Major election issue as argentina prepares to go to the polls. Im robin adams in doha with all the sport. Were capping town with the finals which get under way in just a couple of hours. Well hear from the springboks and all blacks just a little later. Hello there, great to have you with us. The greatest hurricane in the western hemisphere is due to hit mexico imminently. A state of emergency has been declared as they await Hurricane Patricia. The category 5 storm is equal to the hurricane that hit the philippines where up to a thousand people still remain missing. This is where patricia is tracking at the moment. It predicts that it will make landfall with wind speeds of 325 kilometers an hour. John holman reports now from mexico. These seas are beginning to rage. These buildings will shortly be battered. It wont be possible for tourists t stroll along the beach. Hurricane patricia is on its way. Its very probably that this hurricane will effectively be the most intense hurricane as i
Hurricane patricia slams into the coast. Thousands have been forced from their homes. I will have all of your days sport and defending champions new disagree land beat south africa to seal their spot in the rugby world cup. Hello there. Good to have your company. We begin with the war in syria and there was, on saturday, an indication from russia that it would be ready to provide air support to the Free Syrian Army in its fight against isil. Until now, russia has referred to all groups fighting president assad as terrorists. Moscow said it has been in talks with the u. S. About launching a new political process between syrias government and the opposition. Speaking on russian t. V. , Sergei Lavrov says moscow is ready to support the Free Syrian Army but that the United States unwillingness to cooperate is stopping that from happening. The americans refusal to coordinate antiterrorist campaign with us is a big mistake. We are seriously prepared for such a coordination and ready to give
Weather service reported a tornado touching down new new orleans. Since friday the remnants of Hurricane Patricia have dumped more than a foot of water on to some parts of texas, what had been a category 5 storm lost much of its strength. It caused widespread flooding that made highways and roads impassable. 50 miles south of dallas, a Freight Train derailed after floods washed away the tracks. By most accounts the state weather will. No deaths have been reported. A san antonio man was reported. He was swept into a drainage ditch. What is happening there now. Sounds like the rain has not stopped . No, its not as heavy, theres a lot of eyes on the river outside of houston, its a river that has been known to cause major problems when it comes to flooding. The totals here, were not nearly as high as we saw yesterday, they had to shut down the internet state. Receiving 20 inches of rain. The totals for the weekend. Here in the area, and the galveston area, there was flooding, but the total
Tens of thousands of palestinians allowed in to pray as israel eases restrictions on access to the alaqsa mosque. Dozens dead after a bus and a lori collide in france. Most who died were pensioners on a day out. Hello, south africas president , jacob zuma has said he will freeze a fee increase proposed for University Students next year. You can see the crowds beyond the police, a massive demonstration in the capitol city by thousands of University Students who opposed any increase. They tried to storm the seat of government. They were held back by riot police, who fired stun grenades and used water cannon. Al jazeeras correspondent was in the middle of the protest and sent us this. Reporter these protests where we are now have been going on for over eight days. They have spread across the country, and that would explain why students are becoming increasingly impairment. They are due to begin exams next week. They say they cant do that if they dont have an answer as to what will happen
Hello, the u. S. Secretary of state john kerry is in the middle east for a latest diplomatic push on syria. After meeting the Foreign Ministers of saud turkey among others they talked about the outcome of the word. He arrived in aman for talks on ending the swar. In a surprise move jordan depreed to coordinate actions with russia. It could mark a shift in alliances. Later on saturday john kerry will travel to sawyered saudi arabia and hold talks with his counter part. He says theres disagreement in the role. They hope to convince others that Bashar Alassad cannot be part of the solution. The u. S. Secretary of state is pushing for talks and iran, the close ally, hat not been part of talks and is ruled out from attending. The Foreign Policy chief speck in favour of them being at the table saying here is what the Russian Foreign minister Sergey Lavrov said about cooperation with the jordanians on syria. Translation an agreement has been reached with forming a mechanism in aman to coordin