Approves a team to investigate claims of war crimes in yemen but its hard to make a lot of compromises. On a collision course with spain. Schools meant to be polling stations defying the ban on the secession referendum. A flight to fog the Us Health Secretary resigns following a scandal over his use of private jets. I cant think of anything more exciting than going out there and being among the stars city to city travel by rocket the boss of space x. Unveils an incredible plan that could take you anywhere on the in less than an hour. The u. N. Human Rights Council is sending a team to investigate alleged war crimes in yemen and examine possible Human Rights Violations by all sides in the conflict resolution follows intense closed door negotiations and it represents the highest level of scrutiny over the largely overlooked war and one of the poorest countries. In reports. The decision has been described as a game changer the un human Rights Council has agreed to send a delegation of experts to investigate a possible war crimes in yemen more than ten thousand civilians have died since the countrys devastating war started in two thousand and fifteen and that number could rise the International Community faces several urgent tasks in yemen including the protection safety and security of civilians the u. N. Delegation is expected to investigate attacks on schools markets and even hospitals fina between harvey rebels and a Saudi Led Coalition which sides with president. Condy has torn the country the commission will also investigate attacks carried out by the rebels i think that the point becomes one of does the International Community stand by the laws that have. An all yemeni lives as valuable as any other lives the decision was met with resistance a last minute compromise between western powers and arab countries including saudi arabia eventually made it possible experts say blocking the investigation could have led to more unwanted attention you see mansingh pressure at the International Level for this to go ahead a p. R. Level the u. S. The u. K. Saudi arabia whove been instrumental in the past really blocking this kind of investigation going ahead would struggle to justify their reasons for doing so right now along with the war an estimated twenty million yemenis continue to go hungry and a nationwide cholera epidemic is ravaging the country since april more than two thousand people have died from the illness the red cross believes there could be a million cases of suspected cholera by the end of the year but access to treatment is limited airport is completely sealed off. Only three planes roughly are trying the i. C. R. C. Plane m. S. F. And un plane and no other plane is coming in even planes that could do some new money here and transfer of patients that want to get treatment abroad or Something Like that this is not possible so you dont have access to drugs and youre going to go out. With war in yemen is showing no signs of ending but the u. N. Humanitarian Council Hopes the investigation will lead to a greater level of accountability on all sides. Aljazeera. Thousands of supporters of catalonia as votes for secession from spain have held a final rally before sundays referendum theyve occupied schools designated as polling stations to make sure the poll goes ahead call panel reports from barcelona. They were in the fields and into the political fray. These cattle and farmers are vowing to turn their tractors into barricades if police try to crackdown on the referendum. We have come to the fed the country and we are fighting for democratic rights and the right to protect your. Right to call it makes its way. You can see the reaction of many of the people with one hundred twenty zero zero zero zero zero zero zero will drive. It like that. The night before in the harsh light of a small square neighbors gather. This is one of many socalled Defense Committees grassroots groups controlled by any Political Party on a mission to defend the vote they are strategizing to resist police who are under orders to close down schools to stop them being used as polling stations. The children. Of the same drumbeat students of. University set up their own Defense Committee theyve been sharing practical. Tactics thanks. To. Catalans a deeply divided in the centrist that honest party is among those opposing secession b. To the low make a lot and not all dan is concerned about the emergence of citizen Defense Committees during the civil war days basile and was run by private militia factions are not going to play bass and its like the castle on government in its head mr. A driving a car with no brakes and a heading over the precipice and crashing into all capital and this. Is evening fell process Session Group put plans into action taking over schools to preempt Police Operations to close them. Its all about the people its all about the people its the people one something nobody cannot like a poster. And a final rally process session supporters wave what they hope will become the standard of their breakaway republic you might. Call pennell aljazeera spain. John hendren has more from the. Catalans held what began as a concert and ended as opposed to tickle rally the man speaking behind me is carlos we german he is a man who would be the president of the republic of catalonia and he is the man who has been pressing this referendum thats going to happen on sunday this referendum that seeks to separate catalonia from the rest of spain as this is happened the police the National Police of spain have ordered the local police there known as the mosque to shut down all of the schools here thats because there are schools double as polling places well the local police have been very gentle about doing that and as we have many local students from the universities here have been occupying those schools and their goal in doing that is to keep those schools open until sunday so that. People can vote and the man speaking behind me follows him on says that no matter how many people actually get to vote on sunday if a majority of them says yes we really declare independence for catalonia on tuesday and you can hear the response of the people here behind. Iraqs kurdish region is now closed to International Flights their record government is denying access to the airspace in response to mondays vote in baghdad wants the results canceled i mean the reports the last passengers to catch a plane before the closure of the airspace to International Flights over the kurdish region for bari its meant cutting short of a key that was two years into coming. It was the first time his two year old son born in new york visited the homeland he says he didnt feel safe transiting through baghdad. The measure was taken by the Central Government in baghdad after the kurds went ahead with their referendum against. Iran was the first to close its airspace to flies from the kurdish region a few days ago. This airport. For a period of three months only. Anyone else wanting to travel from here. Will have to transit through one of the domestic airports outside of the kurdish region or they can travel around. The rest of iraq by land but some drivers told us they have avoided going south because they felt unwelcome iraqs government says its. The whole country to preserve its unity and kurdish authorities replied that they wont hand over any border controls to baghdad. I mean. Actually because. A lot of people you know. And you have a big number. Right now. Prime minister he said the closure of the airspace was not meant to starve. But people. Dont agree he traveled from sweden to take part in the referendum. This decision is wrong. Just the referendum but. Again the future doesnt look good. The kurdish region is landlocked turkey iran has threatened to also close their border crossings and many kurds are now bracing themselves for what their leader described as collective punishment but at that hammy air bill over the International Flights grounded the Iraqi Kurdish regions land border with turkey is now even more important to simmons reports with International Flights now banned from the regional aspace this is the only way in to kurdish iraq how bor border gate 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 incredibly 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 and 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. Funded more ahead on the news hour including the u. S. Pulls out more than half of its Cuban Embassy stuff after what is being called a mysterious attacks on diplomats. And two years on russias air campaign in syria changed the course of the conflict. And in sports one of the most prolific partnerships in the history of the n. B. A. Is about to be reunited. Health secretary has resigned after a scandal over his use of private jets down prices quipped after it was revealed taxpayers will have to food bills of around four hundred thousand dollars for his trips alan fischer reports from washington. Tom price may have gotten his annual flu jab but he couldnt protect himself from the president s anger donald trump give a broad hint the health and Human Services secretary time in charge would soon be over a very fine man but were going to were going to make a decision sometime and i know hes resigned even though twenty four hours before he thought he could still see his job were going to work through this and. I think we still got to the confidence of the president price faced growing criticism for his use of private flights which sometimes makes government business with his own personal agenda the cost to the taxpayer more than four hundred thousand dollars. He also made trips to europe on military jets which could take the figure to more than a million thats enough to annoy the man who wanted to dream that washington swarm was disappointed because i didnt like it was medically or rather what price offered to write a personal check for the cost of a seat on the private jets and he promised to fly only commercial in future it wasnt enough the other senior Trump Officials are facing questions about their travel and must know be increasingly nervous interior secretary ryan zinke he took a private jet from las vegas to his home in montana at the taxpayers expense the cost Twelve Thousand dollars and Environmental Protection agency boss scott pruitt flights to various parts of the u. S. Costing fifty eight thousand dollars questions are being asked about the treasury secretary steven lucians travel and requesting a government plane for those european honeymoon prices resignation is another high profile friday departure from the white house is now lost more than a dozen senior staff in just nine months alan fischer washington ok lets talk to Melanie Sloan shes an attorney with expertise in government ethics and shes a former federal prosecutor shes joining us from washington d. C. Thanks a lot for your time what does this tell us about the culture in the trumpet ministration when tom price seems to have felt the spending this amount of money on flights wasnt really going to be that much of a deal. Well i think the problem is everyone looks at ethics from the top and Donald Trumps ethics have been problematic from day one even before he came into office and i think that he sets the tone and people didnt think they had a lot to worry about on the ethics front especially given all the money thats being spent to trumps hotel for example there is of course the United States office of government ethics and part of its remit is to establish the standards of conduct for the executive branch surely there are going to be questions asked about what its been doing all this time well the gobs of government ethics has been silenced in recent months donald trump had a very well publicized feud with the head of the office walter shaab who finally resigned this summer over all of these problems and the person whos replaced him has taken a much lower profile and seemingly has the job in large part because he wont criticize president truman we heard donald trump saying just a moment ago that i didnt like it cosmetically or otherwise what do you think he meant by cosmetically i think he thought that it looked bad it was a bad appearance whether or not he was really concerned about it i dont think donald trump likes to see his secretary of h. H. S. In the news day after day after day for all these private jet travel and i think that was probably the problem if this had gone under the radar and wasnt getting a lot of news i doubt mr trump would have really cared about it what do you think its going to take for the administration to be forced if necessary to a lot more transparency in the way that it operate to avoid situations like this because we are as islands piece said earlier on seeing a succession of senior people leaving because of these clashes of interest. Well i think were seeing people leave because theyre involved in an ethical behavior and eventually if it all gets to be too much and there are questions by congress and people across america raise questions with their Congress People and the Congress People dont like this level of pressure i really think the big question is what happens in the twenty eight thousand elections does the Republican Party take a bath and if so then the democrats will be in office if they have control of one house of congress either the house or the senate youll see a lot more hearings and a lot tougher action on this kind of unethical conduct and then i think the trumpet ministration we forced to change talking about the twenty eighteen elections the taxpayers as weve mentioned are having to foot the bill for this in the past when this kind of thing has happened whats been the reaction of the people who are ending up paying the money for this do we see some sort of response or is there just a kind of throwing up of hands and saying this is what happens when people are in government no not at all in the past people have been forced out of office much quicker and for much smaller things both in the Bush Administration i think there was a chief of staff who was forced to leave after just one improper limousine trip so any time in the past weve seen Public Officials seem to misuse their power to start using private jets or limousines in order to visit family or engage in personal activities usually theyve been forced out quickly the real question is how did tom price get away with this for quite so long and what will happen to the other Administration Officials who engaged in similar behavior like steve minutia who wanted a military jet for his honeymoon and who took a private jet to go to kentucky basically it seemed in order to see the Solar EclipseMelanie Sloan thank you very much indeed for your time. Well United States government has ordered sixty percent of its staff in cuba to leave its embassy its because of quote specific attacks on quote on u. S. Diplomats after embassy employees reported Mysterious Health problems u. S. President says quote some very bad things have happened in cuba but have on us as the decisions being made too quickly. We consider the decision announced today by the u. S. Government through the state department is hasty and will affect bilateral relations especially cooperation in the matters of interest between both countries and the diverse exchange that takes place between cuba and the United States but. I want to reiterate the willingness of cuba to continue active cooperation between officials from both countries to clarify these acts completely and for that it is essential to have the participation and involvement of u. S. Authorities on the embassy in havana is not expected to stop processing visas and issue a new travel warning for u. S. Citizens more now from practical home what happened here the beginning of an International Mystery an american diplomat says while in bed in this hotel he heard a strong annoying hum only in that spot later he and twenty others would be diagnosed with a variety of symptoms from hearing loss to traumatic brain injuries some heard a noise others did not its like something out of a spy mystery the names bone. James bond ok maybe not that sophisticated still hollywood has had its share of sonic weapons. Invisible waves stop the incredible hold. Even put iron man on ice. So what hollywood thinks out of weapons can do they really do that find out we came here to the university of maryland to ask an expert they would have known. If you have a sonic weapon that causes hearing loss you know you were exposed to it there is no missing doctor d. D. A. Do pray says its easy to cause hearing loss with sound if you turned on this speaker in his lab he says i would be completely deaf pretty quickly the kind of sound that i use for this. Would be just a few minutes. Yes. Yes two minutes and im deaf or ever and morning you know that but he says to make that kind of sound you would need Something Like this military project he worked out called the mother of all speakers the size of a truck cant hide that in a hotel room because he would be next to impossible to have those kind of sounds be directed at only a few people talking about infrasound they will shake the whole building if youre inside a building he says alter sound can cause that kind of damage but there is a reason it has to be pressed up against the body it doesnt travel well so thats probably not it the bottom line sound can be a weapon but he doesnt think it is the likely culprit in cuba meaning this International Mystery continues but with real world consequences. Aljazeera college park. The u. S. Senate Intelligence Committee has criticized twitter for its briefing on alleged russian interference in the twenty sixteen president ial election the social network has told investigators it suspended around two hundred accounts linked to russias Misinformation Campaign but it leading members of the Committee Says the briefing was deeply disappointing well being us president Donald Trumps favored method of public communication he uses it to promote and defend himself attack his critics and bypass traditional media to speak directly to americans and to the world. Looks at the history of how us 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. He took to the radio we are going to win. But we Welcome Change and openness 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. And 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 but 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. 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 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 their policy affected how we see him in other countries. Trumps advisers 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. Washington. Government airstrikes have hit towns and villages in Northern Syria killing more than forty five people and wounding dozens more at least twenty five people have been killed in a wave of strikes in provinces fighter jets have also talked at hama and aleppo provinces thats where syrian and Russian Troops are battling opposition fighters on thursday the leaders of russia and turkey agreed to push for the creation of a deescalation zone and it led to help end the civil war. Well its been two years since russia intervened in the Syrian Civil War and its involvement changed the dynamics of the conflict and propped up syrian president Bashar Al Assad hala junction reports. In the northern countryside of homs a russian delegation attempted to negotiate a sation of hostilities at stake establishing checkpoints revealing the fates of detainees and introducing much needed humanitarian aid one more reminder of how strong a presence russia has in syria since it intervened two years ago in the very beginning of the operation the theme coming from the crowd on this is was that this is going to be a shortened gauge month actually several months after the russians went then in march sixteen ounce that the object of the mission has been accomplished and russias beginning to draw a limited military mission may have been in vision when russia launched its first air strikes in syria but that soon changed the message now that now russia has a solid base in syria its naval base in tartus is being expanded we have also an air force powerful base in command me im. Near the mediterranean coast and so russia has of course. In the mediterranean and so russia has a serious three foot hold in the middle east and thats nato and thats more or less what its told through the russian public that this is a great military success while you don and hezbollah have also been instrumental in backing up syrian president bashar assad since the beginning of the war it was russian airpower that changed the dynamics of the conflict giving assad the upper hand. The establishment of the escalation zones in syria has become a priority for moscow but even with the presence of Russian Military personnel in various parts of the country its still a question as to how they will be enforced still having solidified its influence in such a strategically important country in the middle east the cost of military involvement in syria seems to have been well worth it for russia. Still ahead on aljazeera well bring you more on catalonia secession referendum ahead of which spain held its own ballot. By community in nepal cut off by a quake two years ago is still trying to adjust to the new reality. And in sports we hear from vine munich as they continue the search for a new manager to replace common lunch a latte. From. To an enchanting desert breeze youre. Well it was a fairly active frontal system has been from sichuan stretch just the north so shanghai recently has taken a bit of a break but its going to redevelop itself as a feeder from the South China Sea produces that green line once more and thats produced some unexpected flooding could do again for the other part of china its drawing to get to the south coast and hong kong could be involved in redevelop showers it might also affect northern parts of vietnam but not same extent i dont think that the main rain belles out she is further south as you might expect it to be increasingly weve seen big showers in malaysia and into these here not far away from the white top show themselves but theres more of a concentration really in thailand both north and south still through. To singapore is involved in the green so. Most of sumatra which is to be expected really and that greece is not covering borneo almost completely it is the wet season so what you might expect and the monsoon rains have not yet disappeared nor should they have there are still big downpours in bangladesh right on the eastern side of india to the south and sri lanka are there for the time being sri lanka is dry. The weather sponsored by cattle and. Water scarcity is a serious problem we use more than probably need to why is your Research Impact if there are plans to me having as much water you dont need to irrigate as much. And collecting water for talk why just came out of there and well compare that to some tap water which could provide a solution to the problem to global water that tag know at this time on all jazeera. Six continents across the. Correspondent. The stories they tell. News. Youre watching aljazeera a reminder of our top stories this hour the u. N. Human Rights Council has agreed to send a team to investigate alleged war crimes in yemen that examine claims of Human Rights Violations by all sides in the conflict. Thousands of supporters of catalonia as voted for secession from spain have held a final rally before sundays referendum but also occupying schools designated as polling stations to make sure the ballot goes ahead. The u. S. Health secretary tom price has quit after a scandal over his use of private jets it was a veiled that taxpayers will have to food bills of around four hundred thousand dollars for his trips. Ok back to one of our top stories ahead of catalonia is referendum and secession people in the dreaded have held their own ballot the organizers say all of spain should have a say not just the catalans anybody reports. Its spains most familiar tune but neither espana has lost some of its meaning since catalonia started its drive for succession and its forthcoming referendum. On friday madrid held his own referendum purely symbolic but the people here equally important the question people were asked was do you want catalonia to remain part of spain because i want to remember to remind everybody that you know spanish sovereignty its you know should be decided by all spaniards not just one part of spain which is catalonia you know these this is your would affect holy spain we want to make sure that Everybody Knows that you know as our boys here you will see when you govern that you live in i came to vote because what they do in the lone air is an outrage against the constitution against spain and against history those people deserve the worst adjectives even a lot of fun oh yeah if franco was alive we would just shoot them against the wall live franco lives by him we dont want the communists well. Thats an extreme view but there are still many in spain who think former military leader Francisco Franco was a hero and not a villain through the tranquil countryside north of madrid is the valley of the fall and a monument created to remember those killed in the civil war it was built by Political Prisoners and is where franco is buried if theres anything that symbolizes the divisions in Spanish Society its this place is supposed to commemorate the dead on both sides of the civil war but for many its a monument to the fascist victory and the defeat of the republicans many of whom were catalan. Many on spains left believe that frank his legacy lives on in every aspect of spanish life from the judiciary to politics and they support the catalans right for selfdetermination we have a lot of alto retiree i know frank and so the National Question is being too. In a completely new way we believe that only a referendum can be a democratic key and the example for all the nations that are now on the institution of this kind of state. In madrid vote people overwhelmingly wanted catalonia to stay part of spain but on sunday the question is will it still be a case of the the last spaniard or will it be farewell catalonia tony bertie aljazeera madrid. U. S. Secretary of state rex hello sens in china for the second time this year to discuss north Koreas Nuclear threat the u. S. Wants china to take tougher action against north korea in response to its missile and Nuclear Weapons tests on thursday beijing announced that all north Korean Companies in china have been ordered to shut down in twenty eighteen well i know tiger is a political analyst and an advisor to the Chinese Government and hes with us now live from beijing thank you very much indeed for your time chinas already supporting the sanctions that the the u. N. Security council has put in place what more would china do you think be willing to offer. Well at this point theres not much that you can do i mean people have to understand the kind of comment that youre talking about when youre involved in north korea this is not a modern society so. In terms of countries and terms of. If you go into the countryside you will not see cars trucks and tractors you will see oxcarts an ox oxen pulling those this is a subsistence economy when you get to the cities its quite different but these are relatively small proportion of occupation so the question is what can you what does sanctions do to bring about any kind of pressure on the regime this is not a democracy so yes there can be pressure and terms are having the elites access to that kind of luxury but theyre used to but i dont know that thats going to force regime change so at this point i think china is concentrating on cutting down the cash that can be used for other purposes including these missile and. One of the difficulties faced by china and other countries around the world involved in this i would imagine is that there is a complex complexity of approaches being offered by the u. S. Its difficult to tell father not the u. S. Is actually pushing ultimately for a regime change in north korea or whether it is simply trying to force the north korean government to change its policy on Nuclear Weapons where does that leave china in all of this. Well quite frankly i mean from the chinese perspective they see two speeding trains on the same track going cool tilt at one another north korea has been trying to its Nuclear Program in its constitution there is no way that they are going to what they see as the only point of leverage from the u. S. Side a Nuclear Armed north korea. Delivering a strike against u. S. Territory is unacceptable so you have two groups who are not willing to budge an inch and unfortunately what is needed here is diplomacy not you know makers this is not something where you can come in and say look ill give you this you give me that north korea wants absolute assurances that it will be able to continue and the u. S. Is not willing to give them this is the barrier to talks that both russia and china have been pushing and unfortunately it remains the obstacle and will require outside the box thinking. And russia if they want to solve this im not talking thank you very much indeed for your time. A Small Community of bengali hindus has been caught up in the violence in memos rocking state thousands have fled along with hundreds of thousands of muslims their plight has raised concern among the Hindu Community in the countrys largest city scott heide of reports from the ongoing. This week been gali hindus are celebrating their annual dug up to just festival and yang gone or spring their goddess door to god and marking the victory of good over evil. Born in yangon eighty six year old peace watch has been coming to this of bengali hindu temple since he was a child and remembers more difficult times for his people back in the early one nine hundred sixty s. It was difficult for us to lift him back then we only had foreign registration cards so it was very difficult to travel but now it is much better. Hindus with bengali roots and muslims with bengali roots or entered the area of rakhine in the early one nine hundred century. But im not you know after the first british war was controlled by the british there colony spawn across india so people with bengali roots came to iraq. But the government here does not recognise there were hints as an ethnic group. Some bengali hindus were also caught up in the recent violence in rakhine government says dozens were killed by revenge of fighters their bodies found in mass graves the fighters deny this several hundred hindus escaped to bangladesh along with hundreds of thousands of the hinge hindus make up only half of one percent of myanmars population bengali hindus even a smaller slice one of their leaders here in yangon is greatly concerned about the bengali hindus in Rakhine State and considers them be part of their community and hes not happy that myanmars government uses the term bengali extremist when it talks about the way hinge of fighters. We are hindu bengali and some of our people were killed in a kind we are people of the same race i am worried for the future living in as they are when between now and muslim communities. As they mark the festival of good triumph over evil in young gone the government is urging the hindus who have left to return to rakhine capital city where but theres no word on the return of the hundreds of thousands of the hinges its got harder aljazeera. At least twenty two people have been killed and another thirty two others injured after a stampede in indias commercial capital mumbai it happened during morning rush hour on a pedestrian bridge which connects two way away stations people panicked when a heavy downpour caused concrete to fall off the bridge. An entire region in nepal on the border with china is still suffering from an earthquake they hit two years ago the area was cut off by severe landslides trapping thousands of people. Reports. A raging river and a trembling mountainside weakened by the two thousand and fifty three when drugs started falling on large average in june they cut a lifeline for People Living on the other side of this flick that is the only link to markets for People Living in once thriving villages on the way to the chinese border the entire area was devastated by the quake. When the bridge was destroyed and his car both became stuck on the other side three months on the drive is still precarious and the scene heartbreaking the mountainside is scarred by landslides triggered by heavy rain last many homes were buried here flooding also engulfed homes near the river but it was look this is both because you had your power the dam can no longer hold water this forty five megawatt Hydro Power Plant was destroyed. People have nothing to do since the bit where people had to carry everything a sack of rice with one thousand five hundred rupees its now two thousand one hundred school at eight hundred children now there are three hundred everyone who has an option has led. This is living a town that used to collect three hundred thousand dollars a day just on customs and duties from trade with china now this is the reality at what was a major border crossing. After the quake the border closed and locals on the chinese side relocated to say gutsy a city several hundred kilometers away this chinese town is now deserted on the path side people stayed on when we were here in early two thousand and sixteen there were rows of houses here and there was a bus stop over here many of these houses still had People Living here with the hope that trade between the paul and china would start again the few who remain here now say they have lost all hope even houses built after the quake have slipped into the river the government has declared the area unlivable but locals havent been provided new homes we were told not to venture further rocks are still falling. And rocks are the only thing people have these women who used to earn fifty dollars a day selling chinese goods are now forced to break rocks in the hope they may one day on their living. They say that at least the bridge to get a man who will be build soon perhaps then they can sell the only thing they have to trade aljazeera living on the nepal china border. Anger is growing in mexico city in the aftermath of last weeks earthquake as evidence of lax construction standards begins to emerge more than four hundred people died and around one hundred fifty thousand buildings were damaged john home reports. Here the quake 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 for those. I feel frustrated that what we have is all gone im angry with the company that they didnt do what they promised but im angry with the authorities who didnt check that this was built 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 or were badly damaged in last weeks quite residents have been asking why earthquake and construction expert a good top here is checking damaged buildings for free he says the rules do work but in Practice Companies can ignore them to cut costs. Money plays a role sometimes a Construction Companies go for the cheapest options and look to lower costs to increase the 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 of the responsibility of those companies it will be 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 construction but were told some officials are easily paid 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 thousand nine hundred five earthquake and the subsequent improvement in construction proto go and experts say that 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 the u. S. Has appointed a senior general to oversee relief operations in puerto rico following the devastation caused by how the can maria agencies are still struggling to get help to those in desperate need to he said boas in san juan in puerto rico. Were here at this Convention Center in san juan where an emergency Ordinations Center has been created for federal government supported with no california about what is needed on the ground and on the ground the situation is desperate for many people here in puerto rico theres still no water no electricity theres no lines of fuel fuel that is not only needed for vehicles but also for generators for generators that have been used in peoples houses but also to keep hospitals for example going theres been conflicting reports about what exactly going on on the ground of people are complaining that not enough aid is being distributed and while the local government said that everything that has a right here to puerto rico has been distributed at the federal government the state that they have sent here everything that the local authorities requested so of course people on the ground are saying that much more you need it to deal with the Current Crisis what makes the situation even worse that there are still some areas around the island that have been off limits because of road blocks among other things and thats why so far the United States military has concentrated on opening airports for example ports and im blocking roads that 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 on ground operations and thats when supposedly vital resources im going to be distributed around the island to the head and aljazeera so lankas captain makes his mark action from the first test against pakistan and sports. Facing realities the president said that there would be a complete audit a hundred percent order that order hasnt happened getting to the heart of the matter so are you saying then that the future of the g. C. C. Will be in down. Here the story. On. Talk to aljazeera at this time. A new year and many new developments for this chinese villages fledgling democracy the Village Committee has retrieved peoples land but approval is fleeting frustration grips the villages and as the saga began over a year before result is a. Police car. Park florida six spelled out for five years. Chinas democracy experiment at this time on aljazeera. Space x. Find success is developing a rocket capable of taking passengers anywhere on earth in less than an hour hes made the announcement at a space conference in a salia musk is confident the spacecraft will be ready for launch in five years flights between london and new york would then take only twenty five minutes the project as part of his ambitious plan to colonize mars by the twenty sixtys yet a woman has more from the congress in adelaide. Industry heavyweights and space lovers converged on adelaide for this year is International Astronautical congress the highlight of the event was without doubt space royalty entrepreneur and billionaire iran mask 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 then the base starting on one ship then most horse eps then circling up the city then because of the bigger. You can better yet and over time top homing was. Making it so really a nice place to be. Lockheed martin too has plans to get humans to the red planet it revealed more about its blueprints 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 but 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 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 mass should be considered a back up 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 mo him out a zero adelaide. Time for the sport his father. Thanks very much Russell Westbrook has signed the biggest total contract in n. B. A. History hes planned a five year two hundred five Million Dollars extension with the Oklahoma City thunder also dwayne wade has been unveiled by the Cleveland Cavaliers where he reunites with Le Bron James wade played four seasons alongside braun at the miami heat where they won back to back championships le bron left miami in two thousand and fourteen while weight spent last season with the Chicago Bulls but agreed a buyout of his contract to leave i mean is that obvious is a different time maybe moments you know i would want to play together we want to play play off each other very well miss a Different Team its a different time and i think everybody want to return to the lobs and all and i definitely thought those he does get he will go get on the nose will happen but you know the biggest thing you want to be can do is success. And legacy im happy to be a part of what theyve built here but you know you just you just so i think about it is only man you just go together. Captain did ash chamomile has had his First Century since taking over as his countrys test captain he scored an unbeaten one hundred fifty five against pakistan in the u. A. E. Helping sri lanka reach four hundred and one thousand runs on day two of the first task total looked on likely on the opening day when the tourists were in just sixty one for three in response box on have started well they finished on sixty four for no loss at stumps in the first game in a two test series. South africa scored four hundred ninety six in their first innings against visitors bangladesh dene 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 ball is still at the crease on twenty two Manchester City and argentina are striker Sergio Guerra has been injured in a Road Accident in the netherlands the twenty nine year old was reported to be in a taxi on his way to the airport after attending a concert in amsterdam city have yet to disclose the nature of his injuries but they say he will be returning to manchester to 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 carlo and as coach on thursday his dismissal followed a three no loss to p. S. G. In the Champions League with biron sitting third in the bundesliga. Let me say that this season how can i say it got worse it wasnt good and i already started from the beginning we had a difficult preparation period when we lost several players there wasnt a good atmosphere within the team the manager didnt manage to get good football play and get these players to a place where they are playing 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 trap followed caused a dramatic crash driver remain careering into the barriers at two hundred kilometers an hour after clipping a train cover he wasnt hurt his practice was called off ten minutes. Unseeded australian ashley barty has charge of the final the thomas open in china with a third win over a top ten player and she did it in comfort defeating french open champion Elaine Austin penco six three six party will face Caroline Garcia five final. Roger federer has won a record nineteen grand slam tennis title now hes acknowledging the part two greats played in his career a movie on the rivalry between bjorn borg and john mcenroe has appeared at the zurich Film Festival better says both players were an influence on him and showed rivals can still be friends in the same way he has a Good Relationship with rafa nadal. Been unbelievable for tennis you know they paved the way for us so im forever grateful to what organ luck will get back you know 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 and when he played he was extremely quiet now in englands tyro 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 come patry its in palter chris hansen and Ashley Chesters who are all on nine under and thats all your support for now more later. Don jones here in a couple of minutes sorry about this but. A new level of luxury has arrived. An experience that will transform the way you try. Our Impeccable Service remains but now comes breaking heat is a. Revolutionary business clients. 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