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aviation minister. jennifer glasse reports ottoman first that he has replaced mullah omar. >> reporter: knew lahr omar was the spiritual leader and military commander of the taliban. famously reclusive only a few photographs of him exist. the fbi offered millions of dollars for information on his whereabouts. that remained a mystery in the final years of his life. communications from him came through the taliban's website usually on holidays or anniversaries. it was never clear if they were really his words. as a young man, he was a fighter battling the soviet army's occupation of afghanistan during the 1980s. his confidante described to al jazerra how mullah omar became the self proclaimed amir of of began stan. >> which the taliban was arising they needed a leader and eventually it's taliban chose him because he had 30 people and he had some weapons to use. the second reason he was a famous and well viewed person. >> reporter: his 30 fighters became thousands. the taliban took over afghanistan in 1996. under mullah omar's command the taliban established security and order if a country after ravage booed i chaos and vie ends. stability came at a cost. the strict interpretation of islam meant harsh punishment was meated out to the people. as knew lahr omar worked toward implementing his version of a sharia-based society. he allowed al qaeda leader osama bin laden a refuge and freedom to operate in afghanistan. it was a close and mutual beneficial relationship bin laden swore a allegiance to omar. their bond game familial when bin laden's son married omar's daughter. the september 11th attacks on the u.s. in 2001, which for al qaeda claimed respond shifted americana tension firmly to afghanistan. the u.s. demanded the taliban give up ben lad ladin: omar refused. in october 2001, a united states led coalition launched a full scale war with the aim at destroys al qaeda quickly getting the taliban out of power but failed to capture omar. at 12 years in hiding he directed an increasing violent war against the new government of karzai and then his success off ghani. targeting afghan security and nato forces became their hallmarks the taliban made areas of afghanistan virtually impossible to govern. there have been political overtures to the taliban giving representatives a political office in qatar. after years of saying they would never negotiate with what they called a puppet government, taliban representatives set down with afghan government officials officials. mullah omar was nowhere to be seen. reports suckered long been ted. but the taliban movement he start second degree getting a any political life and now it has a new leader. knew lahr mansoor. >> we can speak to jennifer glasse live. she is in kabul afghanistan for us. the tacts are delayed are they scrap scrapped. are reback to square run when it comes to any type of negotiation between the taliban and the afghan government? >> reporter: irrelevant think it's difficult to say. if you listen to the government the foreign ministry said they would disappointed that the peace talks scheduled for friday huh been put off for now. >> reporter: but they are optimistic that they will go on, they say that peace right now more important than ever. at began gast calling on fighting parties to lay down arms and come to the peace table. they optimistic because the new leader the taliban mansoor white sox part of the negotiations or at least people close to him were part of the first round of the negotiations on july 7th in pakistan. that's one reason for the afghan government's optimism saying that omar has been dead for more than two years now. the new leader of the taliban just announced today has been part of that leadership for the last several years. the real question is what will change in the taliban? taliban sources tell us that the new leader mansoor was already heavily involved in the decisions the taliban was very making. the real question will be on the battlefield. what difference will it make to fighters on the battlefield. there have been concerns that's taliban has been fragmented and that the leadership come to this negotiating table might not have control over the fighters in the battlefield and that the battlefield, though fighters have been increasingly violent over the last several months. the fighting across the country has eska lated quite a lot. just in the last week. just in the last week they have taken dozens of villages and a district yesterday. so the fighting continues across afghanistan everything as the afghan government is hoping the taliban, with its new leader at the helm, will come back to the negotiating table. >> jennifer glasse with the latest from kabul jennifer, thank you. so now let's talk more about the taliban's future, we are joined in the studio by a very analyst at risk analysis, thank you so much for joining us here on al jazerra. i want to put that question to you, straightaway that jennifer was just bringing up. what changes do you think we are going to see within the taliban now that there is a new leader? >> i think the taliban is going to continue fighting the insurgency. so there will be no let up in the actual conflict in afghanistan. in fact the impetus has increase today show that this new leader is credible and capable of continuing the momentum off the insurgency as it has built up since the draw down of international troops. i think we'll increasingly see a fragmentation off the movement particularly a think although the lines of those that support the fighters of the afghan government. >> but the reports have been that mullah omar died in 2013. we don't know, the taliban hasn't confirmed the where and whens but does that perhaps make us think that mullah mansoor was in charge of the at that time ban and has been for the past two years in that light would on we not see such a big change or do you think the symbolism of omar being gone. >> i think the symbol of omar will be missed he was seen both as a military leader the insurgency but more portsly as a sir spule leaderspur still leader and mansoor will struggle for that. >> even as the taliban announces he is the leader he will struggle. >> they are trying to keep it unified particularly as there are division as long the lines of whether or not to negotiate with the afghan government. he will struggle without the extra credibility as being seen as a spiritual and military leader to keep the movement coherent as it has been over the past few years. >> mansoor where does he stand on the peace talks? how do you think it's linked? everyone has been mention isal the timing all coming out two days best talks. how do you think that links -- you know, was someone where somewhere looking for an excuse to the cancel the talks? >> mansoor is perceived to be pro talks he has participated in recent discussions through interlock you tours he's likely to continue want to go keep the momentum going. but he's faced a challenge of deflectors who are disgrundle with the absence of omar with the silent leadership that omar had to offer because he was dead poe stagily but because he was dead in fact. and they are effective taking on the isil in afghanistan. mansoor will have to struggle to keep the movement unified and support talks particularly in the face of the new led. he will be juggle ago lot in the coming months. >> there has been a lot of talk about isil in afghanistan as well and we know that mansoor himself sort of said get out of afghanistan, leave afghanistan alone. you think it's not just an outside force of isil entering afghanistan but more deflections from within because, of course, there is obviously a big danks between the tribes from the taliban and the bulk of isil. >> there is unlikely to be actual exchange of fighters, financing from iraq and syria to afghanistan but we are likely to increasingly see taliban commanders who do not recognize the leadership of mansoor and do not support the peace talks process using the banner of islamic state and the potential to take on the leadership of a new spiritual leader in the form of baghdadi who also claims to have a position as a cal i have. we are likely to see that challenge emerge for the taliban taliban. >> do you think this means a weaked taliban or a stronger explaineddersplinter. >> i think they are trying to achieve through peace talks if they do go ahead but also a weakens 11 that will likely continue to fragment both along the ideological lines but also along ethnics lines in different parts of afghan that. >> senior analyst at global risk analysis, thank you so much for sharing your are views with us, thank you. >> thank you. now, speculation is mounting that debris found on an island in the indian ocean could belong to the missing airliner mh370. the object which appears to be part of a wing has washed up on recipients union island which is east of madagascar, thousands of kilometers from the search zone, which is off australia's southwest coast. 239 people were aboard when the malaysia airlines flight vanish the in march last year. australia, which is leading the investigation says that the discovery may offer families new hope for closure. >> this is obviously very significant development. it's the first real ever that there is a possibility that a part of the aircraft may have been found. it's too early to make that judgment. but clearly we are treating this as a major lead. and seeking to get assurance about what has been found and whether it is indeed linked to the disappearance of mh370. >> alal jazerra's tania page is on reunion island and joins us live from there. tania, talk us through what will happen to the piece of debris, the phone shall piece of the wing? >> reporter: we understand that at the moment it's under lack and key somewhere near the airport. investigators from malaysia, australia and france want to get their hands on it. they want to get do the bottom of this try to help solve one of the world's greatest aviation mysteries. it will either tonight or tomorrow on friday be flown to france for more in-depth analysis. what they are really hoping to find is some sort of serial number or other fire that will help them link this piece of wreck i believe that book that doomed flight mh370. >> tania page with the latest from reunion islands tonight yeah, at this. david gleave is a former air accident investigator and now a researcher here in the u.k. thank you for joining us on al jazerra. bearing in mind what tania just said how easy do you think it will be to identify this and link it to mh370. >> we are fairly certain there is the 777. now we need to make sure it's the right part from the airline. we have the maintenance record telling us what the part number we expect to see is and we have to he had your hooped on it now. it will be locked away. so there is protocol before the investigators can get their hand on it over at the b.a. lapse in in paris, it will take some time but once accident investigation every have the wreckage release today them for investigator a lab to see it, then it, be fairly quick at that point. >> okay. let's say for argument sake that this is a part of that plane. what does it actually tell us about where the wreckage might something about what might have happened to? anything at all? or just more about closure and knowing that the plane has been downed? >> there is a lot of closure associated with this for some people it's final proof that the airplane has crashed. in terms of the accident investigators it confirms the their thattheory we have been working on that it's in the ocean near perth. >> it wouldn't make it clear tore narrow down the area of the indian ocean? >> no, it's stale relatively wide search area and a small item within a wide search area. >> it's interesting this has been the first piece of debris and maybe the first of many assuming that it is, of course. but i guess the pee point the key part would be the black box. or anything else. what else if it was found would i have did us some clues as to what happens to this plane? >> we may be able to do an analysis to work out whether the impact was high or low speed in the water but that doesn't tell us very much. we need to get a hold get ahold of the double at that time flight recorder. >> would it tell us now even after all this sometime? >> yes it should be capable of being read out. it can survive down in the sea about 18,000 feet or whatever for about a year or so. but we would pictures it still to be in one piece and to be able to pull out memory card a bit like pulling tout of your camera. >> we heard tanna page as describe this is as once of the greatest mysteries of aviation history. we don't even know if this is real. are you any clearer? do you have any ideas or suspicions too fast what might have happened to the plane? >> i think there is a degree of inside knowledge within the accident investigate community as to what we think it is, but don't have proof of what it is. so we have to keep an open mind until we get the evidence and and the family want to know 100 percent what went on. we can talk about likely things and very unlikely things but until we get proof. >> what is the speculation within the aviation industry, what do you think is the most likely cause? >> relatively unike likely cause say economic failure or electrical ale our starvation of oxygen and did he pressure saying. more likely that somebody on the air lane took control of the airline. >> david gleave, former air accident investigator, thank you so much for having joined us. still to come here on al jazerra, israel's parliament passes a controversial new law allowing prisoners to be force fed. and u.s. dairy farmers eye up the potential competition from the pacific rim. plus in sport olympic officials from all over the world gather in koala los angeles pump to decide the fate of the 2020 to winter games raul has more coming up. the saudi-led coalition fight to go restore em vinnie's government says it wants the port city of aden to be its first seat of power once the fighting end. houthis were driven out after months of fighting. >> a spokesman for the coalition said the government would then be returned to sanaa if peace talks were successful. but that the coalition would force the houthis out if necessary. israel's parliament has passed a controversial law allowing for force feeding of prisoners on hunger strikes, it was passed with just six votes. hunger strikes have offense been a means of protests for palestinian prisoners. >> reporter: statistics show that the majority of prisoners on hunger strike are actually in administrative detention. many of those get taken here to the prison. what does that mean? that means being held without charge and those that support these kind of hunger strikes will tell you that it's the only means the prisoners have to put pressure on the authorities here to either charge them or let them go. therethere has also been a huge backlash from the medical community here. the israeli medical association urging all doctors not to partake in this and saying that it goes against all medical ethics that they have signed once they started being doctors. >> i think that there might be suspicion on our side that we are being used as tools or as somebody who deals out the punishment to political prisoners or to prisoners who have complained and are hunger striking and we are the tools in the hands of the state. >> israeli medical association will now petition the high court to try and get it overruled. that is a huge challenge. however, it goes to show quite how upset they are at this new law. if you look at the figures no hunger striking prisoner has ever died as a result of hunger strike but there has been cases of prisoners being killed because they were force fed. kuwait's interior ministry says it has uncovered a met york of isil fight that's fought in iraq and syria. kuwaity state media say five of its internationals have been identified. one of the suspects they say was killed in what they calais terrorism operation in iraq. turkey's military says three soldier have his been killed in an tack by kurdish fighters. it happened in the southeastern province. helicopters and a commander unit were dispatched to the area. turkish jets have been targeting fighters from the kurdistan workers party or the p.k.k. since wednesday. the vert in the retrial of three -- verdict of the retrial of three al jazerra journalists in egypt has been postponed until next month, they are accused of co lewd with this outlawed muslim brotherhood. charges that they and al jazerra did he nights. the court will set against on august 2nd. they were found guilty of aiding a terrorist organization in june 2014 but an appeals court ordered a recipients tile in trial in january. burundi's government says families who fled from political unrest are coming back but the u.n. says more than 100,000 are still in refugees camps in neighboring democratic republic of congo tanzania and recipients wandarwandaall too ska i should to scared to return. >> reporter: esther michelle says she went to a refugees camp in rwanda because she was afraid. she is one of thousands of people that fled during the recent vie surrounding stopped very shall election. >> the camp was not good but i am scared the. i heard people are being harassed by those that stayed. they are angry rejuan ran away. >> reporter: in many cases those that are returning come back to this. neighbors say thieves took advantage of the situation they broke down the door and then came inside. they then went through room by room booking for whatever they could steal. they took things like furniture and appliances. a voter's card from the 2005 election is a reminder of the first election after its civil war which the president won his first term he recently won a third after months of violence. and despite a constitutional rule limit him to two terms. government officials say people are coming back because security has been restored. >> yes, a lot of people are coming back to burundi. many have walked from neighboring rwanda. they have heard security has improved in the country. it's true after the elects people started coming back. >> reporter: but the united nations says more than 100,000 people are still in refugees camps in the democratic republic of congo tanzania and rwanda. >> so far what we are noticing is that those who are in urban areas, not in the inning just as refugees are now returning. so the government may have have a definition these are refugees by for us it takes those that asked for the protection of other countries as refugees. and for those we are not having signs that they are starting coming now. we are monitoring the situation. >> reporter: many people know the crisis isn't over. the proposed unity government the president and some opposition leader may not work. it may be a long time before everyone who has left returns home. al jazerra burundi. the u.s. wildlife agency says that they have not been able to contact the man who killed a famous lion in zimbabwe. walter palmer is a caused of illegally killing cease cecil. a protected lion that lived on a wildlife preserve pauler said he believed he acted legally. the safari club has suspended his membership. the united nations general assembly has cracked a res lunes resolution to crack down on illegal poaching of wildlife. it took over two years to reach the agreement. the owe con support cosponsor says it might have helped save cease ill. >> this resolution is to protect wildlife. both fauna and flora worldwide. and it is meant to combat all illegal and elicit aspects of it. i think like most people in the world, we are outraged at what happens to this poor lion. hunting activity are partly leg. partly illegal and it is this resolution which fights all the illegal aspects of it. locked in talks in hawaii trying to reach a deal on an ambushing us free trade agreement. trans pacific partnership is being led by the u.s., supporters say it will unlock markets, promote investment and boost sales. but people who have been demonstrating on the island of maui say negotiations have been too secretive and not transparent. some of the biggest beneficiaries from this will be u.s. farmers. wetom ackerman has been meeting dairy fires to get their thoughts. >> reporter: three times a day the milk gets pumped from the 700 cows at the farm. the high-tech operation is one of thousands that make america the world's foremost milk producer, 15% of that output sold and consumed by other countries. frank, who runs the farm with his family, is well aware that worldwide sales have an impact on the prices he gets from his local dairy customers. >> where you are at in the country and whether it's your milk being exported off someplace else it's still the same supply-demands situation. >> reporter: that's why the u.s. dairy industry is closely watching the outcome of the trans-pacific partnership negotiations with two key rivals. new zealand tearing expand its sales of milk products in the u.s. and canada, which has protected its own dairy farmers by restricting supply to squeeze out american products. he sees the prospect of boosting production as important to more than just his own family. >> as dairy production increases, or whether it's other agricultural nod at thises that means more jobs in those areas so it's a boost to those rural economies as well. >> joe logan raises cows too but takes a skeptical view of the trade deal. >> we have these rules set up to benefit the corporations that have expensed to a transnational footprint, they can do very well for themselves by maximizing the amount of global commerce that occurs regardless of the impact upon the consuming public or the producing public. >> reporter: and logan points to crucial parts that they say the negotiator are bypassing or failing to give enough attention. >> you have current is a back taxes, labor standards being environment the standards you are making a really, really heavy lift for american agriculture. >> reporter: whether or not it's going for farmer here, they are just one economic sector out of many that will need to be 15e6d with a deal that determines the course of 40% of the world's trade. tom ackerman, al jazerra ohio. still to come here on al jazerra, 23 people are killed as a truck crashes in to a group of pilgrims in mexico. also with food surprise under pressure can the chinese be convinced to embrace the humble potato? plus in sport deflate gate takes a fresh turn as tom brady resorts to legal action. raul will have the details in a few moments >> growing up fast. >> my quest is to find me and me is not here. >> fighting for a better future. >> if you don't go to college you're gonna end up dead on the streets. >> life changing moments. >> i had never been 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orthodox jewish man is responsible for the attack the march has long been a source of tension between the secular and ultra orthodox jewish communities who object to the public display of homosexuality. the british prime minister david cameron has been criticized for using the world swarm to describe the number of migrants trying to enter britain through the channel it up. nearly 4,000 people have attempted to make the crossing this week alone. from calais, barnaby phillips reports. >> reporter: british workmen are in france, reinforcing defenses around the euro tunnel complex. they hope this will be enough to keep migrants out and stop them from boarding trucks and train to his try to get across the channel. in britain the newspapers are increasingly shrill. something must be done to keep migrant out the the french are not up to the job is the sentiment. frame minister sensitive to the mood at home, used perhaps insensitive language to describe the situation in calais. >> this is very testing i accept that, because you ever a swarm of people come across the mediterranean seeking a better life. want to go come to britain because britain has got jobs, it's got a growing economy it's an incredible place to live. but we need to protect our borders by working hand in glove with our neighbors the french and that's satly what we are doing. >> reporter: this is the existing fence around the euro tunnel complex. and you can zero enforced with bar, wire, more barb wire at the top. but look here it, does look as if some people have forced their way through. cut open the wire. above there is a sign that says danger of death in several african, asian middle eastern languages warning penal not to go through. but beyond, there is more bar,ed wire and then a second fence. and, again reinforcements at the top of that second fence. so you would have to be really, real determined to try to get through here and try to board a train like one that is going by right now. a few moments later a team arrived to repair the hole. so the game of cat and mouse goes on. the real action happens after dark when the migrants hope it will be easier to get across undetected. although on this occasion the french police managed to keep them out. outside the hospital i met aer is queen man who wouldn't show his face i tried to jump op to a ship to england but slipped and broke both arms, he's been well treat ed in this french hospital but still plotting how to get to england. >> when i am action my health and go outside the hospital i am try again to a drive london. it's my dream. i try one two three more. >> reporter: no one is easily deters. they didn't get across this time but they, too will surely try again. barnaby phillips, al jazerra calais. so should the british prime minister expect a backlash after using the term swam to refer to migrants entering the u.k. here to discuss the significance of his choice of words is the deputy leader of the u.k.'s green party. thank you so much for joining us here on al jazerra. so first of all your reaction to the word and it's connotations? >> there is a very derogatory term to be using about human beings many of whom are fleeing from persecution including children across one or more continue nets. it's a despicable thing to be describing them as a swarm as if we are identifying them as insect. and it doesn't live betray, i think, this conservative government's policy to actually protect ourselves from people who we should be helping. >> in the rest of europe, certainly in the southern rim the immigration crisis has been felt a lot more keenly because we see all the boats arrive in greece and italy. perhaps the u.k. has been sheltered from that until we have seen this crisis went to call it that in calais. do you notice a shift in the discourse the sort of word that are used not just by the prime minister but in jenna wrong the british public? >> it's absolutely proper for us to jonah tension to his the facts, not the emotions, false feelings associated with this. even if you go to northern europe germany is having to accept or process at least 150,000 asylum case a year, whereas by comparison, the u.k. has it easy, 25 maximum thousand per year. and i think the real issue here is what kind of people do we want to be? do we want to be friendly or do we want to be hostile? and we must look at the back story behind this. i don't even know the name of the sudanese man who was killed by antarctic lated lauri a couple of days on the ago yet i do know the name i've lion i think we need to get our priorities straight. these are very difficult circumstances that people generally are feeling forced to my great. they don't want to have to leave their country who have they have ties, we need to take full agent of the causes for this, sometimes it's foreign wars, sometimes it's climate change rated. there are a lot of over consumption that the west is responsible for. we need to take greater responsibility across the e.u., with our european colleagues to find out how to tackle this and when they are coming to our shores we need to deal with them humanly and that's currently not happening. >> i guess the main problem when you look at it across our is up that there hasn't really been a pan-european wave handling this. the u.k. says it's france's responsibility. france would say it's italy's responsibility and italy would say it's libya's fault because no one is stopping them. so what do you think that the u.k. government should try to do specifically in this case? because they will say actually, we are in france and we can't just invade calais and set the a camp ourselves. >> it's absolutely the wrong way to deal with it to be territorial about it. whether or not you have a camp with migrants on that side of the channel or this side of the channel, it's a shared joint responsibility. the actual administration processing of these individuals which is a terrible word to have to use about people, with their own lives and their human circumstances, it shouldn't matter to us in a common european union where we have got 5 million people living a broad 2 million britons in the e.u. a len. it shouldn't matter to us whether they come to this side the channel or at the other side of the channel. >> when it comes to managing what we are seeing in calais now do you think this should be a processing center on the french side. >> it has to be speedy and such that people are not held in detention for long periods of time. we are talking about we have obligations your honor international law to deal with people who are fleeing persecution or may face persecution orator true if they go back. >> do you get a sense right now we are running out of time. in months prior they tried to brush this under the carpet. >> let's get our priorities straight. we have a relatively rich country, we have a lot of impoverished in our own country and pressure services which is a result of the government's own mismanagement and taking public assets there and giving it to the bankers we need to get straight about the reasons for people facing difficult in this country is not a result of migrants we need to move away from that toxic critic and -- >> do you think the government is focusing on migration as they should? >> they are treaterring it as a political football as the term goes these are human beings with lives need to be human about it. i think majority of the population are human about this and they want to see these people's lives improved not made worse. >> okay, leader of the green party, thank you so much for having joins joined us. let's go mexico now where at least 23 people have been killed after a truck crashed in eye group of pilgrims. a truck carrying building materials hit the people as they were taking part in a religious procession. now, one of the world's most grueling ultra marathons has resumed after its regular course was barred last year over safety concerns. the bad water ultra marathon is run at the heist the u.s. summer and competitors often face temperatures of nearly 50 degrees celsius. the 217-kilometer race starts below sea level can in death valley and climbs up two mountain to his one of the highest points in the u.s. mount whitney. gabriel elizondo joins us live from the route at mt. whitney. gabriel, people are still crossing the finishing line. how long will it take for everyone to to the against. 217-kilometer iss is five marathons and a bit. so quite a while. >> reporter: that's absolutely right. we are in the town of loan pine right now. and it's the town -- it's the last town before they make the final left turn and head up to the finish line at mt. whitney. not much behind me right now. but about every hour or so we are seeing another runner run on this sidewalk reaching here. it's really an incredible race. we saw the first runner cross the finish line last night. he did it in 23 hours nonstop of running of the cut off is 48 hours, so we will see some of the last runners crossing the finish line within 48 hours after they started the race, it's an absolute grueling race we followed the entire thing through the whole course from start in finish it was very difficult for the runner, some of them had to drop out as you might imagine. but ultimately this is the optime of ultra marathon rung it's the toughest race in the world and you can zoo he why with the temperatures reaching 45 50 degrees celsius over 115 feet fahrenheit. a lot of medics out on the course trying it take care of people that were maybe overheating. but we haven't heard of any major problems other than just a lot of very, very tired athletes. still out on the course trying to finish this to say that they were able to concur this world toughest race. >> it would be a good claim to fame with all your friends. but you have spoken to some of the people that have crossed the finish line. i guess you have spec en to some of the better ones that have already finishes. did they tell you why they dhows dochoseto do this? >> that's the question i ask everyone. it's almost like torture and who would want to do this. that's what i ask them and they all give me a common theme. they say they are people that want to push their body to his the limit. and they say just a mayor tonight or 10 k or bike ride just doesn't do it. they say this extreme sport put getting their bodies through this long distance of running but also under these hot hot temperatures pushing your body way over the breaking point. and that is ultimately what people say why they do it. they say almost like a fraternity of people. they come back year after year. there is one woman that has done this 11 times. they say it's sort of addicting. it's a small fraternity of people in the world that do this. i will say there is over 24 nation says that are represented with athletes here. and that's ultimately why they do it. i asked another lady i said why do you do this? she says i don't know. >> yeah, i can understand her sent think. gabriel life for us in lone pine, thank you. the push is onto market the him bell potato to a wider chinese market. >> world' most populous company is looking to find new ways to meet its food security needs. and experts are gathering for a major global poe tate toe conference in beijing. from hong kong, here is rob mcbride. >> reporter: it is everything to do with potatoes. from every conceivable way of consuming them to better science for growing them. the chinese government is on a mission to convince the people on the wonders of the potato. >> translator: here in china we have good quality potato varieties that have high yield potatoes would provide more options for us as a staple food. >> reporter: facing ever more pressure farming land from urbanize saying and industrial pollution, it could be the potato to the rescue. underpinning the great potato debate is the very serious issue of food security in a result are you that has a fifth of the world's population to feed. the hearty potato requires far less land and water than rice but face a serious image problem in the eyes of chinese consumers consumers. look around traditional street market and it's hard to spot what is seen as a peasants food only for those who can't afford rice. >> it's like a substitute food. i would have it if there wasn't any rice. >> we have it like an extra vegetable but it's not a basis for a whole meal. >> now more westernizes younger people they will eat a lot more potatoes. >> reporter: and that's part of the problem. potato consumption is on the rise largely thanks to increasing amounts of french fries in fast food restaurants. the challenge is getting the chinese to learn healthier ways of having their daily potato. >> translator: in inn mongo leah we have been eating potatoes for a very long time, people should learn there are lots of ways of using them like potato noodles. >> reporter: hopeful i have this congress will have shown more ways of putting potatoes on chinese dinner tables. roasted potatoes with rosemary would convert anyone. anyway, sport is think coming up the it's a horror for australia as they collapse against england in their third ashes test. we'll have all the details in is just a if you mines. >> is a crime that's under reported... >> what do you think... >> we're making history right now... >> al jazeera america >> it's two days on this boat just to get there... >> unspoiled... unseen... under threat... >> macaws, they're at risk of disapearing in the wild. the host city for the 2022 winter olympics will be announced if 15 hours time. just two candidates the chinese capital beijing and the kazakhstan city of almaty. the rival bids are very different with major pros and cons for both cities both sporting and political. we are going to being look at both starting with beijing here is scott heidler. >> the game of the 29 olympic ahead in 2008. are are awarded to sheet of beijing. >> reporter: it's a scene that china hopes will repeat it he have. when they won the bid to host the 2008 winner olympics. spending $4 billion getting ready for the summer games. like many of her fellow chinese she was proud back then, but her house was demolished during the massive cop instruction leading you want to games seven years ago, her protest led to years behind bars and disability she says because of beatings while detained. she thinks the international olympic committee has a responsibility not to award the game to his beijing. >> translator: i don't think china has a right to host another olympics. we have raised the concern to the international oral committee. but they always turn a blind eye to our suffering. >> reporter: last month a small group of tibetans protested outside a meeting of theism on. c. in switzerland where china was presenting details of winner games bid. criticism is not all about china's human rights record. there is concern over where the downhill skiing events would be held near beijing it's in an area that doesn't get much snow. there would be a heavy reliance on man-made snow which requires lots of water. putting added stress on an area that already needs more water than it has. the 2022 winter games won't be as big as the summer olympics but the government plans to spends $4 billion in creating 200,000 jobs. according to beijing's bid. some of the venues built for the 2008 games will again be used in 2022. like the bird's nest it would again host the opening and closing ceremonies and the water cube would be transformed from a swimming own a to that for the ice sport of curling. beijing isn't known for its winter sports but the government says hosting the game wok good for the olympic movement and up spire more than 300 million chinese. troon of course i support the bidding for the winter olympics. it's our country's prayed. i watched every sport vent during the 2008 olympics and if beijing holds the winds are olympics i will watch every event again. >> reporter: human rights groups say that if the ioc grant beijing the winter games until be ignoring history. the olympic organization says it's reforming after previous corruption controversies and will make the host city sign a contract pledging uphold human rights and not to discriminate. if beijing does land the games the immaterial on. c. is beth china will honor its end of the deal. >> in contrast to beijing almaty have never hosted the olympic games their bid is disk with the cornerstone being authenticity with no fake snow and sustainability. richard is there with where the main concern is kazakhstan's perception by the rest of the world. >> reporter: kazakhstan's largest city almaty may have a small global profile but that will all change if it wins the vote to host the 2022 winter olympics. but they fear they have a disadvantage against beijing as olympic officials are banned from visiting bidding cities. >> translator: the members of the i.o.c. should come and look at our city because everyone who visits us falls in love with our city. i think maybe when they decide they won't feel al mount i's energy. >> reporter: with 40% of population under the age of 24, al mat is aalmaty is trying to portray itself as a young vibrant city with plenty of natural slow which prompted their bid slogan keeping it real. they plan a compact games with all events taking place within a 30-kilometer radius. 70% of the venues are ready and that will increase by 2017 when they host the went are university games. the $1.7 billion to pay for the winter olympics comes from kazakhstan's rich reserves of oil and gas. ism on. c. members fear fallen i didn't price keys hit the kazakhstan budget think. their human rights record is also a concern. >> we are very concerned with the freedom of speech and freedom of expression, freeze immaterial of the peaceful assembly. freedom of cessation freedom from torture. and freedom of. [ inaudible ] >> reporter: from the 1950s almaty was the winter sports hub for the soviet union but since the independence in the early 90 deads, has i can stan hasn't been very success of. in the winter olympics and only got one mid medal last year in sochi. they want to reverse these fortunes in 2022. >> translator: yes, i can win the games and hopefully bring back the first but not last gold medal. >> translator: certainly it would be good, it would be prestigious, it means everyone would come to as it i kazakhstan and be good for us everyone would be proud of kazakhstan. >> reporter: they now just hope that the i.o.c. member take the lead and vote to almaty on friday. richard park, al jazerra almaty. for more on this i am joined by andrew a professor the economics at smith college in the united states. and is author of the book circus mack plus that look ed in to the economic impact of hosting huge sporting events like the olympics and the world company. he joins us in massachusetts. your book talks about the money to bit. and the privilege afforded to the members of i.o.r. and fifa when their events take place. it makes wonder why anyone would want to host the games in the first place. >> it's a good question. there isn't any evidence of a long-term economic benefit that goes to the hosts of the olympic games. there is no increase in or oratorism. no increase in income per capita. no increase in foreign trade or investment. other than the 17 gaze of fun wonder why country spend billions of dollars to host these games. >> we have seen recently like with tokyo and boston who recently pulled out of bidding for the 2024 games that public support for these vents isn't always forthcoming for the reasons that you just said. does that mean we'll only have bidding from places that are just happy to sign checks in the name of national pride? >> it certainly seemed to be going in that direction until president thomas bach took over in september of 2013 at the i.o.c. i think he saw a train wreck happening. all of these european cities dropped out of competition to host the 2022 games leaving them with kazakhstan and beijing both with very poor human rights records and other issues a wells think but then he started doing globetrotting and went to dozens of cities around the world and talks to mayor and governor says and said he would love to have an application from their city to host the olympic games and the i.o.c. would like favorably on their am applications and then came out with the a general 2020 it really restates a lot of all are old olympic values. sustainability has been an olympic mantra since the 1990s. affordability and the acceptance of temporary stadiums has been on theism on. c. book since 2002. -- i.o.c. book since 2002. not a great deal new here and he was trying elevate the interest and he seems temporarily to have succeeded because now for the 2024 summer games we have applications from paris and rome and budapest, and likely take. >> we are going to have it leave it there. >> either los angeles or toronto. >> great to hear your thoughts, we have to leave it there for now. cricket and england set to go do-1 up after another amazing day in the third testified. day two had them resume on the ground 133 for 3. england were then reduce today 182 for 6 before an innings of 59 helped push the home side up to 281 all gate. giving england a lead of 145. then steve fin playing his first test match for two years took 5 for 45. australia closing 168 for 7 in their second inning. in the nfl the new england patriots star tom brady is formally filed a lawsuit against the nfl after a four-game suspension was upheld base in training with the patriots a day after he was punishs for noncooperation and so-called deflate gate scandal which saw his side accused of intentionally deflating footballs in a championship game to give them advantage critics paid for a banner to be flown over training earlier. that's it, more later. thank you very much for that. and as that is for this news hour. we'll have more in a moment with the days news, that with us for that bye for now. the afghan taliban confirms the beth of it's leader mullah omar and nounses his successor. ♪ ♪ how old old, this is al jazerra live from london. also coming up. >> this is obviously a very significant development. >> is this the first trace of missing malaysia airlines flight mh370? migrants pray for a way out of makeshift camps in france as extra security goes up to stop them reaching

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