Hello im watching the news hour live from london coming up in the next sixty minutes United States pulls out more than half of its cuba embassy after what it describes as specific attacks on its diplomats iraqi stage atomic protestors baghdad stopped International Flights into the region in retaliation for monday secession vote. A final day of demonstrations in barcelona as catalans to vote on becoming independent from spain and the United Nations says its setting up a group to investigate Human Rights Violations committed in the war in yemen. And forest smile ill have all the sport including taking a united stand the latest action from n. F. L. Teams in a race with the United States president. United States Government has ordered sixty percent of its staff in cuba to leave its embassy in havana is said to be because of quote specific attacks on u. S. Diplomats some of which have taken place in cuban hotels also used by american tourists the embassy is now expected to stop processing visas and issue a new travel warning lets get more on this from or u. S. State Department Correspondent patty call hane shes in washington d. C. What will do we know about the injuries suffered by these u. S. Diplomats. Well heres the key u. S. Officials in the state department say they still have no idea what injured twenty one of their diplomats so heres the background on this there were some diplomats staying at hotels in their houses some of them said they heard a really uncomfortable hum in that it was very targeted into one location if they moved a few feet it went away others said they heard nothing at all but then they started coming down with all of these different symptoms they range from hearing loss which theyve been medically proven that they did have lost some of their hearing lack of balance cognitive disability some of been reportedly have traumatic brain injuries and so the thirtys started looking at what they called a sonic weapon now sound believe it or not can cause all of these different symptoms but experts say they wouldnt necessarily not hear it and many of the diplomats said they didnt hear anything they just started having these symptoms so theyre not clear exactly what happened in these diplomats the investigations ongoing so they say theyre taking this step and as you mentioned sixty percent of their diplomats and their families being told to leave cuba immediately not going to be issuing visas no official designated travel is going to be going to cuba they say theyre doing this because they want to try to keep more american safe that its not in an effort to punish cuba and they say theyre not expelling any more cuban diplomats about the Investigation Continues new remember when this first broke they did kick out two cuban diplomats out of the newly formed embassy here in washington d. C. Now taking that step now they say that this is simply a precaution they are also in this could hurt the cuban economy theyre going to put it they have put out a travel warning telling americans to avoid cuba their reasoning according to Senior State Department officials that i spoke with is because they dont know what injured them so they cant tell americans how to protect themselves and ive been speaking with experts once you lose your hearing you cant get it back so these are very serious symptoms and theres no cure and still no obvious indication of what caused it i think i know washington d. C. Thank you. Iraqs Defense Ministry says it plans to take control of the borders of its kurdistan region in coordination with iran and turkey International Flights to the region have been halted as the government ramps up pressure for the results of monday secession vote to be canceled shortly before the ban came into effect protested outside Erbil International airport carrying messages of peace mondays secession referendum received in one thousand nine hundred percent yes vote abdelhamid sent us this update from Erbil International airport. There are no more International Flights to and from both. Airports now this should last for a period of three months according to the director of this airport she said that she has been trying to reach out to authorities in baghdad to try to solve the situation but received no response the Prime Minister said that this was not a move intended to quote. People it was simply a move to extend the federal authority to the entire territory of iraq including the kurdish region but many of the people i spoke to today didnt agree with that and many were from the kurdish despero who had actually come here to take part in this referendum and they said that they felt bittersweet happy and one sided to have a voted but they. Were leaving now many ahead of schedule simply because they didnt trust what was going to happen next they also said that as people who actually went to the polling stations they didnt feel safe to transit through baghdad to catch an International Flight from there. Well many of the flights affected by the ban come from turkey whose land border with iraq could become more important. Simmons has more now from hub or on the border between turkey and iraq. With International Flights now banned from the regional aspace this is the only way in to kurdish iraq how poor border gates theres a very very long queue of trucks here and we have passenger cars on the other side and there were seventy flights a week going into kurdish iraq from turkey none of them now taking off from the six airports involved here in turkey this route is the old silk road its probably important for turkish trade not only that its a lifeline for the kurds food resources all sorts of Building Materials going in to kurdistan from here its very important indeed cut off it will have a massive effect on the iraqi kurds and also damage the turkish economy it would seem this would probably be the last card to be played in this crisis if turkey really goes through with it its certainly considering it along with possibly cutting off the oil supply out of kurdistan which comes through turkey so still the waiting game goes on what sort of tactics will be used the waiting game on both sides of this border moving to spain now where farmers have converged in barcelona on their tractors to show their support for a council only a session but it hasnt been taking place across the region against measures taken by the Spanish Government to stop sundays referendum which it says is Unconstitutional Police have been ordered to polling stations closed but the pharmacy say theyll block authorities from the base with their tractors leaders say more than two thousand stations have been set up. Well lets go now to john hendren and his life for us in barcelona whats the atmosphere like john. Well this is a celebration there that the referendum doesnt happen for another two days but already frozen. Session catalonians catalans are celebrating now there have been some recent developments are going to make it hard for them to come up with the yes vote that they want for instance local police have been ordered to shut down the schools that double as polling places a court here has also asked google to close an application that directs people to their voting places so thats going to make it a little difficult for things to progress here but ive got someone who might be able to help me sort through all this this is george bush art hes a member hes a president of the omnium Civil Society there are a procession group and let me ask you jordy why should catalonia be independent well mainly because in the Current Situation we have a problem with the Spanish Government that they know its a law was to approve a want to own the lows to approve a water own positions in terms of south the determination on what he wanted our own state to defend the growing interest of the population this is the only issue that we have now on the table respond when never defend the interests of the cotton population is this vote going to happen police right now are shutting down the schools that serve as a polling booth. Will this vote happen now lets see what happens next sunday we are quite sure that the catalan population will go through this treats to go to participate in this referendum because people who vote yes or no its also people who defend on the butt handed their right to sell that their mission for the catalan nation so this is the reason why we are asking to the Spanish Government to stop by your loans to stop their reparations all right what happens if very few people end up getting to vote what if the Spanish Police are successful in stopping people from going to the polling booth will it be a legitimate election if. Only a fraction of the people of voting age can vote yet let me be your own is that you hope that the next. They. Will rest today. Not go to the schools mainly because if the pupil wants to participate in this referendum i hope that the Spanish Government. Because what we are talking in this same terms of us called. We are trying to do exactly the same lets say that we have a political issue on the table and this is the reason that we want to do the same like. Celebrate this referendum and exactly know what the people want to do ok so if from sunday the majority of catalans vote yes what happens then. The referendum row up by the parliament of catalonia. The. Independence of catalonia and bring the next forty eight hours so that sort of sets out for you the difficulty there is here nobody is really sure what is going to happen on sunday but the police are trying to stop it in kaplans are trying to vote. Thank you very much john hendren with all the latest on. Or now i still says it carried out a suicide bombing that targeted a mosque in the Afghan Capital at least five people were killed and twenty nine others wounded the attack was struck as worshippers left the shia mosque after friday prayers in central kabul afghanistan has faced a series of large scale attacks in recent months targeting the minority shia population. United nations is going to set up a group to examine all Human Rights Violations committed in the war in yemen Human Rights Council said it hopes to identify those responsible for war crimes the yemeni delegations that it accepted the resolution that was passed in a compromise between western powers and arab countries live now to our u. N. Correspondent rosen in jordan in new york and there of long been allegations of war crimes committed in the yemen conflict how significant is this decision by the u. N. Well maria its important to point out that both sides in the yemen conflict have been accused of committing perhaps war crimes perhaps committing war crimes against humanity but the overwhelming majority of those allegations have been aimed at the Saudi Led Coalition which has been carrying out air strikes against the rebels as well as against supporters of the former president Ali Abdullah Saleh now the saudis did not want to see a formal commission of inquiry or see a law established by the Human Rights Council in the fact they were threatening to withhold funding from the council if a c. E. O. I were to be established however there were others on the council who felt that it was important to get an accurate accounting of what has been happening on the ground and their position was supported by the high commissioner for human rights. Saying so finally overnight thursday into friday a compromise was struck and that was struck by the dutch a group of eminent experts will now be taking a look at the situation inside yemen wasnt what are the challenges in terms of logistics when it comes to carrying out an investigation into war crimes in yemen. Well of course first yemen is still very much an active war zone so getting full unfettered access and being safe while doing so is going to be the first challenge for these experts getting the ability to talk to witnesses without interference from other side thats going to be another challenge they do have a year in which to file their own findings but because this is not a formal c. O. I. Commission of inquiry there are some questions about whether its findings will be legally binding enough to actually give the Human Rights Council some direction on how it might respond assia why would make it possible for on the council to up perhaps look at referring these allegations to an International Tribunal for possible prosecution its not clear that this compromise Group Whether the product of their yearlong work would have that same a legal have to and so thats something thats going to have to be worked out in the months ahead thank you very much rosen jordan u. N. Watch want to tell you about in this news our field of dreams the pioneering scheme allowing Syrian Refugees in greece to grow and sell food. Im stuff i have to report in from a go evacuation camp on the slopes of mount auburn where to wait for a possible eruption continues. And in sports a big win for a tennis player is still out of the iraq and outside the wilds top three hundred. As many as sixty rangel refugees a feared dead after that capsized in waters off bangladesh on thursday but hundreds will continue to make a perilous journey for me because theyve been warned of an imminent crackdown in central iraq lines state television has more from coxs bizarre in bangladesh. I mean. You can see the beach behind me this is where the boat wreckage tragedy took place on thursday evening we spoke to some of the survivors in this boat wreckage they told us there were at least two hundred people in that boat. By the bangladesh coast. Something called on the sea and capsized near the beach a lost my mother sister brother in law. I lost family members this boat i meant for only barely twenty five to fifty people you can see the boat on my left side part of the records the other wreckage all spread across the bridge now most of this people are fleeing central iraq. The people in northern part came to their villages and told that you need to flee because the army is going to crack down in the central part of the villages at least within the last two days theres been thousands of people have crossed into bangladesh the exodus isnt over the pace is slow but hundreds of people are crossing into bangladesh every day we spoke to the. Two thousand five hundred people on. The twenty five thousand people between when it crossed into bangladesh the camps the temporary shelter just unable to cope with the sheer number of refugees coming into bangladesh simon adams is the executive director of the Global Center for the responsibility to protect he joins us live now from new york thank you very much for speaking to us of course were talking about hundreds of thousands more than half a million refugees whove fled into bangladesh aside from the dangers facing them its also about the risks once they get there there isnt enough aid reaching them. By the International Community to help these people. Well first of all thanks a lot for having me on air and i really appreciate it and i think your report showed very clearly that the huge humanitarian crisis that is taking place in bangladesh as a result of ethnic cleansing that is happening in northern rakhine in million ma i think theres much more that the International Community could do i think at the moment theyre addressing this is a humanitarian crisis and we need to get a support to those poor displaced people but i think its very important that for example the u. N. Security council comes out and passes a resolution that met yesterday for the first time in eight years it must be said to discuss the issue of myanmar and theres been lots of good statements lots of condemnation of whats happening but we actually need to turn those words into action and i think thats where a very clear message has to be sent to us on sushi into the military rulers in myanmar that they need to stop the ethnic cleansing that we have to let the ranger refugees come back into the country and that we start looking at a way of trying to build a more inclusive me and mine that means implementing kofi annan plan for a kind state and so how do you go from the short term response to a humanitarian crisis to addressing the broader challenges historical challenges that the rangi have faced in myanmar how how do you how is it possible for this transition to happen. You know im not saying its an easy one but for example the anon commission which actually published its results the day before this ethnic cleansing started sets out a road map it was set up by onsen sushis government its about how to actually end the crisis in rakhine and to look at some of the longer term changes that need to take place in order to end the persecution of the regime joe who are one of the largest groups of stateless people in the world whove been systematically stripped of their citizenship who are not even allowed to marry or live where they want because of local laws and it starts to address that situation of extreme discrimination and to deal with some of the underlying issues so thats something that definitely needs to happen so we have an emergency situation that needs to be dealt with straight away and we have a longer term crisis regarding the persecution of the ranger as a group one of the obstacles to addressing both the short term and Agency Situation and the long term status and position of their entering in. Well i think theres many impediments at the moment i mean i think we have a problem in that theres divisions inside the myanmar government between obviously the military who hold a huge amount of power in the government events to seize suchi that transition to democracy is is not complete but i think theres a denialism at the heart of this problem an unwillingness on behalf of one son sushi and in behalf of many people in myanmar to recognize their hinge or to recognize the very real persecution and begin to deal with it because what weve seen over the last month is just unbelievably terrible for people now more than half the population has been forced out by a scorched earth policy. Thank you very much for sharing your thoughts and insight with us simon adams executive director of the Global Center for the responsibility to protect joining us there from new york. At least thirty two people have been killed i dont know the twenty seven engine after a stampede in indias commercial capital mumbai it happened during morning rush hour on a pedestrian bridge connecting two railway stations. Crushed against the steps of this Railway Overpass or the bodies of commuters flattened as the stampede of passengers pushed them to the floor. By police a falling concrete part of the hammer and people panicked thinking the bridge was collapsing a monsoon downpour made things worse as they were also people sheltering from the rain. The stampede happened because there were too many members of the public on the bridge and the people were in a hurry and wanted to get out there was no one helping they were suffocating a felony child. A commuter filled the crowded bridge minutes before the stampede. It was the bomb by friday morning rush hour in the worlds second most densely populated city this is typical. As soon as the bodies had been moved the bridge was open again a few blood spots the only indication of what happened. With the injured whod probably been on my way to work when our on their way to hospital. Relatives of those who didnt survive waited outside to recover their bodies in the israel way minister says hes ordered a high level inquiry burnet smith aljazeera people in cambodia say sugar barons of forcing them from their land Government Group is examining accusations of exploitation based on evidence collected from three provinces on the bride reports now from kong where the cambodian coast. This was the route saying lim would take to her fields every day life back then with three hectares to farm was good for her and her family then one day this happened a ditch blocking her way she says her land had been grabbed by a powerful Sugarcane Farmer for years she and her family have survived on two dollars a day making charcoal. You can see how broken down my house now monday up and i havent been able to send the children to school its ten years weve been like this its so so difficult. At least they kept their homes people told us a neighboring village was moved completely at gunpoint. Decades of civil war and the mass relocations around the countryside by the camero i mean there are numerous unresolved land issues the cambodian government started making large scale land concessions with the stated aim of helping development in rural areas but in a country afflicted by corruption its alleged theres been wide scale abuse by tycoons using their connections with the ruling party to get concessions or simply grabbing land by force. According to local n. G. O. S this is a long overdue attempt by the government to right previous wrongs. Understand about human rights they would study about the impact on the people in making their land concessions and they would leave villages land alone. Sudden government interest it seems could be political with an election next year the ruling party nearly lost the last election and its popularity in the countryside has been falling i think this is a very strong signal to the only party that they must looking for a way to deal with the north. And i paid for the bill my. Fears are growing about how fair that election will be but these people are hoping the governments need to win their votes will win them some long awaited justice. Bride Al Jazeera Kokang province cambodia more than one hundred thirty thousand people on the indonesian island of bali have been forced from their homes by the volcano could erupt at any time mt agel has been spewing white smoke and sending tremors through the area its alert status was raised to the highest level last week step foster reports from bali. For the balinese mound argonne is the center of their universe the highest mountain on the island is always in their prayers now they fear the sacred folk a no is angry many are fleeing from the mountain taking their most precious possessions but some refuse to leave why unchaining first ten years old when mt last erupted he was safe then and is convinced he will be now. If i move to a shelter who will stay at home who take care of my animals but what about my livelihood especially if it takes three to four months. Other farmers have moved themselves and their cattle to safer ground this village has temporarily adopted more than seventy couse normally had. When we received evacuees in our village they looked very sad especially the old people it reminded me of my late father for these old people the cows are there saw more than one hundred thousand people and the animals have now moved to safer ground and uncertain wait continues nobody can predict if and when i dont know how long they will have to stay authorities are trying to keep them healthy and busy. If this will continue for a long time we will ask evacuees to cook their own food also we want them to start making a living again even if they live in temporary shelters we will provide a place and equipment if needed in the nation as more volcanoes than any other country in the world eruptions her force many from their homes sometimes for years the balinese spray their ordeal will be over much sooner step fasten aljazeera. Still ahead for you in the news our questions raised on the mexican construction standards after last weeks brought down buildings since the one nine hundred eighty five. Country of estonia already has one of the internets most recognizable brands but how do you replicate skype success. Keep watching to find out how this country is putting tech innovation. In the private. Place and the net russia. And the battles between two of the best organ mcenroe i helped inspire and now the tennis great. Welcome back as we look at the weather across the levant and western parts of asia weve got some clouds moving across overseas and large rainfall totals being reported in parts of iran and Southern Side of the caspian sea there is still the risk of more showers here nothing particularly happy but this sort of area could pick up some showers so tehran probably staying dry further so still pretty hot bite out of forty but kuwait in at forty three degrees once again around the eastern side of the mediterranean weather conditions are fine for beirut further north some showers for turkey and those also like to be affecting the caucuses for both georgia and armenia showers are likely saturday and through into sunday so lets head down into the Arabian Peninsula where temperatures are just easing slightly around the gulf states thirty eight in doha and Abu Dhabi Muscat thirty four i dont the other side the potential is still pretty hot with temperatures there of forty medina mecca thirty nine as we head on through into sunday for southern portions of africa has a bit of cloud around and its got the potential to yield some showers across parts of south africa in particular so theres the forecast about the risk of showers durban passing the old shower but cape town should be dry and fine further towards the north fine across mozambique zimbabwe through into zambia with highs of thirty expected in soccer. 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Back with the news our quick recap of the top stories United States government has ordered sixty percent of its staff in cuba to leave its embassy in the capital hannah. Protesters outside Erbil International airport and release balloons carrying messages of peace just before iraq halted International Flights to the kurdish region. And the United Nations is going to set up a group to examine all Human Rights Violations committed in the war in yemen. Now a new initiative is being launched in island in support of freedom of speech in saudi arabia saudi opposition groups are aiming to form an organized body calling for reform the conference coincides with a Large Scale Campaign of arrests in saudi arabia over the past few days can now cross live to Jamal Ishmael whos in dublin whats the main aim of this conference. It is to launch whats being called a citizens without chains Grassroots Organization that is being led by young saudi activists and supported by some older figures in academics calling for more or greater rather Political Freedom and more reform within saudi arabia their view here isnt to change the political system so to speak in saudi arabia their focus they say is on increasing freedoms transparencies in a country which is widely seen to be one of the more repressive in the world so their aim here they say theyre not politically oriented in the sense that they dont necessarily belong to any Political Party beard an islamist or a secular one their concerns is a lot more centered around the ideas of human rights and freedom of expression the fact they say that this initiative has to be launched and. Triggered rather outside of saudi arabia and in european country they say speaks to the fact that there is very little freedom in saudi arabia that would allow for them to call for such reforms in a country that they describe to be very repressive in its nature and yet within the sort of context saudi has been applauded for a forms like the recent one allowing women to drive how much further can they go. Well this is the thing me it depends on really who you speak to these activists believe that this latest change in terms of allowing women to drive is far too little too late in the sense that it is twenty. Seventeen and the idea that a country was banning women to drive in the first place was outrageous regardless of what your views or political inclinations are but they also believe that it is not well intentioned that this is something that the saudi regime is trying to do in order to maybe save face or to try maybe go on a p. R. Offensive to show the world that it is in fact liberalizing to its policies as it tries to maybe garner more support particularly in western countries but at the same time as this. Law came about for this royal decree allowing women to vote within twenty four hours there was another decree that said anybody who criticizes or pokes fun at any royal decree would be facing a sentence of up to five years in jail or three million ryall fine which is around just under one Million Dollars so they say that actually really those reforms are people are applauding as far as the other concerned and genuine ones and theres a lot more needed to be done especially when it comes to Political Freedoms on the Political Prisoners county behind bars in saudi arabia and dublin jamal michel thank you as aid for refugees dries up in greece a syrian expert has started his own initiative to help out he set up a fund to give hundreds of refugees the opportunity to grow their own food government leaders are thinking of expanding the idea in a country already under austerity when everyones happy. Reports from central grace. He goes by the name of castro and wears a cuban style military jacket but his is a silent revolution castro left his native syria in the one nine hundred seventy s. When Syrian Refugees fled to greece two years ago he helped them become squatters in abandoned buildings in central athens as donations to help the refugees began to dry up he set up a charity called syrian Solidarity House it rents land to grow fruit vegetables honey pulses and wheat refugees are being taught how to feed themselves and then mix a bit of this but its not dignified to expect charity racists accuses of burdening Greek Society now we can prove the opposite. Sale and even pay wages to those who come with tractors to plough up the fields contributing to the Community Using a former high school as headquarters castro distributes organic produce to one thousand two hundred people in his care and bart has some of it for fish and milk and the old schools kitchen tomatoes are turned into paste and cans to eat during the winter syrian Solidarity House has further ambitions to establish a dairy farm and produce cheese and yogurt and a seed bank to set up individuals as farmers and beyond producing and consuming its own goods it also plans to trade them and become financially selfsufficient government leaders have visited castros farm and are thinking of repeating the refugee experiment on a larger scale but the policy risks offending hard pressed greeks trying to survive higher taxes me me a man of the need for me just as the government gives free land to war refugees and only to war refugees and should offer free land to our children to castros greek neighbors are supportive but austerity has saps their hope this farmer has invested almost two Million Dollars in his land and sees little return. You know i respect the refugees a lot they never bother. Anyone theyve never stolen anything i hope they manage to settle down but the truth is we can barely support ourselves they wont survive here the refugees bring a different attitude theyre willing to work for food and this land has given them a sense of belonging for the First Time Since they left home here theyre creating their own future. Aljazeera in Central Greece now European Union leaders are in a stone year to discuss the Digital Future of the block and if youre going to have additional discussion well better than the birthplace of skype or a challenge reports on how a study of ok one of the worlds most networked nations coding kids these are stony and children havent started high school yet but already theyre programming robots you can really like. Teach people. Yeah its really fun people love to learn my dream job. But. The aim is to create a generation with a smarter relationship with Technology Digital skills for everyone and if all goes well someday one of those kids might be able to build another skype this is easily estonias biggest tech Success Story the company to make video and voice calls over the internet and was bought by microsoft in two thousand and eleven for eight point five billion dollars startup entrepreneurship is a natural fit for a country that spent the past two decades turning itself into one of the most advanced digital societies in the world going to say that thats a really big influence there because one is that functioned for the boot camp then it just great that a bunch of wealthy people could invest finally i think its because the owners paul and people know each other so people went like oh i went to high school with these guys if they can do it so can i. Jaan is now an investor in new estonian startups here and im trying to learn spanish like a language learning out linguist i asked its chief operating officer whether being a stone even makes Young Companies here think differently its very small with one point three Million People so. The mystic market basically doesnt exist so it means from with the one you need to. Start up culture and overcoming the countrys diminutive size also inspire the estonian governments the Residency Program costing one hundred or so dollars and a residency invites Business People from anywhere in the world to remotely create a company here and gain access to the countrys streamlined Digital Infrastructure it doesnt bring in much money but it does foster the networks estonia values you need to have a texas berth on they go explosion to have a Virtual Office and if you need those kind of services who put you in touch with. Companies so it makes a Snowball Effect and a lot of is some Companies Benefit from the services they provide to. Estonia believes countries will one day compete for the residence based on the quality of their Digital Services and business environments if that prediction is correct estonia already has a significant lead chalons aljazeera talent the u. S. Has appointed a senior general to oversee military relief operations in puerto rico following the devastation caused by Hurricane Maria aid agencies are still struggling to get help to those in desperate need treys or both sent this update from san juan in puerto rico. Were here at this Convention Center in san juan where an Emergency Coordination Center has been created for federal Government Support and aid with no kind of forwarding about what is needed on the ground and on the ground the situation is desperate for many people here in what is going to go theres still no water no electricity theres no long lines of fuel if you will that is not only needed for vehicles but also for generators for generators that are being used in peoples houses but also to keep hospitals for example going theres been conflicting reports about what to do actually going on on the ground and people are complaining that not enough aid is being distributed while the local government says that everything that has arrived here to portable ego has been distributed to the federal government to say that they have spent here everything that the local authorities requested so of course people on the ground are saying that much more you need to deal with the Current Crisis and what makes the situation even worse is that there are still some areas around the island that have been off limits because of roadblocks among other things and thats why so far the United States military has concentrated on opening air force for example ports and blocking roads so were concentrating on saving lives thats what they say now three star general that is in charge of this whole operation theyre saying that theyre moving there theyre moving their priorities to own ground operations and thats when supposedly vital resources im going to be distributed around the island. Anger is growing in mexico city in the aftermath of last weeks earthquake as evidence in the failure to enforce strict building standards more than four hundred people died and around one hundred fifty thousand buildings were damaged John Heilemann reports from mexico city. Here earthquake left martins apartment with cracks so wide you can see through to the street he and his family have been forced to evacuate for now mixed with his anxiety for the future is anger hes building is only seven years old he says it should have emerged unscathed but i feel frustrated that what we have is all gone but im angry with the company that they didnt do what they promised angry with the authorities who didnt check that this was according to regulations after parts of mexico city were flattened by the one thousand nine hundred five earthquake building protocols were tightened to stop the same thing happening again but despite much stricter rules several recently built apartment blocks collapsed were badly damaged in last weeks quite residents have been asking why earthquake and Construction Experts get top here hes checking damaged buildings for free he says the rules do work but in Practice Companies can ignore them to cut costs. If they deployed the rules at the New Buildings would have performed better money plays a role sometimes the Construction Companies go for the tree based option and look to lower costs to increase their profits we asked three Construction Companies all of which apartment blocks damaged in the quake for interviews but we got no answer the head of Civil Protection in one of the hardest hit areas says that once building plans were approved by authorities any deficiences are the responsibility of those companies it will be up to the government doesnt have the Human Capacity to supervise the building process and see what type of materials the Building Companies are using. There are Government Agencies charged with overseeing construct. But were told some officials are easily paid off despite the problems only an estimated ten to twenty percent of buildings that collapsed in mexico city were new ones damage is far more prevalent in older buildings that were built before the nine hundred eighty five earthquake and the subsequent improvement in construction proto go and experts say since then there has been a real marked improvement in building standards both the government and experts agree that this latest earthquake is another painful reminder that construction standards and regulations should be strengthened once again john home in. Mexico city. Many are calling on us President Donald Trump to stop tweeting for him it seems that twitter is a managed as his preferred method of communication uses the hundred forty characters to promote and defend himself and bypass traditional media to speak directly to americans and the world gabriel in his honor looks at the history of how u. S. President s chose to communicate. Ladies and gentlemen the president of the United States when president Franklin Roosevelt wanted to urgently speak to the American People. And he took to the radio we are going to win. The peace but we Welcome Change and opens in one thousand nine hundred seven president Ronald Reagan harness the power of television to give a historic speech at the berlin wall mr gorbachev tear down this wall ive had with president barack obama wanted to talk to the American People about Climate Change and everybody he chose to do it on his first ever face book video post this has been my backyard for the last seven years over the years the ways president s communicate to people has evolved in the history books are written about Donald Trumps presidency there will certainly be a chapter dedicated to a little bluebird specifically his prolific use of twitter the most Important Role for president ial communication is not necessarily in swaying opinion but in setting the agenda and dictating what it is that americans in the media are talking about but trumps tweets are a window into his thoughts and were the subject of a recent satirical donald trump president ial Twitter Library exhibit in new york. The most famous tweets were framed in gold a jab at the president s love of bling even this puzzling tweet where he typed a word nobody knew how to pronounce let alone what it meant they are being read by so many people across the world theyre in policy theyre affected how we see him and other countries c. S. Troops advisors have urged him to slow down with the tweets warning he could be held legally accountable for any that prove to be misleading or false but trumps love of twitter not going away unable to tame trumps twitter finger a Top White House official recently said anything trump tweets should now be considered an official statement from the leader of the free world gabriels andro. Washington. Silicone foil on the program turning Science Fiction into science fact Aerospace Companies owned by a left futuristic plans to colonize manas. And then sport a big drum or the practice session ahead of the malaysian grown very find out what caused it the details off to the brain. Private companies a leading the way with plans to put humans on laws or a space giant Lockheed Martin wants to set up a base camp that while space x. Found a long lost cause the much more ambitious projects of colonizing the right planet in the next few decades caribou malham has more from an International Space conference in adelaide industry heavyweights and space lovers converged on adelaide for this Years InternationalAstronautical Congress the highlight of the event was without doubt space royalty entrepreneur and billionaire long musk has long made it known he wants to make humans and interplanetary species to make sure we dont go the way of the dinosaurs now he says hell start a colony on the red planet with the first human flights in twenty twenty four. Or the base soaring one one ship than most horse eps and circling off the city. Then the city bigger. Even better. At that time tom foreman was. Making it so really a nice place to be. Lockheed martin to has plans to get humans to the red planet it revealed more about its blueprint for a Mars Base Camp that will orbit the moon and act as a launching pad for Human Missions to mars it believes it can have it operational in a decade in about five billion years give or take the sun will eventually be going to a red giant it will expand and devour the earth so at least in five billion years we need to have somewhere else now how much do you need to worry about it in twenty seventeen fair question but that eventually youve got to get off the planet if were going to continue as a as a as a human race at the moment all we have on mars two rovers like this replica of the curiosity and while there are Many Companies here that believe humans will journey to mars within this generation and possibly even colonize it there are doubts about whether mars should be considered a backup plan to. All missions to mars need the hope of one of three nasa deep Space Command centers this one is new strain capital camera it operates like air Traffic Control but the space sending commands and receiving signals from spacecraft and all the Vital Communications for any Human Missions to mars will also go through here i think one of things that journey to mars will tell us most especially is that really in Reality Earth has always got we have to look after this planet first and foremost going off to mars going to have to create a whole range of new technologies to survive in an environment thats trying to kill you every second of the day and theres no shortage of Companies Working on those technologies to keep humans alive in deep Space Technologies that if nothing else could perhaps be useful to humans on earth to yarber malham aljazeera adelaide. Are is here now with all your sport. Mary thank you so much donald trump is accused owners of n. F. L. Franchises of being afraid of their players during a race round the u. S. President making the comments ahead of the latest match is there a week after he used inflammatory language to urge owners to fire players he says disrespected the American Flag and thursday nights game the lineups for the Green Bay Packers and the Chicago Bears stood and linked arms during the National Anthem founds at the Lambeau Field heeding a call to join the players in a moment of unity for the anthem some of their stars now to whats become a symbol of protest against discrimination of african americans. I think theyre afraid of their players you want to know the truth and i think its disgraceful and theyve got to be tough and theyve got to be smart because you look at the ratings the ratings go way down the stadiums are ive seen a couple of stadiums over the last few weeks they are losing their a lot of empty seats i couldnt believe it but when it comes to the respect of our nation when it comes to the respect of our anthem and our flag they have no choice. You have to have people stand with respect. Cricket now in sri lanka captain did nash have them all has had his First Century since taking over as his countrys top captain he scored an unbeaten one hundred and fifty five against pakistan in the u. A. E. Helping sri lanka reach four hundred and nineteen runs on day two of the first task total looked on likely on the opening day when the tourists were on just sixty one for three in response pakistan have started well they finished on sixty four for no loss at stumps this is the first game in a two test series. South africa scored four hundred and ninety six in their first innings against visitors bangladesh dean eldar falling one short of a double century with also recording a three figure score in response bangladesh have already lost three wickets closing on one hundred and twenty seven runs their star man tom and ball is still at the crease on twenty two. Manchester city and argentina striker Sergio Guerra has been injured in a Road Accident in the netherlands the twenty nine year old was ordered to be in a taxi on its way to the airport after attending a concert in amsterdam city have yet to disclose the nature of his injuries but they said he will be returning to manchester and would be assessed by club doctors ahead of their premier league match against chelsea on saturday. Byron munich say they will not rush into hiring a new manager and will explore all options the bundesliga champions fired coach carlo lardy as coach on thursday and his dismissal followed a three no loss to p. S. G. In the Champions League with biron line a third in the bundesliga this is. Let me say that this season how can i say it got worse it was than good and already started from the beginning we had a difficult preparation period when we lost several players there was a dear good atmosphere within the team the manager didnt manage to get good football played on and get these players to a place where the playing of the type of football were used to it by munich and at some point it became clear that we had to react at the moment we are looking at and discussing our options and collecting all the information and when we reach a conclusion we will hire a trainer but first we have to explore all the options. For a driver Sebastian Vettel set the pace in the second practice for formula ones malaysian grand prix but the session was brought to a halt when a truck fault caused a dramatic crash driver romain careering into the barriers at two hundred kilometers an hour after clipping a loose drain cover he wasnt hurt as practice was called off ten minutes. Tell us now unseated australian ashley barty has charged in the final the tennis open in china with a third went over a top ten player and she did it in comfort to. French open champion Elaine Austin pango six three six already place it Caroline Garcia of france in the finals. Roger federer has won a record nineteen grand slam tennis titles now hes acknowledging the part two greats played in his career a movie on the rivalry between bjorn borg and john mcenroe has premiered at the Film Festival federer says both players were an influence on him and showed rivals he can still be friends in the same way he has a Good Relationship with rafael nadal. Been unbelievable for tennis you know they paved the way for us so im forever grateful to what organ luck will get scored back tomorrow as a player singles doubles and commentator and boy just as an absolute legend and mystery to some extent because he wasnt around very much especially after he retired when he played he was extremely quiet. Now in englands Tyrrel Hatton leads the way at the halfway stage of the British Masters the overnight leader carded six birdies and difficult weather conditions to finish the day on sixty five to lead on twelve under the twenty five year old has a three shot lead over compadres Ian Poulter Chris Hansen and Ashley Chesters who are all on one under. And thats all your sport for now its now back to merriam in london thanks very much for moment as more and everything were covering on our website all your news and sport right now aljazeera dot com is where you need to go thats it for myself for this news out but my colleague nick clark will be with you in a moment with much more of the days news say without using our. In the hash tag era when News Coverage of looking for an easy solution we delve deep of on says and challenge the status quo join me mad the hot sun for a new season of from at this time of his era. The street is quiet the signal is given gang members arent out yet so its safe to walk to school last year there are more than thirty metres in this community in one month the police say this area is a red zone one of several in some townships in cape town children sometimes a court in the crossfire when rival gangs fight so parents and grandparents have started what they call a walking bust to try to take them to Gang Violence i lost my son looking wayland years ago i also lost my but there are more than one hundred fifty volunteers working for several working buses teachers say it is working class attendance has improved the volunteers also act as security guards on counting the cost of the worlds Fastest Growing startup created a new virtual labor market but can their Business Model clear the regulation roadblocks ahead plus the fact is a players or prices enter a bull market counting the cost at this song im. On october the first catalonia plans to hold an independence referendum yet the Central Government insists its unconstitutional and the courts have judged it illegal as the state crimes down and cattle hands take to the streets where will this crisis and watch aljazeera for the latest. The us holds its embassies start from huber and warns americans not to visit off the mysterious attacks some diplomats