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Police officers lined the streets of bangkok in preparation for more and see government protests despite a ban. People to decide for themselves are to take the position like someone crazy uncle he was retreating right after chores and donald trump clashes with the moderator asked joe biden lays out policies in competing t. V. Appeals for books. And im Peter Simmons with all the days sports news World Champion south africa withdraw from the Rugby Championship so if you play welfare as they main concern. But we begin with unrest start said a courthouse in sienna col south africa over the killing of a white farm worker theres a public standoff between fire. Since of supporters of the south African Opposition Party Economic Freedom fighters and white farmers in the free state of sin a co 2 black men are jew in court accused of killing the 22 year old brandon horners body was found tied to a paltry weeks ago the farm manager had injuries to his face and neck for me the miller is life residency in a car in south africa for media there are concerns about racial tension there why is this whats going on where you are. That area where we are in cynical in the free state is one where they are many farmers and a very conservative area we farmers here say that while there are these concerns around racial tensions they say this isnt about race they say this is about the safety of farmers and their workers they say this is about the number of farm work of farm murders that have taken place this year alone about 37 people have been killed and farms have been about 259 attacks on farms but what has happened here today is ahead of that appearance of the 3 suspects accused of the murder of clinton all are supporters of the Economic Freedom fighters have also descended on sea in a call they say to defend democracy to defend state institutions and this is because a week ago when those suspects 1st appeared white farmers stormed the courts they damaged state property they also overturned and set alight a Police Vehicle economic region fighters as they call themselves say theyre here to defend democracy they hear in opposition to what those farmers did and not to defend the men who are in court but this has taken the stress has racial undertones weve seen skirmishes between the 2 groups through the course of the day we have seen racial slurs in thrown we have seen members of a can of. Freedom fighters accuse white farmers of racism as much as they might be that the noise from white farmers but is the reality here that we see that the date that the recent murder as as well as events here today have brought up racial and political tensions in south africa we do have members of the economic crisis of longer throw that in protesting we waiting to hear from the leader Julius Malema and i think what is concerning is whats happened in recent days around some of the rhetoric rhetoric that weve heard that people from both sides of the spectrum have spoken about doing whatever is necessary to defend themselves and if you take civil war if it takes violence which makes bloodshed the nuts then so be it and these are the utterances that are concerning people and i bring a lot of emphasis to these racial tensions. From either male or following that court case for us for now thank you very much indeed. Thailands Prime Minister probably says he wont quit despite mass protests against him crowd control officers are forming lines in the streets of bangkok and preparation for whats expected to be another 10 state of government protests demonstrators mostly young people who have been defiant government and on public gatherings there calling for the Prime Ministers resignation and for reforms to the monarchy well scott heide lawyer is live for a same Bangkok School here in the same area that saw a large gathering last night we arent to supporting another protest there whats happening right now. We are in that area and right behind me you can see that row those crowd control Police Officers many who have been stationed around the area where we saw more than 10000 protesters gathering it started small in the afternoon and grew quite large and then it ended peacefully at 10 pm on thursday evening but what they have done to prevent this from happening again so the plan today friday was a gathering again at 5 pm which is right now in the same area so what the police have done is theyve set up barricades like this behind me at all major avenues going into that intersection where we saw those people gather the protesters gathered last night at least a kilometer on each side but what were hearing now the protesters have Just Announced probably in the last 45 minutes theyre going to hold a protest down there just down the street so right now the police some of the police i should say are staying where they are right now to make sure that this area secure the area from last night secure but were hearing that theres a small gathering so far pretty small just down the street probably another half a kilometer down another block down just outside where these control Police Officers are set up oh and scott the Prime Minister does appear to be standing his ground. By emergency decree and what was he saying. Yes he said that he you know the small inning friday had held a special Cabinet Meeting cabinet session emergency cabinet session we heard on early thursday morning when we had thousands of protesters gathering around the Government House the seat of government here in thailand the day he passed decree 4 am in the morning on thursday they announced that that gave them the authority to push those protesters out there only a couple of 100 left at that time but today he kind of explained why he said that there was a threat of violence to the security of this nation is under threat and thats why he enacted this emergency law so essentially any of these protesters that gather today and like we saw last night over 10000 they can be arrested for simply doing that because right now with this emergency decree any gathering political gathering more than 5 people is illegal and clearly that happened last night and it seems as though at least maybe on a smaller scale because weve had this kind of cat and mouse on a smaller scale it sounds like thats starting right now all of but again you know theres early days you know got a rainy early 6 its a rainy friday afternoon so be it and see just how many people they can get there but one thing the protesters have done is theyve prompted theyve caused the thirtys to do what weve see behind us and that is locked down a large section of central bangkok and must keep track off leave you for a night out scott heide live reporting live from bangkok. American voters were asked to tune into julan televised events on thursday with President Donald Trump and democratic candidate joe biden both vying for their attention the 2 had originally planned to face off on a shared debate stage but after trumps covert 19 diagnosis and subsequent refusal to participate in a Virtual Events would be to bait splits into separate events featuring the candidates solo and searing at exactly the same time Heidi Cho Castro reports. With the pandemic raging in a divided America President trump was on the defensive in florida and if you are ever going to die what are you listening to i. G. S. White supremacy up or what you next play she appearing to have recovered from his 3 day hospitalization for coping 19 but trailing in National Polls the president also refused to denounce q one on a baseless Conspiracy Movement which has grown exponentially during americas outbreak i know nothing about. I just try to do a very little you told me but what you tell me doesnt necessarily make it so i have to say that i know nothing about it i do know they are very much against it pedophilia they cited very hard but they know nothing of the baby the president s event aired at the same time as a town hall event with democratic challenger joe biden in philadelphia which mirrored his steady loci Campaign Presence in my view with all due respect to spend divide and conquer the way he does better if he splits us theres division. And i think people need hope both candidates took questions and comments from voters some laudatory in some way and some mighty smart. Others were tougher whats your view on the crime bill. You wrote in 1904 which showed prejudiced against minorities it was a mistake biden whose campaigns been hit by 3 recently disclosed corona virus infections lashed out against trumps handling of the pandemic more than 217000 americans have died in the words of a president matter absolutely no matter whether theyre good bad or indifferent they matter and want to president doesnt wear a mask or make fun of folks like me when i was wearing a mask for a long time then you know people say well it must be that Important Press by the moderator im asked trump defended himself by falsely characterizing the study but just the other day they came out with a statement that 85 percent of the people that we have massed jack shit like this is a guy yesterday as i just said thats what i heard and thats what i saw i think the disservice may have already been done for the past 3 to 4 years maybe one way and you know misinformation and this information all these things i think became our new reality and i think. Its not shocking anymore thats the maybe the sad thing about. The final president ial debate is scheduled for october 22nd and so far both sides have agreed to attend but with the feared 2nd wave of covert approaching and the virus penetrating both campaigns nothing can be counted on an Election Year like no other. Castro aljazeera philadelphia. Well at one point the host criticized President Trump for bruce and conspiracy theories about survival. Just this week you reach tweeted to your 87000000 followers a Conspiracy Theory that joe biden work history did have seal team 6 the Navy Seal Team 6 killed to cover up the fact that face the death of bin ladin now why would you send a lie like that figure all over to even reach we that is a read which that was an opinion of somebody picked and that was a retreat op put it out there people can decide for themselves out of the Television Like someones crazy uncle movie was really you know whatever that was a read tweet and i do a lot of reach which frankly in the closed the media is still shape and still corrupt if i didnt have social media to call it twitter i closed social media i wouldnt be able to get the word out and the world worth. More americans are voting earlier than ever before election day could become the 1st in u. S. History where more ballots were cast before hands long lines formed outside Voting Centers in North Carolina on thursday on the 1st day of early voting there across the country some 15000000 people have cast their votes. Hundreds of prisoners who have been on the frontlines of yemen civil war are continuing to return to the capital sana a plane carrying his he finds news hed been held by Saudi Coalition landed a few hours ago another plane carrying Coalition Fighters has arrived in the southern port city of dayton after leaving santa a small christian is a trust Building Measure aimed at reviving peace talks or muhammad a lot of his life for airports and mohamed just give us a sense of whats happening right now. Now right now we are witnessing the the plane of the International Red cross come into the now its going to take our focus on our International Airports on board that plane 75. 00 prisoners of war for the international you could now is the government the tooth flies from aden and son are going to take of simultaneously together from one time the. People there are expecting to receive the plane from aden which are for the whole 3 fighters who are been in prison for more than 4 years this deal is an important one is that visit for the whole of these specially they have been calling for the implementation and the release of all prisoners of war so far they have secured the release of 672 prisoners of war. The. Current agreement lacks the release of 10 prisoners of 4 from both sides so maybe today they will they will they have the 10 prisoners of war will catch up with the with the. Last flights over final flights in order to conclude the deal. Of these will receive 100 prisoners of war the previous ones they have been received allowed the returned back from the battlefield big crowds of peoples have come here and also they have it chanted the anthem the National Anthem of yemen this situation could bring an end to the current civil war in yemen which is really have grew to the destruction to the war torn country ok mohammed are lots of theyre following developments in samara for now thank you. Theres plenty more still to come on the news hour including a Record Number of covert 19 infections in several parts of europe as paris and london brace for near a stricture plus and im Nicholas Hall in the car senegal. Neighborhood find out next why the 3500000 living in senegal will not be able to take part in the president ial election. And in sports the Atlanta Braves are one win away from the world series peace or war how about story for you have been that this new south. Politician freed from prison by protesters just days ago has been appointed interim president so there are offers made Prime Minister on whedons state but says assumed presidency after the resignation of sauron by to back off parliament has ended a state of emergency in the capital bishkek that had been declared to end days of unrest triggered by disputed elections a new votes has to be held within 90 days to power of his post by some he say hes forced his way on democratically into power but he also enjoys massive supports heres Charles Stratford who traveled to egypt powerless birthplace in rural northern kurdistan. This is the village of can sue and it is a cool region of northern kyrgyzstan it is the birthplace of the man who so these critics say has forced his way into power in the chaos since apollo metry electional not so beautiful was canceled because of vote rigging allegations soldiers are part of is now Prime Minister on until new elections are held acting president. 3 weeks ago he was serving 11 year jail term for kidnapping. But here and in much of the vast rule regions of kyrgyzstan he is loved by many 7 i believe in soldered to par off because hes faced many difficulties in his life he recognizes the problems that worry ordinary People Like Us things like corruption and land that was sold to neighboring countries some politicians support him and some do not but its meaningless because we support him. To power of support his freedom from during postelection protests his Party Leaders scramble to influence him or to period to be a power vacuum to power supporters charged a peaceful demonstration bishkek. Many supporters of other opposition groups fled. In rural towns there are memorials dedicated to kill guess who died fighting for the soviets in world war 2 and statues of historical figures who was a member of parliament 10 years ago is known for his nationalist views not much has changed in the village where he was born since kyrgyzstans independence up to the breakup of the soviet union 30 years ago the men ride horses to herd cattle and sheep most of the young have left for the capital bishkek will join the estimated 800000 carriages forced to find work abroad. But i believe everything will be ok im very proud of study or japan or of he came from us ordinary people i saw him once and i asked him to be good not to bring shame on us a man should only leave good things and memories behind him. His critics describe him as a fog somebody who should still be in jail for it to the democratic progress this country is made. With a factual matter remains but the new Prime Minister saw their power of has huge respect in the rural areas of kyrgyzstan areas that experts say have repeatedly been ignored by governments in the path. You see cool kyrgyzstan israel has stopped issuing visas to un human rights workers in palestine it cut ties with the United Nations Human Rights Agency in february after it published a list of Companies Working in illegal israeli settlements in the west bank 9 out of 12 foreign star now being forced to leave the remaining 3 have visas that are ji to expire in the coming months will issue of controls all access to palestine and has frequently use that power to stop Rights Groups from doing their work israels also bans a palestinian pope star from returning home mohammed us a frost to fame after winning the arab idol competition back in 2013 his previous permit was based on his status as a u. N. Ambassador and israeli politician says he was being bans because of videos he made calling for resistance against the occupation of palestine or has responded with a post on instagram saying the ban is a continuation of the israeli policies that oppress the Palestinian People he voted it wouldnt stop him continuing to sing about the plight of his country but lets bring in all marsha kia hes the real in palestine director for Human Rights Watch and is based say in a month since being expelled from israel last year over a claim that he supported calls for a boycott good to have you wear this on the news hour my 1st question i guess is why do you think israels doing this for say hoping to achieve. Forcing at un human rights monitors are part of a Clear Strategy that aims to muzzle documentation of israels systematic repression of palestinians i mean this is part of a larger trend its not only the denial of the says to the to these un human rights monitors or my deportation we have seen other representatives of the United Nations weve seen other human rights advocates weve seen activists holliston ians and others from countries across the world denied entry to israel and palestine as a result of israel basically disagreeing with their underlying opinions or criticisms of its human rights record well some would respond to that by saying israels doing this because n. G. O. S are effectively taking sites in the conflict theyre not being impartial the synthesis and retaliation for that succeeds in your case there were lawyers who said that since these n. G. O. S are embracing efforts to damage the israeli economy its only right that we retaliate. Look at c. R. U. Myth or a chain regimes around the world make when they want to muzzle criticism of their human rights record the reality is this is basic mainstream human Rights Advocacy in fact the u. N. Human Rights Office and ramallah which i had the chance to work very closely with when i was based on the ground a much of their work actually constitutes working on arbitrary arrests and tortures the Palestinian Authority and in terms of settlements this is basic block Letter International law there are war crimes under the 4th Geneva Convention so documenting those abuses in calling for actors including companies to avoid complicity in that legality is the kind of basic human rights work that Human Rights Watch does in 100 countries across the world and the work of the United Nation doesnt virtually every country across the globe well what would you say the Practical Implications of this move are i mean the offices arent cool saying your office isnt cool saying that the work is so being done do you think thats an actual real world impact on the annoying people visas and the ability to work in these areas. Look the reality is if israels goal is to muzzle criticism of fitz terrible human rights record its failed in that objective weve continued to do our work the u. N. Human Rights Office has continued to do the work this is part of the strategy the Israeli Government for example with us has done with the gaza strip where over the last decade weve been allowed in by israel one time that our work on gaza has continued just as strongly the reality is that you know silencing human rights advocates and this coming from somebody who has also been denied entry blocked from entry to places like egypt and syria and beheading never actually succeeds not objective and often only brings more attention to these issues the reality is we continue to have local staff as the u. N. Does on the ground that are documented in following up on conditions and we continue to partner with local organizations use new technology to keep a very close eye an accurate eye on developments on the ground continue to do our work in an era with the covert 1000 and demick where many people are finding alternative ways to engage local partners and understand realities on the ground we continue to do that work our Human Rights Watch released yesterday a major report on syria based largely on you know work that was done remotely by different forms of technology so this is you know work we do in places around the world israel and its policy towards human rights advocates is joining the ranks of countries you know like sudan like egypt like north korea that block access to us but that hasnt stopped us from doing the work that we do around the world ok omar seche thank you so much for sharing your thoughts a perspective on this ownership care issue and palestine director for Human Rights Watch thank you. Bellerose says opposition leaders for chicken are sky owners wanted list to sky recently met european leaders after fleeing to lithuania after a disputed august election that spawn protests and calls for alexander the Alexander Lukashenko to step down in belarus says ticket of sky is wanted for quotes making calls to overthrow the Constitutional Order in afghanistan a spokesman for the governor of Helmand Province is accusing the taliban of working with al qaida and other foreign fighters who are excess the armed groups are supporting taliban attacks against Government Forces the taliban denies this claim by using has escalated in recent days raising concerns that stalled peace talks may collapse well lets get more now from fear your control foolery she joins me live from kabul and filial what can we make of these claims that alqaeda are helping the taliban here. Well you know for now it seems that this is another war of words between the government and and the taliban like weve seen happening in the past because if it turns out to be true it will be a violation of the equipment that the taliban have signed a Peace Agreement with the u. S. Where they hope for just to cut all ties with al qaeda now the homeland governors spokesman while he did support the governors claims that alqaeda has been fighting alongside the taliban in home on and he also told us that the evidence that they have cannot be publicly released at the moment because it is sensitive on the other hand the taliban spokesman here in afghanistan not only he denied those claims that he said that all the taliban fighters that are fighting intel monds they are local fighters and they havent even come from other provinces but whats really pressing and urgent right now and what everybody has been calling for here in afghanistan is for a significant reduction of violence just because too many afghans die every single day and if its any indication of the seriousness of the situation is what are u. S. Envoys on my holidays out tweeted yesterday when he said that after several meetings with general miller and the taliban it seems that they will have to go back to the table and we said actions and i quote here by strictly ive hurrying to the implementation of the you know as taliban agreement and what has this agreement has been calling for is for a significant reduction of violence from all sides in order for the peace talks to progress and this is simply something that we have not been able to see happening on the ground hala. Ok figure contro for either bring us that latest update from kabul thank you. So very quick check your own the weather heres efforts and folks. That looks like its going to be a changeable weekend a week into 2 halves for japan weve got some wet weather now in the process of pushing a fair amount of cloud rolling in here and that says days picher a soggy sad state 15 south years cold wet fairly miserable hang on in there come sunday it will brighten up the sunshine coming through temperatures getting up to around 20 celsius 20 celsius in seoul and in beijing as well so some fine dry weather across the Korean Peninsula northern parts of china got some showers into Central China then quite a kid northeasterly breeze fading down towards the South China Sea still facing some very heavy rain into vietnam im afraid on that breeze well see some lesser weather coming back in here it is 200 millimeters of rain in the space of just 24 hours in them for there is more where that come from were going to see more heavy downpours coming into central northern parts of vietnam something of a tropical disturbance making its way in heres you go on through the next couple of days thats pretty wet across a good part of indochina its pretty wet across the western side of in there as well mumbai 108 millimeters of rain in one day nearly 200 millimeters of rain in just a couple of days and the average for october 18th one millimeters so very wet thats could see of this system now which is moving out into the arabian sea. Still to come here on aljazeera protests spreading across venezuela with demands of basic needs like electricity water and food. Reports that japan plans to release more than a 1000000 tons of radioactive water from a destroyed Nuclear Plant into the sea. And a 9 time mostly g. P. Champion becomes the latest top sports star status positive for corona virus peter will have more in the sports. Held for over 3 years in an egyptian prison cell denied their right to a fair trial no charges have been brought against al jazeera correspondent mahmoud youre saying his crime journalists. To demand more neutral links and voice solidarity with all detained journalists sign the petition. To say. Cyprus a european island openly offering citizenship to those who can afford it in august of 0 made global headlines with the cyprus papers confidential documents that reveal a murky passport by Investment Scheme all these people. Also said this is. Now aljazeera as Investigative Unit goes undercover to expose further revelations that go to the heart of the cypriot state of his ear investigations the side crisp a bruise on the cover. The or. This is al jazeera a quick reminder of our top stories for you now in thailand hundreds of protesters are right on the streets of bangkok defying a ban on gatherings for a 2nd day police are blocking roads in whats expected to be another 10 stay of ansi government protests thousands of supporters of the South African because the Opposition Party the Economic Freedom fighters are facing off against white farmers in the free state of send a cow to black manager in courts accused of the killing of a 22 year old father white farmer. And hundreds of prisoners eugene on the frontlines of yemen civil war are continuing to return home a planeload of his the fighters landed in sun up on another flight government fighters backed by the saudi you mean coalition arrived in aden. A year of his grappling with a 2nd wave of coronavirus with infections and deaths on the rise across the continents poland is reporting a record death toll of 132. 00 people in its latest daily tally there are concerns that Health Services there could be overwhelmed russia reported more than 15000 new cases another record high has been more than 1300000 infections there since the pandemic began and nearly 24000 deaths in germany also saw an unprecedented rise of more than 7000 new cases the government says tightened restrictions on masks and gatherings in a bid to curb the outbreak and from saturday more than a. Of englands population will again be subjected to strict rules on where they can go and they can meet Charlie Angela reports now from london. This city of 9000000 is moving into high gear to have a 3 tier system meaning no one can meet indoors with anyone outside their household is the governments latest attempt to rein in a runaway infection rate which is doubling every 10 days we must act now delayed action means more deaths from it means more. Deaths and it means more economic pain later because the virus comes down slower than it goes up but there are questions over whether this goes far enough with the opposition of many scientists instead advocating a short sharp nationwide lockdown not just regional restrictions here in london the new measures will impact 3000 jobs and 7000 restaurants the city will be reviewed every 2 weeks but most of these businesses have already made their orders for the months ahead and this stopping and starting to cripple many in europe find theyre in a similar situation france has declared a Public Health state of emergency and impose an 8 pm curfew in paris and 8 other cities hospital admissions are at their highest level since june. The curve has nearly taking a vertical shape and thats why we knew we needed to arc because this reality would have an impact on hospitals. Very strong impact on intensive care unit. Infection rates are also rising in spain the region of catalonia is closing all bars and restaurants for 15 days and limiting the number of people allowed in shops in its attempt to curb the surge germany Czech Republic italy and poland are all looking at a Record Number of daily cases since the pandemic began and from the World Health Organization a bleak warning that governments mustnt shy away from nationwide lockdowns projections from reliable e. P. Do. Optimistic. These models indicate that poor launched relaxing policies good properly but generally 2021 daily mortality at levels 4 to 5 times higher than what we recorded in april close in 1000 is now killing a 1000 people a day in europe with winter fast approaching this exponential increase is everyones concern aljazeera london as many countries thyssen coronavirus restrictions some are relaxing theres New Zealanders arriving in a strangely or for the 1st time in months without having to quarantine its the 1st step in a socalled travel bubble scheme to reconnect the neighbors. Leaders in the eastern chinese city of qingdao say in less than a week finished last in the citys 11000000 people for corona virus sparked by the discovery of a handful of new cases one way around a dozen people were found to be in fact it could mean to you reports. Chinas coastal city of qingdao is known for its beaches and beer but this week it made headlines for a coronavirus cluster the 1st local transmissions discovered in months authorities responded by testing the citys entire population of 11000000 over a period of 5 days after her there are in the us mint still in people to protect themselves and social distance people are sticking to the rules the testing aims to reassure residents thousands of medical workers worked 16 hours a day to complete the mass testing a few cases have been confirmed the patients relate to the qingdao Chest Hospital where overseas arrivals with carven 1000 were being treated the head of the hospital and the citys Health Commissioner have been fired several neighborhoods locked down and close contacts traced in quarantined officials have played down concerns of a large scale outbreak. Qingdao cases have many appeared in hospital and we have concluded that the scale of the damage its a likely to be as large as that happened in beijing and according to official figures china is coronavirus cases have fallen drastically but the country remains on high alert up to criticism of its mishandling of the outbreak and we have to see if the Chinese Government is under pressure to respond with a new labor case its authorities have put cities into what theyve told us i might follow the discovery of previous posts as elsewhere in the country i think they did where it was in the when there was clearly some missed opportunities at the local government level at this point its a National Government level they have a very clear chain of responsibility in command and they moved very very quickly in may officials tested 11000000 people in the city of one hand the original epicenter of the outbreak following the discovery of new cases. Chinese state media has contrast to chinas recent coverage 1000 response to that of the us and european countries. Democrats directions across china have largely eased during chinas golden mccullough day last week more than 600000000 trips are made nationwide those who visited qingdao have also been ordered to take already a virus tests katrina you aljazeera beijing. The covert 19 drug severe has no substantial effect on a patients chances of survival or how long they will spend in a hospital thats according to the World Health Organization earlier this month the Bio Pharmaceutical Company sciences says. Cuts governments in Recovery Time by 5 days of the treatments was one of a series of drugs used to treat you as president of trump after he tested positive for coverts. For nearly a decade the japanese government has been trying to figure out what to do with more than a 1000000 tons of radioactive water from its fukushima Nuclear Plants though no formal decision has been made local media reporting its been decided to gradually release it into the sea the plant was destroyed in an earthquake and tsunami and 2011 the company that runs for christian man has been storing contaminated water on site but says it will run out of space next year representatives from the japanese fishing industry have urged the governments not to do so south korea still has a ban on imported fish from the fukushima region. Where sean bernie is a Senior Nuclear specialist with greenpeace and months the Nuclear Program in japan he joins us by skype from Castle Douglas in the u. K. Good to have you with us on the news or just how safe is it survive these this water into the sea. The japanese dont believe that its no risk. To plan an international. Function nor in the science or what we know about the effect it would like to be when you lose into the environment well why would the japanese government do Something Like this if its not safe. Its clearly the cheapest option dumping any Hazardous Material in the oceans of been historically the way that countries have dealt with their waste including Nuclear Waste theres a brand on actually dumping of Nuclear Waste sort of long term invention but discharging it from land us this. Is still the mix it is the cheapest and theres the sink the quickest option and theyve told the people of japan that theyre on track to decommission the holes at the she must site within the next 30 or 40 years again another myth but whats the what will the impacts be if this mortar is where they sent in the sea well the thing to understand is that the government in japan would have everyone believe that its only one type of radioactivity so called city and its in the water again thats also not true there are many different people need plates in the water including strontium 90 which is the bone sticking cancer causing isotopes. That will be released along with all the other redirects of the tea in the water over a fire 30 years starting possibly in 2023 if we cant stop them and that water then spreads solution currents but the radioactivity depending on the type of activity concentrates in different marine life and seaweeds and ultimately in the human food chain so what alternatives are there to dumping this toxic water into the sea and why wont the japanese government consider these alternatives. Well unfortunately they have just missed alternatives did not use the best Available Technology and they have this crisis of over a 1000000 tons of contaminants of water the alternative is very clear which is to continue to store in more robust tanks the japanese governments Foreign Committee in february issued a report where acknowledged that storage on site after 2022 was possible we ruled out because as they said to quote them it would take time to negotiate but theres also the land outside the Fukushima Daiichi site which of course is highly contaminated and will not be inhabited by most people from that era for the foreseeable future so the storage option is clearly the best option other than rather than releasing directly into the environment and thats what weve been telling the japanese government and thats what well be demanding that the this is not over the governments making a decision but it doesnt mean its going to happen and so so what to say what are the options then that are available because we know the fishermen in the region are very unhappy about this your organization is clearly unhappy about this i mean is there any external pressure that can be put to bear on the japanese to stop them taking this course of action and what would that look like. Well certainly there are ways that this can be stopped including legally force domestically in japan but also internationally japan is a signatory to International Maritime legislation is a commitment to the International Maritime organization on not dumping the clear waste in the ocean so all of these issues will be discussed and assessed by lawyers by citizens groups and hopefully by governments over the coming weeks months actually over the next several years so this decision old or a bad decision that does not mean the job was done its going to be successful ok shown bernie their ad joining us from Castle Douglas thank you so much for your thoughts on this matter. Gainey has closed its borders on the final day of the president ial Election Campaign the government says it fears violence and interference from citizens living abroad. Reports from dakar and neighboring senegal. First time border when barry says hes tired of being silent fed up with beatings from Security Forces and noise from politicians making empty promises he wants change and they say in the upcoming president ial election but hes stuck in senegal unable to return home to give it time for sundays if the president is to be a passer by wants him to be careful about what he says let me speak to the president says he closed the border because he thinks that were going to sabotage elections bringing and weapons but the only weapon we carry voice from the party guineas government closed its borders with both senegal and getting ahead of the elections citing security concerns trade has been brought to a halt and huge numbers of guinea and merchants are unable to go home leaving some sleeping on the streets unlike in previous elections living here in senegal and then neighboring Guinea Bissau will not be able to cast their vote at the local embassy they get in Authorities Say they can organize this effectively shutting out more than 3500000 people to take part in this election many of whom support opposition leader. Jello fears president called de whos running for a 3rd term is also attempting to prevent opposition supporters from communicating by curbing internet access. For freedom of speech or freedom of demonstrates and its getting worse and worse and the more we go to the day of the election the more we can see about. His growing. In a campaign marred with both violence and divisive politics barry from a distance wont be ignored hoping that at least one of the candidates will carry his voice because hark al jazeera the car. The way the process is broken out across venezuela people are breaking lockdown rules it demands an end to worsening shortages of everything from electricity water and household supplies to risible reports. The begins frontin is leaving small cities across venezuela. Protests like this one are spreading throughout the country people demanding access to basic goods like food water electricity and gas for cooking. Protester mary missler says over 1000. 00 families here in a big case just outside caracas have been without gas for 3 months. In the heart of policy alibi that we see the police come here to try to force us to lift the protest but nobody comes to solve our problem they come and tell us they will try to solve it but they dont do anything we will continue protesting is the only way we have. And they are not alone they have been over 7000 protests in the country in the past month yes that was enough when i was like that you dont have gas and there are power cuts every day without that we cannot cook thats not right for a country like we have lost our dignity i years of corruption mismanagement and economic sanctions have decimated the oil industry this opecs nation main source of income the government is finding it difficult to provide gas water and fuel to its people because infrastructure is crumbling across the country a months long coronavirus lockdown is complicating the Economic Situation even further for many its too late for protests theyre seeing a future across the border and even the worsening conditions in neighboring colombia have forced many venezuelan migrants back to their homeland others like the edis coleman atis are determined to try their luck in minnesota i dont believe in the union whoevers living in venezuela doesnt live off a salary they live off the people send them from abroad thats a reality for venezuelans my children know that when we have to use a bathroom we go to the bushes and we sleep on the floor if were out on the highway we always try to be a checkpoint to be a little protected by the police and guards the United Nations says that over 5000000 people have left the country in the past 4 years people responding to a dire economic reality and wanted someone to stay. And fight for a Better Future others decide to move on. And serving with dolphins may be a lifelong dream for some but the thought of seeing them in captivity can be difficult for many now the Company Behind hollywood films like free willy says it finds a realistic alternative edge innovation says its robot dolphins will soon replace captured mammals in the region parks in china its also wants to do this with great white sharks and even animals from the jurassic era i think you know its kind of surprising theyre like 3000. 00 dolphins and currently in captivity being used to to generate several billions of dollars just for dolphin experiences and so theres obviously an appetite to to love and learn about dolphins and so we want to use that appetite and and offered kind of different ways to to fall in love with the dolphin. Now to see every russias top satisfy your mates up the street again and that is only tournaments thats coming out the pizza after the break. It. Is time for the sport heres peter thank you very much will chip in south africa will not play in this years Rugby Championship to be hosted by a stray via citing player welfare as the main reason so that because rugby players have only return to action in the last 2 weeks off a long suspension because of the coronavirus South Africans said aleck. Game time for their players could result in serious injuries new zealand and australian players resumed playing in june and july respectively the springboks would have to quarantine upon arrival in australia further hampering training time and preparation. So africa also face the challenge of trying to get as many as 24 players based in countries like the u. K. Ireland france and japan available to play those countries all have their own coronavirus protocols the c. E. O. Of the south African Rugby Union uni ruth says we understand that Public Safety concerns come 1st and theres no way that we could expect short cuts to be found to get them out of their host countries and into the springbok bubble the springboks have been should will to play argentina in the opening match on november 7th in Sydney Australia organizers say the withdrawal will have a big impact on the tournament and its funding. Modeling. Sorry Rugby Championship with double headers as you know. And now we model a 6 week tournament with rates names involved in the broadcast implications still to be worked through but look at the end of the day it is what it means if one thing. This year straight here is you need to be nimble and carry the ball in both hands and be ready to. Depreciate as a sports 24 jiggly sources the South Africans have taken a decision in their own best interests especially with the lucrative series against the british and irish lions coming up in 2021. The only option but i think i had was. A ready. Room. To australia have a wiring teen for d 2 weeks and then test rugby it just didnt seem plausible but i havent and its not the fault of the all South Africans who had it so were all all in terms of covert implication of all the whole country. Of africa and australia and whilst all you get back ill be expected to go over there i think that the timor a team that will be risking injury is just not fathomable so south africa is a totally different country and i think for that reason thats fed into a lot of the Decision Making that has happened or off for which is last reported to cook to say guys no were not going to do this were not going to go over there and risk our players just with the sake of making extra dollars lets wait lets get all gotten to right into the right shape and lets get ready for the british and irish lions tour coming up next year the Atlanta Braves are now just one win away from their 1st world series since 1999 atlanta handed the Los Angeles Dodgers a team to sing on the same game for the National League championship series is a good way to bounce back after the dodgers hemet the braves 153 the night before 2 home runs from also helping atlanta to a 31 seemingly yeah. I was really proud of the guys how they bounce back after yesterday i was at that well with their demeanor me and if you heard that clubhouse in there theyre getting ready to play this game and the approach and these guys are resilient man and they did a great job of turning the page from last night. In the American League the Houston Astros are still alive in their championship series against the Tampa Bay Rays yesterdays 143 in game 5 to reduce tampa bay series advantage to 32 Carlos Cordero with a 9th inning homer to help his team to victory. Over in japan baseball will be used to test out coronavirus countermeasures a big events hit of next years delayed Tokyo Olympics yokohama stadium will hold 3 games at 80 percent capacity later this month so far venues have been limited to 50 percent of fans the scale of the tokyo demonstration had 92000 in attendance as well as having their temperatures checked all fans had to give their Contact Details to staff in case of an outbreak. Moto g. P. 9 time World Champion Valentino Rossi has also tested positive for covert 19 the italian says hes disappointed to miss this weeks aragon grand prix in spain as well as next weeks race at the same venue the 41 year old says hes been suffering with sawbones and a slight. Team of the jaded italia has written to Race Organizers asking for the race to end a week early because its coronavirus bubble has been compromised if pro cycling who have won 2 of the 12 stages so far as concerned of the 2 teams withdrew from the tour following positive tests in the camps the sports governing body the u. C. I. Has rejected the request. American tennis player same query faces a huge fine and a possible 3 years suspension from the a. T. P. Tour of he was accused of fleeing russia by private jets following a positive covert 19 result the a. T. P. Says its investigating of the query was placed in isolation by russian authorities when he is wife and baby all tested positive while in St Petersburg for a tournament after withdrawing from the competition cleary and family left the hotel without informing the reception and flew to another country. Legal compact with Reilly Opelika also pulled off a shock in russia but this one was on the court a path to the top seeded Daniel Medvedev 363 its the quarter finals the russians furious smashing his record off to the range. Qatar will host the final of this years Asian Champions League the 2022 world cup hosts become a hub for asian football during the coronavirus pandemic the gulf country has already held the knockout stages of the west zone countries and will hold the east zone matches next month the final will be held on december 19th fresh from victory in england last week Tyrone Hatton has shaken of jetlag to leave the p. G. A. Tournament in las vegas after round one the englishman admits sees feeling tired and grumpy but he fired an opening 7 under par 65. 00 to set a shot and he had all the sand shot cedric up was due to be held in south korea but was moved to the u. S. Because of the pandemic. Ok well leave it there for now more sports news on the way again a little bit later hala thank you very much he said well that is it for me and they sneeze or to keep it here on out to sierra Adrian Finnegan will be with you on the other side of the break. I want you to know our nations going to do defeatists it terrible china virus as we call it there is no place for hate in america rob feeling great out of about your worry mask is not a political statement its a scientific recommendation in the final president ial t. V. 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