every case i've put together a case that says that to victor or bar and hungry flouting the principles and rules and values and in that way they're talking about possibly sanctioning him there will be a vote about that on wednesday they're talking about things like tailing press freedoms in hungary containing bright sort of minorities roma jews and of course if you think back to twenty fifteen during the height of europe's migration crisis it was hungry that built that fence along the border with serbia and croatia so there's a lot of concern within the european union about about his policies and this vote is about trying to perhaps send the message that enough is enough and is just not acceptable to sign up to the e.u. but not adhere to his principles this is a big test natasha isn't it for the european parliament i mean the heart of this is of course the issue of illegal immigration in all in hungary are not the only ones faced with this issue today in your. it is

a big test for the e.u. parliament and politicians here because what they're really being asked to do is prove that they care about our poll doing values and over the past months and years what you see are growing number of far right or populist governments and politicians who are flouting those evaluates that's according to those. here who say that you're seeing these politicians basically happy to take money from the e.u. not happy to sign up to democratic values to perhaps look after the rights of refugees those who migrate here and minorities and we heard for example france to moments here from the european commission talking in the plenary session a little bit earlier saying these are the democratic values that europe is built on and there's a concern before next year's european parliamentary elections that if these

populist politicians continue to try and threaten the future of the blog then of course the e.u. itself it's very it's very future it's very foundations could be severely shaken so there's a real sense that we have to try and piece have to try and rein in these populist politicians before that vote next year in strasbourg thank you. rallies have been held across catalonia in spain to mark the region's national day hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets in barcelona hung for a binding independence referendum catalonia sparked a custom by this last year when a majority of its citizens voted to separate from spain but that referendum was non-binding the central government refused to accept the result and several kassam leaders were arrested soon after the protesters in barcelona also demanding that they be released nadine barber has more from the march in barcelona. will of course this is an annual event the d r the catalonia national day but it's the first since

the referendum last year which was so controversial which was ruled illegal and eventually which saw a dependence declared and then many of these regions political leaders put in jail that's something that the demonstrators are calling for their release now prime minister pages such as says that he is willing to offer this region greater autonomy but for many people demonstrating here today that's simply not enough yet is more amazing than we have to reaffirm our because very bad things are happening to us we have political prisoners some people say they are not but the install and the when they have used you know that we have to win our freedom they will give it to us i don't trust anything from prime minister sanchez or any spanish government present or future catalonia as regional president kim thora has made it clear that he intends to carry on the work of his predecessor colors which them all who's still in exile in belgium and that's pushing for the implementation of that

referendum going for independence something that everyone here wants to see happen now there has been dialogue between president torah and spain socialist prime minister sanchez but the regional president has made it clear that the starting point for any real dialogue needs to be what he calls the total examiner. on the release of what people here call their political prisoners but their trials could start as soon as early early in october so the political battle over the future of this region certainly is not over plenty more ahead on this al-jazeera news hour including a new report from the u.n. says that around the world one in every nine person suffers from hunger and why a prominent ugandan opposition m.p.'s calling on the u.s. to stop funding his country's military in foreseeable maradona says drunks cause him to waste away but he's now moving on with his life at

a new club in the heart of mexico's drug land spiel have the details. for us at least thirty two people have died after a suicide bomber attacked a launch crowd of protesters in afghanistan dozens of people were injured in the blast near the eastern city of jalalabad the protesters had gathered at the protests as rather had gathered to show their anger over a local police commander provinces one of afghanistan's most volatile regions or let's speak to michael semple now who is professor at george mitchell institute for global peace security and justice at queen's university belfast his via skype from belfast thank you very much for joining us are the taliban is denying responsibility for this latest attack in one province is this the work of i so you think. sometimes these suicide bombings are carried out in such

a way that it's really difficult to determine who did them they the taliban have a pattern of denying responsibility for the most egregious attacks but they are also trying to destabilize the government and that's exactly what happens when this kind of bomb goes off so it's possible that they carried it out but are just of voiding taking responsibility or it's possible that that ice will carry that out nobody gets to know and right as he signed june between the taliban and the government has really had raised some hopes that the conflict could end with negotiations where two such attacks who seen an increase in the number of attacks recently where do such attacks leave these negotiations. the negotiations are so far dead in the water from the the the june cease fire i think from what ordinary taleban they know that the ranks of the movement what they said when they came into town was that they want an end to this killing of muslims but the

leadership of the taliban movement took a very different view on it the leadership of the taliban movement still believes that they can win this war they were worried by the cease fire they thought that it could actually served in the enthusiasm of the ranks for the fighting so they rounded up as soon as possible and avoided entering a new ceasefire for it'll curb on the taliban leadership is determined to fight on and is not interested in negotiations or not can maybe even in the current climate michael semple. i think that those who planned parliamentary elections which are jew in six weeks time did not anticipate as this level of violence i think that there are major major rifts around the elections people seriously concerned with afghanistan are probably now looking to see if there's any responsible way of perspiring them for a few months to. give a chance for both the security situation to improve and also for the election

preparations to be completed to a satisfactory level i think if we go ahead with elections i'm afraid that is six weeks time we will be discussing the chaos precipitated by the elections thank you very much for speaking to us michael semple from afghanistan expert joining us there from belfast thank you for your time ok a cholera emergency has been declared in zimbabwe's capital after twenty people died it's led to many fearing a repeat of the outbreak that killed thousands in two thousand and eight. for some harare patients who are suspected of having cholera have been quarantined in zimbabwe's capital harare health officials say this is an emergency and i realize that the numbers are growing by the day the number of cases in two to date. about two thousand over two thousand faces if you don't vote out is that a big problem problem is the reason is that it's all cool breath through us.

zimbabwe's health sector and other departments in the country has been underfunded and poorly resourced for decades government officials blame the current economic crisis and say they lack resources opposition leaders say it's because of decades of corruption and mismanagement public hospitals sometimes run out of essential drugs. offices and because we know it is iffy to see these issues relieved when for quite a huge investments are. working very hard to get rid of them what is the source of that money for more so. typhoid and cholera outbreaks occur regularly in zimbabwe because of dilapidated water and sanitation facilities government officials say this latest outbreak started in glenview a poor neighborhood in harare is believed some of those people who visited the area in travel to other parts of the country that's why the outbreak has spread to other provinces. zimbabwe's biggest cholera outbreak was a two thousand and eight more than four thousand people died health officials and

the international community accuse the government of not responding to the emergency fast enough right now as a bobbins don't know how long it's going to take to contain this outbreak how al-jazeera. earlier we spoke to a similar to an associate professor at oxford university who told us about the factors that led to this outbreak. they relate to problems around the planning of urban town and ships where many of the urban poor left many of given poor live these areas have long been underserved in terms of housing where overcrowding has been a perennial problem the water and sanitation facilities in b. areas places like that and you and would he know which are currently affected by cholera. if in adequate for the number of people there the underlying or trigger structure the water pipes for the delivery of household use run parallel to the sewage pipes and are prone to cross contamination when pipes burst and then on top

of all of this being a political dimension to this the management of of urban war term particularly in the last two decades has been an area of contestation between the ruling party in the national government versus the opposition party which is often run water services through the municipalities. the number of people suffering from hunger is on the rise and the u.n. calls it both unacceptable and inexcusable it's what an agricultural organization says one out of every nine people doesn't have enough to eat it rains war and climate change for the alarming numbers and says a child dies from hunger every five seconds but at the same time obesity is also increasing with six hundred seventy two million adults more than one in eight considered obese. almost half of all children under the age of five quantock norrish and indigenous maya communities that number is much higher david mercer has

more from the highlands. inside this makeshift kitchen in guatemala highlands much to hwy prepares lunch for children her son alex looks healthy but the one year old is in medical terms chronically malnourished traditional diets here lack vital nutrients meaning children can be fifteen centimeters shorter than they should be but stunting also affects brain development and a child's ability to learn making it harder to break the cycle of poverty for the most of those. are children eat the same things that we eat and when there's a possibility to give them something extra you do it because you want what's best for your children i give my children what i'm able to but sometimes it's a struggle. around half of all what i'm all in children under five are chronically malnourished and in indigenous communities like martha's that number is even higher what i'm all a might be one of the region's main agricultural producers but it also has the

world's sixth highest rate of chronic child malnutrition it's a combination of poverty lack of access to education and lack of access to health care that's causing the problem but one group says that they're trying something new to resolve this. and rosa to croon brings health care to the rural families who need it the most armed with scales and measuring board and nutrition booklets rosa visits mothers with children under two. to combat stunting the ngo she works for focuses on the first thousand days of life raising awareness and empowering women is key but building trust takes time. that some others simply don't know about child malnutrition or the importance of complementary foods it's good for them to and how to look after their children better and you see how happy they are when their children game weight. the programs project manager says this personal approach is paying off

a lot of money as i'm about in the communities where we've introduced this program we've seen a reduction in chronic child malnutrition by up to twenty percent over the last two or three years this is a big achievement people here are becoming more aware that this problem exists it's not just families like martha's who pay the price for chronic childhood malnutrition it's estimated that stunting costs quite amala around three point five billion dollars a year but without a major investment by the government or private groups millions of children here will fail to reach their potential david mercer al-jazeera in one amala. said ahead on al-jazeera the oldest man in formula one is set to leave ferrari but can a petition from fans make him stay here i'll have that story coming. hello

again it's good to have you back well we're going to start this weather report here across parts of turkey where just over the black sea we have an area of low pressure that's bringing quite a bit of rain across much of that area so for the not the cause of turkey tuesday into wednesday the rain is going to start to diminish a little bit a little bit cooler for ankara at about thirty four degrees but warmer down here across the eastern part of the med aleppo thirty five for you over here towards beirut we do expect to see about thirty one even getting warmer all up all those temperatures really rising above average for this time of year but down towards kuwait you are still into the mid forty's we don't see much of a break over the next few days as it make our way down here across much of the middle east we are going to be seeing across the river peninsula still very humid conditions across much of the gulf so doha forty one degrees relative humidities at the worst time of the day could be getting up to about eighty percent up towards me though we're going to be seeing about thirty eight degrees there pretty much

staying as we go towards thursday then very quickly across the southern reaches of africa we're going to see a frontal boundary just off the coast of cape town we don't expect to see a funnel passes so for cape town gusty winds few talked about fifteen maybe some clouds coming in during the day but as we go towards wednesday that should start to ease a time for there about sixty edger had a spurt at twenty four. overthrow and exiled they appoint again saying if you will all this race meeting you an intimate film about the struggle of the elected leader of madagascar to return to his country and reinstate his presidency you know is that true is forged by and we not only guess he thinks he is the top of the along with nutrition against return of the president on al-jazeera. when people need to be

heard. right he's been refused. it's not. true and the story needs to be told we do stories. to start testifying before the law to make sure that the bad guys appeal to train. has teams on the ground to bring new documentaries and live news on and on the. welcome back this is a news hour on al-jazeera a reminder of our top stories the u.s. has called on syria's allies to stop wasting time and telling lies and instead work

towards a diplomatic solution to the conflict the u.s. ambassador to the u.n. was speaking at a special security council meeting called by russia on the situation in the last rebel held province of adelaide hungary's prime minister viktor all ban has accused the e.u. of blackmail over his threat of sanctions against his country the e.u. parliament in strasburg is preparing to hold on whether hungary should face penalties because of policies that violate the group's democratic values. and rallies have been held across catalonia in spain to mock the region's national day hundreds of thousands of people are on the streets of box alone are calling for a binding referendum on independence catalonia sponte constitutional crisis last year when a majority of its citizens of voted to separate from spain but that referendum was non-binding more now on our top story and the war in syria intensive diplomatic talks on the conflicts are also underway in geneva the un special envoy for syria to found mr as been holding talks with officials from turkey iran and russia needs

is in geneva for us joins us now live on the news hour any progress way you want. well the two day meeting between the so-called guarantors of a political solution to the conflict in syria turkey russia and iran of ended their talks agreeing that more talks are indeed necessary to forge ahead with a political solution they were meant to be setting out a road map for establishing a postwar constitution in syria beginning with the formation of a committee a constitutional committee made up of members of the syrian government as well as the opposition inside and out of the country but of course all of these hopes of finding a political solution have been very much overshadowed by fear is over an escalation in the offensive in italy of course a long shadow of over any political talks that take place here in geneva and at the end of this two day meeting alexander live event who is the russian envoy on syria

gave a statement to the russian mission here pretty much laying the gauntlet down for a so-called militants in the province saying that they should surrender he said. that the situation should preferably be settled in a peaceful way rather then a use of force he went on to also say that it should be turkey's job really to establish the difference between the moderate opposition and it labor and the so-called militants was a said really laying down the gauntlet for the rebels in libya although of course it is the un's priority to forge ahead with a political solution clearly the possibility of an escalation in violence in italy of casa long shadow was a set on the hope of a political solution here in geneva thank you for that. geneva. to brazil now and fernando had dodd will officially replace luis inacio lula da

silva as the official presidential candidate of the workers' party has already been barred from running because of a corruption conviction and the supreme court rejected his latest appeal that speech on latin america editor lucien newman who's live for is in court t.v. brazil so has finally abandoned the race. yes hello foley i am right outside of the federal police a foot facility where the former president is being held where he's serving out his twelve year corruption sentence and as you can see there are hundreds and hundreds of people here these are supporters members of the workers' party waiting for the leadership of the party glazier huffman the president of the former president jim rousseff and other members of the party to come here on the stage with his behind me to officially make the announcement and read out a letter from president lula its contents were read out briefly at a at a meeting about two hours ago basically knew that says that he is indignant i'm

using his words and that what has been done against him is a quote grave injustice but that he is giving his support or rather ceding his candidacy to fred nanda hot dog who was his lies presidential candidate up until now so that he can continue on with his political program his project in favor of the poor this is what lou has been saying we're expecting this announcement to be made at any moment now but i can tell you i'm going to ask our camera dick just keep showing you the atmosphere here all these people a few minutes ago were screaming out in unison a greeting of sorts to they said good afternoon five times all at the same time the idea was with a look to be able to hear that they are out here that these these still see him as a presidential candidate foley a new man to see it has been one of the most popular leaders in modern brazilian history can turn on to her dad gain from his popularity.

you know what i like to compare this to this and right now people are are saying let leave it for a lot of great people because they had that as a substitute to stand in for very much the way if you were to go to a play on the range. i weren't able to appear that's what he's doing he's going to have a really hard time filling in the shoes of somebody like lola let's look back now at the life and times of perhaps of brazil's most charismatic and most influential politician of the last half a century. it was once described as the most popular politician on earth and based on the polls. still is at least in brazil but those polls will be tested convicted for corruption the man better known as lula was forced to bow out of october's presidential race. list from a bringing laid the foundation for his popularity as

a champion of the people he had little formal education but charisma and political skill that far outweighed it as a metal workers union leader he took on brazil's military. he was a founding member of brazil's workers' party he fought and lost three presidential elections before finally winning the presidency in two thousand and two says an economic boom in brazil hope fuel his leftist reforms over two terms he's credited with lifting at least thirty million brazilians out of poverty when he was constitutionally barred from running for a third consecutive term new lohan picked his chief of staff. as his successor. and left office in two thousand and eleven with record approval ratings above eighty percent but his popularity wasn't enough to protect him in two thousand and seventeen he was convicted of receiving a seaside apartment from

a construction company part of a sprawling bribe scheme connected to a state owned oil company petrobras and. he became the biggest figure to fall in the us nicknamed operation carwash an investigation into money laundering i . own. taint he is innocent and a victim of a campaign he says is meant to prevent him from standing in presidential elections that many believe he would have won his supporters hold a religious like faith in him. movement but many of those who call him a criminal hold the same fervor. in january a court upheld his conviction even raising his sentenced to twelve years in jail. before surrendered to authorities he vowed to stage his political comeback from prison. believe. no i'm not hiding i'm going to go there and see their faces so

they know i'm not afraid so they know i'm not going to run and so they know i'm going to prove my innocence. but ironically he had become the victim of a law he introduced himself while president barring candidates convicted of serious crimes from running. was ultimately forced to give up his presidential ambitions but like him or loathe him no one can deny the lula has been brazil's most significant political figure in more than half a century. to see a new low in al jazeera could it be that brazil. also in brazil far right presidential contender jarboe son or are remains in a serious condition and requires another major surgery after being stabbed on thursday hospital authorities in sao paolo say the sixty three year old needs an operation to repair the intestinal tract that left wing activists who stabbed boston r.-o. says he was acting on a mission from god. ethiopia and eritrea say they'll pull back their soldiers

stationed at their disputed border in order to east tensions earlier tuesday they were celebrations after the reopening of a joint border crossing for the first time since the two nations for war twenty years ago a crossing is on the main road that links us mara and. the conflicts began in one thousand nine hundred ninety eight over a dispute in the same border area tens of thousands of people were killed. international criminal court says it will continue to do its work undeterred despite a threat of u.s. sanctions this is in response to u.s. national security adviser john bolton denouncing the court's legitimacy at a speech on monday there are indications the i.c.c. may investigate american military intelligence and intelligence activities in afghanistan then a hot air reports from the hague it wasn't too long ago when the international criminal court in the hague celebrated its twentieth anniversary for some it has achieved a measure of justice for victims of war crimes and genocide when national jurisdictions were unable or unwilling to do so but the united states regards the court's mandate

as dangerous to its sovereignty washington has been a longtime critic of the i.c.c. but it is now threatening action following the chief prosecutor's decision to investigate alleged war crimes in detainee abuse by u.s. forces in afghanistan as well as israeli actions against palestinians if a powerful state like the u.s. believes the course then monitor the weakness they might be might be feeling less inclined to support the court john bolton the u.s. national security advisor try to undermine the court when he was serving in the george w. bush administration but on monday his latest attack included a threat to go after i.c.c. officials united states will use any means necessary to protect our citizens and those of our allies from unjust prosecution by this illegitimate court some fear

support for international justice for the millions of victims and survivors is at risk political support for the court they say has diminished in recent years and the u.s. campaign against it will only make it worse the courts depend on the support of states for its money for its arrest warrant. for the court to investigate a case it requires a request from the state in question or a referral by the u.n. security council but world powers like russia china and the u.s. are not members of the i.c.c. and they have veto power in the council the prosecutor however can also open a case if the courts and judges give authorization the trumpet ministration is threatening to curb what it calls the court's sweeping powers some human rights activists are accusing the us of double standards and of using the court as a political instrument to serve its own interests for example in two thousand and eleven the united states voted at the u.n. security council to refer libya to the i.c.c. after alleged war crimes by moammar gadhafi government the i.c.c.

is reiterating its commitment to what it describes as its in the pen the impartial mandate it hasn't yet officially responded to the u.s. threats and whether they will affect plans to investigate and prosecute the afghanistan case and address the situation in palestine this statement by bolton certainly is an attempt to instill fear in the court and to instill fear in human rights the founders working with the court we believe that the office of the prosecutor is going to remain firm and unwavering in her loyalty to develop statute we are putting our trust in her the i.c.c. will do what it can to continue its work but in many ways the court is hostage to the political will and cooperation of the international community. the hague meanwhile palestine's chief negotiator says the united states is an unreliable broker in attempts for peace talks with israel p.l.o.

secretary general also accuse a trump administration of doing israel's bidding by allowing more illegal settlement building and cutting desperately needed aid his remarks came a day after the u.s. announced a it is shutting down the peerless mission in washington. what the united states has done so far they have left the negotiating table. they did not honor the commitments made to us by president trump personally in the meeting at the white house and method two thousand and seventeen which he believed that he would give a peace process the chance for one year and he would refrain from any actions that may preempt or prejudge issues that are there for parents that is and then he decides to jerusalem as israel's capital and he decides if it is from that file of negotiations and he decides that settlements are illegal yesterday his national security adviser bolton became the first american official to describe their legal settlements as housing projects because of the two state

solution six seven and then they threaten us and they come to them because of this and because of the close offices because we didn't come back to the negotiating table what negotiating table in every single meeting we had with them when it was the them with us with the israelis they refused. so what the united states have done with all its decisions so far and we never for any thought to have a confrontation with the u.s. by the way but how can anyone in their sin mind with all these american decisions drum's decisions believe that these people can be honest brokers facilitators arbitrators in any peace process side erekat also touch on the issue of qana lamarr palestinian village in the occupied west bank that israel wants to demolish erekat says he has filed a war crimes claim against the international criminal court activists have set up makeshift homes in the village angry over last week's high court decision to approve the demolition of judges said there's no evidence to show that the

buildings were built the e.u. has urged israel not to destroy the village which is home to two hundred people when it smith has more from qana lama. on the face of it this is a typically quiet day in the palestinian bedouin village of homs last march but the hundred eighty or so people living here know that today is also the beginning of the end after a near seventy year presence living in this area because from midnight tonight wednesday israeli security forces can at any time send in the bulldozers and destroy these homes and the schools that is attached to the village that has a home we will face them we will confront the bulldozers together with our foreign supporters but despite this we expect the village to be demolished campaigners hope that the presence of this school that educates one hundred eighty children from this village and neighboring villages would have persuaded israel supreme court to prevent or stop the demolition order.