the afghans plaimpletafghan parliament rejects ashraf ghani's nominee for prime minister. arrested over 100 hamas supporters we're here in gaza with a reaction. >> and hundreds of families forced to leave orinzi, after election related violence.

plus connecting south and north american culture the inca exhibition underway in the u.s. capital. so within the past hour, afghanistan's parliament has rejected one of president ghani's nominees. crossing over to jennifer glasse who is joining us from kabul. now that there has been no nomination for the defense post, jennifer glasse away does this mean for --what does this mean or the position? >> it's back to the drawing board for president ashraf ghani and his defense minister abdalla

abdalla. only got 84 votes far fewer than 107 he needed for confirmation. it is back to the drawing board for the afghan president and his chief executive. this all comes at a very difficult time for forces, there's been heavy fighting at least 18 members of the security forces have been killed in the last four days in fighting with the taliban. so the defense ministry a very key post for president and they have to now try to find a candidate that will work. >> with a number of key vacant posts jennifer, what has been the effect of that in afghanistan. >> the defense minister is the only post vacant, two members of the supreme court and president of the central bank.

the defense ministry post it being vacant a very key problem. it freezes any positions since he has not been confirmed now afghanistan has to find another defense minister. it just makes it much more difficult for anybody in the area to do business, because there's no with minister in place who can sign agreements. without the defense mirchts in placeminister inplace. it's been eight months since afghanistan has had a defense minister. >> thank you jennifer for that update from kabul. sources saying general medical sources saying the death

toll includes three civilians as well. meanwhile, benghazi council says that five of its fighters were killed and seven others injured. in hamas hamas supporters are due to gather in the gaza strip and they are protesting the arrest of more than 100 of the group's activists. hamas saying more than 100 people were detained in overnight raids on the west bank on thursday. and a spokesman or the palestinian authority said that planned to sow chaos but they were politically motivated. is. >> translator: carried out by the palestinian authority against hamas and supporters. university students and released

prisoners. these arrests are part of the security coordination between israel and the palestinian authority. >> crossing over to be israel now, imtiaz tyab reports. >> we can see an awful lot of anger. this sweep as you will, arrests crack down as it's been described is perhaps the largest we've seen against hamas since 2007. 2007 is the year that hamas seized chrome violently of the gaza strip that caused a major split between it and fatah. and the issues have been very problematic. many thought they would try to

put their differences aside to try to improve things but that government has proven to be extremely weak, the distrust, and hamas here in gaza is very clear to see. and now here we are. major crack down on hamas supporters in the west bank. there will be a protest in the gaza strip. in protests to the arrests carried out by palestinian forces in the west bank. >> the arrests are part of the security coordination according to him between israel and the palestinian authority. do we know if there was security coordination and if so how much? >> at this stage we do not know. however we can point to a statement made by israeli security forces just a few days ago when it announced it arrested around 40 activists

over the period of days, arrests they said was what they described as cracking down on a terrorist cell. whatever the case you now have palestinian forces carrying out a number of arrests. we don't know at this stage what the be organizations have with one another here in gaza. >> imtiaz thank you for that update from gaza. egypt's former president hosne mubarak is expected to appear in court. and the group linked to i.s.i.l. said that it fired

three grad rockets into southern israel on friday. these images are set to show the robert. israel says no one was injured. between the armed group and egypt's security forces. meanwhile two people have been killed while being mohammed more morsi who was are overthrown two years ago. in greece it's a choice between a yes or a no as thousands took part in rival rallies in the capital athens. this is the scene in athens on saturday morning, you're looking at categorized banks are opened only during the next week to avoid

mass withdrawals. >> wants a future in europe but better deal for greece. no debt repayments. >> there is a possibility that this country will have a future. >> not far away, neh they are for a new bailout. >> key want towe want a e-to be european citizens and a return to democratic pa would be a disaster. >> unconstitutional by some and a drama of five years old. the conclusion has never been any less certain. the no votes will write history.

our people will move on within a you're of democracy and sol disairt. sol dater. solidarity. >> a national mandate to demand more for less. a yes vote then would in effect be a no to him and his party. >> actually, many people are voting yes are voting against current government. >> definitely yes for continued with the members of europe. >> what strikes me about the two siesdz, the yes and nosides, between largely middle class voters of the yes camp, willing to sign this country up to more austerity measures to defend what they've got and many of those here workers with no jobs with little or nothing

left to lose. >> a no vote for the workers and for the young people in grease says that we have to stop all the negotiations with the european union take our lives back and fight for our money our jobs our democracy. >> we are not enemies with the other side, i have friends on the other side canned on monday they will still be mid my frind. >> the no crowd stands with the government of the day if they win on sunday. there is not one person here who instrumental knows what will happen next. jonah hull, al jazeera athens. >> the united nations says children have been killed in parliamentary elections violence in burundi. a stray bullet killed a four

yearly. families are faced to have cross the border to would i arrest. burundi's constitution prevents running for office a third time. you are reporting that children are being killed in election violence. haru mutasa is speaking. >> it's been a difficult week for people usually as nieth we hear gun fire going. the normal protest for a while the police say they're worried that opposition members or more militant ones could be planning something else.

early morning door to door searching houses or looking for weapons. people are so tense that's when the issues actually happen. >> where do we stand at the military poll? >> it's saturday, we called the electoral coalition said, we officials are trying to stand l with results that was their concern. they are worried about what the final tally will be. they will rewould twos. up people are concerned that dialogue may not be the way out of this because they are aig

that they are still being killed on the police, they're saying the president is so determined to run for a third term despite it being unconstitutional. >> thank you for the update. kurdish troops cooufer airbus. and women used as a sex clave by the soldiers during world war ii ii.

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>> the top stories on aljazeera. afghanistan's parliament has rejected president ashraf ghani ghani's nominee for defense minister. a spokesman for the palestinian authority say arrested individuals were planning to be foment violence. a child was killed after a grenade exploded in roinga province. i.s.i.l. said it has carried out two suicide bombings, to curb ypg forces. they are the u.s. led coalitions only participants on the ground.

is syrian withsyrian arabs are questioning this. >> syrian arabs are no longer welcome in raqqa i.s.i.l.'s capital city. living under i.s.i.l. these kurds were forced to pledge allegiance to the group. after the are kurd group of, ceo sawedder coalition. >> they gave us 24 hours to leave or else they would behead us. they are atrade of the kurds and they are worried about moving raqqa city. i.s.i.l. has been digging trenches around the city's perimeter. >> the ypg close ed the main route i.s.i.l. uses to supply

raqqa. the kurds have said any furniture e-further battle in raqqa has to be handled differently. believe i.s.i.l. can be easily defeated if the coalition cooperates with syrian rebels. >> there are main stream syrian occupation group of inopposition troops who are wilings to fight the curtis but they are not being trusted. >> territorial gains by cleansing areas they capture from airbus and only fight being in the area they calm western

afghans. only viable and reliable in syria. they argue there is. are zeina khodr, al jazeera. >> salaries aren't high enough. they've been on strike for over a month. unlike earlier demonstrations they weren't joined by university students. strike has already caused the education minister her job. asian women's kept as sex slaifers doourks the second world war tens of thousands of them kidnapped and forced to work in are broth else.

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dlierng. marga ort ortigas has more. >> her husband passed away but now she is he she no longer has to be away to earn a living and support her fame. beings. >> there are a lot of jobs, there are a lot of call centers here now and even in construction, they are our joins, o. >> that's 10% of the pongs. in 2005, the number of filipinos leaving the country for work hit the 1 million mark and that number grew higher every year. but last year for the first time the phil peen government says there was a decline been investments are unand unemployment are down.

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marga or themargmarga ortigas, al jazeera. >> 300 kilometer inn clom kilometer inca. >> braiding a replica of this suspension bridge made only of youspecial fiber which they construct every jeer.

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