based violence every look at the latest figures police say that they were at least $52000.00 reports of sexual assault in the last year alone and both the murder and sexual assault rate in this country has increased in fact the number of women killed between 20152016 had in fact doubled people here say things are not getting any better and it's only through demonstrations like this that they'll be taken notice of still ahead and al-jazeera will be live from tunis is capital where more than 2 dozen presidential hopefuls vying for the top job. as hunger takes hold in argentina thousands of protesters demand help from the government. hello they want to see bits and pieces of cloud with some thunderstorms across northern sections of borneo also just pulling southwards away from southern

sections of thailand and vietnam but they still put you right in the fore call st saturday meanwhile across the peninsula we've got quite a bit of cloud in the forecast and also a cloud in hazy conditions across much of sumatra and the malay peninsula barely visible underneath all this some rather heavy rain as well further to the north side bangkok well thunderstorms and they could be heavy at times then we head across towards australia most of the rain really is going to be across the far southeast in particular tasmania as we go through the next couple of days in fact he is warming up in sydney. with a 900 celsius this is i'm going to bit of a clear a sloss into hobart 16 degrees and the most to close skies 21 in perth cools down here as well as we head off into sunday and that is when it warms up across into sydney with a high of 25 but very unsettled through melbourne and also for the south across into highballs and fairly brisk winds at times as well and then as we head on into new zealand for saturday it's a fairly unsettled picture. both the north and south island warm in oakland 16

degrees celsius but the rain is with that 16 but it does clear half as we head through into sunday cool in christ as in my sunshine and between the clouds. he did asia is in the grip of an extinction epidemic with endangered species disappearing at record levels can it be stopped before it's too likes 101 a student best to gates indonesia's crisis on al-jazeera. and.

you're watching or just you know reminder of our top stories 10 u.s. democratic party presidential hopefuls faced off at a national debates in houston texas reforming the health care system gun laws and integration of been major themes in the agenda. the u.s. is going to release the name of a saudi official believed to have been involved in coordinating this attempt of the 11th attacks and they will only be revealed to a limited sokol of people including lawyers and victims' families. a strike over proposed pension reforms is causing major transport disruptions in the french capital most of paris is metro lines are closed. the united nations is warning that $2000000.00 people in somalia will face starvation by the end of summer unless the world takes immediate action it's been one of. driest seasons in more than 3

decades mohamed atta reports from by door in southwest somalia. there seems to be no letup in the flow of people into the city of by door in southwest somalia. they've been displaced by drought and most are hungry and desperate. the few medical facilities run by agencies are full of sick and my modest children. like most people here more than a limb have to walk more than 10 kilometers to get help for his sick child i don't think we get it. my son is a year old and has been sick for 2 months i had to bring him here for help i have no intention of returning to a village till he's fully recovered. on the outskirts of the city we meet more displaced people who've just arrived. during droughts in the past many lifted too late before moving to sick help but that seems to have changed the must have movement of people to the cities ha seen

a hue to rice in the number of pumps for the displaced in the bible why in 2016 there were just 70 such comments today there are 400 on 4 to 5 of them with a population of more than 360000 people. that is more than the original inhabitants of the city aid workers say the world has failed to respond adequately and they need more donations to have a mission id be the numbers of those in need keep growing by day and far outstrip the resources we have the donors are trying their best but we've never seem to be able to catch up with a growing number of displaced. if you know united nations emergency aid coordinator husband visiting by door he says people here need much more than food aid haitian development a way solution ideally people would have a chance to go home and rebuild their lives it's not always possible say then is a question often of land access to services and support where they come to and that

in that means there is a need for a supportive discussion from the local authorities some of the displaced told us that also fled the violence of al-shabaab fighters who are also forcing children to join the group this crisis is happening as communities are already struggling to recover from a 2 year long drought and that in 2017 nomadic pastoralism has been a way of life for millions of somalis for centuries but the droughts are threatening that many of the displaced say they now have no farms or hearts to go back to and it's unlikely many of them will every time how about the world has either baidoa in southwest somalia. the indian government's decision to revoke autonomy of indian administered kashmir has cast a shadow on peace talks with a rebel group thousands of kilometers away in the northeast the conflict with not

just fighting for independence is india's longest running rebellion thousands of people have been killed and more than 6 decades of fighting priyanka go to reports from camp pendleton in nagaland. twinkling is one of the top leaders of india's biggest group the national socialist council of isaac weaver at $85.00 maybe think he's the most capable of sealing a political deal with the government a deal that's been 22 years in the making that argument in 2015 they redraw these government the rebel group signed a framework agreement at the talks now appear to be the final stages all mothers will have to be in the indian reunion that is what they taught us not story we reject it but there's a problem or the institution will have to be. ours your organs is yours. man or flex will have to be ours your friends will have to be

your critics but they are finding it difficult no. no the nalco of group has up to $5000.00 fighters and grounds it's all part of government the issue of territorial political sovereignty for the nagas has been at the heart of the conflict since india's independence nagas want what they call now going in or a homeland consisting of naga land parts of trained in states and some areas in myanmar but some groups are also calling for a more practical solution you know 3 elisa vent who belongs to a separate coalition of 7 split dogger of groups also in talks with the government because i don't know why consideration have been always been mentioned about this unless you know any. country nation it's been. how can you have a constitution. became part of the. 63 other dogs

i had happy to areas are split between 3 other indian states the celebrate independence day one day before india does they don't pay taxes to the government but to different groups fighting for their cause. but that system has crippled infrastructure and choked its economy in today's reality many youths are suffering because of this economy conditions people are frustrated. so peace talks are critical but the government's decision to walk to the told to me is also casting a shadow or taking over tony from. or have taken it and you're promising it to the nuggets so what value does that promise have for the mothers and this is what is impacting the dogs. the governor has told it did media that talks are stuck on the symbolic issues of flag of the constitution. but after decades of fighting the dog

us are still waiting for a settlement that fully respects ties to their land their history and identity. al-jazeera can pepper on the land. it's the final day of campaigning in china's is presidential election voters are going to go to the polls on sunday there are $26.00 candidates in the running including a prime minister yourself head and media mogul now bill carter who is in jail but he's also leading in the opinion polls let's turn now to stephanie decker who's joining us live from tunis just give us an indication of how important these elections are. with a hugely important as you mentioned they'll be electing a president and then just a couple of weeks later nations will be electing a parliamentary prime minister so basically the. entire but it gave of this country is going to be decided realigns if you will over the next couple of weeks now you

mention their 26 counted it some of them extremely well known you're talking by the former president to prime minister at business men a former tourism minister that current defense minister and also people that are more independent if you will in a lot of people we've been speaking to will tell you that souls who something they're looking for someone to be a way from the political parties but it's still going to be to posed to cold certainly at the moment there's a couple or front runners but the likelihood is going to be rob that there will be a 2nd round because the only cans of that can win out right is if they get over 50 percent of the vote no one is expecting any of these kinds it's to get that at this point in time so we are likely looking at a presidential runoff between 2 people come early november and shit is a gin is is economy has been struggling in the last few months certain they one of the main issues that people are concerned about we've been speaking to people here the last couple of days 3 main issues the

economy under that of course unemployment high prices security and demick corruption of all levels of government and other sectors here and now everyone we have spoken to robin this is interesting across the social political and religious divide will tell you they're not happy with where the country is they're not happy by what's been achieved over the last 8 years since the people took to the streets here and toppled the the man had been reading this country for over 20 years ben ali so what they're saying is that they want change and they say they don't trust the politicians a lot of issues about that they don't trust the process but people will come out and vote and they say that they have to be optimistic but certainly people keep saying that tunisia is the success story of the arab spring that's twofold one of them yes politically democratically let's say so to speak it is working this is what everyone's been telling us but when it comes to actually fixing things on the ground many people will tell you things that actually become worse by serving

russian security forces have carried out mass words in the homes and offices of opposition figures such as were carried out to more than 40 cities and towns targeting associates of prominent kremlin critic alexina vali authorities say the crackdown is part of a money laundering investigation service and has more from moscow. the scale of the rate is unprecedented in more than fertile cities across russia officers fleeing to the country's main opposition figure alexina folly was searched and employees detained like here in st petersburg and you've got to remember documents and a u.s.b. drive for confiscated this was when it was close to my daughter called me and said the police came to search the apartment actually they cheated their way into the apartment because she opened the door for a neighbor to novell me it is clear the razor president putin's revenge for the loss of the ruling party in sunday's elections but. this

time he got really upset because of the tactical voting as his offspring his sweet child i would say the united russia party has been busted in moscow and seriously beaten in the regions after opposition candidates were banned from running in the elections tens of thousands took to the streets in the largest protest in russia in years when the ban remained in place and i found he called for a so-called smart vote against united russia his strategy worked in moscow with the ruling party lost one 3rd of its seats mainly to the communist party 4 years alexina found he has been the subject of investigations and the attentions the most vocal critic of florida may put in has spent hundreds of days in prison in the last 8 years but never before he managed to hit united russia and indirectly put in as hard as last sunday now vali says he won't give up but looking at the rates today

he could be facing some difficult times ahead that fasten al-jazeera. pro china demonstrators have launched the annual mid-autumn festival with a rally in hong kong protesters gathered in a shopping mall to celebrate the event which is also known as the moon festival it follows 15 weeks of often violent anti-government rallies demanding greater democracy and an investigation into alleged police brutality. buses of protesters have gathered outside argentina's parliament to demand government action to tackle a hunger crisis the high cost of living means a growing number of the country's poor are going hungry to this abode reports from . food today's event might have been as has been living on the streets of one of sightings he and other family members set up a camp right in front of the argentine congress to demand a food emergency plan to help the poor. by the situation is dire for all of us i'm

a construction worker but there is no work it's difficult to feed my children that's why i come here because the president's policies are slowly killing us. thousands of people took over the center of one aside is on thursday when the noise chambre met pass a food emergency plan to cope with the ongoing economic crisis in the country. the law was 1st passed in 2002 right after the economic collapse in argentina now it's been extended once again the government said these protesters are manipulated by the opposition to head of october's presidential election but this people say that they come here to request government help to help them cope with a double digit inflation rate that makes it difficult for them to eat every day. this is a congressman for the ruling coalition he says the government has been trying to help those in haiti we know. we have lifted taxes from basic food items increase to

minimum wage increased cash handouts and lots of other things to help those who need it i don't understand why people continue to protest because we are giving them what they need. i didn't tina has been in a recession since last year and has one of the highest inflation rates in the world running at more than 54 percent. this month in an attempt to prevent the loss of foreign reserves the government implemented new restrictions on currency transactions so now that you have controls i think. that some degree of. stability or at least of calm tense calm one could say has come to the to the markets and things will be stabilized it remains to be seen at the end of the day today how many reserves the central bank actually sold to maintain the exchange rates but i think with the with the controls in place demand for dollars

should somewhat. go down or should you should see some calm in that area. at least for the time being. i didn't tina's economy isn't likely to reactivate anytime soon the crises is having a deep impact among those who need help the most. cities have or i just want to say to us. this is all just 0 these are the top stories 10 u.s. democratic party presidential hopefuls faced off in a national debate in houston texas reforming the health care system gun laws and immigration were major themes on the agenda the u.s. will release the name of a saudi official believed to have been involved in coordinating the september the 11th attacks the name will only be revealed to

a limited circle of people including lawyers and victims' families gabriel elizondo has more from washington d.c. . well they'll be releasing it to the lawyers for the victims of the $911.00 attack as well as the courts and then it's expected that the lawyers for the $911.00 victims will then appeal to the justice department to have the name released publicly the lawyers for the victims of $911.00 attack say that they support this justice department's decision but they also say this battle is not over yet they want to identify any and all saudi officials that were involved in any way with the $911.00 attacks they say and they expect more revelations and more disclosures to come out in the coming days and weeks going to south africans are protesting in johannesburg against gender based violence the president has described the situation as reaching crisis point police statistics show a woman is raped every 36 seconds in south africa. a strike over proposed pension

reforms is causing major transport disruptions in the french capital the public transport company says 10 of paris is 16 metro lines are closed workers are opposing a pension plan that is expected to make them work longer before retirement. pro china demonstrators have mocked the annual mid-autumn festival with a rally in hong kong protesters gathered in a shopping mall to celebrate the event which is also known as the movie festival that follows 15 weeks of often violent anti-government rallies demanding greater democracy and an investigation into alleged police brutality. indonesia and malaysia blaming one another for the smoky haze blanketing the southeast asian cities fison been burning in parts of indonesia and borneo islands for more than a month small has also affected malaysia which is government says has drifted from indonesia president joke of a dodo has headed back saying far as are also burning in malaysia and on malaysian owned plantations in indonesia those are the headlines coming up next on al-jazeera

it's what i was least life in. the spark that ignited the arab spring elects a new president what does the political scene look like after the arrest of one of the main candidates in the presidential race joining us for a special coverage. on. chinese kept in cages salt and the people. i mean what people want. indonesia has one of the highest numbers because. i am a side of the good luck can it be stopped before it's true lights were sleepwalking to a colleague who suffered one o one east investigates how the illegal wildlife trade is wiping out indonesia's

recreations. soloway seas forests a dubbed the gloppy gets of asia home to a melting pot of one. many of the creatures that live on this indonesian island a found nowhere else in the world. cup on. capitol hill. think out. of a. public bus. this looks like a children's gang but 10 year old rev on and his friend while hughes at the innocent face of a mickey and often illegal wildlife trade and i'm not. going

to come. at the entrance to the national park thousands of butterflies are sold on maddest by trade is like. any. yes and in doing all. the end. thank you very flimsy yet that every bottle fly he is essential to the forests food chain ended survival but syriani sells them for just a few dollars on a. long. answer which butterfly in hand is the rarest of 5 and. this one

up here really called a ripple in bed when the spot of light is a protected species had a venue for loving my. business. so there it. becomes yeah good goofiness that they're going to look at what i've just seen this butterfly can fish close to $60.00 on the black market. the fact it could soon become extinct isn't a concern syriani has a family to support. why the 4th of the way through so special do you think. they set you free need of offending on buying a gun someday. that muscle for free in me. then some better and that i'm with you. in

a public event in my blood when i got i was. the let me fall from the boss of fly trait is because ban team a room lies the front lawn a dis driving illegal wildlife trade in the north of sill the way see the town of manado is it gave way to the rest of asia mine i don't need to on along with i'll come into song i put in thing got i mean i'm you know the but the on the soup the wouldn't do the little by nail on the i want to end it even room i'm if you know on the new when i moved to a 11 i don't on her i'm one mutal leads investigations as pot of his specialized indonesian government task force cold gatcombe it's he's job to protect the forests end to end a little it's you know your for 1000000 people to you can go to the bounce you

know them why in the suffer at ports like these dhoni seizes animals from across the region as this smuggled in and out of the country with bertha the present recently he call it these trade a smuggling 14 writ or endangered the it's how many ports out there and north soloway fee where animal trade it's coming in and going out by know by next guy would look what he's with my through oversee it will beat the new mean you're very spawn bun you know way i'm funder and if you know that people or i'm why no well up one but i do sure not it either dani has just 20 seeks offices who this entire region and faces an enormous tasca one animal is prize devolve the levels

a river or i achieve mic well monkeys that has human like features it's called the yaquis out here they live side by side with locals so if it started to fall there would be intent to legally somebody's backyard and yet it critically endangered by not exactly sure why they're keeping it up with a tone that in fact. this is the birth. of it and then. the yaquis is one of more than 900 species protected by indonesian law but many locals have no idea do you ever let him off. for you know. really how long i have been here. but. honestly. do you think this is the right place for him. but.

you would be best of it if. keeping yaquis like this could mean 5 years in jail or 100000000 repeal a fine that's more than 20 times the average monthly income he. even more than what i've seen what i thought some of the idea. but it could be them all of them are the same person i don't think money hire. someone out of. the lot and one of them wouldn't. want to. as it so 1st offense today are not escapes with a warning. when

an animal is see it's brought here to the tacit craigie wildlife refuge but unless we learn to trust them. it's the only refuge of its kind in the region and it's almost to capacity how many mechanics do you have here test the currency there is a 100. 7. wow from 5 different species and so always in the most. critically endangered one in the mid to. what condition do you think this little guys in this point. in the poor nutrition scott additions. alright be careful we're going to get quite close over here so they might grab your

hair and with it the refuge is enormous. every kind of animal is he. from a regular tends to sunday that's what's in new sciacca dolls talk about health. and with a trade it is well yes all of them have been taken from traffic is or people who kept them illegally as pets. were the bird fans are now. accepting that free. press is still 1st press the 2nd. many different species. but there's a surprisingly biggest threat then the trade many of these animals are also hunted to be eaten. mostly they being the wall or the

meat so the punters take it back home. kill it as a food when they have to be that's what they pay. us a bad. so what trade is having the worst impact and why it. because it's that already you cannot send him back to the wall. wow. that is an incredible new. from a lookout point really tells me the scale of the bushmeat trade will have impacts that reach far beyond this refuge so how bad is this then this is bad because it's not sustainable all of the species are cuts from the wild and directly from the wall and if it's the keep going on 8090 percent of the

wall lot insole we see are facing extinction. we're sleep walking into. a political disaster. to find out more about the bush meat train i'm heading inland to visit what locals coal and extremist market. here in tom on the taste for bush may run state. state in local tradition just about every kind of animal is to say. the positive into all much of what's our. money q what do you want. people for bar law to get away. like you have got all

of your growing up are you it's a lot of me tell. david and his family have been selling push me here for a tease my sleeve to indigenous locals called me a hoss and that's why people love pushed me sorry not. really to. in. the house. but this trade is barely regulated every animal he has been caught from the wild and is sold in huge quantities is the rare the animal the better it is. yeah but you gotta walk in the hollow so mark in . monkey. bunny he. will be able to load up the whole scene long.

before long you summed up by so obviously what will be will. he will. you please don't worry. david makes most of his money selling bats snakes and a bull monkey mate like the yaquis he's also conceded a local delicacy. what about yankee. then you know yeah you probably blew. up when you were home but when you are away i. was hoping you'd like. me to all i saw here. right now there are meant to be legal limits to the amount of wild animals trade is can sell but they mostly ignored. a recent study found that bats a totally wiped out in some communities is no. risk of vanishing in others need

by. do you know where they spent the coming from. from. the why can't you thought of these locally. grown a lot of the union was out of you knew the. going to be king. david's caught up in a dilemma if he doesn't so he can't support his family but if he continues a time may come when his grandchildren one didn't even know what about looks like now but yeah i am but given the rock hard liner. on the road keep. going where do. the song idea of you want to. go be for them to decide if you want to be no so little scott and think you me you

know when to give more detail but give me. think oh c'mon. be. a big. for now is tradition and the bush meat trade shows no signs of slowing down. unlike david not everyone is abiding by the little. in subtle ways protected species like iraqi on sold openly at the local market. but i'm told there is a lucrative trade on the black market. right now it is 3 30 am in the morning hand and we're outside time on the biggest water how.

this is where all the produce from across the country comes before entering the bush meat market and i'm waiting for a group of activists who are going to help get and find. her. just going through to. all of us who are making. so donna what are you looking forward to going to find occupy money have a. problem are the one you're on the good news. market but nobody from the city all right well let's go to. delano says protected species are also being sold as traditional medicine and dorothy's on doing enough to police the supply chain. limbaugh got a bug up on the guy who put the money to buy a house worth of i believe got the movie to come to. supper tonight in hollywood because i do some really need to buy their candidate or going to see is what the

people are going to suffer but look if i look up and get me to play what is this. a bad thing that's not. today he's taking matters into his own hands looking for any illegal species to report to police. play ball. this is a search for the blood the fire ball. players such as if there are. not many but to figure in the right place the order. was. in one ball. player caught trucked in from across the country there are hundreds of animal parts here wow. it is a long wait on many that it was here that are you going to all of us want to follow

me on the letter but there's no sign of anything protected yeah maybe you. know you got to. love. love love. love love the last time the government said it like a little but it was. you. know the most part 3 or 4 months ago the owner admits the only off already is checking what he sells a from the health department. is going to tell. you. that they're not that's not exactly he's. not holding. a particular thing to their current 3 part harmony well they haven't been paying. for a. while

and so these are photos that you've taken. and then. yuckier former senator. is that is that tom and i don't want but i'm on the text of the law yeah back at delano headquarters he shows me proof protected species like jackie abi ng illegally traded by other vendors and was this being sold openly and all was inside the sun under the tech. did you owe. somebody some when you did dear but i'm going to do this here i mean the problem major i disapprove and why major then how did you woke up under. investigations by several n.g.o.s found one of the biggest contributors to

indonesia's illegal animal trade was a lack of a fictive lure in force meant to show me what this looks like delano takes me to forestry police checkpoint. so what's this delano. hospital talking. to d. and i'm on the war on. oh her one. young man who. runs. it's 10 am on a friday one of the busiest days of the week for deliveries to tomahawk bush meat market. and so where is everybody. that's empty.

place. back in the not amazing up again with forestry office adani enka to see if he thinks he's unit is doing enough to stop the wildlife trade . coming out and i want to talk to everybody on this here the law doesn't mention martin. why do you think. learned was with her mother not going to make sure i get . what i. was going to get the loan so was a. little bit i don't want to belong to me so i'm going to. donny insists the forestry police are making an impact but he can't explain the checkpoint when i was in tom holland and we visited checkpoints and now and i believe that why it's not. needed you go see.

the we're going to force. me see. a building in my name and you were there when they laughed at me because. i made you know that johnny. or more of the. love behind. you why wasn't. the un claims the wildlife trade is now the full biggest illegal industry in the world after drugs and human trafficking. the way she's offices to put more traffic is behind. that alone won't stop the decline of wildlife. local attitudes need to change.

what is the green growth. what's basically to spread. through the approach of christianity was quite a big part of what some of us who. were figure that if maybe the law won't work. then we're hoping that maybe the bible will prissy isn't part of the church she's a conservationist but she knows sunday schools are powerful tool for change i plan on how they act. it's not just kids learning something new. it will be. good news. that i. think it was going on a. number of them but at the y. . i'm not going to last. forever so the rules

about who we are not them nothing and i remember thinking. this event is a starting point but i wonder if it's enough to really turn the tide what is at stake . here if this doesn't work. it's a given to history of the continuation of population decline of many endangered and demick species of our so i say. these people of the community they are in the center of it all so if we don't protect it. there they go you know other that we'll lose a lot of precious things and i don't want that from my hometown. with each generation environmental degradation increases. in just 15 days the world animal populations have dropped by an average of 60 percent. will this

just be comma generation's new normal or will they wake up before it's all last. summer. what happened but i'm glad that he won. you know i. mean i doubt it i. knew then took a look at. a tree with chinese scientists in botany daring deep sea mission searching for rare was also a new species one who want to produce china's underwater. business

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democratic face off in another televised debate. the identity of a saudi official who allegedly helped the september 11th attack as is to be revealed. south african women through the night demanding action against sexual violence that's reached crisis point. and the businessman who's captivating egyptians any raging the government with online videos accusing the military and president is c.c. of corruption. and i'm really hard in with sports in england's cricketers battle to save the ashes series from australia plus japan's alum pick organizers test out a novel way of keeping fans cool at the tokyo games. but are the latest televised debate between the men and women who hope to take on donald trump in next year's u.s. election has thrown up some stark ideological differences front runner joe biden

for tough attacks for a more liberal democratic party rivals at one point calling bernie sanders a socialist runnels reports from houston texas there were sharp exchanges as the candidates debated health care criminal justice race relations and war former vice president joe biden came out strongly attacking his rival's plans for government run universal health care nobody has yet said how much it's going to cost biden clashed with senator bernie sanders your 1st social if you've got a lot more confidence in corporate america than i do but i don't speak clearly. in the united states of america we are spending twice as much per capita on health care as the canadians or any other major country on earth. former cabinet secretary who leon castro produced gas from the audience when he seemed to question the 76 year old biden's memory by hand and holler fire you know you forgetting what you

said it matters who paid for. already what you said just 2 minutes ago amid the bickering senator cory booker appealed for unity we've got one shot to make donald trump a one term president and we cannot lose it by the way we talk about each other or demonize and degrade each other we can walk and chew gum at the same time the candidates were united in denouncing president trump for inflaming racial tensions that we have a white supremacist in the white house and he poses a mortal threat to people of color all across this country climate change was another area of general agreement with candidates promising to rejoin the paris climate agreement the axis dental crisis of our time it's you know that movie the day after tomorrow it's today we have seen a warming and our world like never before we're seeing flooding in the midwest

flooding in houston fires in the west the candidates also discussed a slew of gun control measures former congressman beto or roark whose home town of el paso is still grieving following a mass shooting last month was cheered loudly out of ban assault rifles hell yes we're going to take your a r 15 you're a k 47. senator kummel harris said trump for some responsibility for the el paso shooting him on the trigger but he's certainly been tweeting out the ammunition. foreign policy got very little attention in the debate sanders had a smack down on trump's china trade war trump thinks trade policy is a tweet. 3 o'clock in the boarding. there did not seem to be any standout winners or losers senator cory booker may have revived his flagging campaign with an

eloquent performance biden seemed more energetic than he had in past debates although he did seem to ramble on sanders repeated well worn themes of democratic socialism while warren seemed to disappear from sight for long stretches of time during the debate the next democratic debate will be held on the 15th of october in ohio robert oulds al jazeera. adjustment stage mitchell is an assistant professor at northwestern university in kauto she thinks many of the democratic candidates policies would also be attractive to trump votes as. there are so many ways that the candidates are trying to make inroads of course right now they're speaking to a primarily democratic base audience right but then they do have to pivot to this general election and it was unfortunate that a b. c. which is the channel that hosted the debates they didn't they didn't have a direct question on economic inequality and that's

a problem because we really have a systematic stagnated economic inequality in america for the last 40 years and this is where a lot of kind of the problems associated with trump space come into play we do hear populist messages from elizabeth warren from bernie sanders but we hear messages that could resonate with trump space from other people as well that o'rourke being so strong and powerful in this debate arguably with one of the best lines when he said hell yeah we're going to take away or a k 47 the fact is that the vast majority of americans believe that we need to have better gun reform better policies related to guns so maybe he was appealing to that when people said we need to respect our teachers to the same extent that we respect our soldiers ok that's something that can appeal to a lot of people even within trump space who are middle class who are those public school teachers that everybody's talking about that are supporting. the u.s.

justice department says it will reveal the name of a saudi official who allegedly had ties to the september 11th attacks individual has long been sold by lawyers and survivors and victims' families they accuse the saudi government of playing a role get reports from washington. just a day after the 18th anniversary of the 911 attacks new information on the possible involvement of the saudi government the u.s. department of justice released the name of a saudi government official allegedly involved with this system the 1st group of 6 hijackers came to the u.s. to plan the attack that killed more than 2900 people the name of the official investigated by the f.b.i. has been kept under seal for several years when lawyers representing the victims' families by old lawsuits to hold saudi arabian officials they say were involved accountable lawyers representing saudi arabia have for years tried to block the

name from being released it raises a whole host of questions about the nature of the saudi support for example. who gave instructions to the saudi official in riyadh to give this kind of support to the hijackers the saudi hijackers who are here in california it opens a whole host of questions about the nature of official saudi involvement in the 911 attacks lawyers for victims of the 911 attacks say they are pleased with the justice department's decision but say they look forward to more revelations coming out in the coming days and weeks this all comes at a critical time in relations between riyadh and washington october 2nd marks the one year anniversary of the murder of journalist jamal khashoggi at the saudi consulate in istanbul a killing the cia said was likely ordered by crown prince mohammed bin. but u.s.

president donald trump still considers saudi arabia a key u.s. ally because in part the kingdom buys billions of dollars in arms purchases from the us some of those arms used in the saudi led war in yemen now in its 5th year it has killed tens of thousands of people but for the victims of the worst attack on u.s. soil getting to know the name of this saudi official allegedly involved will aid their efforts to finally get justice for those who died on 911 gabriel's on al-jazeera washington. hundreds of people have been protesting through the night to demand more be done about sexual violence in south africa it's estimated a woman is raped every 36 seconds president sill ramaphosa has admitted south africa is facing a crisis and has promised tougher laws miller has the latest on the protests in johannesburg. hundreds of protesters demonstrating outside the johannesburg stock

exchange say they want an end to gender based violence now they've targeted the targeted the economic hub of south africa to influence business in this country to contribution profits 2 percent of their profits to a fund that will deal with violence against women women here and they're also joined by men from the south african society are saying that enough is not being done to deal with violence against women they say that too many women in this country are vulnerable and they say more needs to be done they're hoping that by targeting business in sandton in johannesburg they'll get the attention of government too they say hasn't done enough but they say there has to be a multi-pronged approach to dealing with the extent of gender based violence every look at the latest figures police say that they were at least $52000.00 reports of sexual assault in the last year alone and both the murder and sexual assault rate

in this country has increased in fact the number of women killed between 20152016 had in fact doubled people here say things are not getting any better and it's only through demonstrations like those that they'll be taken notice of. massive strike has brought much of paris's public transport to a halt as unions protest pension reforms 10 of the 16 metro lines are closed while buses and trams have also been affected in there been long traffic jams in and around the city and people have been asked to work from home. if possible is live for us now in paris and attention this is the biggest transport strike seen in paris in more than a decade how how chaotic has it been for travelers. it. was very difficult for people to get around as you say the worst transport workers strike in paris in in 12 years so you've got most of the metro lines close most the

bus and city train services on working any very skeletal skeletal service for some people to try and get to work and get home from work but otherwise people are having to walk or use bicycles or take scooters just find other ways of getting from a to b. in this city now i'm here at the transport workers the transport headquarters i should say bars you can see some of the workers behind me and the reason they say that they've called this day of action is really to protest against the government's plans to reform france's pension system in my home i call the french president says that the pension system needs a real over all it's very costly for the french state it is unfair he says because you have a situation in which most people can retire at 62 but some could retire at 55 including some transport workers so he says he wants to streamline the system and standardize it the problem is say the workers are speaking to some of them a bit earlier they're worried that their.