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Repression against ecuadorian demonstrators and indigenous ecuadorians. Throughout the day smoking tear gas filled the air as more and more demonstrators filled the streets once again in doubt take a tour it appears as though mayor people are saying your up to participate and joining in the front lines of these demonstrations these people are coming from all parts of the country to china these demonstrations clearly are legitimate to reverse course id cannot make versailles that they say are damaging for the country was at one point demonstrators set fire to one of the governments main administrative buildings another group of protesters set fire to a local television station many here have a deep distrust of the National News media with unrest spreading to other parts of the capital ecuadorian president lenin modano announced a mandatory nationwide curfew sending the military to restore order to city streets and public spaces. In the book today we have declared a curfew in quito and the valleys which is already having tangible results and we have established a calm in a large part of the city. With a curfew in effect many of the capital city streets have emptied although there are still plenty of people who remain defiant for most the hope is that an Upcoming National dialogue will finally return peace to the country. Were going to weather update next here on aljazeera then. Im going to talk reporting from iceland on a very brutal demonstration of the effect the Climate Change with the parent but the nations classes. Im beginning new will have reaction from. About a government proposal to change the way that Religious Schools that function. We got plenty of sunshine across many parts of central and Southern Europe lost to clear skies like a cloud thats further north and a fair bit of it is well still very blustery across northern parts platinum or a making their way from a west to east but out into the south pressure in charge thats keeping things calm and settled with some warm sunshine as well as a 25. 00 celsius in bucharest in ankara 27. 00 there for athens little bit of cloud into western parts of the bat want to see showers a possibility here to the west the weather the windy weather that remains across those northern parts of course the low countries they into the British Isles saying been them well seeing some very heavy rain once again as we go on through sunday that will sink its way further south which just go into monday 15 celsius in london still hanging on to 23 there in paris not too bad but notice some wet weather waiting in the wings another area of wet weather will slide its way in across the bay of biscay over the next few days pushing across the Iberian Peninsula back to central and southern parts the u. K. 5 and try once again i will say that sunshine across much of north africa stays largely warm and sunny a little bit of clout then to northern parts of algeria my if you squeeze out a few spots of rain here but by and large its fine dry warm and sunny. Planets speaking to the climate and not cool emergency the worlds leading scientists are warning of a president ial crisis in the face of it reversible changes to the thats why ill be with you throughout as well on violent correspondent nic well have reports from the front lines of the crisis that Showcase New Solutions to help. Aljazeera brings you in new weekly prime its also at the top the facts and the Science Behind the issues affecting all planets. Lets take a moment to remind you of the main news again this hour turkey has pushed forward its offensive in Northern Syria with another night of airstrikes took his forces theyve taken control of. A strategic Syrian Border town kurdish led forces deny that. People into voting for the next president in a runoff choosing between 2 political newcomers business tycoon. And law. At a nationwide curfew is in effect in ecuador the government imposed a measure after 11 days of protests against rising fuel prices talks to end the crisis to begin. Sunday. A powerful tycoon in japan has left at least 19 people dead dozens more are missing typhoon. Paralyzed tokyo on saturday before moving north a cleanup operation is on the way of more than half a 1000000 homes without power zeros way hey reports from tokyo. We were told to expect a short sharp storm and that is exactly what happened as you can see it is a Clear Blue Sky day in the capital tokyo on sunday in stark contrast to what we saw on saturday with a lot of rain falling and some very strong winds we still have some wind about but no sign of that rain certainly coastal areas on saturday saw some damaging winds but the main feature of this storm seems to have been the huge amount of rain that fell causing flooding in many areas and indeed there are still alerts in place for some of those areas because the rivers this wall and they have burst their banks in some places and also the reservoirs are very full so the authorities have given the green light for some of those dams to release water meaning that there is an ongoing danger for some communities living downstream from those dams we saw several landslides occur on saturday evening as well there is an ongoing search and rescue operation because several people. Still missing there is still disruptions to the transport networks as well some Train Services have resumed on sunday morning but they wont be back to full service for some time and most Flights International and domestic in and out of tokyos 2 airports on sunday have been cancelled or delayed until monday 7 people have been killed in attacks in northeastern nigeria witnesses say the gunman raided a military post in the town of gargi ghana in borno state on friday a nearby village was also targets for civilians and 3 soldiers are dead communities in borno state have been repeatedly attacked by groups affiliated with eisel but in kenya a roadside bomb has killed at least 10 Police Officers it happened in near the border with Somalia Police believe the homemade device was planted by the somali based Group Alshabaab a similar explosion in june killed 10 offices in the region of what dear which is also on the somali border. Mexican Border Police have detained a caravan of up to 2000 migrants they were traveling from the south of the country and hope to reach the u. S. Border many of them have been held up near guatemala for weeks or months awaiting residency or transit papers i mean. Im not afraid i need to go on i dont know whats ahead of me but im not scared for different people i thought this Migrant Caravan is the only way forward without a visa card you cant help from southern mexico kyrgyzstan wants to change the way that Religious Schools also known as madrassas operate plans to introduce laws to regulate studies in an effort to increase state control over faith schools the hamid reports now from bishkek. Its evening class that theyve been cheek at down school one of the nearly 130 Religious Schools and institutions in kyrgyzstan some of the students like cannot come from remote areas he joined a school 6 years ago i finished my Normal School and i have. Said. This and now i study when youre city and here together were here. Were here you here. And were here and its our 2nd 2nd class students have to be at least 16 years old before they can apply to come here. The constitution guarantees freedom of education and religion under the system whoever wants to learn about religion has the right after finishing secondary school. Religious education is supervised by institutions that are mostly funded by charities both local and International Kyrgyzstan being a secular state system doesnt include any religious studies whatsoever for that disputed must go to the privately run Religious Schools but now the government says it will introduce reform to bring them more in line with the National Education system religious education was banned during the soviet rule the government says it recognizes that interest in religion has increased since the fall of the soviet union. But after a few 100 citizens joined the ranks of iraq and syria the government has National Security concerns southern and because you dont know where this charity or this financial come from and boredom in a year saudis Financial Support of the leaders of the occasion should be this Teaching Program this will be the teaching plan what kind of subjects will be in the occasional brawl and who the teacher. Doesnt. Have the fish an indication of religious fear critics say students who only go to Religious Schools are ill prepared to enter the workforce and says this is what he learns in the Religious School combined with his general studies in Financial Accounting that will make him successful in life the government is Promising Students like him didnt you build will merely provide the framework for religious Education One that will be in tune with the secular identity of the country but at the for me. In kyrgyzstan. In Bangladesh Security forces have killed more than a dozen running the refugees in recent weeks police say they were suspected of being involved in the murder of a politician but Rights Groups dispute that claim not a serious time the child reports now from cox is bizarre. A young mother of 2 children recently lost her husband we have not identified her at her request she doesnt believe her husband was involved in any criminal activities have to do good had it at the end of that parallelogram we have a lot of my husband used to work as a simple day laborer and the camp he worked very hard for his money it was after 4 days that i found out that he was killed by the Security Forces. The recent murder of the local ruling Party Politicians part of Violent Attacks against rangar by some in the host community. Instead of defusing the tension Law Enforcement officers allegedly refused to intervene and protect the refugees more going to doesnt growing as ive been killed by Security Forces in recent weeks most direct yours for their involvement in the killing of a local Ruling Party Politician the utmost care in this refugee camp are very trans right now. Authorities often link these extrajudicial killings to the drug Human Trafficking and other criminal activities another young woman who became a widow recently thinks her husband was wrongfully framed and killed he was accused of drug smuggling she say she is scared and is now left alone with her 2 children. Justice we can find in my and my after all the atrocities committed against us and i dont expect to find any kind of justice here for my husbands death. In the last 2 years since the rohingya exodus to bangladesh more than 46 running have been killed by Security Forces some group are. 2 different illegal activities supples Drug Trafficking and Human Trafficking and other like criminal activities so the situation based decision we have taken when we are to control or edit them then to safe and secure our arsenal and our life in the past sometimes this terrible gunfight happened rights activists say this incidents are unacceptable 2 years running from the genocide in me and the sympathy and compassion towards are going on in bangladesh seems to be slowly fading after a period of relative calm and stability uncertainty and fear and now haunting the refugees trying to charge me ill just get up early coxs bazar bangladesh. More than a 1000 firefighters are battling a fast moving blaze on the Northern Edge of los angeles and california the fire broke out on thursday night at a spread over 7000 acres at least one person is confirmed to have died firefighters are dropping water from aircraft to contain the fire on saturday some people were allowed to return to their homes the cause of the blaze is under investigation from fire to ice a major tourist attraction in iceland as a risk of disappearing due to Climate Change the islands classy is a melting fast and experts say that curbing Carbon Emissions may not be enough to save them out as heroes Nick Lockridge traveled to one of the islands National Parks which has the largest and biggest ice cap on the island. This is an island of elemental power shape to reshape by Natural Forces where the landscape is constantly forged by supercharged geology. Glass is sweeping over active volcano ash from previous eruptions carpets the ice. Through the millennia the glass years have advanced and retreated but never has a retreat been as drastic as now. Classic guide Ryan Connelly takes me towards the solheim york at last year 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 isnt actually 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 that the National Park you know ask a World Heritage site covering 40 percent of iceland tourists come here in their hundreds every day to see the sights but the sights the 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 to 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 told my friends in america just no past week. Refugees would not only be coming from mexico and Central America they would become from florida and the coast and the gulf coast of america so United States. At home businesses that rely on the tourist dollar preparing for an uncertain future are living in sin runs a guest house on the farm where hes lived pretty much all his life we have seen whats difference. The last couple yes and just for maybe 30 years ago then we saw 3 close of thanks from this site but now we only see 2 of those and the glacier are one of the most tourist attraction in iceland so of course it can have an effect on you know all the main pillars of 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 but this crucial part of the planetary system. Clock aljazeera that new york and i say. It is good to have you with us hello Adrian Finnegan here in doha with the headlines on aljazeera turkey has pushed forward its offensive in Northern Syria with another night of strikes smoke has been seen billowing over. On sunday morning Turkish Forces say that theyve taken control of the strategic border town but turkish that forces deny that chance stratford reports now from the turkey syria border. There were reports of clashes in and around russell lyon overnight the s. D. F. Adamant that. The Turkish Military do not have full control of this town a town that is of great strategic importance obviously to both sides and has been the focus of a very heavy bombardment of artillery and air strikes over the last few days its basically one of the most eastern towns part of this 1st phase of this Turkish Campaign the turks saying that they are trying to clear an area around 120 kilometers long along the border going west to here which is the town of tal abio and we hear again that there was more bombardment more bombarding of tel lobby out overnight with artillery the reports last night early evening that Free Syrian Army fighters these are the Syrian Rebels that are backed by turkey that have come over to put his a plate in this campaign we heard reports that they were getting ready to move further into tel r. B. I. And it seems as if that hasnt happened yet you plan to musea a voting for the next president in a runoff that choosing between 2 political newcomers business tycoon not bill car we and law professor kai saeed the 2 seen as anti establishment establishment and beat more than 20 candidates in the 1st round. A nationwide curfew is in effect in ecuador the government imposed the measure after 11 days of protest against rising fuel prices president Lyndon Marino deployed hundreds of soldiers to patrol the capital talks to try to end the crisis due to begin later on sunday a powerful tycoon typhoon im sorry in japan has left at least 19 people dead dozens more are missing typhoon again this paralyzed tokyo on saturday before moving north more than half a 1000000 homes are without power a cleanup operation is underway and those are the headlines the news continues here after planet s. O. S. Next. Just there oh. They dont believe in the 2 state solution you still believe in the 2 state solution we listen what i said was that pakistan would never start a war im antiwar we meet with global news makers and talk about the stories that matter just 0. 0 on bringing you a planet as the rest bestial from iceland where leaders of the northern most regions of the planet joining delegations from around the world to discuss the future of the arctic it is a pristine landscape with fragile ecosystems a vast 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 an opportunity for others the Arctic Circle 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 Carbon Dioxide causes our planet to warm stay with us for the scientists working to see the challenge of 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 later 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 geopolitically in the region but also because of Climate Change issues which are striking a very hot. 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 rec old this year and this is something you dont see very often lightning near the north pole you need a combination of woman and cool 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 as the regions glass is 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 eva active volcanoes ash from previous eruptions topics 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 and the speed of retreat is very apparent so this and the case were in the last year was back in 2010 and this is an art to 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 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 money 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. 3 years old or 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 dollars preparing for an uncertain future only binions and runs a guest house on the farm where hes lived pretty much all his life yet seen hewitts difference. Last couple yes and just for maybe 30 or so called and resold 3 clicks of thanks from this site but now we only see to all those and to kill a shoot out 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 in iceland. 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. 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 stepped in the whole process that is occurring here and so i made a point to focus on the language and the problems that people. Finally come to in terms of culture and education and language Indigenous People small and the solution to a lot of the problems in the world is facing Climate Change to stand up to development biodiversity loss and you think that the arctic could contribute a lot to solving these problems if were going to put pointing out of the after of course a lot of things that come out of it 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 the laws maybe they couldnt even agree on a closing statement after a 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 attic council have really generation front page headlines and then in may the United States did something that had never happened in the councils 23 year history threw at him a series of us 60 of states might come peo the u. S. Refused to approve a joint statement because it included the words 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 composed speech the day before the arctic is at the forefront of opportunity and abundance. It 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 claimed to take the lead to gain control of the pump aon even mention Climate Change once in his speech but a woman planet is whats made the scramble for resources possible in the northern reaches of our planet a 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 prison dick 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 a soul 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 hate 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 alex exactly 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 hopping the problem asian to all over the world to. America africa. The america. 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 other. And the tissue really the core of the climate challenge dot the rest of the world its called destroy the often 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 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 it is china korea japan or whether it is to buy up a topic. Would be history and the problem is that the shia on the os been fundamentally wrong. And its just been wrong in the sense that the melting of the irish is happening much faster than anybody predicted and that is a scary thought what is your sense of the future of the arctic what kind of optic 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 would 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 tides 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 parts 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 well 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 in pools and the freights glass here 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 but. For me this is my home and my creation there is 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 understand they werent 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 and finland russia and sweden and their way of life is intimately connected with the north with a watery planet is putting that under threat theres ballrooms 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 west sweden a state has made done to to 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 like growing on the ground provides food for rain there and animal now facing mass starvation thousands have died despite the hood his efforts to feed them by hand while melting ice sheets have cut off their migrates routes across the arctic some of the 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 some New 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 giving blood 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 turbo boost reynolds. For planet earth and for dr joe in chore e its a race against time jury is a multiple Award 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 and 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 while forests are shrinking globally farmland is expanding the fact that cory says can help cut 0 to the beauty of our planet actually comes down to never using the food. Its 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. A 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 put this news for 16 years as 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 surely 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 planets 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 a planet 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 for 25. 00 the Un Climate Conference with a full health check on our planet and what World Leaders are doing to tackle the Climate Crisis. But for now for me nick clark and from the whole team here in iceland for planet us us its goodbye. 3 years 3 prime ministers and still no doubt breaks it down with the oct 31st departure deadline looming and as the e. U. And u. K. Prepared to square off in brussels was will Boris Johnson to do next followed the e. U. Summit on aljazeera. Pounds could a shell town settled in syria as video emerges showing whats said to be captured kurdish fighters be executed. Hello im adrian for the get this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up. For the next president the choice is a law professor or a media tycoon who was recently released from jail. Ecuador under curfew the president ploys the military after violent demonstrations rocked the capital but office to talk with protesters. Picking up the pieces japan begins the cleanup after a powerful typhoon sweeps through killing at least 18 people. To push forward with its offensive in Northern Syria with another day of strikes explosions have been seen. On sunday morning took his forces also say theyve taken control of the strategic Syrian Border town of. But kurdish led forces deny that the u. N. Now says that 130000. 00 people have been forced to flee the homes out of his forces advance on the ground theres growing International Condemnation france and germany have become the latest countries to stop exporting weapons to turkey. To hold a report from the turkey syria border. Theyre battling their way into kurdish controlled towns along the border with turkey it hasnt been an easy fight for several days turkish troops and their allies the opposition Syrian National army have pushed into the northeastern corner of syria they now say they are in control of one of 2 main towns along the 120 kilometer stretch of territory they plan to capture in the 1st operation theyve also advanced 30 kilometers deep reaching the highway that connects to west and east syria effectively dividing the territory under the control of the s. P. F. Of the kurdish Led Syrian Democratic forces are coming under heavy fire but an incident close to a u. S. Outpost along the border has added to tensions between turkey and the United States which said its forces were close to being hit by turkish artillery fire turkeys defense minister has a car denies his troops targeted the position saying they were responding to fire 1000 meters away the new front in syrias war is worsening relations between the nato allies which have long been strained the pentagon was more blunt calling them damaged International Pressure is mounting on turkey to stop the advance the United States is threatening to impose economic sanctions the message from here is clear we will not stop the operation president russia or the garden made it clear the white peachey the Syrian Kurdish armed group that forms the backbone of the us they must 1st withdraw 30 kilometers from the border with turkey. The humanitarian impact of the conflict is being felt on both sides turkish civilians are being killed in rocket fire thats being fired into border towns but i. Dont have any protection but were not thinking about moving out now since we have a life here we dont want to leave our home in syria they have also been casualties among civilians caught in the conflict aid groups are warning of another humanitarian disaster in syrias 8 year war the area is home to people whove already suffered violence and displacement the United Nations says 100000 are on the move and this battle has just started the number of those affected may rise fast. On the turkey syria border lived out to our to call a on the turkey syria border. Bring us up to speed whats the latest. I suppose in the last hour or so weve begun to hear heavy artillery fire. And see heavy artillery being fired across the border from here into positions we understand is close. To the town of tel our backyard which is just across the border were hearing now reports from members of the Free Syrian Army thats the these are fighters that the enlisted into come and help with this operation and they say they have taken out solve or possibly full control of the town of so look shes around 10 to 15 kilometers south east of tel aviv and strategically very important for that because it would give them a supply line deep behind the city we understand that. Those syrian fighters have taken control of at least 13 villages on either side of tel meanwhile in the east that town russell eyeing that the turkish miniature he said that they had full control of yesterday and the s. D. F. Were disputing that since that ever since that claim was made and there are now reports only according to the syrian will want to see the syrian observatory for human rights theyre saying that yes the if could well have launched a counter of offensive and retaken control of that town its very difficult to verify anything at the moment as you say these new figures from the United Nations an indication of the kind of suffering and fear being experienced by thousands of people across the border 130000 people they say now being have been forced to flee their homes and lets not forget many of them have already been internally displaced in syria during the syrian war these videos charles that have emerged online allegedly showing the abuse and executions of syrian cuz both civilians and the why p. J. What more do we know about that. Thats right these videos have been circulating saying on the social media for yeah i suppose a good 20 now is now. They are disturbing videos they allegedly show according to the s. D. F. At least they allegedly show the shooting of an s. D. S. Fighter by the side of the roads described as a prisoner. And they also show again the s. D. F. Allege is the moments when a prominent kurdish politician and political activist the leader of the socalled future syria party and her driver were killed along with 7 other civilians theres also a still photograph allegedly showing date now the. The syrian fighters that have been accused of committing these alleged atrocities of come out with his statements and they basically say they condemned the action that hes seen in the videos and they have promised an investigation and mention the in poll of commom does making sure that violations do not happen now to polls or recognize that the propaganda war will both sides here is escalating as this Turkish Campaign goes forward but certainly its videos like this allegedly showing potential atrocities that the International Community is so worried about. Aljazeera chance trafford reporting live there from the turkey syria border chance many thanks polls are open in tunisia in the president ial election runoff people are choosing between 2 political newcomers the business tycoon the deal car weight and law professor kai saeed the 2 who are seen as anti establishment beat out a field of more than 20 candidates in the 1st round and car we managed to do that one in jail on corruption charges the winner will have to deal with fixing the weak economy and soaring unemployment. Reports now from a polling station in the capital tunis. This is a significant moment for tunisians they will decide the next president whos going to be the 2nd democratically elected president in the history of tunisia after the 2011 revolution voters will have to decide between 2 candidates media mogul nembutal we hope presents himself as the man who is going to fix the economic problems of tunisia and corruption and poverty and you have a law professor places i had who presents himself as a symbol of unity for the tennessee ends the Election Campaign was timid because we was in jail for quite some time at that moment a place i decided to keep a low profile however they had both candidates took part in a debate and theres a growing sentiment here into his year that places i was more convincing more eloquent during that debate once this is all over the next president will have to deal with many challenges the country faces 1st of all the parliamentary elections resulted in a divided parliament and people are waiting to see whether the leading party of the conservative another will be able to form a Coalition Government if that doesnt happen there will be a political impasse and this explains why people are eager to see the next president of tunisia step in build bridges with the different Political Parties and work with them together and the political impasse because the biggest problem that the country faced over the last few years was basically political instability and economic problems to the point where people have grown completely frustrated and disillusioned with the political establishment saying that basically politicians have been telling us that everything is going to look better and different and that nothing in fact has changed. A nationwide curfew remains in effect in ecuador as the 1st talks between the government and indigenous groups a set to begin later on sunday president lenin marino the said that hes willing to reexamine a law that ended fuel subsidies that policy spark demonstrations more than a week ago manuel ruppel 0 reports from quito. Unrest has continued on the streets of the ecuadorian capital on saturday thousands of people flooded downtown quito. Demonstrators calling for the resignation of the countrys president once again clashed with police rejected from her group who must not thought that this president is using public funds to kill us and shoot at us but we want to run away if we have to give our lives then so be it i have hundreds of women from across the country joined in the demonstrations and held a march of their own in solidarity with indigenous demonstrators that they called all the government to end with they say is a violent repression of Peaceful Protesters who doesnt exist now for this levee that women are protesting for life because we are life weve had enough of the brutal repression against ecuadorian demonstrators and indigenous ecuadorians. Throughout the day spoken tear gas filled the air as more and more demonstrators filled the streets once again in doubt so you cant do it appears as though mayor people are showing up to participate and joining in the front lines of these demonstrations these people are coming from all parts of the country to charities demonstrations clearly i learned through a very scarce id cannot require says that they say are damaging for the country was at one point demonstrators set fire to one of the governments main administrative buildings another group of protesters set fire to a local television station many here have a deep distrust of the National News media with unrest spreading to other parts of the capital ecuadorian president lenin modano announced a mandatory nationwide curfew sending the military to restore order to city streets and public spaces in several school it took today we have declared a curfew in quito and the valleys which is already having tangible results and we have established a calm in a large part of the city. With a curfew in