Nicholas aljazeera off the coast of french guyana its already a popular Tourist Destination but now new york has a new attraction thats loring and sightseers surprisingly its humpback whales which experts say are increasing in number of the cities coast there were 272 sightings of the mammal last year compared with just 5 in 2011 has since allowed me explains why these tourists have come to new york to see a show but not the kind one typically associates with the big city here along Rockaway Beach and brooklyn the wildlife is the Star Attraction this is the main species that we are going to be looking for today. Specifically humpback whales. Not too long ago whale watching here was a hit and miss affair these days its practically a sure thing. It didnt take long at all for the spotters to find what they came for. Like. Oh ok. Thats great news for captain tom palla deano who runs the cruises 4 times a week his family has made a living on the water here since the 1940 s. Now in the fiftys and sixtys and seventys it was very few where you would see want to year this year. Its probably 98 or 99 percent of our trips we do see well which is absolutely right in the last decade the whale population around new york has just exploded there were 272 sightings last year compared to just 5 in 2011 experts say the reason is cleaner water. Stronger pollution controls have brought back dolphins to as well as the whales favorite food a fish called menhaden. Researchers from the group gotham whale have been onboard tracking the creatures develop data points simply where the whales are what their behavior is the species that we take photographs of those whales and we share this kind of matching profile with people up and down the coastline for the public its easy access to the mind of nature magnificent the whales are amazing and to be able to see them right here at that all over the world watching whales what would you do a scene with the coast where all mariel. And a whales tail of a successful conservation effort kristen salumi aljazeera off the coast of new york still ahead on. This is a new world. Record has all the details. Were. Doctors for Us Democratic hopeful Bernie Sanders say he suffered a heart attack earlier this week sanders right there leaving the hospital you can say that after receiving treatment canceled all Campaign Events after suffering chest pains on tuesday 78 year old a seeking his partys nomination to challenge donald trump in the 2020 u. S. President ial election. For sport now its joined fora ismails at the world athletics championships and. Welcome back to the Khalif International Stadium were capped hours moataz isa bar sheen is the toast of doha after winning another high jump world title this time in front of his home fans he took gold in the final with a winning effort of 2 meters 37 centimeters or seems victory made all the more sweeter with him coming back from a 14 month injury layoff to retain the title he won in london 2 years ago. It was a great night in the stadium our Sports Correspondent any Richard Friend has been following it. It has been a really difficult 12 months and its. One of the all time great high jumpers in 28 c. In hungary he was attempting to break the world record and badly damaged his ankle and its been a long road back to full fitness he came into the hunt championships still some way below his best but was able to do just enough to win gold clearing to meet his 37 to retain his world title its amazing this is for me is like. To say its the highlight of my career so far i say i always want to do this what i tell my course of the begin of the season you know it coming back from really difficult situation and you know many people will tell me dr that maybe this is not for us to listen to this i have a championship home i know talking because important but this one is as important for me personally because this one is home and i would suffice everything during the season ive been trying many Different Things during my competition because i couldnt jump in my training because i know what i want to do to be ready for this day and im really really happy thats happened its been a long road back to do you have a doubt your own ability to to come back to your best yeah you know but you know of course youre going to have this you start questioning yourself from able going to be able to jump again. But you know i have a great people around. I just have to give them this my agent my polish my wife my Team Everybody is great they give me a positive energy and. You know i can say that you know thats not my 2nd home and feel as though hopefully doing this in front of a home crowd some of those people out there will be inspired to take a track and field the only or definitely its you know for the past few years you know people been reaching out to me and to my team and they really want to come out there and watch my trainings they want kids want to get involved we want to do the same as us so its definitely started something im just happy to inspire people as if this is a big thing. The president of world athletics about. Stephen curry has told aljazeera that at certain points during these championships he wouldve liked to see more people in the stadium little or no such problems tonights boy should be orchestrating a capacity crowd who ruled him on to a 1st gold medal for the home country these championships now focusing on winning his 1st olympic gold in tokyo next year on the track there was a new world record in the womens 400 metres hurdles final america is still alive the hum of taking gold in the time of 52. 16 seconds the olympic champion winning her 1st world title Sidney Mclaughlin who claimed silver also finished inside the previous world record time. It was good my coach stephanie told me it was possible before the race going into it i just kind of tried to believe that and just go with it he told me dont hold anything back and just go from the start and id be able to finish it in that and thats what i did out there does moving pretty fast i dont know the splits will say when i look back at it but sometimes when youre running that theres a kind of just have to go if its too late now so continue could go. Elsewhere the bahamas won their 1st gold medal in the championships in the mens 400 meters final 7 gardner taking the title in a time of 43. 48 seconds also on friday kenyan consultants keppra 21 the 3000 meters steeplechase final and q busy main pres took gold in the womens discus. Bar seems gold sees housecats are sitting in 13th place on the medal table with 2 days of competition to go kenyas 3rd gold sees them climb to 3rd behind china and the usa now away from the athletics south africa have their 2nd win at the Rugby World Cup they scored 7 tries and a 4093. 00 bonus point victory over italy south africa topped the pool the table but ive played a game more than new zealand italy need to beat the all blacks and their last match to reach the quarter finals. That there was a lucky escape for the World Champion marc marc has during fridays practice for the thailand moto g. P. In he was involved in a high speed crash during the 1st session incredibly after being checked in hospital he returned for the 2nd session marquez is hoping to secure an 8th world title on sunday. And that is all your support for now have more from the Khalif International Stadium later on a quadriplegic person has walked again for the 1st time with the aid of a revolutionary mind controlled exoskeleton researchers at the university of grenoble in france develop the technology which translates brain waves into mechanical movement our brain and has more. For years ago this man was paralyzed in a form even today his spinal cord is too badly damaged to transmit signals from his brain to his limbs and yet he can walk. By using the power of the mind of the 65 kilos exercise going to. What was performed was movements of an avatar all on screen and skeleton in all 4 limbs and thats new its never been done from the brain controlling all 4 limbs so that suits i think for this domain of research the test subjects name is cheapo a 28 year old french optician. 2 years ago back in 2017 the researches implanted 2 senses into both skull other side of the sensory motor cortex thats the part of the brain which controls movement the electrodes detect brain signals and then a computer algorithm processes those signals and within 350 milliseconds the algorithm translates the brains electrical impulses directly into this mechanical suit the exoskeleton tivo moves literally using the power of his mind 1st he practiced on controlling a computer avatar now hes learned to move all 4 limbs of the axis gullets and suits this may look slow and unsteady but in technological terms its a massive leap forward the french scientists behind the success skeleton were not available for interview on friday an official media launch takes place next week. Excalibur are not new the baltic mobility assistance has been developing rapidly in recent years but experts say that harnessing brain power is still in its infancy people with very high levels of complete are able to control for example electric wheelchairs by puffing and sucking with a device now so if this brain implant is really to transform that and bring the promise of people by their thoughts controlling their mobility in their environment its quite a long way into. The road ahead maybe longer but every journey begins with a single step. Paul brennan aljazeera more than a 100 dolphins have been found beached on the Cape Verde Islands off west africa tourists and residents managed to drag some of them back to sea but at least 136 died local authorities have called on experts from spain to try and establish what happened. 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And brazils amazon fear their livelihoods are on the right and the billions of dollars in black gold locked away you have to go here. Counting the cost on. Iraqs Prime Minister orders the lifting of a curfew and a step to appease protesters as the death toll from days of unrest rises above 50. Im Richelle Carey this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up u. S. House democrats you know the white house for documents relating to an impeachment investigation into president. And demonstrations in hong kong defy a government ban on face masks as they confront police once again and why new yorkers dont have to travel far to see a giant comeback. On the iraqi Prime Minister says a curfew on the capital will be lifted at 5 am local time on saturday after hundreds of demonstrators defy the lockdown for a 4th day of violent protests at. 60 people have been killed since protests began 4 years ago 4 days ago pardon me theres anger over corruption poverty and lack of basic services of iraqs most powerful politicians and tadasana has called for the government to resign and whole snap elections iran contra ports. Protesters take cover under a bridge in central baghdad as gunshots ring out scenes like these have led to Strong Political reaction religious leaders and politicians are taking the protest movement seriously. I know. The speaker of the parliament mohamed our whole boosie is now publicly backing the movement. Well and you must pay tribute to all the young heroes whose weapons were their words to convey their message to all the institutions of the iraqi state for the need to proceed with the real reform and the need to Pay Attention to the peoples livelihood influential shia cleric look how to also that also issued a statement saying that the government should be dissolved and new elections held the iraqi Prime Minister all of the law the appealed for calm but his words of seemingly having little effect that have been made promises by the Prime Minister are to fool the people and they are firing live gunshots and us this was a peaceful protest they set up these barricades and the sniper sitting right there since last night grand ayatollah Ali Al Sistani issued a letter which was read out by his representative. Now and then we hope that the voices of reason and logic can prevail for the best interests of the country all the officials have the responsibility to make the right decisions to move forward everyone should be aware of the danger i think says of violence before it is too late. The government says its listening to protesters demands and will hold an emergency session on saturday one of the main political books also issued a statement saying the government must implement sweeping reforms within 10 days. Other political blocs of boycotts of the problem and recession saying it doesnt have an agenda they can implement therefore they crawl into a crisis that. The age of the protesters has surprised many in iraq but with a young unemployed generation its perhaps unsurprising that frustration has turned to anger and anger and violence the trend seems to be that the protests are intensifying and and certainly they will they will continue i think one question is whether the are brain celebrations or professions coming up might have some effect on breaking the momentum but certainly the there is a lot of momentum behind these protests. In baghdad there are checkpoints every few 100 meters and mobile patrols drive through the streets tension on the streets remains high several countries of war unless it isnt against travel to iraq neighboring iran has shut 2 of its main border crossings with the country and the United Nations has said that the government must open a dialogue with the protesters but given no protest leaders have emerged its unclear who will open that dialogue with iran carve out a 0 baghdad u. S. House democrats have subpoenaed the white house for documents related to the impeachment inquiry into President Trump trump says he wont cooperate with the inquiry until house of representatives vote to approve the investigation this comes as release Text Messages so just how much ukraines president was under pressure to investigate trumps political rival castro has more from washington d. C. And i want to think it appears ukrainian leaders clearly understood what President Trump meant when he spoke with the ukrainian president by phone in july and asked for a favor the favor was a ukrainian investigation into trumps political rivals at home the payoff an invitation for president Volodymyr Zelinsky to visit the one. That house and the evidence one day before the call kurt volker the former u. S. Special envoy to ukraine sends a text message chisel and skis aid heard from white house will go rights assuming president z. Convinces trump he will investigate get to the bottom of what happened in 2016 we will nail down date for a visit to washington then after the call ukrainian official andre your mac tells us diplomats once we have a date will call for a press briefing announcing among other things barista and election meddling in investigations bryza is the gas company linked to the son of former us Vice President joe biden the Text Messages released by house investigators show u. S. Diplomats and tribes personal attorney Rudy Giuliani continuing to pressure ukraine to draft a statement announcing an investigation but none was released then in late august the ukrainians learned of trumps decision to withhold nearly 400000000 dollars in u. S. Military assistance the u. S. Ambassador to ukraine bill taylor appeared incredulous texting i think its crazy to withhold Security Assistance for help with a Political Campaign the response came from ordinance on land a wealthy hotelier and trump donor who was appointed ambassador to the e. U. I believe you are incorrect about President Trump intentions he writes the president has been Crystal Clear no quid pro quos of any kind there is no bro whoa that was exactly what i saw at that dollar by that that text defending trump came just as the u. S. Media was catching wind of a whistleblower report accusing trump of wrongdoing in his call with the ukrainian president thats whats launched the impeachment inquiry now targeting the president democrats heard from another witness friday the Intelligence CommunityInspector General who investigated the whistle. Your report we have evidence of Text Messages between state Department Officials expressing concern as early as may that Rudy Giuliani had a jew there was a giuliani biting thing going on that had concerned a state Department Official we have evidence that a state Department Official was concerned that there was a linkage between Security Assistance and as he described a domestic Political Campaign democrats are trying to build a compelling case for impeachment not only to convince the American Public but also Senate Republicans it would take a swell of republican defectors to remove trump from office and thus far theres only been a trickle. Castro aljazeera capitol hill. Doctors for Us Democratic hopeful Bernie Sanders say he did have a heart attack earlier this week sanders has left the hospital after receiving treatment there is video of it right there he did cancel Campaign Events after suffering from chest pains on tuesday 78 roll was rushed to the hospital where he underwent surgery to treat a blocked artery sanders is seeking his partys nomination to challenge donald trump in the 2020 u. S. President ial election. Defy are protesters in hong kong are challenging a ban on face mask which is now in effect chief executive carrie lam invoked the clonal era law to gain greater gain greater powers to clamp down on protesters its got reports from hong kong. Facemask have become one of the main symbols of the protester movement here in hong kong theyre also a way to hide identities from surveillance cameras now its illegal for protesters to cover their faces. Their protests have become increasingly violent and initial peaceful rallies the largest ever seen here calling for the withdrawal of a proposed extradition law had escalated into running battles in vandalism. Their demands became more of a broad push back against what protestors see as growing control from beijing chief executive kerry lamb has turned to a British Colonial era emergency law not you since riots in 1967 anyone who wears a mask could face up to a year in jail and a 3000. 00 fine hong kong is not in a state of emergency and we are not proclaiming that hong kong is entering a state of emergency. But we are indeed in an ok sion of serious danger which is a state a condition in the emergency regulations ordinance. Many of the protesters said that they were not deterred by the emergency law and will carry on as before. Other so that might stop some demonstrators but the band wont help end the crisis possibly having the opposite effect goals i think some people with the afraid of bearing the legal consequences and are not going to protest in the future i also think that such a hot line approach is not going to work in the long run might come c. D. s this group of protesters has been moving about here in the central financial district called started with a march of thousands now its pared down to the hundreds so what theyre doing is theyre bouncing between main intersections and blocking them off after work hours the number of protesters swelled into the thousands again. Barricades were built fires lit they then moved on from the financial district the marching mass of people growing the majority the protesters ended up in causeway bay clogging the streets and vandalizing m. T. R. Subway stations and businesses the protesters you unsympathetic to their movement. As routine now riot police came in to push the protesters out most left but small numbers faded into the smaller streets and with the announcement of more protests planned for this weekend its a routine that will probably be repeated scott heiler aljazeera hong kong earlier we were joined by emily lau from hong kongs Democratic Party she says the new laws will only make protests worse. It is really terrible the whole thing is completely counterproductive we all want this situation to be escalated but the way to do it is to really engage the community and expect come up with the months particularly the one which is very reasonable and that is to set up an independent commission a big lottery not just investigating the police but to look into the whole saga the whole plug up with ready commissions of inquiry in the past that is new but she refused to do it and not use every few to apply to morrow the resentment that calling one a bit notch at 2 pm so i think much will not stop and the people are not those who have to stop wearing the phrase shes crazy and the pervading politicians and Business People who advise those with a problem all cranky i agree with the Prime Minister