yes and how i came here to vote in order to get someone who can get this country out of the crisis the economic crisis the financial crisis we have lots of debts it's very frustrating for me i'm not fully convinced about any of the candidates because there are so many and i haven't seen them from the beginning it's the 2nd time tunisians are electing their president since the revolution 8 years ago tunisia is often quoted as the only democratic success story to come out of the so-called arab spring the 1st country where its people took to the streets bringing an end to the 23 year rule of president saying. this is democracy in action yes there are many different candidates to choose from but the question is what can they offer to people are they going to offer real change or is the next president going to be more of the same voters here are telling us they're tired of empty promises. the next president is pressing issues to deal with unemployment is higher than it was before the 2011 revolution the security situation is

a concern and corruption remains rampant the new leader will face a population hungry for change especially the youth many have told us they don't trust the politicians shola can move with these elections are a good thing it's the 1st time we've had a debate on t.v. with our presidential candidates we used to watch the debates on t.v. in the united states and now we're watching the same thing here in tunisia that's the 1st. national and international observers were polling stations across the country we knew a gradual slew of people but interestingly we saw many elderly coming in very in the morning and been very well organized and there has been no issues and so so far it's been good which is hoping that by now the young people would have come on board and increase the percentage of women ery results later with the official announcement on choose day the winning candidate will need more than 50 percent of

the vote and no one expects that to happen the likely scenario out of 24 candidates the top 2 will head to a runoff in november by the end of the day tunisian should know who they are stephanie decker al-jazeera tunis. we've got a lot more to come here about including finding comfort after the horror survivors come together for the 1st time since her can dorian smash the bahamas. downing tools in the u.s. why tens of thousands of general motors workers of walked off the job. however no surprises in the forecast across the middle east this drive pretty much everywhere we have got a few showers easing out as he heading towards georgia maybe into armenia by john

to see want to see showers 60 something to clap in place here come a little further south 30 celsius there for beirut 5 draw and sunny still into the forty's the kuwait city and also for baghdad as we go on through the next couple of days or 33 there for karate again generate dry a little more class to start to push its way in a little bit some places the plan across the arabian peninsula where you see that cloud you could squeeze a spots or 2 with racially right outside maybe to the northeastern corner of saudi arabia over towards the red sea a possibility of a little bit damp weather has set in the case to into the fosse out of amman over the next couple of days here in doha temperatures getting up to 40 degrees celsius by choose they off name quite as hot as that but many of warmth plenty of decent sunshine across southern parts of africa cape town it around 19 celsius but you were in the. twenty's across the good part of the eastern side of the region 27 celsius 7 his book some of the temperature too for harare and nothing up

a touch by the time you come to choose day. you know that corruption has reached a level like never ever before in our country. rank outsider. to president of the united states. was in the data we will honor the american people with the truth and nothing else discovered. for winning the white house unfair game on al jazeera.

right time for us to take a look at the top stories here it out there this morning saturday's drone attacks on saudi office illnesses have triggered a record jump in brant crude futures trading president trump says he's authorized the release of oil from america's strategic reserves to fill the market gap if needed for the president also says the u.s. is locked and loaded waiting for confirmation of who attacked riyadh's on facilities the secretary of state might pompei those already accused iran for the attacks which have been claimed by yemen's hoofy rebels and tehran is denying involvement. ballot papers are being counted in chooses presidential election the official results aren't expected until tuesday but supporters of 2 candidates kay saeed and the bill called we're already celebrating both the candidates having claimed to have won the 1st round sunday's very it was 2 news is the 2nd

presidential election since the 2011 revolution. and oj area is using hold its presidential election on december the 12th the dates been announced by the interim president abdul qadeer ben sali the country's been rocked by months of protests since the former president of frica was forced to resign in april after almost 20 years in power the palestinian refugees in lebanon say they don't have enough money to live there demanding asylum in countries like the u.k. germany and australia protesters say a government crackdown on foreign workers is adding to their plight then a 100 reports now from beirut. they're demanding a dignified life a future for their children palestinian refugees have been gathering outside western embassies in the lebanese capital beirut demanding humanitarian asylum. to live. we want to give our children indication

palestinians are criticizing a recent lebanese government crackdown on undocumented foreign labor as refugees they believe they should be exempt lebanese law already bans them from working in many professions and denies them access to public services apart of a longstanding policy to discourage them from staying. if we are denied the right to work and open businesses then how do we pay for medical treatment for example and it was says it covers 100 percent of the cost but that is not true only 10 percent of my father's operation he was a cancer patient and he has since passed away international aid for palestinian refugees has decreased in recent years the un relief and works agency which supports palestinian refugees says it is providing services to all of them but it needs $120000000.00 to be able to fund operations until the end of the year palestinians have been living here for more than 70 years since the creation of

israel but now the situation is getting worse unemployment was already a problem before the recent decision by lebanese authorities that requires them to take work permits are not only expensive but they are also difficult to get palestinians who own shops like us are were also affected by the government crackdown this 27 year old lost his livelihood in a country going through a severe economic crisis. told me i have no right because i'm a palestinian. many of us are graduates the use of children. they are not allowed to work there is anger and resentment among the almost 200000 refugees they say they should be given special status and not be treated as foreign workers but many have lost hope in their host country and they're looking for a better life outside lebanon. beirut. well causes us all to make

a general motors says have gone on strike for the 1st time in more than a decade fulci $8000.00 people are expected to walk off the job at $31.00 factories across the country the united auto workers union is pushing for better wages health benefits and job security guarantees they threaten to stay on strike until an agreement is reached but there are talks shut chilled for monday but we've been speaking to michel martin and his a reporter for the ultimate of news that's based in detroit he says it was one to great to share profits and explains how the strike could impact general maes as. it could cripple g.m. if the strike lasts long enough currently the automaker has been preparing for some type of action and they have a 77 days supply of new vehicles on hand that number fluctuates depending on what vehicle you're talking about and they're more profitable more popular s.u.v.s and trucks they have

a lower days supply in the fifty's but if this drags out and then it essentially means they can't build any products dealers won't be able to sell those new products because there won't be anything there this is a very significant action it's sort of the last resort that the union has in negotiations recent impasse and we don't know yet what the impact will be on general motors it depends on how long the strike lasts but workers in less than 10 hours now will leave the assembly lines and picket lines outside of all g.m.'s facilities workers are looking for higher wages they're looking for retention of very lucrative health care benefits that they've been able to keep. they're looking for a greater share of the profits that general motors ford and chrysler have been able to amass over the years and they're also looking for protection for temporary workers to try to find a way for them. reach for terri status

a small plane has crashed in southwestern colombia at least 7 people have died and 3 others have been injured far feiss have been trying to stop feel leaking from there are aircraft which crashed just minutes after takeoff the cause of the crash is unknown and investigations underway 2 people survived the crash but the u.s. pharmaceutical company purdue which manufactures the controversial painkiller oxycontin has filed for bankruptcy it comes just days after the company reached a tentative settlement with some of the states and local governments which is suing the company over claims that feel the opioid epidemic much of the crisis has been blamed on the overprescribing of addictive painkillers like oxycontin the settlement is worth up to $10000000000.00. now rebuilding has begun in parts of the bahamas the island chain that was partly flattened by hurrican dorrian 2000 people

are still missing and heavy rains from another tropical song have hampered rescue operations but as alan fischer reports now from grand bahama one of the island's hardest hit some communities have come together for the 1st time since the hurricane which was the most severe since records began. for many this was the 1st time to come together since the hurricane the church a source of comfort after some difficult days once more the hugs were warm the tears were real the stories of survival frightening we watch our house and our homes destroyed i mean limb by limb you want to call it. sometimes over 20 feet. over the roof into the roof because we're you know sustained some damage in that area. but luckily dead didn't see us they're sharing what they have one man and his family are sleeping in a friends one woman has

a working well so is sharing water community coping together we lost everything everything we might as a salvage some little shoes and pants and stuff to get our stuff again a few of my church members lost everything you know so i thank god that i didn't have that major damage in my house like some of them but we're all alive and we're holding on. just a short distance so we in the hudson neighborhood the work to rebuild has already begun. many buildings survived but i've been left a shell by the storm waters. is probably about a kilometer from the sea but at the height of the storm the water was so high it would have been above my head simply inundating all of the houses in this area. people are saving what they can but there's not a lot left to see most of it is. salt water and

sewage backing up into the building. but the everything is you know. but while saving the contamination sewage george like many families here is hoping things will start improving before the end of the year getting back to normal that's not even under consideration for no alan fischer al-jazeera in freeport on the island of grand bahama a former health minister from the democratic republic of congo has been arrested accused of embezzling $4300000.00 of public funds raised to tackle the a bolo epidemic police allege only a longer was planning to flee the country and escape justice something his lawyers deny the ebola outbreak is the 2nd worst in history with more than 2000 people having died in the past year. and dozens of passengers are still missing after a boat sank in the d.l.c. police say $76.00 people on board were rescued $36.00 others say they are feared to

have drowned that happened in maluku that's close to the capital kinshasa the boat went down overnight in the congo river as it was heading for the capital. about 50 fires are continuing to burn across queensland and new south wales in eastern australia about 20 homes have been destroyed another 30 have been damaged favorable conditions on sunday did help to slow down the pace of the destruction but crews remain on and it with hotter windy a weather forecast for the next 2 days fires have been burning across the states for more than a week destroying an estimated 55000 hectares of land. with crispin true so too was own feeling and jumped through over rain forest over river and came so fast i always thought of oil never come up there it will never get across the river. there's a u.s. congress continues to debate possible gun control measures texas has moved in the

opposite direction and has made guns more accessible and that's despite 2 mass shootings in the cities of our paso and adesa in the month of august i do joe castro has more from mission texas. last month's 2 mass shootings in texas took at least 29 lives. and here at the mission skeet and trap club the incidents have apparently driven up business it's gone up extremely yes ma'am the shooting range manager jeff simpson says the number of people who've come to practice shooting to qualify for a license to carry a concealed handgun in texas has more than doubled what do you think is behind that . it's people that are. hoping to protect ourselves simpson says he is a prime example he says last week he had to use his gun to scare off several adult male migrants here near the mexico border who wanted to take his phone i carry

a gun. all the time that i'm here so i didn't pointed out i pulled it out i did my polling i didn't chamber it i didn't pull it out but it made them leave me alone since the reason mass shootings in texas it's actually become easier to legally own and carry guns in this state 8 pro-gun new laws passed prior to those shootings took effect this month they include allowing guns in school parking lots apartments and churches texas governor greg abbott a conservative republican responded to the latest mass shootings with executive orders to increase police training and public awareness he rejected calls from democrats for more gun control this is absolutely the wrong direction for us to take it's going to be measured in the lives lost not in the lives saved but it was a gun carrying good samaritan who ended the 2017 attack on a church in sutherland springs texas an armed bystander chased away the shooter

after he killed 25 people but before he could kill more. at the shooting range members say owning a gun requires discipline and practice but even here there is support for removing weapons from people who. more likely to use them to cause harm to a lot of people feel they're safe by just having what that's not the case texas has the most registered guns of any state more than 700000 whether that makes texas safer or more dangerous is still unclear. castro al-jazeera mission texas. thanks. time does it take a look at the top stories here it is there saturday's drone attacks in saudi officer this is have triggered a record jump in brant crude futures trading u.s. president donald trump says he's authorized the release of all over america's

strategic reserves to fill the market gap if needed vandana hari is c.e.o. of energy market analysis group vanda insight she says the lack of information coming from south korea a saudi arabia is making the market even more volatile a much of the spike is likely to sustain and of course i think while it's realty is going to remain with us as well because a lot of the picture as to the extent of damage to the. the expected restart resumption how long that will take a lot of that big onsets have yet to emerge but the president also says the u.s. is locked and loaded while it waits for confirmation of who attacked riyadh's all facilities the sexiest state those already accused iran for the attacks which have been claimed by yemen's who rebels tehran is denying involvement. u.s. pharmaceutical company purdue which manufactures the controversial painkiller

oxycontin has filed for bankruptcy it comes just days after the company reached a tentative settlement with some of the states and local governments that are suing the company over claims that feel the opioid epidemic much of the crisis is being blamed on the overprescribing of addictive painkillers like oxycontin the settlement is worth up to $10000000000.00 workers at u.s. automaker general motors of gone on strike for the 1st time in more than a decade 48000 people are expected to walk off the job at 31 factories across the country they want better wages health benefits and job security guarantees. at least 50 fires continue to burn across queensland and new south wales in eastern australia about 20 homes have been destroyed and another 30 damaged favorable conditions on sunday hope to slow down the pace of the destruction those are the latest headlines from the news continues in about half an hour after 1.

0. give to the people who will be attending the workshop we listen. apologize for someone who is also terrorizing we meet with global news makers and the stories that matter. chinese kickin. soul and the the prosody me joy. me love you. indonesia has one of the highest numbers to the. world. i am a side of the good luck can it be stopped before its true lights were sleepwalking to the sasser one o one east investigates how the illegal wildlife trade is wiping out indonesia's

recreations. soloway seas forests adopted the goal of bigots of asia home to a melting pot of life. 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 the only.

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

up here really called a ripple in bed when the spot of life is a protected species had a venue for making money that american business. so fragile that yeah. yeah good looking people said. to me what i've seen this butterfly can fetch 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 low if you so special do you think. they said we need the funding i'm buying a gun someday. that muscle for what we need. if we did it then some better and that and with. the new guy. i was. the money.

from the butterfly trade is banned lies the frontline of this driving illegal wildlife trade. in the north of the way see the town of manado is a gateway to the rest of asia. one i don't need to own along with. the . people so my point being that i'm not. going to the little bunny on the one hand you know. i need. a new. one when i don't own one little. leads investigations as part of a specialized indonesian government task force called. it's his job to protect the forests and the animals. you know there's

a 1000000 people in. the bronx you know. that ports like these seizes animals from across the region as a smuggled in and out of the country when the. president. recently he called these trade a smuggling 14 rig or endangered the how many ports up there and also the way i see where animal trade is coming in and going out i know what he's. going to mean you know just wondering you know why i'm wondering if you know the people or why no. one but you should know that. donny has just 26 offices to this entire region and faces an enormous task. one animal is prized to the levels

a river i achieve mick. 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 it would be infected legally in somebody's backyard and yet it critically endangered by not exactly sure why they're keeping it publicly told there in fact. this is the birth. of it and then. the iraqi 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 after being here you don't want to. but i would. go on with what. do you think is the right place for him.

you know the best of it if. the balance keeping yaquis like this could mean 5 years in jail or 100000000 repeated fine that's more than 20 times the average monthly income he. moved from what i've seen what i thought some of the no single idea. the most important thing. you need but it could be them all of them but i thought i would be seen as and i don't think money hire. someone out of. the love i want to be with him. 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 the more we love the president. it's the only refuge of its kind in the region and it's almost to capacity how many mechanics do you have here testing currency there is a 100. 7. wow cards from 5 different species in solo easy and in the most. critically endangered one in the mid 2. what condition do you think this little guys in this point. in the poor nutrition scottish and. alright be careful we're going to get quite close over here so they might grab your

hair careful with it ok the refuge is enormous. every kind of animal is he. from a bring it tends to sunday it's what's in you sciacca dolls yeah i'm 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. free. press is still 1st arrested. 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 hunters take it back home. kill it as a food when they have to be that's what they take. a bad. so what trait 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

wallet in seoul we see are facing extinction. where sleep walking into. a political disaster. to find out more about the bush may trying to climb heading inland to visit while locals coal and extreme market. here in tom on the taste for bush made run state. steeped in local tradition just about every kind of animal is for sale. people need to wal-mart's up much our. money q what do you want. people for the job why do you get away. like you have got

a little bit stronger about libya it's a lot of meat. david and his family have been selling push me here for a tease mostly to indigenous locals called mina hoss and that's why the people love pushed me so i'm not. going to do. you know how like. 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 and . yeah but you gotta walk in the hollow so mark him for a. monkey put on your.