human rights abuses by government forces and the tens of thousands died in the closing stages of that conflict but checking with mel fernandez now his live in colombo for us minute what are we expecting to hear and from home today. well come on we're expecting a statement from president might you parlous seriously and to be honest the last couple of hours has been a case of waiting we're told the political statement will be distributed to t.v. channels in it the president is expected to sort of layered reasons as to why he did what he did throwing this country into chaos over the last forty eight hours sacking prime minister around the victim missing her swearing in the former president mind the rajapaksa changing certain heads of state institutions and quite a few other things so he's expected to list stars reasons obviously there are issues where the president and he's supporters as well as mine that rajapaksa have

been very critical of the way around of the missing sort of government has run the economy the basically accuse them of being the reason that the rupee the currency has devalued so much against the dollar that ascension the the economy's in such crisis more on a personal lot for seriously there has been an assassination plot that has been unfolding here for the last six weeks president serious saying is to be kind of taken aback that the government of the can missing or didn't take that into assassination plot against him as seriously as it should have so these are things that are expected to be in the statement we've already by the way heard from the speaker who has written to president syria seen a short while ago today telling him that he has received a request to protect the rights and privileges of running the risk of missing her until such time that someone emerges in parliament that enjoys the confidence of

parliament and he says he feels that a just and democratic requests he's asked the president to make sure that he takes on board that requests given seriously and those with victory and being given a mandate to restore good governance and democracy in sri lanka so that's what we've got so far come out of here in colombo and just a quick word on mr witt promising to himself seems to be well i'm just going to stay here he might have to force me out. well victor missing his official residence as you see behind me has been a team of activity we've basically his ministers his cabinet supporters literally filing through the whole day there's been a huge string of people that have come spoken to the media sort of boosting. the morale of people here in the vicar missing have camped out become a singer says we've heard him before that he is alleged to be

a prime minister of this country he says that he should move it was unconstitutional and illegal and he's not going anywhere so until such time that parliament which has been suspended to the sixteenth of november sits at such time he hopes to prove his majority he says he's going to stay put. thank you for the mill fernandez in colombo and now on skype from go in india has been actually going to the who is the spokeswoman for human rights watch nice to have you with us i guess your concern here is the former president mahinda rajapakse or and the legacy that he brings with him. that's right i think the thing is that the president president said this and not against precedent and one thing that on the prominence of ensuring that showing good governance is to make that promise to the victims of the war to the german people and now in this in this surprise what will he have

sacked as prime minister and rock in the first in that he ran against as is the new prime minister this is this is very concerning for victims of humor going to beijing is very concerning for republicans who have been coming out and speaking because they are not going to be very worried about their own security with the same person that they have i think you should against holding office but does it all come down to one man mr rajapaksa i mean he was the leader of a government which has been accused of suppressing freedoms of the media and expression and many other things he is just one man in all of that do you think he will be making such a huge difference if he were to return. when his brother was also defense secretary he helped heal the military and then for the allegations of military by nations they were elegant they were there were allegations of buying used by missions but sites to work but on the military side part of that much of the rest of the time of assistance i'm not up has been appointed his brother what about that and so

there is there is more. also the development of precedence it is it now made an international committee in two thousand and in a consensus decision to the evil act council to address the issues of accountability and and yet again she said have been found to be to be banned by a very un investigations so at this point again this is this government we have to do a bike because it touches the bums them things and some of those that occasions are up front against went against people supplement so it's a decent this will be very difficult for victims to happen any faith that there will be justice in front of the deep if these if that approach is to do not do i know it's only early days we're only talking two or three days of this crisis at the moment but do you think there needs to be an intervention from. india or from another government somewhere and it's an independent player somewhere to help to

sort this out. well it certainly didn't stop the common device now from the foreign ministry has in that upholds it's got to still principles and they're out of the sacking of the balance has been treated by his party because there are no plans to sack him since he's been defeated in parliament and that has been a fundamentally flawed so that is literally the position that is being held right now this has extremely been extremely unsettling for the people of cuba that's one of the concerns has always been that if you can count on freedom of speech and civil society that is it not a question of a lot of else all of that has lifted after this in the process and so the thing that's pretty much i'm doing on the good luck of the help started at this point because we're already hearing about the pressure going on journalists we're hearing about the supporters of. standing up for offices so there is already

concern there is concern that that that's those the freedom of the society with again it's diction but above all above all the victims of this conflict who have waited almost a decade for justice a ready some they have come out very briefly to speak about the violations of the injured and they will be very fearful now of any that the question might ask and. then actually going from human rights watch thank you so much for your time. here's what's coming up for you on this news hour why the man being called the trump of the tropics could become brazil's next president. indonesia where it's been a month since an earthquake and tsunami left more than two thousand people dead in some areas life is beginning to get back to normal it's clear much work is still to be done before affected areas can truly recover. and the boston red sox close in on

another world series title after a comeback win over the dodgers that is coming up in sports with all. the leaders of france germany turkey and russia have made little progress during their talks on syria all they did emerge with a joint statement saying they are committed to finding a political solution however to the seven year war but as other reports they still can't agree on how to end the conflict. it is a fresh effort in diplomacy it is also a new approach for the first time the main power brokers in syria's war russia and turkey have brought european countries to their table the host turkey's president or the gun held one on one meetings on the sidelines of the summit with german chancellor angela merkel russian president vladimir putin and french president manuel mccall but who was not present was just as significant mccraw however did

discuss with putin the possibility of arranging a high level meeting between russian and american officials in paris. the more countries to join the process the quick ivory if we will reach a permanent solution. but even among these players there was little consensus russia continuing to undercut the u.n. and emphasizing the role of the syrian government in any future decisions putin was clearly angry about his inability to legitimize president bashar assad's hold on power in the ocean with an i wish. to make this process successful it must be carried out in a peaceful way with respect to the bottom of the government of the syrian republic people use the expression syrian regime but we must remember the un resolution refers to the government of the syrian arab republic the west wants damascus and its allies to cooperate with the un led political process that calls for reforming

the constitution and holding elections. ten months after the meeting it's all to use the constitutional committee has yet to take up its work that's why we want the list of interested parties to be finalized by the end of the year so that a meeting can take place europe worried about a new wave of refugees wanted a commitment from russia and turkey for a permanent ceasefire in blip they didn't get that. i hope this gives the political process a set momentum and will continue to do everything in our power to ensure that is lead to a peaceful solution and doesn't end up in another humanitarian disaster. france's u.n. ambassador summed up the situation syria he says is at a crossroads there can either be an escalation or there can be political momentum starting with an agreement on a un committee to rewrite syria's constitution but syria's government is refusing to cooperate and russia which has a crucial role is urging patience while there's still

a long way from reaching an internationally backed political deal there is hope the summit could pave the way for a new diplomatic track one that would bring more players on board but that would mean even more agendas and interests would need to be considered so. istanbul. as with us now. in university. so we've had i mean talks have been going on for so long and in so many locations there was and there was. there was geneva and now there is this do you think anything. concrete actually came out of the latest istanbul talks and the involvement of the french and german leaders. will camilla it's the first time that you have some of the european union members germany and france on the same table with turkey and russia eventually old the parties seems to agree that there must be a political outlet from the ongoing war in syria and the only party that

is out of the table is the united states and iran which seems to lots of observers that first for the united states it does not take into account the sensitivity of turkey at all as and in a nato ally on the other hand you have iran that is going to go ahead with a kind of sick turkey an animosity that is going to nurture and breed kind of more stand off between the opposition and the syrian regime that would lead to another scenario as the one in iraq would lead eventually to a failed state that's something that russia doesn't want to see in syria tell me more specifically about france and germany particular france and what what what to they bring to this what do they add to the whole situation in the in the situation as you point out where iran and the u.s. are not. well first of all both countries germany and

france want to be any part and parcel of any final settlement in syria they want to have a hand in any constitution they want to determine the fate of the shuttle if they're going to be any political transition they want to be part of that on the other hand they're very concerned about any possible offensive that would lead to another wave or end flux of refugees that turkey would not be able to afford itself they will be also sharing some responsibility and that's why they want to avert this kind of any military solution and start any political resume aleutians any political talks that would lead to a solution at the end of the day so from the one hand they are worried of any humanitarian disaster that could embarrass europe and on the other and of course because of the lack of any strategy of the united states that could lead to

a complete vacuum in the region and nato should be the one who fill that vacuum so they feel like they have an opulent get to read law or rule to play in syria you know the other thing that's pretty sure all four leaders mentioned yesterday in their closing remarks was the idea of elections in syria at some point and i like to use the phrase free and fair elections it feels like syria would be a very long way away from that. kamau the crux of the whole problem you listen to in your in the report. putin is speaking about the c.d.n. are a republic they see a regime he is not happy with so russia is adamantly insisting on key being bashar asad world on the other hand you have turkey the opposition in the european union lots of the international community believe that the shuttle asset is the main cause of the whole problem so here is the legitimate representative of the syrian

people or there should be a kind of any political transition that would lead to drafting and you can sit you share in involving more parties of the opposition that's something that the international community is trying to use the leverage over russia and the syrian regime but it seems there do not have that much card on the other hand you have russia that wants to see that it does have a different agenda in the region unlike they occupation of iraq in two thousand and three by the american forces russia wants to give an example that they want to keep the regime but on the other hand they want to build a kind of a state with the syrian regime still in power that's something that the opposition will not accept the international community will not be happy with that's the whole problem they need to solve and if though if they solve this then a kind of election would be possible to talk about

a very interesting talking to you thank you for joining us. people in germany's central region of house are going to the polls a vote widely seen as another critical test for i'm going to merkel's government the chancellor's conservative christian democratic union party is defending its nineteen year hold outs the region previously a stronghold of the center left social democrats who are merkel's coalition partners in berlin a bad result for either of the parties could further destabilize that central government a far right former army captain looks set to become brazil's next president as the country heads back to the polls for a runoff vote as polls suggest an arrow is ahead of his left his challenger as a corruption weary nation looks for some dramatic sort of change to raise about as . protesters gathered outside the electoral court in rio to denounce recent raids on public universities. students some professors say police entered by force to remove anti fasces banner because they said it was violating electron you know.

they had no right to invade our space and remove a flag that represented the fight against fascism we can see a general persecution among student movements all over the country without any reason it did not say the name of any candidate unless the electoral court believes bows and arrows a fascist brazilians are heading to the polls in one of the most divisive elections in their history but many say there is much more at stake in this campaign. didn't see that what happened at brazil's university was an act of censorship which was common practice during the military dictatorship people are extremely sensitive this days because they fear that if jade will is elected president brazil's democracy could be at risk. dhoni was recently elected to congress she has been fighting against inequality and racism on her life her friend and ally activist immediately frankel was killed earlier this year here in rio. all activists in

brazil are scared nowadays we have the possibility of having a president who said explicitly that he wants to annihilate an extra pay to the reds which means our group we are scared even more falling marielle franco's assassination but i cannot stop because for some people fighting is not a choice it's a survival question. forward for the far right agenda has grown across the country he's promised to tackle crime using gun laws and liberalize the economy have won him supporters even among those he had insulted in the past including women and black people. is one of them michigan want we need to try something new we had the workers' party for many years and it did not work with corruption and the economy so both sonera will have four years to show us what he can do. a former soldier is an admirer of brazil's period

of military rule from one thousand nine hundred sixty four to nine hundred eighty five he has promised to run the country with an iron fist. that if you becomes a president he will need to five or six ministries for. me. with with military so that's an ascension. of the military brazil is going through an economic and political crisis that has allowed a controversial figure like. to fill in the void but if he's elected many fear he could shake brazil's democracy to its core. rio the general. staff will have a check of your world weather in just a moment and then still ahead on this news our refrain here is the fishermen and kenya have hung up their nets for the sake of marine life the ruling party in democratic republic of congo organizes a rally but its opponents say it's planning to steal december's election and

support. trains james. heads up to six place on the all time list of scores in the n.b.a. the lakers lose again paul will have that story. by the sky knowing. or off the coast of the italian riviera. hello this super typhoon u two is now working its way towards the philippines is already hit that was a few days ago you can see the damage there this is still coming to with these the new pictures you see there the trees have been destroyed and a number of the houses have been as well the storm has now moved quite a long way towards the west in the last couple of days you can see it's very well defined die that's around eighty kilometers wide so it gives you an idea of the scale of this system as it works its way towards the west now it is

a super typhoon at the moment but it is expected to weaken just a fraction by the time it makes landfall say for the eastern parts of blues all men that's where we see the worst of the storm and when it makes landfall we're expecting the winds to be around two hundred ten kilometers per hour to be a super typhoon you'd have to have winds of two hundred fourteen one kilometers per hour so we're just below that but don't let it for you still a category four hurricane that's what it will be called if it was around the waters of the americas so clearly still a very powerful system because its track so far over the open water it is pushing off for a lot of water ahead of it so there will be quite a storm surge and it will also be some very very heavy rain now the different models are taking it in slightly different places the further south which is the japanese one is actually taking it very close to manila. the way that sponsored by qatar race. sound sudan is one of the last places on a to high beginning when disease a gruesome affliction that has affected millions as

a centuries old stand out in the well as the only country we didn't almost all the cases from the uk it is a huge response when it has no vaccine and no china could this disease be on the verge of extinction we know where the problems we know what needs to be done it is just about those things lifelines how to slay a dragon on al-jazeera. and monday put it on. us and british companies have announced the biggest discovery of natural gas in west africa but what to do with these untapped natural resources is already a source of heated debate nothing much has changed they still spend most of their days looking forward to full dry river beds like this one five years on the syrians still feel battered or even those who managed to escape their country haven't truly been able to escape the war.

top stories at least eleven people dead in the united states after a gunman entered a synagogue in pittsburgh and. injured four of those police officers forty six year old man has been arrested saudi arabia's public prosecutors due to arrive to discuss the killing of. prosecutors want eighteen suspects to be extradited saudi arabia will be prosecuted. because prime minister is refusing to leave his official residence the country remains in the grip of a constitutional crisis. and indonesian city is facing a public health crisis one month after being devastated by an earthquake and

tsunami tarantula right now threatens to spread malaria and dengue fever in remember more than two thousand two hundred people died and tens of thousands were left homeless by the disaster wayne hale has been reporting for us from when one month on so much destruction still there and now the rainy season coming. yes and that is causing a lot of concern clearly because so many people have been left homeless by this disaster more than two hundred thousand people displaced and a lot of them living in camps and the conditions in those camps are getting worse by the day so the concern is that as that a rain approaches which will hang around for several months it will make those conditions even worse in those camps for weeks on nothing in the way of significant commemorations took place to mark the month anniversary of the disaster

for the government well it's really playing catch up to an extent after what was a very slow response in the immediate aftermath of the quake and tsunami and for survivors of the disaster it's really still about processing what's happened and how they're going to rebuild. in the ashes of disaster some can find value even a month on in the ruins there's no shortage of scrap that can provide income which for so many people was taken away by the earthquake and tsunami. the indonesian government's emergency response space has come to an end meaning the search for bodies has finished which many here believe was done too soon. and his wife were working on the beach when the tsunami struck their three year old son is still missing you know come on a man or woman are sick really look the refugee camps i went all around the mountains i've been everywhere and i can't find them i've looked for almost a month. it's stalled there may be thousands of people still unaccounted for but

the government said it had no choice but to call off the search really believe if you continue your question it will be counterproductive because you know when you get the body also. health problem over health is one of the main concerns for survivors with more than two hundred thousand displaced many living in camps with poor sanitation and approaching rainy season will increase the risk of outbreaks of dengue fever or malaria. slightly more study shelters are being built on the outskirts of palu when many of those left homeless will need to stay for a long time in some of the affected areas life is back to normal markets are flourishing once again in others little has changed since the earthquake with the remains of buildings left to wait for the wrecking machines people affected by this disaster will of course need ongoing support and rehabilitating the surrounding areas properly will be a slow process the concern is that indonesia is

a disaster prone country meaning that attention and resources may soon be diverted elsewhere if that happens plans for a better safer city may be put to the side in favor of a quick rebuild but for so many survivors there's no contemplating the future just yet it's still about trying to comprehend what happens. i still don't have a job i don't know what kind of work i'm still confused i want to keep looking for my son but i don't know where else to go or we haven't gone to stay in a refugee camp yet because i'm still focusing on finding my son. in central sulawesi a lingering sense of shock and despair is mixed with the beginning of recovery from a distance that day and city a calm now but survivors will never forget the destruction unleashed a month ago and those they lost. well we talk about the health concerns going forward with the rainy season approaching that is made worse by the fact that so

many medical facilities were affected by the disaster some forty five of them with around nine seriously damage so that is something that the government wants to focus on now rebuilding the infrastructure like schools health facilities getting the roading infrastructure back to what it was and they will be a lot of attention on on how they handle that the government saying they want to rebuild palu they want a better city they will take geological factors into consideration when rebuilding this city so clearly some mistakes have been made in the past that's been pointed out already in terms of where they have built certain facilities in this city that is something that will need a lot of attention going forward when her reporting from palo in indonesia thank you when police in mexico have ended a temporary standoff with thousands of central american asylum seekers on their way to the u.s. a local human rights commission convinced police to abandon a blockade on a rural highway the u.n. estimates seven thousand people took off from several central american countries

a few weeks ago heading towards the united states poverty and persecution they say they're traveling in a large group for safety reasons the group originally set off from honduras. reports now from the honduran city of some. thousands of central american migrants continue to make their way across mexico toward the u.s. southern border a majority of these individuals are from the central american nation of honduras now the government of mexico recently announced an initiative that would grant temporary work visas and temporary employment to many of these migrants it will be really making course that sunday the government of mexico is launching the you are at home plain while in mexico you'll be able to get medical attention and even send your children to school and you will also have a temporary identification to carry out any needed formalities while you legalize your immigration status of the government of mexico is asking these migrants to stay to remain in the southern part of the country in the states of chiapas in the

state of what haka now many of these migrants appear to be refusing this offer by the government of mexico and instead vowing to continue their journey to the u.s. southern border here in honduras there are have been reports of dozens of migrants who have either been sent back from mexico but denied entry into guatemala or denied an exit from honduras and have been returning here to honduras but just as there are individuals that are that are coming back there's other groups of migrants that are reportedly forming all over the country who are planning to leave honduras and join this larger migrant caravan in the coming days. while campaigning is set to officially begin the head of the long delayed elections and democratic republic of congo but that hasn't stopped president joseph kabila from organizing a huge gathering to talk up his favorite candidate the opposition meanwhile continues to accuse the world party of trying to cheat to stay in power as that story. it was a show of support and a signal of intent tens of thousands of pro-government supporters packed to the

stands of consensus tazza raphael stadium to his speeches including an address from presidential candidates emanuel amazon the chutney it was an impressive turnout given president joseph kabila his current low poll ratings and shut down his small support base. look sick. we go for the elections on december twenty third we know that you're ready for this election we'll campaign peacefully and for sure we'll win but the help of god president kabila term ended nearly two years ago but he stayed on thanks to a caretaker clause in the constitution opponents say he's now engineering the election to make sure dairy is his successor. should areas it could be loyalist with no significant political following his own and observers believe capello wants to continue wielding power from behind the scenes. on friday thousands of opposition supporters staged a noisy but nonviolent demonstration of their own marching in kinshasa against the

intended use of electronic voting machines the opposition say the voting machines are untested and inappropriate since just nine percent of the country has electricity but also wants ten million names struck off the electoral roll because they have been registered without a digital fingerprint to verify that the decision oh our message to the ruling coalition and to the electoral commission president is our people want credible elections in december without voting machines and without this corrupt electoral list we cannot participate in elections that we know already we will fail because of these voting machines but significant opposition leaders including jumpier bemba . have been barred from contesting the election and opposition hopes a leaning towards this man. leader of the union for democracy and social progress party that delegates from the various opposition groups intend to name a unity candidates to face shut down by november fifteenth paul brennan al-jazeera

. fishermen in kenya have hung up their net center instead trying to conserve marine life now known as reach for rangers they've been trying to monitor fish stocks and their habitats catherine soy has our report. meet the island's refrain just there were once fisherman in lima county's largest island on the kenyan coast depleted fish stocks pushed them to swap roles and become protectors of the ocean most islanders depend on for their livelihood they've learned the science of counting fish species and other sea creatures in protected areas and also telling if the ocean floor is in good shape they then take the information back to their villages and decide collectively what to do next. of. the fisherman who sat down and realized that we have to protect our resources we saw the destruction of the environment of the.