeace expedition in the area and a 2nd when this expedition in the area last year identified the reef presence also into french we are watchers we head off to find it no one has died the seas before this expedition almost immediately were accompanied at the bell by a school of dolphins just joining for the ride these waters are brimming full of life. A sign a device they call the fish is launched and scans the sea bed it images anxiously observed on deck we scanning the bottom of the ocean between 81 and one in 20 meter to find if there is a rock basically start reef this expedition is not alone with an interest in what lies below now 500 kilometers in that direction lies the mount of the amazon and the brazilian waters where its estimated up to 14000000000 barrels of oil lie and Companies Like b. P. And the brazilian government for that matter they want to get at it and the fear is that should there be an oil spill the great outpouring of the amazon river which is the worlds largest. Spill up in this direction destroying a pristine ecosystem is give much more argument to the global call for marine conserve ation and creating marine protected areas this is one of the kind of player tara we need to protect in the world because if you have species you have the rabbit ecosystem so thats a way to Global Leaders for marine protection. Meanwhile the say not even found a section of reef suitable for diving. You can see something here long we got up to 67 meters high reached at the bottom so clearly some interesting some interesting areas you go in and dive to. Save time to prepare the dive for an Early Morning missions to the to. Where the new day will bring. Aljazeera off the coast of french guyana. For the sport lets try far a lawyer for the world championships. Welcome back to the Khalifa International stadium in our where the action continues on a busy 7th day of these championships the multidiscipline events are drawing to a close later on. Ok and the defending champion in the decathlon kevin meyer was leading the competition but pulled out with an interim and they have tattoo on britains Catarina Johnson thomson leads the way going into the final event the 800 meter she is 137. 00 points clear of her big rival and defending champion nafi t. M. Belgium our Sports Correspondent any richer than joins me now in the studio and a shock withdrawal tell us more about that and really on the lines just what a challenging to cut head south and all that it catherine 10 events over 2 days 7 events over 2 days to really grueling events kevin ma a world record holder defending champion 110 Meter Hurdles of the sort of the either injured his achilles tendon or his hamstring just about hobbled his way through the next event but then he got to the pole vault couldnt carry on so means there is an opportunity for canadians they mean warner. As well to possibly get a gold medal theyve still got to events to go though. Its going to run up close to midnight as will the heads have flown. Catarina Johnson Thompson of Great Britain whos out a number of near misses major championships in the past looks set for gold now a big rival. From belgium who is the big favorite so when she also looks really banged up and injured in the last events which was the javelin Johnson Samson who in the past has struggled in the throwing events she went really strong in that event c. M. Was struggling with an elbow injury didnt even take a 3rd final throw they just called the 800 meters to go and that now is a strong event for johnsons homes and so she looks set for a 1st major gold medal ok and the womens 400 meter is coming out later tonight late just before midnight local time was a favorite there yeah and one of the really outstanding female athletes in the world at the moment sure name miller we. Havent lost a race now for 2 years over 200 meters and 400 meters you might remember her from the olympics in 2060 what she wants 400 meters by literally diving headfirst over the line to just get ahead of Allyson Felix quite a memorable sort of iconic photograph from those games. One of the issues shes had of these championships is that shed like to have doubled up on the 20400 the schedule doesnt quite so loud but it does mean that its possibly the Tokyo Olympics just as Michael Johnson did in the mens 2049096 she will try and double up so. Ashley smith looks so dominance in the 200 last night she may have a bit more competition. In the events in tokyo the one thing i would say is that the former mate is happening just before midnight local time to head south on to katherine finishing after midnight mainly to us for european and north american t. V. Audiences it does mean that the crowd is in there now theyve got a very long night ahead of them or it will mean that once again when it comes to those big events right at the end of the night there will be so many people in that ok great stuff any will catch up with you a bit later now before these championships the i. W. A. I have appointed its 1st ever female Vice President him and i were struck though joined us in the studio a bit earlier and asked about getting more women into sport across the board. Well i do believe it is very important as it is in any kind of organization we need diversity we need women to be there speaking for other women and speaking for everybody else so i really believe that having a women in richness it gives richness to any organisation but do you think the idea will lay out still has more to do what we do have more to do but things are changing i think its a bust and go have done a great job with allowing women and forcing it a little bit for the women to be able to be allowed to get into senior positions so theyve been working we have to stay working but the new constitution is going to make sure that women can reach those decisions something you sad when you were elected that was quite powerful i just want to get it right its important that sport look like the world which is really about. Well the world i mean that the world is at 505050 percent man and 50 percent women and i do believe that track and field on the track we have to add 5050. 00 almost but when you go to leadership in sports not only in track and field and in full ball in basketball in volleyball all these are going to say she and their male oriented much many men have those position their women so i would love to see more women in power positions in the sports are going to say shows of the world ok i want to ask you about Caster Semenya now shes not here to defend her 800 meter wall title do you have sympathy for her situation i do have sympathy proceed to a show and i think it is very difficult for her by also have sympathy for the other women athletes it is difficult to compete against somebody that you know has some advantages so its i think its a very tough decision is a very difficult situation for both for her and for the other women and do you think bringing events like this to the middle east will encourage female participant still get into sports i hope so and thats what were hoping we need to go with a fed ex to countries where it isnt popular. I think one of the reasons they decided to do it here in in doha to show it to make people. More aware of track and field to get more public so i think it is it is a good idea to take track and field to take a flex to countries where it isnt popular. Now way from the athletics ireland have got their campaign back on track at the Rugby World Cup they bounce back from their surprise defeat to host japan with a bonus point victory over russia 5 tries for the irish in a 35 nil when the scoring rounded off by Gary Ringrose arlene go top of play having played 3 of their 4 games whilst were on thursday fiji had their 1st win of the tournament they ran in 7 tries as they beat george up 45 points to tan in pool d. And thats all your sport for now will have more live from the clay French National stadium later on but for now its back to how. Thanks very much indeed so far and just before we go a colombian politician who was jailed for buying votes as a skeets from coast city this is marano his penis parts and she was being other dentist appointments a score to buy a guard but she managed to shimmy a day in a rope out of the window where immortal cycle was waiting to pick her up with the governments has launched an investigation. Awful lot more on our website if you want to check that out but for a night that sets a from me here in doha im sure its a lauren and that scene in london stay with us. To strengthen the good you have to shoulder good all the more with your calm still fight against corruption. Dish for news hero which heroes like know who are about or who refuse to 15000000. 00 brian the achievement of heroes like him to showcase by the International Ace award it shines a light on these heroes because the best way to fight a darker use to shine a light lets make the road to better place nominate your Anti Corruption mirror. This is a dialogue let you decide not to have children to say that its what the stake is really human survive all everyone has a voice that a start with our community because of course this is a debate and its a heated one this is a horrible b. H. And literally be able to do a ph d. And i think join the global conversation with people i think if only they knew what is happening to we were muslims they will be with us and they will be outraged on aljazeera every weekly news cycle brings a series of breaking stories join the listening post as we turn the cameras on the media when the Intelligence Services control much of egyptian media it becomes an extension. The arm of the president focus on how they would count on the stories that matter the most getting an accurate informative story out of there is not easy they pose it too late we already have the information theyre listening post on aljazeera. And in each meeting gathers steam the u. S. President is defiant calling on ukraine and china to investigate his election rival joe biden. Nor tail of this is al jazeera live from london also coming up. Dozens dead after 3 days of violent protests in iraq the government urges calm and asks for dialogue. The emergency law that could see face masks banned from prodemocracy demonstrations in hong kong. And a journey of discovery off the coast of french we honor a scientist to go in search of a pristine amazon reef. U. S. President donald trump has openly called on ukraine and china to investigate his democratic election rival and forward Vice President joe biden leading us democrats say the president has breached as of office by asking foreign leaders to prove his political opponents a similar request made during a phone call with ukraines president in july is already triggered an impeachment inquiry in Congress Former u. S. Special envoy to ukraine folco has started his testimony in 3 committees as part of that inquiry is the 1st key official to testify as investigations into times dealings with ukraine. White house correspondent can be how can joins me live so whats the reaction been to trumps latest comments well certainly there is a little bit of surprise at the president s comments one day after a very antagonistic press conference here at the white house the u. S. President was speaking before reporters in the White House South Lawn before he departed to florida to talk about health care and he was asked very directly once again about this impeachment inquiry and the telephone call at the root of it this july 25th telephone call involving the ukrainian leader vladimir selenski now the u. S. President has maintained as he did again today that there was nothing wrong with this telephone call that was absolutely perfect but then he doubled down on the very thing that got him in trouble allegedly in the 1st place and that is using his president ial powers to potentially or the allegations are that he has once again tried to get dirt on a political rival former Vice President joe biden. They should investigate because that is a company thats truly formed well these companies that you look at and by the way likewise china has started to get into the barge that goes what happened to china is just about as bad as what happened with. Ukraine so i would say that president salute. If it were me i would recommend that they start an investigation into the bike because nobody has any doubt that they were broken. Now joe biden has been speaking about all of this he maintains that numerous Media Outlets have investigated his sons connections to an Energy Company in the ukraine back when he was the Vice President of the United States Barack Obamas administration he maintains that there was no evidence of any wrongdoing still the current Vice President mike pence has weighed in on this controversy he says that it is worth looking into not only the actions of the former Vice President joe biden but also his son hunter biden and theres also believe that this investigation into Donald Trumps conduct according to mike pence the current Vice President he believes that that should end and can really talk us through the test near her and how significant its going to be its pretty significant because you have to realize that in the midst of all of this current volcker was a pretty obscure name in the United States not many people had ever heard of him he was really only known in the Diplomatic Community now hes been thrust into the spotlight appearing on capitol hill to testify and what people are looking at and really interested in is his actions the day after that july 25th telephone call between the ukrainian leader and u. S. President donald trump there is concern that perhaps the president had asked him to carry out some orders potentially suggesting once again that leveraging u. S. Military aid to ukraine to combat corruption but also of some sort of sort of influence by russia that in some ways this was something that was being dangled and whether or not kurt volker had anything to do with that so this is the kind of questioning that we understand is taking place on capitol hill certainly not good for the u. S. President and what we see here is an increasing number of Trump Administration officials being drawn into this net as democrats continue their Impeachment Inquiry Committee how could thank you very much indeed. Thank. Rox Prime Minister is calling for calm after 3 days of antigovernment protests and left at least 27 people dead and of the mahdi as asper testers to speak to his office directly so that he can address their demands hes also sacked more than a 1000 Government Employees in a crackdown on corruption and although the protests appear to be spontaneous and without clear leadership theyre driven by Common Concerns there is a chronic lack of basic Services Like a tricity and water and in the 29000 budget only 8 percent has been allocated for education reconstruction and Health Sectors combined and thats compared to 14 percent on oil and 20 percent on security. On top of that many people are struggling to find jobs 13 percent of all adults are unemployed and that goes up to more than a quarter for young people of working age and the issues are not just being felt in the capital demonstrations are spread across several provinces most of the deaths have been in southern iraq in cities that less ria and Tamara Imran Khan reports. They defied the curfew imposed by iraqs Security Forces. And for not following soldiers orders bullets were fired at them. And see government demonstrations in the capital baghdad for the past 3 days have also spread to other cities such as buster nestle. As the violence escalated Security Forces blocked major roads and the internet is also blocked in most parts to 7 social media. Protesters are demanding a change of government as well as more jobs less corruption and an end to religious discrimination not only. To spite the curfew we are going out to call for our rights we want to change the regime theyve arrested our people theyve done things are people that they did not even do to die and they beat them up and humiliated them all firing live gunfire what did we do are we suicide bombers were here to call for our rights. The number of dead has risen steadily and over a 1000 have been injured since the defeat of ice or protests to say nothing has changed them despite the promises of politicians. What a lot of them even with the curfew i swear to go we will not retreat were demanding a simplest rights the simplest rights to be honest for you know what we separate fights ourselves for our country to be sacrificed for iraq people come out not for yourselves but for your children. Iraqis are also unhappy with the abrupt dismissal of. Counterterrorism forces and the fight against. The governments reaction to the protests is a dangerous escalation iraqs fragile security relies on managing deep sectarian fault lines as well as a threat from the remnants of. The start of the people are being rolled the people a big thing on the street there is no work you come to protest and they fire at you they are all a rainy and speaking in fasi you want to speak to them they answer in farsi the iraqis would not fire at you. Iran has close to border crossings delaying plans by millions of iranian programs to visit iraq for a religious ritual iraqs u. S. And the United Nations are appealing to iraqs government to exercise restraint promised. And his year old government is facing its biggest challenge yet but its unclear how he can stop the outpour of against his rule with no apparent leaders of the protesters to negotiate with. Baghdad. On kongs leader kerry lamb is expected to enact an emergency law that will allow for cheese to ban face masks at rallies prodemocracy protesters wear the mask to conceal their identities and shield themselves from tear gas will hold a special executive Council Meeting on friday to discuss the ban and other tough measures under a colonial era emergency law meanwhile an 18 year old student shot and injured by police during a protest has been charged with rioting and assaulting 2 offices sarah clarke has more on the court where the student is charged. The 18 Year Old High School student who was shot with a live bullet during tuesdays demonstrations by a Police Officer has now been charged with a number of offenses including rioting arson and assaulting a Police Officer that he wasnt able to appear in thursdays Court Hearing it was shot in court simply because hes still in hospital in stable condition he was one of the group of 7 cases that were heard at the shot in court but only 4 of those people were able to attend because of the injuries now a couple 100 people gathered at that court to show their support for the High School Student who was shot because the police are still under pressure as to why they use live bullets during that demonstration and why they targeted the protesters chest now on friday the government is expected to announce a special meeting the executive council which is effectively the governments cabinet will host this meeting and is expected to consider implementing a new anti mass bill which simply bans the use of mosques being worn at these unlawful assemblies that are considered by the government and that the strategy would be used by simply used to utilize the Emergency Powers now the probation groups have already showed their support towards this particular act on this particular motion on friday kerry lamb is expected to hold that executive Council Meeting and will make an announcement shortly after all as protesters in hong kong fight against what they see is growing control from beijing a new set of front lines is being drawn in their own homes has got harder with a look at families divided by several months of protesting. Like many of the young protesters in hong kong redmonds involvement has caused tension at home after a particularly violent protest in august his emotions boiled over when his parents said the protesters were paid. They were shouting at me saying that i had been brainwashed i told them it was they who are brainwashed starting when they were young were the communist party that not a pedo my things and went to my friends house to stay redmonds difficult situation is not new nor unique i would lam began protesting 5 years ago during the Umbrella Movement he served jail time for his actions back then now 25 hes the chairman of a prodemocracy Political Party but still has a tense relationship with his father who used to work for the Police Department i thing its a very personal issue for different people they have. Different ways to face it so for me im trying to. And he and the conversation. The conflicts and some. I think braver than me say. Directly face parents people who support the hong kong Government Employees are referred to as blue and those
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