al-jazeera arabic would cover the middle eastern arab speaking audience and al-jazeera -- al-jazeera english would do it for the english-speaking audience. >> thank you. i was wondering if you know if there was ever any conversation about the decision to come to the american market around changing the name of the network before going on air and why was it that they decided against that and one of the reasons i think about this is when you look at other subsidiaries of the media network they made this decision when going into the european market for sports for example to change the al-jazeera sports network to tv and when you watch mtv now for example there's no direct way of knowing that it's connected to al-jazeera so i'm wondering what changed? why was the decision calculus so different when we know very well what kind of challenges in the american market when it comes to islamaphobia? >> because i'm really exhausted i'm going to cheat and read the paragraph but that is a great question. even russia today at some point tries to cleanse the brand. under the direction of tony berman

al-jazeera. where every. iraqi forces say they have captured the center of isis last enclave in the north. the shock area this is al jazeera life and also coming out the french president offers to help mediate between iraq's government and kurds wanting to break away. the meticulously planned on the worst mess because you know if they. say the las vegas gunman was disturbed and dangerous and spent years building up a stockpile of weapons plus. i'm going to be reporting from bangkok where there is a last minute rush to ties to pay their last respects to the late king before his funeral. iraq's prime minister says his military has recount turtle beach a from eisel the campaign to retake the northern town was announced two weeks ago we just one of just two remaining pockets of territory held by eisel in iraq thousands of civilians fled to nearby areas during the campaign in a moment we will go to natasha butler in paris for the french and iraqi leaders have been meeting first though to trial strafford into this

right here on al-jazeera. one of canada's largest retail chain sears is setting down after serving customers for more than half a century the company declared bankruptcy last week and began selling off all of its assets more than twelve thousand people will be losing their jobs as daniel black reports. named for william shakespeare's birthplace in england the small canadian city of stratford is one of dozens of places coping with the bankruptcy of sears canada nearly one hundred jobs will be lost as a chain that shows this community for its first ever store in one nine hundred fifty three closes its doors permanently it is a major retailer that of course had a big presence within our community a lot of jobs a lot of large footprint bricks and mortar within a established mall and that is now a void that needs to be filled to do that the city government is finding new jobs for former sears employees and emphasizing its downtown heritage district as a home for new business particularly information technology. no

china's democracy experiment and this time on al-jazeera. turkish forces backed the free syrian army in an operation to drive out to form al qaida affiliates in the country's northwest. hello i'm down jordan this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up a number of people have been killed in a massive explosion at a gas station and donna's capital. makes landfall in the u.s. state of mississippi these are live pictures it's already killed dozens across central america. and we'll tell you what south koreans are celebrating almost a year after a massive street protests brought down the president. has announced that starting an operation in syria's edler province the turkish president reza type on says turkish soldiers haven't yet into the area much of it live is controlled by. an alliance of factions spearheaded by a former al qaida affiliate. on turkey's border with syria. this is what we know so far the turkish military standing reinforcement of their highly border crossing with hundreds of free syrian fighters also present in the area ph

to al-jazeera vienna. well the philippine president says his military has liberated the southern city of morale we are a five month battle against isis fighters president rodriguez a terrorist say says the city has been freed from what he called terrorists but his military is still continuing the announcement came a day after two senior commanders of a local isolating group were killed more than a thousand people have died in the conflict and displaced at least four hundred thousand others. joining us from morocco itself and that is where the president was holding a flag raising ceremony with the military so certainly he's declaring the liberation of the city. i. apologize we apologies we seem to be having connection issues with we will try and get her a little later on in the program we'll move on to news out of somalia because we're hearing that rescue crews there are working to find survivors two days after the country's worst ever attack more than three hundred people were killed and hundreds more inju

dot com al-jazeera dot com for the latest news. and reminder of the top stories on al-jazeera the iraqi army has taken full control of the oil rich northern city of kirkuk according to security forces troops moved inside the provincial government building with no opposition from kurdish forces deployed in the city thousands of civilians have fled the kurdish districts of the city heading cars and buses towards kurdish controlled areas in northern iraq child strapped it has more from a deal. thousands of families that we saw. cause rushing to get away from kirkuk as quickly as possible and also many. as well what was so interesting was that a lot of people were standing by the side of the road and demanding and telling people and the pressure to get back into the city and fight i think what is so incredibly surprising is the speed with which this victory for the iraqi forces has happened the spanish government has warned catalonia separatist leader he has only three days left to return to legality it comes after colors praised him o

on al-jazeera. after a year of mourning time on bids a final farewell to its longest reigning monarch. for the stories beyond the headlines faultlines examines the us his role in the world liberians are preparing for their third election since a bitter civil war observers are calling it a crucial test for democracy an investigation into the electronics industry revealing out even the smallest devices have deadly environmental and health costs . china's communist party is holding its annual congress what will it mean for the country and its people. turn on al-jazeera. electro capital the capital which microcredit. when nature is transformed into a commodity big business takes a new interest buying landscapes protecting landscapes it's a phenomenal opportunity to be able to use a business model to achieve sustainability of nature but at what risk banks of course don't do that because they have at the heart protection of nature they do that because they see a business and pricing the planet at this tim

al jazeera. hello i'm adrian finnigan this is that he is live from al-jazeera headquarters in doha coming up in the next sixty minutes. and bangladesh discuss the repatriation of hundreds of thousands of the hinge but continue to deny the muslim minority citizenship rights. kurdish peshmerga forces say they're stopping iraqi forces from advancing on the more disputed territory. china enshrines president xi jinping has political philosophy into the constitution. and the un issues a failed grade as it assesses the state of education around the world. has signed an agreement with bangladesh for the repatriation of hundreds of thousands of her him but is still refusing to recognise the muslim minority as citizens government ministers signed a memorandum of understanding in the capital naypyidaw a short time ago but it contains a clause which says the repatriation must take place in line with citizenship law which has been used to deny the right here. ger writes six hundred thousand range of muslims o

al-jazeera world at this time on al-jazeera. now reminder of the top stories on al-jazeera spain's national court has called catalonia is the president to mount to testify on thursday as a processes of rebellion and sedition charges against him for declaring independence from spain kenya's opposition leader raila odinga has called for the result of the presidential election rerun to be an old warning it could undermine the public's faith in democracy and the lawyers of social media companies facebook twitter and google are testifying at a u.s. senate hearing into russian interference in last year's presidential election. at least five people have been killed in a bomb blast near the u.s. embassy in kabul afghanistan as the fence ministry says at least fifteen others were injured in the suicide attack that happened in an area where many foreign embassies and government departments a base a quarterly report to the u.s. congress has highlighted just how much the situation is deteriorating in afghanistan it says armed groups are inc

al-jazeera. i think. the japanese leader looks to reform his country's pacifist constitution. follow on down jordan this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up. we cannot force people we are not ready. it's a stalemate in the gulf high level meetings on the diplomatic rift with qatar appear to them no way. an exclusive look inside central command the desert air base in qatar some called the most important military facility in the world plus. i'm not angry with my mother and she did what she could be ten she was young when she married twenty thousand under-age girls get married every day the fight to end the practice intensifies in west africa. japan's prime minister has secured a big win in sunday's election his ruling coalition has won three hundred twelve seats that easily gives him a majority in the four hundred sixty five seat parliament to push through his agenda hopes to change the constitution and develop a fully fledged army japan's constitution limits the military to being just a se

on talk to al-jazeera at this time. u.n. demands myanmar allow humanitarian access to rock island state and that expects even more of the refugees to flee from violence. and welcome to al-jazeera live from my headquarters in doha with me elizabeth brown and also ahead dozens are dead and thousands affected as another major storm battered central america. surveying the damage we meet puerto ricans fearing what will happen today how it can help communities and plans for a permanent memorial for the victims of sunday's match in the u.s. city of las vegas. the u.n. is bracing for what it calls a further exodus of the hang of refugees from myanmar to bangor there with up to one hundred thousand people waiting to cross the border half a million rangar have already crossed since the end of the stores for the military crackdown and what kind of state says it's fighting separatist groups and deadlines accusations of ethnic cleansing. where the un is criticizing myanmar over difficulties getting humanitarian aid into iraq and state. t

witness documentaries that open your eyes at this time on al-jazeera. oh is it allison when they're on line we were in hurricane winds for almost like thirty six hours these are the things that new u.k. has to address or if you join us on sat i'm a member of the ku klux klan but we struck up a relationship this is a dialogue tweet us with hostile intent stream and one of their pitches might make them actually join the global conversation at this time on al-jazeera. the people cannot accept this attack standing their ground hundreds of thousands protest against the spanish move to take control of the regional government. looking pieces over you're watching al-jazeera live from doha also coming up at the polls open in japan where the prime minister shinzo obvious seeking to become the country's longest serving leader since world war two. revenge a refugee children who escape violence in myanmar face a new threat in bangladesh. and the u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson is in saudi arabia for another bid to end the blockade against cattle. catalonian pr

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for me to malaya al-jazeera nairobi. motto is in the opposition stronghold of there and the capital of nairobi mohammad how much voting actually happened where you are if at all. well michel i'm of the olympic primary school which is. in the heart slum two hundred twenty thousand people registered to vote here over lot figure only fifteen minutes to vote early on in the day usually these in past elections this is the playground of the school would be fool voters with queues snaking into the early hours of the slum but early on in the morning a group of angry protesters broke through the fence of the school demolishing it and came in they said some of the classrooms that were being used as polling stations on fire the police had to use the water comes to put the fire out the protesters have been relentless they keep coming back every time the police tried to despise them this is a scene from earlier what happened to one of the protesters who was arrested by the police they started beating him up with their bottoms and col

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in other headlines on al-jazeera u.s. backed forces have driven i saw out of itself the cleared capital of rock in syria sidran them across the forces of raise their flag inside the city stadium which i saw had turned into a huge prison to hold anyone who oppose their the battle to take the city from my soul began in june civilians have been free for weeks as the fighting intensified kurdish forces meanwhile have lost more territory in northern iraq a day after government troops seized the northern city of kirkuk they've withdrawn from the towns of. more kirkuk and can a key in as well as giving up control of several oil fields tension has been mounting in the oil rich region since the kurds how the referendum on secession last month well iraq's prime minister hyderabadi is calling for dialogue with the kurdish leadership. the watchman i mean what we need in our responsibility and duty is to protect all citizens in force the authority of the federal government a close to how lesion according to. the help of god everything

at this time on al jazeera. al-jazeera. where ever you are. iraqi forces move into the town of singe are a day off for taking control of turku from where kurdish forces have withdrawn. their watching all jazeera life from a headquarters in doha i'm dead you know also ahead the philippine president rodriguez the territory declares the city of mirali has been liberated from an ice a ling group despite fighting still continuing. leaving no stone unturned so mali rescuers look for a survivors two days off to the worst suicide attack killed over three hundred in the capital. we struggle. to piece the life without my father. a daughter's plea for freedom for an al-jazeera journalist who's been jailed in egypt for three hundred days. hello we begin with the latest developments out of a. iraq that's where kurdish forces have lost even more territory so a group affiliated with the iraqi militias has taken over the city of sin giada that's in the northwest and that's after the withdrawal of kurdish peshmerga fighters earlier government troops took contr

and live from studio four a team here at al-jazeera headquarters in doha for the back to go welcome to the news grid spain's biggest political crisis in forty years is only getting worse the national government is to begin the process of spending cuts known as autonomy and imposing direct rule after the region's president refused to abandon the push for independence we have a live report from boston and also on the grid the taliban strikes again forty three afghan army soldiers were killed on a military base in the southern province of kandahar is the latest in a series of devastating attacks this week we'll explore why afghan security forces us to combat a reason agents taliban and equal pay for equal play no way becomes the world's first country to offer the same cash to its man and international female football is danish an american woman may is also want their fair share and are threatening to strike but can they get a better deal. part of canada to force muslim women to remove face coverings when using any public service even stepping onto a bus i mean or chapell monitoring the on

al-jazeera. the arab. the most read story right now one hundred years on the bow for a declaration explained it's one of the most controversial contests the documents in the modern history of the arab world and the sooner this week rather palestinians around the world are marking one hundred years since the balfour declaration was issued that was on november second one thousand seven hundred so we'd much more about it's. ok for the counts of killings rapes torture and other atrocities and refugees forced from their homes in me and mar are losing their abandoned farmlands to me and mars government human rights activists say it costs more doubt over whether they'll ever be able to return from bangladesh that's where hundreds of thousands are sheltering the government has begun harvesting rice in three row hinge overload. has in mind dow township that's in rakhine state almost thirty thousand hectares of this land are owned by farmers who are driven away by violence that started in late august a spokesman for

that on al-jazeera. and now a reminder of our top stories police in the kenyan capital nairobi have used tear gas to the spurs protesters calling for electoral reform confusion is mounting in kenya over this month's repeat presidential election kenya's election board says all eight candidates who competed in the first poll will be on the ballot that means opposition candidate right loading his name will be there despite him announcing on tuesday that was pulling out of the poll. spain's prime minister has given catalan leaders on monday deadline to clarify whether they've declared independence or not the government the said that if catalonia does split from spain it will take away the region's autonomous status on tuesday catalonia as leader catalyst pushed the month stepped back from announcing full independence and signed symbolic that liberation. it was president donald trump has been holding talks with his canadian counterpart justin trudeau at the white house the pair are discussing the nafta trade

al-jazeera. our assessment right now is it is an isis affiliated group the u.s. says is responsible for the deaths of four american servicemen and. matheson this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up killing spree the group carries out a revenge campaign in a syrian town slaughtering more than a hundred civilians plus. we have to continue the fight against the taleban and against others in order for them to understand they will never be the battle will go on the u.s. has to stay the course against the taliban in afghanistan also. greening of the also contend the insult canceled at a palestinian film festival we'll tell you why. the u.s. is top general says he believes a group linked to isolate is behind the ambush which killed four soldiers in a news briefing john donne fode the chairman of the china stuff bereaved relatives to be patient as a senate investigation determines how the man died. it is an isis affiliated group and i think what you bring up is what we're dealing with in many pla

jazeera dot com al-jazeera dot com. i don't mind at the top stories on al-jazeera a diplomatic dispute between washington and ankara is intensifying off to turkey issue that tension warrant for a second u.s. consulate worker last week another american consulate employee was arrested in istanbul over allegations of links to last year's failed coup in turkey the turkish lira has dropped sharply since both countries suspended visa services for each other's nationals. above all this decision is very upset. for the years amber c. and i agreed to take such a decision and implemented it is absurd i'm. sure our foreign ministry colleagues have contacted their u.s. counterparts over the issue of iran is promising a crushing response of the us names its elite revolutionary guard as a terrorist group the comments were made a week before president donald trump is expected to announce his rejection of the iran nuclear deal a powerful us republican senator bob corker has issued more criticism of president trump in an interview with t

on al-jazeera yangon. plus more still to come here on. zero. it does not belong to any single country and it is not up to any single country to terminate it well leaders criticize donald trump's attempt to change the landmark nucleated. and forget the health benefits of jumping we'll tell you why running through the streets of sierra leone and you're in jail. hello there are tropical storm is still gaining strength in the south china sea you see quite clearly on the satellite picture this of larry of cloud heya but it's generating all this huge overflow of cloud that works its way all the way across taiwan the eastern parts of china as well taiwan is where we've seen some of the worst of the weather three hundred seventy seven millimeters of rain just in a twenty four hour period that is a phenomenal amount of wet weather clearly giving us a fair few problems there unfortunately there's more wet weather still to come because this storm is moving quite slowly looks like it won't reach china and until monday and then on tuesday or wednesday it wi

told al-jazeera the ana nations are the first victims of climate change. reason of my visit to barbara. is exactly to raise awareness to put pressure on international community for a stronger humanitarian aid now and also for a stronger aid in relation to the reconstruction and the building resilience in the islands of the caribbean as we manage in that in the next few years seems will get worse than worst the world bank is promoting a meeting in the context of their annual meeting and i urge the international community to fully support these caribbean states they are small islands they are sometimes completely destroyed they are classified many of them as middle income countries they have no access to grants or to soft loans these needs to be revisited and i think it's essential for the international community to be able to help these states allowing them to reconstruct and overcoming the enormous difficulties that they face not only because of the natural disasters but because of the i levels of depth that they already had before they need international

on talk to al-jazeera at this time. i really felt liberated as a journalist when i was getting to the truth as i was that's what his job. welcome back to our designs a whole robin a reminder of our top stories there are reports that turkey has issued a detention warrant for a second u.s. consular worker last week another americans consular employee was arrested in istanbul over allegations of links to last year's failed coup in turkey the u.s. and turkey have also suspended baeza services for each other's nationals as the diplomatic dispute escalates. at least twelve people have been drowned after a boat carrying rohingya refugees from me in march to bangladesh capsized ten of them were children it's the third such incident since people started escaping violence in myanmar's reichian state in august. spain's deputy prime minister is warning that the government will take action if catalonia as president declares a dependence on tuesday serous inez is supported by spain's socialist leader who says his party will back the

at this time of al-jazeera. al-jazeera. where every. as promised it's time for the still sees his pizza. thank you very much the los angeles dodgers are headed to the first world series in twenty nine years they ended the chicago cubs defense of a major league baseball title on thursday with a stunning performance from one player in particular. to ensure that was just the way it's been one hundred eight years since the los angeles dodgers last won a world series but now they're a step closer to ending that drought. last season the dodgers run was ended by the now defending champion chicago cubs this time the dodgers got their own back maybe deep at the center field this. was good was ok. and and as he's had a lot on his mind of late his father has been battling cancer and his home country of puerto rico was devastated by hurricanes last month so his performance in game five was more remarkable when he followed that home run in the very next inning with something special that said you want to thank god that god said. ok i am back. with t

witness documentaries that open your eyes at this time on al-jazeera. this is al-jazeera. hello i'm maryanne demasi this is the news hour live from london coming up turkey arrests a second u.s. consulate official in both countries suspend visa services as a diplomatic dispute intensifies. at least twelve ranger refugees drown ten of them children as another boat capsizes trying to cross from man not to bangladesh. and spain's government called in the national police to guard catalans key court as it increases pressure on regional leaders to back down on independence. m p seven in doha with all the day's sports news including a very public statement from the v.p. as mike pence walks out of an n.f.l. game even mealing players i'll have more on that later. a diplomatic dispute between washington and curry is intensifying after reports that turkey has issued a detention warrant for a second u.s. calls you know it work or else we cannot the american consular employee was arrested and as some. allegations of links to last year's failed coup in turkey a turkish lira has dropped s

on al-jazeera. a rite of passage preserved through the generations my cousin was laying down there until a screaming she was helpless the woman who after endorses fikile of pain for what fact menai meets the women affected by s.g.m. and those reshaping perception do you think people will abandon the search even through it a bit of the mistake al-jazeera correspondent the current at this time. this is al-jazeera. hello i'm barbara sarah this is the news hour live from london coming up in the next sixty minutes thousands rally across spain in catalonia calling for talks to resolve the worsening crisis between the two plus. more than two hundred russian opposition supporters arrested as they mark through transit sixty fifth birthday with protests around the country turkey's president announces an operation to rid the syria's a blip province of an al qaeda linked alliance new orleans prepare is a hurricane made heads for the u.s. gulf coast africa twenty five people in central america. and far as mt i'l

how many al-jazeera. a u.n. report has accused me of killings of rape and torture of the hunger after interviewing survivors who fled to bangladesh the military is also alleged to have torched homes and crops and stayed to stop the hunger from returning there yet of a male who has more from the gang gone. and away so this in a sea of misery. this school is teaching english to or hinder refugees who fled mean mass military campaign before eleven year old say you know the conflict is ever present. in our village record and people came to our house to kill people and they burned houses so we can't stay there they were torturing a lot united nations investigators are prevented from going to mean mass conflict zone so they came here to bangladesh in what is now the world's largest refugee camp more than half a million have fled across the border from maine marty bangladesh since late august it was from them that the un heard testimonies of the military campaign of indiscriminate killing mass rape and the burning down

of their julien macdonald this is al jazeera live from london also coming up. position protesters defy a ban on demonstrations in kenya two are shot dead by police. tensions escalate in northern iraq kurdish forces evacuate villages side of coca-cola over fears of an iraq it's high. a more problems for said africa's president jacob zuma as a key court ruling goes against him. all of their very warm welcome to the program u.s. president donald trump has laid out an aggressive new strategy on iran he did not pull the u.s. of the nuclear deal struck in july twenty fifteen but he's decided not to certify iran as being in compliance with the accord wants congress to toughen u.s. policy towards iran and if it can't reach an agreement trump says he'll terminate the deal he'll also ask congress to find a way to punish iran for its ballistic missile program the current deal only covers it so you clear activities and his administration will punish some members of iran's revolutionary guard but it will not be declared a so-called terror organization really how could repor

craig leeson al-jazeera song south korea. to brazil now where congressional committee has voted against sending the president to be tried for corruption and the supreme court the recommendation is expected to be accepted by one. of the whole congress next week the country's top prosecutor alleges president michel tema took millions of dollars in bribes from a major production company he denies any wrongdoing saying there's a conspiracy to overthrow him. know again as a problem in doha with the headlines on al-jazeera international concern of the treatment of myanmar's or head to population is increasing the un human rights chief says perpetrators of crimes against the range of must face charges and if they don't he wants the security council to act and across party group of u.s. politicians have written to the secretary of state calling for meaningful steps to be taken against me are miles military the chairman of kenya's electoral commission has admitted that next week's election rerun may not be free and fair. says there's

al-jazeera. the talks in a starter concentrated on strengthening the deescalation. lost more news as well on the website al jazeera dot com and we'll wrap up all your top stories when we come back. welcome back now the weather across much of southern china is looking fine at the moment sunshine there for hong kong looking fine all the way to coming there with highs of twenty we've got an area of low pressure pushing across the philippines as some wet weather here not develops as we head on through into thursday so manila could see some pretty wet weather before that low moves out into the south china sea but it's looking fine across vietnam last two we lost the showers even dryer picture here yangon thirty one draw and sunny it's not often i say that now as we head across into south asia most of india pakistan bangladesh nepal it's all looking fine once you come further south into tamil nadu and across towards carolinas a different picture we still got some heavy monsoon rain you see from the rai

al-jazeera. you're watching al-jazeera reminder of our main story this hour the nobel peace prize has been awarded to the international campaign to abolish nuclear weapons i can you know we join paneled praise the group for working to prohibit the use of nuclear weapons and this comes at a time where nuclear conflict is a new risk. their organization is receiving the award for its work to draw attention to the catastrophic humanitarian consequences of any use of nuclear weapons aren't for its groundbreaking efforts to achieve a treaty based profile bishan on such weapons and i can see executive director has just reacted to the award with this this is an issue that has been ignored for a long time and at the same time the stakes are so high right now this treaty the treaty on the prohibition of weapons is a really. huge accomplishment and a very strong signal to the new crown states that the status quo is not acceptable . we need to work really hard now to make it all states to sign this treaty. o

al-jazeera. thirteen people have been killed in a suicide bombing in northeastern nigeria five others were injured in may disagree the target was a camp for people who fled the conflict with the group boko hot. votes are being counted in argentina's midterm congressional election exit polls suggest gains for president coalition he's looking to extend his control over congress has more from what i said is. so the results of these midterm elections are going to be carefully scrutinized in the next few days by all sides taking part in these elections first of all by the governing party of president. to see exactly where he fails he stands where the electorate feels he stands halfway through his term in office to see how much more strength he can gain in the lower house the congress and the house the senate to see whether he can push through economic policies he says a necessary oval hole argentina's struggling economy to deal with the rampant inflation here hundreds of people to be protesting in spa

this is al-jazeera. hello i'm barbara starr and this is the news hour live from london thank you for joining us coming up in the next sixty minutes the beginning of the end of i saw in syria critics led forces capture the group's a self declared capital rucka. still in shock after saturday's massive truck bombing the president is blaming al-shabaab and is calling for more international help. the president of the philippines declares victory in the southern city of we after a five month battle against isis a link fighters and the mass exodus of refugees it shows no signs of abating between ten and fifteen thousand crossed into bangladesh in the past forty eight hours. and. with all the day's news. meeting new york to try and find a way forward of the place continue to meall during the playing of the national anthem that more later in the program. we begin the news hour in syria where u.s. backed forces have driven out i saw from itself the clear capital of raka in syria after a tough four month battle the

al-jazeera. watching the news hour live from our headquarters in doha i'm dead you know coming up in the next sixty minutes. kenya's disputed presidential election gets the go ahead despite growing anger on the street. china unveils its new leadership line up further cementing the power of president xi jinping. a new report accusing israel of the systematic abuse of young palestinians under arrest in occupied east jerusalem. i'm joining with the latest sports news including the most expensive baseball clayton cashel. l.a. to victory in game one of the world series. hello we begin in kenya that's where the presidential election will go ahead on thursday despite an eleventh hour legal challenge so the election board says it's received assurances that every voter will be protected no matter who they choose to be there or a new leader well that's all despite an eleventh hour legal challenge to the vote which failed because the supreme court said there weren't enough judges to hear the case so opposit

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at this time on al-jazeera. al-jazeera. where ever you are. nine hundred sixty seven and the six day war was at its height a u.s. spy ship the u.s.s. liberty monitored the conflict from international waters suddenly she was attacked by the warplanes of america's closest regional manager in israel over two hundred were killed and wounded the front part of the ship was just red with blood what happened that day has long been the subject of cover up a mystery now the truth can be revealed the day israel attacked america a major investigation at this time on al jazeera. and i mean as a problem in doha with the headlines on al-jazeera turkey's president has described the u.s. decision to suspend moms to be the services for turkish citizens as upsetting the phrases in response to the arrest of a u.s. consulate employee in istanbul has retaliated with its own freeze on visas for u.s. citizens the rate of or hang of refugees fleeing ongoing violence in myanmar has increased following the law in recent days almost five hundred twenty thousand have now

this is al-jazeera. colognes a whole ramadan this is the al-jazeera news our live from our headquarters here in doha coming up in the next sixty minutes turkey and the u.s. suspended visa services for each other's nationals amid a deepening diplomatic dispute. at least twelve or hinder refugees have drowned most of them children another boat capsizes on its way from me and mark to bangladesh. also spain's government insists the country will not be divided as pressure grows on the catalan government after a huge march in barcelona against independence. fifty years after his death rallies across latin america to remember. but we find out what's behind a round over a new postage stamp in island of the revolutionary icon. i'm joining us cover the sport more controversy over nailing in the n.f.l. as the u.s. vice president walks out of the game plus egyptians celebrate after their team reaches its first world cup finals in twenty seven years as they book their place in russia next. company welcome to the news

to al-jazeera vienna . a russian man has accused police in chechnya jailing and beating him must part of a crackdown on homosexuality. is the first person to file an official complaint despite a wave of accusations earlier this year he said he could hardly cruel when he was released after two weeks human rights groups say more than one hundred men were arrested beaten and tortured. as spring chechen authorities began an organized sanction from the very top a very comfortable excuse for not investigating was the lack of allegations from victims this situation quite a while many official people used to sixty's now allegations have come forward. a journalist who has been leading the fight against corruption in malta has been killed by a car bomb. had made several allegations against siena business and political figures has robbed matheson the burn drag of daphne koller one ugly thea's car lies in a bolt he's feeling flung over a wall by an explosion which killed the crusading journalist parent in the crowd don

next year dr al jazeera. thirteen people have been killed in a suicide bomb attack in the northeast of nigeria five others were injured in my degree from to account for those who fled the conflict with boko haram about one point eight million people have been displaced by the fighting since two thousand and nine. a unique exhibition of art inside a church in the u.s. state of new jersey is trying to highlight the country's gun culture it comes just weeks after the mass shooting in las vegas is gabriel elizondo. panic at a concert last vegas as a man kills fifty seven people in the worst mass shooting in united states in modern times the gunman own forty seven guns and had twenty three of those firearms with him at the time of the shooting united states of america has a obsessive. attraction and love for guns in a way that other countries just don't have and that's why she helped put together an exhibit at one church to help raise awareness to gun violence through art and in this piece tissues on each piece of

al-jazeera u.s. president has been sharply criticized for his conduct by senior figures in the ruling republican party the majority party that is senator bob corker once again expressed his worries about the future of the u.s. under donald trump ahead of a meeting on tax reform and later on wednesday a second senator fiercely condemned traps traps policies and his personal behavior . reports from washington d.c. . his promise to repeal obamacare has failed money to build a border wall with mexico remains in question so hoping for a legislative victory donald trump on tuesday went to capitol hill seeking support from fellow republicans for some of the steepest tax cuts in a generation this will be the lowest rate in more than eighty years so this would be just before leaving the white house he spoke to reporters to explain how his tax reform plan will ensure his keeping a campaign promise to get americans back to work our plan can be summarized in three simple words jobs jobs jobs but what was suppose

al jazeera the scottish. recap of the top stories here on al-jazeera the president of the kurdish regional government in iraq is stepping down massoud barzani was the driving force behind last month's referendum to secede from iraq the parliament voted to distribute his powers between itself the government and the judiciary. has told the u.s. television program sixty minutes of the country's behind the gulf crisis want regime change its country has been living under a blockade for almost five months after for arab countries cut ties in june he says he never saw it coming. yes they won they want a regime change it's obvious history as well tells us teaches us that they tried to do that before and nine hundred ninety six after my father. became the emir bahrain's foreign minister is calling for qatar to be frozen out of the regional bloc the gulf cooperation council. has tweeted that bahrain won't attend the upcoming g.c.c. summit unless qatar meets the demands of but rain and the three other blockading nations

so the headline news continues on al-jazeera after talk to al jazeera keep it here. on counting the cost of the world's fastest growing startup created a new labor market but can that business model clear the regulation roadblocks ahead plus the fact as a play as oil prices enter a bull market counting the cost at this time on al-jazeera. would you or i. would see. thanks to the migration crisis in europe hungary's profile is higher than ever but it's controversial and e.u. court says budapest is wrongly denying asylum to the mike fleeman war and deprivation the government of prime min.

al jazeera correspondent my own private bollywood this time. and put it well on. u.s. and british companies have announced the biggest discovery of natural gas in west africa but what to do with these untapped natural resources is already a source of heated debate nothing much has changed they still spend most of their days looking forward to for dry riverbed like this one five years on the syrians still feel battered or even those who managed to escape their country haven't truly been able to escape the war. the doctors the nurses and all of the people who are still have. a job that's indescribable hailing first responders as heroes president trump meets police paramedics and firefighters are on the scene after sunday's match in las vegas. in jordan this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up an outbreak of the plague causes panic in madagascar as health officials call for calm. leaders called the mediation of their push for independence from spain madrid says there's nothing to talk about. and britain's prime minister tries to rally the party faithful but very l

this is al jazeera. hello i'm rob matheson this is the news our live from doha coming up in the next sixty minutes donald trump's sweeping ban on refugees is replaced by tough new vetting but it's still unclear which countries are affected. me i screamed they strangled me in my mouth the u.n. is criticised for not prosecuting peacekeepers accused of sex abuse in central african republic. putting down their weapons card say they'll freeze the results of an independence vote and seek talks with iran plus. downtown atlanta georgia i'm one of the creators of pleasure to be here today. we'll show you medical wizardry in london virtual reality technology puts doctors from around the world in one operating theater. donald trump signed an executive order introducing tough new measures on refugees going to the united states the president previously banned new entries for one hundred twenty days while as administration conducted a review that has now been lifted the new measures include more rigorous vetting and s

sirrah clarke al-jazeera tokyo a u.s. sparks rebel group has captured syria's largest oil field from i saw the kurdish led syrian democratic forces are in a race against the russian backed syrian troops the things parts of the oil rich there as a region yes yes have already pushed eisel from the areas main natural gas field and the city of rocker after a four month campaign well as the war in syria continues a growing number of children are being forced to find work to help support their families tens of thousands of children are missing out on an education. reporter how tight in southern turkey. where our show is from it town in northern homes the area has been besieged for almost four years by government forces but collects plastic waste not to resell for recycling but to burn during cold days so that his family can survive harsh winter conditions in nor did i want to go to school and become a teacher or maybe a doctor i just want to be with my friends. is a street vendor has the families breadwinner mohamed and many th

this is al jazeera. hello i'm adrian for again this is the news hour live from doha coming up in the next sixty minutes massoud barzani steps down as the kurds president in iraq his supporters stormed parliament. marching for unity hundreds of thousands stage a rally in barcelona to protest against catalonia declaring independence. day one they want a regime change that's a sort of yes in his first interview since the five month old blockade began qatar's accuses the four arab countries of trying to overflow him. and swapping weed for why in the new growth industry in lebanon. the president of the kurdish regional government in iraq is stepping down massoud barzani says that he won't stand for re-election his term in office ends in two days he was the driving force behind last month's controversial kurdish referendum . which the iraqi government dismissed as illegal from stephanie decker reports. an independent kurdistan was supposed to be his legacy and yet it seems to have led to his downfall a somber

at this time an al-jazeera. al-jazeera. and i'm jane duck and this is the news live from coming up in the show. celebrations as iraqi forces drive away kurd fighters to retake can't cook we find out what this means for kurdish independence goals spain's government gives catalonia a seventy two hour ultimatum to clarify its position on independence or face the prospect of direct rule. turkey steps in to help the victims of somalia's twin bomb attacks as the death toll rises to more than three hundred. and discovery of an age old cosmic collision that confirms the origins of gold and platinum. we begin with major developments in iraq where government forces have taken control of the contested city of kirkuk from kurdish forces tension has been mounting in the oil rich region ever since the kurds how the referendum on secession last month stratford has more from it bill. the kurdish flag no longer flies in the center of kirkuk. the city now officially back in the hands of the iraqi government its forces but made a rapid advanc