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A final Campaign Rallies have been held in mozambique in the run up to tuesdays general election it will be the 6th vote since the end of the civil war and 1902 the ruling party is being challenged by its viable namo tensions remain between them despite signing a final peace deal in august 4 people are vying for leadership the main hopefuls include president felipe new say whos running for a 2nd term he came to power in 2014 with there were 2 or 2 statements already for his for lemo party is up against former fighter assume a whos the front man for where namo a party thats played by infighting whoever wins will lead most and makes recovery after 2 psych loans and Food Shortages this year and have to deal with a growing rebellion in the gas rich Northern Province of kabul gotto balcom what has more. Here in mozambiques capital in the food so many people historically have supported the ruling party its president ial candidates is president felipe a new see the people here say theyve been given a capital t. Shirt and a meal and brought in on buses to hear what he has to say. As to create still a success of elections and local elections held a year ago it was declared the winner with just 51 percent of the vote for us the country opposition disputed those results and opposition say this time there were Serious Problems with the electoral register and also that theres been growing violence on the campaign trail. Here every nominee Opposition Party has always been there closer contender a house election to its leader a super monday was held in his final rally in the city of the north he promised to fight rampant corruption. Or Officials Say they were violent or stopped from campaigning in some parts of the country with. My 40 each other in a 14 year civil war that ended in 1902 signed a peace deal for the said time personally against your misuse days election will test it. To be semangat leader of the opposition and the end party held his final rally in the port city of beirut where hes the mayor who was devastated by a cyclamen 7 months ago he says the government then used humanitarian aid to campaign for votes something in tonights edition say installment of the problem that is still urging their supporters to go and vote on tuesday and fit in the way you watch as the votes are counted and they wait for the results to be announced. So ahead on aljazeera. 100 kloc reporting from iceland on a very brutal demonstration of Climate Change the slow disappearance. Welcome to look at the International Full cost 58. 00 lossy dry weather to the southeast of china for the time being little more cloud over towards the southwest the see how the showers at him popping up here and there will be some wet weather in the forecast as we go on through the next day or so some of those showers will drift their way down towards hong kong into that southeastern corner and it looks like a pretty wet day here with that northeasterly wind just feeding 3 itll push the showers over towards the gulf of tonkin towards high and then as we go on into monday north of that generally fine dry and sunny so as to into South East Asia chances some of these showers into central and southern parts of the philippines northern parts of malaysia could see some wet weather Northern Areas of borneo in a series lossy try once again the showers not quite pushing in here at present as we go on into monday a similar pitch or some heavy showers a possibility to sentence on parts of the philippines over towards southern parts of vietnam cambodia could see some wet weather some showers also fit in the way towards thailand in the showers extend across the bring gola chances and wetter weather just coming through here eastern areas of india still seeing some of the shells around the eastern gas still a little bit of wet weather there for the possible este. Who was sponsored by catalona. Do you know 92. 00 of the barbary negotiating that we would have had to do and we would have been up on a 3 ton ship a deal and you disagree with that deal this is a child it is the worst of the lot it was brought to us what you will regret is only maybe his son goes head to head with the chairman of the u. K. s bridge to reach in time to the terms of our huge tough im sure theres not a loose about its often shot its pretty clear that change is clear as puts it means but so yes it is and its just as clearly hazy. On anxiously. Watching aljazeera lets recap the top stories right now ecuador is in lockdown after the government imposed a nationwide curfew and ordered troops on the city streets the military has been told to are Strict Movement across the country for at least 24 hours. France and germany have stopped the weapons exports to turkey over its offensive on kurdish groups and Northern Syria the operation is now in its 4th day and Turkish Forces say they have taken control of a strategic border town though the kurds deny this. 7 people have been killed in attacks in northeastern nigeria locals say gunmen affiliated with deisel raided a military post in the town of uganda and borno state on friday a nearby village was also attacked. On the International Fallout of that operation by turkey and Northern Syria there been worldwide protests against the decision of the turkish government this was the same in paris capital of france where kurdish groups accuse the us of betrayal kurdish fighters had been americas main allies. On the ground in syria in the battle against isis all there also protests in germany. Thousands of people demonstrated in the capital Berlin Germany has one of the largest kurdish populations in the europe and in iraq Bernard Smith spoke to some demonstrators on or below in the semi auto autonomous kurdish region. A little love lost here between the kurds in this part of Northern Iraq kurdish controlled parts of Northern Iraq and the turkish authorities the crowd has been chanting terrorist terrorist and there is also a real feeling here of betrayal by the americans the kurds here saying that a one day they are leading the fight with the americans against eisel and then the next day has been about. This fire. Like i said. Was. That were you surprised by what the americans did of course everyone is surprised that america was by side of kurdish rebels by crusader with the storm help for curators and where they leave curtis and rose obama. President and it was crazy because in one night everyone was changed its a chance for turkey to dominate us and kill the Kurdish People so the American Government has always promised our protection but now we see no protection thats why we think traitors there are already some 225000 syrian kurds in this part of Northern Iraq hiding sheltering from syrias civil war and the authorities here. Camps and accommodation for another 30000. 00 should they cross over the border from northeastern syria and the or far to say the k r g cup and they said when turkeys incursion started they said the consequences of the military escalation have implications far beyond syrias borders creating the conditions for a return of eisel and a mass displacement of people. Saying chirac dan is the director of the International Rescue committee in the u. K. This previously if you will director in syria he says there are no safe havens within syria for internally displaced people to turn to the number of displaced is expected to be over 100000 at this point whats more worrying is that they have already been displaced many times i used to know families and community that have fled homes now fleeing new fighting in what was previously a safer part of syria and theyre fleeing to places like iraq a city the former caliphate capital for the isis which is in ruins and there is no Safe Drinking Water very little food and we dont have access to them because with the fighting going on as it is humanitarians havent got the freedom of movement that they need well theres a real sense of desperation that i as the staff are hearing from syrians because they dont know where to turn theyre going further away from the syria turkey border that was previously probably the safest part many of east had indicated towards Iraqi Kurdistan but really theres a real squeeze of safe areas in syria left as a result of this offensive populations are moving away from urban centers away from the bombing and therefore harder to find and harder to help displacement is already occurring. And other groups are already engaged in fighting we hope that there can be a negotiated solution that satisfies both parties but ultimately that will only localize and solve this conflict is still the wider syria conflict that were fighting. And the most powerful typhoon to hit tokyo and decades has ripped through northern japan and telephone him as paralyzed japans capital on saturday leaving 3 people dead and 17 missing and brought unprecedented rainfall because floods and landslides in some areas and more than 6000000 people have been told to leave their homes 3 Rugby World Cup matches were also canceled lets go now to tokyo or wayne hay is live for us so wayne what is the situation. Well we were told to expect this typhoon to be short and sharp and that is exactly what happened as you can see it is a blue sky morning here in tokyo what we saw throughout the course of saturday and into saturday evening was a lot of rain that fell and then for a period on saturday night perhaps lasting a few hours a short shot burst a very strong winds and then the typhoon was gone certainly in coastal areas they felt those damaging winds for longer periods but most concern has centered around the huge amount of rain that fell and there are ongoing alerts now in many areas including some parts of tokyo because quite a few rivers swollen to flood levels that are in fact in some areas are overflowing and one of the reasons that we still have alerts in place is because reservoirs are also filled to overflowing so a lot of that water needs to be released through dams so there is ongoing concern for People Living downstream from those dams and also there is an ongoing threats of landslides we know that several landslides occurred on saturday evening several people missing so that is a threat that is ongoing as well also a lot of disruption to the transport systems they also mentioned some of the rugby matches that are cancelled i mean considering what the weather looks like now are things back on track. To some extent yes what we saw again through the course of saturday was millions of people placed under evacuation orders or advisories and again some of those advisories are still in place now in other areas where those advisories were not in place people were told to basically stay at home dont go outside tokyo was very quiet on the streets through the course of saturday into saturday evening a lot of disruption to transport services most Train Services were canceled and flights in and out of the airports canceled as well on sunday we see some Train Service is beginning to resume but a lot will not restart on sunday perhaps monday morning will still see most of those are back to normal services and most flights in and out of those 2 with ports in the capital city are also canceled or delayed on sunday so a lot of disruption there we know that 2 Rugby World Cup games were cancelled on saturday in the last hour or so a 3rd match for sunday prefecture which is in the north has also being canceled that is an area that up until a few minutes ago was still under a heavy rain warning so that game they felt could not be held in safe conditions were still waiting on decisions for a 4th game that may also be affected as well the japanese formula one grand prix all events on saturday were canceled or postponed as far as we know those events will take place on sunday as should jools ok wayne hale with the latest for us in tokyo wayne thank you and major cleanup operation is continuing along the coastline of northeastern brazil following a Massive Oil Spill at least 150. 00 beaches have been affected so far and difficult to track as its lying under the surface of the water and cannot be easily detected as still not clear where the oil came from brazils environment minister says he suspects it originated from then his whale and. A major tourist attraction in iceland is at risk of disappearing altogether because of Climate Change islands glaciers are melting at an alarming rate with experts warning even curbing emissions may not be enough to save them travel to one of the islands National Parks which has the largest and most the luminous ice cap on the island. This is an island of elemental power shaped to reshape by Natural Forces where the landscape is constantly forged by keeping. Their glasses sweep over active volcano ash from previous eruptions carpets the ice through the millennia the glasses have advanced and retreated but never has a retreat to be distressed because now. The classic guide Rhonda Connolly takes me towards a solheim you could glass and the speed of retreat is very apparent. So this in and the case were in the glass here was back in 2010 and this is an arch the very front of the glass here this is where we would walk onto it stretched across this entire valley and now 9 years later there it is theres the front right back and its continuing to melt at the exact same speed. This is one of the fastest disappearing glasses in iceland but its rate of loss is pretty much replicated wherever you go. We enter the National Park you know a World Heritage site covering 40 percent of iceland tourists come here in the hundreds every day to see the sights but the sights slowly disappearing what was the glass here 20 years ago is now a raging torrent like you i smell. It is a very dramatic and very visible in the strafing of the impacts of Climate Change and its happening not only to the world glasses but also for the polar icecaps and the thing is that even if we do think nif acutely curb emissions more than a 3rd of the worlds glasses will disappear by the end of the century. Or cigarettes and its a geologist hes been charting place the last few decades and hes well aware of the Global Implications the glaciers will melt the multiple to run stuff to those shim and the Ocean Surface rises i told my friends in america just no past week the. Refugees would not only be coming from mexico and Central America it would become from floated by. The coast and the gulf coast of america of the United States. At home businesses that rely on the tourist dollar are preparing for an uncertain future believing in sin runs a guest house on the farm where hes lived pretty much all his life he has seen whats difference. The last couple yes and just for maybe 30 years ago than the saw 3 clicks of thanks from this site but now we only see 2 of those and the glacier are one of the most tourist attraction and iceland so of course it can have an effect on on you know all the main pillars of the economic parting and i just love. This story is being repeated around the world just as the melting out to Sea Level Rise the water supply for hundreds of millions of people is disappearing before our very eyes. Theres a bleak picture but there is no other way of telling. Scientists say the focus must now be on trying to save what we can at this crucial part of the planetary system and the clock aljazeera that new york and ice. Pick up the headlines right now on aljazeera ecuador is on lockdown after the government imposed a nationwide curfew and ordered troops on the city streets the military has also been told reStrict Movement across the country for at least 24 hours. And in the capital kiev. The president has not only asked for the military to take control of the streets and public spaces here in the city of quito the ecuadorian capital the military has actually been asked to enforce this curfew nationwide so this is widespread despite the fact that most of the protests the demonstrations the clashes with police have taken place over the last few days in the Historic District in downtown key to the dynamics of these demonstrations as well as the dynamics of the Police Response are changing minute by minute theyre changing every day there were even today there are thousands more people than what we saw in the days prior france and germany have stopped weapons exports to turkey over its offensive on kurdish groups and Northern Syria the operation is now in its 4th day and Turkish Forces say they have taken control of a strategic border town though the kurds deny this 7 people have been killed in attacks in northeastern nigeria gunmen raided the military post in the town of ghazi gonna borno state on friday a nearby village was also attacked 4 civilians and 3 soldiers were killed communities in borno state have repeatedly been attacked by groups affiliated with eisel a roadside bomb has killed at least 10 Kenyan Police officers and the border with Somalia Police believe the homemade devices planted by the somali based Group Alshabaab. And the most powerful typhoon to hit tokyo in decades has ripped through northern japan typhoon hit them is paralyzed japans capital on saturday leaving 3 people dead and 17 missing at brought unprecedented rainfall the calls floods and landslides in some areas and war than 6000000 people have been told to leave their homes there are the headlines keep it on aljazeera planet s. O. S. Thats next. I know on well bring you a planets as a rest paschal from iceland where leaders of the northern maize regions of the planet joining delegations from around the world to discuss the future of the. It is a pristine landscape with fragile ecosystems a vos region that helps regulate our planets weather and climate but as the ice and glasses melt once inaccessible land and waters in the arctic opening up. A calamity for some and opportunity for others its exciting assembly is meaty and icelands capital of reykjavik trying to navigate the very different views on the way forward for this critical part of the world. And as a sense commandant someone calls all planets a warm stay with us for the scientists working to see if a challenge is natural process to capture carbon editing the genes of clones so they can draw in most c o 2 and store it deep underground. Welcome to planet s. O. S. In iceland right now or by a glacial lagoon and that new york National Park which is your desk a World Heritage site lates it will be in the capital reykjavik where the assembly is taking place its the biggest summits taken is important not just because of whats going on politically in the region but also because of Climate Change issues which is striking the very halls. Of life hit in the north temperatures they soared in the arctic this summer and thats not a novelty its becoming a disconcerting trend greenlands ice sheet lost a staggering 12 and a half 1000000000 tons of ice in one day more than any other day since records began in 1950 and is when does get warmer and drier the loss will only get worse tick sea ice dropped to the 2nd lowest amount on wreck old this year and this is something you dont see very often lightning near the north pole you need a combination of woman and cooler to make lightning and there isnt usually enough of the form until this year and forest fires have burned in greater numbers and with more intensity as temperatures rise fish stocks are moving as a fresh water ice melt pours into seas that it getting warmer and the shrinking sea ice is threatening creatures that depend on it and then theres the regions glasses like many glasses all around the world the shrinking rapidly and in many cases disappearing altogether and thats the story were seeing right here in iceland. This is an island of elemental power shape to reshape by Natural Forces where the landscape is constantly forged by seepage challenged geology. Glasses sweep a the active volcanoes ash from previous eruptions carpets the ice through the millennia the glasses have advanced and retreated but never has a retreat to be distressed because now. Classic ironic only takes me towards the solheim your couldnt last year in the speed of retreat is very apparent so this in and the case were in the last year was back in 2010 and this isnt actually the very front of the place here this is where we would walk on to it stretched across this entire valley and now 9 years later there it is theres the front right back and its continuing to melt at the exact same speed. This is one of the fastest disappearing glasses in iceland but its rate of loss is pretty much replicated wherever you go. We went to the National Park and you know a World Heritage site covering 14 percent of iceland tourists come here in the hundreds every day to see the sights but the sights the slowly disappearing what was the class here 20 years ago is now a raging torrent muddy iseman. It is a very dramatic and very visible in the strafing of the impacts of Climate Change and its happening not only to the world glasses but also for the polar icecaps and the thing is that even if we do think nif it could leak missions more than a 3rd of the worlds glasses will disappear by the end of the century. Yes odors cigarettes and its a geologist hes been charting place the last for decades and hes well aware of the Global Implications the glaciers will melt the multiple to runs down to those shim and the Ocean Surface rises i told my friends in america just no past week the. Refugees would not only be coming from mexico and Central America they would become front proto and battle on the coast and the gulf coast of america of the United States. At home businesses that rely on the tourist dollar and preparing for an uncertain future or living in sin runs a guest house on the farm where hes lived pretty much all his life yet seen he would stay friends. The last couple yes and just for maybe 30 or so called and we saw 3 close of tanks from this side but now we only see 2 all those and to one of the most tourist attraction in iceland so of course it can have an effect on you know all the main pulling off the economic parting and iceland. This story is being repeated around the world just as the melting ice the Sea Level Rise the water supply for hundreds of millions of people is disappearing before our very eyes. It is a bleak picture but there is no other way of telling it Scientists Say the focus must now be on trying to save what we can at this crucial part of the planetary system. The devastating effects of Climate Change on glasses around the world now were in the capital reykjavik where the Arctic Circle assembly is taking place there are more than 2000 delegates here all trying to find a way forward for the arctic in these changing times we spoke to some of them about what they felt were the most pressing issues ahead. Well most of what were hearing up here is about Climate Change and its a huge problem you cant look at the news any day and not see another story about it its real its happening and we need to find ways to combat it felt weird to me sitting in there ok this all these people are interested in my homeland and that and how i began to wonder how i fit in the whole process that is occurring here and so ive made a point to focus on the language and the problems that people. Finally come to in terms of culture and education on the language Indigenous People small is the solution to a lot of the problems in the world is facing Climate Change Sustainable Development biodiversity loss and you think that the arctic the country means a lot to solving these problems if were going to put one team out of the us to chirk of course i love to think so of course but the one thing which is the most important is sustainability. Now there are 8 tech nations they are norway sweden finland denmark russia canada the United States and iceland and they all are part of this separate Organization Called the Arctic Council which was set up to try and help resolve conflicts about the way forward for the region but laws may they couldnt even agree on a closing statement after meeting that was held in a hall now reports on the conflicting agendas that are setting a confrontational tone in the arctic. Meetings of the out to council have really generation front page headlines and again in may the United States did something that had never happened in the councils 23 year history through its aim a series of us 60 of states might pump a 0 the u. S. Refused to approve a joint statement because it included the woods Climate Change the refusal grabbed plenty of attention but something of arguably gracious significance for the future of the arctic largely slipped by without much coming and that was compiled of speech the day before the our tickets at the forefront of opportunity and abundance and houses 13 percent of the worlds undiscovered oil 30 percent of its undiscovered gas and an abundance of uranium Rare Earth Minerals Gold Diamonds and millions of square miles of untapped resources. The message was clear that the melting ice of the arctic was exposing a treasure trove of riches to be exploited and the United States planed to take the lead to gain control of the pump iron even mention Climate Change once in his speech but a warming planet is whats made the scramble for resources possible the northern reaches of our planet are warming at almost twice the global average a region once considered too cold too dangerous plagued by too many storms and i slept for much of the year well it is now opening up steady reductions in sea ice or opening new passageways and new opportunities for trade this could potentially slash the time it takes to travel between asia and the west the speech was unapologetic and provocative questioning the intentions of major powers russia and china both of which have been increasingly presence in the arctic but then signaling the u. S. Plane to bolster its presence particularly its military just in case others dont play by the rules pump air space signaled a new era of competition even potential conflict that could wreak havoc in the outback region but drill deeper and it has ramifications for us all exploiting the outtakes abundant oil and gas reserves more like the pitch the worlds dependence on fossil fuels the more things we burn the more Carbon Pollution we emit and the higher Global Temperatures will go that extra hit my will make it easier to get to the arctics resources but Scientists Say the consequences for People Living for the self the hate waves the floods the rising seas the extreme weather now vets they say will be catastrophic. As a result the arctic is creating all kinds of challenges and earlier we spoke to the chair of the Arctic Circle assembly and former president of iceland live ragna grimms. The arctic by its own effort. Would be ok. And if the people of the arctic would have the same Living Conditions for centuries they would be. The problem asian to all over the world to. America africa. The americas the the Energy System which was created to warm up 200. 00 yesterday. Is constitute in a fundamental threat to the future of the author so we are seeing for the 1st time in Human History the interlocking off the fate of the arctic on one hand and the rest of the world on the old. And the tissue really the core of the climate challenge dot the rest of the world its called destroy the off to but the magical the ice in the arctic could also destroy the rest of the world because Climate Change is open up the boards ways its opened up the region for exploitation of its vast resources and that is not forecast. To only be a temporary blessing if you want to call it that because if only up for the Greenland Ice sheet. It would lead to to meet those rice and she leveled all over the world dr would mean that every cost of safety whether it is shared in florida where the United States or whether its china korea japan or whether it is to buy up a topic. Would be history and the problem is that the shy on which has been fundamentally wrong. And its just been wrong in the sense that the melting of the irish is happening much faster than anybody predicted it and that is a scary thought what is your sense of the future of the arctic what kind of arctic are we going to leave behind there is a big question mark where the world will be one micron daughter 74 or sitting next to me earlier today will be my age whether there will be any point in holding out to conferences of the time in hobart because the whole thing will be lost by the time she reaches my age. Yes as we just heard there whats happening in the arctic is it will continue to have an effect on the rest of the world lets have more on that now from a man to borrow in the studio a man. Thanks nick well absolutely islands nations coastal cities shoreline communities hundreds of millions of people are at risk from the rising tide if we do nothing its already a stark reality for people in indonesia where at least 42000000 homes are under threats the countrys made the controversial decisions made its capital jakarta to the indonesian part of borneo with its rich rain forests and unique wildlife now thats a world 1st but given the rising trend in emissions and Global Temperatures its unlikely to be the last while to give you a sense of the scale of the ice melts here are some of the big numbers lets start in greenland which had a record melt in august. On the other side of the globe and antarctica the worlds biggest ice sheet released 3 trillion metric tons of water over 25 years thats enough to fill more than a 1000000000 elim pick sides some improves on the freights class year thought to pose the greatest risk for rapid Sea Level Rise well in january nasa research has discovered an underwater cavity around 300 meters high caused by the warming waters beneath it as our oceans heat with the planet the water also expands and sea levels have risen more than 20 centimeters since the Industrial Revolution some leading i scientist say that in a worst Case Scenario a rise of 3 even 5 degrees celsius sea levels could rise by as much as 2 meters by the end of the century and thats well over my head and that would swamp some island nations and coastal cities. For me this is my home and migration best a last resort for me its very very difficult for small islands to like someone because not only that it cost a lot of money theres not much land because obviously were a small island state so where we going to relocate there for 30 years we would have been seen that this is the fight of our lifetime because it threatens already existence is a nation. So people understandably worried there but with a little power to stop the emissions created in other parts of the worlds. Back here in icelands neck. Thanks amanda the indigenous sami have lived in the aga region for thousands of years lines spread across norway in finland russia and sweden and their way of life is intimately connected with the north going to war we plan it is putting that under threat this poor east with his report in sweden. Returning the dead to their final resting place. Caskets containing the skulls of their ancestors finally pink given back to the sami people by the swedish state after being taken from graves in the 1950s to be picked over for research more on. This gesture may heal some wounds new ones are being opened up as the government is accused of failing to properly deal with a Climate Crisis that threatens the sami way of life. For much of their off the wealth the sweden has has build on its build on sami grounds the 1st thing is to to to face the history of colonization what the state has made done to my people just a few kilometers inside the Arctic Circle the town of york mark is a center of sammy culture in sweden. Scientists say the arctic is warming up twice as fast as the average global right the putting the family on the front lines of quiet change its being felt particularly in ancient forests like this where lichen growing on the ground provides food parang there and animal now facing mass starvation thousands have died despite the herd his efforts to feed them by hand while melting ice sheets have cut off their migrates routes across the arctic sami reindeer herd is say the situation is made worse by the disappearance of the old forests sweden has taken action to meet other climate pledges including the creation of wind farms and hydroelectric plants today sweden is placing almost all of their parks on sammy territory just explode exploiting it again destroying the gam making our lands into being a huge Industrial Parks swedens environment minister refused to comment on our report struggles between the sammy people and the swedish government go back for centuries the Climate Crisis has pitted them against each other again its a dispute that must find Common Ground swiftly if the psammead way of life and the arctic as we know it to survive. Paul reese aljazeera lapland sweden. The fight to keep traditions alive whenever i spoke to gully somebody whos from a component. For the innuit. They the challenges and the threats are multiple and with Climate Change their compound day in day by day by day with the loss of sea ice the increase vessel traffic they. From the perspective of 3rd Party Interests looking at the commodities that can be extracted from the arctic region i mean is this one thing after another so that so the threats are compound dying every day you have a rich culture going back thousands of years how important is that the those who want to come in and access the richness of the altered how important is it that they listen to your voice i think that our adaptation to this unique and distinct environment is highly significant and our knowledge that innuit knowledge indigenous knowledge about the region is a major asset for anybody interested in having a measure of influence in the arctic i think that it is it is crucial for nation states and others to not only respect our rights but also if they are intent upon being active in the arctic to outreach to us directly because of our insides our world perspective and our understanding of our environment and how optimistic are you about the future my hope is that. We can kind of curb that the adverse impacts of Climate Change but also to to to to mitigate the impacts and adapt to the impacts and that we will always be in the arc. This is its our homeland its our territory and we know this region better than others and we we we wont be leaving the area any time soon. Now that weve come to the Volcanic Hills just outside of reykjavik and were going to take a look at the plethora of climate data the result there is very hard to make sense of it all take a look at a planet s. O. S. Its day to track its drawn help us understand whats happening there is the rise in average global temperature is and sea levels and the levels of Carbon Dioxide in the atmosphere most scientists agree the safe level for our plants is around 350. 00 parts per 1000000 given with no well past 400. 00 weve got a fair bit to do. Theres a natural carbon sink drawing in c o 2 and story directly in the soil with c o 2 levels so high they just cant take it all in but now scientists in california trying to change that theyre using Gene Editing Technology to try and give the plants around us a toe by bruised reynolds. Or planet earth and for dr joe ensure its a race against time jury is a multiple of ward winning plant biologist at the Salt Institute in california shes also been battling parkinsons disease for more than a decade her old idea is to genetically modify existing crop plants to reduce the planet warming chemical Carbon Dioxide we knew that plants really were good at sucking up c o 2 from the air theyve had 450000000 years or more. Evolution and that makes the plant really efficient plants can get that c o 2 out of the atmosphere and they can concentrate in the music i think back to your School Science lessons photosynthesis is the process by which plants convert sunlight water and c o 2 into stems leaves and sea plants expel oxygen as a byproduct but well forests are shrinking globally farmland is expanding the fact that cory says can help cuts to the beauty of our planet actually comes down to never using the food. Given them the another trait they can see questions come in and put it down the basic idea behind this science is to genetically modified crops plants like for cotton or soybeans to absorb more atmospheric carbon carbon is then stored in the plants roots and kept under round out of the air the Scientific Team wants to develop food crops that will grow longer deeper roots to sequester the extra c o 2 they absorb in their tissues as they grow the hope is over. The decade or more that enough of that Carbon Dioxide will be sucked out of the atmosphere that we will be able to begin to mitigate the rising c o 2 levels because of the burning of fossil fuels jory admits its a Bold Initiative which could take years to implement if the gene manipulation is successful but for her its personal and there isnt are you seeing with this project and for me you know im 64 years old ok ive had parkinsons for 16 years thats a long time you well i feel good i have to do this now we have to stay so on point to get it done right every single goal you have to keep your eye on that go joy in shorey a warrior in a laboratory fighting for planet earth rob reynolds aljazeera la jolla california. John sure that is one of the many people around the world trying to come up with solutions to protect our planet and wed like to hear your stories of innovation and action just get in touch using the hash tag a. J. Planet s. O. S. And thats it for this series of planet s. O. S. All part of aljazeera is commitment in boosting our coverage of this crucial and important global story will be back with another series setting out the facts in the science related to the planets in crisis we talk to those fighting to protect our oceans the people dealing with the emotional toll of abandoning their homes to the rising tide and were in santiago in chile the cup 25 the u. N. Climate conference with a full health check on our planet and what world leader is doing to talk about the Climate Crisis. But for now for me nick clarkin from the home team hair in iceland for planets s. O. S. Its good but. The story of one of the most successful p. R. Campaigns in the last. 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And Richelle Carey and these are the top stories on aljazeera ecuador is on lockdown after the government imposed a curfew and ordered troops on the city streets the military has also been told to reStrict Movement across the country for at least 24 hours earlier demonstrators blocked roads leading to catos International Airport and set fire to a government building thousands of people have been demonstrating in the city for days now theyre angry at new austerity measures that have led to higher fuel prices and oil has the latest from quito. Tensions remain high in ecuador there is now a curfew thats in effect the government has ordered the military to take control of the streets and public spaces not only here in the ecuadorian capital quito but across the country there are still thousands of demonstrators that are defying that curfew meaning that clashes are expected to continue this evening there have been plans for talks the government the president of the country has called for a National Dialogue with Indigenous Leaders but many of the people that weve spoken to here on the streets of key go see that that time has come and gone and theyre not willing to go to the negotiating table theyre seeing that the situation has already gotten out of the control out of the hands of of the government and the theres been hundreds more people that continue to arrive continue to run from different parts of the country to lend their solidarity so its no longer just an Indigenous Movement that thats protesting against austerity measures to the end of fuel subsidies for Rural Communities this is now encompassing different parts of society that want Different Things and what people are saying is that theyve lost confidence in the government and theyre calling for the resignation of the president france and germany have stopped weapons exports to turkey over its offensive on kurdish groups in Northern Syria the operation is now in its 4th day and Turkish Forces say they have taken control of the strategic border town of the kurds deny this and the Kurdish Forces and serious more they say nearly 200 civilians have been killed and 200000 others displaced since turkey launched its operation on wednesday traffic as more from a column on the turkey syria border. At a press conference and s. D. F. Spokesman denied the Turkish Military is claim that it had full control of the town of russell lyon and since then there have been reports of clashes in surrounding villages again repeated the groups call for the establishment of a no fly zone over Northern Syria and he highlighted what he describes as being the dangers of Turkeys Campaign with respect to the global fight against terror. And the turkish invasion threatens the reactivation of eisel and it has revived some of it sells we are still cooperating with the International Coalition to fight isis but we are now fighting on 2 fronts one against the turkish invasion and another against deisel theres been more heavy shelling all around the town of tel aviv today all the personnel carriers tanks and heavy military equipment has been seen pouring towards the border despite increasing International Condemnation there is no sign whatsoever of the Turkish Military pulling back right side bombs killed at least 10 Kenyan Police officers sinker reset that stirs the border with Somalia Police believe the homemade devices planted by the somali based Group Alshabaab 7 people have been killed in attacks in northeastern nigeria locals say gunmen raided a military post in the town of qana and boards borno state on friday nearby village was also attacked or civilians and 3 soldiers are dead units in borno state have been repeatedly attacked by groups affiliated with i saw. L. A. 16 people had been killed in an attack on a mosque in burkina faso a group of men opened fire inside the grand mosque in samarra say in the countrys north became faso has been struggling with Armed Conflict for the past 4 years. The residents of japan city of how a saki have begun removing debris a day after typhoon headed has made its destructive landfall storm paralyzed japans capital tokyo on saturday before moving to the north it brought unprecedented rainfall because floods and landslides in some areas at least 3 people have died and 17 are missing or so the headlines keep it here on aljazeera more news to come head to head is next. To 3 is to miss deadlines we must leave the e. U. Britain is in chaos people are taking to the streets angry indignant divided and its all because of perks it. Right that the conservative government wants out of the European Union as fast as possible even without a deal and no matter the cost leaving on the 31st of october gives bonds. To supporters of brics it a new world of global trade opportunities and reduced immigration beckons. But the u. K. Parliament has blocked a no deal scenario for the. Big guys that are citing official warnings of an economic meltdown and even a shortage of food and medicines is going to be an absolute disaster for everybody. The battle between those who want to leave right now and those who want to remain is threatening to undermine british democracy. Critics say the practice of the guilty of incendiary rhetoric what breaks it will cycle the bad which is created a climate of fear for vulnerable minorities and so on the and punched immigrants and even politicians. My guest today is richard tice cofounder and chair of the brics it party 2 to london the brics it went through 2 a key figure in the leave campaign he dismisses predictions of catastrophe as project fear amid the house and ive come here to the oxford union to go head to head with richard tice the. British entrepreneur turned politician whos now leading the controversial no deal breaker campaign ill challenge him on how much responsibility his side takes for the polarizing of British Society and ask him how on earth could leaving the e. U. Without an agreement be good for britains democracy or economy. Tonight ill be joined by 3 experts graham gudgeon appropriates economist at Cambridge University and chief Economic Advisor at the conservative think Tank Policy Exchange hes also the editor of the briefing for bridget website jonathan liz the Deputy Director for the pro european think tank british influence hes also a political commentator for the Guardian Newspaper prospect magazine and the b. B. C. Among others and ashqar carr a Senior Editor of the progressive online media outlet novara media in london she also teaches political theory at the sandbank institute. Ladies and gentlemen please welcome richard tice. The uses been a member of the European Parliament since may 29 teams when the bracks party obtained a 3rd of the vote richard tice thanks for joining me on how tara seems to 2016 e. U. Referendum there have been 3 Prime Ministers to mr briggs deadlines there are no full suspension of parliament the collapse of the pound and the british people divided like never before isnt it the case richard the brics as not just a political chaos but to the u. K. Becoming the last thing stock of the world. Yes to the simple word i mean the reality is thats what happens when you have weak feeble leadership you know im a businessman and a bad chief executive of a business can ruin it in 2 years a bad Prime Minister can humiliate a country in a couple of years and thats what weve seen with what happened to 2 reason may as of right now the u. K. Is in the midst of what many would call a constitutional crisis parliament was suspended by the probe breaks that Prime Minister johnson it was an un suspended by the Supreme Court that said it was null and void i remember richard people saying we have to leave the e. U. Because parliament is sovereign not the e. U. Not brussels but now when the u. K. Parliament blocks britain crashing out of the e. U. Without an agreement blocks no deal breaks it suddenly you say parliaments not sovereign anymore how convenient ive never said parliament so when the people are sovereign they lend sovereignty to parliament and the disclosed thing about what happened over the last 40 years is that parliament then lent about sovereignty to an overseas power to the European Union without the peoples consent and more and more and more power was permanently given to brussels every political scientists including the ones in universities like this one as well as the Supreme Court of this country says parliament is sovereign thats been a bedrock of british politics for decades for centuries before you and i were born but when you say youve never said it your the group you founded levy you said in october 25th in less than a year before the referendum and i quote vote to leave the e. U. To ensure law making power returns to our Sovereign National parliament thats what you are saying back then as soon as that Sovereign Parliament passes a law that you dont like its not sovereign anymore not in this very convenient. To do what parliament does is considerably more sovereign than giving it to the European Union but fundamentally the people are sovereign as a said so so your group will wrong to say in october 25th you know that it said a Sovereign National parliament because the Parliament Passes laws yes so its been lent the soft. So you for a 4 or 5 year period to pass laws yes and thats over to the people thats part of the law now saying britain cannot exit by october 31st unless theres a deal and presumably the government will have to abide by as a legitimate law in your view legitimate yes i mean as parliament passed the no no no and the promise to follow the law if he breaks the law because he suggested hes going to exit regardless for sure would you support him breaking the law. Even if youre right that parliament isnt sovereign that the public will somehow trumps parliamentary legislation which as i say goes against political traditions in this country we say that but actually thats what a referendum is about exactly because a referendum where power the case for relevance is outsourced the decision to the people they didnt know why is there a reference to hang on there lets be very clear it was an advisory or forget all that nonsense it was an advisory referendum as a said they sent out a 9000000 pound leaflet every house in the government sometimes leaflet but the law of the e. U. Referendum at 2015 made it very clear it was an advisor and im the one who didnt argue for i just said it was an advisor even have a right to trust what the government writes the griot ok but it wasnt under the law or it was an advisor reference can we agree on that as a fact lets agree on that but if you write to the people you say. We will implement your decision and its a once in a generation decision and you then renege on that its not surprising we face the biggest lack of trust betrayal of trust in democracy in this country given were in this chaos right now and given that you know theres this argument over who is legitimate where the sovereignty lies with finding this conversation why not then let the public decide how to resolve this mess that were in by holding another vote i mean if youd lost the last Referendum Campaign 52 percent to 48 percent instead of winning as you did 52 percent to 48 percent you would have been calling for another referendum now to you wouldnt you say we wouldnt we wouldnt be where we are just a complete why did nigel for a large the leader of your party say in may 26th in a month before the referendum in a 5248 referendum this would be Unfinished Business by a long way. Im not knowledgeable raj ive never really. Thought the way richardson theres a lot of those quotes where you heard him or not is irrelevant but he did say it