reporting inside the country the bigger picture of what is happening here may take time to become clear but it seems once again egyptians have lost their fear and are defying wooders to remain silent stephanie decker al-jazeera. still ahead on al-jazeera. millions of somalis are being forced to leave their homes plus. we understand the risk you know it's there it's present every time that we do that the annual event that's got hundreds leaping off a high rise building in kuala lumpur. hello there is still so my son trying to fight across southern sections of europe but that is about it it is a course that time of year so all this tragedy can say bring with the rain it is no

so unusual it is fairly widespread there this rain and at times it will be fagged assistant and even a fairly heavy can see across much of scandinavia the u.k. even down into central areas as well maybe a lot across the mediterranean we've got some my sunshine in place with a high pressure we've got some calm conditions 29 degrees celsius in a madrid and those temperatures staying in the mid to high twenty's the further east you go so a very nice day saturday in rome with a high of 26 but to the north this is where the west and the windy weather is in place now the u.k. met office have put warnings in place a very heavy rain across western sections of the u.k. and you can see why on sunday it really does sing for the south as well into old fronts and into the low countries and that cloud is spreading ahead of it it's still pretty cool as well for that isso moscow still about 5 degrees below the average for this time of year meanwhile into northern africa but most of his guys a little bit of cloud just popping off into morocco but not doing anything to the temperatures that made it to high twenty's celsius and it's been warming up in

tunis as well so 30 celsius on saturday and the same on sunday. whether sponsored by cats. big stories generate fountains of headlines it seems that much the media is still struggling with how to deal with it with different angles from different perspectives and you hold. separate the spin from the facts. the misinformation from the journalism how careful must you choose your words but some tough stuff has to be said so some critics have to be made the listening post on al-jazeera.

you're watching al-jazeera a reminder of our top stories this hour have been several explosions in afghanistan as polls open for the 4th presidential election a polling station was hit in kandahar injuring 16 people tens of thousands of security personnel have been deployed. donald trump special envoys ukraine has quit volcker was us to give evidence about a call that's led to an impeachment inquiry into trump the president reportedly asked ukraine's leader to investigate his political rival. hundreds of protesters have defied a security crackdown for a 2nd friday in egypt they've joined rallies calling for the president to resign they accuse abdel fattah el-sisi of corruption and destroying the economy. protests are being held in hong kong on saturday to mark the 5th anniversary of the so-called umbrella movement thousands marched in 2014 to demand the right for the

territory to choose its own leader rallies are also set to take place in other cities including london and washington. we see in a show of solidarity the movement inspired the recent protests that have been running for 16 weeks now let's get the latest from our correspondent sara karr koos in hong kong now sara given that this is the 5th anniversary 'd of the umbrella movement what activities are being planned it looks like protests is already quite busy behind you. well we wrote that pretty much the beginning of the starting point of these occupy home rallies back in 2014 and as you mentioned today is the anniversary the 5th anniversary so there's a number of assemblies across the lawn in various districts to commemorate this particular occasion now at this point we were at the let's the council building this was a place this little wall behind it was almost the meeting point it became the symbol of the pro-democracy movement back in 2014 and these people the protesters behind me up putting up those points to that mark to pretty much symbolize what

they stood for which was force for universal suffrage and great democracy back in 24 saying underneath that the symbol of the the demonstration known as the umbrella movement off the part hong kong this evening on saturday here at the list of council we also have another big assembly of this thing mobilized by the civil human rights front now the super human rights front is the organization that's been managing to organize the big mass rallies of the last few weeks last few months where they've been they've attracted one and 2000000 people to much of that's going to happen here in front of the lots of council building the saving onsets that here in hong kong but we have a number of rallies over the coming days and this is not see the the want of movement this is the end yet tradition build up movement the great for the calling of democracy and tomorrow we have on sunday we have another much as one we have part beijing grips holding their eye on a particular standing where they'll be seen the national anthem and this is in the lead up to tuesday which is the type of one at national diet china's national day

which marks the 70th anniversary of the founding of the people's republic of china and this is their place and to support violent clashes between the 2 opposition groups so what more do we know about the prominent student activist joshua wall who's announced that he's running for local office why is this significant. joshua when he was the face of the occupy hong kong movement the umbrella revolution back in 24 change of course he's been to jail numerous times on the law . years of the last 5 years and to die on such that he's announced that he will run for the city's upcoming district by district election so that is a 22 year old and this particular election he's running for it it's a probably a lower level municipal organization but this could fast track in through the lips of council election or the parliament which is here behind me now it's the 1st time he's running for politics but he did co-found the dimiss isto a political party and a number of his colleagues were democratically elected and the democrats are party but they were disqualified but not long after his were just one had decided early

on saturday. to who think you know is the force is that you should know before you move play bledsoe. this more time since the summer all this whole time my mom can be that high rolling playing host is essential to put pressure on the hong kong government and also to president. we have common point for the part of the point that was universal suffrage which means for you actually. last month there was a surge in numbers when the people were called on to register for these upcoming district elections and the largest group of the largest surge was in there within the 18 to 35 year old age group which is interesting so the survey indicates that this is a trick that this sudden interest or the reworking political awakening in hong kong has been triggered by this current political climate. sarah clarke you know hong

kong thank you for that update. protesters in haiti's capital have looted shops and set police cars on fire at least 4 people have been killed in port au prince in recent days as haitians rally over food and fuel shortages they're demanding the resignation of president. they accuse him of failing to deal with deep rooted corruption or he says appealed for. pakistan's prime minister has used his speech at the un general assembly to attack india's crackdown in india administered kashmir it warned of a bloodbath in the disputed region last month india revoked the semi autonomous status of a kashmiri territory under its control india's prime minister also addressed the summit but made no mention of kashmir china whole reports from the united nations and the middle of the. un general assembly was drawing to a close in new york when suddenly it burst grimly back into life pakistan's prime

minister decried india's decision to revoke self rule in majority muslim populated indian administered kashmir it was part of a policy he said of him nationalism and ethnic cleansing what is going to happen when the gov use lifted will be a bloodbath the people will come out then $100000.00 troops there. dundas do what prosperity of this is supposed to be for the development of these 900000 troops one of their going to do well when they come out there will be a bloodbath. in his speech khan accused india's prime minister narendra modi of fascism of pursuing an ideology of hate and racial purity drawn from hitler and mussolini in the 1930 s. he said the un must intervene to avoid conflict between 2 nuclear armed neighbors this is a test for the united nations you are the one who guaranteed the people of kashmir

the right of self-determination. they are suffering because of that and this is the time this is the time not to appease like in 1039 appeasement took place this is the dime to take action and number one action must be that india must live in human curfew a short while prime minister modi had conspicuously avoided any mention of kashmir which india insists is an internal matter but there was a veiled reference to what he has previously called pakistan backed terrorism in the region almost there the hand. we belong to a country that has given the world not war but buddha's message of peace and that is the reason why our voice against terrorism to alert the world about this evil brings was seriousness and outrage we believe that this is one of the biggest

challenges not for any single country but for the entire world and humanity the lack of unanimity among us on the issue of terrorism dense those very principles that are the basis of the creation of the u.n. and that is why for the sake of humanity i firmly believe that it's absolutely imperative that the world unites against terrorism oh what i as both leaders spoke a block away from the u.n. building anti modi protesters demanded the world take action 55 days of course feel no food no house no madison and they can't go out it's not here we are here to protest we want to know the but let the word know what's happening there and nobody's doing anything. and on the ground in srinagar kashmiris under strict security controls and with indian troops keeping watch made their voices heard was. both prime ministers modi and khan met separately with president on

trump on the sidelines of the un general assembly this week but nothing has come of trump's offer to mediate between them and hence no sign of any real progress in avoiding further escalation over kashmir you're now al-jazeera at the un in new york. police in nigeria say they freed more than $300.00 male students held captive in a building in the northern city of kaduna some were found in metal chains around their ankles they say some of the students as young as 9 years old who were sexually abused and tortured. the british flag seized by around 2 months ago is now anchored off the coast of the by after terran release to the seizure of the star in peril in the strait of hormuz in july escalating tensions in the gulf it came after the british military detained and iranian oil tanker in gibraltar. climate changes lead leading to frequent droughts in somalia forcing people to

leave their homes almost every 2 years the u.n. says more than 2 and a half 1000000 somalis have been displaced. has this report from the region of baidoa dry dusty and parched desert sand is slowly taking over once foretold. just 2 years of to the last drought and the country's again facing one of the drives 3 in his seasons in more than 3 decades. the victims are visible almost everywhere makeshift camps like this one for those affected by drought can be found in almost every city. this is by southwest somali. these people of just arrived from the countryside. however builds a heart for her family from old clothes she says it took them a month to get here but on the name brand i know what i want i want got all died fast and then the crops fade and we fled hang out here but it is team follows as we

have had no help. the people of somalia have always named droughts and use the buses total milestones but that was $1.00 is what 10 or 15 years up now they've become the new norm and scientists say that the country has dried up mark foster in the 20th century than at any other time in the past 2000 years. these bought in plains of sundin's to have always known long dry spells but they've always been followed by. enough at least to rebuild hubs so that's can be repaid and many provided for the children. that's changed 91 year old loose ace he has never seen shifting weather patterns the some for giving. me here and i don't remember our grandparents not having food until recently this droughts are quite different from what we used to see there's no time for recovery they just keep

coming back. just a few months ago to shut up that man had 25 goats now she has just 5 the rest with it and died in the current drought a lot of the my welcome my high survive on donations from well wishers is no pasture for the goats and i'm forced to look for grass for them in fountains and at times i even have to share my food with them. the magic animal hiding is not just an economic activity for the people of somalia it is who they are. and as the climate changes they too being forced change the world has either by a door in southwest somalia. now the 2019 world athletics championships have officially opened here in qatar. the start of the tournament was marred by a colorful opening ceremony in the capital doha is the 1st time the international event has been held in the middle east but this year's tournament didn't start

until 9 times to avoid the desert heat. the 1st medals have been one of the championships in the women's marathon 10 years for each up and get it overcame extreme heat and humidity in doha to win the race that was held at midnight to avoid the worst of the high temperatures still an unprecedented 28 of the 68 runners failed to finish and shipping get it she's winning time was the slowest since records began. for the championships are only a day old but we've already seen some amazing displays of sportsmanship. and came in the 1st heat of the men's 5000 mrs jonathan b. of aruba completely ran out of steam but still managed to finish the race thanks to his fellow competitor. dragging the exhausted both be over the finish line. while 3 through seekers from around the world have converged in the malaysian

capital for a chance to jump off high rise buildings but 100 people leapt off the kuala lumpur tower sky deck for the annual event that took off in 1999 florence leary was that. don't attempt this. 300 meters above ground now on the base and base jumping stands for building and tan. and essentially jumpers are jumping from a fixed point there's no doubt that base jumping is an extreme sport there's no reserve parachute because that be no time to use it base jumpers will freefall from here for about 3 seconds before opening the parachute at the last minute now on the parachute smaller than the ones used in skydiving designed to open faster and at lower speeds for me and it's worth it fear that it intends failing that i get the closure that i get from it for me. we understand the risks you know it's there it's present and. it's kind of

a good reminder you know when i went back and away you want to feel bad. like hey this is really fun but it's also you know it has some dangers and to be a base jumper you 1st have to be an experienced skydiver 1 quite a bit of work goes into ensuring the safety of the jumpers when conditions are tested periodically the jumpers wear helmets and other protective gear that's very little margin for error in this extreme sport but the rewards are high and there's nothing like it or at least that's what i've been told only thrill seekers and dead need apply. and these are the top stories have been several explosions in afghanistan as polls open for the 4th presidential election a polling station was hit in kandahar injuring 16 people tens of thousands of security personnel have been deployed tony lee has more from kabul. well we're

getting reports that some people turned up to vote and their names are not on the register getting reports that some polling stations haven't opened because the workers haven't turned up now that could be because of this acuity situation it could be because they're just very apathetic and it's very difficult we were told that out of the $7500.00 polling stations planned for this election only $5000.00 were going to go ahead anyway and out of the 9000000 voters there are only anticipating around 4000000 to go and vote but if this polling station the center of kabul is anything to go by that figure could be way down on that hundreds of protesters have defied a security crackdown for a 2nd day friday in egypt they have joined rallies calling for the president to resign they accuse abdel fattah el-sisi of corruption and destroying the economy the former government contracts whose videos helped spark the protests has issued a new message on social media calling on president sisi to resign or.

c.c.s. way that you will leave power if the people don't want you so please be a man of your word don't let your offices upset the people let them walk in the streets freely you promise the people freedom so please stop being a liar donald trump special envoy to ukraine has quit volcker was asked to give evidence about a call that's led to an impeachment inquiry into trouble the president reportedly asked ukraine's leader to investigate his political rival protests being held in hong kong on saturday to mark the 5th anniversary of the so-called umbrella movement thousands marched in 2014 to demand the right for the territory to choose its own leader rallies are also set to take place in other cities including london and washington d.c. in a show of solidarity. protesters in haiti's capital of looted shops and set police cars on fire at least 4 people have been killed in port au prince in recent days as haitians rally over food and fuel shortages they're demanding president show steps

down those are the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after the listening post. the latest news as it breaks. down has been officials expect to receive images. with detailed coverage dangers remain from black blood the stronger. than i want you cannot see the. durian. from around the world his body will lie in state for a few days then he will be at the national hero sitting in the capital. protests have really. come out of that one. i don't know how donna. i. would have thought. that. alarm richard burton you're at the listening post here are some of the media

stories we're covering this week they've been disappeared silenced and censored by the gyptian are taking to the streets once again where does the story go from here the canadian news site that's a platform for far right voices from outside the country and the effect that that can add on audience she's become one of the most recognizable climate activists in the world and they hate gratitude and berg attracts is disturbing and britain's boris johnson can still count on getting the kid glove treatment from much of the u.k. media i think in the book but online they're playing a different tune compared to the days of talk we're square the numbers seem insignificant a few 100 protesters scattered across egypt on consecutive fridays calling for an end to president abdullah fatah el-sisi is rule but those demonstrators have been the 1st visible signs of political unrest there in 6 years and as the 2000 tourists

since then would suggest the c.c. government sees this as a threat. the demonstrations were called for by the gyptian exile living in spain muhammad ali is a former military contractor there for someone from the inside of the system and a part time actor he's been posting videos online tales of rampant corruption some of which implicate presidency see him self alys videos have spurred other egyptians including military personnel to post their own stories of graft and that has analysts theorizing that the real threat to the general turned president may come from within the military not that you would get any of that from the gyptian media outlets most of which do the government's bidding and initially tried to ignore this story now they're just trying to make it go away our starting point this week is kyra.

when egyptians revolted against president hosni mubarak in 2011 the spark was external it came from to news you know where the arab spring movement began before spreading across north africa this recent unrest back to back friday's of scattered demonstrations was also triggered from the outside from spain but by an egyptian inside. and i don't believe that we're living with. mohammad ali is a wealthy contractor now living in barcelona his family grew rich through building contracts involving the egyptian military he's also a part time film and television actor when he started going online on september 2nd he had political stories to tell tales of corruption at the very top and the acting skills to tell them. muhammad ali is the guy that you sit down with at the cafe and have a who go with on a thursday night everybody understands him they feel him he connects everyone knows

that there is. massive systematic corruption and much of it has been linked to the control of the army of the economy and laid out in very clear terms by names by numbers by they go to the hmong in the city of baghdad where in the food. and the very fact that he also came out and said that he himself was corrupt even more credibility and that paved the way for the kind of viral takeoff of his videos he claims that he was contacted by the army to build a palace for a few months and according to ali of those 250000000. members of the. moon. so these sort of allegations very detail very tangible and given his position

within this transaction it sounded credible and it really shocked the public. 12 days after the 1st of mohamed al these videos went online knowing that millions of egyptians were watching from president abdel fattah el-sisi responded on allie's stories of lavish presidential spending in a country where more than 30 percent of citizens now live below the poverty line sisi had this to say. and. the president's public response served as acute for egyptian television channels which had done their state controlled best to ignore the alley videos to finally confront them. got out. they have actually been in this weird situation where they are claiming the

protesters are terrorists or supported by the muslim brotherhood what is good then . but at the same time there are also denying so there are actually protests in egypt but how do you. tell it in their brain where it lumbers live what they did. it for why don't you that it's kind of a will to book received but this leaves many egyptians unable to to see what's happening was going to switch is why it took me to for example to see the protests the government most of the traditional mainstream pundit he actually interviewed ali's father bill carter who is a national weightlifting champion who himself discredited his son so. there were more of them so there's that kind of usual kind of textbook attempts by the media to deal to demise the protests and to defame whoever is trying to lead that but

even that didn't work and so the next step was for the talking heads to come on and say don't listen to him because if you come into the street we will now. well my chair. is it me then it that acquittal come at all egyptian media over the past 2 years has become so we owned by the intelligence services now in the intelligence services control much of egyptian media it becomes an extension of the arm of the president. many of the foreign media outlets covering this story are beyond the control of the c.c. government al-jazeera is based in qatar al-jazeera arabic its can arab news channel and al-jazeera mubasher which focuses on live news events have both given the story heavy play. shark is an egyptian channel located in istanbul it too was providing the kind of coverage domestic egyptian channels simply cannot the authorities in

cairo have periodically blocked access to other channels and platforms including b.b.c. arabic and facebook messenger and the sri yes the government body that accredits foreign journalists issued them with a warning on september 22nd that the government was quote carefully monitoring unquote coverage reminding those reporters to abide by what it called professional standards it was pretty much a warning to jordan ellis if he continued to critically cover certain topics of certain issues they might be kicked outside egypt for example and it follows really policy of trying to trick coverage by international media operating in egypt many television channels being a prime example of. others. have been painted with the same brush. some of the work by. professional some of the work has left some room for criticism

but as has happened in the past during critical exist tensional moments of 0 because of its financial resources is able to provide video that many others within the government sphere will not provide so many do lean on that. when al-jazeera covers the story it periodically reminds viewers that dozens of reporters remain in the gyptian jails including the network's own mahmoud hussein imprisoned for more than a 1000 days now yet to be charged with a crime for all of the official efforts to control the political narrative the egyptian authorities cannot stop news from happening. what muhammad ali began from barcelona has been followed up by egyptians posting their own videos and many of them appear to be military personnel that and some other developments gyptian saw last year suggest that what is unfolding is not

a popular uprising but the 1st signs of what could be a soft coup elements within the military who were once loyal to the former general turned president now preparing to depose him. now these videos are showing is that there might be growing fissures from thin the military establishment after think about the last presidential election in egypt the last year most of those that sat to challenge president sisi were former military men they would not have run for office if they didn't think there was internal support and muhammad ali has been saying it's not the military that's out there actually good people it's ccs mismanagement of the military for his own benefit is what the problem is and that is sisi is number one concern it is not a simple as a dictator gone broke and the people rising to tell him leave. there are forces a clear. early within the egyptian state that are looking to finalize

a solution right now and we are in a wait and see. obstacle can too many people on the ground. in the indications are that the very same people who 3 weeks ago were saying don't jump in the fray this is a battle between the generals are now saying well. this arrogance cannot be allowed to stand hundreds of and i rested their genius sending out messages that they were looking for a fight. and i believe that if people if. we're discussing other media stories that are on our radar this week with one of our producers tarik naafa tarik following up on our lead story from last week on climate change the 16 year old activist the swede gretta tom burke very much the face of this story being subjected to a lot of criticism in the media some of it personal and nasty and much of it is coming from so-called climate skeptics who yes do still exist and are still being

given space in some corners of mainstream media there's also some hate speech and so journey through it in that for example from michael no the right wing outlets daily while he said this on fox news this past week the climate hysteria movement is not about science if it were about science it would be led by scientists rather than by politicians and a mentally ill swedish child who is being exploited by her parents and fox news was forced to apologize for nonsense comments even admitting that they were disgraceful the network for that has no plans to book him in the future but we saw more of this kind of thing from another rupert murdoch owned media outlets sky news australia present and you bought delivered a monologue claiming to be concerned about the child abuse and is being subjected to. all those activists those reckless politicians who treated this.