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Prison for the mass killing of political opponents. And im we are starting with sports and the arabian gulf cup host qatar on the field right now against the u. A. E. With a place in the semifinals at stake its a game with as much politics as team pride. Thank you very much for joining as Security Forces have stopped and for marching towards a u. N. Base in the east of the democratic republic of congo they were heading to the peacekeeping compound near the airport in beni one of 2 bases in that city at least 2 people have been killed demonstrators have been targeting u. N. Peacekeepers there for more than a week now saying theyre failing to protect civilians from attacks by rebel groups that speak to aljazeera as catherine soy whos in goma the knowledge a city in east india r. C. Catherine tell us 1st about what youre hearing about the situation in beni whats happening on the streets there right now. Well right now the military in beni is expected to hold a press conference in the coming hours the military has had a military escort has had to go and pick journalists up from there will tell where they are to take them to the location of the press conference because its still very unsafe on the streets the situation quiet and cited as weve had our producer in benny all day talking about you know gunshots throughout the day running battles between Security Forces and protesters who are trying to get to this u. N. Base which is one of the main u. N. Bases which is very close to an airport so Security Forces say they cannot allow protesters to get to that base because its going to ground everything and we have been talking to the governor of north kivu here in go man of q benny is in north kivu province so ive been talking to the governor whos saying that it seems that this port the Security Forces are not anymore battling ordinary protesters that hes saying that people are armed with crude weapons like a machete is he saying that they are violent theyre even attacking residents of many who do not want to be involved in this process they say Security Forces are going to continue using force to contain this situation and almost comes at a time when Health Workers in that region of benny are struggling to contain an airball a crisis right catherine. We seem to have lost our connection there with Catherine Catherine king hear me shes back ok Catherine Unger also at the u. N. Mission yes i can go around the regional capital where you are i know that there was a general strike that was planned in goma today how widely was it followed. Well people here in goma are also extremely angry today its quiet are early in the morning we saw the shops closed roads were clear people did not come to their offices to their shops but then as the day went on we saw people coming to open shops the roads are now operating people are going about their business but weve also seen the all of last week people out in the streets partisans also trying to get to u. N. Bases saying that they are protesting in support of whats going on in beni saying the security situation cannot continue as it is then why is it that with such a huge military presence such a huge huge u. N. Presence rebels of a. D. F. Able to come back to the villages and kill people so brutally and all this as i mentioned before forli is happening at a time when Health Workers there are really really struggling to contain and the situation. The visit by the director general of the World Health Organization to go was brief but necessary. Health workers responding to an outbreak in parts of the region why attack last week by my my rebels in an area where people are still being infected by the disease for died in this hospital that chief visits those who were injured even one. Case could spark a fire so the same thing now actually with a major one of the major security incidents like this one concern is even more so it may take longer. You know it would have taken with the progress that we had. Here the agencies upon emergency core data shows us what theyre dealing with the red sports you see are the focus points. Its in mining villages in about 70 kilometers from baby town where most of the new cases have been detected yet its one of the most unsafe areas and where the Health Workers were recently killed plans are bricks important to stop or. On this very difficult to access because of the forest around the mining areas making sure that they have full access to back up to the villages among those important plans are bringing up to a dozen a boiler responders have been killed and several Treatment Facilities attacked since the outbreak started nearly a year and a half ago. Has killed on operations in beni because of the current security crisis these affects people tracking the disease we met. In beni 3 weeks ago shes among volunteers who wanted to people whove been in contact with the Patients Health officials tell us one of the biggest con sons is how people. Can safely keep in touch with those they wanted to for a ball of symptoms. But if you look at over the last report the performance went down because your own meant the person performing. Braff said you know up to 59 person this is a problem because you want to make sure that. Undetected early enough in goma the w. H. O. Chief also met with those tasked with containing the disease some of whom have been ever had from the the frontlines in beni because of the unsighted security situation. In other world news a u. S. President does this restoring tariffs on steel in a newman imports from argentina and brazil donald trump made the announcement on twitter saying that the 2 countries have been presiding over a massive devaluation of their currencies which is not good for our farmers he says therefore Effective Immediately i will restore the tariffs on all steel and aluminum that is shipped into the u. S. From those countries that speak to aljazeera as serious a bowl is in when osiris argentina both argentina and brazil were among u. S. Allies that President Trump exempted from seal an entire this in march 28th teen and they both have a warm relationship with donald trump these 2 countries why this announcement now and how is it being received there. Well it certainly comes as a surprise because as you just said there were warm relations between the United States argentina brazil especially with precedent fernando but also. Apparently him and trump knew each other for very very for a long period of time because modi so marcie used to be a businessman salut this is certainly happened because back last year argentina and brazil were even shielded when the United States implemented terry of some of the European Union canada mexico among others it even lifted a 25 percent tariff on fuel 10 percent terrorists on aluminum last year so this is certainly coming as a surprise donald trump also is accusing this countrys of devaluating the currency in argentina and brazil saying that this is something that hurts farmers in the United States because brazil and argentina exports mostly commodities like so you have been wheat longer other things the reason why this is happening now nobody really knows but what some people are guessing here is that it has to do with the relations that baseball countries have with china trade has increased in recent years with china. But also with the situation thats currently happening in the United States in mexico factories in the United States where theres been a drop in the prices of metals there has been layoffs among other things of both governments are saying that they will start speaking directly to donald trump you towards when i just said that he was calling him directly to try to explain the symmetries we tween the economies between the brazilian economy and the United States economy and that the Argentine Foreign Ministry is also saying that they will begin negotiations as soon as possible what impact will these tabs have on a country like argentina which is currently struggling with an economic crisis. Well were going to have to see exactly how this tariffs are implemented what we know right now is that for brazil the amount affects for it is around 9 percent and for argentina its about 3 percent but as you just set the relations between the walls are not 0 and 0 knowledge trump will its unlikely that they will suffer but the situation is completely different in argentina not only because there is an economic crisis but also because theres a change in government that warm relationship between trump and the might not be the same with a new precedent that will take office here in about a week a lot of the fed a man this apparent its president a president that might implement protectionist policies and as you just said donald trump played a crucial role in argentina when it started negotiating with the International Monetary fund for example one of its largest loans in the history around 50000000000. 00 and trump played a crucial role there well were going to have to see what happens with the next president but this is certainly going to sorry tense the situation between the United States and argentina thank you very much for that terrorists. Plenty more ahead on this aljazeera news hour including a mentor told us the gold in china and the fact is part of the power of solid period like blood about to bring billions of cubic meters of just thrown russia to china and its a project as much about politics as a little thanks. As World Leaders gather for urgent climate talks in spain will explore whats at stake for fried River Systems in kenya and the l. A. Lakers have a major meltdown more with. The white house says it will not take part. The next step of the impeachment inquiry into donald trump the us president had been given until sunday to confirm whether he would send legal representatives to the house hearing on wednesday trump is accused of asking ukraine to investigate his political rival joe biden and biden son in exchange for military aid that speak to a White House Correspondent Kimberly Hawk it can be so what happens now and then with the proceedings that the president has said he Wont Take Part in it yeah the president actually just left the white house moments ago hes heading towards the meeting in london with nato leaders and he talked about what happens next and why the white house is not participating he told reporters just a few moments ago that he felt that this was lacking in due process and that is why they will not be sending an attorney but the president was asked directly you know if you want to defend yourself why not send a lawyer he replied because this whole thing is a hoax the president seems to be echoing folly what weve been hearing from the white House Counsel and other white house officials for some time is that they feel that this impeachment inquiry is partisan being led by democrats who are trying to undo the results of the 2016 u. S. Election therefore well theyre also saying the president cant defend himself theyre not sending an attorney either in order to do that because theyre saying that essentially doing so would validate a process they believe is invalid all right thank you. Thank you very much for that kimberly how good life for us at the white house. Syrian Government Air strikes have killed at least 14 civilians in a province a warning some of the images youre about to see are disturbing at least 20. Children. Have been injured in the attack busy market. On end so rocket city were targeted and they are reports of more strikes in the area. The International Court of justice in the netherlands is Holding Public hearings on an appeal relating to the blockade of qatar egypt saudi arabia the United Arab Emirates and bahrain have been imposing the blockade for nearly 2 and a half years now they accuse qatars government of spreading instability and supporting terrorism which it strongly denies on june 5th 2017 saudi arabia close qatars only land border access to the sea is restricted as well arabs were also close forcing Qatar Airways to make longer detours and look for alternate flight paths qatar says yes based restrictions by saudi arabia and the u. A. E. Violates International Law lets bring in jim chiles our child who is live for us now at the hague john tell us about whats happened so far in todays proceedings. Well the 1st day of hearings have just finished and they centered on the statements made by the blockading nations who have appealed to the International Courts of justice to try and overturn a decision made by which is the International Civil Aviation Organization which ruled that the air blockade on qatar imposed by those 4 countries egypt saudi arabia bahrain and the United Arab Emirates contravened International Agreements in terms of civilian air travel what they are saying is that. Its not in its. Jurisdiction to issue such a ruling and even if it was in its jurisdiction to issue such a ruling it didnt follow the correct procedures but it would seem that there are some inconsistency or contradictions at least in the statements that have been made because they were censored on initially the 1st arguments which was those blockading countries saying thats. By making this taking this decision was essentially taking a political stunts but then their defense was that they were saying that the reason why the countries blockaded qatar was for political reasons so that seemed to be a strange kind of contradiction there what will happen now moving forward is that tomorrow on tuesday of qatar has a chance to respond to those statements that were made today there will then be a break on wednesday and then to further sessions on thursday and friday from each side in this dispute. Followed by obviously a decision to be made by the i. C. J. However it would appear that that decision will not be made at the end of this week but in fact could very well take several weeks if not months before it is finalized thank you for that jamal and shine an eye for us at the hague. Russia one of the Worlds Largest exporters of natural gas has launched a huge new pipeline from siberia to china itll be about 3000 kilometers long connecting 2 fields in eastern siberia to a city on chinas border the pipeline is expected to be fully operational in 2025 and will supply 38000000000 cubic meters of gas a year russia describes it as the worlds biggest Construction Projects running across frigates mountainous areas of siberia from northern china under thomas reports. Life is tough along chinas border with siberia its minus 12 degrees celsius theres not much industry not many jobs most around here use coal to cook and their homes. Burning coal its obviously very dirty its polluting and also a lot of physical work but 2 big Infrastructure Projects are bringing change 1st is this bridge opening next year it crosses the a more river frozen at the moment the river divide russia and china the bridge will link the cities of blago vesture nest and her. Im walking on the coast trucking of the bridge i feel proud when i tell friends one of the contributors. But its the 2nd project that is the most significant this is one of the most remote parts of china and just a kilometer or 2 over there is one of the most remote parts of russia and now linking that so is this pipeline its an economic projects of course but its all about politics to the power of siberia a pipeline is about to deliver gas from russia to cities across china its cost 55000000000 dollars and on the russian side stretches more than 3000 kilometers the pipeline through china will eventually reach shanghai almost 3000 kilometers to the south but china it means well priced energy thats relatively clean but. Other than for heating natural gas can be used to generate power is much better than oil and coal it has much less pollution and if you were emissions of c o 2 for russia the project is unlikely to make much money as the only feasible customer for gas from russias Eastern Fields china bargained hard. Russia was keen because it is facing resistance to its plans to export more gas to europe some European Countries and the United States have tried to Block Development of a new pipeline to germany they think it will leave europe too dependent on russian gas so russia wants to shore up its strategic ally to the east but china to more russian gas means less reliance on liquefied natural gas shipments from the United States and middle Eastern Countries potentially influenced by u. S. Policy the pipeline then is a strategic link as much as one about money after thomas aljazeera her in northern china reports suggest saudi arabia wants opec to reduce Oil Production as it prepares to less its a state owned oil for him on the Stock Exchange sources have told the Reuters News Agency that the plan would see another 400000. 00 Barrels Per Day added to existing cuts of 1200000. 00 that saw oil prices would stay high enough during around those initial Share Offering but a number of countries are producing oil well above their codice that speak to look man or to know god this is a Senior Research analyst at x t m an online financial trading and investing company is live from london thank you so much for being with us so Sanjay Arabia wants to cut Oil Production a lot of speculation that this has to do with the stock market debut how well or oil cuts both exactly around chances of a public offering. Thank you for having me thats a day yes in a perfect load of production cuts would bristol fusses and just would be willing to receive 5 aamco however we live in the perfect woad i believed in the short 400. 00 bubble production call on top of the exist or ns has the potential to live it or prices in the medium to longer. And the gains will be limited by the months i dynamics and of course over us show 1st we have to keep them under us will productions us jump 2 of the 12460000 barrels a day which is renewed over supply concerns at the same time we have trade drama between the 2 largest and as you consumers in a wode so this is fueling concerns overall demand for crude oil and right one way a dissolute up of this is what it will have anything goes through on a production call we still need support must go. To the hard line stance towards any production cuts so which mainly does my next question is to go just believe this is a short. Its a bit complicated it isnt a fix to a longer term problem. Is you to happen on december 5th on the same day that the organization of countries that are exporting produce. A meeting in vienna can the saudis the question is convince other producers like russia you mentioned russia and nigeria to deepen cuts what leverage do they have. Just need to look at the shift in dynamics of the oil markets and your favorite will global macroeconomic conditions and would have on so to your question well so can push opec members we have to keep in mind many of these images produce and members have been influenced by trade developments for exult who look at the injuries economy we know that one jury agreed to keep production cuts of on 1774000 barrels a day but if you look at the ports theyve been pumping well above 1800000 barrels a day and that 2020 budget shows that they will pump about 2100000 barrels a day so there will we understand how trade developments negatively impact in many major market comes especially opec produces theres only so much saudi arabia can do before frightening to poor the opec dealer parts that the ambition for the i. P. O. Has scaled back considerably since 26000 how much you expect aramco to fetch on its market debut are investors more confident about it now. This is a d very complicated question which many people do not know the also too but what my what my conclusion to this is i think o. B. Really influenced on how do you opec meets and goes as i said theres 2 things that could happen could have to see the production cost. Of a or process which would be very good for coal opec could just end up extending the current production call which would a serial process push loa and it could have impact i p o ok thank you so much for speaking to us about this we appreciate your insight you know come on over to new gas Senior Research analyst at f. X. T m live there from london thank you very much for your time. Now nato leaders will be seeking to smooth over divisions when they meet in the u. K. Later this week the talks are meant to cover security challenges and explore ways the military alliance can adapt to keren 10 future challenges but as diplomatic as James Spaders reports growing tensions from within may limit what these meetings can achieve. For the next few days this is the man in the hot seat secretarygeneral un the stoltenberg has the un enviable task of chairing a meeting of nato leaders at a time when the alliance faces big challenges this gathering in london is supposed to mark nato 70th birthday its 1st headquarters was actually here in the british capital and an area that now houses embassies there are 3 main things souring the mood 1st the trump factor the u. S. Leader doesnt like summits and has a particular dislike of nato summit repeatedly claiming other members arent paying their way he has particular gripes against nato he feels despite increased spending on defense that other countries are not doing enough and he has this soft spot in his heart for russia and so you know very much i think we will see at this summit all of the worst instincts of trump come out and to be exacerbated by the current political conditions to be exacerbated by his rough relations with other allies then theres the growing tension between france and germany in an interview the french president emmanuel mccrone told the economist that nato was brain dead this infuriated the german chancellor Angela Merkel and exposed a growing rift between the 2 countries last but not least the mounting doubts other nato members have about turkey not about the words of president but his actions buying the s 400 Missile System from russia and carrying out its recent incursion into northern syria. I covered the last nato summit that was held in london here at lancaster house 29 years ago that was just months after the fall of the birdland wall and the end of the cold war and then there were questions about natos future but the alliance then expanded taking in the countries from the east before creating new roles for itself in the balkans and afghanistan. Almost 3 decades later natos internal differences this time are even more public being expressed by leaders themselves and therefore a potentially much more damaging james ouches era london. Still ahead on aljazeera pushing for an aids free africa leaders from the un and Health Care Industry meet in blonde to come up with solutions and in support the gold rush continues her record of beans as they instruct their staff at the Southeast Asian. Welcome back to your International Weather forecasts were here across turkey has been quite messy a wintry mix pushing in from the black sea now making its way over here towards the east better conditions though as we go towards tuesday we will see them some rain here across parts of tehran with a mix of rain as well as snow into the overnight hours but the break is not going to last for too long as we go towards wednesday though another system coming in from the west is going to bring quite an extensive amount of snow across parts of northern and northeastern turkey temptress coming down to a high of about 6 degrees there down towards beirut you will be seeing some sun but it is going to be only a 20 degree day for you here across the gulf not looking too bad temperatures here in doha 28. 00 degrees with sun we do expect to see some morning fog as well over towards a 25. 00 degrees but a lot of clouds along the coast for amman thats going to affect as well as into yemen son of though maybe a shower or 2 with the temperature of 20 degrees and then as we go towards Southern Africa the heat is still on across much of the area for johannesburg temperatures have been into the mid to low thirtys but we are going to be seeing a break in the temperatures down here towards the south a lot of rain pushing into durban and some winds attempted there of 27. 00 degrees and for cape town your temperatures are coming up to 25. 00 degrees on wednesday. When the news breaks. When people need to be heard. And the story needs to be told. 145000 prisoners under its care with exclusive interviews. And indepth reports. The project on aljazeera has teams on the ground lots of stories you see right here to bring you more we need documentaries and live news. Welcome back youre watching the news hour on aljazeera with me for the bad boy a reminder of our top stories congolese Security Forces have stopped an angry crowd from marching towards a u. N. Base in the east of the democratic republic of congo at least 2 people have been killed demonstrators have been targeting u. N. Peacekeepers for more than a week saying theyre failing to protect civilians from rebel attacks. U. S. President donald trump is restoring tired sand steel and aluminum imports from argentina and brazil is accused both countries of hurting americas farmers by massively devaluing their care and states and russia has launched a huge new pipeline linking siberia to china it will be about 3000 kilometers long connecting 2 fields in eastern siberia to a city on chinas border a pipeline is expected to be fully operational in 2025. Now syrian president disbanding to meet politicians and advisers after a court found him guilty of a series of political killings a military tribunal has sentenced tennessee to 20 years in prison for the murder of 15 political opponents in 1902 but tennessee insists he is the victim of a political game he 1st seize power in a military coup in 1980 s. He stood down after International Pressure in 1907 but was later democratically elected in 2010 the trial began in 2007 it centered on the killings of political opponents in 1902 including lawyers and journalists it faced multiple setbacks including efforts by to end it a panel of 3 judges issued its verdict while the testy was visiting china but theres been no order for his arrest hes previously accepted political responsibility for the killings but insists he wasnt present and denies the charges speaks more about this not to rosemary in hof tell us professor of the history of syrian am at the university of amsterdam she is via skype on the newshour thank you so much for being with us so president jesse tessy returned to our heros welcome from his supporters in syria how much has this conviction divided the country i think it really divides the country of people who are supporting him no matter what and see this. As a political game. And others or think that justice has been served its time or go to so to be be removed from Political Office and be should be in jail is there a risk that this could inflame tensions in the country. Dont risk is there and i think the interesting thing is on friday it wasnt expect that that there would be a judgement that the judges would speak out there with the expectation was that it was just the date was going to be set in next year sometime so they already anticipated maybe some social unrest and there might be hurt. Up to now about a search and also his political opponents and other parties have called for car so its on clear whether this will happen and it will be elections and me in 2020 so all parties are now kind of suggesting that they should wait for the elections which then would become some sort of referendum basically or tell us a bit more about the socalled december killings in syria naam the president accepted responsibility political responsibility but says he wasnt there when it happened what role did he pay exactly and why also did it take so long for a conviction to come through for a trial that began in 2007. Well in 1902 boadicea was head of state that us why he took political responsibility. He claims he wasnt involved which seems unlikely given that he was involved and many things and crucial to endure trial was the testimony by the one person who escaped. The imprisonment of 60 people 15 were killed one got free which was a trade union leader frett darby and just before he died in 2001 he audio recorded his steps the money and he set out to solicit there and there are other witnesses who also say he was there so its very likely he was there its not that its not saying that he pulled the trigger but he was there proper but while he claims this verdict was politically motivated theres no warrant for his arrest now what is going to happen next then where he says its politically motivated because the madelines the former colonizer is behind it. He is probably not going to be arrested he has not been in jail for this for his december killings he has not been in court so they arent probably not going to arrest them there is no fault that is not going to happen and he has appealed so despoil you know if disappear will will prevail per long the process even more and as you certain this going on for a very long time also because democracy uncertain i was so frightened that politicians were afraid to endanger the democracy the democratic process be interesting to see what happens in the coming weeks thank you so much for speaking to us about this was mary how often from the university of amsterdam thank you for your time thank you. Now the biggest aids conference in africa has opened in rwanda you an Expert Health professionals from around the world are discussing their goal of an aids free Continent Campaign is still a say the Global Response is already failing malcolm webb met one affected family in neighboring uganda when her jarrod mackellar discovered she was hiv positive her husband disappeared without his support she wasnt able to travel to the clinic where she was receiving treatment here in ugandas capital kampala. She gave birth to twins without any measures taken to prevent transmission. The youngest was negative. But the beer is had cough rashes and a growth on her chest only after 3 months when she tested. It and given treatment. I reach a point when i feel tired of taking the drugs my child is going to take these drugs until she dies she is going to die taking the drugs because i gave it to her had it been prevented she would not have to take. A jar is now back on the antiretroviral medication that started it too late to stop her getting sick in her job as neighborhood most of the housing is basic there are few jobs here when the only ways to get by is informal trade at the side of the street many of the Health Care Services that are needed by people with hate hiv and aids are only available several kilometers away in the city center even if the service is a free people dont necessarily have the money for transport and thats just one of many barriers that people face Health Care Activists say that the worlds fight against hiv and aids is failing to deliver the required services in particular to children in the worlds poorest communities is the u. S. Government that funds most of the worlds response to hiv and aids in poor countries people at this clinic are among millions receiving free medication that stops hiv from being a death sentence the diplomat in charge says theres enough money weve been and basically a flat budget since 20092009 i think we had about 45000000 people on treatment we now have 15. 00 that doesnt happen without developing amazing efficiencies and effectiveness but campaigners say those efficiencies a costing lives hiv testing is crucial for newborns needs to be immediate but few clinics are equipped for that sending blood samples to central Testing Facilities can take weeks. Government. To scale up. For these children whether they get their results and then were able to intervene in the state to prevent the new infections. That berate could have been spared from hate hiv if only the right Health Care Services have been delivered campaigners say hundreds of thousands of children like her a dying. Drugs have saved millions of lives but the fight against aids isnt over. And malcolm is now in wandas capital kigali for the aids conference thank you so much for being with us says been a lot of progress in trying to fight the spread of hiv aids on the continent but there are still a lot of challenges obviously so whats the priority at this years conference and got. Different people calling for Different Things with the opening session just a short while ago president paul kagame of rwanda president philippe niecy of mozambique as well as the executive director of the uns World Health Organization in the Conference Room are all calling for more investment and more commitment with me is dr meg dorothy is one of the United Nations World Health Organization is a leading expert on hate hiv nearly a 1000000 people are still dying from aids every year whats going on you know this is really a tragedy that shouldnt be happening but it is true last year actually 770000. 00 people died of a charity and its because not everyone who is infected with the virus knows that theyre infected and because this takes quite a while for it to act in that body there are people who present care in percent into treatment when theyre already quite very white male and so thats the problem with the data that we do have the ability to try to treat those folks with. A combination of treatment for hiv the anti retroviral therapy and we need to treat that tuberculosis and prevent tuberculosis if we can do all of that will be able to avoid some of these steps and bring those steps down even lower to less than 500000. 00 per year the Us Government which funds most of the worlds response to. Giving enough money. To the fission. Efficiencies alone the epidemic on the control well i think we have to be very thankful that the president s emergency plan there pepfar has really invested so much money into this local response over 90000000000. 00 in tickets started 16 years ago and thats an enormous amount of money but were at a point where we actually have the ability with the tools the technologies the treatments that are at a lower cost that we can do more potentially with less money and we have a moment in time now because mobile funds for. Malaria had the largest replenishment just this fall of approximately 15000000000 and if we over the next 3 years and if we can take all of those funds together with asking countries to increase their. Efforts and their financing of the h. I. B. Response we can then have a sustainable response so i do believe that efficiency is a part of it its not the entire story but yet we know that we can do more now because we have so many innovations to improve our ability to treat more people at a lower cost. From the United Nations World Health Organization find key. Thank you for that markham way of reporting there live from the un aids conference in kigali rwanda. Prime minister is shutting down the government and ordering stuff to help deal with the spiraling Measles Outbreak so far at least 53 people have died on the Pacific Islands most of them Young Children as many as 100 people are falling every day some more has been scrambling to control this outbreak for weeks now it began in october and spread quickly in a country with low vaccination rates by mid november more than 1000 cases have been confirmed and the government declared a state of emergency all schools were closed and anyone under the age of 17 was banned from public gatherings including church there he says governments also made vaccinations compulsory for everyone. Josie hagen is a medical officer at the World Health Organization Regional Office for the western pacific he says vaccines are the safest and most effective way to tackle the current Measles Outbreak. The truth is that vaccines are some of the safest interventions that we have access to missiles that scene alone has prevented over 21000000 deaths since 2000. The deaths of that did occur couple years ago were extremely tragic because they were preventable errors do occur but it was not a problem with the vaccine it was a that was it was an unfortunate error and Administration People who are under vaccinated are people who live in. Situations where they dont have access to the vaccine they live in conflict areas they may be part of marginalized populations that dont have the same access to services. And so those and so the fact that these pockets of people who are not immune as been growing over time in some populations leads to this sort of a tinderbox situation and once that the disease introduced its place resume rapidly and unfortunately to spreading across the world and that leads to a lot of exportations through International Travel which affects small countries like somalia one of the highest ranking ethnic wig or officials in china has been sentenced to life in prison for accepting bribes nor bakri was the former governor of shane john province and served as head of a National Energy agency he was accused of receiving bribes worth over 11000000. 00 the court said in a statement he confessed to his crimes while on trial and would not appeal. Protesters in india have held rallies for a 27 year old woman who was raped and murdered in hyderabad. The victim was taken to a secluded area and gang waves before her body was doused in fuel and banged she was found on thursday under a bridge activists are demanding a fast investigation and straight to last to ensure the safety of women police say 4 suspects sign past city. And on your Un Climate Conference has opened in spain where delegates have been warned it is fast approaching the point of no return chilean politician Karina Schmidt took over as president of calm 25 in madrid the event was meant to have been held in chile but weeks of violent street protest air force the government to cancel africa is already struggling with the effects of Climate Change as nick locke reports from kenya its the water supply thats especially at risk if you join me alongside the mara river in kenya were ready to demonstrate the kind of thing thats at stake in madrid now the river mar emerges from the foothills of the forest to go on and flow through the mass i am our game reserve and into the Serengeti National park and then it flows into Lake Victoria 200 kilometers away downstream and the whole river basin is worth economically around 7000000000 dollars a year from agriculture to tourism it is a vital water supply for more than a 1000000 people nearly 2000000. 00 head of cattle and a spectacular a wildlife man and animal rely on the river mara flowing all the year round and yet its like waterways around the world its in trouble because of Climate Change earlier this year the river nearly disappeared completely in the dry season and in the wet season rain is falling with more intensity through and deforestation soil degradation and pollution and you have a toxic mix. Well earlier i spoke to kevin koe shangri from w w f he runs a program to restore the mar river basin so we have 2 weeks of Climate Change talks going on in madrid what the regions like this need to come from those talks i think the most important thing to come from those talks is a global commitment for me to give because its a very little we can do enough rekha or mitigation but we understand its a global problem that needs to be handled at a global level and we also need to look at optician for in the case of africa the communities around america obviously to be able to cope with effects of Climate Change well in recent weeks theres been an almost constant flow of sunshine that were not even close to doing what we need to do to reduce emissions and even stabilize the situation that is the urgency of the position the climate delegations face in madrid and you would think that with the growing public recognition of the dangers ahead that World Leaders would do what is required madrid must build momentum because in places like this time is running out hazardous foam has covered one of indias most famous speeches for a 4th consecutive day the white substance is known to cause skin problems and fishermen have been told to avoid nearby waters its been blamed on untreated sewage thats been washed to sea by heavy rain. Typhoon come henris strengthening and making its way toward southeast philippines there are warnings of severe flooding in 3 provinces operations at the Manila International airport will be temporarily suspended starting on tuesday jamila ellenbogen is in the philippines we are in lagos by one of the areas expected to bear the brunt of typhoon camorra and operations like this one have started as early as sunday morning and the situation is similar all across the region of the call where thousands of families have already been evacuated but those living in the islands remain more vulnerable the beagle region always very the brunt of severe telephones in the country but over the last few years they have achieved even their 0 casualty targets still theyre not leaving anything to chance because officials here tell us by phone from worry is expected to be the strongest typhoon to hit the philippines this year. Still ahead on aljazeera well show you how there was barely room to move on the ice at this hockey game. Since its inception in 1961 the kuwait fund has been supporting peoples livelihoods in over 100 countries by funding projects in the rape sectors. Ranging from infrastructure to health and education. These initiatives ultimately help to eradicate poverty. And promote sustainable development. And investigation of how Foreign Companies plunder africas Natural Resources the trust is show important and the question revealing how new medias officials demand cash in exchange for favors. With confidential documents provided to aljazeera by wiki leaks these are going to say for you committed treason i will fight to the crunch and im not dealing it out his ear investigations the anatomy of a bribe. Time for source with libya and a big game in town it is its going to affect traffic thats for sure the host nation could tar and the United Arab Emirates are locked in a showdown arabian gulf cup final Group Stage Match in doha right now this match is political undercurrents since the u. A. E. Are one of the countries currently blockading qatar but on their national day they found themselves to. Behind after 2 goals from asias footballer of the year. Qatar only need a draw to reach the semifinals while the u. A. E. Must win even though they pulled one back before halftime tar have scored again to make it 31 in the other group a game iraq in yemen are drawing nil nil. And its still very open in group b. Were all 4 teams can progress 3 time goals cup champion saudi arabia play defending champions oman the winners assured a place in the semifinals a defeat will bring about all kinds of complicated permutations and thats because kuwait in bahrain are involved in a final group game at the same time with victory likely to bring a place in the final for kuwait could likely get away with a draw but they have to win to stand any chance of reaching the semifinals for the 2nd successive tournaments meanwhile one of qatars players has been named footballer of the year at the a. F. C. Awards a thief was part of that could tar side that won the asian cup as well as leading his club team to the a. F. C. Champions League Semifinals hes the 3rd qatari player to win the award following on from his team mate of the team has on who won it last year his club was in hong kong to pick up the award on his behalf japans a sucky guy who won the womens prize. And our milan are a point clear at the top of italys syria league they beat 21 at this and 0 on saturday argentina striker Moto Martinez was the star with both of inners goals he scored 5 in his last 3 games much to the delight of coach antonio conte. Eventis dropped to 2nd place behind in or after being held to a 2 all draw at home by. Veteran goalkeeper john we go before that with a moment to forget for one of the goals. But chris number naldo was able to secure a point from the penalty spot it was his 1st goal since october but only good enough for the draw. Rinaldo and messy are as usual among the favorites for the ballon dor award which is announced later on tonight messi scored the winner against Athletico Madrid to send barsa top of the League Barcelona made a statement in madrid by wearing their new away kit with the colors of the cuts on flag this after 9 cuts one separatist leaders were jailed in october organizers of the Southeast Asian games are preparing venues for the arrival of typhoon kemarre the storm is expected to make landfall early Tuesday Morning there are contended c. Plans for those Outdoor Sports affected by the storm including windsurfing which not surprisingly has been postponed until further notice some people were asking if we would be extended see if they said no theres no extension theres always a solution on by the technical data delegate. All the participating on the bus people realignment. The weather though did not affect the dance sport competition where host philippines picked up 10 golds wilbert own zo and pearl mary were the standout couple winning 3 titles on their own in the cha cha cha and rumba categories the philippines are way out in front with nearly 40 gold medals overall. After running up at 10 game winning streak the l. A. Lakers have finally been brought right back down to earth in the n. B. A. The Dallas Mavericks inflicted their 1st loss in a while taking advantage of the lakers mistakes to beat them 1142100 dollars started lead with 27. 00 points 10 assists and 9 rebounds. Did well the miami heat went on a late scoring run to beat the Brooklyn Nets trailing with one minute and 45 seconds on the clock tick scored to bring his tally to 24 points in this game just this winslows free throw then sealed the one on to one of 6 with. And it was a much more one sided affair as the Detroit Pistons routed the San Antonio Spurs 132298 Center Christian would have had a career high 28. 00 points and 10 rebounds off the bench for detroit it was their biggest margin of victory all season. And the records just keep coming in for american skier mckayla shifrin shes moved to 2nd on the all time world cup list for women after winning the slalom at killington in vermont for her 62nd career victory the only other female skier to have more career wins as lindsey vonn who retired with indy to star in mark still has the most Overall Group 86. Olympic champion Mathias Meyer won the season opening men super g. At lake louise the austrian reigning world cup champion champion dominic paris and it was a Long Time Coming mayor hasnt won a world cup super g. Since january 2017. The n. H. L. Season is slipping away from the Montreal Canadiens who have now matched their worst slump in 80 years the Boston Bruins were responsible for extending montreals season high losing streak to 8 games on sunday beating them 31 david process in iraq scored a League Reading 25th goal for the bruins while david backes grabbed the decider in his 1st game in nearly a month for the bruins this was the 7th straight line. Meanwhile Minor League Hockey team hershey bears have set a new record for most teddy bears collected at their annual teddy bear toss 45650. 00 stuffed animals of various sizes rained down on the ice after the teams 1st goal thats over 10000 more than last year it delayed the game for 30 minutes impressive when you consider that the arena only holds just over 10000 people the teddies are collected and donated to local charities ahead of christmas just. Absorb a lot of happy kids there for the season well thats it for me have you back over to ali thank you very much for that thats it for this news hour on aljazeera but do stay with us weve got plenty more world news coming up very shortly including the latest from eastern democratic republic of congo well have a lot for you to see this. The Worlds Largest oil producer has failed to trade on a foreign Stock Exchange was it transparency valuation over ambition want to happen or the Worlds Largest oil producer and you dont list in the Worlds Largest Stock Exchange that definitely says something. Investigates the politics of oil the middle easts most potent economic weapon Saudi Aramco Company and the stakes. On aljazeera. For the last 2 years the students have been collecting rubbish every day its helped clean up the campus and helped build some of its facilities for every 2 kilos of Plastic Waste they collect the School Receives a brick made of plastic and cement. For some activists this may not be the most ecological way to eliminate the problems of plastic but this is seen as an immediate solution to the growing problems of landfills across the Country Waste can now be used to manufacture building materials. Living in a war zone is a risk not worth taking for most. But for a 10 year old boy there is nowhere else to go. In the absence of his parents his grandmother dedicates herself to his upbringing. Never knowing whether the next explosion. Will echo one step closer to the place they call her. The distant barking of dogs a witness documentary on aljazeera. Security forces in eastern democratic republic of congo stalled by an angry crowd from marching on a u. N. Base. Play watching aljazeera live from doha with me fully back coming up u. S. President donald trump slaps tariffs on metal imports from brazil and argentina open a new fronts in his trade war. Some or a shuts down its government in order to help contain a Measles Outbreak that scales more than 50 people. As World Leaders gather for urgent climate talks in spain well explore what sets take for