Transcripts For ALJAZ NEWSHOUR 20171022

Hello everyone ive. Come to this news hour live from london coming up in the next sixty minutes it is not for the u. S. To impose a natural they want. The u. S. Secretary of state calls on g. C. C. Countries to find a solution to the gulf crisis but warns theyre not ready to talk yet. They relax its now the japanese Prime Minister ways to say he has sufficient support to reform the pacifist constitution. The World Health Organization backtracks on its appointment as the ball boys president Robert Mugabe as a goodwill ambassador. And hero or tyrant a fresh examination of the legacy of the french leader the podium. In sport Lewis Hamilton moves with insights of a force f one world title hamilton winning the us with his championship rival Sebastian Vettel finishing second. U. S. Secretary of state. Talks to resolve the gulf crisis remain unlikely after missing the cattery foreign minister in doha he called on Gulf Cooperation Council countries to minimize the rhetoric and deescalate the tensions to listen flew from saudi arabia where hed had talks with the Saudi Crown Prince mohammed bin he also met the iraqi Prime Minister. As as he wants to counsel iranian influence in iraq on syrias particle hey reports now from doha. He talked tough on his way over blaming the Saudi Led Coalition for the impasse but in the region the tough talk stopped meetings were. The crown Prince Mohammed bin solomon asked him to please and gauge please and gauge in dialogue. There is not a strong indication that parties are ready to talk yet. And so we cannot force talks upon people who are not ready to talk still us secretary of state Rex Tillerson took great pains to compliment the qatari and significant progress has been made in a number of important efforts in our counterterrorism joint efforts including sharing of terrorist list terrorist financing weve participated in a number of counterterrorism technical sessions and training and significant steps have been taken to enhance Aviation Security he didnt criticize the blockading countries not even after the saudis seem to publicly slight him by sending the deputy minister of protocol to the airport for his part that qatar foreign minister is clearly frustrated by the behavior of the four blockading countries. I also feel sorry to say that they are not ready to face this issue and to tackle with dialogue the reasons for this crisis these countries have resorted to undergo a magic methods that have nothing to do with modern diplomatic channels and this is no good. Secretary television isnt leaving the region and he is expected to do one more press conference this time on his own here in doha so that means he has one more chance however unlikely to try and put some public pressure on the block in countries to try to resolve this crisis as it begins to enter its fifth month patty klein aljazeera. Andress craig is that assistant professor of defense studies that Kings College london and hes with me here in the studio once again thanks for being with us andrus i mean Rex Tillerson made it clear previously that he blames the saudis for lack of progress on trying to resolve the gulf dispute todays again pushed the saudis to enter a dialogue how frustrated is the u. S. Becoming about how this diplomatic dispute is continuing there already very frustrated with the United Arab Emirates and for quite a long time theyve theyve ignored the u. A. E. And moved toward saudi thinking that if anybody can make a breakthrough from the quartet side it might be saudi arabia now were feeling that m. B. A. s more been sold on the crown prince is in the same situation as the crown prince of up with abby saying were not ready to talk which is obviously quite desperate for the United States because theres very little they can do a lot of very few leaders they can actually pull in order to put more pressure on the quartet to actually approach cut a big scuttle has said they are ready to talk until us and knows that but i think there is an issue as well with terrorism because tillerson is someone that in the quartet countries in saudi and the u. A. E. Lexx a little bit of credibility because as an exxon mobil cheve or former chief of exxon mobil used to be very close to the country leadership he knows qatar and hes been seen as a as someone who is a bit pro cutter are more in the countryside and i think that kind of undermines his credibility in riyadh and i would i mean you say that the u. S. Doesnt have a huge amount of leverage in the situation but behind the scenes one has to presume the pressure is being applied as far as that is possible i mean as i said before this is a two way street i mean both sides really need each other and the u. S. Needs saudi arabia in particular to execute. The policy that trump is put in front of congress and in front of the American People he wants to push back against iran he wants to push back against isis and he can only do that really when he has a military on the ground who can help him with that and the military is not going to be the u. S. Military most likely is going to be a g. C. C. Military and saudi is now a partner in iraq as well which is very important a place where the americas pulled out and dont really want to go back into they have a partner in yemen their potential partner in libya u. A. E. In particular is a partner in fighting terrorism in libya and so in all that they cant really do without the g. C. C. So how much pressure can they really put when they need the g. C. C. Or when they need saudi arabia and the u. A. E. As much as they need qatar you know they need both sides really so they can really i mean it is i mean as regards u. S. Foreign policy in the middle east it was confusing for a while as to whether or not President Trump and secretary of state to listen were actually operating in harmony and in union do we feel that that has moved in that direction now or are there still differences between the two i mean clearly Defense Department and state department which are the very powerful departments in washington at the moment they speak with one voice they have a Clear Strategy in terms of how they want to deal with this crisis they want to see unity and they do want it all cost us in saudi to get back together because they know important as i think the white house is coming around they realize how important it is moving forward they need g. C. C. Unity but trump is someone who doesnt understand the complexity of the gulf he doesnt understand the complexity of carters foreign and Security Policy and so him and many of the advisers in the white house are probably a bit more on the fence thinking maybe we should push a little bit further you know but most for the most part theyve come around they said we need unity and almost at almost any cost you touched on it a little bit earlier in the interview that Rex Tillerson when he was in saudi arabia was making much of the fact that he wants any iranian backed fighters to leave their. Iraq its clear isnt it now that the u. S. Is really trying to counter any iranian influence in the region yes absolutely and we shouldnt forget this trip to the gov is not a trip to the gulf it was a trip to asia the meetings in saudi were mostly focusing on iraq where i think we had a milestone agreement today and i think thats how mohamed bin said a man is probably getting away with not addressing the Current Crisis because you can say to the americans look i helped you with with iraq so be it be happy with it and so as terrorism moves on qatar was on the way so he was trying to kind of send a message from riyadh to doha but that was it for the most part this was not about the qatar crisis all right address great good to talk to you thanks for and i thank you or want important factor in u. S. Relations with katter is the fact that the Central Command the arm of the u. S. Military handles all operations in the middle east has its headquarters just outside doha a senior official there has told us there on the gulf diplomatic crisis is not affecting Coalition Operations against i saw. Reports. This is a low day to her base in qatar some military personnel the most important to you is a base in the. It revise u. S. Central command with the facilities and equipment required for operations. The base is home to several different types of aircraft used in missions across the region these tasks range from Strategic Bombing flights to just stick support such as the ones provided by refuting turncoat planes you date is truly the nerve center of all the operations that we execute across the Central Command your responsibility from the planning execution and assessment of the every day operations that we operate throughout the region is done right here without this base without the capabilities that we bring every day we would not be able to orchestrate the fight that were executing today against isis and also in afghanistan which is another important area that we provide support to there are no diplomatic issues that are impacting our ability to operate every day from here on our counter isis mission this is the sensitive operation called the combined Operation Center aljazeera is one of the few Media Networks allowed into this place some screens were blurred to protect Sensitive Information many countries have joined the coalition to coordinate the complex operations in iraq syria and afghanistan when the screens we can see the busy earth strikes a Coalition Aircraft along with military and civilian planes for both the coalition and our field Level Operators they work back through the commanding control system to provide us information we have near real time information where the aircraft are in operating and we can talk to a control agency who is able to talk directly to those aircraft and in many cases we can talk directly to the aircraft. More than twenty countries were told here which is considered the commander predation center called the. Whole dollar can get a holiday the air base in qatar. I still ahead on this aljazeera news that crunch time for catalonia regional leaders weigh up their options as madrid moves to take control. Syrians missing out on school so they can support their families. In the Houston Astros are world series latest details with andrew in school. First japans Prime Minister shinzo abyei has swept to victory in a snap election after promising to toughen his stance on north korea and revive the economy also results they are really coalition has already won two hundred and sixty four seats that easily surpasses a simple majority in the four hundred sixty five Seat Parliament but out o. Is hoping for a two thirds super majority to push through his agenda for that he needs at least three hundred ten seats and exit polls have put him on track for the last pounds constitution limits the military to being a Self Defense Force after its defeat in the Second World War says that law is a relic of the past and having a super majority will help him change the constitution and develop a fully fledged army. Sarah clarke reports now from tokyo. Its remarkable turnaround for japans Prime Minister played by corruption scandals. And his Coalition Party run shaky ground last month but on election day there were favorites to win reelection and an exit poll predicted the liberal Democratic Party would secure a parliamentary majority a Coalition Partner lost several seats which looks set to become japans longest serving leader since World War Two. Two newly formed Political Parties filed to oust an exit poll says the party of hope led by the popular governor of tokyo rica quake a up to fifty nine seats and the constitutional Democratic Party looks set to win even more making it the Largest Opposition Party in japans lower house not enough to challenge overwhelming majority the opposition and. There is unfair or unifying ideology it doesnt really. Unifying policy platform and if they did manage to develop a credible narrative of being a better alternative than the current government even though the current cabinet is not that popular voting here in japan is not compulsory at the last election about fifty percent of eligible voters turned out but were talking land living with conditions the public has been encouraged to vote early and i have already about fifteen percent have been to the polls before the official election day this to expectations that this election may see a higher voter turnout by mid afternoon heavy rain say eighteen with flooding in some areas organizers predicted the lowest voter turnout for the third consecutive lower house elections. Are basic you is a two thirds majority that will deliver him the mandate to reform the pacifist constitution and allow japans forces to play a more active role the issue has divided Voter Opinion on the one that i support constitutional change i want him to go right ahead with it and. I hope there wont be any wars because i have a baby although things are very different from the past im still worried. At a time of regional uncertainty and escalating tensions with north korea opinion polls indicate voters choosing stability this time around. And his ruling party a third term in power sarah clarke aljazeera tokyo. Spains foreign minister is the people in catalonia not to listen to their regional leaders as madrid moved to take control of the region once i thought i was spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy announced measures to suspend the Catalan Parliament and hold new elections under simmons reports from barcelona. This is the center of Regional Government in barcelona in less than a week its set to lose its powers president and his ministers. In spains capital madrid the mood seem to be hardening both politically and on the streets the government has responded very well but they should have been harder article one five five should have been applied much sooner all eyes are on catalonia as president carlos pushed him on now he gave little away after the government announced its action on saturday and a mass protests followed in barcelona. Parliament is expected to meet soon a declaration of independence is still an option along with the possibility of calling elections one thing is guaranteed there will be more protest action we are not going to. The one point five article. We have a right for nation and we are sure. That justice is on our side in this one of the most decentralized countries in the world the spanish state and the Regional Government in barcelona are now more entrenched than ever before but what about the millions of people affected by all of this for some of them isnt as simple as choosing one side or the other parent who used to be a socialist Party Supporter hes been against independence but is now in a dilemma he says hes horrified by the action of Mariano Rajoy is government in taking power away from elected politicians they decided to apply the word. Or scenario for suppressing the tell to the people hey were going to vote again to know what you want but what weve expanded government want because now im feeling not comfortable at all with the spanish. Government or solution but still not believe in what the independence is saying that everything is going to be fast and fantastic i dont know what what whats going to happen next week and i think going to be worst than now. After the mass protests on saturday a contrast catalan cultural events all relating to nationalism. And outside the palace housing a Regional Government that wants independence an old catalan nationalist song is played its lyrics romanticize the struggle for independence. Theres nothing romantic about the situation right now and. Thousands of protesters are rallying in capital in a show of support for the de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been widely criticised for her governments handling of the wrecking crisis almost six hundred. After me and more Security Forces launched a crackdown in hindsight. Refugee children in bangladesh are at risk of trafficking sexual abuse and child labor thats according to the charity save the children which says its due to overcrowding lack of schooling and of widespread desperation in the makeshift camps reporter is that. The most vulnerable among the new refuge is there close to three hundred forty thousand children among the refugees according to unicef nearly Twelve Thousand children cross with the referee every week from myanmar into bangladesh you can see a lot of this children will hang out in the street looking for food or begging for money some time with their parents some time alone theyre playing by the streets sometime use and never saw children actually selling stuff they dont have much to do in the refugee camp is really bad this desperation for hunger theyre out in the state looking for something or other we have since one time in one of the refugee camps some fun back a man tried to snatch a child from our mother and was beaten up by refugee mob obviously a child according to save the children many of them at a high rate for Sexual Exploitation going on child labor unless there is some sort of schooling set up here in the long run lot of this children with still be venturing in the street and will be at high rates of exploitation within this community in the refugee camp area where u. S. Banks rebel group has captured syrias Largest Oil Field from the Syrian Democratic forces all in a race against the russian backed syrian troops to seize parts of the oil rich region. Already pushed on still from the areas named natural gas field and the city of raka after a four Month Campaign lost that war in syria continues a growing number of children are being forced to find work to support their families tens of thousands of children are missing out on an education. Report. Hampshire is from a town in Northern Homes the area has been besieged for almost four years by Government Forces but collects Plastic Waste not to resell for recycling but to burn during cold days so that his family can survive harsh winter conditions well i never did i want to go to school and become a teacher or maybe a doctor i just want to be with my friends. Is a Street Vendor has the familys breadwinner mohamed and many thousands of children across syria dropped out of school so they can help their families in a country ravaged by war. More planes destroyed buildings i cant go to school i sell clothes so that i can help my parents and my brothers and sisters. Has shattered lives in syria and destroyed entire neighborhoods but its the children who are the most affected vulnerable and traumatized they all work long hours for low pay here people feel betrayed by the world activists and teachers are launching a campaign to send Street Children back to school. Many of my students are always scared war has changed their lives this season posed by Government Forces and poverty explain why children stop their studies five hundred children have dropped out of local schools because they need to work to help their families for now many children find themselves forced to work they face abuse and exploitation and risk their lives on the streets to help their families they are victims of one of the longest and deadliest conflicts in the region child labor has also extended today in countries where millions of syrians fled their homes impoverished many send their kids to the streets raising concerns about the future of a lost generation of children in a country where war shows no signs of. Southern turkey a powerful typhoon has ripped into central japan leaving two dead and more than ten injured just hours after millions struggle to the polls for the National Election typhoon land made landfall in southwest of tokyo in the early hours of monday morning authorities the warn those living in coastal areas to get to shelters the storm had already dumped to wrenshaw rainy the much of the country during the weekend as voters turned out to vote in the countrys general election. The head of the World Health Organization has backtracked on his appointment of Zimbabwes President Robert Mugabe as a goodwill ambassador if well as widespread criticism from International Leaders human rights activists and Health Groups they pointed to allegations of human rights abuses in zimbabwe president gobbets also been criticized the going abroad for medical treatment yet scored negatively because i think maybe i would i would just need to court like what one of the outspoken government ministers in prison who gave his government professor jonathan morrow you are saying that the for the appointment of prism of garbage they should have. All consulted and made their decision you know or somebody to rush and appoint him and only to think if you days later that they are withdrawing it from him saw diplomatically it doesnt look well for the newly appointed doctor to address so it wont look well also you know coming from africa i remember in the end of august into september when zimbabwe or. Africa you know the ministers bryza mugabe who was praising him and saying that there we have all one african men fifty men to lead their World Health Organization but then this is a bit well hes hailed a National Hero by some and a tyrant by others but while he may be divisive theres no doubting that Napoleon Bonaparte frances most famous leader continues to be a source of fascination and he exhibition has opened in the town of us which hopes to restore his reputation and get a new generation of people to fall in love with the leader on small touchup ata reports from paris. With his determined steely gaze and distinctive hat Napoleon Bonaparte is one of french historys most recognizable figures a brilliant general he forged his destiny in the french revolution crowned emperor thirty five he went on to dominate europe but while many french people regard napoleon as a hero others say hes a source of shame a tyrant and a cruel war monger curators hope a new exhibition in northern france will help restore his reputation as a military and political visionary if a killer people who. Are probably rebuilt france after the revolution of course there are parts of history that are hard to accept for the polands author of terror inside and his desire to conquer europe and if people have fallen out of love with the polian its because these days we value peace and were not accustomed to wars like people were in his time. Napoleon transformed france he created many of its institutions and his napoleonic code still defined civil war across much of europe for visitors here his legacy is clear on the. Pole he was a great figure of french history we owe him a lot our institutions and our schools. In troubled times he built an empire and restored order napoleons tomb is under the sumptuous dome of lead in paris its one of the capitals most visited sites a testimony to his enduring appeal napoleons youth and ambition his love of symbols and his focus on europe have led many people in france to draw parallels with president emmanuel like napoleon presents himself as a man of the moment one who can restore french glory. Frances youngest president also promises to transform france and restore its prestige historians say macros regal leadership style can be traced back to napoleon. Or an embedded what an historian once called the myth of the savior in the World War Two shallow and was seen as a savior lets see if wed be one but there is no doubt french president ial elections focus on one person we can fix everything and that is part of the buttons legacy the exhibition in ass is called images of a legend whether those visiting will see napoleon as a genius and a reformer or an ambitious autocrat will depend on their perspective but its clear that more than two centuries after his death Napoleon Bonaparte continues to fascinate Natasha Butler aljazeera paris a still has on their their unused argentinians vote in mid term elections designed to give the government an increased mandate to overhaul the economy. Iran opens its first ever clinic for thought of using not. Children i mean its a growing problem. Thanks to the premier league top school and even explain. How we got plenty of cloud of rain piling in across western parts of here pat the moment spilling in from the atlantic you see the next weather system just knocking on the door that will feed some of the wartime the weather if a wintry weather down into central passes along lot of cloud that we have coming out of scandinavia down across east of here through poland down across the balkans however in some other lives showers longer spells of friday once again theyre not going away a little further eastwards temperatures behind we had a struggling to get to around ten degrees celsius i went to weather over the outskirts covering of snow sunday possible to hear quite a few centimeters likely over the next couple of days more cloud of the rain spilling in cross the British Isles temperatures picking up for london at around sixteen of around fifteen in paris and a touch modest still as we go on into tuesday a southwesterly wind coming in but a fair amount of cloud and right with this time here it does mean rather gray skies grey skies down towards southern parts of the balkans easing over towards that eastern side of the mediterranean we see some lively downpours coming into greece over the next dials a little bit about whether to affecting the fall north of libya once again behind that it turns fine and dry. Just to. Have to board the. Ship to have. A home loan. You want to do good move thats your house youre not going to get no like not. Just. Jump on the truck. Go over the hill and today. This time ill just zero the natures music as it breaks because you can see there in the best of all shia militia vehicles to the docks you can see all the horizon there the peshmerga telling us are actually trying with detailed coverage when the mine closed in one thousand nine hundred for many people lost their jobs scavenging is awesome making money from around the world this is supposed to last for a month but people tell us that it only lasts for eight days if you look around this is the only ford available in this household. Welcome back under mind of the top stories here only aljazeera news u. S. Secretary of state Rex Tillerson says talks to resolve the gulf crisis remain unlikely often meetings in saudi arabia and counter. Japans Prime Minister shinzo abyei has sought to victory in the south election after promising to toughen his stance on north korea reviving the economy. And spains foreign minister is urging people in catalonia not to listen to their regional leaders as madrids moves to take control of the region. Polls have officially closed in argentina. National election the polls are predicting president merits your macros Coalition Government could win close to forty percent of the National Vote extending its control over congress by koreas looking for a mandate to overhaul the economy the official results are expected early on monday. Joins us live now from wayne or cyrus daniel those midterm elections are an opportunity to pass judgment on the sitting president so how is president my preparing. As you mentioned the polls close a little over half an hour ago and all sides have already come out on their own official there on official exit polls to say that they want one well they are does this is really a question of interpretation for now as we wait for those official results to come out the. Polls in the last few days or put. Government quite hard quite far ahead is about one half of the lower house of Congress Seats up for grabs today and one third of the seats in the upper house or senate he is hoping that he will increase his hold on both houses to be able to push through some of those measures to help to overhaul the difficulties with the argentine economy inflation here is still very high the other big issue worrying argentines is a rising crime rate so hes hoping again to put measures in place to deal with that these are also elections to see what happens to the former president Cristina Fernandez who is standing in the cyrus province as a congresswoman and she will be hoping to get back into the congress as a platform for elections president ial elections here in two thousand and nineteen and also to help to rebuild her Peronist Movement which suffered a defeat. In the last elections so really a case of trying to consolidate reorganize ahead of those elections in two thousand and nineteen and want to say that the Election Campaign was somewhat overshadowed by the discovery on tuesday of the body of the missing activist Santiago Maldonado why has that become such a big political issue. It really has become an issue here there are been mass demonstrations around the country since he disappeared during a rally in the south of argentina at the beginning of august. All parties suspended their campaigning for these elections early when that body was discovered and they were awaiting formal identification of the body and thats really because argentina is still suffering from many degrees from the wounds inflicted during the dictatorship here between one nine hundred seventy six in one nine hundred eighty three when the military government kidnapped tortured killed an estimated thirty thousand people these are still wounds that have not healed there are still court cases there are still many questions being asked and not answered here and whenever somebody does disappear in circumstances like those of Santiago Maldonado when some blame the police blame your thor it is for the disappearance of the killing it raises a revokes memories of that dictatorship those same questions about how accountable the authorities are people continue to ask those questions and they are asking them again of these government so that the government is under pressure to come up with answers that people want to hear to instill some faith in the institutions in this country and it still remains a very difficult issue people watching very closely to see how hes going to answer those questions in the days after these elections indeed. Cyrus thank you. Preliminary results suggest slovenias president ial election will go to a runoff with the incumbent winning forty seven percent of eights in the first round hole has been nicknamed the king of instagram for his presence on social media his main opponent in the runoff will be. The former comedian and local mare they sleep any and presidency is a largely ceremonial post. Egypts president abdul fattah elsisi has met ministers and Intelligence Services and vowed to fight what he called terrorism in the country it comes after police men were attacked in a desert ambush southwest of cairo on friday according to the Egyptian Government sixteen officers died other sources though say more than fifty five policemen were killed no one has yet claimed responsibility for the attack the next year bryant has more details. Egypt is in mourning following one of the largest attacks on Security Forces in years. The Egyptian Interior Ministry says sixteen Security Forces died in an ambush in the Western Desert earlier security sources said more than fifty five were killed at heart two hours drive south west of cairo two police platoons were reported to be on their way to kill or a racist a group of armed men in their days at hideout when they were shot with machine guns from every direction. You. Know there was a man who pointed out officers to be killed and soldiers to be fired at their hands or feet the moment the group arrived they ordered us to lie down on the ground and surrender our weapons they took the weapons officers received bullets in their heads the lapse in security is being questioned because Security Forces are on high alert and a state of emergency is imposed local media said the hilly terrain would have been ideal for an ambush analysts have other explanations the operation is very sophisticated its not the first of its kind it happened before happened in urban environments like the famous anything from one operation but this time i think it was a very much more complex in a sense there were this interview that the ministry of interior is progressing is that they were actually. Asked to go there because they thought of a camp that was going on Training Camp that was going on and while being on the offensive. On men defended and killed them. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack leaving many Unanswered Questions and new concerns about security in egypt. And al jazeera. At least eight people are dead after a roadside bomb exploded in somalia a minibus carrying mostly female farmers was hits just outside close to areas being held by alshabaab it comes off the two explosions in the capital killed more than three hundred fifty people last saturday. Somalias Intelligence Agency says a large Turkish Military base was the target for last weeks bombings the new information has put the focus on turkeys involvement in somalia mohamed atta who has more from mogadishu. On a prime piece of land in the somali capital mogadishu is the newly open Turkish Military base its the biggest Turkey Military has outside turkey itself and a key plank in uncut us efforts to help the Somali Government to claim authority and restore order in the country. At least ten thousand somali troops will be trained here in the coming months this is a joint military akademi. Near the air and land forces i think in the near future. Or. So while the army. Forces this is. News that these base was the real target of last weeks massive bombing in mogadishu has shocked officials both countries the turkish ambassador in mogadishu says their. Fight is well in the past. Threats and dangers on the ground but despite all this. We will continue. Somalia is the biggest recipient of turkish aid in the world it all began in august two thousand and eleven when the then Prime Minister now president tape visited mogadishu. He met starving somalis in displaced peoples camps and help the hungry b. B. C. He came at the height of the countrys famine since one thousand nine hundred two and was the first african head of state in two decades what i see particularly as a business at the time they were the first to respond of course a lot of international community. Came for what could be many many countries but. They are always in and out of meat and its out of kindness and humanity. Talk you also has its biggest embassy in the world is somalia the third to dick location of somalia makes it attractive for foreign and interests in the horn of africa region yet turkish officials argue that their presence in some mali has more to do with the interests of this country than their own. Turkey may help proven to be a strong ally of the somalia state building attempts but its also known to seek truly look at the interests with the war. But for now many somalis dont seem to mind that mohamed atta while just Mogadishu Somalia the russian Opposition Leader alexina valmy has been released from prison he was jailed for twenty days for organizing protests against president Vladimir Putin about he wants to challenge putin in next years president ial election but a criminal conviction which he says is politically motivated bar him from sounding the a two Day Conference has been held in cassock to debate the plight of arab christians and the threats theyre facing from growing religious intolerance in the middle east reports. Attacks on coptic churches in egypt and the forced migration of christians in iraq were among the issues discussed along with the age old issue of christian minorities living in the arab world. Participants at the Doha Institute for higher studies included University Professors political scientists researchers and writers they say its in the interest of everyone including the muslim majority to address religious persecution but you cant just separate they show the question from the rest of the region the problem of the money or not i think is actually the problem of the majority and that people dont have civil rights christians dont have. Civil rights because muslims dont have civil rights still so actually there is a problem of democracy as are there and that isnt christians have lived in the middle east since the birth of christianity two thousand years ago during that time they suffered several phases of inequality and marginalization a number of christians in the middle east has fallen during the last fifteen years and fought to constitute less than three to four percent of the population compared to twenty percent a century ago everyone here agrees there is no magic wand to solve the sectarian problem in this region but if democracy and the rule of law are allowed they can be used to redefine the role of religion in the affairs of countries. The conference constantly evoked the golden era of peace during the Ottoman Empire when the state embraced the welfare of all religious groups on and. It led to the rise of christian nationalist leaders and the birth of arab nationalism in the first decades of the Twentieth Century we try to put the issue of the question first of all interest in our statical context and second to find solutions that are not only for the questions but for the population in general including the question i summarize it in one word because citizenship and democracy one of the conclusions of the conference is for the arab world to begin to achieve social peace and Economic Prosperity and you pact is needed circumvents religious distinctions and rests on common values. Iran has opened its first ever clinic for drug addicted mothers the facility is highlighting the governments shifting attitude towards drug users from treating them as criminals to realizing it is a larger issue of Public Health same bus robbery reports from toronto. Began smoking crystal meth when she was seventeen ten years later she says she wants a better life for herself and her baby. It was a very bad situation before i came here when my daughter was born i was addicted we had no money her father said lets leave her in hospital but i took her and we fled the hospital without paying we had no money for work we were both addicted. Because of her mothers drug use this is little girl may have to deal with problems of her own while she seems healthy using meth during pregnancy can cause long term neurological and developmental problems in children. My daughter got taken away because of me when i quit and could get an Identity Card for her i was able to get her back its been almost six months weve been living together. The clinic into her own name to rebirth has offered both mother and daughter a new lease of life. In a morning i take. We have a normal life like a normal person at least my daughter can play with your friends and grow up in a proper manner just doesnt want to show her face or use her real name because in iran drug addicts are seen as a source of shame but her story is so common the you know the ration of this government run clinic was a publicized event among the v. I. P. s were a government minister of Vice President and a gaggle of t. V. News crews a sign perhaps of the changing attitudes towards the countrys major drug problem. You kind of addictions show that its not just about poverty and unemployment lack of psychological security is the main reason for being addicted in urban societies this is true all around the world including our country and a message to iranians that the government has started treating drug use less like a crime and more like a Public Health problem that has a cure. At schools you know his and media should spread information so you can be informed and choose the right path many young people say they didnt know about impacts and harms of drugs we have to inform them that it is something that hurt their future. Housing a Municipal Building next to a park in the old part of the city the clinic gives parents a chance to get better and reunite with their kids. Theres even an ambulance that patrols the streets in search of drug users to help. The women receive support from social workers and theyre able to help each other its a chance for these kids to retain their innocence and for their mothers to reclaim a little bit of theirs is in basra zero to one so has the prior crime they architects planning an eco friendly future for the city of angels. And their complaints the title hat trick of the year im just here. In the most heavily armed country in the world if theres any country that would be experiencing p. T. S. D. It would be a nation thats been war for for generations aljazeera explores the reason those drones are there to assist the innocent civilians they exist in off a draw or even theyre not filing as them frightening because any moment they can bomb living beneath the drunk. This time aljazeera. Well every. Time the sport now with funding thank you so much felicity well Lewis Hamilton has moved within science of a fourth f one world title hamilton winning the u. S. Grown pray with his championship rival Sebastian Vettel finishing second the victory in austin gave Hamiltons Mercedes team a fourth straight constructors championship hamilton will now only need to finish fifth in mexico next week to wrap up the drivers title. Tottenham of base in liverpool four one in the English Premier League its a win that made them level on points with second place at Manchester United harry kane was top one standout performer at wembley the struck a scoring twice also provided an assist this their fourth straight when liverpool are down the ninth with only one win in the last six league gangs in all the sides of moments. It was just and. Its difficult to talk about because. You create headlines which doesnt help us but today it was just pull defending of all parts in this in the size of parts it was like this. Well in the early kick off arsenal came from behind everton by saying that when lift them to fifth level on points with fourth place Chelsea Everton no into the relegation zone turns out the pressure on manager Ronald Koeman who spent more than one hundred eighty Million Dollars on new players during the last transfer window we team is on the performing team is in a difficult situation. Mentally confidence. Are struggling and ok thats what we need to change. I still personally i still believe that i can change the whole situation. Brazilian forward neymar has seen red for the first time in his paris sun german career as the French League leaders were held to a drop by rivals mol say neymar scored in the first half of the star velodrome but was dismissed for a second yellow in the eighty seventh minute with p. S. G. Two one down despite being a man down pace she managed a stoppage time equaliser through Addison Cavani still four points clear of the top of the league. The Houston Astros have set up a world series showdown with the l. A. Dodgers the astros beats the new york yankees in the deciding game of that championship series houston though never worn a world series going on a sun shows reports the game its just another game recused and had Home Field Advantage in the deciding game seven of the American League championship series but the pressure was intense at the astor as well hosting one of the most successful sports in the world the new york yankees but they started strong from the beginning asteroids pitcher Charlie Morton three five shutout innings allowing just two hits and striking out five like i was the one i already leading in the fifth inning has out there who helped houston tench and six was in form again on saturday night as the scored a solo home run to give the astros the two nothing lead was crying macand also came through for the second straight game by hitting a to run double pushing their lead to four nothing more i have to hide. Away for the same game said the yankees who were trying to reach their first series since two thousand and nine that way to losing an Elimination Game for the first time this season and that was it the astros shutting out the yankees to reach the wild theories for the First Time Since two thousand and five. Really are connected because we all have a common goal is to win and i dont care whether youre old school news. School analytical traditional its about winning at this level and then i think this organization gets it i know people are you know were going to talk about how we didnt win many games on the road you know there are some other teams that have won many games on the road either you know we just happen to run into you know a very good team that beat us. The astros have never won a World Series Game but theyll have that chance again when they meet the Los Angeles Dodgers game one of the best of seven series takes place on tuesday in l. A. Tatyana sanchez is there are. Now pakistans cricket coach has confirmed one of his players was targeted by a match fixer Mickey Arthur said it happened during the ongoing series with sri lanka in the United Arab Emirates and that the individual immediately reported the incident to the teams head of security. To be honest the player acted unbelievably well he did everything required of him we had a chat straight afterwards he came in saw me we came in so it was handled brilliantly and i think that is a real example to our team and a really cool to to the cricket world that a really important was approached and acted to the letter of the law and did exceptionally well as a best as you get wimbledon champion garbin move off to a winning start of the season ending finals in singapore the world number two beating french open winner you learn of the panko in straight sets this event has a great performance in it involves the worlds top i place a great second finish the year at the top of the rankings by playing this title. Third seed carolina place give a beat Venus Williams in their Group Williams who is a first dougherty a pharmacist two thousand and nine is the only player events he hasnt won a title this year. Not a problem for masters champion Sergio Garcia hes won three titles in a year for the first time in his career garcia haye winning the and then he said well the roman masters by a single shot into tournament the spaniard himself hosts the thirty seven year old adding this winter is mass destruction april and victory in february dubai desert classic. Ok lets get back to flip city in london. By so much on day now city life is becoming the norm for more and more of us its estimated seven out of ten people on the planet will live in cities within the next thirty five years but with that growth comes a number of new precious on the environment so in los angeles a group of autistics got together to figure out what eco friendly cities of the future should get like reports. At the american Landscape Architects annual conference there is a focus on sustainability and designing for an era of Global Warming for example econ creek has developed a chemically unique waterfront Building Material that encourages growth of marine life in projects now underway from the middle east to new york harbor by creating a habit that that is actually callous and probably based you creating a kind of a reef its growing with time so its becoming like and leaving water for the plants and marine organisms clinging to them actually make waterfront structures stronger and more resilient at a time when warming oceans are spawning more frequent more intense storms. Los angeles is the site of one of the most ambitious Landscape Architecture and Design Projects underway in the country the revitalization of the l. A. River the river was in tuned in concrete in the 1930s much of it is a lifeless ditch surrounded by industry full of trash and mostly off limits its a gash the river is a gash and intractable corps the channel rail and fences and you know it just was the kind of place that was invisible this is what the river looks like now but plans are afoot for a transformation to this a living corridor for wildlife a Gathering Place for people and environmentally sustainable green space planted with indigenous grasses shrubs and trees in the heart of a city known for its freeways parking lots and strip malls theres biking jogging. There are some pocket parks or smaller parts or you know apartment buildings with terraces overlooking the river its basically a space that we can. Use in a much more meaningful way to weave the city together the project will take decades and cost billions of dollars in public and private funding but with strong support from the state City Government and businesses it is moving forward creating more grace in the city of angels robert oulds Al Jazeera Los Angeles next pretty good from the new thought join us again in a couple of minutes a few. It. Was an issue. Its the end of the breeding season as we take a ferry through the straits of magellan to maddalena island today the island is a penguin colony sanctuary with access to tourists accompanied by foot nine percent penguin expert cloud able lloyd we learned the penguin colonies in south america are under threat Climate Change is one reason it is well documented that changing rain patterns or spend was to abandon flooded nests warmer Ocean Temperatures have diminished the quantity and quality of fish for the penguins who was swim further and further away to feed their young overfishing and ocean contamination especially plastic also killing penguins. In a country beset by poverty and lack of infrastructure. Sometimes we risk our lives in taking these roads with care that saving lives is a dangerous job the vaccines takes on a good twenty four hours there are patients waiting for these medicines for most of the day life for threats of a week ago one of the gang stops on the causal role but that can be a good one for the risking it all guinea at this time on al jazeera. It is