because no one cares or if you join us on sat there people the little choosing between buying medication eating basis is a dialogue i want to get in one more comment because this is someone who's an activist and she's close to the story join the global conversation at this time on al-jazeera. china's bottom and abolishes presidential term limits clearing the way first xi jinping to rule for life. ahead of them or a zero live from doha also coming up police detained pro-democracy activists and hong kong during

a crucial vote for the lesser of count sold. all the all the death toll rises in syria's east and do so as the government continues to pound the rebel held enclave. on record reported crawl on dog with a group very proud for the rebel group who are both from the remotest waters. trying as national people's congress has voted to remove term limits for the president and the vice president to change the constitution paves the way for xi jinping to remain in office beyond twenty twenty three as a current use strict it's a maximum of two five year. we made the decision to implement the policy of an ending the constitution the members of the standing committee totally agreed to protect the communist party's policy to amend the constitution specially to incorporate the xi jinping thought of the new era of

socialism chinese characteristics into the long. brown has more now from beijing or trying there's national people's congress doesn't do surprises so the outcome of this vote was never really in doubt two thousand nine hundred fifty eight delegates voted to amend the constitution there were three abstentions and two opposed to these changes now that is probably a token opposition that's often orchestrated a times like this to give a veneer of transparency but certainly president xi jinping has got his way back in october of course president she's known was in try and in the constitution making him the most powerful leader since chairman mao president xi jinping has one priority right now and that is to overhaul china's communist party to make it fit for purpose but what we're also seeing is not so much a one party state as one man rule president xi jinping is not just president he's

also head of the military as well as party chief but a lot of people are asking why the president is doing this now because he's only just into the second term of his presidency he perhaps wants to send a warning to his rivals that isn't to be around for a long time critics argue that president xi jinping is now building a personality cult indoctrinating the people with his political philosophy just as chairman mao did but his supporters argue the china faces many challenges right now and to confront those challenges china needs a strong leader and a united party. well the operation china is taking place on the same day as a by election in hong kong where the pro-democracy camp is aiming to win back veto power in the lead. police have detained a number of protesters gather outside the polling station where the city's leader cast her ballot as civic appall and reports the election is seen as

a test to gauge reaction to beijing's increased interference in the city's governance. edward you knows too well that victory doesn't guarantee is placed on the legislative council. the former professor won in the twenty sixteen elections and while being sworn in he added to fray saying he would fight for universal suffrage after a year in office the beijing government reinterpreted hong kong's constitution to deem him ineligible because of that this time he promises his supporters he has a plan ranging if you are going to unite and they believe in the end of this year we will discuss about the political rights of all call people i you did since the twenty fourteen pro-democracy demonstrations known as the umbrella movement beijing has tightened its grip on the city as i was it is that you would like to have a government meet this new can we still can have our you know the losses on the

legal system and although we've been calculating these elections to a place for ousted legislative councillors are divided along very clear lines the candidates are either probate are pro democracy. this is the other camp rallying supporters in front of the government headquarters the poll beijing parties the main office there used to stabilize home called government so i suppose that these are the government's preferred candidates if they win the opposition will not have the numbers in parliament to block bills or question beijing sections but many here believe these candidates will help the city run smoothly and hope is a problem i know i keep trying to write so insulting but i think all it takes is a kind of the heart of the. analysts say this vote is mostly symbolic a victory for the pro-democracy candidates would be an expression of frustration at beijing's increasing interference in hong kong's affairs former colonies macau and

hong kong are the only territories in china where the public can directly vote for their government but many here say with beijing becoming more intrusive and pushing for more integration with their. china voting is increasingly regarded as something that matters less and less palin are just their own home town. and that's andrew young and hong kong he's a former home county to the u.k. good to have you with us just how important are these elections for hong kong. well this is definitely a game changer. at least at this stage of hong kong's development because what is the stake are the two seats which were vacated by the letter the litters and here is the average when legislators who were disqualified in the by the last. election because they failed to fulfill the oath taking requirements under the basic law

what we have seen is the contradictions on the one country two systems the two kind of forces coming to the fore in a sense that the so-called democrats are pushing the envelope to the such an extent as to. catering for independents and self-determination but that is not a law under the basic law which of course almost the softened he or the one country and of course the separation is a really a red line in the eyes in the eyes of beijing so the two forces are coming on to head and what is a stake is there whether the pentameter kratz will be able to recapture these four seats sufficient for them to hold a blocking vote in the legislature blocking vote again has. positions in the minds of the public because a lot of the put emigrants were holding the government and

a lot of much needed policies to ransom that is the aftermath of the umbrella movement which of course fail in the end because it disrupted the economy and did not have enough public support. so that's what a stake at the moment lost this election also comes on the day same day that china votes for a path that goes in the direct opposite direction to one of democracy depends fear beijing move another right now. well of course the rule of law and all the rights and privileges of a hong kong they are under the basic law and hong kong rule of law has a high regard but i think that what the what is happening is that there was the growth of this hong kong identity and there was the people who identify with hong kong sees hong kong should not be mixed together with the influences of the

mainland but this is against the reality because the two places are interconnected economically and socially and culturally so i think that that's what i meant by the all the contradictions which i mentioned on the one country two systems a very interesting speech here and a long time to join us from hong kong. government and russian air strikes have killed forty people of sas and injured dozens in rebel held. women and children are among the latest victims near fence of today the last remaining rebel stronghold in a serious candidate or government forces have made significant gains in their battle to see. the orange stripes here just how much territory the rebels had on february eighteenth that's when the government stepped up its offensive three weeks of heavy bombardment later and you can see the rebel stronghold has dramatically shrunk more than one thousand people have also died as a result as a bashar assad's troops have advanced into areas between the main towns of duma and

harassed that has cut off the main rebel supply line the government also says it has full control of misrata cutting off another key road to do this in the enclave into three and recession has more for the turkey syria border. or syrian government forces have made big gains in the last twenty four hours they are still facing resistance. thanks this video from josh al islam claims to show regime forces being pushed back but they have surrounded two large turns in eastern duma and harassed and circling tones something syrian government forces have done consistently especially since enlisting the help of the russians militarily and tactically by cutting off roads and important supply lines they've essentially left the fighters with no place left to go he's isolating the two cities now the two big cities in the in the eastern border he's weakening them and he's. supporting its military approach by having this political strategy separating them both on the

ground and politically by trying to have a deal does the with useless law. across the country the free syrian army supported by the turks are closing in on the city of afrin. positions held by the kurdish militia the why p.g. . is strikes have been ongoing water has. being caught one doctor in the local hospital says he fears a massacre the chair of the local council has called on the un to intervene. the un official claims that self administration and the y.p. g. prevent the population from escaping we invite those who sit somewhere and say something like this to send a delegation to a free and to talk to people here the people of our freend prefer to voluntarily stay in their country and defend against the occupation of the turkish state. turkish president says he expects turkish troops in the city. if we placed on a shelf put on solid our conscience ethics and sensitivities just like other

countries and terrorists do to syria. after it will be a job that would take is just three days. back in eastern guta syrian t.v. says government forces now control fifty one percent of the area they're still considering humanitarian corridors for people and fighters who are ready to leave but they still continue to push for full control alan fischer al-jazeera on the talk to the syrian border. to his present up top of. the nato alliance for not supporting his montreal press and syria's african region. to clear the area of kurdish y p t fighters in january. as the y.p. t. a terrorist quick but its nato ally the u.s. has backed the feiss to combat eisel. i'm calling on them now hey nato where are you we're putting up a fight isn't turkey a nato country where are you invited nato member states to afghanistan immediately

so how about in syria if the nato countries who are in syria really have power they would openly clearly stand against us but they don't dare because they can see that turkey is standing tall but what we wanted was this you called us to afghanistan we came you called us to somalia we came you called us to the balkans we came now calling on them so come to syria turkey with its nine hundred eleven kilometers of quarter with syria is under threat right now so why aren't you coming. soon to have hair on al-jazeera stop mass illegal immigration and limit illegal immigration to get our sovereignty back and to help our workers donald trump's form a strategist's masses to a foreign policy end from us. and why colombians say corruption is that they caused concern as they head to the polls for less than election it's.

how the weather doesn't say bad for the philippines over the next few days but for much of southeast asia some big and beefy shall is coming in across malaysia into indonesia more heavy downpours into java for example smog just seeing this cloud and rain tends to push its way further west which as we go on through the next day or two. fine and dry thirty four celsius here in bank called fun to try to forget possible strike but we are still seeing that on show a breeze feeding some very lively showers into the queensland coast from this lot of clout back and there we go we have our cyclic hala making its way towards new zealand not cheap either across much of those as i said a few showers up around the top and around the gulf of carpentaria. we will see some more live showers coming through here over the next day or so and he goes just into northern parts of queensland just around the queensland coast the heavy rains

have caused many problems around two hundred people displaced by the heavy showers along the spells of rain that have been in place here for the best part of a couple of weeks now there's that all show a breeze still seething feeding a few showers into that eastern side of queensland some heavy showers there just around the top end but wall for many temps just getting up to thirty one celsius in perth a tad colder in melbourne just ninety degrees. bigger and potentially more dangerous that's the best way to describe what's happening with the smoking alternative known as favorite i enjoy the taste of it and not get the harmful effects of what smoking does between two thousand and thirteen in two thousand and fourteen alone we start tripling in use among us high school students and head to head comparison easter eggs versus conventional cigarette which one do you think has helped my opinion i think they're both interest take note at this

time on al-jazeera. and again you're watching on sarah has a reminder of our top stories china's national people's congress has voted to remove time limits for the president and vice president to change the constitution paves the way for xi jinping to remain in office beyond twenty twenty three he does a carney was tricked it's a maximum of two five yet. ovation china is taking place on the same day as a by election in hong kong where the pro-democracy camp is a mean to win back veto power in the legislature a number of protesters have been arrested by police shortly off to the polls high.

and syrian government and russian as strikes killed forty people on saturday and injured dozens more in rebel held east and women and children are among the latest victims of the offensive to take the last remaining rebel stronghold mysterious council. here is president says north korea is halting its missile tests ahead of his meeting with leader kim jong un donald trump was speaking at a rally in pennsylvania where he praised china and south korea for helping build a dialogue with the north has been no official comment from pyongyang on the proposed meeting nor on the tests mike hanna has more from washington d.c. throughout the day president trump was upbeat about the proposed face to face meeting with the north korean leader he tweeted about phone calls he made with various world leaders including the prime minister of japan the president of china the president of france getting international support for this unprecedented meeting also in the course of the day he tweeted that north korea had not carried

out any missile test since the twenty eighth of november indicating that he believed the assurances that were passed on to him by south korean mediators this sort of theme you return to during a campaign speech in support of republican candidates in the course of the evening they're not going to send missiles or think of it they're not sending missiles out and i believe that i believe that i really do i think they want to do something i think they want to make peace i think it's time and i think we've shown great strength i think that's also important but many in washington expressing concern about the lack of preparation by the trumpet ministration should any such face to face talks take place there is no ambassador in south korea also the expert in the state department under oath korea resigned last week so should have been go see asians take place in a face to face basis the u.s.

would be at a disadvantage it would appear right from the start. yes present on transform that chief strategist says told the french national front party it should accept accusations of racism with pride and praise possibly to marina pan for what he called her vision that pits nationalists versus globalists david tacey reports will . arena lappin is still bruised by the scale of defeat to emanuel macron nine months ago but as quoted britain's wartime leader winston churchill failure is not fatal it is the courage to continue that counts a change of brand and a change of name a coming in lille this weekend but not it seems a change in policies a ballot of eighty questions sent to national front members just returned of majority of ninety percent in favor of a briggs it's referendum on the european union and ninety eight percent want a drastic limit to immigration which delegates here described as a tsunami it's not often that the spotlight moves away from the marine le pen but

president trump's former chief strategist stephen bannon managed it when invited on to the party platform we had the single greatest candidate in american history thank all we had to do was let trump be trump number one stop mass illegal immigration and limit illegal immigration to get our sovereignty back and to help our workers told the national front they were part of a world wide movement that history was on their side and it was the tide that will bring them victory after victory after victory. but it didn't happen for marine le pen and twenty seventeen many blamed her poor showing in the campaign's final debate with emanuel macron eyes are now turning on her twenty eight year old niece marion maddox charlotte penn although now retired from politics she has been identified as a rising star by bannon and was spreading her message an invited states last month

. i'm not offended when i hear president on the truman say america first. in prague i want america first for the american people i want britain first for the british people and i want friends for for the french people. the pen hopes exercise in rebranding will help bring support back and allow us to form alliances with other parties to change or how to steer a. second round of voting that's likely in sierra leone with results from wednesday's presidential election too close to call both the ruling and opposition parties have run forty three percent with half the votes counted as required fifty five percent to win outright election itself was largely peaceful but rival supporters clashed on saturday as results came in and one of poll must take place

two weeks after the final results are known when a dress has more now from the capital freetown. many several loonies believe that this election is headed for a runoff with fifty percent of the vote counted that is little difference between the two leading candidates candidate of the ruling a.p.c. party and the biggest opposition party in the country the s. and p. p. all of them have scored more than five hundred sixty thousand votes the third candidate is hundreds of thousands of votes behind them now there are reported cases of. stuffing which the election officials say they are investigating now the election commission is expected to announce twenty five percent more of the votes by to morrow probably by the end of. sunday the result will be finally end and now civil unions are bracing themselves for a second round of voting on the streets of seven your own there are celebrations in

certain places the celebrations were actually wild people are commending the election commission for conducting what looks like a very very fair vote instead of leon. well and a thousand people took pause and demanding equal inheritance rights for women as women and men rallied in the streets of the capital tunis on saturday demanding an end to the islamic inheritance laws where men receive double the amount given to women and. i would is that her husband's side her entire life and at the end she gets inheritance which is not a tool that comes a day when you discriminate among your children she gets a quarter of the inheritance and that's not fair and i'm not ok with that. and colombia headed to the polls for the first election since the signing of the peace deal with fox revels agreement has reduced political violence but as i wasn't around p.s.e. reports many of the issues affecting combat have not changed. as colombians gear up

to renovate their congress on sunday there's one issue on everybody's mind. groups are corruption is the biggest worry of voters rich or poor on the right or left of the political spectrum gibeah were as long overshadowed the legal political practices which are only now coming under bigger scrutiny scandals in past months have involved most parties and even tainted president commonwealths santos last campaign. the new study by the peace and reconciliation foundation says the public outcry will not bring political renovation. more than eighty candidates for the senate and the house of representatives that have links with criminal organizations or are involved in corruption scandals such as older brecht or our children or wives of currently jailed representatives all with excellent chances of being elected they represent rural family clans that have for decades run their districts

like feet most are expected to remain in power doling out jobs public work contracts or just a little food and money to maintain the loyalty of their impoverished voters. many politicians and thirties corruption circuits to finance their campaigns they buy out local community leaders and pay around eighteen dollars per vote the culprits in the end there to citizens they vote for the same corrupt parties then they complain about corruption it's a vicious cycle you can't vote for bandits and then expect to be well governed according to this study only three. political parties have presented can be viewed with suspicion for their relations with activities or criminal or. which have many here worrying that the new congress will have a hard time changing longstanding corruption practice is. director of political website. says the system is per base of.

professional politicians asking them how what is the percentage will. open your votes for congress and they all agree that seventy percent. thirty percent opinion. and like other major latin american countries jailed many claimed chieftain to cleanse remain tough to this large as long as votes can be bought for pennies. british police have identified more than two hundred witnesses in their investigations the poisoning of a former russian spy. actually more than two hundred forty pieces of evidence are also being considered so i guess cripple and his dog remain in the critical condition in hospital after being poisoned with. interim prime minister narendra modi and french president emmanuel mccraw are hosting the international soda

alliance in new delhi a summit same's to reduce the world's dependence on fossil fuels by exploring the availability of solar energy idea was first proposed on the sidelines of the twenty fifteen paris agreement on climate change representatives from forty five nations are attending the event. and toxic has been described as one of the most remote and treacherous places on earth much of its rich biodiversity has yet to be fully documented and the second part of our talk to look at the european union's campaign to protect the desolate region neckcloth joined a greenpeace scientific expedition for the what else see. the captain's eye view of all voyage as the ice breaker arctic sunrise pushes through into the remote waters of the weddell sea vost unknown territory few ships venture this far all t. has already made an attempt this antarctic summer but was foiled by ice because

right now we have a way through. to get it down into the wealthiest try and reach before we give you what would be protected looks like opening at least for. yes probably just. finally we break through into the isolated area of the proposed tree at the moment i checked on the. satellite charts this morning and there's some one other ship in this entire space as us and another ship about that and that's it and the whole whole area that's a slightly scary terrifying. exciting exciting kind of just makes the case that this is pristine this area is not developed his not call industry has never had industry. we take a chance and it's rare window of weather to take to the air and look down on the

mesmerizing scene below. the western edge of the would be protected zone breath taking the role power of land and sea and ice constantly reshaping on the move this is nature on a planetary scale so what we're looking at here is melting yes sea ice and great icebergs to be the glass is sweeping up james ross island at the weddell sea stands way to a distance over that proposed area pretty much on touched by human activity almost no scientific research is taking place back to base the arctic sunrise standing by for a return alongside have a giant type ila ice pack perhaps a kilometer along the next helicopter sortie it to the very top of it the expedition team and making a dramatic landing to spread the sanctuary message around the world this iceberg thousands of years in the making now adrift in a process that has been going on for hundreds of thousands of years appraises it

seems may be changing because of global warming and did a day of scenic wonder the antarctic day ends with a spectacular show above this apparently a reverse sunset phenomenon while simultaneously the clouds more in shape and color into fantastic on worldly painting across the evening sky at the ends of the. al-jazeera until ticket. in the third part of our series our correspondent nick clark will look at the multiple threats wildlife in antarctica face painting from climate change to tourism. the result is there these are the top stories china's national people's congress has voted to remove term limits for the president and vice president chase the constitution paves the way for seats in paying to remain in office beyond twenty

twenty three it is a county restricted serving a maximum of two five year terms. we made the decision to implement the key policy of amending the constitution the members of the standing committee totally agreed to protect the communist party's policy to amend the constitution in specially to incorporate the xi jinping thought of the new era of socialism with chinese characteristics into the long asian brown has more now from beijing president xi jinping has got his way the outcome of this vote was never really in doubt his authority is now enhanced remember laura just five months ago at the communist party congress his name was enshrined in the constitution making him the most powerful leader since chairman now well now his power is even greater and shooting pains you know priority all along has been to make the communist party political purpose with him as it heard of course on the rise in

china is taking place on the same day as a violent action in hong kong where the pro-democracy camp is aiming to win back veto power and the legislature police have detained a number of protesters outside the polling station where the city's leader cast her ballot election is seen as a test to gauge reaction to beijing's increased interference in the city's governance. syrian government and russian air strikes killed forty people on saturday and injured dozens more in rebel held east and women and children are amongst the latest victims in the offensive to take the last remaining rebel stronghold in this area so. the u.s. president says north korea has promised to halt missile tests ahead of his meeting with leader kim jong il in little trump was speaking at a rally in pennsylvania has been no official comment from pyongyang on the proposed meeting nor on the missile tests there's all the headlines the news continues here

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