Has always lived beside the lake of money in the northwestern state. Hes a fisherman but he says pollution from the oil industry is destroying his way of life. This is abandon completely abandon it in the past the oil and gas installations were taken care of but not anymore now or lake is filled with oil and contamination or boats or dirty or nets or dirty my family depends on this and its killing us were close to the town where oil was 1st discovered in venezuela in 1922 it turned this country from Michael Cohen coffee producing nation into an oil giant but things have not been going well in the past heres the bottom of my back i was filled with thousands of kilometers of Gas Pipelines some of them are broken if you can see right there thats a leak a gas leak this is just an example of the enormous infrastructure problems that Venezuela Energy sectors has today were told tankers i rarely seen here Venezuelas Oil production has dropped by more than 70 percent in the past 20 years and the u. S. Oil embargo is further complicating the export market. Has worked for venezuela. For over 30 years at one time they were producing 80000 barrels a day now not a single one. I have fought with management how is painting a pipeline red when inside its rod and deteriorated weepin a pump and then it catches fire then things blow up thats the maintenance they want us to do with what we have and we have lots of accidents. Fransisco says hes paid around 8. 00 a month couple years literally so that im a revolutionary but this is not the left i dreamt of i want to work but we have no tools no boats total deterioration in the past there were food halls not anymore we have served then and now we are fed we cannot go out to work we cannot even buy food with our sorrow or raise so we are demanding a meal at least former president or chavis promised to improve peoples lives when he took office 2 decades ago and their state owned company played a crucial role in his plan but experts say a lack of investment corruption and inexperience someone chose loyalist devastated the company now the government of the little with money from russia and china is trying to provide the only industry with a much needed boost so with change in geopolitics to china for example is more costly because of the cargo shipments will have to see were ends venezuela has lots of doubt with china and we will have to see whether they really invest in the country and if it generates cash and how the money is going to enter the country if we are sanctioning it its a vicious cycle that generates lots of questions and problems many of these fisherman supported what will chavis called the valley very own revolution and believed in the benefits it would bring now they feel abandoned by a government they say has forgotten about the promises that were once made. Venezuela were all drinking plastics in our water but the World Health Organization says no one yet knows how damaging it is for our health and more searches badly needed they want very small plastic particles carrying bacteria could be absorbed into our organs a study last year found that we ingest a credit card sized amount of plastic every week that are richer says they also is to eliminate plastic pollution entirely. Press corps has coordinator for water sanitation and hygiene at the World Health Organization he says the risks are no at the moment but will test the current being done if we take all the studies that you know somewhat reliable and that relevant and actually convene a group of scientists to look at those and what they know then we would suggest the risks are low at the moment so consumers shouldnt be unduly alarmed from their Drinking Water we are entirely reliant on what investigators are doing throughout the world you know taking in the water samples and doing it in a way thats reproducible and comparable so without the those folks doing that work thats thats sort of all we have you know to work with there are a number of recommendations weve made to the water suppliers and to the regulators and i think the 1st thing is that to optimize all the things that they you know should be doing now to get rid of all the known risks like the viruses like the bacteria that cause illness and when we get filtration up to and thats you know 11 piece of this too to a point that is is optimized we can reduce about 90 percent of micro plastics through wastewater and Drinking Water can do quite a substantial amount as well and its a win win. Still to hear this news. Its a good day at the badminton World Championships for the top saint and it will be here shortly for the action in sport. Business updates brought to you by Qatar Airways going places to get the. Business updates brought to you by Qatar Airways going places together. Now to libya in doha for sport. Thank you lauren 23 time grand slam tennis champion williams will face former world number one maria in a 1st round glamour tie at the u. S. Open the years final major starts on monday in new york williams is a 6 time champion at flood. Meadows poll when the title in 06 serena is chasing a record qualifying 24th slam title although she has lost in her last 3 major finals and has withdrawn from her last 2 tournaments with a back problem as for the russian she has had her playing time limited by a lingering shoulder injury this year meanwhile defending champion and world number one they only osaka will face russias and not blink over 1st step. I mean im not really sure yet because this is the 1st time of course so looking forward to the experience for me everyone knows that i love it here so over on the mens side world number one Novak Djokovic will be up against spains robert ocar bias by anna in the 1st round joke of it has won the u. S. Open 3 times previously and is also the defending champion. Well you know you have that additional pressure of you see an expectation is in but i guess over the time you get used to the more you are into more you get used to that i guess. A former World Major League baseball a former Major League Baseball world series when there is a link to a debt linked to a dominican Drug Trafficking trafficking and Money Laundering ring insists that he is innocent octavio de tell who played for 12 different teams in his 15 year career was in court on thursday after being arrested and one of 40 raids carried out across the Dominican Republic 3 time all star Luis Castillo is among 16 others implicated by authorities although he has not currently been detained. No mcclean person and i have my money in a clean way and all of you know that that is what the press and that is in my biography i am innocent and my money cleanly. England are on top after rain affected 1st day of the 3rd ashes cricket test against australia in leeds england won the toss and sent the ozzies in to bat morning. Top scored with 74 while david warner hit 61 but it was fast bowler just for or archer who was the top man on the day he helped himself to 6 wickets as the aussies collapsed from 136422179 all out. Thought. The ball was a team. You keep you look at make it look easy enough. Happened today. I was always going to do cricket just because but we want to feel long enough to. Force a 1st in is was a group always going to come out tomorrow and hit the right laws and links. The weathers quite hot so to a good draw that we could out a lot. Its a far scoring out food as well so were going to draw a law and and lynxes a try and shut the schoolboy down but for us its about discipline you know they had to drop 5 is today that the conditions in favor but they put the ball in the wrong sport all the time so thats the challenge. Rain also played a large role in colombo on the 1st day of the 2nd test between sri lanka and new Zealand William somerville and call and the grand ole made breakthroughs for the kiwis but sri lankan captain demoted or up nate was on 49 not out when play was stopped for the day the home team were 85 for 2 and just 36. 3 overs were bowled sri lanka lead the series one nil barcelona superstar captain messi is in a race against time to be fit for his clubs legal home game against real betis messi has adopted some slightly more unusual training methods this week as he tries to recover from the calf strain he suffered earlier in the month the argent time missed him far says Opening League match a one nil loss to athletic bilbao but he is back in training now hoping to be fit for the teams 1st match the season at their home ground the no camp. Blame player coach Vincent Kompany is to focus purely on captaining the club on match days from now on the belgian has lost all 4 of his matches so far in the Belgian League but starting with the next match against a Game Companies assistant will be responsible for tactical changes and substitutions on match day what companies simply captains a team. Brazils a famous Corinthians Football Club has set a new world record of 28 consecutive wins by its womens team the side were up against south jos a in the brazilian womens championship quarterfinals they won one nil to win 51 on aggregate and reached the semifinals welsh team the new saints held the previous record will play federer the area on saturday as they look to further extend this record. Championship leader ought to accept the pace at the world rallies latest stop in germany the estonian which witnessed during thursdays shakedown 6 time a reigning champion sebastian was just half a 2nd off the next piece but norwegian driver was lucky to get away without damaging his car after ending up in a field. At the badminton World Championships top seed moto is through to the quarter finals and Basel Switzerland the japanese defended indias h. S. Annoy in straight games on thursday hes also the world number one and defending champion moto will meet malaysias the. Us. You may remember sister jean who became an internet sensation last year when her u. S. College Basketball Team made it to the final 4 of the n. C. Doubly tournaments now the basketball loving none is the center of attention again celebrating her 100th birthday Loyola University marks their chaplain century with a massive cake contributes to her work which include prematch prayers sister jeans devotion to the team is as strong as ever thats it for me ill hand you back to lauren london. Thank you very much indeed to catch up with our website address that aljazeera dot com and what just live occasional live. As if i mean are intended for this news hour on the back in a moment with our full roundup the days news thanks for watching. And the next episode of techno the team travels to the heart of the amazon. Where we are now should be grateful to investigate illegal gold mining mercury has a very unique characteristic of finding the gold for a miner its almost like magic and the technology being used to expose its devastating impact and so what we end up doing is imaging a forest in a very high fidelity street techno all knowledge is e of. The leaders of the 7 most powerful economies in the world leaves in paris this august for the Climate Crisis is high on the agenda. But trade walls bricks it under tension with iran will be vying for their attention how much progress i might follow the g. 7 summit on aljazeera. The story of a friendship between a filmmaker and a 7 Year Old Girl what is it would mean. Giving whom would into a refugee family being the syrian war. In the face of deep rooted tension between the lebanese and the refugees. My syrian friends. Bisect on aljazeera. To stand the differences. And the similarities of cultures across the world. Aljazeera. Brazilian prosecutors open an investigation into devastating wildfires burning across the amazon rain forest. Taylor this is al jazeera live from london also coming up irans foreign minister says his government could consider french proposals to salvage the 2015 nuclear deal. The french president tells britains Prime Minister that the irish backstop is indispensable for preserving political stability and the single market. And tense exchanges at the Un Security Council after washington is accused of threatening International Security with its latest missile test. Below brazilian federal prosecutors have begun an investigation into the recent spike in the number of fires burning across vast areas of the amazon rain forest earlier the president. Asked for International Help saying his government lacked the resources to tackle the flames alone and a message on his Facebook Page was so narrow repeated his accusations that Environmental Charities start in the us to make him look bad or worse. Or now the amazon is bigger than europe how can you fight criminal fires in such an area it is clearly criminal how can you do it you need to catch them in the act otherwise theres nothing you can do now nongovernmental organizations are losing money money that came from germany and norway they are unemployed now so they are trying to overthrow. The number of files currently burning in the amazon is the largest since records began in 2030 in 84 percent on the same time last year amazon produces 20 percent of the worlds oxygen and the french president among your macor is described as an international emergency. Has more fires engulfing large swaths of the amazon rain forest. The smoke is traveling far and wide it darkened the skies over sao paulo which is more than 2000 kilometers south of the burn area the scope of the fires is massive these satellite images from nasa show how the smoke has covered most of the northern half of brazil which is larger than the whole of europe the amazon produces 20 percent of the worlds oxygen and is home to more than 3000000. 00 species of plants and animals fires in the amazon are a natural occurrence often started by lightning strikes but that doesnt explain the sudden increase in fires this year which environmentalist say has been exacerbated by cattle ranchers and sorie farmers clearing forest at an increased pace enforcement of amazon burning has been scaled back under president bush not of a long time skeptic of environmental concerns. Slashed government funding to environmental agencies and on tuesday suggested the fires were being staged by n. G. O. S to embarrass his government. Under the impression that it could have been set by the n. G. O. S because they had asked for money what was their intention to bring about problems for brazil when fires burn in the amazon the area is so large theres nothing firefighters can do to put them out when these fires finally do go away environmentalists say that damage will have been done you know it is really. Wasted and minas and. Ages to recruit forest and you can never. You know waste the amazon rain forest often called the lungs of planet earth now filled with smoke and fire and choking one of the worlds most diverse ecosystems gabriel isnt 0 how does either. Marina silva was an environment minister under former president Lula Da Silva she says whats happening in the amazon is a crime against humanity happening there from a. Its the 1st time i speak publicly about this since the world began watching to the for station and fires that are out of control in yemen as wind rain forest its a situation i consider a crime against the state and a crime against humanity in brazil sister weve seen difficult situations but for the 1st time we have this kind of situation that was created almost with official encouragement from the government. Irans foreign minister mohammad jevons a reef says his government is willing to work on french proposals to salvage the nuclear deal which it signed with world powers in 2015 years President Donald Trump withdrew from the agreement last year and has been reimposing sanctions french president Emanuel Michael says hell either try to soften the effect of the sanctions or try to come up with a way to compensate iran in return iran would keep complying with the deal which restrict its Nuclear Program in exchange for sanctions relief comes as the iranian president has unveiled a new missile add Defense System and at a time of rising tension with the United States president Hassan Rouhani says the domestically built long range system is more advanced than its russian equivalent the s 300 said by a group or so in the iranian port city of bandar of us. A day of National Pride for iran the unveiling of its own long range surface to air missile Defense System 373 after years of sanctions that stopped iran from importing many weapons its had to develop its own domestic arms industry and now facing a military buildup in the region president has done rouhani is defiant. Now that o. Enemies do not accept logic we cannot respond with logic when the enemy launches a missile against us we cannot give a speech and say mr rocket please do not hit our country and innocent people we cannot say mr Rocket Launcher please hit a button and selfdestruct the missile in me is. The before us 373 can identify up to 100 targets at the same time irans Ballistic Missile program was not part of the 2015 nuclear deal a reason cited by the United States for pulling out of the agreement last year and imposing sanctions on iran. The recent seizing of oil tankers an iranian vessel detained in the british overseas territory of gibraltar and the u. K. Flag tanker detained by iran in the gulf has raised tensions further now the u. S. Has put together a Naval Coalition it says is to protect the freedom of navigation through the gulf strategic strait of hormuz. Were 20 percent of the worlds oil posses through a narrow stretch of water that iran and oman share territorial rights too. Bad oh yeah without iran there would not be any security in the region that iran is a superpower ready to provide security for the region persian gulf and strait of hormuz stop pressuring us and stop encouraging your friends to be hostile towards us were ready for friendship and defense as we are ready to fight back any invasion. The iranian tanker grace one i renamed a dream and was released on the orders of the Gibraltars Supreme Court and is now heading to greece iran however is Still Holding the british tanker in the strait of hormuz the british flexed and impaired was seized by the revolutionary guard last month for what they say were violations of International Maritime regulations they say the vessel had changed directions in the shipping lanes it collided with a fishing boat but also a trained officer tracking systems to avoid Iranian Forces and iran says the seizure and release of this vessel has nothing to do with the iranian vessel that was seized by British Royal marines off the coast of gibraltar although a Foreign Ministry spokesman said a few days ago that he hoped that the issue would be in front of the court and that the ship would be released very soon. A Straight Year britain and buttering have joined the u. S. Coalition but on the seas here its iran that still feels it holds a strategic advantage in any potential conflict i said big al jazeera underboss iran United NationsSecurity Council has been meeting at the request of russia and china to discuss current u. S. Missile policy and its impact on International Peace and security it comes after the u. S. Military tested a ground launched missile on sunday with a range of more than 500 kilometers the test would have been banned under the intermediate range Nuclear Forces treaty but the u. S. Pulled out of the agreement 3 weeks ago she had a chance he has been following events for us at the United Nations so she has told us to level with saying. Well everyone said pretty much what we expected them to say the americans blaming their withdrawal from the i. M. F. On the russians and chinese the washington says the russians have long flouted the agreement by developing intermediate range land based missiles and the chinese well they were never a signatory in the 1st place so theyre quietly building up at arsenal of the same sorts of missiles so as far as the us is concerned or what you know why should washington be part of the street or these developments by the Russian Federation in china coupled with their aggressive and course of behaviors are key Drivers Behind a deteriorating security environment the United States will not and cannot ignore this reality we will not stand idle well take the necessary steps to ensure our security and that of our allies and partners and that includes testing in developing systems to respond to the challenges we face as well as being prepared to engage in what our president has described a new era of arms control well moscow has longer knives flouting the treaty and in fact say sundays test now proves what theyve always said that the u. S. Has been flouting the treaty by deploying what it calls a missile Defense System in Eastern Europe but was which is in fact what is in fact an intermediate oftens of system aimed at russia because they point out that the missile launcher used in the u. S. Is us is test launch on sunday is exactly the same as the one that has been deployed in romania and in poland except modified slightly so it can launch offensive intermediate Nuclear Missiles so russia is saying look this is proof that the us has been fighting this all the time and europe isnt doing enough because as a result europe has the potential to become another battlefield as it was a potential battlefield as it was during the cold war. To the european allies of washington are you happy today do you not understand that with the americans you are returning to a situation where missiles were targeting european cities from different sides. As for the chinese they say well look leave us out of this i mean its terrible that the us has withdrawn from this treaty under strengthening to deploy intermediate missiles around the Pacific Region but were not going to sign up to any new deal between russia and the u. S. Because our arsenal is defensive and his dwarfed anyway by the u. S. And russia and thats how things were left with the 3 sides basically saying what we expected them to say the argument continues. Thank you very much but more still ahead on aljazeera including the hidden cost of Venezuelan Oil as a once thriving industry crumbles. Im sorry i echo and lump it where an ngo vessel carrying 356 people on board is waiting to dock safely. Hello there without some very wet and windy weather into the southeast australia the last few days its on its way really across towards the tells been see so clearing conditions along the east coast pushing in as you can see here into Western Australia that will bring some showers the winds being strong along the east coast so sydney this is just around the bay from bondi beach very high winds very big you can see it looks like fun but of course that can be very dangerous it should be coming down