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in the french capital take out their anger over raising fuel taxes calling for president to resign. football fans riots in argentina the final of south america's biggest club competition is postponed. attacked and players hurt. hello leaders from the twenty seven countries involved in negotiations are arriving in brussels to sign off on a final deal the special summit of the european council is meant to decide how the u.k. will leave the bloc it's also expected to issue a political statement about the future relationship with the u.k. well the british prime minister it's reason may has issued an open letter in u.k. newspapers asking for support jonah homelife from brussels with all the very latest

is this something of a formality jonah passing the deal at the e.u. level. at this level at this stage is certainly far more of a formality than it might have been had spain's objections over gibraltar not been overcome on saturday night they have been. there will be an additional text put out here clarifying issues to do with fishing rights and of course gibraltar contained in the negotiated text that may require some discussion but apart from that those two principle texts will largely be waved through remember the e.u. has pretty much always negotiated in lockstep agreement among the twenty seven members division and in decisiveness as existed largely on the british side that what they'll be looking for is consensus there's no formal vote they don't need unanimity at this stage to pass this deal through but of course the e.u. leaders will want to see unanimously they don't want any single member member

moving forward with serious misgivings to remind you two texts that have been painstakingly often painfully negotiated over the past two years rather detailed withdrawal agreement that takes care of the exit protocols the money that britain must pay to leave the citizens' rights upon departure and of course the contentious backstop involving northern ireland ensuring no hard border on the island of ireland and then a political declaration pointing the way towards a future relationship what both sides hope to agree on for post bragg's if a formality here but of course this is not the end of the matter it really paves the way for national parliaments to approve the deal that's going to be far more difficult particularly in the british parliament and after a two painful year as a negotiating journo what is the atmosphere likely to be like. you might think celebrate a hard road getting here i think it won't be i think rather it will be

a pretty the mournful occasion just look at some of the things that have been said last week a german politician saying that this is the end of a forty five year long marriage the divorce papers are on the table. donald the european council chairman last night saying look nobody will find reason to be happy about things moving forward here he has said this is a lose lose situation the negotiations are nothing more than damage control britain has been a giant figure of the e.u. for decades now a moderating force in leadership alongside germany and france a model of parliamentary democracy a bridge to the united states among other things and it leaves behind an e.u. with real problems the rise of national populism budgetary pushback among southern states like italy a rollback of democracy in hungary and everyone barring a few political voices in the united kingdom seem to agree that this is going to be economically painful for both sides so no celebration no air of celebration of

triumphalism i think rather it will be pretty somber journal how thank you a search and rescue operation is underway in uganda after a party boat capsized on lake victoria twenty five bodies have been recovered so far but it's thought that more than one hundred people were on board at the time twenty six survived. and i think we're going to people were shouting the music was so loud and we thought that they were just having fun when the theory capsized that's when we realized they wanted to help some of the fishermen who went to save them also died because many people jumped into this small boats. but there was no tweak to us commie poet of the shows here with the speech from one of the i learned to see it cups i use it. and it is just a bit of a tired old i may get it but. sutton the bodies will retrieve the glass tonight live in a way i feel me. for me. for the six subway but

the president of france is condemning violent protests against his tax rises on fuel for their cars riot police fought running battles with so-called yellow vests who built burning barricades in paris athens stansell reports. a wave of yellow in the french capital the anger fueled by a proposed tax rise i'm. for the second successive weekend the so-called yellow vests created roadblocks and organized protests demanding president emmanuel macross scrapped the fuel tax. riot police stopped thousands of demonstrators on the main avenue to shun saudis say from breaking through a cordon protecting the elysee palace the president's official residence. and the protests continued into the night with demonstrators setting barricades and

cars on fire. the price of diesel has risen by twenty three percent over the past year to about a dollar seventy one per liter. micron's decision to impose a further increase of six point five cents starting on the first of january is the final straw for many here. the government takes everything from us they steal from us we have to pay for everything we are overtaxed and we hope that the protests will change things. the rising cost of fuel is going to trigger a civil war and i like most of the citizens we are already. we are fed up with paying so much all the time it's become the new normal but paying so much it's just not possible anymore. yet. the president blames rising oil prices worldwide and says the tax is necessary for more investment in green and renewable energy social media has primarily been used to mobilize the yellow vests they say

they have no leader or political affiliation police are concerned that far right extremists may infiltrate the demonstrations and provoke violence three thousand officers have been mobilized in paris. nearly three hundred thousand people took part in similar nationwide protests last saturday she people were killed and hundreds of others injured. france already has some of the highest road fuel taxes in europe kranz vowing to face down any protests and press ahead with his policy no matter how unpopular happenstance al-jazeera. china has welcomed the overall defeat of taiwan's ruling pro independence democratic progressive party in saturday's local elections that led to the resignation of president zion when as chairwoman of the d.p.p. beijing says the results show that people want peaceful relations with china

al-jazeera as adrian brown reports from taipei. some voters waited patiently in line for up to two hours to cause their ballots the election and the referendums happening alongside it were about local issues they also indicated the popularity of the government led by president zine when the verdict a severe setback to her leadership the democratic progressive party lost control of taiwan second and third largest cities she offered to resign as party chairwoman which analysts say will weaken her power within the d.p.p. so here i think in iraq i think first of all i need to take full responsibility for the resolute in today's elections effective now i resign as the chairwoman of the democratic progressive party our efforts were not enough disappointing all supporters who gave their all i also want to once again express our deepest regrets as with all elections in taiwan there was one overriding issue china. me

with or without our friend a man independence we taiwanese decide our own future we are always taiwanese and unlike us they are chinese. i'm fine with that referendum to decide whether we go for independence or unification but i personally support my taney to stay to school and the governments of both sides should cooperate in january two thousand and sixteen zion and the d.p.p. won a landslide victory and taiwan had its first female head of state. but almost immediately china's leaders and their supporters here began a campaign to undermine her administration the relationship worsened doctors dying when became president almost three years ago the leadership in beijing often demonizes her over her refusal to accept there is but one china and taiwan is a part of it as a result the diplomatic and economic squeeze of taiwan goes on there were setbacks

as well into contentious referendums with taiwanese voting against same sex marriage and changing the name taiwan uses what it competes in international sporting events it's been a bad weekend for taiwan's leader but it's provided a further reminded the democracy here remains one of the freest and most vibrant in asia adrian brown al jazeera taipei the un special envoy for yemen has wrapped up has visit in the country his next stop is saudi arabia where he's expected to hold talks with yemen's exiled governments the meeting will be martin griffiths latest stop in the region after meeting with senior filthy rebels in the yemeni port city of her data the u.n. envoy is trying to broker a peace deal between the warring parties and pave the way for talks in sweden planned for early december. important steps towards peace were taken during this trip margin gryphus took all his questions and all questions were put to the leader

of the revolution they were clear on says to promote peace u. was very pleased with his visit he told me he returned with a good impression and he is well aware of the suffering of the yemeni people and the urgent need to make efforts for peace. we look forward to rap and peace we hope that his tour we're in in riyadh with positive results and we are in constant contact. still ahead on al-jazeera here's a refugee camp that's home to thousands of mali and will be left without medical care after a major charity pulls out and the u.s. and mexico discuss the fate of thousands of asylum seekers gathering at the border . from the clear blue sky of the doha morning. to the fresh autumn breeze in the

city of. hello again welcome back to your international weather forecast well there is plenty of messy weather here across europe to talk about over the next few days and if you look at the satellite image lots of clouds across much of the area but two very distinct areas to talk about down here towards italy where you have this area of low pressure as well as another area of low pressure over here towards the western part of france so it looks like this over the next rest of the day into tomorrow morning we're going to see some rain showers here across much of the adriatic as well as into parts of the aegean for the next few days with rome seeing a rainy day for you at seventeen degrees paris rain few and only getting to about seven there would circle see about seven in your forecast and as we shift towards monday well a lot of that rain turns to snow especially in the higher elevations as we go towards kiev we do expect a high temperature there of eighty two two degrees for you and over towards warsaw only getting to zero one then it is going to be a cloudy day with a temperature of about eight degrees here on the northern part of africa we are

seeing one weather system pushing across the mediterranean that has a front with it and that's going to bring some showers to parts of tripoli today twenty two degrees in your forecast tunis will see some showers as well with attempted there of about seventeen but we do expect to see some clearing here in tripoli with a partly cloudy day in terms of twenty one degrees. the wind sponsored by cats on race. getting to the heart of the matter how can you be a refugee after you while. borders between five safe countries facing realities that's from the very beginning go to school providing context housing is not just about four walls and a roof hear their story and talk to al jazeera. hello

again the top stories on al-jazeera the sour in your leaders are meeting in brussels to approve a final agreement this special summit is meant to decide the details of how the u.k. will leave the block. a search and rescue operation is underway in uganda after a party boat capsized in lake victoria twenty five bodies have been recovered so far but it's thought more than one hundred people were on board twenty six survived france's president has condemned violent protests against his fuel tax rises why a police force running battles with so-called yellow vests motorists will build burning barricades and paris. voters in behind are waiting on the results of saturday's parliamentary election state television says turnouts was sixty seven

percent but opposition groups are banned and human rights groups say the election was a farce osama bin reports. the lyrics in arabic say i'm from her from. state t.v. shows the gulf kingdom going to the polls and voters queuing up hundreds of candidates many of them women are surely a positive sign it's a display of democracy in the mainly undemocratic middle east. but in reality it is just that a display. more than three hundred sixty thousand religious people to vote but with the playing field paved by the ruling royal family human rights activists say the election is not representative of everyone's hopes and dreams. and many many bahraini is a looking at the situation saying why should i bother to vote and of course the opposition societies have urged their members particularly the majority shia

community not to vote. since the seventeen hundreds the mostly shia population has been ruled by a some leaking the government's recently been propped up by military support from the saudi a number of the government their forces were instrumental in crushing the popular uprising in twenty eleven which was spearheaded by the she opposition to the royal family. amnesty international human rights watch and others condemn battery and rulers as repressive and the election system discriminatory with all opposition leaders jailed or disqualified from running for elections no independent media operating in the country and scores of independent activists journalists and human rights defenders are imprisoned and many of whom have alleged torture during their detention it's unlikely that today's elections will result in a parliament that's truly diverse and representative of the wide range of views that exist and behave any society. the crackdown on the opposition means political groups whether religious or secular have been dissolved and their members jailed

for what they see are politically motivated charges being summoned beneath amended the law to ban members of dissolved opposition groups from taking part in elections the former m.p. faces six months in prison for tweeting he wants to boycott saturday's vote he'll be illegitimate to contest future elections if he serves his sentence the general feeling among most bahraini. what's the point they see this parliament as being largely ineffectual in terms of its legislation it for example has passed the direction of the ruling family laws that prevent people who belong to the band of political parties such as out of office and it was from running in in this election state t.v. selling an image of a credible pull but critics say about green has a long way to go before it's able to see this election the three fer are independent some of the job al-jazeera. another ten bodies have been found after

flash flooding in northern iraq raising the fates total to at least seventeen heavy rain forced thousands of people from the northern town of show many have returned to homes and businesses swamped by mind the disaster is increased pressure on iraq's government to repair infrastructure and provinces are already struggling after the war with. the entire villages on top of the houses we can come down from the top we carried down children and women into boats and took them to the mountains only children and women crossed to the mountain all by boat the saudi crown prince mohammed bin sandman is on his first overseas trip since the death of . his second leg is expected to take him to bahrain protesters in tunis you are pressuring the government there to cancel a planned visit by the crown prince the government is warning though that demonstrations could threaten much needed find. aid from the kingdom has some how about a report. today is in activists calling for mass protests

against a proposed visit by the saudi crown prince mohammed bin said man is on his first tour aboard since the killing of journalist jamal hustle some tennesseans a worry his arrival could undermine their newfound freedom and liberty is. the crown prince is tainted by the killing of her late colleague jamal khashoggi and the arrest of dozens of saudi activists for these reasons we consider his visit a provocation and an insult to the values of the tunisian revolution and our democracy tennessee i was the focal point of the pro-democracy protests in two thousand and eleven that galvanized the weald and start of the revolution known as the arab spring lawyers and human rights activists in tunisia a mounting a legal challenge to stop the visit but that's unlikely to happen to

cash strapped government is desperate for financial aid to tackle poverty instability and unemployment here government leaders are concerned protests might alienate some of the leaders a tech critical moment for the government is getting a great deal of pushback there has been. a number of statements for example from the syndicate journalists a very strong syndicate there since their own uprising in two thousand and eleven saying that he is using this trip to whitewash his violations against human rights and to make the war in yemen more palatable and they're using tunisia after the crown prince is due to visit. before attending the g. twenty. it next week in argentina. or widely seen as an attempt by this

apartment to repair his image during the international outcry over his suspected role in the killing. of. france says its troops have killed a top rebel commander who had links to al qaeda. blamed for several violent attacks in mali and neighboring countries who died of his injuries after a raid by french forces on a forest in the central region of walk to be on thursday thirty firefighters were also killed in the operation. the only hospital in account for thousands of malia's who sought refuge in mauritania a sets of clothes in a few weeks doctors without borders is pulling out as planned after six years but without a confirmed replacements refugees fear they'll lose vital services that are keeping people safe rhianna han reports. a simple building providing the

most basic of health care it's part of the operation run by doctors without borders all remain safe and the embedded camp home to fifty seven thousand refugees that includes the only hospital but that will close down in a few weeks in a safe is pulling out saying it's time to hand the job to another don't suffer design criticism or have been in the embarrass him for six years and now that we've met the urgent needs of the people the situation is stabilizing we've always said we'd leave in september twentieth we extended that to the end of this year to give the people time to find an alternative. but finding an alternative has not been easy difficulty securing funds were reportedly affected and the emmis if decision to leave and other international humanitarian groups of facing the same funding challenges the million refugees are worried the camp will be left with nothing.

refugees have a real problem now an absence of medical treatment would be a disaster the camp is on sand dunes and we need ambulances to transport patients we had hoped to myself wouldn't leave us good molly and sought refuge in neighboring mauritania when conflict engulfed northern mali in two thousand and twelve two our rig rebels declared independence in the north that year a month after the president was pushed out in a coup but within three months they'd lost that ground to unset a ding a group with links to al qaida. sticked into back money and forces a year later and peace deals with the two are regular followed but despite a continued french military and un peacekeeping presence iceland the greater sahara and al-qaeda linked fighters still operate that's a problem for mali and refugees who want to go home pretty much everyone here feels it's still not safe more pressure than on the un refugee agency responsible for the

kir we are hoping that the international community will respond what is it in the in the coming days to absorb all of the head of sick daughter because it is very important we cannot leave fifty seven thousand. life in this isolated corner of the sahara desert is a struggle temperatures as high as fifty degrees celsius and sandstorms and drought but finn now they have no choice but to stay with these decent healthcare or not media al-jazeera or mexico says talks are ongoing over a deal to manage asylum seekers gathered at the southern u.s. border thousands of central americans who have trekked through mexico or hoping to cross into the u.s. but president donald trump wants them to stay in tijuana while asylum claims are heard in u.s. courts and despite a tweet from trump that

a deal had been reached mexico says no formal agreement has been scientists shelter the migrants that maria salazar slack is a former policy advisor to the u.s. special envoy for the americas she says the issue is very controversial in mexico. i don't think it's a done deal but i don't doubt that there has been conversations between the incoming government which by the way the new president will be sworn in next saturday's who are pretty much less than less than a week away from having a new president in mexico so i wouldn't doubt that conversations are taking place between the incoming government and the white house this conversation has been also been taking place with the current government which has been reluctant to sign on to any document by which the mexican government would keep a silence seekers in mexico in part because of it has to do with resources in part it has to do it would be criticized in mexico if the mexican government would

accept such an a green mint but there may be a way i mean i think what they're going to try to do is reach a some type of. informal agreement by which mexico would keep them which would keep the caravan or at the keep the migrants here in mexico and tell the situation is in the united states but it's very controversial here in mexico a police shooting has sparked protests in the u.s. state of alabama crowds gathered outside a mall near birmingham where police shot that a twenty one year old man on thursday nights police mistook the victim for a gunman who was reported to be in the area. rioting football fans in argentina have forced a twenty four hour postponement of the final of south america's biggest club competition the copa doris several boca juniors players were hertz as river plate funds threw rocks at their bus and water sirees reports.

there were sporadic clashes like this one between police and river plate fans around the ground before the scheduled kick off then this attack on the block a genius team boss it left two players injured by broken glass others coughing on piece tear gas to. the star player carlos tevez said they were in no fit state but being obliged to play firstly the kickoff was delayed by two and a half hours the sixty six thousand river plate fans inside the stadium waited and waited the new authorities in the game for twenty four hours in the way of the yet i thought it's not a war it's football we have to consider the technical the medical and the professionals and we've decided that neither of the teams meet the conditions and we're in agreement we're here to support them not make demands. they came streaming out the second leg of the final a victim of the violence that has blighted arjen time for them for years leading to

a ban on away fans we. didn't know what was going on we were just waiting to bare acing embarrassing that we can't organize events like this in this country anything good or you know now that you know you didn't even tell us what was going on they never said the game had been suspended there was just confusion with people saying they're saying they're saying that. really plates monumental stadium has now been closed but there. is casting doubt on where perhaps if sunday's game will be played these fans are angry and they're frustrated but the words we're hearing most frequently here are embarrassment and shame shame that they couldn't organize the biggest game in the club. history this had to be postponed because of violence because they were unable to organize the security for the game to go ahead. the first leg two weeks ago at the book a junior stadium. for a day this time due to heavy rain that game eventually ended in a two two draw and led to days of rising tension ahead of the biggest final in

latin american club football between two of the game's greatest rivals but it was attention to them to violence. in time for. one of cyrus well deforestation in the brazilian amazon rain forest has reached its highest levels in a decades experts say almost eighty thousand square kilometers of forest was lost between twenty seventeen and twenty eighteen that's an increase of fourteen percent from the year before. hello again the headlines on al jazeera leaders are meeting in brussels to approve a final brics agreements the special summit is meant to decide the details of how the u.k. will leave the block and the search and rescue operation is underway in lake victoria in uganda after a party boat capsized twenty five bodies have been recovered so far but it's

thought more than one hundred people were on board at the time twenty six people survived. people were shouting the music was so loud and we thought that they were just having fun with the theory can't saw us that's when we realized they want to help some of the fishermen who went to save them or side died because many people jumped into this small boats the un special envoy for yemen is heading to riyadh on monday he's expected to hold talks with the country's exiled government the meeting will be martin griffiths later stop in the region after a meeting with senior with the rebels in the yemeni port city of her data. yeah i did them important steps towards peace were taken during this trip much of the group of us took all his questions and all questions were put to the leader of the revolution they were clear on this is to promote peace he was very pleased with his visit he told me he returned with a good impression and he is well aware of the sufferings of the yemeni people and

the urgent need to make efforts for peace. we look forward to rap and peace we hope that his tour in riyadh with positive results and we are in constant contact ten more bodies have been found after flash flooding in northern iraq raise in this hotel of those killed to at least seventeen heavy rain forced thousands of people from the town of many have returned to homes and businesses swamped by mobs mexico says talks are ongoing over a deal to manage thousands of asylum seekers gathering at the southern u.s. border president trump wants the central americans to stay in mexico while asylum claims are heard in u.s. courts rising football fans in argentina to force the twenty four hour press spokesman's of the final of south america's biggest club competition several boca juniors players were hurt as river plate threw rocks at a bear bus and fought with riot police those are the headlines talked to al jazeera

is coming up next stay with us. isn't the easiest way to solve the. u.n. observers who you invited into the country earlier this year to finish the job i haven't said it's a right wing conspiracy or anybody. do you think we're going to see some kind of sea change in the u.s. . we heard. from. you is in the grip. of the states of new south wales victoria received but no rain it's going to go straight into july august and.

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