Transcripts For ALJAZ NEWSHOUR 20240713

To hand the country a 4 year ban on from all sporting events. We begin with new zealand where a volcano has erupted killing at least 5 people many more are still missing a webcam set up to monitor a white island called the moment of the eruption a number of people thought to be a tall group can be seen moving towards the crater up to 50 people including visitors from a cruise ship were on the island when the volcano sent a plume of smoke and ash thousands of metres into the edges. As the latest. Thick smoke and ash rises thousands of meters into the air as the white island volcano also known by its indigenous madi name as for caare erupts 50 kilometers off the coast of new zealand releasing toxic fumes of sulfur and chlorine dozens of tourists were on the island some seen walking on the crates of floor moments before the eruption police said more than 20 people managed to get off the island some in boats others including some of the injured by helicopter volcanic ash is now hampering rescue attempts to get to the island so unfortunately i can confirm there are 5 people now deceased from the eruption. A number of other people have been taken to the hospital and move more hospital. A number of people have burns as a as a result of the eruption new zealands Prime Minister has called for calm i know there will be a huge amount of consume and anxiety for those who have loved ones on or around the island at the time and i can assure them police are doing everything they can why thailand is located in the bay of plenty and has been active for at least 150000 years its new zealands largest and most unpredictable volcano erupting every couple of years releasing gas clouds steam and rocks the alert level was raised last month warning the volcano may experience a period of activity more than normal its not a particularly big eruption is is sieved it was kind of. Almost like a throat clearing kind of eruption and thats why material probably wont have made it to mainly new zealand one my kid my only in new zealand on the scheme of things for volcanic eruptions its not live but if youre close to this is not good Emergency Services say its too early to confirm the number of injuries or deaths but there are fears of more fatalities Mohammed Al Jazeera one is that raymond is a journalist with news hobby shes in for qahtani new zealand one of the closest towns to the volcano originally the helicopters were managed to get close to the shore the boats. The paramedics to the island but theyve now had to leave because of the ash there is a no fly zone for about 26 nautical miles around the island theres a 5 kilometer radius exclusion zone no one is around no one is allowed to break that zone until they are given the all clear from more thorough days which no one is happy about simply because its so heartbreaking to know that there are people still on that island and not accounted for but simply theyre not willing to risk any more lives at this stage no this island is not heavy heavy so that its purely people visit it just for the experience of being on an active volcano its usually sits at a level one alert risk and they are daily to was going the Tourists International tourists but also locals visitors coming and going out to see this incredible volcano that we have literally ferry ride away from so its a very popular destination but what we understand is that the only people that are on me at the moment are those who were part of one of the total groups that leafed earlier today going on a trip of a lifetime and have not managed to get off their our missions the service is standing by waiting for the ash to clear. Our gulf leaders are meeting in saudi arabia for the 40th session of the Gulf Cooperation Council the 6 nation regional bloc has struggled for unity since 2017 why saudi arabia the u. A. E. Bahrain and egypt 7 times with qatar and imposed a blockade but are reports on whether the summit might offer a new beginning. For the 1st time in years there are signs that a diplomatic dispute that has paralyzed the gulf region may be easing thats according to statements made by a Qatari Foreign minister said. Fanny during a conference in rome on friday we have moved from a stalemate to some progress where there are some talks. That took place between us and. Specifically and saudi and we hope these talks will need. To our progress where we can see an end. To 4 of the core of the crisis and. This is the last time gulf leaders put on a show of unity that was in riyadh in may 2017 a few weeks later saudi arabia u. A. E. Behala and egypt cut diplomatic ties with qatar accusing it of funding extremism and building closer ties with iran qatar has repeatedly denied the charges and rejected a list of 13 demands by the blockade in countries which include closing a Turkish Military base downgrading ties with iran and shutting down the aisle to 0 Media Network d. The us has called on its gulf allies to and their feud fearing the rift might undermine its 1st to contain what it sees as irans growing influence in the region the signs are they are but at the same time despite these 2 are momentous steps that have been taken over the past weeks. We know that to know why diplomatic initiatives have so far over the past 2 and a half years taken place with our robust u. S. Diplomatic pressure in the background there have been signs of possible deescalation in recent weeks saudi arabia the u. A. E. And bahrain took part in a golf football tournament held in doha reversing an earlier decision to boycott the band many are now waiting to see if the same effort and corporation will be in place too and the crisis that began in june 2017. 0. 0 Indias Parliament has begun debating a controversial citizenship but the bill the proposed law is geared towards granting citizenship to those fleeing religious persecution but it excludes muslims some say it is the governing hindu nationalist parties latest attempt at sidelining muslims in india. Of more on this lets bring in all of what shes in new delhi for sancia where is parliament right now in terms of voting on this bill. Well the bill has been tabled in the parliament and the parliamentarians with the thumping majority have wanted for the tabling of the bill in the parliament for the introduction of the bill in the parliament now it will be debated but a few fear whether you know its going to pass on our because the international is 40 has the numbers and everybody expects the bill to go through in the lower house off to reach it would go to the upper house and then the international sparty does not quite have the numbers but it is broadly seen to be calling the shots there too because it has many allies who sit in the upper house just some experts are saying it might be a little bit more difficult for this government to pass this bill than it was to revoke the autonomy often did administers the shmita article 370. 00 because Many Political parties in india also back the minorities the muslims like in the state of what it was for instance so as far as awarding is concerned the bill has been introduced in the parliament now its going to be debated and later once it goes to the lower house it would be then taken for walking to the opera house. Monica john is relieved to be back home but remains haunted by the full reaction 4 months she spent in a Detention Center for us tribunals which has the job of identifying Illegal Migrants center there he said but money consistent she is an indian citizen and produces several documents to prove it she says she was born in india and a father and grandfather to get him a little i distinctly remember those they seem to detention camps how can i ever forget it was like i was inside a grave thats a space i had just that much. Her neighbor are sure that b. B. Says her husband died when she was in the Detention Center who breaks down as she recalls not being allowed to attend his funeral. Involves other people convicted of serious crimes are eligible for parole people sent to these Detention Centers are not im going to live a longer me they are. Spend 3 years in a Detention Center because he says his name had been respected in a government document i dont want to do is hardly going to bring paul hill just a tiny gap between the beds so when we carried a bucket of water to go to the toilet and spilled even a drop of the convicts and beat us. The horrors this tribunals have declared over 100000 people as illegal foreigners and sent to nearly a 1000 to languish in Detention Centers until they are deported but activists say no country can be expected to accept them because a large majority if not all are indian citizens of. Nearly 2000000 people in assam are missing from a recently released list of indian citizens their fate will be decided by the tribunals judgements which are often criticised nearly everyone in these villages now has a well kept by all of documents to prove that they in fact are indian citizens but many here accuse of foreigners tribunals the 1st authority to determine their status of ordering wrongful detentions indias government is preparing to pass a citizenship Amendment Bill which would grant citizenship to hindu migrants but not muslims activists say the government intends to target the Minority Community they want to go toward india no mans land everywhere everywhere we can go we are innocent and we are trying to become. Transformed from these folk or for this to be a hard lesson well they havent yet. Life of the Atlantic John and i see the are terrified as are many other muslims they think that while bengalis who are hindu be sieved by the hindu majority Indian Government muslims will be systematically be to state less so and show as we were saying at the top there and it was reflected in your report a lot of opposition to this bill particular from leaders in the Muslim Community what one of theyve been saying about all this. Where you know there is a lot of opposition not just by the leaders in the most of communities but also intellectuals also political analysts political scientists journalists many people are opposing it what theyre saying is that if the governments intention as the government says is to protect religiously persecuted minorities then why not also accept and hella proving jr muslims in myanmar but thats not what the government is doing it is very specific that it wants to protect hindus christians sikhs and jains but excludes muslims when it grant citizenship on the basis of religion that it moves closer to being a hindu nation and. Moves away from being a secular state and the idea of india is all for being a secular state so everyone is saying that the constitution of india says the right at the beginning we the people it does not say we hindus we the muslims so they say that this bill actually discriminates against the Minority Community or i for the moment shall want to live for us there in new delhi thank you or harsh mander is director of the center for equity studies he believes the bill goes against indias secular constitution. Its quite transparent he doesnt get into the muslim minorities in india and in fact it is probably the most feet. To the entire idea of india as imagine doing a freedom struggle or as gauged in the constitution of india but the central idea of india was this this is a country that we dont believe. In the bushes and george do me good they come to you to go into this off that it is a good thing even though but just on this part out of india asms the Mission Garden he in fact daid in defense of this idea that india would instantly joyous to live in india would be equal citizens in m. T. V. The present government is part of the whole stream that was opposed to this idea from the very start and they never accepted this secular constitution and this law this no i mean this bill which is being considered bottom to be if it does bust i do believe that it marks the end of the Secular Democratic or of india because you dont deem that we are doing this in order to persecute and minorities in an evil neighborhood what about the new india in in line money what about the hand lydias in but just on what about the losing in china their own in a neighborhood. Demon or be accepted they may not be given citizenship and they would need difference between them and those who would be given citizenship is there to be decided and that is not the bases in the india was ever imagined and it must be abused. As a strong b. And is firmly. But every indian who believes that this should be a humane and into some treat. Oh plenty more ahead on this news hour Rights Group Says Sudans Rapid Support Forces are a threat to its emerging democracy. By so fighters are gone from mosul but anger remains in this northern iraqi city. And later in sport the 20 year old from slovenia who just broke one of Michael Jordans records in the n. B. A. So lets go ahead but 1st turkey has sent more suspected eyesore members and their families to their home countries this time to france 11 suspects have been defaulted joining more than 60 other foreign nationals whove been sent home by turkey since mid november most of them have come from france or germany but theyve also been others from belgium australia and the United States turkey has been holding more than 1200 suspected eisel fighters in its prisons and in Northern Syria last month turkey announced that it would be ramping up its efforts to deport more i saw fights as well natasha is live for us now in paris so natasha what is the french government been saying about this then. Well so far we havent had any confirmation from the french government as to whether these 11 suspected eisel fighters have been sent from turkey or whether or not theyve arrived in france or theyre on their way all we know is that back in november when the turkish government announced that it would be deporting some of these suspected eisel fighters that the French Interior minister chris of the time confirmed that france would indeed receive them under an agreement that had been made back in 2014 between france and turkey so it was a different government before president microns government has been very adamant that they do not wish to receive adult eisel suspects the french government says that they are open to receiving children minors but not adults now what normally happens though when suspects are arrive here in france is that they are arrested as soon as they do arrive and that they then face the French Justice system but as i said because the french government does not want to receive our adult suspects believing that they should be tried in the area where they committed their crimes they the relationship between france and turkey is probably going to be further strained by this and of course weve seen just recently how that has become increasingly tense last week emmanuel mackerel suggesting that turkey was taking unilateral decisions outside of nato rules at a nato summit in london and of course the turkish president has recently accused the french president of harboring terrorists because of a man or my calls and meetings with kurdish groups but i should thank you syrian activists say more than 18000 people have been displaced in rebel held province in the last 24 hours syrian and russian government the airstrikes picked up despite a ceasefire announced by russia in august at least 10 civilians were killed on sunday. Well lets speak now to marwan. For more on this hes joins us in doha he is the director of policy analysis at the arab center for research and policy studies good to speak with you again marwan so let me ask you 1st of all what do you make of this development by the by the reports 800000 people displaced just in 24 hours alone what is behind this then well has and i think it looks very much like there is a massive offensive by the regime and its allies in order to capture the main towns along the m 5 between them the main road in 5 is the main road between hamas and liberal and of president bashar assad the forces of the regime of president bashar assad are trying actually to capture them in towns along that road it has been for me for a long actually the main target of the Syrian Government there was an agreement actually between turkey and russia. Concerning of course this part of it but that agreement has been actually violated many times and we are seeing it one more time actually because as i said i mean this is going to be for the regime a very important military operation for actually begin in control of this main road between her and aleppo and as weve seen with other attacks by forces backed up by Russian Forces is this an attempt to kind of create facts on the ground in syria before any permanent settlement i dont think there is going to be a bit of a permanent settlement anytime soon because it is going to be a very thought any issue and the relationship between russia and turkey and the talk on that is a have been trying over the past couple of years actually to have like like an agreement. To have like a settlement a political settlement for for. They they did that actually in n. September 2018 when they tried to establish a Demilitarized Zone in the south and east part of it but that agreement actually has been as i said before violated many times by the Syrian Regime and its forces the major issue right now in my opinion is the main the road. Its very important from an economic best specter of. I think that is going to all lead probably to a complete collapse of that agreement which has been actually knew would last september at the sochi summit between president of the grand and president vladimir putin. And as weve seen from the pictures that were just showing 3 there its the told the biggest toll for all of this is being is on is on civilians living in those areas what what sort of effect is this going to have overall and then and how difficult its going to be as well to get assistance to those people who are who have been displaced what has m i think this has been the strategy of of both the russians and the Syrian Regime over the past actually 4 years since russia and to have been mentally that mystery in syria in september 2050 and they actually try to apply pressure on the armed opposition by talked in nearly civilian centers and we havent been expecting actually this particular offensive to take place right now because we know from past experience that the Syrian Regime and the russians they dont start a massive offensive in winter because they caught the provide a clear of an aerial a cover for the land forces but now it seems that the russians they dont really care much about this because they dont care about the civilian casualties they just they just carry the thing a business business as usual for them and they believe that this is this perhaps the strategy has been working with them for the past few years and it will work and in the coming weeks and months i. E. Forcing the Syrian Opposition actually to leave because of this pressure on the civilian centers get to get your perspective on this as always my want to thank. Now Rights Group Says it has evidence sudans paramilitary Rapid Support forces is funded with stolen goal a report by Global Witness says leader mohamed hand than the galo known as also known as head he has links with 3 companies at the heart of the illicit funding one is gold Trading Group ned which is owned by the gallo family in 2017 the r s f cs control of darfurs jebel amate gold mines Global Witness says 2 other companies controlled by hand mittys family are used to funnel money to and from the Paramilitary Group and the report says the r. S. S. Has bought a 1000 vehicles from dealers in the United Arab Emirates and it says it has an account under its own name in a subsidiary of the m. Iraq bank the Rapid Support forces is supposed to be under sudans military but its funding appears to be totally independent lets speak now to richard kent in london he is a campaigner of conflict resources at Global Witness thanks very much for being with us so a pretty startling findings in a sort of report then how certain are you about the origin of these funds and or assess connections to the gold market world would say that its been widely reported they are a connection to the alternate group for quite a long time but this is the 1st time that really were publishing corporate documents that show the extent of the r. S. S. Influence in the ocean aid group it shows that up to him than doug low is the exclusive owner along with his 2 sons and 2 himself despite previously being reported widely he he he does actually sit on the board of directors so this seems like they have quite a Strong Influence of captured a large proportion of the countrys gold market. And sudan is in is in this transitional period right now after the removal of ahmed bashir the president after the the protests in which power is now being shared between the civilian leadership and the military so where does the and the Rapid Support forces that he. Leads sit in all of this are they are they essentially a law unto themselves do they is there are they and theyre kind of an independent entity or what will look this is this is the point of our report and our findings show that the Rapid Support forces have have a series of budget accounts of from what we believe to be Different Companies from from the documents that weve seen for the funneling money so they are sometimes the tune of 11000000. 00 and the seems to be very little oversight and scrutiny by the the democratic civilian component of the government or even the Sudanese Armed forces itself it seems there is very little oversight and we believe that of sudan is really to be on a course for a peaceful transition its essential to have this this oversight and accountability with the with the r. S. S. Finances its sources of wealth how you know this is the fust amounts of money were were talking about from Natural Resource industries and other the sources so what what are the prospects then for the ford for that to change i mean you you mentioned earlier that there doesnt seem to be any sort of civilian oversight on this at all. Well i mean that is that is a question for for the Sudanese Government hard how how they interact how theyre able to govern Natural Resources such as gold at the moment the prospects to be honest they dont they dont look that great because it seems that at every given opportunity they are is that its strengthening its hand in Natural Resource industries and and and theres very little oversight from from the civilian government is there was there anything were working as much as we can with sudanese n. G. O. S and partners where possible but at the moment the prospects there has to be a little well from from there a staff to work in a more transparent way what are what are the problems what are the prospects for combating this at the International Level were doing with things like seizing Foreign Bank Accounts and so on yes i mean thats thats thats one option the idea of having targeted sanctions such as the Global Markets going on on certain from companies and individuals affiliated with with the r s f lots as intermediaries for corruption or are involved in egregious human rights abuse such as the the massacre on june 3rd but theres also a question for the International Gold industry about how much of this gold is making its way into into International Supply chains we know the bust majoritys going through dubai and the emirates and that really seems to be the hope of a lot of this this Business Activity that has very little oversight and transparency good to talk to you richard cant thanks very much. At a number of sudanese troops fighting in yemen has dropped by more than 10000 sudans Prime Minister says 15000 soldiers were initially part of the saudi and Led Coalition battling the rebels but that number is now down to 5100. 00 as a political solution is the only way to end the 4 year conflict and a few moments well have the weather with everton force but still ahead. We speak to one family in your compiled west bank that says israel is using torture against palestinian prisoners plus. Behinds football is finally deliver after 49 years of waiting for gulf cup success the best of the action coming up with santa. How the winds arise have kicked in was something of a vengeance across parts of the middle east you know the sign when it rains it pours and thats really been the case into the northwest of oman where weve seen around a years worth of freight in the space of just 2 days 120. 00 millimeters of rain coming down here would normally expect to see maybe 9 or 10 millimeters all right in hades weve got widespread flooding across this particular part of the country as we go on through the next couple of days you will see things dry up brighten up slightly will see clear skies talking behind this that cloud pulling out of the way brightest guys coming in behind it really is just making room for the next area of unsettled weather you can see a little bit some pieces a cloud just around here just around the gulf and that means yet there was some rain coming into katar as we go on through the next 24 hours theyll say this says to pitch are struggling to reach 23 degrees celsius some of us could see maybe 4050 millimeters of rain or morning is likely to cause some widespread flooding in parts of saudi arabia. And you can see some of that what by the way it will gradually slide over towards you a towards the strait of hormuz and clear skies coming back in behind look further north this is where that disturbed weather has been coming from cloud in the rain across a good part of the reason here through the levant syria lebanon jordan all seeing some of that west the weather slowly but surely making its way further east. The weather sponsored by catherine is. The last time i spoke to him he told me he was thinking of going to syria and the world wants to see syrias fighters up close and personal but those behind the camera pay the price filmmaker yes it is you made these chillingly intimate footage on and behind the front lines cost him his life his body was riddled with bullets and exclusive documentary syria the last assignments on aljazeera. Al planet is warming as never before with profound consequences for all life on earth but the worlds leading Scientists Say that its still time to act planet s. O. F. Sets out the facts and the Science Behind the issues affecting our planet. And brings you what people across the globe doing to time the crisis around plan attacks on aljazeera. Hello again youre watching i just in a reminder of our top stories this hour a volcano has erupted in new zealand killing at least 5 people up to 50 people including tourists were on white island when the adoption happened more than 20 are still missing. Indias parliament is debating an immigration bill the proposed law aims to grant citizenship to those fleeing religious persecution in other nations but excludes muslims. More than 18000 people have fled syrias rebel held province within a 24 hour period syrian and russian air strikes have intensified despite a cease fire announced by moscow in dozens of civilians have been killed. And were just getting word now that the World Anti Doping Agency has banned russia from all major sporting events including next years summer Olympic Games in tokyo members of the International Body convened in switzerland to hand out the 4 year ban the cues to russian administrators of manipulating doping records a government sponsored doping scheme was revealed 5 years ago russian athletes were barred from competing in russian games they have been banned from the olympics and World Championships in a range of sports that decision coming from the world the doping agency lets bring in our Sports Correspondent live from london so lee what exactly does this mean. Well this was expected that water would impose this 4 year ban on russia to go with the bans weve already seen over the last 4 or 5 years for what is of course state sponsored doping it was their Compliance Committee at the World Anti Doping Agency that investigated russia and realize there was still i complete lack of compliance there was still much cause for suspicion there was still things that did not out when they eventually got the data they needed and so of course there was the need for the Water Executive Committee to take action on behalf of world sport now of course once this happens and weve seen it before then the whole situation moves into the politics do we actually see the russian athletes competing in for instance the big one the olympics in tokyo next year the answer is almost certainly yes it will be the same situation that we saw in china in the Winter Olympics in the rio olympics before that where russian athletes who are perceived clean competes under a neutral fly this leads of course to a lot of criticism of the i. O. C. And other sports bodies that not enough is being done for a blanket ban on russia there are many athletes who miss out on medals the furious this is still the situation and i can tell you there are loopholes for instance russias hosting of major Sports Events for guns in euro 20 twentieths and petersburg june next year theyre likely to take place because youre a 1st or signatory to the water code ive seen other loophole was the main that if a sports governing body feels they cant move an event in time for practical or legal reasons then it would stay in russia inevitably this will end up again in the court of arbitration for sport in switzerland because there is an inevitability that russia will deny and appeal. All right for the moment lee. Live for us there in london on this latest development this is announcement by the World Anti Doping Agency and we should have more on that in our sport update as well so stay with us for that our public transport is being disrupted in france as a nationwide strike enters its 5th day commuters in paris faced long delays with some metro lines shutting on monday transport workers voted to extend their strike against the governments redesign of the National Retirement system president emanuel macross says the changes will make pensions more fair unions fear people will end up working more for smaller pensions but its been 2 years since i saw was defeated in iraq with the victory is overshadowed by the slow pace of reconstruction and a lack of services in the north in mosul alone 14000 houses are in need of rehabilitation while 6000 must be rebuilt from scratch see more fault in reports from mosul. Life is slowly returning to muscles old city 2 and a half years after a devastating battle left in ruins some houses are finally being rebuilt deans home was partly destroyed in an airstrike the damage was less than 60 percent and so he qualified for a Rehabilitation Project run by the United Nations Development Program hes grateful for the support but blames the government for the slow pace of reconstruction and the lack of services. We live in and just as our countrys rich we have oil and cant displacing but its not in the hands of the citizens why is it only the organization was coming to help you with a government i ask you who brought this failed corrupt government there are thieves who were put in power they didnt do anything for us. And still the family is lucky to soon have a roof over their head some parts of the old city remain level to the ground the result of a Relentless Campaign of corelation airstrikes the made on area is where iceland made its last stand in july 2017 and since then it has remained virtually unchanged the biggest obstacle is not just like a funding but also disagreement over how it should be rebuilt some officials want to open it up to private investment while others want to rebuild it in a way that preserves whatever is left of the spirit and the architecture of the old City Residents whose houses have been completely destroyed are entitled to government compensation but less than 5 percent of the 33000. 00 claims submitted in this province have been paid out so far this family lost their house in an airstrike since then they rented this rundown apartment in east mosul last year the government finally agreed to pay compensation but only a 3rd of what they paid to constructed just 5 years ago and even that money has yet to be processed. For them there when this paper was issued we were shocked we lost our house we lost the furniture and we cannot do anything and i understand there is no benefits to appeal it will cost more money whatever they told me i will accept this is our fate. Nevers new governor the 3rd person to hold that post in just 2 and a half years admits the government made mistakes. The startling bureaucracy has affected the pace of construction yes the funds that we received are insufficient to meet the needs of the province but unfortunately many of these funds were also returned to state coffers because of bureaucracy. The mounting feeling of neglect is reminiscent of 2013 when thousands protested in mosul against corruption the government violently crushed the demonstrations paving the way for isis rise people are no less angry now but they say they are too exhausted simply trying to survive see wonderful teen aljazeera mosul how the political crisis in lebanon shows no sign of ending after a main contender for Prime Minister withdrew from the race. Says the top sonny religious authority backs the reappointment of Prime Minister saad hariri he resigned in october after weeks of protests politicians were shuttled to meet on monday to pick a new Prime Minister but the president respond that meeting to next week where people are angry over corruption and sectarianism of the government of bosnia and herzegovina has agreed to shut down an outdoor refugee camp considered inhumane by the European Union and Rights Groups police have already started moving some of the 800 People Living in the camp to indoor facilities but many are refusing to resettle and say they plan to cross into neighboring croatia. Now the new president has visited the african unions headquarters in ethiopia on her 1st official trip out of Europe Ursula van de lay and has pledged to support africa saying the 2 unions need to Work Together to fight Climate Change the European Union is africas largest trading partner and its biggest source of Foreign Investment in 8 army and mars leader Aung San Suu Kyi is headed to the un says heis highest court in the netherlands to defend her country against genocide charges the case filed by gambia on behalf of the organization of islamic cooperation comes up on tuesday it accuses me and maher of committing widespread atrocities against muslims was 8700000 fled to neighboring bangladesh in 2017 hundreds of protesters have marched in spains capital madrid demanding more action against Climate Change the crowds blocked one of the citys main shopping streets madrid is hosting the annual United Nations Climate Change conference and the government of georgia is planning dozens of new hydroelectric power stations to increase its Energy Capacity but affected communities are fighting back fearing the projects could damage the environment is robin forest. Villages in eastern stage a city in against plans to build a new hydroelectric power station on the laporta river valley look im not but we have water and they want particular way this woman says. The Company Building the project says the village will get its share of water. But local lawyer tells me Climate Change is already affecting supply i am not going to. Be on the night sure we have now want to exist anymore over the past some of the water level was low and without enough moisture trees on the left bank started to dry out this is not my opinion there are studies on the. Other affected communities are also taking action in april residents from nearby pankisi. With police over another plant more than 50 people were injured. And on the other side of the country instability campaigners oppose several large projects one of which would force more than 2000 people to move. Higher power has less of a Carbon Footprint than fossil fueled power stations but studies show that even small Hydro Power Plants disrupt the flow of rivers and damage ecosystems reservoir hydro power can have an even greater impact several new ones under construction this is the reservoir and hydroelectric power station its one of the biggest in the country it was built in the 19 eighties and its one of a number of soviet era plants that explain why today more than 80 percent of this countrys electricity is generated by hydro power now the government wants many more new plants both big and small to meet growing energy demands. The government has been criticized for lacking a Robust Energy strategy to justify all that construction i asked the economy minister if 119 projects which who made the figures that you are talking about a mainly consists of the small full unmentioned Hydro Power Plant where there are almost 0 Environmental Impact showing you say that almost 0 environmentally any plant which is bigger than its acquired is to be studied very carefully and environmental and social Impact Assessment should be green campaigners say that didnt happen for this 187. 00 megawatt plant heavy water from 3 rivers was diverted one study found its construction destroyed 93. 00 hectors of natural habitat and damaged local fish populations the plant has been suspended tunnels which were built to divert water collapsed after. It began operating in 2017 we are also experiencing the problems in the big even small Hydro Power Plant but despite the legislation requirements to do the proper assessments before starting constructions on one Hand Companies while letting them on another hand governmental Decision Makers are closing and just granting these permissions to the project the company which operates the plant was not available for comment but government and investors say that is an exception and that the impacts of new drugs are priced. Directly because there are communities like is still need convincing. First year workers aljazeera in the republican. All right when we. Were here. Thank you logan lets go to school now heres santa thank you very much has him on the last few minutes its been confirmed the World Antidoping Agency has banned russia from all sporting events that for the next 4 years what has executive committee made the decision in switzerland follow the last months recommendation by a separate committee that russia be punished for allegedly tampering with lab data while russias flag and anthem is now banned from a competitions including the next 2 lympics football world cup in 2022 the country is also not allowed to host major Sports Events either but crucially russian athletes can still compete under a neutral flag if they prove they are clean while the us Athletes Committee is calling for a complete ban while for more on this it lets again bring our Sports Correspondent leigh weddings from london live the russian doping scandal has been going on for years now is a new ban likely to change much and also as we can hear like the committee is not completely satisfied. Yes he actually doesnt change much but it is of course of huge significance wilders executive committee the World Antidoping Agency was always likely to take on board what had been recommended by the investigations by the Compliance Committee that saw there was still this problem with russian data still beyond the suspicion evidence the lab samples have been tampered with that the russians were refusing to comply and therefore there was very little option but for them to recommend a buy in for russia and water of course needed to put this plan in place but its the politics that then comes into play that is crucial in this with all of these major events coming up including of course the olympics in tokyo next year what are we likely to say again were likely to say neutral athletes from russia but that will comprise a huge amount that are perceived to be clean and people will effectively know that that is russias total whats missing is the flag the anthem the people now that is russia competing where i think it becomes more intriguing is the hosting of events will that caus russia problems will they have by age or events taken away in most instances the cut the answer might be no including your own d 2020 with the matches in St Petersburg because you wait for european footballs governing body are not signed up so the water code so there are loopholes and ways out of this for russia even more intriguing i think is what will happen about the world cup in qatar 20 twentieths over the qualifiers that will start a year or 2 ahead of that you could find yourself in as possible position of having a neutral team from russia playing in the qualifies and thats what the mainly does in world sport want just i dont want to completely ostracize russia and that in itself is extremely controversial. Think you very much for that of course were going to hear more from lee later on to the n. B. A. Basketball a look or dont shake it has broken a longstanding record held by Michael Jordan the Dallas Mavericks star made it in 1000 games in a row with at least a 20. 5 rebounds and 5 assists that beats jordan who had 18 in a row on chicken broke the record in their defeated to the Sacramento Kings and hes only 20 years old and from slovenia but no player has done better since the n. B. A. An American Basketball Association emerged in 1976. Elsewhere 6 on sunday night the philadelphia 76 has improved to 12 wins and no losses at home this season Tobias Harris scored 26 points as they beat the Toronto Raptors by 6 raptors are defending n. B. A. Champions but theyre now lost 3 straight games. And in portland the trailblazers were beaten by the Oklahoma City thunder by 12 points at this is the found this 5th when in the past 7 days shy girls recorded 21 points and 9 rebounds and dennis rather added 21 points as well. The in bahrain ended their 49 year wait to be crowned arabian gulf cup champion say upset 3 times when i was saudi arabia one nil and the final in doha sell malick reports. Via arabian gulf cup came to a climax on sunday the tournament has largely gone by without incident despite the ongoing blockade on host nation qatar. And it was 2 of the 4 countries saudi arabia and bahrain that have imposed the land sea and air blockade since june 2017 that battled out in the final. While there were a few saudi fans in attendance and 900. 00 bahraini supporters flew to doha especially for the match a stark contrast to the asian cup earlier this year in fellow blockading nation the u. A. E. Were publicly supporting qatar was an offense which he did pretty good once the action started it was saudi arabia that had the better chances to make was the. Fact that their best opportunity to take the lead came inside the 1st quarter of an hour when they won a penalty unfortunately for them all frauds couldnt convert. Again and they were left through that mist in the 2nd half of the homicidal maniac putting the bahrain is ahead with just over 20 minutes left it would prove to be the winner misery for sa eurabia elation for the bahraini as they celebrated their 1st ever arabian gulf cup title here doesnt have to be shifty may be a mirror of qatar shake to mean been hammered all funny was on hand to present the trophy it brought to a close the 1st of 2 major finals in qatar this month with the gulf nations set to host the Club World Cup organizers are hoping that competition will go by as smoothly so well malik aljazeera doha. Heavyweight champion Antony Joshua has revealed that he. He had a health issue before his 1st fight with and you know with just would be truest on saturday to reclaim his titles but back in june the mexican inflicted his 1st defeat as a professional knocking him down 4 times just didnt say exactly what the problem was the bus said to elect him drained and here acquired an operation ahead of the much not some spectacular action from round 4 of the ski jumping world cup series it was held. In russia and austria is its a fun craft stole the show and the large hill event that with this huge jump. He went 134. 5 meters and that was enough to secure his 1st win of the season the 2017 a champion jumps up to 2nd in the overall rankings behind norways advantage and returned the who finished 4th. Over at beaver creek in the us american tommy for the claimed his 1st ever world cup win and the giant slalom and hed never been on the podium before that becomes the 1st u. S. Mens racer to win the giant slalom on home snow since ted ligety in 2014. And finally looks like santa claus is coming to town white beards and red dominated the slopes fun days at river he was sold in maine in the United States hundreds of scientists turned up for good cause participants took part in the 19th edition of this and alterity fundraising event which helps support local education and the creation program. And thats it for me has a thanks very much santa now the man behind some of the most iconic Childrens Television characters has died American Public carol spinny spent almost 5 decades playing big bird and oscar the grouch on the famous t. V. Show sesame street barber and go part takes a look at his life thats a mystery oh big bird. The man behind the beloved character for generations of children. Are to carol spinny played big bad and its 1st season. And then for nearly 50 years more when i can see from the very 1st scene which is the money the 1st show. It was really a different kind of show. Spinnys it was a playmate to hundreds of millions of children teaching them how to count and to be kind to one another one of the great things when they decided to make this show was to have it be as funny as it is educational and so its a lighthearted approach to education but he had more fun playing another signature character who lives in the trash can hes like. Oscar the grouch was modeled on. Try a new york city cab driver who took him to work on the fast day of the show i was. So pleased to the its puppetry that got me in but you do get to act you know im not a virgin i act like a child bird or oscars but quite a roach and im not particularly grouchy he met his wife deborah and sat the 2 married for more than 45 yeahs the Television Roles were more challenging to play in his later yes because of dystonia a condition which causes involuntary muscle contractions still he played the roles into his eightys and meant to do a new generation of property is retiring in 2018 barbara and go out to sarah and thats it for this news hour samedi dance here in a couple of minutes will stay. December on aljazeera as this year comes to an end we look ahead to 2020 and the stories that may shape the year people in power investigates the shocking truth of disabled people in Eastern Europe stacking deciding defeat year with the u. K. And its place in europe will the general election result the breaks it is a story of palestinian women rising above part of the struggle for freedom against all on and the worlds best Football Team has had to cancel for the fee for the Club World Cup 2019 joining us for special coverage of december on aljazeera. To. Clarksburg. Talked to al jazeera we were told to get to it without going through all the pressure has this been addressed by took a listen what these the proposal of spain for a couple on you know we meet with global newsmakers and talk about the stories that matter on the ground to 0. The World Anti Doping Agency bans russia from the olympics and the football world cup. And sammys a than this is al jazeera live from also coming out of ok no erupts in new zealand killing at least 5 people rescuers say more than 20 are missing including tourists a Mass Movement of people in syrias lip province activists say 18000 civilians have been displaced wife i think in just 24 hours