this morning i noticed that fifteen to twenty voter bulletins were missing in each booth and also i found that in one room the government has two observers the opposition has none the organizers refused to allow our servers in we can't understand this several hours after the polls opened eighteen local observers who said they had a president of the opposition had to be expelled from a polling station in bamako the opposition denied any links with them and provided a new list of representatives there were also some reports of violence the head of a polling station in a village north of timbuktu was killed by an unknown gunman but the president's camp says there should be no cause for concern. without any doubt this is the most transparent electoral process in mali's democratic history a few months ago a new electoral law and other reforms were introduced at the request of the opposition the government has agreed to count the results of every single polling station separately upon

a demand from the opposition international observer missions have all praised the voting process in the first round of this sunday's turnout was reportedly very low in parts of the country particularly in the north the main opposition party came in a distant second in the first round of voting in the two weeks since then opposition leader so my lissie failed to convince his colleagues and the other parties to join him in a united front that has left sisi with even less chance of winning there's a feel of this effort here the same old talk of violations exchange of accusations and confusion in some polling stations and just as the president got the upper hand in the first round is widely expected to win the final vote today mohammed but this is. still ahead on al-jazeera how trade between iraq and iran is under threat donald trump sanctions plus.

tell you why these ballet dancers are getting right of way on mexico's usually congested roads. hello and welcome back time to take a look at weather conditions across the mountain west and parts of asia and for the most part is looking fine so the side of the caspian sea just a chance of wanted to showers otherwise we've got a brisk when they're picking up something it could be some dust around through iraq down towards kuwait and down through the gulf region we've lost the showers to the caucasus on the eastern side of the mediterranean is all looking draw and find plenty of sunshine expected here temperatures for beirut there it's thirty degrees celsius so down into the arabian peninsula on the western side temperatures into the low forty's i mean more on the eastern side the wind is picking up a bit so the humidity is dropping and i think certainly through monday fine

conditions in doha with a high of forty three degrees so move on in to choose they not a great deal of change here but i think there's quite a high risk of some showers and thunderstorms in fact down through the mountains of saudi arabia just extending into yemen and that little shower symbol there gives an indication of potential for some isolated but still pretty potent storms let's head into southern parts of africa where it's looking largely fine we got some patchy cloud for cape town and bruce breeze in just thirteen as a high but it should warm up a little bit as we head on through the next twenty four hours into central africa showers quite a long way north across chad i'm ali harzi thirty seven and i get that it's. oh firebrand if you will do you people think and wonder talking about passing people up for women's liberation. the victories for anybody sexual assault continued an iconic feminist and seminal writer i'm waiting for solution yes we

need to do some the world waits on dear boy i'm not all to do with our mate he has sand goes head to head to me i can't do anything else on the al-jazeera. and again you're watching al-jazeera a reminder of our top stories a vigil has been held in the u.s. city of charlottesville on the first anniversary of violence between far right and anti racism protesters meanwhile dozens of white supremacists rallied near the white house in washington but they were far outnumbered by thousands of counter protest. leaders of russia iran and three former soviet states of signed an

agreement on the legal status of the caspian sea it means they can now share the body of water and its oil and gas resources. counting is underway in mali to the presidential runoff vote president abraham but kater is pitted against opposition leaders. the opposition accuse the ruling party of fraud during the first round on sunday they claimed further violations. u.s. president donald trump's decision to reimpose sanctions on iran is expected to have an impact on its neighbor iraq it shares a fifteen hundred kilometer border with iran with goods and people crossing the. any attention of the name reports now from the border district of pens when in iraq . each day trucks slowly wind around treacherous roads in the zagg gross mountains carrying goods from iran to iraq since the u.s.

announced it was reimposing sanctions against iran rumors and uncertainty are also traveling back and forth across the border iranian bus driver rahman a bella is worried soon the border will close and his job of six years will disappear. as a bit of washing again yes when he chats really i don't know because you can expect anything here the politicians haven't made any agreements if they make an agreement it should be for the sake of the poor people iran is iraq's second largest trading partner it exports fruits and vegetables fuel and home furnishings and for about a decade it is also provided electricity here and when districts and other iraqi border towns the iraq central bank has prohibited all iraqi banks from conducting business with iran in u.s. dollars robertson on the words we think the situation will get worse by the day the

iranian currency is dropping against the dollar it's halting business between iran and the kurdish region. people are already coping with an economic crisis in iraq shoe store owner robin raman says iranian shoes offer the right blend of quality and affordability for his cash strapped customers but they were dumped on. especially in the last few years we're buying a lot of shoes from iran they're good quality but now the situation is different last week i was there and because of the fluctuation in the iranian currency against the dollar most of the factory ceased production so buying shoes in iran was difficult. for as long as the almost fifteen hundred kilometer border has been recognized smugglers have crisscrossed between iraq and iran. it's uncontrollable because there are social historical and perhaps religious relationships between the two countries in the end these relations trade will

continue. but merchants are wondering how to conduct business in such an unpredictable climate with no guidance coming from their government yet and no idea what will happen next in iran natasha can aim in penge when district on the iraq iran border pakistan's newly elected to parliament is meeting for the first time since elections last month these are live pictures from islamabad ministers in the new government are getting sworn in the to headache in south p.t.i. is the largest with one hundred sixteen seats won in the july twenty fifth election prime minister in waiting and former cricket star imran khan will be sworn in on or guest eighteenth kamau high is following this for us from islamabad so come our new era in pakistani politics begins talk us through what we're seeing.

indeed a new story for the time. to be handing over to another elected civilian government. going to be there fifteen. which will eventually choose their prime minister of the country but this time it did. because for the first time in forty eight. a new party had. led by ron kahn who is now the prime minister in waiting what really happened. the outgoing speaker of the national assembly. the new parliament then it must be. one hundred fourteen new faith. after taking. ward on what will be

a secret ballot for the speaker deputy speaker but because. dependent. on the fifteen leader of the house. and emraan khan need to be sworn in that country's prime minister on the eighteenth of all good. to. be hoarding their provincial assembly or taking many. new faces. and also home. will be meeting on the fifteen come out alive. thank you. our fighting between afghan forces and the

taliban is continuing for a third day in when there's any a key provincial capital that connects kabul with kandahar dozens of people are thought to been killed says taliban fighters storm the city in an attempt to seize control those who managed to escape say government buildings were set on fire the u.s. military's been conducting air strikes to support afghan troops on the ground at least nine people have been killed and sixteen others injured in a fire at a nursing home in taiwan it started on the seventh floor of a hospital in new taipei city because of the fire is still being investigated a north and south korean officials are meeting for talks in the border village of panmunjom they're trying to agree on a time and place for the third summit between south korean president. and the north's leader kim jong il and two met for the first time in may for informal talks

and of agreed to meet again in the autumn. in syria dozens of people have been killed in an explosion at a weapons depo in italy province the syrian government and its allies have been preparing for an offensive to recapture the last remaining opposition area of santa been jevon had reports. from under a collapsed building some made it out alive they're probably not part of the word of the younger ones had to be carried out by volunteers the familiar exercise for syrian rescuers. a powerful explosion brought down this building in the town of some of them in northwestern syria but this time it wasn't an attack by the assad government or its allies. on the. first we thought it was an air strike but shortly afterwards we realized it was an explosion inside a warehouse in the civil defense teams arrived on the scene and began working to free survivors they were able to risk you seven civilians who were still alive some of whom were badly injured and they also took out about five dead bodies according

to residents there were more than fifty people living in these buildings so we believe they are between thirty five to forty were trapped under the rubble. activists say it was a weapons depot which exploded it's not clear what caused the blast. at liberty the last remaining rebel stronghold in fighters have been preparing for an offensive by the assad government the promise borders turkey and it's a major trade route from the north regime forces have warned of a final campaign and called on people to leave the area according to state media the syrian army has launched a series of attacks on what it calls terrorist positions and at the province. where government media has reported a troop build up from multiple directions two or deadly videos uploaded online appeared to show columns of soldiers shia militia and military hardware heading towards that ever held province last month the shuttle assad said the retaking of admit was among the priorities for the syrian military operations was other areas

faced siege and bomb tactics by the syrian forces and the russian and iranian allies it was home to two million people including those forced to leave their homes from other rebel held parts. aid workers are warning of another humanitarian disaster when fighting breaks out some of the government over there. in yemen at least eleven people have been killed in fighting between saudi backed government forces and an armed group backed by the u.a.e. it happened in the southwestern city of tal is the yemeni army says the abo bass group has created instability due to infighting among its factions government forces control most parts of thais the european union has asked saudi arabia for more details about the arrests of female human rights activists and what charges they face some of them a campaign for the right to drive and an end to the kingdom's male guardianship system saudi arabia cut ties with canada after its foreign ministry called for their release in a tweet. the libyan coast guard has rescued sixteen migrants and refugees from

a sinking boat in the mediterranean sea they've been taken back to libya where they're getting humanitarian a medical aid at a camp in zawiya libya is a major transit point for migrants trying to get to europe libyan coast guard has recently stepped up efforts to stop people making the crossing. and t. and pro-government demonstrators in nicaragua filled the streets of the capital managua on saturday they are the latest in four months of protests hundreds of people have been killed opponents of president daniel ortega are calling for the release of those arrested during protests take a supporter say there's a conspiracy to topple his government and the president has rejected demands to step down. a mexico city is one of the most congested in the world with huge traffic jams a regular part of people's journeys but now motorists are being treated to

a surprise when they hit the red lights john heilemann reports on the dances taking ballet to the masses one traffic light at a time. the light turns red image to city and something extraordinary happens. this is the idea of a ballet company working with the mix crew city government to take to the masses this traffic choked city means here. is the satisfaction for every ballerina to dance on the stage to reach all kinds of different people and see their reactions much closer than just from an assigned sea watching you from every side. motorists and pedestrians you catch the performance earl italy and all. makes you think oh i never seen something like that here that belongs in a theater and to see it in the street you just say wow. it reminds us what we

really are because sometimes the. really would take in make us mechanical this brings us back to ourselves. they've got to classics like swan lake in the not to fit exactly in the fifty eight seconds between lloyd's. list it made other adjustments to special non-slip shoes and changes in routine for less jumps on the hard road on cold days like this one they have to boom up for an hour and a half to through filming the sacrifices are worth it they say to try and reach a new audience there are a couple of places where plays available at affordable prices could lead to major city but the complication is that in something out of the three and that's what the company is trying to hit to get a little closer to change that perception and leave people searching for a mole and says you can ok this bus with it on it's own thing i think invading the space of those in transit is a little like saying hey we're part of your society and we'd like you to come and

see us you know or invading your space why don't you come to us why don't you take a chance and watch a performance in its entirety a little after about twenty five lightning performances in one hour it's all over until they pop up at another traffic light somewhere else in the capitol. dome home an al-jazeera mexico city. and as always there is lots more on our website al-jazeera dot com get the latest on all the stories we're following there al jazeera dot com. this is al-jazeera is going to mind in our top stories a vigil has been held in the u.s. city of charlottesville on the first anniversary of the violence between fall write an anti racism protesters last year while dozens of white supremacists rallied near the white house in washington but they were outnumbered by the thousands of counter

protesters. the leaders of russia iran and three former soviet republics have signed an agreement on the legal status of the caspian sea it means they can now share the body of water and its oil and gas resources. how dare you sign admonish we have shown in this convention that we stick to the principles of fairness although we did not determine the borderlines we marked out the countries with coast a particular significance should take a special position that includes iran or the turkish lira has plans to another record low on concerns over rising inflation and u.s. towers fell to seven point two four against the dollar an early monday trading in the asia pacific region turkey's finance minister says he will start carrying out a new economic plan to ease invest the concerns on monday. accountings underway in mali after the presidential runoff vote president abraham cater is pitted against

opposition leader. the opposition accuse the ruling party of fraud in the first round and on sunday they claimed further violations. pakistan's newly elected parliament is meeting for the first time since elections last month ministers in the new government are being sworn in to the head the party is the largest with one hundred sixteen seats since the july twenty fifth election prime minister in waiting in line a car will be sworn in on aug eighteenth. at least nine people have been killed sixteen others injured in a fire at a nursing home in taiwan it started on the seventh floor of the hospital new taipei city because of the fire is still being investigated north and south korean officials are meeting for talks in the border village of panmunjom they're trying to agree on a time and place for the third summit between south korean president. and north the last leader kim jong un those are the headlines swung one ace does next.

getting to the heart of the matter unless we have new generations growing up to understand better our relationship with an ultra world then soon there will be nothing left facing reality or our friends and allies played a positive role and the fencing and his commission for taking this here their story on talk to al-jazeera. which is blaming new shopping malls and high rise apartments yangon's become the symbol of me and mars economic progress. but in its poorest neighborhoods families trying to loan sharks just to survive. i'm steve on this up a sort of one east we meet those trapped in a cycle of debt and the people who profit from their despair.

and go on living on the wrong side of the tracks means living on the wrong side of the river. it is here that room migrants a force to settle or they search for jobs in the city. some cross the river at the break of dawn knowing that they will return missing money in the hands. of the most those with no regular source of income. mornings or just the start of another day and struggle. over that every day when one comes to the market to buy food for her family the globe only on the way they could well be a. problem. on my phone oh oh.

is it. every cent counts. which the twenty year old is shopping for her husband two infant children and three members of her extended family. that is just two dollars twenty despite two hundred to buy much more like the late family. and also i don't want to hear a single hour away i found. i found a love that will weigh out. four dollars fifty a day in a part time job cooking and cleaning for middle class families in the city. this makes no knowing the family breadwinner with her husband working just two days a week as a plumber. the family have been struggling ever since no one gave birth to the

twins. and when shit last year. with hospital bills for one hundred fifty dollars they had to take out a loan from a local money lender who charges a steep twenty percent monthly interest. over the course of eighteen months they managed to pay back almost all of that money but then the monsoon season struck. me . miss you and it's hard to come out when you down and down a lot on meola but i'm not. a same breed and i met a lot of the little the day or. the loud bowl only. allow. me. every day as she makes her way to the moneylenders house alone carries with more than half the family's things. it's

a heavy burden. oh the longer. a lot of. those things. the money lender is a friend of the family and the young mother herself. feelings of empathy were forgotten when deciding the terms of the learned. meal. with such high interest rates how long do you think it's going to take for you to pay back its loans. a machine. gun may have been you know. that the law will. never know why. but she does you know.

learn is not the only one crippled by high interest rates in neighborhoods like this eighty five percent of households important money. the learns usually rescue to borrow from an immediate financial emergency that was monthly interest rates as high as fifty percent become a crushing cost. mornings for thirteen year old unfit and his ten year old brother simon start with breakfast and a play for. me. in the parts they would head off to play football with their friends. now the only game in which you can play involves reading in between the checking desperately searching the

size of the right the plastic bottles until. it's a relentless toss particularly in the summer months when temperatures can sort of forty degrees celsius and shade is difficult to find. with a family of six to feed the poor as it's a choice. in many little way to let me out. i don't need it i don't know what the mills are not a mad man imma call them. i want i don't know you don't know i'll. tell them they want to steal. one you want to want to need to. go to. a new.

me well if they go if. the boy's mother took us from there in just three dollars fifty the twenty percent mark to enjoy. eight months later she used sixty dollars. with that debt spiraling out of control the mother decided to take her sons out of school and put them to work as collectors. in this great body . no no no that is. saving this. thing i didn't do that in the morning. john but does the job and. the libeling one. dollar. thing it didn't do it. or didn't have. to do and i don't. know with you i don't know there are.

you know some of the. it was a. cut out of. done with. unsettling and something. but the loyalty to that is we. still limited. to limited. war in iraq so when. i got it i made the wall. after three hours with boys and reciting santa it's two packs of cans and bottles. of sixty cents but. it's not enough to pay off their mother's daily interest

payments. so they will have to return to the streets again and they often. then not only children who have to work here to survive. the government estimates that there are one point three million child laborers in. one of the worst rates of under-age appointment. poverty has always been the job. can force behind this phenomenon look at the dependence of man most poor on these high interest loans making it even worse. we've managed to track down a break at that specializes in recruiting children into jobs as waiters cleaners and housemates the minimum working asian male nurse fourteen released and this lady recruits children far younger than that. she may live in a squatter come think about. doing respectable four hundred dollars per month as

a broker recruiting two hundred jobs in towns and cities across the country. she says almost all of her clients come from families crippled by debt share where she fell about three in may need or want need to know why did all such a man who can leave you she the whole young women are a little tired of your i do we can do. it without a job either one or as i would do a very large area where there are marking present toby. award winner your door yet while i walk about julia later kyra i had the wrong order the living and working conditions like for these children don't know who i met. someone i know she mumbled. or i walk run ins when i was march out on a ship that descended down near legendary now so they're going to say my. son and

i said don't i know you're gonna. allow low on a radio one of the only way we are in was going our way to. where we are some people would say that taking children below is illegal working age and placing them in jobs in different towns and cities is human trafficking would you agree with that. we also i don't know. who needed the. irony is that daughter will believe she is helping the families around. even after she says under-age and underpay children. and it's the community's money lenders. so who all these three individuals

profiting from their friends and neighbors. we. need i need i know how do you know. he. is the village seamstress but she doesn't spend much time behind the sewing machine . and we not only add to that i was early and. we want to tell you we are not. how did you did how many times. in the.