divisions in german politics have issues such as immigration. plays a vanity broken up and government demonstrations in the capital managua the protesters are part of an alliance of opposition groups calling for president daniel ortega to step down but will repel reports. dozens of anti-government demonstrators were met with heavy force by police in managua after six months of unrest and more nicaraguan citizens are calling on the government of president then you know what they got to end the violent repression of political opponents oh i don't have time for me and i don't know if we have being repressed they wouldn't let us march them violating our constitutional right to protest. almost as soon as the demonstration began police vehicles full of riot officers confronted the crowd. some protesters clashed with officers and were beaten with clubs many of the demonstrators were women who were dragged away screaming where on the seat of my

now up the nicaraguan police had announced yesterday that any protest against the government today would be considered illegal and would not be allowed despite this we've seen several people come out on the streets and protest the government. that the police have started arresting them by one each one of these peaceful protesters as well as the as attacking members of the present was recently by my producer they were recently hit with a tear gas canister. members of the press were forced to huddle together for safety as the arrests unfolded. the nicaraguan police have used physical violence against journalists during demonstrations yeah wive this latest protest in managua was meant to represent the first demonstration by an organized political coalition of activists calling themselves the alliance for national unity . and i wonder i. really think the whole thing is just terrible the past. cation against the people is too much it's too much

there has to be an end to this all of us have had enough. a heavy militarized police presence across much of downtown managua prevented any more anti-government protesters from gathering on the streets of the city. the police of criminalize dissent in the country many supporters of the government are the only nicaraguan citizens allowed to demonstrate on the streets man made up a low man where he was talking to go straight to our breaks it says disagreement over the irish border remains a key obstacle to a deal despite intensified discussions with officials earlier ambassadors from twenty seven european member states were summoned to a meeting in brussels to discuss the u.k.'s departure from the block the seven call to gather had sparked reports about a deal between the e.u. and the united kingdom the barca has more from london. after a flurry of activity in brussels over the course of sunday hopes for breaks that deal remained some way off yet there had been some reports that the e.u.'s twenty

seven ambassadors had been summoned to brussels primarily to take an early look at a done deal but it wasn't to be michelle bonney a the e.u.'s negotiator saying that more work needed to be done the british are being under tremendous amount of pressure from the e.u. to hold more face to face talks and that probably explains why domenic route britain's secretary rushed a short notice for an unsettled meeting with his european counterparts but more work more progress is yet to be achieved when it comes to finding a solution to the dispute over what's going to happen to the border between northern ireland and the republic of ireland perhaps the thorniest issue it breaks it negotiations as they currently stand in the absence of any plan from the british government the e.u. are insisting on its back stop plan that would essentially leads to northern ireland a part of the u.k. remaining in the e.u.

customs union that plans been rejected by the british government and its partners in government northern ireland's democratic unionist party over fears that it was centrally separate northern ireland for the rest of the u.k. and lead to a border down the middle of the irish sea so what's the alternative well in recent weeks there a plan of sorts has been taking shape the could potentially see the whole of the u.k. northern ireland and great britain remain part of an e.u. customs union breaks it for a short period of time possibly a number of years but how is to reason may go to sell that plan to hard line breaks a tears within a parliament and within her own party who wants a clean break from brussels any plan that to reason may agrees with brussels needs to be watertight she knows that there's talk of rebellion within her own ranks. the u.s. special envoy to afghanistan has been taliban representatives for talks reviving

hopes of an end to decades of violence but in the lead up to saturday's parliamentary elections the attacks continue. as more from kabul. the action campaigning goes on despite the violence this candidate hoping to be voted into the next parliament. the elections seen as crucial to and instability in afghanistan but attacks by the taliban have picked up the group has threatened more disruption of the ballot box accusing the united states of using the elections to extend its troops presence in afghanistan a meeting between the u.s. special envoy to afghanistan. and the taliban took place in qatar on friday raising hopes of a political solution the u.s. and the afghan government are remaining tight lipped about the meeting the taliban

welcomed the talks but warned in a statement that the presence of foreign troops is the greatest obstacle to peace and solving problems first must be made to was a genuine peace and the solution agreed on by the afghans themselves the afghans who have survived years of violence and bloodshed say political talks have to be good for afghanistan but they have yet to see any benefits. for the they keep talking about peace talks we haven't seen any progress those talks have been mentioned for years and yet there is nothing there yet. we really need peace but at the same time we need a third party who can help negotiate a peace deal between the taliban and the government in june the taliban and the government agreed on a three day cease fire it was the first truce in seventeen years but talks stalled

and violence resumed. about to fight among be people talk about the afghan government conditions for a permanent deal with the taliban. but on the ground peace seems some way off taliban attacks targeting election candidates and security forces happen almost every day. it's generally accepted the military option would not defeat the taliban and that it's better to engage with the group and invite its leaders chill join a broader governing coalition many see that as the best hope of and the war and decades of ethnic divide so that they can start rebuilding the country has about al-jazeera kabul. pope francis has confirmed sainthood murdered salvadorian archbishop emeritus ceremony in the vatican advocates for peace during all solved all civil war remember it was shot dead while celebrating mass in one nine hundred eighty and. thousands gathered in st peter's square to see pope francis make

seven saints among them pope paul the six who are the saw one of the most turbulent periods of modern catholic church history in the one nine hundred sixty s. and seventy's and also canonized his archbishop osco romero killed by a right wing death squads while preaching in el salvador thirty eight years ago. it is wonderful that together with him and the other new saints today there was archbishop romero who left the security of the world even his own safety in order to live his life according to the gospel close to the poor into his people with a hard road to jesus and his brothers and sisters a stone simply his canonization was for a medical miracle curing cecilia flores of a life threatening illness but for her and many other salvadorans he's much more interested here's a person who fought for all salvador and continues fighting and continues to intercede for the country a brave man who defended life defended the family defended the most needy that's

what he means to me. they revere him to speaking out the social justice and defending them against repression in the military led right wing governments in the one nine hundred seventy s. and eighty's conservatives who ever saw him as a spokesman for the left wing he knew that that puts him in danger. i will not abandon my people but along with them i will run all the risks that my ministry demands. remain the divisive figure even after his murder it took the intervention of pope francis to ensure his sainthood to the light of these supporters in el salvador but i mean to learn it here to me it's a joy because every time i visit the crypt i feel he's still a. because for me he didn't die and only eighty of them it's a big joy i have tears i'm not too well but i grew up following the steps of monsignor america it's a big joy also the door eventually emerge from civil war many are hoping their new saint will die. violently injustice continue to blight their country.

al-jazeera and worshippers of the orthodox church new cranor hell they celebrate three mass after their split from the russian orthodox church and ukraine secured approval to establish an independent church on thursday that's been described as the biggest split in christianity for more than five hundred years russia's foreign minister is calling the break a provocation that's linked to russia's annexation of crimea from ukraine four years ago some say it's the architectural jewel in the crown of a nation port in israel but the carnal undone is the old city of acca has been neglected to the point of near collapse sorry for the reports palestinians say the eighteenth century center for sailors is a symbol of how they're being squeezed out of which israelis and tourists move in there are a few things about equal which aren't in dispute the beauty of its old city the overlapping layers of history on full display a rich mix of cultures and religions stretching back four thousand years all of

which make it a prime site for tourism. recently bought the family home where he was born and the apartment beneath it turning it into a guest house for paying visitors but as a palestinian resident of arca as they call it it's been a long hard bureaucratic battle to get to this point back to her he certainly learned. we were protected tenants we worked so hard to get ownership because as long as we didn't have it we didn't have the freedom to do anything other than just live here ok. that's the case for the majority of palestinians who live in the old city most of the original arab homeowners fled or forced out during the creation of the state of israel in one thousand nine hundred eighty eight those who later came to live here can only lease homes from a trust backed by the israeli government they don't have any right to do anything in this house or they can fix these houses they can't hurt you know they can't give the subset of their children the local government's tourism development plan

involves renovating rundown areas attracting richer homeowners the old development company part of israel's tourism ministry says local palestinian small businesses benefit but the new businesses are market hotels and restaurants overwhelmingly israeli for many of the palestinians who live within the walls of the old city the money that's being lavished here feels like it's largely bypassing them worse than that they fear it is going to alter the fabric of this place irrevocably and that they might not have a place here in the future one place they have long treasured is this the carnal undone once an ottoman staging point for sailors and their goods now it's a crumbling show ruled too dangerous to enter the development company blames the failure of its previous plans to turn it into a hotel plans that would have involved neighboring buildings being emptied on palestinian opposition who sometimes fish is from a local walk the islamic trust that manages the city's mosques which decades ago

signed the site over to an israeli government organization on a ninety nine year lease i am telling you that more than fifty years ago didn't do anything anything and my life my heart is sore sore so hard because the place is saw so dangerous it's not that a construct not even a minimal little construct it had been lost for all of this years for nothing the palestinians in acre the question is whether they'll have a proper stake in a changing city the chance to hold on to a place they call home ari forces. aker. you're watching out as their arms the whole room and these are all top news stories saudi arabia's king song marlin turkish president the one has spoken by phone to reaffirm their commitment to a joint investigation into the disappearance of jamal khashoggi these are the journalist hasn't been seen since the end of the saudi consulate in istanbul on

october the second cynicus who has more from and cora saudi arabia is also trying to form an alliance by itself despite its diplomatic. initiatives with turkey we have seen oh i see countries showing solidarity with saudi arabia and saying that saudi arabia as a recent reforms actually which are mainly led by the crown prince mohammed bin so man were being targeted also we have heard mahmoud abbas from palestine and jordan and united arab emirates is saying that they are standing by saudi arabia in large rebel group in syria ziggler provinces it will continue to fight hours after a deadline for rebels to withdraw from the zone to her. yes did not say whether they agreed or rejected last month's deal between russia and turkey to set up a demilitarized area the buffer is centered around the northwestern region of it syria's last major rebel stronghold it's also where president bashar assad's

government has halted a planned offensive so now according to the government the buffer was meant to be free of every weapons by the tenth of october and rebels by the fifteenth of october. police are violently broken up and government protest in the capital managua the protesters are part of an alliance of forty opposition groups calling for the end to president daniel ortega's rule since april the country has been gripped by crisis and instability three hundred fifty people have been killed and thousands injured. german chancellor angela merkel's allies in the state of bavaria have suffered their worst regional election results since one nine hundred fifty could weaken locals federal coalition the christian social union or the c.s.u. one thirty five percent of the vote losing its absolute majority for only the second time since nine hundred sixty two they were followed by the center of green party another centrist party on the far right a f t those are the headlines and

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