on the register where they did just that his car business started to articulate and called the kind of reader and then he would place the finger prints on the card reader to recognize and for many voters the code and they were not successful eventually the problem was sorted out with the intervention of some of the shows and walk in and this polling station started less than an hour ago after more than one hour i was given a discussion of the border. all right reynolds wolf live for us that matter very thank you. protesters in sudan's capital have denounced the president's state of emergency omar al bashir announced he was dissolving the government just hours later appointed six new ministers it's part of a series of measures to counter weeks of nationwide rallies are. they're calling for an end to their president's room. and denouncing his latest move only hours after omar bashir made an announcement that reflects how much these

protests have shaken the government. for any order that ought to clear the following to impose a state of emergency for one year to dissolve the national unity government to dissolve the provincial governments and we will continue to take measures to implement what i have resolved i'll come tree requires us to stand together it demands of to remain united patient and tolerant i am certain we will be an example to follow. for over two months people in sudan have been taking to the streets their anger ignited by an economic crisis they've demanded that omar al bashir step down according to sit downs constitution a state of emergency would allow security forces to arrest those deemed as a threat to the country and its political and economic stability. and new government will be formed which the president says will work on fixing the economy as he called for dialogue some say his announcements are far from what those who've

been demonstrating want to see happen i think that the demonstrations are likely to continue to finance our history and legacy for two reasons they cannot make situation is not going to improve and the demonstrations are basically based on economic cashiers so it's not just for him to say calm down it's how when the. economy has not been addressed so the most asians likely to continue regardless of their status from agency. al bashir has ruled for nearly three decades he came to power in a bloodless military coup in one thousand nine hundred nine overthrowing a democratically elected government. since two thousand and twelve anti-government protests grew over rising costs the. security forces responded each time using tear gas and live ammunition hundreds die. the protests that started in december last

year have become the long this wave of anti-government demonstrations since the country's independence with a state of emergency declared protests may be harder to sustain. and bashir may have found a way to end the biggest challenge to his presidency. dorsetshire bari al jazeera. and as well as opposition says it is d.-day joe is calling on the masses to help trucks carrying usaid to get venezuelan struggle for food and medicine but president nicolas maduro has closed three crossings from colombia at least two people were killed on friday after venezuelan security forces opened fire on people trying to cross the border to brazil several others were injured during the scramble to bring foreign aid after material close that border on thursday you're going to believe i must have a president in charge of the republic i'm demanding the borders be open there is one question that is being asked today about venezuela how strong are the people

while more than one million people have volunteered to make sure the plan will be a success united the people will never be defeated some of the injured in the police firing or taken to brazil for treatment and israelis are increasingly finding ways to cross over looking for help and hoping for relief mohammed chamchamal has more from the brazilian border town a park or a mum. an open display of resilience on a border meant to be closed. on the venezuelans exhausted by their long journey to brazil but not too tired to gather lowering their country's flag as a sign of mourning singing their country's anthem as a symbol of hope from another group of recent arrivals though expressions that range from anger to fear first calling for the ouster of venezuelan president nicolas maduro one imo who no. doubt fired out of it all but also says his

group was driving through the venezuelan town of santa elena when they noticed a commotion. at the hospital i saw one person was dead i also saw lots of people who were injured we were in the car and we stopped to see what happened. he was told venezuelan soldiers had opened fire on members of an indigenous community supporting the country's opposition after ambulances transported some of the wounded to brazil for treatment amateur videos purporting to show the injured began posting online a line of venezuelan security personnel attempted to enforcement to those decision to close the border with brazil no small task considering just how porous this frontier area is so right behind us that's even is way low we are on the brazilian side of the border the plan is for aid comprised of medical supplies and food stuffs to be delivered to this point on the border crossing at some point in the next twelve hours how exactly that aid will then get into venezuela well that's

still a bit of an open question. brazil's army says medical supplies and food will be made available for pick up from here beginning on saturday nov almost. we're going to respect the sovereignty of the venezuelan territory work is inside brazilian territory we will allow the trucks to enter brazil take the humanitarian aid and go back to their country this is our goal here. at a shelter run by the army and supported by the united nations refugee agency some venezuelans are relieved but others are terrified francey arctic worked as a paramedic in venezuela she says that even while earning that salary she still couldn't afford food but if it were me coming back in now my family is under orders time and my idea of coming here was to try and make their lives better i don't see . the point person but i don't know what will happen. a sentiment

echoed here again and again from members of a population whose only certainty is just how uncertain things continue to be mohammed atta in fact i'm up on brazil's border with venezuela saudi crown prince says china has the right to fight against so-called extremists and to protect its own national security and hama been solomons remarks during a visit to beijing are being interpreted as a reference to china's crackdown on the weaker muslim minority rights groups say china has detained an estimated one million weekers and what beijing says are re-education camps a train brown has more from beijing. the situation in shouldn't jan was not discussed by name but the saudi crown prince said that he supported china's efforts to safeguard its national security through its various directly isolation and counterterrorism measures and he said he wanted to cooperate and work with china in these fields apart from the areas of security the two sides also announced major

deal saudi arabia investing some twenty eight billion dollars into the petrochemical industry here in china that is solidifying saudi arabia's place as the number one exporter to china china of course is also iranians biggest customer and that is a reminder that in the middle east right now china is playing a very deft diplomatic game that has strong developing relations now with saudi arabia very good relations with iran their foreign minister and speaker of the iranian parliament were here just three days ago and china is also strengthening relations with israel but with saudi arabia she says we have a long friend been summoned to his part said that saudi arabia has never ever had any problems with china in the past i think what the saudi crown prince was doing on this trip was emphasizing to the west this you may not want to deal with me

right now but countries like iran pakistan and china do and in the case of china they may be prepared to sell me some of the weaponry that i want but analysts do warn that in the middle east china will have to tread very carefully because sooner or later it's going to have to take sides. and i had on al-jazeera write scripts fear and new force designed to protect its might do the opposite. the battle for gender equality in senegal why women could decide the next president . however there are also big shells around still in indonesia went to malaysia but is this more absence of showers than showers you see from the satellite pics that come

up during the day mostly so why is he still well in the middle of them but maybe the mass of miss just off the coast of sumatra and every now and again the itself gets particularly wet but no forecast period is more clouds and rain for k.l. for singapore for example but increasingly in the on the borneo and down towards java particularly in jakarta the showers seem likely that's not the case in the philippines it's still dry season here but the cloud is creeping ever northwards but with no will significant showers in the immediate future and that's true of northern australia too whilst this remains still relatively dry apart from some daytime shows the thing you can crises the remains of the tropical cyclone still affecting the beaches around brisbane from the gulf coast northwards was big swell and it's great for the surf is not so good if you're out on the beach itself twenty six degrees quite possibly cloudy and of course the swell the rest of australia well back to the house it's still some thirty three in adelaide thirty in melbourne

and further west in perth a me a twenty six in the sun. on counting the cost this week breaks it and cambodia it's the southeast asian economy that's most exposed to the u.k. z u divorce plus nine months later lebanon finally has a government but its economy is screaming for attention. counting the cost on al-jazeera.

watching out to syria let's recap the top stories right now people in africa's most populous nation are voting in a delayed presidential election. commission which blamed it on logistical problems. just hours before voting began suspected fighters attacked a town in northeast nigeria. also heard him out of korea the capital of borno state . and its opposition leader want. people to help trucks carrying u.s. aid get into the country at least two people were killed on friday after venezuelan security forces opened fire on people trying to cross the border. on friday venezuela's power struggle became a battle of the bands with dueling concert setting the stage for a showdown between president nicolas maduro an opposition leader. reports in the border town of. dressed in white there with the colors of the business where last

flag people arrived mostly young. who crossed into colombia came to watch and listen to some of the best known spanish speaking. organizers say two hundred thousand people attended the charity concert organized by british businessman richard branson the aim to raise one hundred million u.s. dollars within sixty days for the people of. those in the crowd also wanted to see the plan in delivery on saturday a food and medical supplies same fear by the united states to go ahead it's been blocked by business well i'm president. close today we're enjoying ourselves but we know tomorrow is the crucial day for venezuela we have faith that it will be a new beginning and we will be for you. but if i leave you with some of the biggest names in spanish and latin american music to this concert tell me about for no doubt this success story it's for

a good. your sentiment as well on the whole position financially when we come here down to the concert organizer by the government is just on the other side. and there are only a few hundred. it's been called. a fork festival scheduled to continue until sunday on the first day a few people showed up given site heavily guarded by the military many of those attending the colombian concert say they will spend the night here enjoying saturday's efforts to move the aid inside going to swear like me and see us in their family who came all the way from the capital caracas to be part of the action by now that we believe the aid needs to pass and the only way for it to go through is that the mass of people on both sides becomes one big human age chain that we use of violence on the business when i'm brazilian border saturday's events promised to be a list space the book fair i listen to beauty. and as well as foreign minister has

holding talks at the un to try and end the standoff or un secretary general antonio terrace who is pushing for negotiations also hold meetings that diplomats from countries which support majoris government including russia and north korea i also says the u.s. is using the aid effort to star rest. concerns of president may backtrack over has promised a civilian as the head of the new national guard a controversial fifty thousand strong force is supposed to fight rising crime down home and has more from mexico city. its president lopez obrador has big plan to beat the record levels of violence in mexico the fifty thousand strong national guard made up of military personnel and federal police and they cleared a big hurdle when the senate approved unanimously on thursday i provided ok here's your part of the court out of the opposition and then goes have demanded that the

fools be headed by civilian rather than a military officer before they go after months of negotiations when the bill was passed and gone but on friday morning the president pulled them up sure that. the faculty for naming the head of the national guard is with the president and it could be a civilian or military officer retired or active it's important to clear that up. if he does name a military head of the force it would be an added concern to those already worried that the bill in shrines the permanent presence of the military on the streets over the next five years and gives them increased powers. the public does trust the armed forces more than the police they seem is less corrupt but they've also run a paternally of human rights abuses since the start of the drug war the military have been in many instances acting as sources of violence in their own right and there has been massacres and it's just the way they operate and trying to do things

is to destroy the enemy as they would say themselves but an astrologer construes so you introduce another violent act or in an already violent context there's also been criticism that this is all been tried before and failed the last administration kept the military on the country streets it all. so you move through and then lead force that was in the end scale back i'm that said that it would concentrate on homicides rather than going off the kingpins exactly the same tactics the president will prison obrador has announced at the start of his term the end result for the last administration the worst murder rate on record. security experts of the k.t. to better training and conditions for local police forces but that takes time and political will the president included some of that he's being but it's clear that his priority is his new militarized police fools john home in. mexico city

israeli forces shot dead a palestinian teenager during protests at the gaza border fence on friday the fifteen year old was killed during weekly demonstrations that have been taking place since march of last year at least forty others were injured palestinian protesters are demanding an end to israel's blockade of gaza and their right to return to their lands that were taken from them when israel was formed in one nine hundred forty eight the un says it seriously concerned about executions in egypt after fifteen people were sentenced to death this month nine of them were executed on wednesday for killing a top prosecutor in two thousand and fifteen as well as attacks a day before the second anniversary of mass protests which prompted the military to oust former president mohamed morsy dozens gathered in the city of us want to pay their respects at the funeral of one of the men who was executed try to go between the world's two largest economies have been extended through the weekend after progress during the first two days of talks in washington u.s.

and chinese officials have been trying to end a seven month long trade war president donald trump has indicated a march first deadline to resolve the dispute could be extended. less with pakistan and that's the message of the pakistani army to end as tensions mount between the nuclear armed neighbors and his military says pakistani intelligence was involved in an attack an indian administered kashmir last week a charge denies at least forty one indian paramilitary troops were killed in the suicide bombing claimed by a pakistan based armed group we have the determination we have the means to the desired end state we can just point to full spectrum. and i hope you get this message and don't mess with constant. indian opposition m.p. from the congress party demanded a tougher response from the delhi to last week's attack well i'd like them to be

doing things we can talk about frankly i'd like them to be exacting a certain amount of retribution we know who the culprits of they've been running around on the loose in pakistan for some years and we seem to be unfortunately confined to sort of fulminating about them the sad thing is they enjoy the patronage and the protection and apparently the arms and the training of the pakistani military and that's something that really gets to go to many many and so these are things that were very seriously it's a it's a dangerous and irresponsible thing to do and obviously the country to that degree is pretty united on going in senegal could decide the country's next president when voters head to the polls on sunday a majority of eligible voters are female and candidates have made their issues a priority in the campaign of course and are. it's the final stretch in the campaign trail for candidate mikey self running for

a second term in office with one rallying cry. together sharing a common hope. slogan to attract women because there are more women are eligible to vote than men. electrical technician is too busy working to attend political rallies but she says promising hope is not enough change is what women want. to listen to feel times have changed we are a work force like any other and i expect our new president to give us the same rights as men. and. women are not just paid less than men they're also taxed more inheritance and family laws favor men over women and more deserving. and although a law was introduced in two thousand and ten women to have a bigger role in politics there are big gaps between the sexes senegal has yet to adapt a gender discrimination law to first rate it because there we have

a since two thousand and ten and we have we have one of the feel confident enough because it has it and even in the war we have a national assembly that is made of forty to be put on a form and that doesn't translate into what you to see patients are going to get but to patients of whom and. for the first time since one thousand nine hundred ninety three there are no women running for the presidency and so the male candidates are making promises to women political newcomer song says if he's elected he will increase maternity leave and impose tougher penalties against sexual violence mike he sells says he has made health care free for mothers and their children. he wants to include more women in his cabinet in the civil service and is promising more jobs for young female graduates senegalese women are expected to come out and vote. on sunday because among them are many times. the demographic in this election the challenge for placing my results is to be the

candidate of security and. among them is voted still undecided who to vote for she's unfazed by political promises or slogans but determined to make her vote count nicholas hoult al-jazeera car. i'm richelle carey let's take a look at the headlines on al-jazeera people in africa's most populous nation are voting in until a presidential election all in nigeria was postponed last week by the electoral commission which blamed it on logistical problems the two front runners have cast their ballots president mohammed bihari is seeking a second term the other leading candidate his former vice president to take a car they're both pledging to revamp nigeria's struggling economy just hours before the voting began suspected boko haram fighters attacked a town and northeast nigeria many people fled the town of khatam. the latest on

that situation. we were told that the military is in full control of the town now and probably moving from one location to the other trying to see whether or not there are quite a still in the town of good down here in my degree at all and for a break on our own five o'clock in the morning the break will go on a simple explosion is there i went off in the city and we're not sure at the moment what exactly happened but it's suspected that some suicide bombers may have set up explosions or testers in sudan's capital have denounced the president's state of emergency this year announced he was dissolving the government just hours later appointed six new ministers and as well as opposition leader joe is calling on people to help the usa get into the country at least two people were killed on friday after venezuelan security forces opened fire on people trying to cross the border with his il the saudi crown prince says china has the right to fight against

so-called extremism to protect its own national security the hubbub installments remarks during a visit to beijing are being interpreted as a reference to china's crackdown on the weaker muslim minority rights groups say china's detained estimated one million readers and what beijing says are reeducation camps the un says it is seriously concerned about executions in egypt after fifteen people were sentenced to death this month nine of them were executed on wednesday for killing a top prosecutor in two thousand and fifteen it was attacked a day before the second anniversary of mass protests which prompted the military to oust former president mohamed morsy as are the headlines keep it here on al-jazeera much more news to come carrying the cost as that next. from sunrise to sunset cross asia. the pacific explorer i'm told. team stories one on one on al-jazeera.

hello i'm adrian for the good this is counting the cost on al-jazeera a weekly look at the world of business and economics this week briggs it and cambodia why the u.k.'s exit from the e.u. is having an impact as far away as southeast asia. lebanon has a new government but can it fix what some are calling a zombie economy. also this week why samsung has launched a very pricey folding smartphone and live awards a sacred waterway comes under threat in the philippines. cambodia has been one of the best performing economies in the world over the past two decades but there are threats on the horizon including surprisingly the u.k.'s impending exit from the.