or some kind of constitutional how can i put it for basically some of our rights and our protections to be overlooked for things like a curfew could be put in place in order to be able to assist i don't think that that's the way forward what needs to happen is some kind of disaster to be declared so that there's an emergency pool of funds and resources that are going to be educated into departments for the right response against violence all right good to get your thoughts thanks so much. staying in afghanistan and taliban fighters say they're responsible for 2 suicide bomb attacks which killed at least $46.00 people many of them more as a reelection campaign running for president i shall vanny on tuesday reports from kabul. with a week and a half to go before the presidential election which the taliban has threatened to disrupt the group quickly claimed responsibility for both attacks. the 1st happened at a reelection campaign rally for president ashraf ghani in part of an province the taliban

says it suicide bomber was targeting special forces soldiers but as with previous attacks most of those killed and injured were civilians young a suddenly a man on the motorbike arrived in a huge explosion happened a lot of people hurt a martini and looted the attack will be a major concern for all the presidential candidates as they campaign across afghanistan in the coming days even more worrying for the off here in kabul was the 2nd attack happening in what should be one of the most secure areas of the capital the taliban bomber managed to evade tight security surrounding the diplomatic area of the capital detonating explosives at an office of the ministry of defense. in. vision i heard an explosion and then dust started rising from the side of the attack and there was gunfire i scaped body parts were spread everywhere it was

confirmed the gunfire was actually warning shots from security forces trying to clear the area because they feared a secondary attack. as the countdown to election day continues the why defeat here for the afghan government is keeping the security situation stable enough to allow voting to begin. robert bride al jazeera kabul. a political outsider will become term as his next president a runoff between a lawyer and a media moguls being planned after sunday's vote failed to make an outright winner stephanie decker has morphed into this after almost 2 days of counting votes it's finally official there will be a presidential runoff almost predictable. the way it went and very strong candidates are establishment. completely vanished with these elections

the man with the most votes guy saeed profession or of constitutional law and with no political party completely unknown before the 2011 revolution introduced into households izzie appeared on national television decipher in the constitution in classical arabic earning him the nickname robocop his challenger. immediate tycoon and philanthropist who's in prison facing charges of money laundering in tax evasion he's been far more involved in the political elites here recently splitting from the may need to his party and running on his own ticket other potential charges will affect his future remains unclear 45 percent of registered voters came out on sunday to cast their ballot the message a clear rejection of the political parties that dominated politics here since the 2011 revolution society. yes i like him let's have a new experience let him work people who came before him are not better and haven't anything i don't know much about. but it seems older people voted for him because

he hopes the board. most tunisians we speak to say they either voted or will vote for it was that jimmy he is a university professor he specializes in constitutional law he understands what the powers and limits of every authority but in terms of administration he doesn't have experience political watchers say even though saeed was popular in the polls it's surprising how he managed to reach so many people we see him today becoming the frontrunner with no political party with no big electoral campaign with very little means it seems some say they didn't vote because the 24 candidates were too many to choose from and now that they're 2 clear options they will they want this is the time for political change in order for to his ear to look after it's used to keep them away from illegal migration and other wrongdoings they say that good things take time and here we are waiting there also legislative elections due here next

month need tire political landscape could be about to change within the next few weeks illusions will have a new president new prime minister and a new parliament people here have overwhelmingly voted for change the question now is whether tenacious new leaders will deliver stephanie decker al-jazeera tunis. well in a few moments we'll have all the weather with rob us still ahead here on al-jazeera the braggs it battle continues its day to the u.k. supreme court hearing we'll bring you the latest live from london. and new session and new president the 74th u.n. general assembly opens in new york. and we'll tell you about the mouthwatering clash set optimisation chanting his name it sounds coming up stay with us.

take heart in season as well as you well know this one here is named burton and it's quite active moving fairly quickly which is a good thing because going to glance past bermuda there's already a hurricane warning i was not going to be a direct hit and it will go through very quickly and whilst your eyes are watching that you may have missed what's happening down here so we should zoom in in the gulf of mexico is pretty active as well this although it's only a tropical depression briefly became a tropical storm which means winds became severe gale force as it went on land in the low ground just south of houston so we're talking about the texas coast you may remember 2 years ago what happened here when the harvey town did this is not the same beast however it has already dropped a fair amount of rain something like 150 millimeters this is south of houston so it's basically just bad driving conditions so far the wind did some damage brought

down some full these trees which is hardly a big surprise when you saw the roots so that's how we sit at the moment now is not moving very quickly it is moving inland sort of eventually cut off its feet of warm water but it hasn't cut off yet so for at least 2 days possibly 3 we have a collection of rain in the heart of it this yellow here. about $300.00 millimeters still to come. whether sponsored by qatar it was. just syria will meet 2 arab women with roots in the middle east both still successful loyalists aboard over the last 5 years i've achieved a great deal of partnership with the country's leading pharmacy but never forgot where they came from. we tried to put forward a different place than the stereotypical image of muslim women robes aboard the businesswoman of the council on al-jazeera. oh lord women programming

from international filmmakers like driving around looking for drug addicts on the streets of kabul just the arrest sets the stage these men are demanding just because no one was. giving voice to the voiceless have you failed your mission to protect the civilian population that open your eyes to an alternative view of the world today. on al-jazeera. you're watching al-jazeera reminding our of our top stories this hour partial results and israel's repeat election shown in

a deadlock between the 2 main parties it's unclear whether prime minister benjamin netanyahu all his main challenger benny gantz will have the 1st opportunity to form a coalition government iran's president says houthi pfizer's launched an attack on all refineries in saudi arabia as a warning that it will withdraw from the war in yemen and rouhani again denied iran was involved. in extraordinary session of parliament is being held in south africa on how to tackle violence against women president. talks of a crisis after growing protests over right. now a palestinian woman shot by israeli security forces in the occupied west bank has died of injuries in hospital israeli media say she was seen waving a knife at the island the checkpoint witnesses say the woman lay on the ground for at least 15 minutes without receiving medical help.

their opinions chief negotiator is warning politicians not to underestimate the consequences of a no deal breakers it michel barnier says sticking points like citizens' rights in the irish border will need to be resolved before britain and the e.u. can have a relationship the u.k. supreme court has also begun hearings to decide whether prime minister boris johnson broke the law by suspending parliament for 5 weeks jonah hall has more from london. the barricades have shifted temporarily to the remain breaks it battle as arrived at the supreme court we have the force to appeals one from england and wales and one from scotland. they both involve the same issue. whether it was lawful for the prime minister advised her majesty to authorize the provocation parliament order in council at issue whether the court should stay out of politics as the english high court had ruled or

a scottish judges decided last week whether the courts should step in when the powers of government are used for purposes other than those for which they were intended and. when the prime minister exercise. he's admittedly removed discretionary power to advise her majesty geishas it is an improper purpose for him to be motivate our wish to avoid armament you control over the policies of his government and we know. that the parliament may be proved in a variety of reasons pleasant for all as much as formal. and sasan the. moment is not in any sense innocent and to the definition of when you mean the supreme court's decision when it comes

could have far reaching consequences for an unwritten constitution in this country that relies heavily on legal precedent for a government that may yet decide it wants to prorogue parliament again and for parliament itself there are many many m.p.'s very keen to get back to work as the clock ticks down towards briggs's day on october 31st and if the supreme court were to confirm the scottish judges finding that boris johnson lied to the queen over his reasons for suspending parliament they'd be heavy pressure on the prime minister to resign fundamentally this case is really quite simple it's about this proposition the government admits that parliament doesn't get control whether it's suspend it. and government says courts can't control it either and that is just writing proposition an absolutely striking proposition and the supreme court's going to have found difficulty accepting it hey you're

a start democracy so that's not a popular view among sections of the crowd outside the court 6 as ever tensions on display are ugly combative divisive no decision look a supreme court is going to change that jonah hill al-jazeera london. let's get more on this now from charley angela she is live for us in london the show goes on in the cold can we expect in day 2 then charlie. well we will be hearing more arguments on both sides of this case is fundamentally about whether or not the prime minister had been asking for that lengthy probation suspension the part of it that's such a critical time and whether or not this supreme court has the power to rule. what is essentially a parliament issue right now we're hearing from james just as james evy he is the lawyer representing the prime minister and he is arguing that these courts have no

jurisdiction on this nasa and that the case should really be thrown out is obviously drawing on many. previous cases to emphasize that argument but the lawyers representing the legal activists are arguing that as. the rule suspending parliament written that bound by convention and used for prime minister to set out new legislation for the coming year remember boris johnson said that he was parading parliament to tackle some domestic issues to look at funding the n.h.s. to try and get a grip on violent crime in the u.k. noise they're all doing that that was not his true motive his true motive was to run down the clock on that debate so we'll be hearing from both sides to reiterating those arguments but the crux of it is does this who have any jurisdiction to pull a lawyer say there is no legal precedent for it lawyers on the other side say there

is no legal precedent because no prime minister in modern times has allegedly abused and used his power in such a way home but it's not the means by sides that is genocide the report of this case . this government. lawyers that i'd say they don't take. sides to agree with but inside the damage in this parliament in terms of how it responds to the judiciary and the judiciary in the eyes of the pro bret's it public who believe that it has maybe acted in a biased manner. charlie and you have been from london. activists with hong kong's democracy movement have made a direct appeal to the us kong. to support joshua warner and the nice how to congressional hearing to adopt the hong kong human rights and democracy act if passed in washington hong kong will have to prove every year it respects human

rights in order to maintain its special trading status with the u.s. . india's economy is struggling despite recent promises of a bright future during the prime minister's reelection campaign growth has slowed in the world's 4th largest economy and unemployment is at a 3 year high particularly hard hit our workers making cars almost 300000 of lost their jobs recently frank a group that has the story. the engines of india's economy are slowing down the auto industry says it's in the middle of its worst crisis in nearly 2 decades. that's taking a toll on workers like you to come are. both with me the years i've been out of work for a month the lenders asking for the groceries we're asking for money no money to give. many who do have a job see their anxious factories or reducing work hours to cut costs and that

means less pay everybody be any government will pay their way out of it we don't have enough farmland at home for us to survive so people like me opposed to find work in big cities even here we don't find employment for days and sometimes months . the problems in the factories are reflected in cash rooms where business is slow these brand new cars are gathering dust as they remain unsold not enough people are bypassing the cars and commercial vehicles lack of democracy at the earliest downtown for the old industry which employs more than 37000000 people so stop here reflects just how badly the indian economy is really doing. now the auto industry is asking government leaders to cut taxes brought in the. cross sectors whether there's a commercial big percent of the records. all the sectors started be going so real requesting for some stimulus package the government says it's working

towards helping the struggling more to industry there the fact that as president. i don't know sector is facing the problem because of the global economy because of demand and business there are many is already with that the industry. ministry under the guidance of the planners ministry will find. promise in the rains or more the was reelected early the cea promising to transform india from a near 3 trillion dollar economy into one bought 5 trillion dollars but india's g.d.p. growth is at a 6 year low investments have dropped consumers don't have enough money to spend and they've ruled economy is struggling thing they're promising the more. right now currently the way the economy is functioning and the way the government is indifferent to words it bears no where that fighting in the economy is happening by 2024 because you need a certain rate of growth. meanwhile gittins are not this way to make crime true

ones hoping for work and the money they need to support their families priyanka gupta to see are you daily. more than a 1000 schools are closed across malaysia as smoke from forest fires in neighboring in the danger continues to get worse malaysia is using emergency cloud seeding to try to produce rain and clear the skies florence laurie reports on the complicated . this is what kuala lumpur and many parts of malaysia now look like the heavy smog is caused by hundreds of fires burning through forest mainly in neighboring indonesia during the dry season land to set alight by farmers to clear it for a new planting. across malaysia schools are being shut on days the air pollution is considered very unhealthy. ilhan been mohammad shapiro and has asthma and the

frantic syndrome and has had to skip school for several days on one hit so much difficulty breathing that he had to go to the doctors 4 times. we're worried about his health but his body he keeps complaining about wanting to go back to school and be with me to meet you his friends and all that. yeah i think if this situation you know cannot go we are going to be quite a cool way to phrase the stressful time for us as a family the malaysian meteorology department is conducting cloud seeding hoping to artificially create a raid in an effort to clear the small salt crystals. being loaded onto a plane to be dispersed into clouds scientists say the little water that's in the air will condense around these newly introduced particles delphic and the clouds and increase the chance of rain. for that to work there has to be enough clout to

produce rain and even if there is there may not be enough rainfall to reduce the haze. as long as there are still forest fire and the winds continue to blow from day to discrete in their haste will return but at least real be able to temporarily reduce the air pollution index in indonesia the government has sent in thousands of military and the police to help put out forest fires in sumatra and the province of kalimantan in borneo its environment ministry has also sealed off plantations operated by dozens of companies where some of the fires were allegedly started but until the monsoon season arrives next month the smoke is forecast to continue choking the region florence louis al-jazeera kuala lumpur. in haiti petrol shortages widespread corruption and the high cost of living are all

major concerns for protesters they blame president and ways for the cales and he's under increasing pressure to resign. reports. the protests are escalating throughout the year since haiti's subsidized supply of fuel from venezuela was cut that was supplied through the petro program begun by travelers in 2005 to help the development of caribbean nations the program ended last year as u.s. sanctions isolated from israel are from the international financial system so maybe that's your it's a protest of the picture which is in the country the high cost of living in the neck of security. now the country must rely on the u.s. market for energy and supply is demanding about $100000000.00 an unpaid fees before move fuel is delivered prices are rocket electricity blackouts are becoming common . this morning i bought a gallon of petrol for 9 u.s. dollars in the car full area with this no until it's i usually can get a full tank for my motorcycle and still have change left there is particular anger

at president over no mores who government order to say personally profited from the old system of subsidized venezuelan fuel siphoning off millions of dollars of aid meant for development. we are demonstrating and we are rebelling against the president job anomalies in the system because this system does not bring any change to our haitian people we will keep protesting if the president refuses to resign because we are tired of the system not only that earlier this year there were street protests after morey's administration voted not to recognize the legitimacy of the venezuelan government at the organization of american states an unprecedented moment for a country that received billions of dollars of help from caracas it was a gesture that gratified washington but there are signs that the white house so long a power broker in this country may not be able to shield its ally if the street protests continue on. the fractured political opposition to agree these can unite.

a major politician in venezuela has been released from prison. spent 4 months in jail following the failed uprising against president nicolas maduro in may somebody i know is deputy to opposition leader as well as vice president of the opposition controlled national assembly the government ordered to release him appears to be linked to murderous socialist party ending its 3 year boycott of the national assembly. the former u.s. national security agency whistleblower edward snowden says he's taken no oath of secrecy as he's promoted his new book in berlin snowden new league highly classified information made those comments after the u.s. government filed a lawsuit against claims his book violates non-disclosure agreements speaking from russia snowden said the only oath you ever took was to defend the us constitution. donald trump is former campaign manager has defended the us president at

a chaotic congressional hearing cory landau ski appeared before a panel considering whether to impeach the president he was the 1st witness to appear before the committee since former special counsel robert muller testified in july mother was asked to look into russia's role in the 2016 election and whether trump's campaign colluded with it india has banned the production and import of electronic cigarettes over health concerns it follows 2 u.s. states banning flavored versions of the products federal health investigators are concerned by a rise in severe breathing illnesses linked to vaporing. manufacturers are accused of targeting children and turning millions into nicotine addicts. the threat of war in the gulf and climate change challenges due to be discussed by the united nations in new york the u.n. 74th general assembly is underway our diplomatic go to james bays is there.

the general assembly of the united nations the body representing all the u.n. member states has a new president. of nigeria. this is the start of the 74th session and as is tradition it gets underway at ambassador level one week before the leaders of all the countries arrive to take their seats this is where this part of becomes the setting for diplomacy is most important annual gathering. one that shuts down part of the city and pushes traffic elsewhere to a standstill it is extraordinary in the last couple of days however the mayor of new york's commissioner for international affairs welcomes the annual event which brings in a windfall in restaurant and hotel bookings and the reality is that the un brings about $3690000000.00 to the new york city economy annually and also employ about $16000.00 new yorkers world leaders arrive here in the next week but as ever it's

too early at this stage to say which issues will dominate the meeting on monday the u.n. secretary general will chair a climate change summit he's asked leaders to come up with an action plan rather just speeches and the issue of tensions between iran and the u.s. is likely to be center stage although a meeting between president trump and president rouhani now looks much less likely james weighs out his era at the united nations. still ahead of al jazeera titleholders never. champions league defense here with that story.

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times time for the sports news with now thank you so much sammy as for pirates player baseball player philippe vasquez has been arrested on child sex charges the 28 year old pitcher is charged with computer print all iffy solicitation of a child and providing obscene material to minors and follows an investigation in florida where the venezuelan was allegedly involved in a sexual relationship with a 13 year old girl he's facing 4 more charges and pennsylvania where their arrest took place he's been denied bail and placed on administrative leave by the party that strikes this beauty the fact that it's an ongoing criminal investigation. we've been advised it's not best interest and i have any comment right now we need an organizational statement will stand by the organization statement was put out

this time. but right now as far as we know there are just allegations there's not a whole lot we can say but i do have a 14 year old sister so. it's something that that hits home and you know. in the u.s. . you know you're you're innocent until proven guilty so and so due process is completely played out. we're just we're hoping that. the stuff not sure. european ryder cup golf or if you were born or was in the has appeared in a u.k. court to face charges of sexual assault the 29 year old from denmark was arrested at heathrow airport in july after allegedly groping a woman on a flight from nashville to london being abusive to passengers and urinating in the aisle of a 1st class cabin he's pleaded not guilty to all charges and is suspended from the

european golf tour pending the outcome of legal proceedings wales rugby coach warren gatland says the team were shocked by allegations that his assistant rob howley breached betting rules to captain wales as the player has been sent home from japan just 2 days before the start of the world cup. at the moment these are allegations from seagrove was devastated by the allegations and that's all i can skin science can't comment on that you have to deal with in this city at times and release key players and i must say that there are players in the last 24 hours of really stepped up and sometimes that brings teams closer together and they are in with a draw a line in the sand under the sun really focus on preparing the team for the next 5 days now 2 of asia's most successful teams will face off in the semifinals of the asian champion flee saudi arabia's 2 time winners will take on captors alcide have also won the tournament twice hello advance by beating fellow southeast side out it's 31 1st like the semifinals takes place in doha on october the 1st outside had

progressed by beating el nothing on monday. let's take a hard. bargain on the road but the league going through is they said it is a totally deserved. but. we have to continue our focus must be for the next game that holders liverpool have made a losing start to their champions league defense the 6 time winners were beaten 2 know by now play in italy a decisive moment came in the 82nd minute when napoli were awarded a marginal penalty call juries martin scored from the spot and then added time fernando llorente made sure of the win it's a 2nd street season and napoli have secured a home win against liverpool in the group stage. as anybody thing in the room it was a penalty off to seeing the b. are pictures anybody thinks he saw the picture i think it's a penalty just it's other what do you think look that's why it was likely

a mistake because he thinks it's a penalty if it's not a clear mistake and now it's still human beings decide what is a clear mistake so it's this stays that ever going to what can i say about it it's . scored 6 in a big win over gang a fit again we know massey came off the bench for barcelona their game against dortmund finished and then draw. madrid began their campaign away to paris st germain later on wednesday p.s.g. will not be at full strength with neymar ruled out due to suspension. this is of necessity as we are. it's never simple to play against p.s.g. especially in paris with all the fans behind them so we expect a difficult game of course they have some important players who will not be able to play but we expect a difficult game where we have to make as few mistakes as possible and we are trying to play with a lot of intensity to try and win the game. japanese pitching sensation new darvish put in a record breaking performance for the chicago cubs on tuesday her was in top form

against the cincinnati reds who struck out 13 including 8 batters in a row which is a new franchise record it wasn't enough to get the win though going down $42.00 or so however on course to clinch a wild card berth. over in houston the astros inched closer to securing their 3rd successive playoff berth they scored 3 home runs to beat the visiting rangers $4.00 to $1.00 asterisk in advance of the postseason with another win against the rangers on wednesday. 10 is now an 3 time grand slam champion and kerber has won a match for the 1st time since well then the german former world number one the nicole and gibbs to reach the quarterfinals of the osaka open her has lost her past 5 matches dating back to her 2nd round exit for wimbledon titles of. and one man that will be a serious gold medal contender at the tokyo 2020 a limb pig is turkish wrestler reason. the 29 year old made history at the

wrestling world championships in kazakstan he's become the 1st person from the country to win 4 brecker roman world titles beating cuba you know in 130 kilogram final he had to tokyo having won.