Zero. Zero zero zero and fully back to go this is the news hour live from our headquarters in doha coming up in the next sixty minutes. In the wake of the worst mass shooting in modern u. S. History a search for answers in an effort to help the victims and once again the question that needs to be asked why are Mass Shootings in the u. S. So common and what can be done about them also this hour a day after a secession referendum defiance from catalonia is government and anxiety among opponents of independence and bangladesh and myanmar agreed to repatriate half a million range of refugees. Thank you for joining us at least fifty nine people are dead and more than five hundred have been injured in las vegas after the deadliest mass shooting in modern american history. From the thirty second floor of a hotel a gunman rained fire on twenty two thousand people attending an outdoor Music Festival a few hundred meters away concert goers fled or ducked for cover as the automatic fire rang out for several minutes it took police seventy two minutes to find the gunman in his room at the Mandalay Bay Hotel has been identified as sixty four year old stephen paddle police found him dead with at least ten guns in his room the u. S. President has called a mass shooting an act of pure evil and his call for unity donald trump and First Lady Melania Trump observed a minute of silence for the victims at the white house the president has ordered u. S. Flags to be flown at half staff to honor the victims the f. B. I. Says its found no connection between sunday nights massacre and International Terrorist groups. Now a short time ago the sheriff of cross call county of which last vegas is a part of held a News Conference there from bato ses police found more weapons at products house in mesquite about one hundred twenty kilometers northeast of las vegas. We retrieved in the excess and how many firms was in excess of eighteen additional firearms some explosives and several thousand rounds of ammo along with some Electronic Devices that we are evaluating at this point his aljazeera skimpily whole kit now with more on the shooting and its aftermath. Americans woke up to learn of the deadly Las Vegas Shooting that occurred while they slept. The final night of a three day country Music Festival in progress when the first bullets were fired the concert goers scattered for safety as the gunfire rained down on them from a hotel room thirty two floors above. And. I had my wife had dropped down to just kind of i told her to get up and. We went back to their room and as soon as we reached the room from the concert venue we just heard constant shootings at first we thought it was fireworks but then it was. Las vegas Police Report theyre working with state and federal investigators to determine what motivated sixty four year old Stephen Paddick to open fire on the crowd of thousands clued in children and this is an individual who is described as a lone wolf i dont know how it could have been prevented if we didnt have any prior knowledge to this individual it was evident that he had weapons in his room we have determined that there has been employees going to and fro from his room and not in an affair is was noticed the shooting reportedly went on for more than ten minutes it stopped when police breached the Hotel Room Door the gunman then turned his weapon on himself at least ten rifles were found in paddocks room u. S. President donald trump offered grieving victims and their families sympathy and support it was an act of pure evil in moments of tragedy and. America comes together as one. And it always heads the flag over the white house is at half staff. The president leading a moment of silence on the lawn of the white house and his press secretary arguing its too early to discuss the need for new gun laws theres a time and place for a political debate but now is the time to unite as a country but former congresswoman Gabby Giffords and her husband mark kelly disagree giffords was shot along with eighteen hours in two thousand and eleven does anybody actually believe that our gun laws are too strong give me a break gun control is a passionate debate that divides americans but what unites many for now is grief as Police Continue to investigate what motivated the gunman to act and whats being labeled the deadliest mass shooting in modern u. S. History kimberly hellcat aljazeera washington rob reynolds joins us now live from the last august strip a short distance from the shooting side rob what more have we heard from croc county authorities of as far as the investigation and also the people affected by this tragedy. Well as you mentioned earlier a fall of the saddest a new bit of information that weve received from Clark County Sheriff for joseph bardos that the death toll has risen now from fifty eight earlier in the day to fifty nine and the number of injured has also increased significantly to five hundred twenty seven individuals the sheriff also said that numerous guns and explosives as well as electronic switches and that type of material have been recovered from the alleged gunmans house and that Stephen Paddick own is another house in another part of the state near the city of reno nevada and that swat teams and other. Police officers and f. B. I. Agents are getting ready if they have not done so already to break into that house and want to be very careful that its not booby trapped in any way because again patrick has shown apparently some interest in explosives in addition to this. People who are civil. Rifles that the mast and rob i see traffic behind you there i know youre not very far from the Mandalay Bay Hotel on the las vegas of course is a city where people go to have fun how how are people coping with the shock of what happened. Well it is a place where people go to have fun and of course so this this cast a pall over over that no one was expecting to have a peaceful sunday evening Country Music concert turned into a scene of horror like this but people are stepping up here weve heard reports that people are waiting in lines eight hours long to donate blood one Million Dollars has already been donated to the sheriffs special fund there are companies and. Airlines a Limousine Companies and hotel chain stepping forward to offer free. Services to family members of the people who were killed or injured who are coming now to las vegas from elsewhere in the country but i think that the mayor of Las Vegas Carol goodman caroline good mix you have a set of the best she said that while the sun is shining in las vegas today it is a dark day and that october twenty first twenty seventeen will always be one of the darkest days ever later on this evening folly there will be fidgeting held at numerous churches throughout the Las Vegas Area ok rob thank you very much for that update rob runnels live for us a nasty case. In other world news cuts known as government is calling for International Mediation to resolve the crisis spot by the vote on secession from spain the regional president has also called for the removal of more than ten thousand Spanish Police sent there in the lead up to the referendum asked after riot Police Injured nearly nine hundred people in an attempt to stop the vote john hendren reports on barcelona. Defiant catalans want to turn a disputed secession vote into an independent nation. Is a strong nation and i think. Ill only do it in two hundred feet of snow i dont do spanish because of the biomes because of the repression and i dont like spain because of all of catalonia is leader asked the world to accept his regions vote for independence and broker a divorce from spain a woman of. The moment calls the mediation and has to be internationals used to be effective. Called for a formal independence vote from the Regions Parliament the response from the European Union was swift and to secessionist disappointing under the spanish constitution yesterdays vote to cut the loan you know was not to go in madrid Prime Minister marianna real horror met with his cabinet as his country faced a constitutional crisis catalonia might be on the verge of declaring itself an independent nation but the day after the referendum looks pretty much like the day before theres a healthy economy here and a booming Tourism Industry and many people say benson just the point with or without spain is here to run pretty much the same. In barcelona catalonia protested against the violent spanish crackdown. At the poles Spanish National police in riot gear descended on polling sites with but tongs and rubber bullets injuring more than eight hundred cattle on the. Tourists in barcelona crowded the sidewalk for a new spectacle a confrontation between demonstrators the Spanish National police who carried out the crackdown. I was defending the school and police kicks me to the ground and told me leave now. Its catalonia return to Something Like normality the rift with spain wider than ever john hendren aljazeera or somewhere. All the result of the referendum have left dont want to see their region leave spain worried about what will happen next. Meeting some of them. With the referendum result well mainly in favor of catalonia breaking her way those who want spain to remain united becoming fearful. That dunn has defied Catalan Society divided families and marriages. To explore the fault lines i had to meet cattle an artist. Getting ready for war no stranger to controversy with his politically charged. But he says rising intolerance is forcing him to wants to keep his anti secession opinions to himself if youre not with them youre with franco thats how radicalized they go. It is a scary and its going to get worse i think the fraud that this election course its irreversible as long as we have the same players. Ruling the country. Believes repression of the catalan language and culture under general francos dictatorship which ended in the mid one nine hundred seventy s. May have fueled the independent spirit yet that doesnt change his mind im not here to revenge my grandfather i got my own life im looking to the future i love people from madrid i got better friends in madrid so everything that my father grandfather was telling me it doesnt match my reality thats what it is im not going to really bench times of change a law across town i head to a social club for men like retired farm worker danielle cabin yet he migrated here from the neighboring arab gone region in the one nine hundred fifty s. But feel strong loyalty to the rest of the country catalonia is vibrant economy has drawn several million workers from poorer corners of spain and abroad. They will never have independent catalonia is a province of spain and always will be thats how it should be the people behind this referendum must be half crazy theyll never achieve it. But catalan leaders i determined to try a bit that seems destined to deepen between neighbors and friends call panel aljazeera barcelona spain. Bangladesh and myanmar have agreed in principle to set up every patrie ation plan for the more than half a million ranger who fled violence in myanmar Rakhine State the deal was made after a representative for myanmars leader on sun to achieve travel to bangladesh for talks with the foreign minister there the un mine has taken foreign diplomats and u. N. Representatives on a tour of Northern Rock kind states where the violent crackdown on the arranger has been taking place now as political talks over the range of crisis continues continue rather pressure is increasing on surrounding countries to accept them while many in indonesia have shown support many refugees there have been stateless and stuck for years stepped past and reports from medan. Those anger in indonesia over a million miles file and crackdown on muslim or hinder but will hinge on refugees here are being treated as detainees in a not ratified the Un Convention on refugees local governments considered as Illegal Immigrants who are not allowed to leave the city nor work or educate their children a situation very similar to where theyve been facing in myanmar now that as i am one of my children are asking me where my country and i cant answer i have become a refugee and i am praying that my children dont grow up as refugees too not a single human being wants to be a refugee its been very difficult for reinjure to live in indonesia. Mohammad can and his family have been waiting for five years to be resettled in countries like the u. S. Or australia but with less than one percent of refugees worldwide accepted u. N. H. C. R. Says it has become nearly impossible to resettle the rohingya only a few have left for the u. S. In recent months theyve been so oppressed for so long that they have been. It for some very few tools at their expense you know at their hands to be able to to be successful and to be able to thrive thats why its so important to give them rights but thats also why theyre so unwanted by so many with their lives on hold so im arranging i have married in nuneaton women and started families they want to stay here but indonesia does not accept them well at the clans and continues in myanmar the u. N. H. C. R. Is urging countries also those who have not signed the Un Convention for refugees like in asia to accept the ranger and allow them to work and educate their children. Trying to prevent another disaster like in two thousand and fifteen when many ruhi injured drowned at sea indonesias president signed a decree outlining basic help for refugees but to legally accept refugees indonesia needs to change its laws. For sure indonesia really cares about human rights but for indonesia it will be difficult to offer jobs to refugees and Asylum Seekers because jobs are limited and we have still a lot of unemployment here thats why we still need to think about the best solution weve got another weather us the u. N. H. C. R. Believes its just a matter of time before more ranger refugees will be knocking on indonesias doors the country needs to decide if they and ranger who are already here are welcome to stay stuck fasten aljazeera made an elysia. The two women accused of killing the estrange half brother of the north Korean Leader kim jong un have pleaded not guilty at their trial in a Malaysian Court theyre charged with attacking by smearing his face with a banned nerve agent at kuala lumpur airport in february. On the high court. The two suspects accused of killing kim jong il arrive in court on monday morning on the heavy security where you will that proof vests flanked by Police Offices from indonesia a daunting from vietnam a lead into the courthouse theyre accused of swapping came the half brother of north Korean Leader kim jong un but the vieques nerve agent a highly toxic substance that happened at the International Airport earlier this year the two women have pleaded not guilty to murder american and south korean officials have said they believe north korea was behind the killing dawns lawyer says hes confident hell be able to prove her innocence read all the evidence from the prosecution. Put them together objective analysis that would improve their innocence. The two women are not the only suspects in the case four of the men still at large have also been accused of the murder but the names have not been released they are thought to have planned the killing the lead prosecutor in his Opening Statement said the prosecution will present evidence to show what roles the four played in the mud. Police have said before are North Koreans believed to have left malaysia hours after the. Defense lawyers have demanded the prosecution provide their names but the judge has overruled their request just for show using for them part of a fair trial. And we dont wish we feel you dont let me be unfair today kills this he should know which direction the process is moving so they able to answer the charge the prosecution could take up to two months to present its case off to which the judge will rule on whether there is a case for the defense to want to take used have said through lawyers and diplomats that they thought they were taking part in a prank for a Television Show and not elaborate matter that has caught the worlds attention florence. Malaysia. Plenty more ahead on the aljazeera news hour including a day before President Trump is due to visit puerto rico residents of the u. S. Territory voiced their frustration with relief efforts stranded more than one hundred thousand passengers are scrambling to find a way home after. Airlines counsels its flights and in sports bras alone had made spraying behind closed doors we had nothing to do with security details later in the news out. First the u. S. Government says progress is being made in rehabilitating puerto rico almost three weeks after the island was hit by Hurricane Maria large swaths of the u. S. Territory are still without Running Water or electricity and many are facing Food Shortages u. S. Resin donald trump is due to visit puerto rico on to say is administration has been accused of not showing enough urgency in responding to the crisis compared to the recent hurricanes in texas and florida. Truthfully i dont think will make much of a difference whether he comes or not if it were up to me id tell him to stay where he is. Committed to be moved because in reality i see things really really struck the ides really slow and reaching people i speak to Shihab Rattansi who is in puerto rico capital san juan first of all what is the situation as far as relief efforts. Its difficult to tell we are getting lots of statistics these days quite regularly from authorities which suggests progress is being made forty four forty five percent of the population now has water and levon percent of the cellphone towers are now online five percent of the electrical grid has been fixed seven hundred fifty nine of one thousand one hundred twenty petrol stations are now serving customers hospitals are now either connected to generate a power or electricity so were getting these sorts of updates from authorities regularly however what we are getting them is a real sense of the quality of life for people how how distressed communities are not even how many we did have so many people have died as a result of all all the off the mouth so its on the one hand were now getting lots of numbers but were not really getting a sense of the new ones what this actually means for the people of puerto rico at least anecdotally from the kind of communal groups that we were in touch with they say its very much communities doing it for themselves organizing meals and in town pauses and things like that they are being reached by official aid which is one reason why double drums tweets are going down very well what he suggests that he sort of plays on old racial racial memes that latinos want everything to be done by for the done for them by the government and the people around grateful thats all going down terribly well as a result yeah and donald trump is going to be in puerto rico and. She had what is expected of him what do people want to hear from him. While im not sure how much i mean it cause its always good that the president has now decided to to to rival that hes won a group i was just talking to have dismissed it as a p. R. Stunt in fact i just got an email from one group saying that there will be protests beginning at eight a. M. Tomorrow morning local im just getting information about that and im not sure about how those protests will be we havent actually got much specific detail about what donald trump will actually be doing the white house says he will spend a quite significant time here that he will talk to. First responders emergency workers and quote importantly the people of puerto rico no idea who those people will be aware that meeting will take place certainly in the past in louisiana and elsewhere. To meet people who are very positive about his response to disasters money comes away and says you know hes been congratulated by everyone and patted on the back so we dont really have many details about that we do know that the some one man has been invited to meet with donald trump not sure whether hew will actually attend but clearly theres been a real problem with the relationship between. Donald trump lots of angry tweets going from the white house to so. Concerned that she says he doesnt really care about it as long as it gets puerto rico on the agenda and so that shes getting a lot of credit here for example from the local the main newspaper here in san juan for getting to put a record of friends on social media and getting that attention thank you very much for that. Forest in san juan puerto rico the number of people who may have had their personal data stolen in a Security Breach of Credit Report giant equifax says crime to more than one hundred forty five million the company has admitted an additional two point five million u. S. Customers may have been affected have been left out of significant risk of Identity Theft the information stolen earlier this year includes names Social Security numbers birth dates and addresses. The u. K. Government is trying to arrange rides for about one hundred ten thousand people stranded after a Monarch Airlines was placed into administration with around two thousand staff its the biggest you care line thats ever collapsed reports from Gatwick Airport in london. Monex to mines is a major blow to britains Aviation Industry the collapse has left one hundred ten thousand customers stranded overseas a further three hundred thousand people bookings have been cancelled more than two and a half thousand people are expected to lose their jobs a gibraltar airport passengers awaited news of replacement flights the british governments asked the Civil Aviation authority to charter thirty aircraft in whats been described as the largest peacetime of patrick nation of british citizens this is a hugely difficult day for passengers for staff weve been working with other tour operators other airlines over the last twenty four hours to try and make sure that is the earliest possible opportunity for people here to rebook their holidays the collapse has been blamed on an increase in Aviation Fuel costs and a slump in the value of the pound following the u. K. s vote monex also faced tough competition from other low Cost Carriers especially on mediterranean routes the company says recent attacks targeting tourists in tunisia egypt and turkey have led to a slump in travel and numbers to key destinations contributing to losses of four hundred Million Dollars last year terrorism probably has been the major the major cause of monarchs failure because there are two particular markets i read see results and im on it was a really major player takeover talks with other airlines including Norwegian Air collapsed at the last minute leaving monaco unable to renew its air travel organizers license that protects customers from being stranded abroad monaco also has an engineering wing that could in theory continue to operate despite the collapse of the airline when it comes to its Aviation Assets though including lucrative a landing slots a busy airports like gatwick well theyre expected now its because between other airlines formed in one thousand nine hundred sixty eight moloch was the countrys fifth largest carrier a pioneer in low cost travel and the largest yet. To go out of business is one of several European Airlines including air beilin and alitalia to Enter Administration the fear is other airlines by also find their wings clipped in this increasingly turbulent market leave park aljazeera at londons Gatwick Airport. Still ahead on this strange story of a congo ship bound for egypt and what it was carrying and in support a bad day at the office for the women as well number one tennis player after the break with joe to stay with us. We got some rather disturbed weather pushing into central parts of north america over the next couple of days big storms moving across the plains here also with this weather system further east its generally try we have got High Pressure in charge and further west again generally try not see bad along the the west coast eighteen celsius in seattle twenty two for San Francisco but heres our western weather that we do have across central parts easing over towards the midwest into the canadian prairies nudging further a switch and really peppering up as we go on into websites some very heavy rain all the way from the midwest right down into northern parts of texas and beyond new mexico was a seeing some live east coast should stay dry some pleasant sunshine once again were getting up to around twenty five degrees celsius meanwhile still a few showers there into southern areas of florida through miami that well that extends across many central and western parts of the caribbean because the big downpours coming in here we still have some flooding in jamaica staying wet here showers there across a good part of cuba sharri rain to continue through much else Century America over the next couple hours thats where the wettest weather is going to be for the Lesser Antilles the small sunshine. The nature of news as it breaks many of the people here came to this camp with injuries and illnesses already with detailed coverage the border between china and north korea stretches for more than fourteen hundred kilometers unlike the Demilitarized Zone the obvious fear here is very relaxed from around the world the water that comes in the trucks relist water from the shallow holes in the is full of sediment and of course the high risk of disease. Sugar the ingredient that bring smiles but its also the number one culprit in a Global Health crisis cardiovascular giving our number one killer already posted the hardest part is just the discipline we think of travis back but there are plenty of years that the same if we prove that sugar increases risk factors this is a problem techno i bestowed on all disease. Youre watching the news are on aljazeera a reminder of our top stories the number of people dead after a sunday nights mass shooting united speakers has risen to fifty nine five hundred twenty seven people were also injured in the shooting the deadliest in modern u. S. History police have recovered eighteen more firearms and explosives from the gunmans home north of las vegas. Bangladesh and myanmar have agreed in principle to set up a repatriation plan for the five hundred thousand before led violence in myanmars Rakhine State the deal was revealed after a representative for myanmars leader on santucci travelled to bangladesh for talks with its foreign minister and the Us Government says progress is being made in rehabilitating puerto rico almost three weeks after the island was hit by Hurricane Maria present donald trump is scheduled to visit puerto rico on tuesday has been accused of not showing enough urgency in responding to the disaster. Back now to our top story in sunday nights mass shooting in las vegas raises questions yet again about americas gun laws it happened in the state of nevada which has some of the most relaxed gun policies in the us firearm owners do not have to register with state authorities gun sellers carry out background checks but private sales are allowed to go ahead without checks last year the state voted for mandatory checks but this wasnt implemented because the f. B. I. Would incorporate assault weapons including automatic and semiautomatic rifles illegal well joining us now in the news hour is jonathan med sol whos a professor of sociology and psychiatry at Vanderbilt University and an expert on gun violence and Mental Health he joins us from nashville in tennessee very good to have you with us jonathan this is being called of course the deadliest mass shooting in modern u. S. History are the shooting themselves getting worse more frequent and are we becoming more or less sensitive to that. Well i think youve hit the nail on the head with that question i think that in a way in our society in the United States weve had more and more Mass Shootings but weve also the level to which people will Pay Attention has gone up and up and up and so the violence itself becomes more spectacular in a way the death toll goes up because just the run of the mill every day mass shooting for people getting killed by a stranger hardly makes it onto the nightly news here and so in a way its a its a kind of a very dangerous dichotomy which is that on one hand we as americans have become more desensitized to this kind of violence and on the other hand the kind of violence that gets our attention keeps upping the ante to the point where its just immense i mean these are casualties not really of the peace time world these are casualties of war and thats really what it takes to get us to Pay Attention anymore so its were going in into very very dangerous directions and of course after every mass shooting in the u. S. The debate over gun control we this is happen time and time again in the last he is the trumpet ministration we heard say today that knowledge is not the time to talk about gun laws and gun control that ny now is the time for unity do you agree with that do you think that they should be you know waiting period before we start debating these issues once again. I will certainly i think that its very important to be as respectful as we possibly can everybody of all stripes is is mourning this is a moment of stepping back and mourning and i think that we want to be as respectful as possible to the people who lost their lives who lost loved ones its a moment of trauma and i would hope that its a moment of National Coming together to the problem really with that is that these issues have become so polarizing and so political that even though we want to catch our breaths and be respectful there are a series of bills before Congress Really this week theres a theres a bill to legalize silencers which i think would have even made this tragedy worse and so in a way its hard for us to step back from the politics first of all because the politics are are not taking a break were still voting and second because peoples responses to these Mass Shootings are themselves very polarizing unfortunately and so i hope that we can find a Common Ground i really do right nobody on any side of this once and once death or destruction but the issues themselves are very polarizing speaking of the poly rising issues and the debates that are going on right now a big debates as you know on nine announced way right now is whether this shooting in las vegas qualifies as terrorism under nirvanas state law terrorism is defined as i read the use of it or attempted use of sabotage or violence which is intended to cause bodily harm or death to the general population this attack clearly then fits that description so why is it not being called a terrorist i mean is that is it down to the attackers racial background if steven was a mohammad or an isaf and it would have been different wouldnt it. Well i think thats partially an almost unavoidable the fact is that the that the background of the shooter makes a tremendous amount of difference in the research that ive done on Mass Shootings there really is a racial breakdown in how we narrate these issues as a society and what i found in my research is that white shooters unfortunately are often called lone gunmen isolated people there decontextualized whereas if the shooter is africanamerican we would link it to politics or culture and certainly thats true with terrorism now that being said i think that the labels of course are very important here but what spectacular about Mass Shootings in america is what is also i think highly charged about what we call kind of International Terrorism which is that it attacks civilians in places that they feel safe places like schools movie theaters a concert these are the places where people really shouldnt have to worry about their more their mortality and so no matter what we call it i think that the effect in a way is the same which is that it makes people feel unsafe and fear death at times where they should feel the most safe and able to relax very interesting to talk to you Jonathan Metzl psychiatrist an expert on Mass Shootings and gun control in the u. S. Joining us there from tennessee thank you very much for your time now u. N. Investigation has revealed that the Egyptian Government broke an International Embargo on trading weapons with north korea husham how dire has the story. This north korean vessel flying a cambodian flag was intercepted by u. S. Intelligence agencies near egypt the ship was carrying a cargo of all but hidden underneath were thirty thousand rocket propelled grenades egypt initially denied it had anything to do with the seas cargo but a panel of United Nations investigators say the grenades were destined for the Egyptian Army well its common practice for countries to report flags of convenience from cambodia from liberia and from other countries to hide the original identity of the ship but u. S. Intelligence agencies are doing. Tracking of all ships entering and leaving north korean ports they can also through satellite observation get images of what is being loaded onto ships. U. N. And u. S. Experts say north korea has built a vast network of overseas clients to evade International Sanctions the cash starved country is selling cheap weapons to a long list of clients in Africa Latin America and asia the u. S. Is concerned revenue from the arms trade could help korea pursue its Nuclear Weapons program. The arms cargo destined for egypt was later destroyed but in response the Trump Administration froze two hundred ninety Million Dollars of aid to egypt and is calling on its allies to comply with the tough sanctions imposed on north korea after a string of recent missile and Nuclear Tests but for the time being north korea seems determined to find ways to bypass those sanctions. Francis presiding over the u. N. Security council this month and this was the french ambassadors response to a question about egypt seeking to buy arms from north korea it on a face off. Its essential to implement fully one hundred plus in the sanctions that we have put in place and here honestly ill be frank they made significant progress lisa only the sanctions committee is doing its work well. The Palestinian AuthoritysPrime Minister has visited gaza as part of reconciliation efforts between rival fatah and hamas. Is a new head of a unity government which will have administrative control over gaza but hamas remains a dominant power there high fossett reports. If the warmth of the welcome were any guide then this deal would seem to be off to a good start. The question as with previous attempts at palestinian reconciliation can it last. A Formal Garden a military band with at the ready and palestinian Prime Minister arrived about an hour late there was little room for them everyone straining to hear what he had to say. Come back to gaza this beloved part of our nation to achieve a Reconciliation National unity to end all appearances and consequences of the painful split will reconstruct gaza brick by brick with firm steps towards harmony and unity. Is leaving in this car to go through the gates into gaza proper where he welcomes in person by the hundreds of many young people that come to greet him the test of this deal the test of any future unified administration is how it serves that generation has been so lost and found life so difficult and the economic pressures of the last ten years. Or now i want them to find jobs for us to integrate us in their government system we want to live with a minimum of dignity and honor. I mean or employed graduates like many palestinians we the youth of the backbone of the country they should supporters. But to any of that to happen the unity government invited to reassume power last month by hamas needs to stick the smiles were brought it home dollars meeting with hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh and others but so have been the divisions over how to reintegrate p. A. Employees without displacing hamas ones and exactly where hamas is military wing because some brigades fit into a unified ministration and couple of years we will gradually restructure the security operators based on partnership the grades werent even submitted for talks and wont be discussed with a potential positive according to one analyst the lack of explicit opposition so far from the us or israel so it seems to me that there is. A grand. Project for the region in which to cool down the palestinian israeli conflict to allow america and israel to focus more on other heated issues like north korea iran palestinians have been here before over the last ten years only to suffer a bit of disappointment this time many are hoping its different sorry force it gaza. Iran has deployed dozens of tanks along its border with iraqs autonomy kurdish region following last weeks secession referendum the deployment as part of a of the joint military drills with the Iraqi Armed Forces the referendum was held in defiance of the government in baghdad as well as neighboring iran and turkey baghdad has rejected any talks with the Kurdish Regional government because of it now iraqs former leader Saddam Hussein used chemical chemical weapons against iraqi kurds of province in one thousand nine hundred eighty eight the attack is often cited as part of the argument for kurdish autonomy but despite the history of provinces turnout in last weeks secession referendum was no fred reports. Almost thirty years ago during the final days of the iran iraq war the people of this town were victims of an atrocity that shocked the world. Almost sixteen thousand nine hundred eighty eight iranian soldiers were in the area when iraqi war planes dropped chemical weapons in and around the kurdish town of junk. Its estimated that up to five thousand people were killed in the Chemical Attacks on how. Now you think that the people that have suffered such an appalling atrocity would be fully behind the referendum on eventual secession from iraq but the province of roger had one of the lowest turnouts in the vote. There were no flags or signs celebrating the referendum here there was a less than fifty five percent turnout in her lap just sixteen percent of those who did vote said no to the eventual future independence from iraq. She recently lost eight members of his family in the Chemical Attacks three decades ago he says the Kurdish Regional government has let down that the people have little trust of the government because of corruption and there is fierce competition between parties to maximize their gains life for every day people here is going backwards in recent years theres been growing opposition in protests in this area over delays of government salaries. The federal government in baghdad stopped paying the seventeen percent from the budget in two thousand and fifteen because it accused the kurdish government of not sharing its oil revenue. People here say any old money the government a new bill has made has not been fairly distributed throughout the region. There is a difference between the rest of. Economic speaking the government and i bill has been neglecting the people of the services and infrastructure life is hard there is a lot of support for opposition more than ninety two percent of those who voted said yes in the referendum but there are a lot of people in this province even ones who suffer if so horrifically under the saddam regime who disagree. That aljazeera northern iraq. Protests against kenyas election system have spread across the country in the capital Nairobi Police fired tear gas at demonstrators were calling for Election Officials to be sacked protestors accuse them of rigging augusts president ial election in favor of president or kenyatta the opposition is demanding major changes before a repeat of votes later this month the Supreme Court had cancelled the initial vote results catherine so he has more from nairobi. The country why protests called by the opposition have been luculia right outside. The machine might be a few protest is what espoused. By police we see in the state in the west in kenya these bits of peaceful protests as well what the opposition wants is some electoral reforms ahead of the election to see if we also want a deal that was stapled in Parliament Last week and election amendments bill the most it will do parliament the head of anything else they say this bill is going to taste now some of the proposals include among other things the strengthening of the my new old hollywood system so that if there is a dispute in this minute colleagues people see anything outside the opposition thats saying that its in bad faith and all this you know back and forth and political grandstanding causing a lot of concern and making the work of the Electoral Commission really difficult and we are running out of time. Facebook is handing to the u. S. Congress more than three thousand to a russian Advertising Agency a social network says they may have been bought to influence voters to support donald trump during last years election congressional investigators are looking into whether russia used facebook to interfere with the vote moscow has denied the accusations. Russian Opposition LeaderAlexei Navalny has been sentenced to twenty days in jail for organizing an on authorized rally is charged with violating laws on Public Meetings and rallies avani says he hopes to run for president against Vladimir Putin in elections in march next year but has been declared ineligible because of a suspended prison sentence ecuador Supreme Court has ordered that its Vice President to be held in prison while hes investigated over corruption charges hora glasses accuse of taking rise from a brazilian construction giant glass is the highest ranking official in ecuador to be investigated so far over his links with the Odebrecht Construction Company he denies any wrongdoing the nobel prize for medicine has been awarded to three u. S. Scientists for their research on the biological clock by examining fruit files flies Jeffrey Hall Michael Ross bash and Michael Young were able to show how genes help control the bodys daily rhythms the Nobel Committee says their findings help understand help us understand sleeping patterns and how important they are for human health. You look for a similar kind of machinery in more complex organisms first minds yes there and then humans yes its there and then. You start finding that. The mutations are associated with clear patterns of. Sleep and in humans a unesco World Heritage site has reopened in india after severe floods killed animals and caused major damage imran khan has a story. This is a sight to many people in india is a sign province thought i would never see because you dont get National Park reopens for tourists albeit only partially severe floods over the summer submerged chiefs waves of the park forcing the most famous resident of the one horned rhino to flee to Higher Ground the World Heritage site faces flooding every summer but this year severe floods forced record numbers of the rhino to move in the initial flooding seven rhinos died while floods caused deaths and damage the annual cycle is necessary to regenerate the grasslands essential for animals like rhinos elephants and wall buffaloes the floods also fill up four hundred bodies of water located inside the park the fact that they were able to open even partially is a relief to the director. Although the water levels reduced but due to rain we are still facing difficulties in repairing the entire tourist we hope to repair it as soon as possible the return of tories has delighted local businessmen who rely on the park for income the tories seem equally excited to be back it was the first day the video was beautiful and we had a lovely sighting of the rhinos and they were there in their natural habitat and within the water with their babies so it was a wonderful experience but some are concerned that the park hasnt fully recovered from the floods they fear the park could take short cuts to accommodate tourism and that may have an Environmental Impact in the future. Which is of still ahead in sports. As for a future with bossa nova but its not in the way you may think details next with joe joe. Thanks. Thanks very much both ladies football clubs president joseph maria bottom a says the decision to hold sundays game against last pumice behind closed doors was a political one and then nothing to do with security fans were told fifteen minutes before kickoff that they wouldnt be allowed into the new camp stadium because of safety concerns following violence over the catalan referendum bossa mayor now admits that the stunt helped alert the world to events in catalonia because the game could be seen in more than one hundred sixty countries the decision has turned out to be unpopular with some former coach said the game should not have been played well Board Members including the Vice President have resigned over the decision and again when countries in this crucial moment of our history of see barcelona reaffirms its commitment to freedom and to the people of catalonia what we witnessed in our country was unacceptable we demand respect for the people of catalonia and we shall once again stand alongside its legitimate representatives we cataloged have won the right to be heard as one of the leading into cheese in the country we are appealing for Political Solutions to be found in full respect for the peoples wishes as well earlier i spoke to gold dot coms spanish for your correspondent ben haywood he told me that barcelona had no choice to stay out of the politics of the catalan referendum. I think they were left with a difficult decision because obviously you know tensions were running high a lot of people didnt want the match to be played at all bus line of words by the professional Football League however that if they didnt play the game they would lose out on six points or three points for forfeiting the fixture and a three point punishment as well and so most of the players when they found out wanted to go ahead and play the game thats why barcelona decided olds in the lead played behind closed doors it was a political gesture im also as you mentioned this to include more than a club you know bustling to have always been in extremely linked to politics you know go back to the franco era the camp was a place one of the very few places in barcelona where fans could could go and speak the language of course the canceling language wasnt you know could be spoken it was illegal during franco they want routes where their flags and you know sort of on a bus in or is it was been a symbol its something of an unofficial defacto National Team for counseling you know for many people and i think its always going to be linked to politics so i think they had to do something and you know all the council and clubs apart from respond. You know came out to support their citizens and also tomorrow theres going to be a general strike in catalonia and bustle in recent posting along with espanol and other cops as well so i think yeah i think theyre always going to be. All right well many bass player fans are wondering what will happen to the club if catalonia gains independence according to the catalan sports minister the couple night longer be able to play a laker and boss that it could end up plying that trade in the English Premier League arsenal manager also vanga hopes a white come to that i try to learn qatar. And if possible and i want to join in the premier league makes the title even more difficult for everybody. But i dont think about you know. But. Its interesting because the two development but of course you have. Incidents on the sporting side of course but so on as a highly Political Club and its interesting to see our respond in the championship. Well just a few days after being sacked by german giants by unmeaning collar and a lot he is back in a coaching role these harley in is in jerusalem coaching children from Muslim Christian and jewish backdrop backgrounds for a charity thats trying to open a Sports Center in the old city by and fired and last week after the u. A. For Champions League lost to p. S. G. U. S. Open champion Sloane Stephens has crashed out of the china open its her second tournament exit in two weeks meanwhile tennis is world number one. Was also having a bad day at wimbledon champion retired ill in the first round she was training six one to love to barbaras stroke over before calling it a day. Former world number one Caroline Wozniak he continued her impressive play on the hard court the dane beat anastasio public chunk of a for the second time in three weeks in what was a rematch of the panthers civic open final in beijing for jackie taking this match sixty six to defend her place in the third round. Over in japan top seed matt and chile which made quick work of greeces stephanos city to the world number five twenty six three six two three to hand to tokyo open. As cricketers have completed a thrilling twenty one run victory of a pakistan in their first test it was a bonus day with sixteen wickets falling on day five sri lanka resumed on six hundred four but yes the sharks took five wickets to help the swiss the sri lankans for only one hundred thirty eight that meant i saw his victory target was one hundred thirty six but they fell short runner. Picked up six wickets to help dismiss them for only one hundred fourteen in their first lost their home away from home in abu dhabi the second test in dubai starts on friday aug third spending i think that you know today tracy i didnt thirty six expected with one group or the city to chase it down so thats thats particularly disappointing it was challenging but you know probably shouldnt get in there and thats all the sport for now more later. And thats it for this hour on aljazeera but do stay with us plenty more world news coming up in just a few minutes and as always is our web site aljazeera dot com were back in just a few minutes. The street is quiet the signal is given. Out yet so its safe to walk to school last year there are more than thirty murders in this community in one month the police say this area is a red zone one of several in some townships and 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 the. I lost my. Way or the go i also lost my but there are more than one hundred fifty volunteers working for several walking busses teachers say it is working class attendance has improved the volunteers also act as security guards. As chinas Rapid Economic Development spills over into other asian nations. People in power investigates the consequences of a neighbor in laos. Poverty stricken and hungry for Foreign Investment can this communist republic reconcile the needs of its people with the demands member nations benefactor. Laos on the borders of empire at this time on aljazeera. 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