Transcripts For ALJAZAM News 20130911

Five years after a Devastating Oil spill. She is suffering through it, and if someone who has been through that wont feel shame. A bold act, an after dan actress tries to break social barriers by addressing the topic of rape. U. S. President barack obama has promised to get diplomacy a chance. Addresses the American People, he said he will push for an International Deal for syria to give up its chemical weapons but he says the military will be ready if no achievement is achieved. A congressional vote on military action would be postponed, he said secretary of state john kerry would meet russias foreign minister in geneva on thursday. And now, sources in the u. S. State department are telling al jazeera that kerry may also meet the syrian foreign minister w actionlid later this month. More from us from washington. U. S. President barack obama addresses the nation. And uses the same arguments to try and convince the majority of the American People, and members of congress, the u. S. Should strike the syrian military. So far, he has been unsuccessful. The president called on allamericans to look at this video. Arguing that a response is morally needed and justified. And that the u. S. Is in the unique position to send a message, chemical weapons cant be used. But he did say, there is a chance diplomacy can work, the president embracing the plan his own staff at first dismissed as unlikely, while taking system of the credit for it. Over the last few days we have seen some encouraging signs. In part because of the yesterdayle threat of u. S. Military action, as well as constructive talks that i had with president putin, the russian government has indicated a willingness to join with the International Community in pushing asaad to give up his chemical weapons. The syrian foreign minister says syria will sign the ban, and destroy its stock piles. We are ready to declare the location of the chemical weapons stop production, and show these facilities to the representatives of russia and the United Nations member states. Our commitment to the Russian Initiative aims to end the possession of all chemical weapons. U. S. Secretary of state will meet with the Russian Foreign minister on thursday. To talk about what to do next. But there are a few sticking points. Russia says first, the u. S. Should remove the threat of force. Obviously this all makes sense and can only work if we hear that the american side and all those who support the United States in this sense reject the use of force. The president made clear in this speech he isnt moving u. S. Navy destroyers currently off the coast of syria, and while meeting on tuesday, he specifically asked them to keep open the possibility of a strike, by delaying a vote, which would authorize they want, he says it is to give diplomacy a chance, critics say is because he doesnt have the votes. I think president obama has decided to slow this process down, because nothing is working the way i believe he and his advisors thought it would. The American People have heard the president , his top aids make the argument he repeated on tuesday. So far, the majority have told pollsters and politicians they dont want the u. S. Do intervene. The Obama Administration hoping that a new speech in a new setting begins to change that. Al jazeera, washington. Our correspondents are standing by, james bays is at the u. N. In new york, key roland is in paris, first, lets meet with barn by phillip whose is in moscow. Theres some elements that russia definitely not happy with. In fact, the ambassador to france says it is a trapped aimed at keeping the door up to military intervention. Yes, and the russians i think wouldnt expect that kind of threat against their syrian allies. What they are saying to the french and more importantly, to the americans is look, we have brought the syrians a long way, they are now admitting publicly to the world that they possess chemical weapons. They say they will reveal them. They say they will join the chemical weapons convention. Implicit to that is the destruction of their weapons. So the russians say look, this is progress. Lets not upset the apple cart after this point in time. Obviously, part of their calculation is that president obama domestically as wow were hearing is in a very weak position. He doesnt have the support, he may be looking for a way out. That is the russian card, if you like. What is crucial, clearly, is going to be the talks between already love and john kerry. Indeed, thank you for that. Lets move on to jackie in paris. No doubt this is a pretty tough resolution. France seems to be determined to punish president s asaad, even if theres no military intervention. Holding the regime responsible for it and having an implicit threat, that if they do not comply with the mechanisms put in place to control the chemical weapons then the option for military action would still remain. And you can see why, the russians wouldnt be happy with that kind of wording. Two french have indicated that they have some scope for flexibility, but only within certain limits. A spokesman said that its a very important that the principles and the objectives of the french resolution remain intact. Mainly to neutralize any possible future threat from the regime of using chemical weapons. But i think the french would see the flexibility that we have seen from the syrians in the last 24 hours as vindication of the tough stance they have set. Its obvious that when there is going to be a military strike, if it isnt credible then it is not effective, then i think it is quite significant that france has repeated on wednesday, that they are still determined to punish syria if syria doesnt comply, keeping the pressure on syria at this important stage. Jackie, thank you for that. Our diplomatic editor is at the u. N. In new york, james, clearly some tense negotiations going on. What are you hearing. The draft resolution is already one draft of it thats been written by french diplomates. We know they have been lee crazing very closely with their colleagues from the u. And the u. K. On this. We understand there will be more meetings before dawn here right now at the u. N. , but in the coming hours there will be more meetings on the text, also, i suspect, russia will be having meetings with other countries as well. About the russian plan on the way forward. I think they are getting everything in place, but as barnaby said, i think that big next step is the meeting taking place in geneva. It is worth remembering those two men have a good relationship, there may be a very tense relationship with president obama and president putin, and maybe some tense problems around the Security Council table, but we know that kerry and lavrov get on well. They have known each other fur a long time, and i think people are looking closely to see if those two men can do business together, and then after its been in geneva, after we find out what has happened it will come back here. If this idea is doing to go anywhere, the idea of hander over syrias chemical weapons it does have to be a formal mechanism, and that needs to be a Security Council resolution. Its just not clear what form that resolution would take, and if they can agree on a form for the resolution. Okay, james, just stand by with us for just a moment, because i waynt to bring in a report, which has just been released by the u. N. Human rights council, it is a report into syrias conflict. Here are some of the findings. It says. Government forces have murdered, tortures, rapes while trying to cap thursday territory. It also says that antigovernment armed pruitts also committed crimes including murder, torture, and hostage taking. That concludes theres no military solution to the conflict, so that war criminals must be proud to justice. James, a comprehensive and detailed report, but difficult to see what will come out of and it who will be held responsible. Yeah, this new report, i read it, and the shocking thing is when you read the detail in it. Of the offenses that are violations the breeches of international law, that are listed in this report. It is a grim catalog to read this, this covered just a three month period, these reports come out pretty regularly, they are saying that they should be a resort to international justice, but again, we get back to the Security Council and the divisions around the Security Council table. I think this report is important, at a time when we have all this discussion about diplomacy, about doing something about chemical weapons in congress, you hear all the talk there should america go to war in syria, this report reminds everyone, the war is already going on in syria, it is raging in syria, and the levels of brutality are getting worse and worse. James, thank you very much. Thanks to all our correspondence, james in new york, jackie in paris, and baraby in moscow. Now the Dutch Foreign minister has told his country is ready to help put syrian weapons under international control. We have the organization, the opcw is in the hague, in the netherlands so we have a lot of expertise in this area. We have some institutions that can actually analyze chemical weapons, so we are always prepared to help the obcw and the National Inspectors if that is needed. So as diplomatic efforts are solved the Syrian Crisis go on, thousands of refugees continue to cross into neighboring countries. There are around 30,000 syrian children in the refugee camp in jordan. Only a third of them are getting any formal education. The school year has just started for syrian children the second largest refugee camp in the world. And although the school is full, fewer than half of the School Age Children are actually attending school. Many children here have to work to support their families. And in some rural areas of syria, it was already common especially for boys over the age of 14, to drop out of school to work. But some students still value getting an education, even while in exile. Education is important because we are going back to our country one day, and no one is going to rebuild syria but us. We are the generation that will hopefully rebuild syria. Three official schools here teaching the jordanian curriculum, but has more registered students than seats. Over the summer, a back to School Campaign based on the efforts of School Children and aid agencies encouraged more families to send their children to school. Some children are afraid of getting lost on the war to school, because the scamp is so big. Some have dropped out a long time ago, some have to work to support their families and transport watt tore their tents and others are afraid to be beaten by teachers. And some families dont send their children to school because that gives them a sense of permanency in the catch, that they dont want to feel. But more funding is needed to provide more syrian children with access to education, education is the least funded sector and the camp schools can only accommodate less than half of the number of School Age Children living here. Units have only received a third of the 34 million appeal to fund this years program. The most pressing need now is for 11 million to Fund Urgently needed school supplies, build new schools and train teachers. In some cases there might be donor fatigue, for now we have seen a very good donor response. But we are definitely worried for next year, for instance, we are not sure how the level of funding will be. The plight of these Syrian Refugees could be one that dragged on for a while. Thats why aid agencies feel funding education is important, to prevent the loss of a generation of young syrians. An explosion has severely damaged Libyan Foreign Ministry Building in the eastern city of benghazi. Five car bombed caused the mast, there are no reports of casualties. The explosion happened on the First Anniversary of the attack on the u. S. Consolate. Four americans including the ambassador were killed. Here with the al jazeera news hour, still to come here on the program. Im simon mcgeiger where the fuel pumps are running low again, but this time the reason could be more serious and it could last a lot longer. And facing their final curtain, why a famous opera house could be weeks from closing. Al according to Egyptian Military sources suicide pommers have attacked. Lets get more from our correspondent. We arent naming for security reasons good to have you with us, can you tell us any more about these attacks. Yes, way are starting to get more details from state television, and al jazeera sources. And we are hearing that two cars are driven by suicide attackers, they drove into the outside gates of the military intelligence building. Now one of them exploded at a check point, and the other one was able to get further inside and it exploded at the building. Four soldiers were killed, now reports of around 20 people perhaps more than 20 injured. And the two attack ebbs diesed and their body parts are being found on the scene now. Aside from the attack with the vehicles, rockets were also fighting in the area, and this is just part of the on going instability that we are seeing over the last few months. There is a large Egyptian Army Campaign Going on, the army says that it is targeting so called terrorists groups. Its has helicopters, carrying out air strikes in the area, and we are seeing these sorts of attacks carries out on military buildings, Police Buildings and check points as on on going scene at the sigh nigh. They are obviously taking advantage of the recent problems and instability in egypt, who are these groups what is it they want. Theres many different groups operating in the siania. Some are aligned to various groups. Some of them are aligned to al quaida. We had one group claim responsible the the attempted assassination on the interior minister, but its not been confirmed the f that down was responsible or not, but they certainly claimed responsible, that was a taking advantage of the instability. It has been a lowless place for a long time. The Central Security faces have had difficulty extending their control. Across that area, it has operated fairly independently the rest of egypt, but at the moment, the situation is highly unstable, and really seeing the military escalate its campaign there over the past couple of weeks. Okay, thank you very much indeed for that, that was our correspondent reporting from cairo. Gun fighters started between the Philippine Military and rebels. The army has surrounded the city to free up to 180 people taken hostage. They are being held by muslim separatist fighters. The stand off began on monday when the military arrests five of the groups armed members. Its been three days since fighting out in the Philippine Government forces and more in National Liberation front, the city remains in lock down, curfews are still imposed and the airport is still, in fact, closed. Other 180 civilians still remain hostage, by fighters in several villages here. Its become increasingly a humanitarian concern for several human rights observers and red cross volunteers as more and more families remain trapped in the area where fighting is concentrated. They are unable to get food and help, and its unknown what the situation is like in there. Now, im sure whether negotiations are even underway, monday afternoon the mlf made two demands, they will be able to do to the center of the town, and hoist their flag, who with the hostages without getting shot at with government forces. Now the liberation front signed a Peace Agreement in 1996 with the Philippine Government that was never fully implemented. Now say they they are against the on going peace talks with another break away group. The slammic front, they say these talks are not insulinnive and does represent the needs of the people in the philippines. It seems to be what the founder is trying to say is that no matter what kind of peace government the Philippine Group will have, this does not mean an end to the rebellion, and militarization here. Those in south korea have agreed to reopen the industrial zone. The two koreas poll their workers because of rising tenses on the peninsula. The zone just inside north korea is home to more than 100 south korean factories. It was one of the two similar polls of cooperation between the two nations. Now Oil Giant Shell has begun talks with a Nigerian Community on compensation and clean up. Five years ago one of the pipelines burst, twice, and spilled thousands of barrels of oil into fishing ponds. More from podo in river state. Christian shows us the damage caused to his fish pond. They were destroyed when a poorly maintained pipelined owned by the Oil Company Shell burst twice in 2008. Thousands of barrels of oil gushed into the pond. I discovered all the pond was covered with oil. I see the fish trying to escape for life, but it was dark, and when i saw the money that had been put in, and the level in fact i nearly fainted. Our livelihood is totally destroyed. For me to survive now, it is just by the grace, i who used to give to others is now the common beggar. Shell admit it caused the damage, the company has agreed to pay compensation and clean up the area. But it disputes how serious the damage is, that disagreement could effect how much compensation it ultimately pays. Shell says around 4,000 barrels of oil were spilled here. But victims say it was much higher around 500,000 barrels. Getting shell to agree to pay any compensation is a legal victory for the people. The victims had to take shelter in the u. K. To get the company to accept responsibility. The Nigerian Government is now enacting a haw that would help victims get justice. We havent had a frame work clearly stating what is their responsibility of the responsible party, what they have spilled. In fact, i can tell you it has been very economical to spill as many barrels of oil that you like in nigeria. Christian hopes the new law will hold Oil Companies accountable when oil spills occur, but he is still very concerned about shells activities in the region. I believe that shell wants to wipe away people of this area. That is so that they can have their way. The god of the land, and the almighty god, who placed us here, would never have them escape all they have done. Shell denies such allegations and says its compensation settlement will be fair, and the clean lip be prompt. Al jazeera, bodo, river state, nigeria. A nigerian activist and country director at stakeholder democracy network. And he joins us now. Good to have you with us. I know that shell has started negotiations with the community, as i understand it, the main dispute between the two sides is exactly how much damage and how much financial loss has been caused. Is that the case . Yes, thats quite true. The main dispute is the very fact that for so long, for many years after the spill, shell has yet to actually compensate the community for the impacts on the livelihood of the people. And that is the crux of the matter. The time it took for them to actually come to the negotiation table, its completely unacceptable. This wouldnt happen in other countries. So what are villages hoping to get in terms of compensation . How much do they want. Its difficult to put figures to this, but we are hoping that they will get quite substantial sum of money to compensate them for the loss of livelihood. The environmental damage on their members of the community is devastating. Its been devastating. These people are fisherman, and its actually not very very easy to measure in terms of financial terms. How much it has you know, effected the people in the community, and more over, there are al the health impacts. The Health Consequences from the effects of the environmental degradation. So you put all that together, maybe no amount of money cannot really compensate the people. Shell, of course, doesnt deny that its responsible for some of the oil spills, but it says a loss of the oil spills have been caused by thieves or militants tapping into the pipeline to steal the crude oil, it says it is not responsible for all of it, how do you react to that. Well, there is some element of truth into that. The fact that the two initial spills were caused by equipment failure, and shell accepted liability for that. However, it is also threw there has been incidents of bunkering activities and some refineries in the communities after the nil spill. So probably at this stage, the responsibilities are shared, however, the environment is completely completely devastated. And to make matters worse, as we speak, even today, there are still more spills occurring in this community which we find completely unacceptable. We watch to see with interest what happens with those negotiations. Thank you for that. Well lets get the weather now, it is starting with awe stale yeah, whats the picture there. We have had some bush fires but we have some better news over the next couple of days. No sign of any rain, but we will see the temperatures changing quite significantly, as we go on through the next day or so. Still burning across the eastern parts of australia, this system is making its way further east, and that will roll through bringing the temperatures down. On tuesday afternoon, we saw temperatures getting up to 33 degrees celsius, that is some improvement, highs of around 23 degrees. Going into friday, just 17. So that certainly should help the situation. We really do want the rain, and im afraid the rain is some way off. Just rolling down towards the south eastern corner. Go into friday, where the rain gets closer still, i think it is going to be the weekend before we do see any significant rainfall. We have some recent snow even in tasmaniaen, but it is sidney, now south wells we are concerned with, 17 celsius, the winds gradually coming off. Still ahead, this news hour, mexican schoolteachers promised to continue their protests after the president sign as controversial Education Bill into law. Plus, 40 years after chiles military coup visit the scene of some of the notorious crimes. And we will have the latest from the americas cup, where a Team New Zealand is ever closer to winning the oldest trophy in sport. Welcome back. Lets get a quick look at the top stories now. U. S. President barack obama has made his case for a possible attack on syria, in a televised address, put he says the u. S. Will pursue the russian plans to get them to hand over their chemical weapons. The United Nations is accusing both sides in the syria war on indiscriminate wars. Theres no military solution to the conflict. And Egyptian Military sources say suicide bombers have attacked an intelligence headquarters. In northern sinai, four soldiers were killed. The u. S. President s televised address. Americans have been reacted and here are some of their views. Nuclear warfare is not to be stood for, i think if somebody is threatening it, then we are to make a move to stop it. Iraq, we have proven that sometimes our intelligence isnt always coming one the right answers. I think we need to explore all options. I think we need to listen to other world leaders, and rely on prudence before we move ahead. Its a difficult situation. I dont want to see another iraq. I dont necessarily agree with what happened there. And i dont think its necessarily a United States position to play police to the world. The voice of some americans. Joining us is todd kent. Food to have you in the studio with us. What did you make of president obamas speech, and the tone. You know, he really kind of drew back a little bit on his intensity. I think he gets high marks for making a moral argument, and i think some of the polls came out people liked the approach he was taking, he is slowing things down. He asked congress to delay the vote, and i think these work to his advantage. He has made it very clear, though, if all else fails he will go into syria, the russians wont want to hear that. No, they dont. In fact you can see this tug of war going on between the u. S. And russia right now. Russia had the upper hand after john kerry came out with his proposal, but do you see the french and the u. S. Looking at a resolution. I think what we are going to see the putting conditions in there that cant be met. Like agreeing to never strike. We will see if the diplomatic way works and if it doesnt. I love that you call it john kerrys proposal, because its being presented as an accidental path to diplomacy. Whether or not he meant it as a proposal or not, i think we are stuck with it. And i think the Obama Administration has had to adjust. I think russia jumped out there and got the upper hand, and now we are seeing posturing. The serious situation, you can see it is part of a bigger context, involved russia, iran, the u. S. The western allies. Just how important do you think this meeting is going to be . Well, i think they are going to talk, i think russia doesnt want to appear to be selling out syria, so they are doing to try to put what they consider be realistic conditions. My guess is that the United States wont p able to agree to that, and so we will be back in a couple of weeks. Do you think russia will put its own resolution forward . They might. I think what is going to happen, though, is i think the west is going to put a resolution forward, and then force russias hand in the United Nations. To just say you know, you dont want this, you put all these conditions on it, and that will free the Obama Administration up to take the leadership again. Whether it be to strike militarily, or take another approach. But they kind of feel like they are they have been overrun a little bit. So i think you will see posturing to get back in control. Todd, good to have you with us, thank you for that. Now four people in gaza, shortages are a part of life. Over the past few weeks they have had something new to worry about. Fuel supplies are running seriously low. Waiting for fuel is now a daily ritual. But theres hardly any to be had, and prices have increased statutely. Working to buy for my family, im working just to buy fuel. Its the same with gazas only power station, it could shut down, powers cuts are a way of life. This time, the cause is here. Just across the border in egypt. For weeks the Egyptian Army has been destroying dozens of smuggling tunnels can have become a lifeline. 80 pest of its fuel used to come through tunnels. But the military back government in cairo is cracking down on armed groups in sinai, it says they are getting help from gaza. Thats why it is destroying the tunnels. Relations with hamas have never been worse. What they say in the media, and the media campaigns saying that palestinians and ha mas. Involved itself in what happened with the muslim brotherhood, we say no, it is all fake and it is not true. This shows how didnt the people are on the fragile landscape around them. And in egypt it has changed dramatically. Would be of the vital supply lines seems to be closing. Egyptian Officials Say that the tunnels will not reopen, even the crossing of people has slowed to a trickle. Gazas only other source, is israel, but its fuel is double the price, and the Israeli Government is still reluctant to relax its blockade as long as hamas is in charge. So this is not some temporary crisis, it may last. And as ever, it will be ordinary palestinians who will suffer, for other peoples politics. Al jazeera, gaza. The sentencing of four men convicting of raping and murdering a woman in india has been postponed until friday. The man could face the death penalty, the 23yearold victim was raped and an assaulted last december. She died of her injuries a week later, the attack led to nationwide protests. While rape and Sexual Harassment continue to be taboo topics in many countries, Jane Ferguson has the story now of one woman in afghanistan bringing film to bring the suction into the open. It is a controversial topic, in any afghan movie. A woman trying to deal with rape. The icy sun was filmed last year, and has struggled to be accepted pause of this scene. In a controversial country, the scene is rare. But this is a scene where she is just alone, in the bathroom with herself, dealing with the wounds on her body. And the body is something that for afterafghan woman it is not discussed but those are the things that are violated and those are the things that are under dress. She moved from los angeles to cain bow a year ago, to act in afghan movies. Although her film has been aired without the scenes which show some limited nudity, she is hopeful for more screenings. Having a dress made for such a screening is an opportunity so make a statement. This honors her mothers clothes wore when ray tending cabo university in the 1960s. Even though a small elite wore liberal clothing it is something she says has to be remembered. I am proud of my history, and i feel like it is being silenced. I am not saying we are suffering, but i just want to celebrate, i want to celebrate that aspect of afghan history, and people can say it is gone or not, or this, scream all they want, but i dont care. Her work here is controversy, and she knows that changes the culture towards cinema, women, and issues such as rape is unlikely to happen quickly. Even if it just becomes this anomaly, this one girl, this one female that did this and that, it is an anomaly that means something to somebody, and that someone sees that character and sees oh my goodness, she is a human being, and she is commuting with her own humanity, with god, in some of the scenes she is talking and she is suffering through it, and if someone who has been through that, wont feel shame. Changing that feeling of shame is an enormous challenge, but those like her believe afghan cinema could offer some help. Jane ferguson, al jazeer jazeera, kabul afghanistan. Its been 40 years since the coup that brought agusto to power. Remember those that went missing. The anniversary is bringing back memories of a dark captainner the countrys history. Long before the 9 11 attacks on new yorks twin towers, there was another, the first traumatic 11th of september, defendant also on a tuesday morning, a bloody u. S. Backed military coup in chile that overthrew the worlds first democratically elected marxist president. 40 years have passed, not enough for her to forget that this place, National Stadium was turned into an interrogation and torture camp. This is part of the stadium where the prisoners were kept. A lot of women were rapes. Not just once. More than 30,000 people suspected of ties with the fallen government were brought here. Includes manuel a tommer factory worker. This is part of our history, a memorial, no one can enter here except us and guests like you. Today the National Stadium has been totally remodeled. Except for this part. In honor of the victims the origin gnat gael and wooden benches have been preserves. The place where Political Prisoners were sometimes allowed to get fresh air. But manuel is still haunted by his experience experience. We carry a heavy load of memories, feelings of bitterness, sadness, and humiliation. Chile returned to democracy in 1990, and began confronting the truth about the estimated 35,000 people who were tortured, killed or disappeared. Today chile is a modern country, certainly by latin men standards. But 40 years has not been enough to turn the page on two past. There is still too many people whose missing loved one whose have never been found, and too many perpetrators that have never been brought to justice. On this election year, chiles two leading candidates seem to underscore a still present divide. Former socialists who was running again, is the daughter of an air force general loyal to iayte who died in prison. Her main rival, supported the dictatorship, and is the daughter of another air force general, a member of the military hunta. A coincidence, perhaps, thats contributed to a national catharsises spurred by this anniversary. Now for the first time, some of the staunches advocates of the 17yearold dictatorship are asking for forgiveness, an apology that has taken 40 years but which may help to finally heal chiles wounds. Commenting up, the lights wont out, but which nations dream is still flickering. We will be here with all the details. Has signed aan president controversial law into law. Thousands of teachers have been holding press toasts for nearly a month. They are refusing to back down. David mercer reports from mexico city. Thousands of teachers have been gathering here in front of the Public Education ministry, since the early hours of this morning. And what is happening is that the government will be pushing through mandatory evaluations, for teachers, in an attempt to try to improve mexicos failing education system. The teachers here say they are not opposed to the evaluations but what has angers them is the lack of consultations. What they want is to get rid of the teacher whose have been fighting for Public Education for 15, 30 years. The government wants to privatetize education. Many teachers have been camped out here for weeks now, and they say they are not going anywhere, dead spite the harsh conditions and the cold evenings they are not giving up, they are not stopping the fight, and in fact, theres major prots planned here in mexico city, and throughout the country. The city opera is millions of dollars in debt, and the local Arts Community is appealing for help. When new york city opera was launched 70 years ago, then mayor la guardia dubbed it to the peoples opera. Put now the Company Needs the public more than ever, a severe short fall threatens its very existence. We cannot run a deficit, we will simply close. The general manager was brought in two years raying, and has managed to balance the last two annual budgets but it is not enough. It needs 7 million by the end of this goal. If that goal is not achieved three productions will be canceled and if the company cant raise a total of 20 million by the end of this year, its entire 201415 season will be wiped out. Unlike other cities nyc opera cant rely on the u. S. Government for help. Maybe we get 25,000 or maybe we dont. But in many european countries, there are very significant federal subsidies that operas can count on. We dont have those safeguards. The company has turned to online social media. Its launched an appeal with kick starter, accepting donations starting from 1. What the Company Really needs is a few generous donors to sign some big checks. New york city opera doesnt have a permanent home, instead the company performs at different theaters like here, at the Brooklyn Academy of music, and that existence can be part of the problem. Fred has been living and breathing opera his entire life, he believes that the sacrifice of the loyal fans when it moved out of the regular theater. When you have a subscription audience, use to their seats their days of the week, they come out of tradition. But if you have to find your Opera Company in four different theaters throughout the season, they are not going to do that. New york city has launched the careers of some of the biggest singers in opera. Am al jazeera, new york. Its not other until the fat ladies sing, i am not singing. Raul, sports. Thank you. Fierce rivals argentina to next worlds cup, qualification, scored a penalty against perking way, were also on target, a 52 victory. With two gains remaining. Well, italy and the netherlands became the first european teams to book their spot. Italy made sure of their win of their place, within the win against the czech republic. Well, the dutch beat them 2nil. With both goals in this gailen against a team that have yet to win a point. The top group after beating israel 31, what a strike from alexandar. Most definitely the pick of the goals. Russia now needs to win the final two, and it is their job to make sure they spot. Thing as little less certain. They say top of the group, victory r the england in their final two qualifiers against montnegro. In the north bitter rivals at mexico to book their spot in brazil. Two u. S. Coming off the back of a 31 loss on saturday, the pressure was on. Landon donovan doubles their advantage on a score of 2nil. Concerns their spot, as for mexico, they dropped to fifth in the 16 group, and they now struggle to even make the playoffs. I love this sport, and when i started 15 years ago, you would have never had a game like this. So im glad to be a part of this growth, and we should enjay a night like this. Coast rica will return to the world cup, their secured their progression with the 11 draw in kingston. Jordan has edged closer to their first ever world cup appearance. And the tie square at 22, flood lights saw the teams force off the pitch during extra time, they returned to send the tie to penalties where jordan prevailed 98. And the plyoff in new york, the winner of course advancing to brazil. So where does that leave us in terms of who is qualified for the world cup . There will be 32 teams at the finals next year, we now know ten of them, already there lets have a look at who will be joining them. To asia first, where japan is the first team to qualify for the finals. That was back in june, australia, iran, ran up the qualifiers. So far, to europe now, 13 places up for grabs in total, so far just two have been filled. The netherlands and the 2006 world champions italy. Other to the americas to south america and brazil is hosted regan tee as place, and as expected bitter rivals argentina, book their place with a win in paraguay. So ten top spots, still 22 up for grabs. Five of them will come from africa, we are still waiting the first qualifier. Include thing breaking news we just had, that manager giovanni has parted ways with the republican of ireland but mutual consent. Stay with the colder one scene, the timing of the tournament continues to be the subject of debate, critics say high temperatures will make playing in june and july impossible. But the hosts say they are ready to host a summer event, and will have suitable cooling technology in place. The president insists it is right for the middle east to host its first world cup, but moving it to winter may be the best option. The play in summertime is not right thing to do. And so even if everybody said we must play in summer, its not true. Because we can play also in winter. And this is a question of solidarity. Lee in our london studio, we have heard from the European Club association, often the ten that tiff backing, a winter world cup now. Yes, i dont think this is about whether it will be played or whether it is summer or winter, that has been the big issue. I think what we are talking about is an inevitable move to winter. The european cup association, they just want dialog, they want as little disruption as possible. They know the likelihood is they have to accept that it will change. The movement, because as for more respect, he knows that it is right for that the tournament is played there, he just wants to be part of the process, and to work along the side. This will need to be discussed. Theres a meeting initially where uefa and europe will decide on their stance, and put that forward. He wants a winter world cup, so it is very clear what is going to happen. Then we move to the big one in october, the third and the 4th. Where finally they can think about how they are going to fit this in. You talk about the meeting where uefa will agree their stance, where is it the english premier league. We have all heard that they are set again the idea. Are they started to be sidelines now . Well the english are in a very difficult position indeed. I know that the chief executive has quietly met, and executives to try and actually get some dialog going. To make things as painless as possible. There wont be any legal challenges. They are very secure, i have seen the notes but they do they dont want to hurt the english premier league, so theres doing to be a lot of talking but over the next few years to try to get this right. All right, great to talk to you once again. Thomas back saying the guarantees of good games will be his First Priority after president of the International Olympic committee. 259yearold german was elected to replace jackvot. He has already been laying out his few vision for the future. We have to take care of the sport competition. We have to give frame work of the good governance, the i. O. C. Members more possibilities to take part in the Decision Making of the i. O. C. Now Team New Zealand is just five wins away from securing the oldest trophy. The kiwis took a 41 lead in the america cup after victory. The margin was a resounding 65 seconds prompting the americans to post pain race six. It is allowed to delay one race during the rank. They are great pictures arent they. Five great race. Thank you very much indeed for that. And thats it from the news hour for now, we will take a short break, and they will be here for the next half hour with you with all the days developments. Next time on consider this. Good morning, these are some of the stories that we are following. For nearly seven decades. The United States has been the anchor of global security. This is meant doing more than. Toking international greets it has meant enforcing them. President obama renews his pitch to the American People. Of military action appear to be cooling. Secretary of state john kerry keeping that diplomatic process on track, now headed to europe to meet with his russian counter part to try to hammer out a deal on use of chemical weapons