Hello im down jordan this is al jazeera from doha also coming up saudi arabia says it will ease its blockade on yemen but the u. N. Says the move doesnt go far enough. A possible breakthrough over the long disputed South China Sea ahead of the final day of the summit. And its only fails to qualify for next years World Cup Final its first absence from the football competition in sixty years. Iran has declared tuesday an official day of mourning after an earthquake killed at least four hundred fifty people sundays quake also left thousands homeless and injured well the u. S. Geological survey puts the epicenter on the border between iran and iraq semi autonomous kurdish region most of the deaths reported so far in irans mountainous kumon shah province the worst hit town appears to be. On the iraqi side there are reports of extensive damage in the nearby town of Daraa Bandi Khan reports. Day one after sundays earthquake on the iraq border and a community retrieves the date from the rubble the loudest sounds of morning come from Irans Kermanshah province more than three hundred of the dead lived here thousands more were injured. I was under the rubble of a destroyed wall it collapsed on my head infrastructure has been devastated so medics improvise in a field irans government has sent in twenty helicopters and created four field hospitals using trucks of medicine and buses to treat the wounded those whose injuries which. Severe were transferred to the capital tehran. There were no facilities no access to electricity or water in the seconds that the earthquake rolled through at nine eighteen on sunday night and the estimated seventy thousand people became homeless iran is one of the most seismically active countries in the world several major fault lines cross it. In iraq the less common but this time the destruction cross the border. Home of the earthquake i was lying in my bed because i wasnt feeling well my sound started shouting mom wake up theres an earthquake we all went to the corridor and you could see the house collapsed and behind us and hear the sound of things falling. Its believed many people are still under the rubble communities in iran and iraq scrambling optimistically to find out. The building was flattened by the earthquake that struck yesterday at a fellow a seven member family we managed to rescue only five of them while the other two were killed it was the first time ive ever seen an earthquake so divine act that no one can prevent because to be a loss professionals have been brought in and they visibly their work will see the death toll rise the area was already fragile economically and politically the earthquake has broken their independence. The turkish red cresent has deployed fifty five cargo trucks of i ate to kurdish held areas of iraq and iran tuesday has been declared a national day of mourning the true cost of this earthquake slowly becoming clear. Aljazeera well razor mirages from the National IranianAmerican Council he says Emergency Responders are experienced but iran may still need help from outside. And youve seen long queues to donate blood youve seen people trying to donate everything from food to blankets to. Clothing and i think youre going to see even more of a robust government response in the coming days because quite frankly if you dont see that kind of response from the government then youre going to start to see increasing outrage from the people which is the last thing that the iranian government is going to want i do still think that were assessing the damage but i would be personally surprised if you run didnt except some kind of outside assistance whether it be from the red crescent or from friendly countries that have experience with Disaster Relief like japan for example so there is a precedent for it but precisely because geo political tensions with countries like the United States for example are extremely high perhaps a little bit less likely that iran would accept any offer from the tribal ministration even though i personally believe those offers are are unlikely at least at the moment. Groups are preparing to send much needed supplies to yemen after saudi arabia said it will start reopening some of the countrys ports and airports saudi imposed a blockade a week ago after who the rebels fired a missile at riyadh well the u. N. Is warning millions of people could die in the worlds worst famine in decades unless the measures are lifted completely diplomatic editor James Spaders has more saudi arabia has announced that aid is going to be allowed in but only to places that are controlled by its military coalition is not going to be allowed to ports and airports which are who think control the problem with that is that eighty percent of yemens food normally comes in through the day the port and that is under control with regard to the u. N. Their statements are very careful because of the political sensitivity but if you read between the lines what theyre saying is this is too little too late. The ports that we need access to or the ones where the humanitarian needs are the greater sin that includes data and salif. Sea ports. Obviously we welcome the opening of other other ports but those are the ones that we need later in the same room saudi arabias ambassador flanked by the ambassador of yemen and the deputy ambassador of the United Arab Emirates took questions from reporters they were asked why they were planning to lift the blockade selectively these doesnt this lay you open to accusations of using starvation as a weapon of war no no far from it we are we are saying that we have had to take measures to control the safety and security of our country and we have taken these measures on a temporary basis and for a short and limited period of time we are lifting the siege in the areas where there is no threat of smuggling we are taking steps to improve the Verification Mechanism in the other areas and in the meantime we have not stopped the supply of humanitarian aid to all of you havent from saudi arabia and from from elsewhere the saudi ambassador denied reports that the president of yemen president had he was under house arrest in saudi arabia its perhaps remarkable that moments later he was asked exactly the same question about saad hariri the Prime Minister of lebanon who resigned in riyadh last week and he was still in saudi arabia airstrikes on a market in a rebel held town in Northern Syria are reported to have killed at least sixty two people the syrian observatory for human rights says three strikes hit the countryside town of at arab near aleppo its inside one of the deescalation zones agreed between turkey and russia and iran is not yet clear who is responsible for the strikes. Leaders and china have agreed to start talks on drafting new guidelines for the South China Sea the Philippine ForeignMinistry Says the countries will negotiate an effective code of conduct over the long disputed territory but he gave no details on when the talks will begin for more than a decade leaders of the ten member bloc of struggled to reach a deal with china which claims most of these to teach it waterway Robert Wright has more from manila. This is being seen as something of an achievement albeit long overdue they first started talking about these talks that has he and back in two thousand and two the organization has often been accused of being more of a talking shop so yes while this is a success it does prove just how slowly the wheels of an as again can turn the problem is the competing demands of asian neighbors to the resources of the South China Sea and try to accommodate those and also the relationship with the biggest claimants to the resources of the South China Sea china itself the philippines for example has in recent times taken a far more pragmatic approach talking about jointly developing the resources of the South China Sea rather than trying to forcefully stake its claim against chinas claims yet now on the other hand is far more robust in dealing with china though it seems those claims will still exist whether or not there is in place a code of conduct to try to sort out these differences meanwhile and to try and protesters are rallying in manila as the u. S. President wraps up his asia trip these are live pictures coming from the philippines capital on monday right please use water cannon and sonic alarms to disperse hundreds of protesters demanding trump to go home theyre angry he failed to condemn philippine president to test his socalled war on drugs which is near to the deaths of thousands of people. Un chief antonio. Leader to allow ranger refugees in bangladesh to return home. At the assy on summit and expressed his deep concern over the range of crisis suit shes faced International Criticism over the military crackdown that forced more than eight hundred thousand ranger to escape across the border the un has described the violence as ethnic cleansing i cannot hide my deep concern with an emetic movement of and that is of thousands of refugees from myanmar to bangladesh. It is a worrying escalation in the protracted treasure the and the potential source of instability in the region and radicalization since the beginning of the crisis and beyond the end the violence i have called for means of humanitarian access to affected communities and the right to safe voluntary and dignified return of those who fled to their places of origin the Indian Government struggling to tackle a Public Health crisis thats now into its second week the capital new delhi has been choked with toxic smoke leading to a spike in hospital admissions people there say theyve been plagued by pollution for years and others are demanding the government do more than one hundred takes a closer look now at why the air theyre breathing is so dangerous. At first glance it looks like delhi is blanketed by a thick wintry farm but the sheer number of people covering their mouths shows this is something more sinister for almost a week people have been gasping for breath and hailing a toxic combination of microscopic particles and noxious fumes many have heeded the warning to stay home but some are getting tired of that we are worried about our health thats where we are we were all right in the segment for the last four or five days but finally we know how much we can know what i will say this is i will be clearer. At times delozier has been almost ten times worse than the Chinese Capital beijing a city basin known for its better with pollution. Heres what makes the smog so dangerous air quality is assessed by counting measure with a diameter of less than two point five micro metres were talking absolutely tiny here around thirty times finer than a human here so small it can only be detected with an electron microscope and small enough to get into your lungs and pass into the bloodstream causing heart and respect tree problems the air quality index puts the upper limits for good ear at no more than fifty and the highest and most hazardous level on that index is three hundred plus the count for delhi at times of the last few days has climbed to double that up past six hundred masks my make people feel better but they offer little real protection from a pollution like this experts say its the same as smoking forty to fifty cigarettes a day Construction Projects vehicle fumes and home fires during winter are all being blamed but most believe farm fires are the main culprit here farmers in neighboring states clearing their fields by burning them its against the law but its also cheap and easy and every year state governments are accused of turning a blind eye Emergency Hospital admissions have risen between twenty and thirty five the scene government leaders have ordered the closure of more than six thousand schools halted construction and to limiting trucks to only those carrying essential supplies forecasts of rain in the coming days my office some response might but forecasters say it will only be temporary in the meantime those who can a staying home but many others in delhi simply cant afford to nor do they have the money to get to hospital when the smoky gray has becomes too much to be here. Does either. Lots more so to come here not just here including the instability in lebanon spots fears of a wider conflict with israel paying close attention. As foreign secretary apologizes for his controversial comments about a british citizen jailed in iran more on. How low the weather. Of the u. S. Eastern parts of kind of the little area cloud it just pulling out into the north atlantic and then we got High Pressure coming in behind it this will act as a blocking high. The air is applied at by that try to push in from the west ham ounce of cloud there through the Central PlainsNorthern Plains up towards the midwest before the dry you notice shes day off name for new york have they say time just getting up to around nine or ten celsius and i High Pressure caping things at least as we go on through wednesday. Does push into our high cost to rise to condense in a fair amount of rain coming in they will based on heavy downpours and snow on the northern flank lake effect snow for some cooler air coming in behind with a peg minus four celsius. Just around the Pacific Northwest only some snow across the northern sections of the rockies meanwhile some very heavy rain coming in across central parts of the caribbean also cloud showing up here looks like a real wet one there for jamaica we got some very heavy rain into cuba pushing up towards the bahamas hispania are also seeing some rather wet weather showers continue across a good part of Central America the west of weather slowly though she is further east. Documentaries that open your eyes at this time. Welcome back a quick reminder of the top stories here on aljazeera at least four hundred fifty people have been killed by an earthquake in the iran iraq border about six thousand others were injured but magnitude seven point three quake caused widespread damage in both countries. Aid groups are preparing to send much needed supplies to yemen after saudi arabia said it will start reopening some of the countrys ports and airports but the main supply route the port of the data will only reopen once the saudi and coalition is satisfied the who hes going to use it to bring in weapons. Leaders and china have agreed to start talks on drafting a new guideline for the South China Sea the Philippine ForeignMinistry Says the countries when they go shave and effective code of conduct over the long disputed territory. The head of lebanons Maronite Church is visiting the saudi capital where hes expected to meet lebanese Prime Minister saad hariri last week a spokesman for patriarch bashar i said he received a positive response from saudi arabia over a possible meeting between the two its believed the patron will deliver a message to the kingdom that lebanon quote cannot handle conflict riri announced his resignation more than a week ago from riyadh but he hasnt yet returned to lebanon prompting speculation hes being held against his will but harry said he was free to leave riyadh in an interview on sunday adding here the returning to beirut says he is considering taking back his resignation well thats been welcomed by the countrys president the instability sparked fears of a wider conflict with israel paying particularly close attention or a force that reports from western. Israeli troops rehearse another war with hezbollah these exercises the largest in one thousand years took place in september two months on some are wondering whether lebanons political crisis might set the stage for the real thing i noticed was that zogby would in fact have great concerns over the developments in the middle east the fact that the Prime Minister has fled to another country obviously linked destabilization in lebanon and there were already several areas of instability behind those fears of the Extraordinary Events of the last ten days which have seen the lebanese Prime Minister side hariri summoned to saudi arabia and announce his resignation and the leader of hezbollah accuse the saudis of declaring war the israeli media have been full of speculation about the intentions of the Saudi Crown Prince mohammed bin simon one theory is that hes trying to destabilize lebanon in order to spark a war in which israel would defeat hezbollah and deal a blow to their common enemy iran even if that theory were correct theres little sense among analysts here that israel would at the moment be willing to play along it will certainly be an enormous tested an early stage of the recent warming in relations between saudi arabia and israel. Not least because since the last lebanon war in two thousand and six hezbollah soldiers have been battle hardened in syria and its missile arsenal has swelled in size range and destructive power on the israeli side defense minister Avigdor Lieberman has repeatedly this year promised that in any future conflict israel would seek a decisive clear victory all of which would risk a largescale conflict eleven years ago just because both sides have incentives not to go to war doesnt mean theyre not going to go to war all it takes is one miscalculation of you know from one side that the other responds to and then theres a response to the response and back and forth and all of a sudden youre fighting a war that you didnt want i really gave a t. V. Interview on sunday raising the prospect of his return to lebanon and even to office if hes uneasy partners in power hezbollah stopped intervening in the war in yemen is a sign at least of a potential deescalation in a crisis being watched intently from israel aljazeera west jerusalem. A social media blackout has been imposed in somaliland as votes are counted in its president ial election three candidates are in the running and member of the ruling party and two from the opposition these are the third elections since somaliland declared independence in one thousand nine hundred one from the rest of somalia the votes meant to be held every five years but the poll was delayed for two years by drought and technical issues human Rights Groups are urging your gand the north orators to arrest the visiting president of sudan Omar Al Bashir is wanted by the International Criminal court for crimes against humanity of attacks on tribal groups in darfur between two thousand and three and two thousand and eight he was welcomed by his again and counterpart you were in a seventy in entebbe on monday as part of a two day visit. The u. K. s foreign secretary has apologized for causing distress to a british citizen jailed in iran and her family nazneen Zardari Ratliff is facing charges of spreading propaganda she said she was in the country to visit her family but Boris Johnson is accused of complicating the issue about two weeks ago by saying shed been there to teach journalism but critics say the comments might prompt iran to extend her prison sentence. And i have no knowledge of the words i used to open to be misinterpreted my apologize i apologize to mrs garri ratcliffe and her family if i inadvertently cause them any further and the house should bear in mind that irans regime and no one else has chosen to separate this mother from her infant daughter. The reason is that even they find it difficult to explain or describe how the kremlin funded t. V. Channel r. T. America says it will comply with a demand by the Us Government to register as a Foreign Agent but the network says it will challenge the issuing Court Previously known as russia today says it presents the russian view on global events and cover stories ignored by western Mainstream Media alan fischer reports from washington d. C. R. T. Has been broadcast around the world since two thousand and five initially calling itself russia today it says it presents an alternative view of the world away from western Centric Networks of politicians in the u. S. Claim it traffics in conspiracy theories and works as a propaganda arm of the kremlin after being accused of influencing the last president ial election its been forced to register as a Foreign Agent under a pre World War Two a law that want to block poor nazi propaganda channel will now have to file by annual reports to the u. S. Government and flag its backing from the russians now with the say it would i would use me just imagine you work in media and you should sign anything you do with Foreign Agent or produced by a Foreign Agent how does it feel for any media for interviews that you do to be declared to the institutions and ministries this cant be called working these conditions are aimed at destroying us as mass media the state department has said in the past that this will not impact on what broadcasts when the United States tells someone to register under a Foreign Agent requirement we dont see impacts or a fact the ability of them to. Report news and information Russias Embassy in the u. S. Says the order to register is an attack on press freedom but one analyst says its not government you know toryism boards have to register as Foreign Agents things that dont that arent even involved in politics so the notion that this is some nefarious law thats attempting to you know squelch alternative views or to to censor foreign governments and their abilities to reach out to the American Public is absurd last month russian president Vladimir Putin wonder could be a midget response to the u. S. Action. In this case we all do it only in kind and quite quickly as soon as we see steps to pressure media there will immediately be an answer. The Russian Parliament has already begun discussing legislation which would require for International Broadcasters including news channel c. N. N. To register as for need alan fischer washington thousands of women have marched in Rio De Janeiro to protest against the governments plan to make abortion illegal without exception abortion in brazil is currently only allowed in cases of rape or a pregnancy that threatens a womans life but im not measure adopted by a Congressional Committee would change that amendment needs a majority in both the lower house and senate to become law. Australian m. P. s have been given three weeks to prove theyre not also citizens of other countries following a crisis thats led to the government losing its majority in recent weeks m. P. s from several parties have been forced to resign as australias constitution balance people who hold dual nationality from sitting in parliament. Now for the first time in sixty years its a nice Football Team have failed to qualify for the world cup the four time cup winners drew near when there was sweden in a qualifying playoff but it was a game they had to win legendary goalkeeper john luigi before announced his retirement ending a twenty Year International career that included winning the two thousand and six world cup but. There was nothing to say its the way it was meant to be they were terrible italy not qualifying for the world cup its a shame its a shame that. They didnt really want to win and everybody underestimated the opponent in the first leg as well even now no one was really trying to score everyone was saying we were strong but its not true because sweden is going through and were going home. I have to say i must apologize for the citys uls certainly not because of the commitment or the real of the players but for the result that is the main thing i know who adam peacock is i presented fox Sports Australia he says theres a number of problems preventing younger players getting into it and his top teams. Watching the game it was just that i became bereft of ideas towards the end i just ended up resorting to lumping it in that the swedes the back four for sweden were just immense and the wire that i defended what i had to defend was incredible and i would deserving of going through of saying the peaches and then celebrating with the where dish tell you a mob and crushing the desk after the game though a fantastic sense from their point of view for italy theres a whole heap of soul searching going on and a few of my might live around me here in sydney are just in a state of shock pure shock because not only their fathers not only that i dont know of italy being in a world cup their fathers as well thats how long it goes back when you look at antonia cantone did so well with the squad that he had in not that long ago before he moved to chelsea. Then sure of the new boss bicycle left at the same crop of a few younger ones coming through but i think theres a glut of problems that professional level for Young Players in italy and theyre not getting the chances that perhaps the development believes that they should have in terms of the quality of the development that produced some great players but its just that finishing touches that they dont get between the ages of thirteen sixteen and twenty that seems to be the problem and its created this this generation that hasnt quite got it when it comes to the big moments and thats not the south think theres some adjustments going on in italian football moments in the younger riders that will say that Something Like this doesnt happen of course well have to wait and see if it doesnt happen but steps are implies a judge has hold to the controversial sale of two paintings by the american artist Norman Rockwell at the heart of the matter is whether a museum has the right to sell off works that were donated to it for safe keeping for generations to come question something he hasnt. The works of Norman Rockwell provide a window into americas past smalltown Twentieth Century life whether its after hours fun scene here at shuffled his barber shop or the bustle of blacksmiths boy these paintings were donated by the artist to the Berkshire Museum in the one nine hundred fifty s. But the museum in the state of massachusetts where rockwell lived and worked for the last twenty five years of his life fell on hard times and decided to sell them my grandfather gave them to be viewed by the people the birchers probably in gratitude. To the director and to the museum i think the museum is losing its soul i think its. You know its very clear that it is a mission around science history an art and has decided to sell the art in order to invest in the other parts of the mission. Norman rockwells descendants arent the only ones upset about it but the museums board which turned down our request for an interview says its been losing a Million Dollars a year and needs to raise money to revamp its site to attract new visitors. A Massachusetts Court has delayed the sale after the family of the state Attorney Generals Office sued the state argued the sale also opposed by the association of Art Museum Directors and the American Alliance of museums may violate the museums responsibility as a Charitable Trust are critically rosenbaum says the move would set a bad precedent allowing cash strapped institutions to potentially convert public treasures into liquid assets the metropolitan museum couldnt find the money for its expansion that its planning to do but it didnt sell the rembrandts thats not the way to do it what you do is you poor was you postpone make some cuts i mean laid off some people and you just wait until you can get the consensus and the donors support that you need or risk the sale of iconic works such as those of Norman Rockwell to private collectors where the American Public wont get a chance to see them kristen salumi aljazeera. Recap our top stories here on aljazeera at least four hundred fifty people have been killed by an earthquake now the iran iraq border about six thousand others were injured the magnitude seven point three quake cause widespread damage in both countries a groups are preparing to send much needed supplies to yemen to saudi arabia said it will start reopening some of the countrys ports and airports but the main supply route the port of the data we dont know we opened once this out of the Coalition Says it satisfied who these kind of use it to bring in weapons. And is pushing for the blockade to be lifted completely. What is important for us is i said is that the ports that we need access to or the ones where the humanitarian needs or the greater sin that includes data and if. Sea ports. Obviously we welcome the opening of other other ports but those are the ones. That we need air strikes on a market in a rebel held town in Northern Syria reported to have killed at least sixty two people the syrian observatory for human rights says three strikes hit the countryside town of near aleppo hours inside one of the deescalation zones agreed between Turkey Russia and iran are sam leaders and china have agreed to start talks on drafting a new guideline for the South China Sea the Philippine ForeignMinistry Said the countries will negotiate an effective code of conduct over the long disputed territory the u. K. s foreign secretary has apologized for causing distress to a british citizen jailed in iran and her family nazneen Zardari Radcliffe is facing charges of spreading propaganda but she says she was in the country to visit her family but barr is johnsons accused of complicating the case about two weeks ago by saying she had been there to teach journalism critics say the comments made cause iran to extend her prison sentence its in his Football Team a failed to qualify for the world cup for the first time in sixty years the four time cup winners drew neil neil was sweden in a qualifying playoff but it was a game they had to win legendary goalkeeper john luigi before announced his retirement ending a twenty Year International career well those were the headlines the news continues here on aljazeera after witness. We understand the differences. 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