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out of wimbledon beats the 5 time champion in a stunning 1st round ups. it was a planned extradition law which spawned the protest movement but now hong kong's unrest is about so much more and strong the harshest words yet from the territories ultimate rulers in beijing called monday's takeover of the hong kong legislative council a blatant challenge to the one country 2 systems bottom line and said we express our fear mint condemnation against this why well think about the types of pictures we saw protesters unfurling a british colonial flag over the speakers podium and then defacing the official seal of hong kong with spray paint this is symbolic stuff 22 years to the day since britain handed over control of hong kong to china that anniversary. also marked by

yet another huge march this was the 3rd one would same in a matter of weeks with hundreds of thousands of people filling the streets protesting not just against the extradition bill but the government's response and what they say is the increasing control coming from beijing well get a live update from hong kong in just a moment but we're starting with the support from one high the center of power in hong kong is now a crime scene the legislative council and its parliament is in disarray after anti-government protesters broke in on monday night's the morning after the violence police began investigating the incident which may result in protesters being charged for trespassing and vandalism those who usually work here and still coming to terms with what happened they got high so young this is a place for hong kong people it is a symbol of legislation even though people including the youngsters have different opinions they have no right to cause damage to the legislative council i think we should all protect this council it's a place to discuss politics not

a place for fighting. hours after the riot police dispersed the rally a cleanup operation also began work is cleared piles of debris left behind as protesters made a quick retreat the latest rally came to an end amid clouds of tear gas and charging police the catalyst for the crackdown was the decision by protesters to force their way into the government building it came after a much larger peaceful anti-government march earlier in the day organizers said more than half a 1000000 people came out on the 22nd anniversary of the handover of hong kong from great britain to china they want hong kong's chief executive to resign and for a controversial extradition bill to be withdrawn. they see the bill which would allow criminal suspects to be sent to mainland china for trial as another sign of beijing's increasing control over hong kong as the police investigation continues here the debate is only really just beginning about the decision by protesters to

burst into this building causing so much damage along the way and whether it will turn public opinion against the anti-government movement even some supporters of the protestors believe it was a mistake but they say it has to be viewed in a broader context of what they're trying to achieve why this down people. so disrespectful to the legislature that is because they cannot represent a voice of the people the people of hong kong is still trying to digest what happened here the protesters grab everyone's attention with their actions but they still haven't achieved their goals increasing the possibility of violence on the streets when hey al jazeera on cong. time for an update with andrew thomas in hong kong a lot quieter there than the last time i spoke to you and you're about well coming up to 24 hours ago now tell us about the same there. were

24 hours ago where i'm standing right now was the heart of the process that was 506100 feet trying to get into this building the legislative council building right in the center of hong kong which of course about face time yesterday almost exactly 24 hours ago hundreds of protesters did break in so you now you can see now that the place of put blue and white striped plastic over the windows where they were smashed and then saw eat the place are now carrying out a pretty extensive investigative operation they're not really clearing up as such gets there's an awful lot of debris in there i went in there very lights on monday night off the protest is being played out on the number of the straw and objects around the amount of debris was quite incredible what the place is doing at the moment every few minutes is that wheeling out the trolley of objects that the protesters had taken in with them things that they used to smash down the windows or things that they used to smash things inside or spray graffiti over the walls and so on and all that is being taken away in big essentially as evidence for any

forthcoming prosecutions of those in there in the place and said that they have their own camera footage they'll be looking through that and they will be going after those who broke into this building and indeed violent protests more broadly carol lam the chief executive in a press conference in the early hours of choose day gave no ground a tool to the protesters he didn't say she was going to resign which is one of the demands in fact if anything she seems a bit stronger in her position now than she did a couple of days ago she still said that the extradition laws these controversial extradition laws which will allow people here in hong kong to be extradited to china while they remain suspended and will expire in her words but they won't be completely formally cancelled as the protesters want and nor would she give any ground on giving come from kind of amnesty to people. in previous protests. another camera crew perceived me but as you can imagine none of that is what protest is hope to achieve on monday everyone wants to be on al-jazeera at the moment andrew

what thoughts of you got about the future of the democracy movement it was always peaceful and that's what they almost prided themselves on then yesterday it all got blown out of the water what are they doing. well i've been talking to a few protestors over the last hour or 2 and to be honest there's a real sense of anticlimax to put it mildly frustration or despondency to be quite honest they understand why some of their fellow protesters went a bit wild in this building and smashed up things as much as they did they understand that because they said the protesters had done everything else they could possibly do they had signed petitions they don't deny smart shoes they've been around school children getting them to come out and write letters to legislators they petitioned legislators here they just didn't feel as though they were getting anywhere with that now the peaceful march on monday yesterday was 500000 strong but they've been previous martina's of well over

a 1000000 possibly as many as 2000000 people march back in june and again the protesters felt that that hadn't achieved all their writings either so they really felt that what happened on monday while disappointing because no one wanted it to turn violent even some of those i've spoken to who were in that building and possibly taking part in the violence they feel they've lost control of themselves as well as fellow protesters they didn't want that to happen but they said it was born of immense frustration i asked one of the protesters what next for the protest movement and he said simply a rest for now and then we'll have a think. sorry that's a risk arrest for a moment. thank you very much and yes he wants to rest. thank you so or i could turn to you now with more reaction from the chinese capital beijing. this is the hong kong the chinese government wanted the world to see celebrations marking the 22nd anniversary of its return to the chinese motherland

instead please with the scenes broadcast around the world dismissed by beijing as little more than violent mobs pursing but it says is a blatant challenge to the one country 2 systems rule its strongest words yet very similar to you thousands of what happened in hong kong violently striking into the lack of the damaging facilities is an act of troubling rule of law and violating social order is a serious the law breaking behavior. the communist party has condemned the storming of hong kong's legislative council and during its full support behind chief executive kerry land government it's backing a police investigation into the criminal responsibility of those involved on monday night saying offenders who feel the full force of the law. the chinese government are continuing to play down the takeover of hong kong's column and calling it the illegal behavior of a group of radicals but the intensity of the protest have no doubt shocked china's

leadership and pundits and questions as to why so many who are resisting beijing's control they see or perceive that somehow beijing is over reaching that it's violating what they perceive it is the spirit or the agreement that was in the hand-over from beijing's point of view they're protecting their people and their country for now from chinese state media a familiar party line continuing to protest will only undermine social order and harm hong kong. beijing is watching closely waiting to see of hong kong government able to stamp out the unrest if not it may bring with these protesters fear the more stuff more controlled from the mainland chinese you al-jazeera beijing. martin lee with us now founding chairman of the democratic party of hong kong joining us on skype nice to have you with us mr les just. still looking at those

pictures from yesterday i still find it quite amazing to see how the protests turned from peaceful to taking over the legislative council what were your feelings about whether that was the right thing to do or not but the young people so. far. we didn't get anything so they try something this. type of a different knowing that they will be found and they are prepared to sacrifice a young future in order to keep hong kong as a citizen that they love they are doing this also for us but 1st of all why does love to go into the bill good to begin with the middle east if you have been watching closely know that there were 3 or 4 guys actually doing the damage to the gusting door which would be in full strong and the jewish i and sticks and so on

and kept on hitting it insisting you know follow 4 full hours before they finally broke the door and there was the police who were executives behind that they are still fully armed and just waiting. and then they signed it wrote down the dog they entered it and there was another part to shoot with and the police again behind another one of the computer could break even. and then where did the police go they disappear. so why what why and why did they do that because i remember thinking that yesterday as well yet they don't want the confrontation they that they were under orders to stand down what do you think that they keep finding excuses when the world but you have seen that you know that the police were actually there and not a good test is to spend so much time just a few of them to break open the door and government property legit have come to burn the apartment building which then doing the work with another police to do

that with them sucking the head of. that's what happened and of course their work a trap set for them people bought into it and they did what they consider necessary at least to get the attention of beijing hopefully that they will honor these promises made to our people what they would be a welcome intervention rather sorry to interrupt you you talk about the young people who did this you are someone who has campaigned for democracy for so long what would you actually recommend they do now because if this sorts of thing happens again i mean you don't know what the reaction could be either from the hong kong government or from beijing they were prepared even to sacrifice their lives i was so worried that tenement question appeared hong kong not they really wanted to protect and secure people have to understand it but the police actually set a trap for their walk and they did what they did or but they didn't hurt anybody. i

mean that that's good nobody because they didn't want to. and the police a lot of them and i will repeat the word the chinese. and they use the word bill agent challenges the one country 2 systems who committed to. big income a phone call you know this is a very that promises not kept beijing promise that they were not going to fit in hong kong is they kept or interfered. they have been making these bridges the whole world watching. the whole war supported regime. but you know it's been. doing nothing more than ever but on their promise nothing more than most and they are not free to do this last patient. and then they're going to rest . muscly a pleasure talking to you must mean that all our chief executive the founding chairman of the democratic party of hong kong thank you so much for your time.

here's what else is coming up for you on this news up plenty more news which checking in on not well round 3 now of the fight to fill the european union's top jobs also on the front lines meeting the medical workers working on the dangerous conditions in libya's capital and it's semi final time this is the women's world cup defending champions the usa taking on england and with the support of the. 2 other news the former sorry the french president on your micron is calling on iran to immediately reduce its enrich uranium reserves the un's nuclear watchdog confirms teheran is stockpiling more enriched uranium than is allowed under the 2015 nuclear deal let's get some clarity know natasha butler is in paris tell us more of what was said. well the lease they put out

a statement earlier in which it said that present was very concerned by the fact that iran had decided to exceed its uranium limits it also says the macro is calling on tehran to reverse its decision and not to carry out any further steps which could mean that iran was not complying with the 2015 a deal that macro is going to really try in the next few days to make sure that everything is done to make sure that iran does continue to apply comply but we're also hearing that european diplomatic sources are saying that the real focus for britain france and germany the signatories of the 2015 deal in europe their real focus is to try and diffuse and ready very tense situation they don't want this to escalate any further and what they are what these diplomatic sources and saying is that britain france and germany will not resort to using

a special mechanism which was in shrine in the 2015 deal that would allow for the reimposition of u.n. sanctions europeans don't want to go down that path they want to try to diffuse and deescalate the situation they want iran to comply with this deal and that is what they seem very united in calling on tehran to do of course they do not want to see this deal collapse because they say it is the best still out there for peace and security in the region and they say they're also doing everything in their powers to make sure that it doesn't collapse and rid us of vive thank you natasha butler in paris and now it up to the interim. iran speaker of parliament johnny speaking during a ceremony to mark the 988 us shoot down of an iranian passenger airliner flight 655 the remarks that he made really reflected the frustration of the iranian leadership not 290 people died in 988 when a u.s.

missile cruiser fired at the passenger airliner but when the 2050 nuclear deal was signed the trust gap that exists between iran and the united states from years of conflict and incidents like this shoot down a lot of that trust had been bridged by moves made by the administration of u.s. president barack obama the latest remarks today from mr larijani illustrate how much of that trust deficit being built up that trust deficit being done away with during the obama administration much of that has been undone by the administration of u.s. president donald trump more should. america's problem is that they don't know the middle east and the iranian nation and they think if they deploy some warships to the region they can suppress the determination of a nation but iranians have shown they have unified should realize that a civilized nation will get more united when they're bullied if they understand that many problems will be sold to understanding it needs wisdom on monday the u.n.

nuclear watchdog agency the i.a.e.a. confirmed that iran had breached a stockpile limit agreed upon in the 2015 nuclear deal of 300 kilograms of an restraint the white house issued a statement saying that iran had been violating the wording of the way they had been violating the nuclear deal much before now iranian government officials have refuted that claim by the united states routinely and in the tweet from foreign minister zarif he simply said seriously question mark and that one word question really illustrates the frustration the ongoing frustration of iranian leaders many iranians here have said that they are caught between the republican party and the democratic party that the republican white house under u.s. president donald trump is simply trying to undo a major landmark foreign policy milestone achieved by the obama era government and iran's nuclear deal is simply caught in the middle. negotiations to select the european union's top officials began again after repeated attempts to reach

a consensus this is now the 3rd meeting to pick the blocks top jobs including the president of the european commission a marathon 20 hour negotiation on monday broke down over eastern european opposition to france timmons the dutch socialist politician who has the backing of germany spain and france so that's brussels and as those leaders discuss who should get the jobs the new european parliament has been inaugurated in strand's book politicians will submit their candidates by the end of tuesday and will elect a new president for the parliament on wednesday but many leaders say they would prefer the election to follow the appointment of the european commission's president. little bit confusing sometimes but not in barbara's with us in brussels to talk through it i mean is there a likelihood of consensus that this time the day after well on the 3rd attempt. there is suddenly talk of a possible breakthrough came hours after what you could call another mini marathon

of sideline meetings the council the meeting of the leaders as it is only really supposed to be getting going now hours after it was shed yule to start on tuesday morning local time because donald tusk the man chairing their counsel the head of the european council has been holding separate meetings some of them involving. a group some of them involving individuals he's been pictured meeting emanuel back home the french president alongside german chancellor angela merkel and all of this is an echo of what happened over the weekend before the real talks got going trying to see if alternative candidates for the what's seen by some of the most important job the head of the european commission can be agreed upon and the latest is that the the name in the hearts that's been spoken of right now is germany's defense

minister from their lay and now she's from i'm going to merkel's christian c.d.u. center right party so she's part of the e.p. p. grouping in the european parliament the center right group of their they've been saying all along that they want somebody from their group as president of the commission which of course proposes legislation for the whole of the european union it has considerable power going into the talks over the weekend the sticking point was that france timmins the dutch socialist politician was the figure that people like angela merkel. we're putting forwards as the best candidate and for countries like poland hungary and the czech republic he is simply beyond the pale partly because he's been criticising their record on the rule of law other figures like president michel say that we need to see

a balance in terms of geography representing eastern europe more and in terms of gender which is all i do is to the complications in finding a figure for that particular post come out ok in a game just hold on for a 2nd because obviously you're in brussels there but we have got the european parliament opening today in strasbourg and i just want to show. our viewers what happened there today this was the opening ceremony the anthem of the european union ode to joy was being played there by the musicians and there you see a whole bunch of m.p.'s from the british break that party nigel farage and his m.p.'s turning their backs on the playing of the anthem so some controversy to open the day parliament aside from that what is going on at parliament in the in the sense of how it affects the leadership where you are and choosing those leaders of the of the 2 need to come together on this at some in some way.

they certainly do beyond. performance by the pro breaks it. varies a general feeling over the european parliament which is currently in strasbourg that it's very moment to take back some power because of the past here a lot of n.e.p. is are now saying. their wishes need to be taken into account more when it comes to choosing not just the president of the commission but the other senior jobs as well all of the all of the nominations from the e.u. council do have to be ratified by the european parliament anyway but traditionally they've only really had a major say. who gets to preside over the chamber the european parliament not those are the jobs now they're saying well listen we've had elections in may and under the rules the people who get those top jobs are supposed to reflect which parties do best in those elections they were breakthroughs by the likes of the green

parties liberals and nationalist parties still though the p.p. the center right of the largest group in the parliament that's why they're saying our person must get presidents presidency of the commission so it's a big headache and a big power battle if you like between the m.e.p. and the leaders. in brussels they thank you. now these 23 people have been killed 300 a missing after attacks on 3 villages in central mali the assault comes amid a string of violence between full army herders and ethnic doggone farmers who long for the land and resources rather a village that was stoked earlier this year by the growing presence of armed groups . algeria's head of the parliament shot it has resigned. hundreds of algerian students also joined the demonstrations calling for the removal of more government figures on tuesday they accuse leaders of being part of

the old regime and demanded their resignation the protests began in february of course and forced the resignation of president abilities beautifully care we have not seen material with us now a journalist at the german dependent joining us on skype from algiers can you tell me 1st of all the head of the parliament how important a role was that and that he resigned or was he effectively pushed or did he go under pressure. well the head of parliament is the 3rd personality in the country so he's very important in order to go and there are many nigeria he was pushed to relieve nation by his own m.p.'s the m.p.'s open his party and fight for the park he's forcing him yesterday to put his resignation today they even broken his own. he's he's own. yesterday in the wind and. he was he's name was on

the table and the demonstrations or since february 22 people were calling for him for a reason or movement but the whole of the whole parliament is considered as immediately made. by the project stuff right so his resignation is the kind of thing that the protesters want do you think they will be able to force more resignations because they just want anyone associated with the old regime they want them gone you know it's not you know it's not enough of what distance. wide shot it is just one. system and we cim so there's more names they called for but do we the whole good actual government are called to resign and. it's not enough to protest they they want more names or do you feel a protest movement is still strong it was strong enough to get rid of the president initially and we see other protest movements in other parts of north africa is the

algerian protest movement still a strong one it's still strong and next friday it will be a massive protest and that we mark the 67th and university of our independence so it will be and you will protest in the whole country the moment you see a strong and i'll show you a cemetery joining us from algiers thank you so much for that thank you very much indeed. monsoon rains have triggered building collapses across the indian state of maharashtra killing at least 27 people homes were crushed when a wall collapsed in mumbai rescue workers spent the night trying to dig people out of the rubble this is after days of nonstop rain which also crippled businesses in mumbai it and fox here to tell us a little bit more about that yes staggering amount of rainfall there actually kamala's gone down as the heaviest monsoon rains in around 10 years actually one of our colleagues tried to fly into mumbai yesterday got diverted to bangalore or i

think over the weekend if he's lucky before a fairly good start. to take a look at the satellite picture you can see the huge swathe of clouds that we have along the western gets and that does of course include more and by we are seeing the rains continuing here really for quite some time looking out for rainfall totals $382.00 millimeters of rain 24 hours that's nearly half the monthly average rainfall on the 1st day of the month so there is going to be further problems as we go on through the coming days if not weeks actually this is what it looks like when that happens and we have seen a huge rainfall totals coming in and that has of course inevitably led to the widespread flooding we are going to see further showers as we go on through the next few days those big downpours have been late in arriving but they really have arrived with a vengeance this is the situation over the next couple of days as the rain a pushes all the way up through the central plains of india right down the west coast of india as we go through wednesday into thursday i'm afraid mum by stays in

that rainfall it'll stay in that rainfall through friday into saturday maybe sunday looking a little drier to the north as that you can see what difference the temperatures make 40 celsius in new delhi but a 26 and poor 29 in mumbai really does break the heat when the rain finally arrives ok thank you for that everton still ahead of you on this news are the hidden remnants of war we're looking at danger of landmines. other than iraq also the foreign invader choking the rivers of nigeria and sport one of football's most famous rivalries resumes at the copa america and he looks ahead to the big game it's brazil argentina. this is a dialog reading about it for us and staying at it on the international media and on t.v. why should we stop its competition with skepticism because there's

a lot of it on my everyone has a voice we are being taken advantage of just because you have a small community without any network just eat healthy join the global conversation announces iraq all they want to do is start the debate the same kind of debate that we have here on the street. one of the really special things about working for al-jazeera is that even as a camera woman i get to have so much empathy and contribution to a story i feel we cover this region better than anyone else would think what it is you know it's very challenging but in the particular because you have a lot of people that are divided on political issues we are we the people we live to tell the real stories are just mandate is to deliver in-depth journalism we don't feel inferior to the audience across the globe.

or on the news here at al-jazeera these are all top stories china calling the overnight protests in hong kong a blatant challenge to the one country 2 systems principle that is the strongest condemnation from beijing since protesters store. the city's main government building the french president is calling on iran to immediately reduce its rich uranium reserves the un's nuclear watchdog confirms terrorism is stockpiling more enrich uranium than is allowed into the 2050 nuclear deal and they go to select the european union's top officials are on the way again after repeated attempts to reach consensus this is the 3rd meeting to discuss who should fill the top jobs including that of the president of the european commission. is about to

step up their demonstrations they have called for nationwide civil disobedience later this month blaming the military leaders for the deaths during sunday's rallies 11 people were killed you know possessions have now been held for some of the hundreds of thousands of protesters were once again on the streets demanding the military hand over power to a civilian led government the protest leaders say they simply don't trust the transitional military council. we made it clear to the ethiopian african mediation that there should be a time limit for the mediation process and it should not go on forever the struggle of the sudanese people will continue with its commitment to its peaceful methods until the objectives of the revolution are achieving are peaceful tools including negotiation will continue until the objectives of the revolution are cheap. the battle for libya's capital is making it hard for health workers to do their job they have also been caught in the line of fire several have been killed and injured

forces loyal to the war khalifa haftar of course fighting to take control of the city from the un recognized government has a report from tripoli. these ambulances are on their way to the frontlines of southern tripoli. a tough task for medical workers here who face gunfire while trying to do their job. the 3 months battle for control of the libyan capital has taken out all. forces are lined with the you and recognize the government in tripoli accuse those loyal to the warlords for have to of targeting healthy physically as well as residential areas this new field hospital in solid d. neighborhood in southern tripoli is one of 4 health facilities hit by airstrikes or shelling 1000 ambulances were struck by rockets and 2 health facilities had to be

fully evacuated medical workers have moved here to this new field hospital to treat those who have been injured but they're worried that their location could be targeted by have to those warplanes at any time was a life even if the seed will be human. several of our colleagues were killed and several others lost their limbs or were injured this left us in a panic and could derail our work. it is very tense here in this field hospital which is not far from the front line doctors here say they continue to receive cases although there is a shortage of a staff and medical equipment medic middle seat leads a team of red cross into all crews some of them work on the front lines while the other assistant here ready for casualties he's calling on the warring factions to go into the safety of his staff was that. we've confirmed to the rival factions several times that we are providing humanitarian services to everyone equally we

have no political affiliations there bertil full control of tripoli has killed more than 700 people 41 of them were civilians including several medical workers the world health organization has warned against targeting health workers and facilities it says it's a violation of international humanitarian law the medical workers here say in some cases health care is forces have deliberately fired towards their ambulances and as the fighting goes on they'll continue to put their lives at risk to save others. tripoli iraq's prime minister has ordered the country's powerful and paramilitary groups to be integrated into the armed forces. he wants fighters to comply by the end of this month the prime minister says officers and checkpoints operated by

militia groups must be shut down most of iraq's paramilitary groups are believed to be backed by iran. well decades of war in iraq of left contaminated land mines and in recent years the battle against eisel diverted money away from projects which were already struggling to help clear the explosives the worst affected region is around the city of basra from which. is led home by her teenage nephew meet us zahar was blinded almost 20 years ago when she stepped on an anti-personnel mine in a field close by. her brother was killed by a landmine 2 years later. it is had deep psychological effect on my life i often feel like i'm a dead person what used to my to anyone the area we live in is still contaminated with bombs many young people have died zahara lives in the basra neighborhood of bedroom in southern iraq its name roughly translates to the place of compute.

will no 150 people have been killed and many more injured in but thrown by buried bombs from iraq's wars over the last 30 years. in a house close by we meet and need his leg was blown off a 6 months ago when he stepped on a mine while searching for scrap metal which he used to sell to supplement his income as a construction worker. now i live off the charity of my friends i survive on their generosity i have no social security or a pension a depression is overwhelming i can work to support my children and that frightens me this is the area where malik was injured it is littered with military debris from a war that finished 3 decades ago the iran border is around 6 kilometers in that direction this area was effectively the front line during the iran iraq war a war that ended more than 30 years ago and yet this area remains one of the most

heavily mined in the world. around 100 kilometers away close to the kuwaiti border unexploded ordinance teams search for cluster bombs dropped by the u.s. air force and saddam hussein's army during the 1991 war there are huge areas like this across southern iraq contaminated from the 2003 u.s. led invasion of iraq to. the tiny fragments of the potentially lethal up to 30 meters. experts say in addition to the vast areas littered with bombs like these. there's more than 800 square kilometers of mine proves that need to be cleared around a loan. says the war on ice on the north of the country the international donors and government attention has focused on refugees and clearance of ordinance there but they must not forget south this region is the

most heavily polluted with unexploded munitions in iraq. back in the truong malik sits with his 2 sons afraid for his family's future he says he expects many more people will suffer the hidden remnants of iraq's wars for many years to come. international observers about brainiest local elections say it's become a political fight which isn't benefiting the voters the main opposition parties boycotted sunday's poll over accusations of corruption and now legal challenges might be on the way john psaropoulos reporting now from albania. the mayor of chicago is tallying voter turnout in sunday's local election it is pitifully low which is good news for the incumbent then me because the democratic party she represents boycotted this election so she wasn't a candid it people they refused it is and this is wonderful this is not political

this is being a citizen so because of that i think that it is there and because of that they feel . the democratic party accuses the socialist government of corruption it is demanding the resignation of prime minister and the general election president who is sympathetic to the opposition claims declared the local elections cancelled and rescheduled them for october to give the parties a cooling off period but the government under held them anyway. has been a democratic party stronghold since the fall of communism in 1990 but on sunday a socialist party candidate stood here unopposed according to the municipal tally fewer than 7 percent of registered voters turned out to vote and many of those apparently in protest. and some of those are workers in state services who told me it would then mean they were ordered to vote in resulting political disagreements

international monitors blame the 2 main parties this early years of june collections held with little regard for the interests of the electorate in the climate of the political standoff and polarize ation. did not have a meaningful choice but to. in political options. in february the democratic party opposition walked out of parliament this polarization has left voters confused and disillusioned. with the politics of the last years it's very very confused you know for all the people and the people are so so tight honestly we need an opposition even if it's maybe bad without any organization or anything like that. a demi's term officially ends in august since she doesn't recognize this election as legal she is refusing to give up hope post as a 23 other opposition mayor's prime minister rama has invited the opposition to the

talks unless the political parties reach agreement it will be up to rome whether to initiate legal proceedings that will put a demi and the other opposition mayors in jail jumpsuit al-jazeera. germany's foreign minister has called for the immediate release of the captain of a rescue vessel who defied italian authorities and docked in lampedusa qatada wreckage they was detained after illegally docking there she is facing charges of hitting a police boat that was trying to stop the sea watch 3 was carrying dozens of migrants and refugees rescued in the mediterranean records or appeared in court on saturday and faces 10 years in prison if convicted. now fishermen in nigeria say a non native plant species is choking the rivers and restricting trade the water hyacinth is native to the amazon basin of south america but it started appearing in nigeria in the 1990 s. and then spread in interest reports from lagos. on land hundreds of thousands of

cars and trucks clogged the streets of lagos. and for those people who have increasingly turned to the water for transport an invasive weed is making life difficult there. because of how enormous it is is the governments the us will kill more machines to also show that we're able to tackle it appropriately the spread of water hyacinth is heading inland covering small streams and rivers at least $26.00 out of nigeria's $36.00 states affected it is accelerating the buildup of silt at the bottom of rivers and choking about aquatic plants by blocking sunlight and oxygen water herself or frost noticed in nigeria in the early 1990 s. since then the invasive plant has disrupted not only transporting but also hydroelectric generation and fishing in several regions efforts to control it have

so far field. you know more who's been a fisherman all his life so as the job is now getting harder going through mind to stop our presence of the plants makes it difficult to parse out and cast our net the catch is decreasing in fact the water is becoming shallow. what he sees as a nuisance others see an opportunity. they have is the plan to create an artwork out of it for sale but importantly scientists say there is a lot of potential of water hyacinth including electricity generation. scientists at. the what i say and longer process of my research using the educational metal. plants what i sing it in water and this is missing dislodged from roots and we now use it for their research work innocently and using it for adoption

about is something that might prove beneficial to nigeria as it struggles to generate electricity to power its factories and homes. back on the river to which is the wheat will just disappear so that the fish can return in the us army al-jazeera lagos staler head the on al-jazeera. she will come to a. time grand slam champion. after suffering a surprise defeat at wimbledon. what

about some guys are flocking to a small town in chile for what they hope will be an exceptional viewing looking out for the total solar eclipse which is set to dock in the sky and service south america later on tuesday will go across parts of chile and argentina and a journey lasting about 6 minutes a latin america editor alysia newman is going to live in chile the best place to see this rare event. the transparent skies of northern chile especially the call kimball region have turned this into the world's a strong many capital. but scientists aren't the only ones rushing to witness a cosmic event that is drawing hundreds of thousands of visitors here to see a total solar eclipse people say well what's crucial about a why do you want to travel so far to see you. after you see the eclipse you will know that this will be the american couples 16th have been chasing solar eclipses

the world over in a full solar eclipse the position of the moon appears to fully cover the sun turning day into night it occurs somewhere on our planet roughly every 18 months but they're all different depending on the location the position of the sun and the clarity of the sky the committee on this fringe family just arrived from parish and says they expect this their 5th eclipse to be the best one yet yes it's an expensive hobby but once you see the full eclipse. you get addicted actually you want to see the next one. accommodation in the cookie mobile and atacama regions. have been sold out for more than 6 months this is like a get up population 4000 where almost everybody is renting a room or their home or even just a little piece of land where people visitors can camp out and the reason is that

this remote place has some of the best views of the stars of anywhere in the world and which according to astronomers will also give you some of the best views all the eclipse. but for astronomers and physicists who also camped out here it's an opportunity to see elusive stars gather data or demonstrate this theory of relativity through these telescopes so you will go to the body if your eyeball to see weak stars during a total eclipse we will be able to determine if the light is displaced and and demonstrate once again einstein's general theory of relativity and they said it's wonderful as one sharon and byrne arbel cults have less ambitious expectations so i'm hoping to see stars in the daytime. if the weather cooperates as media or all or just predict she will more than likely get her wish to see in human light good at chilly. andy's here. you're very hard worker but you do get to sit and watch the

tennis all day was the narrative and the cricket is such that thing and will be a tough day so far the defending women's champion julie kerber is also winning starts at the all england club she beat fellow german such the armory in straight sets new world number one and french open champion also through seeing off china's sarsour young former u.s. open champion sloane stephens also into the 2nd round the number one seed dropped in just 6 games and she's beating bush in ski. in the menstrual former u.s. open finest garnishee curry was a straight sets win in his 1st round match the japanese number one seed beating brazilian tiago monteiro. now fans still absorbing what could be the 1st stand out there in what will become an outstanding career 15 year old american corey goff beating one of tennis's all time greats on her wimbledon david starks reports. a few days after sitting a school science test curry golf was on

a wimbledon show court against a hero and 5 time champion venus williams no sign of nerves she looked comfortable in your eye displaying the raw talent that's already seen her get signed up by roger federer's management company she took the opening set 6 games to paul i don't wasn't even baldwin beat us 1st one at the all england club but again it was the youngster who made the crucial breakthrough in the 2nd set i was the crowd were loving it and they were soon on their feet again to celebrate one of the tournament's most famous victories i was already the youngest wimbledon qualify in the open era go right 313 in the world but pulled off a stunning upset i never thought this would happen and really living my dream right now in not many people get to say that so i'm just happy that. gave me the opportunity just to play i even the defeated venus is intrigued to see what happens

next. i it was a fully focused performance by golf and as far as she's concerned she's not finished yet how far he can go in the store. when it one woman who won't be lifting the trophy this year is no i mean osaka. the 2nd secret don't tell straight so why do you so you suckers struggled such winning back to back grand slams sucking the coach for the 1st time a motions got the better of her in a post match news conference pretty much become a global superstar of the last 12 months my willingness tre you you'll. be. sorry we have to leave that. well osaka heads for the exit curry go marches on into the 2nd round which should be up against the back you like the rain over barack obama they get stoked

al-jazeera. key much taking place in the cricket world cup bangladesh looking to keep the hopes of making the semifinals alive they're up against india who are looking for a cover from their 1st offense of that sort of against england india posting a total of 314 for 9 in their 50 overs right sharma scoring a century india needs to win so make sure of their place in the last for bangladesh just getting going in their reply. the women's world cup as the semifinals get started after her 2 goals against france in the last round the usa will be looking to make an repay night so to take them to another final the defending champions when dealing with accusations that are slightly over confident going into their game with england i don't think our team is arrogant at all i think that our team is confident we're respectful of our opponents and i think the way that we respect them is by preparing for each game against as if that the opponent that we're going

to play is the bath in the world. england haven't conceded a goal in their last 4 going up that sort of the team looking to go one better than 4 years ago in canada when they lost to japan at this stage of the tones. i think we were all born winners not some mentality we came here to win the world cup and that's still our aim so obviously it would be disappointing and i think as players we would see the potential of a failure. because our mentality has been to win it so anything less will be disappointed in ourselves the 2nd 70 far takes place on wednesday also only on sweden are hoping to reach their 1st final at the event the 16 years pretty confident scored for a not so former champions germany in the last states and the netherlands are looking to do the double by adding the world cup to their european title stomach

for the leak of martin's he's got a bit of an injury she missed their final training session but is expected to be fit for the get. out of super power houses of south american for will meet later in the copper america semifinal host brazil going to the game against argentina horizontally is the i am so when the 1st continental title for the 1st time since 2007 brazil were one mill when is the last time the sides met they haven't lost at home to argentina for more than 2 decades. arjun senior of reach for the last 5 finals but it chasing their 1st copper title since 1993 a little messy yet so when a major title with his country a lot of pressure on him he's only scored once in the tournament so far and that was a penalty and buys own admission he's been playing a large part. and the baseball world has been paying tribute to the los angeles angels pitcher who died on monday season's the 27 year old was found in his

hotel room just hours before the same mistreats play a major league game against the texas rangers play say there are no suspicious circumstances the angels game with the ranges all sparks pods. so those moments where you're just coming. to life. you know i personally are just tremendous things about him and. you know everybody spoke very highly of him and just a really sad situation obviously. of our go out to work that we're thinking about a mistake about his family more action from day 2 of the wimbledon championships coming up in the next news hour but for now that is it for me at the end they thank you for that just looking ahead to our next bulletin we're getting word of a fire aboard a submerged russian submarine which has killed 14 people the russian military has said that in a statement our correspondent in moscow it will be live with us shortly there just lining up there were get the latest on that and the latest out of hong kong as well

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