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hello i'm sam is a band this is the news hour live from doha coming up the next sixty minutes another glitching the d.l.c. presidential election after the electoral commission delays voting in several opposition strongholds. protesting against sudan's president doctors join the unrest is on the bashir accuses demonstrators of being traitors. a flashpoint close to damascus syria says were fired by israel was shot down. and i'm peter simmons with all your sports the lakers crush the warriors the baseball players one james little of that and much more place when the president. long awaited presidential elections in the democratic republic of congo have been postponed in some parts of the country sparking concern about an upsurge in

opposition protests this find other districts voting on sunday as planned in three major urban areas won't be cast for another three months the electoral commission says the votes will be held in march instead benny and you may be the most recent previous delay caused in part by a fire destroying voting machines two weeks ago resulted in demonstrations in several parts of the country the opposition has said it won't accept further delays to the election. joins us now live from can shasta so what's the official reason being given for why the vote will be delayed in these towns in particular. reason is that the electoral commission a given conflict and in and out right now in eastern congo there's been about outbreak since august dozens of died

a few hundred cases have been recorded complex in an area that when a series of massacres in the last two or three years the government blames a rebel group for the a.d.f. . not exactly clear who the attackers are who's behind these massacres but hundreds of people have been killed villages have been attacked by. the billions being killed that's been going on for us a lot of people here are questioning why he's coming up with these things we've known about for so long in the catholic. bishops spoke about it's just a short while ago question why were campaign rallies allowed to be held in these areas that were considered safe enough to campaign rallies but not for the whole itself you know we have these areas a stronghold for the opposition candidate martin the candidate of the ruling party appears to see as the greatest threat in this election to be waiting to find out from the political opposition what their reaction will be to this and if they will be willing for elections to go ahead excluding some of their strongholds because

these areas that they will be allowed to vote parliamentary and provincial elections in this. means they'll be excluded from the presidential election. about the opposition are they saying they will accept this because they think it's said they don't want any delays in the voting process. waiting to find out when the last delay was announced last week the election this did happen on sunday delayed by we see this coming sunday at that point they all said just a week because their supporters to remain calm they said let's not let the country but just for one week but they said any further delays they couldn't accept. waiting to find out from the political opposition leaders what their response will be the big. rolling campaigning for if election takes place in brokering

a deal. for this election to eventually go ahead in trying to fix the already late catholic bishops both short while ago they said in a question the determination of the three things that really hold any. they said that they thought it wasn't acceptable that the vote wasn't happening wasn't going to happen in the three areas and they question the motives of the electoral commission. thanks for that. in sudan some dogs have begun striking and urging others to join them as part of widespread anti-government protests there. protesters demanding his resignation are traitors and the government demonstrations are now into their day on tuesday riot police opened fire as marches tried to resign reached the presidential palace in the khartoum. morgan is with me now live from the capital khartoum good to have you

with us so. this is now day eight of the demonstrations tell us how things have been panning out. well sami obviously this is something president bashir has never had to face during his twenty one year rule protesters coming out his his head protesters before the economy over basically it's always been a few days or so but this time around it's quickly transformed from about the economy to the fact that they want him gone they say that has been around for too long now the protesters have not been organizing themselves by they were not organized by an opposition or any other party they've been basically very sporadic they've been organizing themselves in neighborhoods whether it's in some basically sports club or so they would come together they would decide that they want to protest and they would go out the last to protest that besides yesterday that happened in khartoum was after a football match as people would be at for do put all stadiums once they're done with the football they would come out and protest against the president and his government there saying that they call him mr has taken

a turn for the worse but they're also blaming not just his but he's going to make policies but his general oppression is they're saying that they've been oppressed for thirty years and that they want a new rule. they started by protesting against shortage of credit and rising inflation but seven days on the demand has completely changed they're now demanding the government and its twenty nine year rule and step down the government which is led by president omar al bashir has responded to using tear gas and live ammunition . president omar al bashir addressed his supporters in tuesday he accused the protesters of being influenced by external agents. thank you for hosting me thank you for your support and enthusiasm which is a response to every foreign agent traitor or and destructive person you were the ones responding to them right now from here you are responding to all the traces of foreign agents i support you and with your support i will be back here next year.

thousands came out to protest in the capital anyway some opposition groups have voiced support. the protesters they see that people have legitimate reasons for turning an economic crisis into a political crisis for the government but the. we cannot at this moment lower our demands to economic ones only the protesters started demonstrating at the bridge if you will and financial instability however they are now demanding the toppling of the regime and changing it the masses of realize that there is a strong relationship between the economy and politics the regime has promised several times to forward to correct its part of the crisis it's the nature of the regime which spends a lot of money on protecting itself and on buying loyalty and support president bashir has faced protesters before but throughout his reign he's never had to face protests this big protests that those participating in seem determined to keep

going till their demands are met. now the government has been accused of using brutal force against the protesters while we were at the protest yesterday we've seen police firing live ammunition and tear gas to try to disperse the protesters that didn't stop them they went on with their match they were not able to try to get to the presidential palace had they wanted but they were able to mobilize enough people thousands came out yesterday but because of the brutal force that was used analysts were saying that before yesterday's protest at least thirty seven people have been killed after yesterday's protest there were people in the hospital because of pull it in jury sustained during the march and there are concerns that that death toll of thirty seven is likely to rise as the protests continue today's protest has taken place in qatar people medical students and doctors have called for a strike some of them have stopped going to work students have basically stood in front of hospitals for a few minutes saying that they are trying to foist their basically their anger towards the government their frustration and they're trying to force a demand that the government goes the protest is taking shape in different forms as

we've seen yesterday people marching today people in that are basically striking off for it so it's not really clear how this would end for the government and bashir. or thanks so much for the update from car too. russia is accusing israel of putting two civilian planes in danger while attacking positions in syria defenses near damascus opened fire on what syrian state media is calling enemy targets overnight they quote a military sources saying several missiles with down will be targets in the past week israel's prime minister has said he plans to intensify attacks on the iranian targets in the south and syria as u.s. troops withdraw from there it's the first suspected attack by israeli jets in the area since an incident in which a russian plane was shot down during an operation in september stephanie decker has the latest on the strikes near damascus. syrian state television is accusing israel of targeting an arms warehouse west of damascus at

a military base saying that three syrian soldiers were injured this is in line with the syrian observatory for human rights saying the same thing there is one different reports in the american public ation newsweek where it quotes a u.s. official from the defense department quoting an israeli official saying that the strike hit senior hezbollah leaders who had just boarded a plane and that there are injuries now if that is true and of course it is impossible to confirm these things is wrong never comments officially it would be an escalation because the way israel usually open operates within syria is targeting weapons shipments that it believes are headed to hezbollah or weapons warehouses that are being used for the same purposes the thing israel does confirm is that it air defenses were activated when it intercepted syrian surface to air missiles so this is it seems to be the first major involvement of israel certainly that made it into the news since september when a russian reconnaissance plane was downed by syrian air defenses but is rose as it

was accused its planes were in the sky at the time carrying out a vase of maneuvers of the syrian air defense systems that led to the downing of the plane it led to a complicated escalation to russia and israel but again russia and israel do talk behind the scenes there is an open line of communication when it comes to the actions inside syria because russia of course really is the player that calls the shots when it comes to airspace when it's talking to damascus and also the iranians . the u.n. official charged with monitoring the cease fire in the emily city of data has met representatives of both sides in the conflict together for the first time retired dutch general patrick amar arrived in her data on monday who the rebels and the yemeni government forces agreed to the ceasefire during talks in sweden earlier this month but there's been reports of continuing attacks and fighting in recent days. at least four hundred thirty people are dead and hundred fifty nine are

missing as torrential rain continues to hit indonesia's coast after saturday's tsunami rescue teams say they're having difficulty reaching the hardest hit areas due to form trees and destroyed homes and as rob mcbride reports from some ball of village the and that crocodile volcano that caused the tsunami remains active. after being inundated from the sea now flooded from above along much of the coastline devastated by saturday's an army to wrench will rain poured more misery on already awful conditions. like their neighbors hitting activities family sort through the possessions from their flooded home he knows they won't likely dry out until the other side of the rainy season which is weeks away. everything's wet it's all broken there's nothing left. he has no choice but to move back into his house on this exposed coast. this is my home i have no other place to go but if i

had money i would buy somewhere safer to live off. the rain is also threatening to cut off the main coastal road upon which the recovery operation depends parts of this road were damaged by the tsunami and the rain has flooded other parts of it it's still possible but there's a big effort on now to make sure it stays that way. the route is also increasingly important for the tons of aid that is arriving poor visibility makes it difficult for experts to predict what the and that crocodile volcano will do next. further eruptions could cause another wave a tsunami warning remains in force and false alarms quickly spread on social media have caused panic and people to seek safety on higher ground. proof of the fear that the volcano still rumbling in the murk beyond the horizon is able to evoke

robert pride al-jazeera north west java indonesia. plenty more still ahead on the news hour including in new zealand on the rest of journalists funeral turns into mass protests over the failing economy settling scores in iraq the story of violence between tribes and the police officers trying to stop it. and in sports the man in charge of the english premier league pacesetters liverpool insists the title race is still wide open it's coming out with peter. right police and to news here have fired tear gas and demonstrators following the funeral of a journalist. set themselves on fire in protest at high unemployment in the failing economy he posted an online video complaining of the promises of the arab spring uprising seven years ago remaining unfulfilled but on a honda has more. discontent has been simmering in tunisia for months.

that the mess demonstrations even a nationwide strike to be interesting meant the soaring living costs and unemployment but it's the death of a journalist on monday that could ignite the anger protestors have been clashing with police for a second day responding to after a sack silkies online post calling for a revolt. this is a call to the unemployed in kasserine letters start a revolution i will demonstrate on my own and i will set myself on fire for eight years i've been trying to find work year after year nothing happens everything is lies. zurich is funeral drew huge crowds and turned into demonstrations silkie says himself on fire in protest just like a street vendor in two thousand and eleven whose death gave birth to the arab

spring and brought to the twenty three year rule of president sandal abbott. banally two unnamed genesee enjoyed a relatively smooth transition to democracy but has failed to fire economically to new zealand and now feeling the pinch unemployment is at fifteen percent inflation is a record high and a two point eight billion dollar loan from the i.m.f. two years ago came on the condition of economic reform i just last month around two thirds of a million public sector workers stopped work to demand basically wages and to match for two nescience who they said were struggling to survive a sentiment echoed in saudi's post and the man don't you agree crucially they don't have anything to eat to fill their stomachs people protest but the authorities call us terrorists they just tossed to shut up. dorothy said the promises of the arab spring remain unfulfilled the response to his death could force the government to

confront how to deliver for its people while satisfying those it owes money medium hond al-jazeera. ourselves says it was behind tuesday's car bomb attack on a market in northern iraq big splash an intel officer killed two people and injured eleven others it's the first attack since iraqi forces recaptured the city from ice in august last year. staying in northern iraq settling a feud often means shots are fired with deadly consequences now police are pressuring tribal leaders to change their traditional ways of dealing with disputes and long reports from baghdad. in iraq some feuds a subtle like this this video taken two weeks ago shows one tribe attacking the house of another on the outskirts of baghdad these future becoming a growing problem for iraqi authorities who say the tribes operate outside of the law. tribal tradition in iraq goes back centuries and was

a way of organizing society. in major urban areas like baghdad they have limited influence but in rural areas tribal leaders can enjoy almost unchecked power. power that comes from the barrel of a gun. as long as they are easy to access weapons in the hands of people and tribes then there is no security and tribal feuds continue to take place if there is any dispute between two tribes then the use of force with heavy weapons and armored cars will inflate the tribal feuds. but it's not as easy as simply taking weapons away iraq's tribes have always been useful to iraq's leaders the british used them to call rebellions saddam hussein used them in the one nine hundred eighty s. in his war against the americans use them to defeat al qaida during the u.s. led occupation and more recently the of all. of you to help defeat them for that

reason they've been given special treatment while the. police force is trying to educate tribal leaders into using a different approach to settle disputes and the newly passed law prohibits using to settle feuds. don't.