qualities such as wisdom ability believe in women with a lower category of values such as emotion stupidity or also wily ness for that matter one of the main writers of the new car situation and document disagrees with ned. use it to empower women rather than give them places. they say they don't need they say they already know. just give them the positions. so you think they're not qualified. it is also our duty to. ready addressing a mostly male crowd now he said but after a long history of exclusion it's time to give women a chance in public office. they speak to us about qualifications but look at this 60 years of rule since independence it's been a heap of failures linking qualification to james as an excuse they used to exclude

women and it has no basis sudanese women have been graduating from medical colleges since 951 is it logical nobleman is qualified to take up the job as minister of health for instance. as these debates go on so then these women are starting to break new ground for the 1st time since independence a woman is appointed our stock diplomat but didn't other women rights campaigners say needs to be done. nonprofit organization amazon watch is organizing protests around the world as part of a global day of action calling for the protection of the rainforest the group wants brazilian president jalal sanaa to reverse policies which it says are killing the amazon a record number of fires are burning in brazil and neighboring countries also now support 44000 troops to fight the flames puts resisted international assistance saying it would turn brazil into

a colony of latin america newman has more from brazil's part of state. i mean just across the river from. mido one of the largest municipalities in all of brazil the size of england that is also the most of forested and here and on a pole the same thing is beginning to happen we were in the rain forest with a community that lives in a settlement trying to live under a sustainable development program in the jungle without knocking down or cutting down all of the trees but they themselves are under attack we saw their community house had been set on fire by illegal loggers these people come they cleared of the rain forest and then they set it on fire put grass get it to grow and then sell the land illegally to cattle ranchers and so this is the process that is quickly deforested in the whole area of one of the richest parts of the amazon which is the state of where i am right now. the philippine government is accusing. is accusing

the opposition of plotting to oust president reagan to territory dozens of people have been taken before the courts where they've denied the allegations 2000000 duggan has more from manila. they are politicians priests actors and human rights workers more than 30 of them are accused by the philippine government of committing acts of sedition inciting people to rebel against the government and other criminal complaints the office of the solicitor general says they plotted with the vice president. to destabilize the administration of president to go to terror to one by one they submitted sworn statements denying the claims the piling is going to have already said. on the vice president nor the vice president also submitted her own statement all the accused say the allegations

are baseless and are simply attempts to silence dissenting voices ministration those of the administration does not realize that the duty of the opposition is to oppose constructively the president got used to brown nosing and polishing the. that is not the work of the opposition. the government filed a complaint in july after the united nations boated to investigate the church's so-called war on drugs which has led to the deaths of thousands of filipinos. most of those accused of sedition have been vocal critics of detectives policies in another i hope i'm. wrong but the solicitor general and the police say they have strong evidence against them in court jamila claims he was the man who appeared in a series of online videos linking the president's family to the illegal drugs trade but he denied that he was taken into police custody and now says he conspired with

members of the opposition to this taboo lies detectors administration his credibility as a witness has been questioned. now in the hands of the justice department if the case will be through the court the case is still under preliminary investigation and those facing the possibility of charges say they hope that the rule of law will prevail they say the initial court action smacks of political persecution dogon al jazeera mandela. and for your own fault. it's. god's.

all right time now for sports here's joe hasn't thank you all rain has delayed playing the ashes cricket so let's get straight to the u.s. open serena williams i have a palette i mean especially it's reached the final but stunning to her and a record equalling 24th grand slam is canada's rising star pianka andrei s.k. david starts reports. he's not one of my just 27 team but serena williams seems determined to change that and make history in new york this week whatever elena spitz alina threw at her in the semifinal williams 3 strikes back. my money she was on a mission using her trademark power game and even rest serve and volley tactics it

was all simply too much for her opponent i told williams took their $6.00 games to 3 and the dominance continued in the 2nd set she had an answer for everything. the 6th time champion of the top one game and she sealed victory in a place in the final for the 2nd year running. i 3 in his last 3 final set to come back from childbirth but she now has another chance to equal barbara cole truckload of 24 grand slams she's got one day off to get ready not that she thinks she'll get much rest. but i do know it is me. hanging out with b.b. and doing activities we wanted for me. so i try to save as much time with her i moved 4 times 1st or most the other semifinal was much tighter canadian teenager bianca address q. to be our next. set on a typewriter get splendid bench but the swiss fall back to take

a 52 lead in the 2nd set and it seems to be heading for deciding i was playing in just a full grand slam 19 year old andress q. produced a stunning comeback to get back to 5 games all this rally in particular showing had never say die attitude odd was it's a 1st time in the main draw at flushing meadows and she battled off 5 games in a row to secure the win was this point never having been past the 2nd man did a major she's now into the final against one of the greatest players ever it's a dream come true playing against arena in the finals of the us open i got to know what to say. it's crazy it's pretty easy was it really will be a battle of the generations on saturday i have addressed you wasn't even born when williams won her 1st u.s. open trophy back in 99 t.

knowing serene it might be twice the age of her opponent but she'll hope experience wins out and finally gets that elusive record equalling wade david stokes al-jazeera. incredible well it is a busy weekend a well cup qualifiers coming up as teams across asia and africa take a step on the road to cats out 2022 has a qualifying a qualified automatically as hosts but still need to play because it also doubles as a shield for the asian cup which is in 2023 and they run riot against afghanistan striker omo is at least scored a hat trick in a 6 nil thrashing asian champions showing why they're the favorites in creepy. former premier league footballer jamie carrick keratin is one of the rare breed of players who has played over a 1000 games and he's not planning on stopping anytime soon all sports correspondent lee wellings went to meet the man who once turned down alex ferguson's much seen ited. nobody world football has been doing this.

and longer than jamie carragher in april he joined a small group of players to pass the pounds and appearances but jamie is the oldest still playing and this week he celebrated his 44th birthday and he scored an all 8 of the top divisions of english football more than 300 goals overall it's been quite a journey for him and his family he's like the 17 different clubs in england and even one in korea not a lot it all up to be honest. i think family guy for a lot you know players are that stay in one area very lucky. and i think from faith by. someone you there was everywhere i've moved around he started in the premier league back in 1993 with norwich city having turned down alex ferguson's famous manchester united team of young stars including david beckham probably a few days later the phone call rang of 1st satisfactions on 5 years later i don't think it was libyans or christ but i was like. my dad saying why is he not sad and

why does not work on this and i unite and i was and i thought as well and. so carried away and he said you know happy it now has made a decision the latest club to benefit from his goals is bishop's stortford in the east of england and jamie has taken on another responsibility he's now managing the tail alongside owner steve smith go into group leader for. the back. where your lead off with already church regarding the professional body looks off yourself or off with a guy while you're drinking and looks after you trying. each and everything about me say well that's where his career he said i want you to think about something yeah you some of the boys are trying to copies receipts i think with a lot to be climbing before we feel. this much against chosen to badly kicked off before joining us.

this is over say a far different standard to the primary and i could tell it is never dated to charge the wife because there's just the not so girl school or the financier lover boy only friends of the cubs is but not and this is a money remember those parts of play for $96.00 has been our god is going to be kidding us learned just how many millions was the throwing and jamie has no plans to retire i think that's the big thing why i keep playing it's just the still the pure enjoyment of it. thanks to the al-jazeera the ship store. where you know sometimes you think it's fast it's taken says the wait for the lift while this polish crime a proof that they ring true when he beat an elevator in a race didn't exactly take the steps but the 2016 world speed conning champion matching jan skate took just 12.12 seconds to climb 23 meters up the outside of

a hotel in warsaw school makes an impact debut in tokyo next year all right that is useful for now more later has great stuff thanks joe and that is it for this news hour follies here in a couple of minutes with more news stay with. us .

part of. one of the really special things about working for al-jazeera is that even as a camera woman i get to have so much and put in contribution to a story i feel we cover this region better than anyone else would be for it is you know is that it turns the body but the good because you have a lot of people that are divided on political issues we are we the people we live to tell the real story so how does us mend it is to deal you are indeed dynamism we don't feel inferior to the audience across the globe. for the congolese the journey to work all aboard means unimaginable hardship i prefer to lie down because staying true i got the captain to chance a good life and limb on a dangerous journey through the jungle. down onto the rails and nearly died.

children go to school and live because on the train risking it all the democratic republic of congo on al-jazeera. the end . zimbabwe's founding leader robert mugabe has died we'll look at his rise to power and controversial leadership. watching al-jazeera live from doha with me for back to also ahead relief for boris johnson has the u.k.'s high court rejects a challenge to his to spend on a man but

a bill blocking a no deal breaks it will likely be a pool hundreds of protesters gather at hong kong hong kong metro station that was told by police last month and hurricane dorian weekends after battering the eastern united states and causing widespread destruction across the bahamas. thank you very much for joining us african leaders are paying tribute to zimbabwe's sounding leader robert mugabe who has died at the age of 95 had been suffering from poor health and was being treated in singapore robert mugabe led zimbabwe for almost 40 years before being deposed in a military coup in 2017 zimbabwe's current president amisom non-god was said on twitter comrades mugabe was an icon of liberation a pen africanus who dedicated his life to the emancipation and empowerment of his

people his contribution to the history of our nation and continent will never be forgotten zambian president wrote comrades robert mugabe will be remembered for his fight for africa's liberation and fearlessly defending a car. south africa's ruling party the african national congress released a statement it says the a.n.c. mourns the passing of our brother comrade president robert mugabe who passes away having devoted his life to the service of his country and his speedball we mourn with you the passing of our friend statesman leader revolutionary now there are mixed feelings about the former zimbabwean leader in zimbabwe as capital harare. you go as a leader the only thing he did wrong was to stay in power for a long time and that's the only thing that wasn't brought. up and moved the momentum to read he's a former president and he liberated us from the colonialists as well as giving us

land form of the government the revolutionary guard and. they i appreciate comedy speaking nobody really cared at all for some of the. with more from johannesburg. a few weeks ago as the barbers government issued a statement and say that robert mugabe was in singapore for longer than usual there was a scientist many zimbabweans that something is wrong when his body returns from singapore likely in a couple of days people get an idea of when the funeral is going to be leaders and the readings on a pay party say mcgarvey was the founder of zimbabwe they're going to give him a respectful sendoff and a state funeral order probably happen is when the body gets back to zimbabwe it will lie in state for a couple of days and might even do some tours across the country especially his home village in after that he appeared at the national heroes acre in the capital

harare that's where a lot of people who fought in the liberation war who fought in the water in white minority rule have been buried his gravesite is marked number one a sign officials say is a sign of respect we also expecting several african leaders to attend the funeral remember in africa they were seen mainly as a liberator they say he helped end white minority rule he helped many other countries gain independence and he was brave enough to take land from white a white minority and give it to black people he's a hero to some people and he is a villain for frustrated zimbabweans many of them who are now living outside the country many of them economic migrants many of them who are undocumented say they blame him and his rulings on it here party for ruining what was once a prosperous country but his supporters say that they will give mugabe a huge send of in a couple of days and will always be remembered as the founding father of zimbabwe.

now with more on robert mugabe's life and legacy. deliberating who turned into a tyrant the man who destroyed a promising country through his determination to cling on to power. by some but in the end despised by many in zimbabwe of the widely admired across africa as a hero who fought colonialism and stood up to the west. 965. aeons mrs white settlers declare independence from britain an event that they find robert mugabe's life and still holds his country. the black majority resisted races in the cities and out in the countryside where a vicious bush war raged for years. robert mugabe a teacher turned activist emerged from prison as an articulate leader of the independence struggle we started the war in order to give our country. we have

a country they did get their country at lancaster house in london in 1979. and when zimbabwe celebrated independence mugabe the overwhelming winner of elections was in power. and soon showing where the liberation fighters what he'd do to keep it. in the early eighty's the opposition crushed thousands killed in ethnic massacres atrocities that were barely noticed abroad. but there was also much to admire resul reconciliation education and health for millions of zimbabweans although lately the economy declined and the invasions of white farms in the year 2000 were turning point this time world did notice. people said that this was going to happen it was going to turn into

a bloodbath turn into another congress. we're going to have to get out of. it was a coward to destructive process but said he was correcting an old injustice and in many ways still fighting the old colonial power the land is ours we give it to whom we please it's not the business of britain you see to tell us who to give land they do not wear that those who are given the members of my by my party is irrelevant to britain. by now opposition was growing despite murder and many many zimbabwe seemed ready to throw mugabe out they had a new hero morgan chang right who said robert mugabe's earlier chief mans will always be overshadowed by the years of oppression. do we portray you as the great liberator or do we portray you as somebody who has betrayed the liberation that the photo. i think the latter will prevail the 2 rivals ended up in

government together although mugabe made sure he kept the real power and chunky violator returned to a position where he would eventually die without being is constantly sharing how hypocritical the west is and africa loves that and for that reason and i think he will be judged alternately as being a more important figure in africa than simply this party is this part he's a dictator he's a tyrant he's anywhere you want to threaten but it's something more than that he says he's the wrong messenger with the right message. by now his wife grace 41 years his junior had emerged as a political player who got be well into his ninety's seem determined to go on and on. the. trail goes you know. that the robert mugabe is still here.

but not as strong as he thought in the city's anger boiled over a new generation demanded mugabe go it's time for you to resign it's time for you to step down. in the end it was the army that pushed him worried he'd appoint grace as his successor a former colleague and then live rival of grace's emerson winning took over it was more palace clinton revolution although the joy mirrored that of zimbabwe's original revolution 37 years earlier will gladly have retreated to his mansion bitter to the last we don't deserve. peace we don't. properly. the real tragedy robert mugabe could never bear da da of his country enjoying a 2nd freedom from his ruinous grip. now

rundowns high court has rejected a challenge to prime minister boris johnson's planned suspension of parliament from on this let's go to nadine bob live for us in london so nadine 1st of all what does this high court decision mean. will fully the businesswoman gina miller who brought this case along with former prime minister conservative prime minister john major they'd all get the prime minister johnson abused his power when he advised the queen to suspend or prorogue parliament for 5 weeks they've been overruled the court ruling says that in fact the prime minister did it lawfully that case was one of 3 being brought around the u.k. a similar case in scotland was overruled rejected a wednesday but there's an appeal going on in that case and there's also a new case being brought in belfast in northern ireland where gina miller says that

she's still confident that when this case is expected goes to appeal at the supreme court here in london they will actually win and the politics becomes ever more chaotic we feel it is absolutely vital that parliament should be sitting. we're there for peace that the judge judges have given us permission to appeal to the supreme court which we will be doing and they felt that i case has the merits to be handed out so we're looking to stay on in the supreme court and penciled in the 17th of september for the appeal hearing so dean what is the opposition likely to do next and what can we expect from the prime minister himself. well boris johnson is in scotland right now he's been meeting people involved in the fishing industry and he's promising new money for farmers on thursday he was in

the north of england talking about new police offices and all of this it basically a pre election mode for him and very the logic is this on friday we expect this delay bill which will force him to seek an extension. past the bracks it deadline of the end of october we expect that to be finished in the house of lords and if that happens then prime minister johnson on monday will come back and again try to push for a snap general election he failed to get that this week now we're just hearing that half the conversations between the leaders of all the opposition parties here in westminster they've agreed that on monday they will not give boris johnson his preferred date of the 15th of october they're not going to go for that they're demanding the rights to determine the date of the election because they fear that boris johnson could engineer it so that.