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but that isn't quite lying the fear is on the market who just feel of everything is just well the bizarre as a result of the actions of steve donald trump over the last couple of days so yes your point is is spot on right that there's concern that he might. fire and that fed chairman which is uncertainty but it almost. certainly almost seems to be larger than even just specifically that it's just not certainty not stability that is being projected from the white house and general in the markets like stability and predictability well exactly and so therefore that tweet didn't help the new transactions didn't help people wondering you know why didn't it shouldn't do this was it because there is some perhaps some systemic problem in the banking system people don't seem to think about is necessarily the case given all the changes we've had since two thousand and eight in the banking sector so that was going to i'm simply trying to show his boss donald trump that he was actually on the case even though technically he was on his beach holiday in mexico was this something
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actually for private consumption of donald trump in which case that probably about five as far as when the public learned about it we just don't really know what's going on right now what we all we do know though is they just added to that sense of insecurity that you are discussing which had already been underway that insecurity already burned away because of fears of a global economic slowdown the trade war with china the government shutdown and so on and so on but you know if you if this is a good lesson in how not to handle the markets. and they live in washington she had thank you. still ahead on al-jazeera. the. original strike in sudan as more anti-government protests were overnight passed by the german food industry has agreed to start making healthier options.
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and i bet there's plenty of joy whether across the middle east at the moment eastern parts of our map is all looking following unsettled this further west or a bit more cloud that is drifting its way towards the caspian sea that's breaking up there and it's not really giving us a great deal of wet weather is the next system we've got to watch and here it is on tuesday making its way into the northern parts of turkey and that will be giving us a very wet and windy weather that will be tending increasingly wintery as well as we head into wednesday so wednesday's looking very snowy for some of us here and then that ray will be trickling its way further south so we could see a fair amount of rain in parts of lebanon as well during the day to the south of all of that and here in doha it's fairly breezy and it is fairly to cool for us at the moment temperatures around twenty three degrees but the winds should be easing as we head through wednesday and that will allow the temperatures to just climb a little bit higher so we should get to around twenty four down towards the southern parts of africa plenty of rain here particularly in the northern parts of
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our map stretching from angola all the way across into the northern parts of madagascar and this is the region where it we're expecting the worst of the weather as we head through the next few days as well as a very heavy downpours out of this rain belt to the south of that there is more dry weather but still the risk of just seeing one or two showers at times during the day. after joining the greenpeace team campaigning to protect the weddell sea in antarctica we're now in australia for the outcome with the first generation to realize the gravity of this crisis. but we may be the last to be able to do something about it enough special find out if the effort to create the largest sentry on earth has succeeded thrice on al-jazeera.
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and watching al-jazeera let's recap the top stories for you at least three hundred seventy three people have died after saturday's tsunami swept along the central strait and crashed twenty meters in one without warning rescue teams are working around the clock in search of survivors israel has decided to hold early general elections in april announced that by the coalition parties headed by prime minister benjamin netanyahu is a deadlock over a controversial military service bill. u.s. stocks have opened lower a day after the treasury took unusual steps to ease investor nerves following a week of heavy losses on wall street treasury secretary seaman direction called a meeting with the heads of the six biggest banks in the u.s.
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on sunday and he says the leaders a short time the banks would survive the current climate. the pentagon has signed off on the withdrawal of u.s. troops from northern syria comes after turkish president ratchet type of on assured donald trump he will eradicate whatever is left from syria but there is concern a turkish offensive into northern syria could result in a major conflict with a kurdish y p g y p g's enjoyed us backing that is considered by turkey to be a terrorist organization syria there. why are we in syria to restore freedom to our arab brothers kurds and turks not just her to keep the terrorist organizations and to leave syria arabs in the grip of eisel we will not leave the arabs of syria under the injustice of the units of protection of the kurdish people and the p.k. k. and we will not leave our arab brothers at the mercy of these terrorist organizations so in her reports in turkey's border with syria on the unfolding
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political drama. it's thirty percent of syria's territory that can tip the balance of power the north east was america's zone of influence in this divided country it will soon pull out its forces about having longtime allies to wipe the syrian kurdish are group. truck decision to force. not only to see if. there's. a closer relationship with russia. under the syrian government. the white b.g. dominated syrian democratic forces is reaching out to the syrian government and russia the main power broker in syria to prevent a possible turkish military offensive or takeover of territory the u.s.
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has said it is going to coordinate its pull out with turkey a signal that turkish troops or its local allies will move in there is a new relationship between the nato allies after years of disagreement over syria but the warming of ties is testing russian turkish cooperation u.s. withdrawal from from syria and that puts at risk relations between russia and turkey because if that is states and turkey managed to reach the deal on syrian kurds in some way or another that puts at risk. russia turkey. agreements on it or russia's plans on friday was also. it's not clear how turkey will further behave itself asked in a forum but russia turkey and iran have been closely working together on syria within what is known as the astronaut format over the years the u.s.
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has repeatedly tried to pull away from that alliance. if the u.s. hands over the area to turkey it will not be good for iran so now turkey will be on a collision course with iran. the u.s. decision to withdraw could result in shifting partnerships and a cease fire deal in syria's opposition controlled northwestern province of idlib could be in jeopardy that deal was the result of russian turkish cooperation despite opposition from the syrian government turkey wanted to prevent military action that could destabilize its security and create a massive refugee crisis now russian diplomats tell us it will be hard to constrain syrian president bashar assad from launching an offensive if turkey takes territory in the north east. the bargaining has begun zeneca there. to southern turkey turkey says it's working with several countries to take an investigation into the killing of saudi journalists to the united nations the announcement came
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from the foreign minister at a news conference internists he has also demanded riyadh share its findings on the case with the international community was killed inside the saudi consulate in istanbul nearly three months ago now that of a u.n. mission tasked with monitoring the fragile cease fire in yemen has arrived in the port city of him on monday we're tired judge general patrick kumar met government representatives and the southern city of aden before talks with who the leaders in the capital sana over the weekend the ceasefire new data is largely holding since it came into effect last tuesday but there has been sporadic fighting between the sides emens warring parties agreed to a truce and this port city touring peace talks and sweden earlier this month. trade unions in sudan are calling for a general strike aimed at paralyzing the government as protests enter the sixth day on saturday night police fired tear gas to disperse hundreds of protesters in the capital khartoum they gathered in the city center after
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a football match chanting freedom songs and demanding president omar al bashir step down the protests were triggered by a rise in the cost of bread and fuel the tail fadel is a spokesman for the opposition sudanese congress party he says the protests have grown into a nationwide movement demanding a change in leadership of the people of the sudan they have been supporting quite a lot especially in the past three years. would be different government from the stalled by the national congress party which. making the grade would be explaining the. villages on the war in the different parts of the country it is not a move. even city move it is. national movement governing the whole country with the city of all the towns. and
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in that sense it is a protest not only for improving life but it is a protest against the system and the regime that oppresses the people and in riches itself. the the present to you have been in power for the past thirty years it had never given a penny to explain this erin has education or any of the services it has privatized everything in the contesting they have the best that can still be by the i.m.f. and the world bank the best government has one of the best government that of all very very orders the whole country i think is boiling and what we need is a case of government direction more than forty percent of people in kenya live below the poverty line and charities and volunteers for trying to pull street kids out of poverty as well as give them a place to spend the holidays and less probably have more from that ravi. for
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kenyans living on the streets celebrating the holidays is probably the last thing on their minds. nearly half the country's population lives below the poverty line. and young people trying to survive are often the most vulnerable to abuse crime drug addiction and police harassment. in nairobi skyscrapers are set against slums that are home to millions of people. david's life on the capital streets began eighteen years ago when he was twelve he says it's a fight for survival and. i had been away from school because of the horrible teachers who beat us all the time i gave up and came to the states have been ever since. after years of political unrest kenya's economic outlook is said to be brighter the latest government figures suggest poverty is down but they might not tell the whole story volunteers working with underprivileged communities say that from their vantage point the reality on the ground looks very different and that
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the number of kenyans who are homeless kids and adults might actually be going up. economic migration from rural areas or rising cost of living and overall lack of opportunities aid groups say these kinds of things mean entire families are ending up on the streets and a new generation of kenyans is being born into poverty. some attempts are being made to improve literacy among children. the idea is with their heads in books their minds may not stray to drugs and crime it's the kind of learning space that can make a difference. just used to beg on the streets now he's a model student with hidden talents and an ambition to be a doctor in school. they pushed me and. when he started his day job as a school principal clifford all watch runs. a rescue shelter. getting kids off
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streets putting food in their stomachs and a roof over their heads trying to get them back to school the first thing i need to do is to make them believe in themselves some of the boys of hugs i've been in the streets for twenty is you know so the only thing you can do is just look you find guys there's a center for you over here some way from charlotte is somewhere you can sleep you go and do whatever you don't want to do right what come here is a place where you can feel. accepted and feel you know dignified like your human being. the government is trying to improve the situation but charities and volunteers say the scale of kenya's homeless problem is overwhelming for now it's time to leave those troubles at the door and come together a what says to have fun and celebrate the festivities as a family. nairobi the united arab emirates has released photos of the daughter of one of the country's rulers after rights groups raise concerns over her well being
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the pictures show pictures with former u.n. high commissioner for human rights mary robinson a state run news agency says the pictures are dated from december fifteenth middleton has at home living with her family and two and march the princess had released a forty minute video that went viral where she claimed she was imprisoned and abuse for several years toward her back in court in myanmar to appeal handed down and september wallonia were given seven years behind bars for breaking the official secrets act they'd been investigating the killing of ten referential muslims and rakhine state lawyers say the two were set up their convictions have been globally condemn with their trial burckhardt it as a sham. south korea's government is hitting german carmaker b.m.w. with a ten million dollars fine and is filing a criminal complaint against the company is accused of deliberately covering up technical problems that led to several engine fires
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a car giant recalled one hundred seventy two thousand vehicles and issued an apology earlier this year south korea's transport ministry says they didn't act fast enough to respond industry has agreed to drastically cut the amount of sugar salt and fat in processed foods over the next few years that decision was welcomed by health advocates but some are worried it will affect the rich flavor and the german cuisine came reports from berlin. christmas in germany means markets with mulled wine and many different things to eat is a good. thing perhaps a part forced is the order of the day or maybe something sweeter in any event for these people the emphasis is on enjoying the rich flavor of german food. for you german food is great you can't eat it every day but it's christmas so why not just as santa is c.f.s. you know and there's a lot of variety in german cuisine you can eat healthily or unhealthily but you have a lot to choose from the you of a much more standards for your food then than we do in america so i'd say in you're
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more focused on healthier wealthier things out there and yet clearly the government is worried about what people are eating the agriculture minister so much so she wants radical cuts in what's on offer the government plan is to have the food industry lead the way ministers want companies to introduce twenty percent reductions in fact usage in foods a similar reduction must be brought in for salt content likewise for sugar which many people blame for rising levels of obesity all of these changes must be implemented no later than twenty twenty five the government says it has the backing of many large firms in the german food industry to cut salt sugar and fat content but what about the small of us like those at this christmas market. at this butchers store a wide variety of sausages and other meats from all over germany and beyond is on offer made with the same recipes for generations it's not talking about or
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a series of them you know it's just got our ingredients are really specific and there are very few ways we can really change them obviously our methods have evolved over hundreds of years and clearly we adapt with advances in new technology but there's only about so many ways you can make a salami for example there isn't really much wriggle room when you're looking at how we make our products clearly seasonal markets like these are not where most people buy their food the major supermarket chains will be at the forefront of the changes but with a deadline far into the next decade the flavor of german food isn't going to change anytime soon dominic cane al-jazeera. take a look at the top stories now on al-jazeera at least three hundred seventy three people have died after saturday's tsunami swept along the sundress strait and crashed twenty meters inland without warning rescue teams are working around the
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clock in search of survivors president has promised to upgrade tsunami detection systems as a people are trapped in a government compound in the afghan capital kabul as fighting between security forces and gunmen continues attack began more than four hours ago starting with the car bombing at least six people are injured two attackers have been killed it's not yet known who the gunmen are or the total number of casualties. israel has decided to hold early general elections and april announcement by the coalition parties headed by prime minister benjamin netanyahu follows a deadlock over a controversial military service bill. u.s. stocks have opened lower a day after the treasury took unusual steps to ease investor nerves following a week of heavy losses treasury secretary steven chu called a meeting with the heads of six of the biggest banks in the u.s. that was late on sunday he says that they assured him that the banks would survive the current climate the head of the u.n.
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mission tasked with monitoring the fragile cease fire in yemen has arrived in the port city of data on monday the ceasefire in the data is largely holding since it came into effect last tuesday there has though been sporadic fighting between the two sides immense warring parties agreed on truce and the strategic port city during peace talks in sweden earlier this month turkey says it's working with several countries to take an investigation into the killing of saddam journalist to the united nations in ounce men came from the foreign minister at a news conference in tunis he is also demanded riyadh share its findings in the case and the international community. was killed inside the saudi consulate in istanbul nearly three months ago and the pentagon has given the green light signing off on the withdrawal of u.s. military from no northern syria comes after turkish president roh to type on spoke with president all trump trump says are gone and formed he will eradicate whatever
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is left in syria as are the headlines keep it on al-jazeera much more news to come inside story as that next. it's two years overdue and now delayed for another week will voters ever get to choose a new president in the democratic republic of congo there are fears of violence there's no election what are the options for the congolese this is inside story.
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hello and welcome to the program. there's not been a peaceful transition of power in democratic republic of congo in decades but millions of congolese had high hopes they could choose a new president this week however the vote to replace joseph kabila who's been in power for seventeen years was delayed again is the latest setback in the electoral process since could be refused to leave office two years ago last week a fire in kinshasa destroyed voting materials now the election is rescheduled for december thirtieth catherine soy is in the capital. those four million ballot papers meant for that are in the country now which is a big relief to many people the voting machines that had been recalled from the different provinces get told are already here technicians are reprogramming them now out of what the materials that were meant for other parts of the country are in
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the different regional headquarters they will be or are being transported to the various then. eventually the polling stations as well but that another big problem logistically this is a country that has a very poor infrastructure we're talking about places that you cannot get. a call or even a bicycle you have to walk around with this is also the rainy season of parts of the country as steel and they've been a boy outbreak in the east so all these complications making it even more difficult for the electoral commission and it's also important to note that the government has you used all international help to call help financial help from the u.n. and other countries as well so a lot of people really just watching to see how exactly this week is going to play out this is going to be a very difficult we could not had any word from the government or not had any what either from the president joseph kabila and causing
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a lot of concern here all right let's have a look at could be a list rule it became president when his father aunt was assassinated in two thousand and one he was elected in two thousand and six and secured another term in controversial elections in two thousand and eleven since coming to power joseph kabila has faced continuous wars in eastern congo and rebel forces allegedly supported by the neighboring governments of uganda and rwanda he refused to leave office when his term expired two years ago elections twice delayed within rescheduled for this month's. there's been numerous demonstrations in kinshasa and other towns protesting against could be a listing in power without an election. all right let's bring in our panel in london on gomo president of the congolese exile government from kinshasa to undo the r.c.s. ruling party spokesman and also joining us from london indigo ellis a risk consultant at various maple croft welcome to you all to the program indigo
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let me start with you do you believe that elections in the r.c. will actually take place next week. well that's a very good question i think ultimately we thought that these with these elections would take place on the twenty third i think many international observers did think that they would take place however with this week delay i don't think that we have a guarantee that these are going to happen actually as promised on the thirtieth i think what's far more likely is that they will be extended further and what we're building into our forecasts maple craft is that these elections will actually take place over a much longer period we're probably looking at pushing them into definitely q one twenty nineteen instead of this thirtieth of december day which is a real shame for the process of democracy in india. for an election that's already been delayed numerous times won't further delay it just further inflame an anger supporters of the opposition and the r.c.
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again i really appreciate especially the position if you go mention of the ongoing election process let me clear the cloudy phone is again there is not where we will accept what is happening now to current speaking now a new position and especially congolese people really is are very happy to see the change of the regime and the peoples are celebrating during this campaign even though we have is see a number of victim and people being killed one when the opposition leader tried to campaign during is a very critical time and speaking now we don't see how it is election all took place and what we calling now is to pick ation of the law of him by now we have to start calling for mystical be alive and mr longer both have to resign because the dog owners election they felt organize the election since two thousand and sixteen and the continuously obviously serious number for abuse and the intimidation delay tactic imposed by the regime carone we've been at a strategy of having another week nothing short of even next week we're going to have a credible election speaking now we have to see do some respect of the law and i'm
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calling for international community to help congolese people mr goble must resign and we're going to have the state will action in a very short time alone you just heard. there call for the resignation of president kabila what is your response to that i think. what mr king those. is just. a wish thinking. a man who has no knowledge of our constitution. cannot resign. because because usual sales that were in leader is not. and he later president. the current president can go. to google just to to please to risk it all on to people like you. because there. is to have recourse to a transition with
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a mistake. but what about our constitution. i think. we have to respect the role i see said andy losail last organize election and the institution quietly try to organize election. day center electra commission. it's all. very simple indigo if you like shoes are actually held how much of a chance do martin for you lou or felix do security have in defeating the hand big success or just below manual resigning shot they have very little chance what we forecast is that there will be an unfair election with without doubt contested results the opposition of already said that they will not accept any result less sharia wins. shattering it will be a question of how far the government will be able to manipulate the result so that shatter he wins whether it'll be by a large margin which will obviously result in further unrest and violent
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demonstrations and this is kind of the worst case scenario the other alternative is that they they manipulate the vote so that shatter he wins by a small amount ensuring that he is able or needs to co-opt opposition members into some kind of coalition government possibly a transitional government until the two hundred twenty three election this is this is obviously not ideal which who which members of the opposition would be happy going into a coalition government is still yet to be seen. in our focus we imagine that as martin feel who has a higher level of support than they were expecting i think will probably be leaning towards more of a kennedy whether he'll want to come in his father was obviously etienne was obviously so adverse to joining into a coalition with could be or his his kind of party the f.c.c. . this this is what we're looking at i don't think there's any chance that the opposition could possibly run. because the results are going to be on far ok too if
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i mean picking up on on what indigo was saying you know if mr shuddery were to win just how difficult would it be for him to form a government going forward thank you very much i really support the war illegal mission but i have to answer this question of to a level let me clarify first so why are we for the minister mission in congo earlier to do our serious or regretted to hear from a minister who believed that the value of the constitution has been respected about the regime who was a put in a country to a cultic system mr kabila has a felt organized election since the two thousand and sixteen and we have pursued a delay tactic imposed by the regime there is no intention to have a free and a credible election over three hundred people had been killed since the last week we had a campaign and we have a civic two more people even a thousand in a prison we have said million different type of strategy imposed by the government including the intimidation of foreign of trooper on the city is now the person is calling to stabilize the country and to be there again as
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a president or for his term is a critical time for congolese people and a coming back to the second question especially having missed a shadow reelected let a mission this is clear anyway we already in exile government we have already have a very clear view on this we don't see credible and a fair election happening by the regime and it was a mission which i completely respect of you she's a mention of a very very credible professional way to see the value of stability in congo not with some other people coming to some nonsensical of defending argument which is our last table for this type of serious argument are we talking here having missed the should our elected there will be a disaster again in the congo mr should read the rest accomplished people have a shot of the rest of the planet in all ready to sit it continues of this cultic regime and is no one in the congo ready to elect for mr sugary dust for mr kabila is delaying the election because he doesn't seem surfer being in a president and again we. talking about mystical but should i read this it's not even a country don't offer the f.c.c. i understand speaking from one of our minister are going to hear some knowledge
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from our minister we tell respect a lot he now calls himself mr should r.t. to be a continent of f.c.c. lead to be clear mr should is the mystic a big cut in that he was appointed about a mystic a bill that's an individual person a covenant for a democratic society for a feature country we want to see stability let make a very clear here is no chance for should or in the congo and we want to see stability in congo there's no way we're going to have enough to form of abuse of human rights and the critical time of the congolese people expecting to see the respect of the value of democracy in a society where taos and invest i want to come in was a leading the market for future car and emerging technology we have to recognise that and provide a more stable society. after so many delays for these elections how certain are you that they are actually going to take place on december thirtieth as has been announced by the electoral commission and what do you say to the critics of president kabila and the government who say they are behind these delays first the
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whole may not their to mr o'keefe who is just this own story he didn't give us a mention about constitution how do i just get. involved in dili. i think. you must know that this delay of when read is not for. an arab country is not the beginning of two deploying. it's just two. inches of area to participate at the what the same date that all the country this is the explanation of. the present and manga and now the present can be. you have to know that the man who
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played a major role to bring the people this election is mystical. as the whole he didn't run for the time for the. seventy even provide all the materials all they need they were saying. there is no money and do not provide money. this is this knowledge. of how cars turn and willing so what is the who mr is not mystical is the problem is this mr o'keefe and people like. i want to take the place of their
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vote and want to take the place of the congresspeople we at the majority coalition we have to hold the fort so they don't roam therefore we there are less. listen. we'd be resigned or not that's hard ok to let me ask you first but i'm going to give you a chance to respond to what alon was saying there but also one of the reasons this election was delayed was because of this this fire in which voting materials were destroyed in kinshasa now members of the opposition have have blamed the ruling party for that but members of the ruling party have said that because there are members of the opposition that have not wanted to utilize the voting machines that might be utilized and because they have expressed that that means that the opposition is behind this delay what do you say to those allegations completely not sissoko snuffing that clearly justify what we heard from the government let me
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mention a very clear here if a member of position a way in assent of what happened in the building by nobody should be arrested or probably executive we have is in number of different abuse happening in the congo without justice we see a number of her position party leaders being in a prison without justice without even a head of mop so we're talking about position members being in the center of this and none of them have been arrested about now in a regime where the position of the nothing to say that's a really a necessary point we have to have a justice here congolese people been a victim of a number of atrocity and up use of caused by the regime and this is a taxpayer congolese people that are suffering that i have been nothing to eat imposing machine because first should be called evolving machine now it's been changed to a printing machine is another way of wasting public funding for unnecessary excuses and the wasting people's time for something that shouldn't be done for years and i have to. back again to mr a to let me clarify
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a little be here we have to be accountable here since when did authority mcconnell will be more accountable justifying some of the weaknesses they're not never been able to justify what he doing as a something to improve the congolese people this is the regime has been unable to organize a fee and afraid election we have a c.e.o. position member being serious or intimidated during the election campaign we have to see a number for buse even stopping them from campaigning in a major city of the congolese people we see as different form of abuse happening during this election campaign and mr to endure here going to say to ask mr could be allowed to give some of his time with respect to the system to my leaders i have to make it clear to everybody today we have to recognize congolese people as well ok mr kabila should resign but now he has a felt organization he has a photo to show interest of stability on congolese people he said delaying a little action just because he is going to use a some article which has been in complete three are going to mention this again and i insist that article seventy of our constitution is
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a clear admission that mystical bill amend it of definition is second term in the office of the clause which mr turner tried to defend the clause does not to give him time to stay in power because he said after the election happen mystical i will be there until the end handover of power take place who says never mr kabila never organize the election and is using a delay tactic he should resign but no this is not excuses for that is not the right to stay as a president is now illegitimate president is now illegal president again and the congolese people now have to take a poll like force are we going to use article sixty four because dustin needed for the value of our country and they go ok when there is table mission. alone let me let me try to just segue into another point jump of what you were saying there in the your oakie talking about the constitution of course now is there actually a mechanism by which joseph kabila could be removed from office. if this election doesn't take place if the delays keep happening there is an there is no solidified
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constitutional process by which that they were they would be able to remove president kabila from office and this is the main problem that people have i think i think in two thousand and eleven when he amended the constitution to change the presidential voting system he kind of ensure that this trajectory would happen he was ensuring that he knew he would never be able to win against a credible opposition so he manipulated the constitution amended it in order to have a single round voting system he's consistently amended the constitution to be able to remain and are in office and i think that this delay is just a further example of that happening in order to conduct free and fair elections there's going to have to be a change and i have to agree with the fact that he will need to step down before free and fair elections can the just mutlu be held indigo could you also break down for our viewers the regional implications in all this i mean how concerned are the neighbors d r c that this potential unrest will spill over.
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i think so far a lot of the conversations around violence resulting from this electoral process have focused on those eastern provinces and obviously those areas are incredibly unstable militia activity is increasing particularly in north kivu but as we look for our regional neighbors so let's take rwanda burundi for example the rwanda number indian troops are stationed on the borders we speak that there is a strong fear that this violence could spread over as it has done in the past and i think now as we see violence has popped up in the past couple of weeks in the northwest province i think the regional community definitely are concerned we just saw today the president going up of namibia who's the chair of the c.d.c. group said that group is now conducting they're going to be holding a meeting to focus on the situation in d.c. on the twenty sixth of december so actually it'll be very interesting to see what
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they come up with as a result of that meeting will they be able to in kind of put this regional pressure on kabila as they did prior to him appointing a successor i think that's what kind of pushed him over the edge into appointing a successor and not trying to mend the constitutional run again or delay the elections for a long a lot longer than he did. so whether this regional pressure will be enough again i hope so but we'll have to see a lot something that we've not yet spoken about and that's affecting the r.c. of course is the ebola outbreak so i want to get your point of view on this first of all how much concern is there right now in the government about trying to contain this outbreak furthermore if if tensions escalate because of the election delays will the government be in a position to actually handle the a ball outbreak effectively know. we have to avoid a collision between the challenges. and.
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landscape. how would you position as challenging they want. their research tribe are they really struggle so that they can go through the table yes first proposed proposal of transition. but what we are discussing here. what are the condition what are the conditions. in the moment for the election to be creative. of course there are some obstacles but how duty. the duty of this central commissioner and or their duty of every congress. to look how to reduce these so that we can go
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after we. read about election. all these. judgments about the regime embattled mr kabila these is not the the matter today the matter today is what east or what will be the wheel of congress after the vote. ok so i'm going to give you the last word here we only have about two minutes left so please keep that in mind. there's a lot of ifs in this discussion but if elections actually happen next week does that effectively shepherd in a new era of politics in the r.c. . or should a question with a very simple answer but very very have to respond to some concern i had from ireland still no korean where we talk in here alone is the only person live in different planet i think is somewhat of things imation tell me what i personally
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don't know if he's got a really good picture develop a congo in our planet let me mention this island congo has got a lot of are we talking in that countries are going to lead the market now with an introduction of the cold war the cold war is an emerging technology where all the electric car going to use cobol in the coming years alone in the congo have to of a lot of globe is not only for congolese people can become the leading market now for the coming years so we have to figure having a stable nation don't help our country and our people especially people going to come to our country and enjoy the time in congo nor seeing them being killed in outsold like we had more recently ok the killing of an american citizen and a city citizen who went to congo and a big victim of atrocity and a series of barbaric in our region are in our country we want to see a country of a peaceful place for people to come and enjoy and contribute in our society people's i live in a high level of poverty because of structures to you are causing the regime we're not invest i want to come to congo we want to change or us or the congolese people
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in exile have now have a vision of a couple is an exile government and it upcoming election is more critical for the features to believe of own nation that of a lot of the rest of the globe and i'm calling for the international community and all congolese people to recognize this is a critical time we want to see change of regime in congo or for the better services and a better life for not only congolese people but to all the rest of the community the rate of the globe ok i insist to this to mr alligator the upcoming election is not a playground election mr does not show he's going to be elected congolese people of his presidency they are supporting opposition and of opposition can invent that one leading no hitter and so are you going to have to interrupt you because i'm sorry to interrupt you but we have run out of time thanks to. all our guests. and indigo ellis and thank you too for watching you can see the program again any time by visiting our website al-jazeera dot com and for further discussion go to our facebook page that's facebook dot com forward slash a.j. inside story you can also join the conversation on twitter our handle is at a.j.
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storm an afghan government building in kabul taking hostages as they fight with soldiers. cracks me israeli prime ministers and battle coalition give way to early elections. and u.s. stocks sink further extending losses for markets that have already suffered their worst week since the global financial crisis. survivors of indonesia's tsunami fear more waves of destruction could hit and with as little warning as saturday's disaster that's because the volcano blamed for triggering the tsunami. is still erupting the current official death toll is three hundred seventy three but that number is going up all the time rescue workers are using heavy machinery and their bare hands to dig through the ruins of houses hotels and other buildings. and her thomas is on the coast to panic playing province one of the worst hit places. listen carefully over the mill ease of the
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waves a regular old boobs. that's not wind hidden in the gloom forty seven kilometers out to sea and krakatoa volcano is still erupting it has been for months but on sunday the eruptions triggered an underwater landslide that caused the tsunami that led to this hotel's line to the sea front here some workers in guests saw the wave coming and ran and then a book about it was not like a usual beav it was a huge wave before one thought and it was just rolling and rolling after at this hotel two children swept out of their ground floor rooms as they slept one of their bodies was found in the swimming pool after the tsunami it retreated across the road and me after i showed her damaged house she's pulled metres above normal seattle here yet the water powered into her home and into her shop next door of the
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mobile. after no money the shops gone too so i've got no income i don't know what i'm going to do. the main road through upon the ground has been cleared of debris but what remains of the stephanie villa hotel has not twenty nine people are known to have died here seven more a missing the water did a pretty good demolition job here but what it left behind those men are now clearing completely fearing and in some ways hoping they find some of the bodies of the missing insides people are nervous along this coast watching the sea for signs that another wave could come not knowing which rumble means they should run andrew thomas al-jazeera hundred one indonesia. or many in the disastrous grief is turning to anger as they question if more could have been done to warn them what was coming
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up right has that side of the story from miner district on job as west coast. indonesian president djoko we don't go visiting the tsunami affected area prone to earthquakes his country deals on a regular basis with their disastrous consequences using detection equipment to warn of tsunamis ahead of time on this occasion the president appeared to admit something went wrong. i think in the new budget year of twenty nineteen early january a lot of the replacement of broken equipment or old ones which could no longer be used. the landslide of the undersea volcano made it harder to detect than a regular earthquake and happening at night many people had no idea the wave was on its way to strike them. this couple only realized it when water started surging
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through the small food stall they operate near the beach that had a theme there was no warning at all even a tsunami warning when it suddenly happened. husband believes the government should invest in better monitoring equipment and i hope the government can use new technology because you're afraid there's going to be a voice in the future. living in such close proximity to a rumbling giant people here want that solution to come sooner rather than later and the experts seem to agree it's highly likely that there will be more tsunami generated by submarine landslides in the question is when is that going to happen we don't know are they going to be bigger ones we don't know what warning do you have well it's an active volcano and that's the essentially the warning. longer after the deborah from this anomaly has been cleared away the fears of people
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living here will linger many of the people who used to live down here at sea level are now in temporary accommodation on higher ground whether they'll return here depends in part on whether they'll be able to confidently predict what that sea will do next. and your district indonesia. will vote in early elections next april seven months before they were to coalition party leaders and prime minister benjamin netanyahu government issued this statement earlier on monday they have been struggling with internal disagreements just a one seat majority in israel's parliament the knesset. complete agreement. and a great partnership. or has more from bethlehem in the occupied west bank. israelis will be heading to the polls early they will be heading to the polls in april now
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and not november many people will tell you that the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu how. early and actions for quite some time even before the resignation of his defense minister just two months ago following back and forth on gaza divisional reason is this they say that they have such a slim majority in the knesset that's of course the israeli parliament by one seat that is it is almost impossible to get anything done most people will tell you that this is actually happening ticky savvy move from a man who is seen as a political mastermind in terms of operates very smart and that future pressure is hanging over his head of three court cases where he is accused of corruption and bribery and fraud allegations and it's believed that the attorney general will be recommending to indict him in the next couple of months that this is a distraction from all of that certainly the polls show that is partly because and benjamin netanyahu remains very popular and that once israel goes to the polls once again the expectation is that he will retain his post as prime minister.
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try to me now from less trace on the chief political correspondent with the post thank you so much for joining us so what is really what is behind this well you know it's going through a successful time when it comes to diplomacy security economy but a problematic time when it comes to legal court cases and so he wants to get mandate from the voters to continue for another term or continue what he's been doing successfully on those kids shoes while trying to make sure that he'll still be in office despite the criminal investigations against him which are intensifying . does what trying to donald trump rather and jared questioner n.p.p.l. of the like what they are trying to do in the middle east i think that that is weighing in any on how long benjamin netanyahu is trying to stay.
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absolutely in it's in you know in donald trump are very close and any kind of peace plan that they'll be coming from donald trump is going to wait until after the election in israel though there had been talk that would happen by the end of twenty eighteen well that's obviously not going to happen anymore and now that we have an election coming up in israel now it's looking like it will happen only in the summer. and then it will be coordinated very closely between it's now and donald trump so these. corruption allegations they're not a small thing what's next and we're as far as that goes. well we're waiting for the verdict of the attorney general he's the one of decides whether to indict the prime minister so for the police on the street prosecutions of made recommendations to the attorney general to indict the prime minister and even after there's an indictment they'll still be the case in court that can go on for many years long legal process that we have over here and meanwhile it's now is
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going to continue running the country if you wins this election so you say if he wins this election is there any possibility he wouldn't yes of course it's democracy already have that let's get all that era look. benny gantz is the chief of former chief of staff of the army a man who can perhaps make israelis feel just a secure is netanyahu did if an election would be held on the security issue and they he if he succeeds in uniting some of the parties in the center and left in israel and if the allegations against that's and you know are revealed strategically leaks by the prosecution then really anything could happen i think it's going to be a very exciting next few months here in israel well that means he will probably be calling on you again go hotham with the trees someplace thank you so much for joining us we appreciate it. dozens of people were trapped in
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a government compound in the afghan capital kabul were fighting between security forces and gunmen as they were going on for hours now it started as a car bombing at least sixteen people are injured two attackers have been kill two hundred forty people have been evacuated by security forces it's not yet known who the gunmen are or the total number of casualties joining me from kabul is that the war took a security analyst we appreciate it very much when you are seeing how this is developing and how this all started with the car bombing does that give you any clues into who would do something like this. we are not sure yet nobody has taken responsibility for it it could be. it could be. but the timing of the attack is very crucial in light of the peace process that we have had the moment and it is one of those complex attacks and it is just outside
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what we called the green zone where the embassies the ministries of the afghan government and perhaps the presidential palace is located within a two kilometer reviews the u.s. embassy is located perhaps less than a kilometer away this is just outside the green zone so what you have are i understand that you say no one has taken responsibility but when you describe the location where this is clearly someone would have to be trying to send a message to do something so close to the things you just described this is we have had these kinds of attacks in the past as well. and has been very. sort of effective in carrying out these kinds of attacks and.

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