is refusing as he clearly is now to join that option where does he get the 6 seats he needs for a government i mean a parade says left wing labor alliance temptingly has just that number but he refused again on wednesday to sit with netanyahu benny gantz has said his blue and white alliance with $32.00 seats will stay together and his secularist partner pede would be unlikely to serve with netanyahu ultra-orthodox allies will they with him the fears well we will wait another day or 2 and wish the people of israel a good and necessary unity government that the system will calm down a little bit and we will move along. dance his own prospects could be improved for mainly palestinian israeli joint list now the 3rd biggest party in the knesset recommends him for prime minister it could even be a step on the road toward its leader iman order says he wants to head the official opposition netanyahu post-election play is certainly no time to carry on making the political weather but in a sign that this is a crisis for a man who in just 2 weeks faces his 1st pretty indictment corruption hearing is

also canceled his appearance at next week's united nations general assembly in new york staying home no doubt to focus on coalition building but also perhaps to ensure that his likud party stays in line behind him are a force that al-jazeera westerners. need a brain as the palestinian reaction from ramallah in the occupied west bank. palestinians are receiving the news of the israeli elections and the results with a lot of indifference yesterday the palestinian prime minister them have a dish they talked about that in his speech in bethlehem he said the 2 main contenders do not have an ending the israeli occupation over the palestinian territory all in their agendas but the p.l.o. secretary general saw a part has said the main difference between the 2 main contenders is that one meaning benjamin netanyahu wants to deepen what he called the apartheid and the other meaning benny gantz who wants to continue and preserve the status quo which

is reso occupation of the palestinian territory now moving to the palestinian street that hasn't been really following the news of the elections and the results they don't really see that their lives is going to get any better at recent poll by a palestinian research center has found that the main concern among palestinians is their financial situation being able to pay the bills really the palestinian authority has been facing a deep financial crisis due to partially israel's decision to withhold part of the taxes it withholds on behalf of the palestinian authority. it's very most of the complicating south africa's president pledges urgent action at an emergency session of parliament to tackle rising violence against women. and hundreds of protesters take it one of the time in russia to jail terms physical activists.

hello again welcome back we're here across australia we did see some rain this week and that was all due to a little system that you can see where the clouds are there now pushing into the tasman sea it's going to linger off the coast we don't expect to see any more rain here across parts of sydney we're going to be seeing temperatures into the a low twenty's few there down towards no been at $23.00 but take a look at the temperature here for adelaide 30 degrees as expected high on thursday but really only going to be lasting one day the reason being is we have a frontal boundary that's coming in from the west once it pushes through it's going to bring some thunderstorms as well some gusty winds and we do expect you to drop down to about 17 as we go toward saturday this front going to also approach parts of a melbourne we do expect to see your temperatures go down as well with rain pushing through much of that area well for the north and south island we're going to be

seeing some nice conditions as we go towards the weekend a lot of clear skies across much of the area maybe a few clouds down here towards the south so for christ church do expect to see a tempter 14 up towards auckland at 16 really staying the same as we go towards friday maybe a few more clouds in the forecast but really no rain to talk about and then very quickly appear towards japan we're going to be seeing attempt to stay into the mid twenty's most of the end of the week temptress for tokyo at 26 degrees for sendai at 23 but 1st pro a cooler day at 15. the kickout grounds of toga. defenseless against the women 7 different international marketplace. chocolatier and political activist on a mission to establish a co-operative to make and sell chocolate on their own in terms. of

power. a taste of independence on al-jazeera. and one of the top stories here on jazeera saudi arabia has displayed what it calls undeniable evidence that iran was behind saturday's attack or 2 of its oil facilities yemen's hoofy rebels who say they carried out the attack and dismissed the saudis account. and at least 27 people most of them children have been killed in a fire at a school in liberia the blaze tore through a dormitory where students were sleeping overnight. israel except for

a lengthy coalition talks after its 2nd election this year failed to produce a clear winner both a blue and white party led by benny gantz and benjamin netanyahu is likud party unlikely to gain the majority needed to form a government. south africa's president has pledged urgent action to tackle gender based violence in the country of an emergency parliament session so around opposes said the figures for violence against women and children are like those of a country at war from a to miller has more now from cape town. president forum of course i used his address epis extraordinary session of parliament to emphasize that government would be placing the issue of gender based violence at the since of its concerns he said that women in south africa don't feel safe but have the right to feel safe you also referred to the latest statistics of crime saying that 2700 women had been killed in the last year 1000 children murdered and that 100 rape cases

reported every day this is what the president had to say. is a dark and heavy shadow. across the land the women and the children of this great country are under sea for it's a very violent and brutal war that is underway against the women of south africa. rim of course a has announced an emergency action plan which is expected to be implemented over the next 6 months and the worse in response to what is being described as a national crisis he's also pledged about 70 $1000000.00 to a fund meant to deal with gender based violence the rape and sexual assault of women as as well as murders of women in south africa nongovernmental organizations those trying to help women in these situations have responded quite positively to

the president's address saying that it has been a long time coming but the key issue will be that of implementation even if laws and policies are changed to try and deal with the challenge of gender based violence how government goes about it is what is important now the president has also called for no bail or parole food for people accused of sexual assault and in rape cases and also saying that there should be harsher minimum sentences imposed on those found guilty of these crimes roma poster has said it is time for south africans to act and is saying that a culture of violence is south africa is one that has to be dealt with immediately . and in southern new material there have been protests over the deaths of several women in hotel rooms it would appears to be a serial killer women dressed in black friday for a 2nd day in this if you thought harcourt demanding justice over the murders 8

women have been strangled in hotel rooms in rivers state in the past 2 months but activists claim up to 20 women have been killed and they say nigerian police are not taking the investigation seriously. the army the democratic republic of congo says its soldiers have killed a rebel leader from rwanda sylvestre wood a kumar who 2 rebel group is accused of killing hundreds of civilians in the east of the d.l.c. during conflicts in 20092010 he'd been wanted by the international criminal court since 2012 for war crimes. and is when his opposition is celebrating the release of the deputy head of the national assembly and goes on brando was freed from custody on tuesday 4 months after his arrest on treason charges he's the former deputy of one going to be recognized by many nations as venezuela's legitimate leader. or you that are me now that i've been

released from prison authorities should release about 58 other people including those full colleagues who with me on the night of my capture. this was practically a kidnapping as i was captured in the middle of the night by men who never identified themselves with the old of my culture and in contravention to my political rights. going to has just been reaffirmed as head of the opposition controlled national assembly there are questions over the future of the opposition after president maduro government held talks with a minority group of opposition parties but who is also considering sending some politicians back into the assembly which he had previously called an illegal institution earlier i spoke to vanessa norman on going to his ambassador in the u.k. she says maduro's talks with the physician groups are not legitimate they are not really a part of the opposition they were never part of the talks and it is and it's a show they are not picking them off because they they also said they were going to

form a coalition and go into the national assembly the national assembly met today no sonne of the mother or a regime because they cannot do that if they join it then they have to recognize that everything we do is legitimate they are in a catch 22 situation with pastor. a mutual defense treaty we're back in which means not just military option but sanctions are diplomatic actions the sanctions are strengthening. for weeks protesters have been on the streets supporters areas demanding they are argentinean government pass a food emergency plan to help the most vulnerable cope with the economic crisis leading the fight to argentina's social movements which play a crucial role in the fight against poverty turns up over ports from the capital. cleaning this parking grader when a site is is the only way these women have of making a living they're part of a social movement that helps poor people around the country find a job. or

a co-operative that provides a service to the municipality we started 12 years ago it's the only job of found they're paid by the argentine government around $130.00 a month. some people call us lazy because we depend on the government but we work and we provide a service we also do courses and go to school. for the past several weeks the center of one aside as has been repeatedly paralyzed by organizations demanding more government help devaluation of the basal currency has had a strong impact on the price of food and social movements say they do not have enough. movements were born after the economic crisis in 2001 and they stayed and they play a role in keeping the streets active they copy how labor unions operate in argentina and they are an example of what happens when politics reaches the streets amy a better sequel is the leader of the mend named after the wife of argentina's

former president one but on he says he's organization is playing a crucial role in preventing the situation in the country from going out of control . social movements are part of the solution because we work where the state does not some people want to demonize us because we block a road but that's not everything we do we are the ones preventing people from running to supermarkets and looting. part of their movement she says she worked all her life even though she lived in a slum she's been able to buy a home but now she can hardly pay the bills and. i have to pay electricity and gas and we can barely buy food i have worked all my life and what's happening to us is humiliating. since taking office. eliminated the subsidy and utility services in an attempt to regularize an economy that has been in the red for years people here tell us that the economic crisis in argentina has an enormous impact in

their lives they also say that thanks to social movements they at least have a drop the problem is that in the past they used to be able to feel they're free to with food while now it's almost empty. and that's why many are on the streets these days demanding the government does not look away that is how or when a. 100 demonstrators have taken part in rolling one person protests outside russia's presidential administration they're opposing jail terms for political activists detained at unauthorized rallies in july and august it follows monday's sentencing of young actor used enough to 3 and a half years in prison for violence against a policeman during a protest last month his family and friends so he was just a bystander a number of russian celebrities have condemned his conviction. you're pretty sure.

it's a group of us are came here to protect myself because now i'm deprived of my right to was clearly an innocent person can be robbed beaten and floating to jail tomorrow it will happen to lead us to my friends to my children or to my wife i'm forced to protect myself from the stores i'm outraged by these justice and mayhem in our courts as it applies not only to pawel those delegates but to all persons involved. 3 people are dead and a 4th is being treated for serious injuries after a speedboat crash just off the coast of venice the boat was trying to break the monte carlo to venice speed record when it crashed into an artificial reef close to the finish after 18 and a half hours at sea boots designer fabio woodsy is among the dead it was capable of speeds of up to 150 kilometers an hour u.s. president on trump's plan to build a wall on the mexican border has long been criticized for its expensive price tag but the cost of the environment is now also being questioned how does your cost

reports from the border city of macallan. in this crook of the rio grande river where mexico lies on one bank the united states on the other flora shiz biodiversity we have over 240 species of butterflies documented on the property with the possibility of about $350.00 species that can be seen in north america and mexico found here the national butterfly center is a private charity that owns and conserves this land but now it's fighting the trumpet ministrations plans to build an 11 meter high wall through the properties middle the center's director says that will begin a chain of damaging ecological changes that we will have nothing to produce we hear nothing to filter our groundwater nothing to mitigate radiant brow temperatures and all of that will be eliminated so what they're creating in effect

is a dead zone where we now have a thriving vibrant away cis for species to build the wall in this county the federal government has waived the national environmental policy act the endangered species act the clean water act and 25 other protective laws president donald trump says he's doing so in the name of national security trump says the wall will keep out drugs and criminals but the vast majority of migrants arriving at the border have been families and children nevertheless building the wall could help trump's chances of winning reelection we think by the end of next year which will be sometime right after the election actually but we think we're going to have close to 500 miles of wall which will be complete construction materials have already arrived rows of steel fencing are destined to be erected on a national wildlife refuge the butterfly center is nearby and after

a judge dismissed its lawsuit against the wall it. expects to be next as everyone else begins to feel the pain and the loss related to this bogus project maybe things will turn around maybe they'll be a way to stop it for now the u.s. supreme court is allowing trump to build the wall using military money made available by his emergency declaration but the people who live here say the only emergency they see is of nature under attack heidi joe castro al jazeera mccallan texas. or much of the top stories are now jazeera saudi arabia says it has undeniable evidence that iran was behind saturday's attacks on 2 bits or facilities which cut its oil production by 50 percent at a news conference in riyadh the defense ministry spokesman display debris he said

proved iranian involvement turkey i'm ok said 18 drones and 7 cruise missiles were fired from the north and could not have come from yemen yemen's hoofy rebels who say they carried out the attacks have dismissed the evidence presented by saudi arabia as fabricated but that was a loan from the rock and was other cause to believe a small sort of bite ya ya's good addition the sponsorship of terrorist groups. it's our friends in money time could more as the president are called for it to us or. we call or we call up all of the international community to acknowledge the all of the law in a city and the region. meanwhile your secretary of state mike paul barry has arrived in saudi arabia he met saudi crown prince mohammed bin solomon in jeddah to share intelligence on the attacks ahead of that meeting president donald trump

announced a further escalation of u.s. sanctions on iran. at least 27 people most of them children have been killed in a far to school in liberia. it was an outpouring of grief as hundreds gathered at the school near the capital monrovia the blaze started around midnight and tore through a dormitory where students were sleeping before to say an electrical problem was to blame president george where has visited the scene and offered his condolences to the victims' families. israel's 2nd election this year has again failed to produce a clear winner leaving a question mark over who will become prime minister weeks of kurdish talks in are likely before new government can be formed with more than 90 percent of votes counted the center left blue and white party led by benny gantz as 32 seats benjamin netanyahu to could party is just behind on 31. people in power is next

with the story of a chocolate making activists in tokyo thanks for watching by phone or. al jazeera. and for your. africa is rich with natural resources yet all too often the benefits of that abundance spend up with international finance the consequence of a post-colonial globalized economy in which the rich get richer and the poorest to captain property get some africans have long pushed back determined to find the holes in the scraps the developed world leaves on the table since one such struggle

now comes covered in chocolate. west africa. and something very unusual is going on and. this is a groundbreaking project by a local entrepreneur out. to produce homegrown chocolate commercially. produced goods all of those are the public does show the show. both initial news all but who

suffer from ok the. there's olsen to say good news joe default. has a doctor and is a bit off the job nobody did ok. until for me to prove to the world. disappeared project. got it all up going through water got there won't is. any need to get tolls for the road you have to go. to lemmings crofter it's only coming out buku a chocolate has returned to his country but on a special mission to hone the truth to fight for its liberty stricken hominids. the global truckload market is now worth in excess of $100000000000.00 a year and is only goes back to to rise and as demand increases they'll call who

thought of that money comes down to tokyo i think with the majority of promises to live below the poverty line we just felt like he could beat you then over the radio pretty bad news from london to deploy the international highs for the cocoa has dropped to the most of it was if you get people put you do deal she says will cook do it should you be tested for the film to shoot up as the cool one to construct a coke at issue belittle sits on. the field just. but the show who would usually do when he said i've posted a little more than all of the preserve the love to go but up result to sick at the last moment ago as does israel sit dirty does it say that the. decision to put saddam in may have bus juice in it but good did you see did you preach it pretty dread the dissident. keep. for a good self claims you don't is wrong but. is this

good news up at all the more gives us a good p.r. does all the friend put it in to sell on the open feeder not to be edited. although the majority every tell childhood products consumed in the developed world and made with west african grown cocoa the continent's produces receive only a 3 to 6 percent shad but the entire cocoa value chain. european and u.s. truck manufacturers and retailers on the other hand control around 80 percent about changing. the. after 4 years of getting the co-operative up and running komi and his team have decided to tour the country with a message for their fellow citizens that they and their land are worth far more than the west has been giving them. it's time to put that right that trip takes him to places like this stuff of investment for years and where those who harvest cocoa for a living have never even tasted the chocolate that he makes here the window was off

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to go then you've got to give you an adult. system to do that it. it's. called wadi you let it through. let it go off. i look at it going to what i did any of it is. no that's good then the good lord that. god would hear that it wasn't over this in the 7 year old you're going to be like many of the other villages conlan is a cuckoo fama. he has 11 mouths to feed. he's modest plantation is a few kilometers away in the forest. in tokyo cocoa farming is the main source of income for some 20000 families. but 6 out of 10 of

those mamas live in die of poverty. in the way. open is one way that. they think of. the things what minae help with that is the manner in which the employees must show according to the. cocoa farms in tokyo a typically small and family run. each covering an average of about 5 acres of land they mumblin knew and gave. it to them through a week they were negligent. in that you saw the thing in. your little by little go home. knowing it was only going to see what. it. will. come around and his wife sell the cocoa beans through the village co-operative from

. foreign companies then buy up the entire regions halted and then the courts exported to europe while the us or china. could i'm now dead and while in the world in which the chinese budget mother i know. what they plan on me. in the last few years small scale produces have been powerless in the face of fluctuating prices. from 13. 100 west african francs or 2 euros a kilo to less than half of that as this film was being made that had consequences unhappiness with the government it was bound to grow. in org is 2017 people took their frustration to the streets the 18th among long protests that followed aimed at ending the rule of the nia single a dynasty it has ruled the country off a century and many togolese believe that political change is vital to unlock years

of of the tea but the demonstrations were unsuccessful and meanwhile the instability only found on some told the country's cocoa industry i don't know if you. nevile good luck and i know my generals are not just going to hold going you will find a drug deal man evil imagine what you will do that we have. done you know once it was when you on our door is you know it is ya in the nick and no. one wants only allows you. to not only have a god with god will not allow small remember on thoughts against you just. been there for them. and put up all the. now going to get over the what i'm. going to do when you know.

cocoa production is concentrated in its southwestern whole region. compared to much larger west african producers like gone and ivory coast production here might be relatively modest but in local tons it's still a vital cash crop. to stay competitive with its bigger rivals. believes the token these industry should prioritize quality over quantity due to go i'll go see it then but you did good as it's been you know by then it could have been another. minute mothers and well look i go look at those. who did i don't post in the old to come as a taco a look at the good of a lot then say the filth god told the world that i got close piss out. kenya soon you know poor old well or you put up with it make it go

on to pretty dry throat was simply. breed. specific the key to getting that premium price says is by emphasizing toko koku. and it credentials. he might some of his supplies from this corporate have his own which is still struggling to find its markets. before this year only commies choco toko paid a good price the rest went to a swiss company for the usual market rate grow as agreed to the lower price to ensure that stock would be sold but commie is adamant it doesn't always have to be that way this isn't some business that does or not. the printed gown she was on this side of that is just. m.r.c. point that i will miss i said to go to the poor bugger.