contrast that with his former coalition partners in the far right freedom party whose vote share has plummeted seemingly punished by the people for the corruption scandal their former leaders plunged into in the spring as governor. i think that in general the scandal and afterwards the question of party expenses is going to be an obstacle for the election result but i'm used to carrying some of the around with me but the other big losers are the social democrats who worked with their ideological opponents in the far right to force this election and have suffered their worst ever result. this is not what we hoped for this is not what we fought for for weeks day after day and until the very last minute i have to be honest and say we're not satisfied with the result the wild card in the new parliament will be the green party back in force after a period in the political wilderness and potentially in a position to join

a coalition with the center right this was an election sebastien court said he did not want at 1st one he said his country did not need and yet in the end one which has propelled him back into pole position to return to power dominant cane al-jazeera vienna as a just provides is a correspondent for the austrian news magazine profile she says kurtz has defied some expectations to become the big winner on election night. he took a big gamble 2 years ago when he went into coalition with the fire it was not very easy to sell this in europe it was not easy to sell it at all. and now he has won even more votes after this collision with the far right blew up after 18 months you know austria is a relatively conservative country if you look at the election results tonight every region outside of vienna has turned into his turquoise.

party colors so he with this conservative and their immigration stance won over a lot of the voters that voted for the far right 2 years ago where there's a very strong feeling in austria on every in every party about the f.b.i. who clearly that the fire right should not return to government so if the greens make it too difficult for those of us in courts to go into coalition with them he might turn back to the disgruntled and disgraced if india and so i think it's it's there's a good chance that the green party will have a very tough process of negotiations with sebastian cordes and we might see a coalition maybe in december. plenty more ahead on the news hour including u.k. prime minister johnson faces processing muncher surgery his party's annual conference. tens of thousands turned out on the streets of moscow to protest the

jailing of opposition activists. is all smiles at the russian grand prix peta has the details of this. violence has broken out again in hong kong after another day of huge anti-government protests demonstrators attacked a taxi in the commercial area one shot they told media the driver was speeding towards the crowd they say he stopped the car was a scorcher from the scene by police tens of thousands of people earlier defied a police band to marcy hong kong in the 17th week of protests scott hyla has more. in what has become a weekend pattern here in hong kong protest leaders spread the word about an event through social media and out they come starting with small confrontations that escalate into battles with police pulling out their entire anti-riot arsenal

including a water cannon with chemical laced blue dyed water but even though it's become a routine and even though the protesters will eventually get pushed out to some it doesn't matter they say they will keep showing up. i really have to care about the success rate of the protesting i never would have started to protest in the beginning is about our demands after all we can't just keep silent and let things happen. i the movement started over a bill that would have allowed extraditions from hong kong to mainland china it was permanently show. but the movement grew and intensified mainly because of what protesters have said is the heavy handed treatment by police as a crackdown on the protests and an authorized marches for the majority of this authorized marked. through central hong kong here the protesters faced little resistance from the police the police were there but there really wasn't any confrontation it was when they got close to the government complex here their final destination where there have been kind of frontlines there's been confrontation and

then a push back and then another front line is been established the police just on the other side and that's one of the front lines here on one side of the government complex. to show the protesters do not represent all of hong kong's people a probation group helped to events across the territory on sunday a few hours before the march began facing the chinese national anthem. and in taiwan viewed as a breakaway province by beijing a show of support for hong kong people came out in the pouring rain as part of what's being described as a global anti-authoritarianism day. it's in to support it but the hong kong anti-government protesters will again come out in force on tuesday it's china's national day marking 70 years since the founding of the people's republic of china the protesters say they will use the occasion to continue their fight against what they say is beijing's move to gain more and more control over their city it's got harder al-jazeera hong kong and in australia there's been a show of support for hong kong's protesters all in

a 1000 people turned out in central sydney they wore black clothing a color often used by hong kong's anti-government activists. britain's prime minister boris johnson is coming under increasing pressure as his conservative party meets for its annual conference in manchester thousands of protesters in the city have been demanding his resignation over break said jones is also facing a police investigation of allegations of misconduct during his time as london's mayor but winsley has the support from manchester. the prime minister might say he and the public want to get briggs it done but there are plenty of people who disagree entirely on the opening day of his conservative party conference thousands turned out in heavy rain to demonstrate their anger against boris johnson. i say gender is not listening oh yes actually you did also know. that for years the director said oh yes aren't we just going to get our johnson has a strategy now of saying bracks is

a matter of people versus paul events but then he's a blocking the will of the people to deliver bricks it's the trouble is that augment doesn't really work in manchester in sunrise is quite a controversial choice for the conservatives to try to hold that conference in manchester for 5 days and they say see their own labor people here don't like the conservatives they don't like boris johnson i don't really like bricks it's only the. johnson is trying to keep a grip on the agenda visiting the hospital to publicize a policy of putting more money into health care but what he calls or once explained is how he will ensure the u.k. leaves the e.u. at the end of october while simultaneously abating a law passed in parliament the says he's not allowed to without an agreement what we are going to do is work very hard to get a deal and then. if we can't we will make sure we come out on october 31st but probably better if i. focus on getting the

deal rather than discussing the hypothesis of what happens if we if we can't it is entirely the protesters who are on the move over the coming days while the conference is sitting opposition m.p.'s are likely to finalize plans to bring johnson down in a vote of confidence looking like he's in charge is no easy task for this prime minister lawrence lee al-jazeera manchester. well matthew godwin is professor of politics at the university of kent he says johnson's breaks it strategy has been reshaping the conservative party in the u.k. . he's lost a significant number of his own m.p.'s who are unhappy with his aggressive strategy and also his language in the house of commons but at the same time he is going to speak to a conservative party that is broadly united in wanting to deliver corrected as quickly as possible and his strategy or switch is now. reflected in the slogan

get rex it done is going to be focused overwhelmingly this week on keeping those conservative members on side the vast majority of conservative voters and the overwhelming majority of conservative members are pro brett said but of course what boris johnson is really doing by doubling down on this for exit strategy is he is reshaping the conservative party. has not only reach shaping britain's well a ship with europe it is also making the conservative party a little bit more pro bracks and what does that mean boris johnson is attracting more working class voters and he's attracting more voters in the north of england and traditionally labor areas and so he's losing some of the more middle class program main voters in the south and fundamentally i would argue he is changing the dynamic of the conservative party electorate. hungary's prime minister says he has no plans to leave the european union speaking at his party conference viktor orban

who has taken a hard line on immigration that said only hungry can decide its own future despite remaining a member of the bloc we only got you what we are a member of the european union and will remain a member we do not want to reach a breaking point with those countries that have transformed into a multicultural country it is after rule their homeland their home their lives this is our country our and our lives and no one else but hungary and can make that decision. at least one person has died after a fire broke out in an overcrowded myrick camp on the greek island of last boss several fires were lit by protesting refugees and migrants at more a camp who will be a demanding to be transferred to mainland greece they also clash with police or camp houses about 12000 people despite being built for 3000. pope francis has marked world today for migrants and refugees with

a mass at the vatican the pontiff says a culture of comfort has led to indifference towards the global migration crisis about $40000.00 people packed into st peter's square for the service including migrants and refugees from around the world. $25.00 supercar cease from the vice president of equitorial guinea have sold at auction for more than $23000000.00 swiss prosecutors took the cars in 2016 as part of a corruption investigation among them where ferrari's lamborghinis bentleys a maserati and a mclaren the $23000000.00 will go to charities in the tiny west african country which is one of africa's top oil producers. the vice president who owns the cars teodor and obiang is also the president's son president teodoro obiang is the longest serving african leader in power for 40 years both father and son have been accused of widespread corruption and embezzlement of public funds equitorial guinea

is the richest country per capita in africa g. to its massive oil reserves yet more than half of its population lives below the poverty line and it sits near the bottom of the u.n. human development index with low life expectancy and low education rates the 51 year old vice president lives a life of luxury through super super yachts and lavish holidays he was convicted in 2017 by a paris court of siphoning public funds to buy assets in france. and reduces do know who is a business and human rights research are at human rights watch and she joins us now live from new york sara thank you very much for joining us what more do we know about the president's son i gather he was being prepared for power in the country. thank you very much for having me so this swiss case is the most recent in

a string of international question best occasions against him as you mentioned the . french convicted him in 2017 there was a u.s. investigation that results in the complication of $35000000.00 and he he has known wealth exceed $500000000.00 his only known profession is only known job has been posts in the in the government. and at the same time that he has. amassed this enormous wealth the people in equitorial guinea live without access to quality health care education safety and drinking water and so these corruption cases are an effort to bring to take the money that is stolen and repatriate it for the benefit of ordinary a trail of canadians you talk to the poor of the year but no given the distinct difference between those at the very top of the ladder in the country and those at

the bottom surely the people must be outraged ordinary people on the streets of the country. well it's very difficult to know if they're outraged or not because there is no tolerance for any sort of criticism for the government there are people sitting in jail right now in preventative it's detention without having had any trials because they criticize government spending. at the same time the i.m.f. is actually considering giving the country a loan for the government has requested $700000000.00 and so the fact that all of this money is going to enrich the lee is actually actively impoverishing the country and making it unable to meet its financial requirements what those in power in editorial guinea saying about these allegations saying about. these verdicts in these various cases against them there's

offenses actually quite incredible for quite a few of these cases the government or the person accused has argued that there is no offense to the crime of corruption of taking money from public contracts. for minister is not actually against equitable can in law and so they argue that it can't be corruption because there is no. violation of any crime within the country and so that not only has there not been any internal investigations into somebody like tutoring who has been accused and actually convicted of corruption in equitorial guinea but he has actually gone up through the ranks now he now he's vice president of the country which means under the constitution if is if his father who is about 70 years old becomes incapacitated or retires or dies then tutoring would become president. so thank you very

much for your insight there. still ahead on al-jazeera. why afghans are angry at the u.s. response to attacks carried out during saturday's presidential election. a rapidly rising death toll in northern india as late monsoons cause widespread flooding. and these poor whales in australia set up a rugby world cup thriller in japan action coming up with. have got some fighting try whether it's eastern parts of north america the loss of stalls still rumbling away into those central areas and behind that we still got a taste of winter try to pot its way through to seizing off the rock is there pushing for a switch so some very wet weather there for when it packs 7 degrees celsius but the

clouds and the right and it's the right is going to make us well little further race wittes 18 celsius in toronto has had just picked up here southerly winds to 26 degrees as we go through each tuesday as that rain sinks its way and you can see it really peps up across the plains right down to the southwestern corner so we could see some localized flooding from time to time east coast warm and dry 29 celsius then for d.c. 25 in new york a behind that will not see bad over towards the west 18 for san francisco a 23 there for l.a. competitive carabine quite a rash of showers that state most places will see some wet weather from time to time in between the sunshine some heavy downpours sceptically across cuba has seen some very heavy rain recently to southern and western parts of mexico central america does stay very disturbed as we go on through the coming days showers will continue across the great around today's cold with us sunshine coming into the lesser antilles but the $31.00.

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you're watching al-jazeera a reminder of our top stories this hour on those who say fighters have released what they say is a video of several troops rendering including the soldiers the operation is said to have taken place in the border town of saudi arabia has yet to comment on the matter. as conservative leaders sebastian could accept a return to power with early results from sunday's election showing his people's party in the lead with 37 percent of the vote but he'll need a coalition partner and talks are expected to last for weeks. violence has broken

out again in hong kong after another day of huge antigovernment protests demonstrations attacked a taxi in the commercial area of one shot they told media the driver was speeding towards them. around 20000 protesters have rallied in the russian capital to monitor the release of jailed activists more than a 1000 people were detained in july for demonstrating a game against the exclusion of opposition candidates from a local election stepped in has more from moscow. freedom to political prisoners. that's what these protesters are shouting people in moscow are showing their anger over recent government crackdown. posters of those who have been detained for up to 4 years for participating in an unsanctioned protests opposition figure. who himself was detained for organizing some of the protests calls for their release. a few people were released but many more are still in jail why did

they release them is it because they have a conscience because they have children no they let them go because they're afraid their writings will drop. their 3 and a half year sentence against 23 year old actor values enough has led to a public outcry even in pro-government circles he was arrested in late july protests he says he was not even taking a part in opposition candidate yulia mina spent $35.00 days in detention after she was banned from running in the moscow city elections that took place early september this is sorry doesn't want to to rate search your route physical restriction of freedom against political opponents even the regime supporters this regime to have an equal and own as direct as its opponents this is not happening also did it for 21 year old student has angered many he is facing extremism charges for you tube video and his detention has been extended until december by handing

out staff sentences to people many here consider are innocent it's not only anger people but also brought them together from all walks of life it's a big time for just be hard to ignore thousands of people including doctors scientists and priests have signed letters urging the government to release the prisoners some of the pressure seems to have helped our values to enough has been put under house arrest while he's waiting for his appeal to be heard the outcome of his case will be closely watched step fasten al-jazeera moscow. egypt is under pressure to release a number of foreign nationals who've been arrested over the past few days following rare protests against the government of abdel fattah el-sisi jordan is demanding the release of one of its citizens is the family of a dutch man peter boss he was detained for allegedly flying a drone in. sudan has summoned the egyptian ambassador after a sudanese student was detained in cairo. is accused of taking part in

anti-government protests and have been part of the muslim brotherhood protesters marched in the sudanese capital khartoum demanding his son's release for the 2nd consecutive day protesters in lebanon are accusing the government of corruption and blaming the leaders for an economic crisis there demonstrators marched through the capital beirut burning tires and blocking roads lebanon's local currency has dropped for the 1st time in more than 2 decades the economy has stagnated and activists say living conditions are deteriorating. a palestinian prisoner support group is accusing israeli security forces of torturing a bombing suspect a lawyer for some be says he's now on a respirator at a hospital in jerusalem and have suffered broken ribs and kidney failure protesters turned out in ramallah on sunday in support of our beat and other prisoners accusing israel of barbarism and 2 others have been arrested for a bomb attack in the west bank that killed in a sweaty teenager last month. violence technical failures and

disillusionment had a dramatic impact on afghanistan's presidential election the estimated voter turnout on saturday was less than 25 percent there were nearly 70 attacks across the whole country at least 5 people were killed and hundreds injured but it has been the u.s. response to those attacks that has angered many afghans as tony berkeley reports. show the u.s. retaliation for the taliban's election day attacks was swift but according to locals in the province a bomb from an american drone attack killed 6 men and injured 2 others because she didn't have anything to do all civilians 5 of them were killed on the spot and the 6th one was told the hospital where he died one is my son and the other one is my brother amongst them and i am sunday angry locals protested by carrying the bodies of the men to the governor's house in the provincial capital. they say the victims were not taliban fighters you never heard of these 5 civilians were killed

intentionally in the drone strike the cornets were provided by an afghan security officer the people want the government to answer. i ask and security forces fired in the air to try and hold the procession of several people wounded by the gunfire was an increasing number of civilians have been killed in air strikes me is controlled by the taliban which prevented voting in saturday's presidential election. security operation prevented any taliban assaults in the capital kabul during polling but elsewhere the group carried out mortar and rocket attacks at voting stations around the country that killed several people including 2 children early for car suggests that around 2000000 of the 9000000 registered voters actually voted the afghan government says this election was a big success and in some respects it was people still voted despite the taliban threats and the biometric technology and the voter verification measures make

a. getting more difficult but not impossible especially in the rural areas. the international community wants a smooth post-election process that is seen as essential to launch a new peace momentum if peace is very important election will hopefully provide the foundation political foundation to move the peace process. that's pretty important that depends on what the taliban does next but even though we carried out attacks saturday they were not as big as feared and that could be taken as a positive sign taliban are still in a position to still talk and they didn't want to launch hevia talks to block. toward the destination democracy is important but for many afghans peace is what they really want is the only way they lives can be substantially improved tony burke out 0 a couple. at least a 100 people have died in northern india after 4 days of torrential monsoon rains

caused widespread flooding relief camps have now been set up for the thousands of people forced from their homes again reports. entire communities under water this is what remains of one home in the northern state of pradesh tarantula rain proving too much for some buildings now destroyed some say what is the most the biggest problem here is that day by day the water level is rising the water has entered houses as you can see the police of. the powerful weather system drenched the state for more than 24 hours affecting close 260-0000 people schools were closed down and thousands of displaced families have been moved to relay for camps it's not knowing how long they'll be allowed to stay. and as the rain came down the death toll went up dozens have drowned while others were killed as buildings collapsed relief efforts are under way with authorities trying to drain flood wall

. we've set up temporary and permanent pumps there's a problem with water logging at 3 or 4 locations the water's being removed by cutting the road and creating channels. flooding isn't uncommon in these areas but the timing is india's monsoon season normally retreats at the start of september intense rainfall in many parts of the country has triggered floods that have swamped huge areas 11 people were killed when flash floods hit western india on thursday. the heavy rain can be said to be unprecedented because of this a large amount of water into low lying areas and caused a lot of damage there is the possibility that some people with swept away. as the cleanup continues many are trying to get on with daily life nicola gage al-jazeera the national dialogue to end the cameroons long running political crisis is getting

underway and made growing sick security threats hundreds of delegates are expected to attend but there are concerns the secessionist opposition from the country's english speaking regions will turn up i would address reports from the capital. displaced for the 2nd time in florence she and her family have found shelter with this church the mother of 6 fled fighting between separatist and government forces and. husband was killed and was burned. when she arrived in the capital she hoped life would get better. she was wrong we are treated like animals we are not treat them like human beings we have been these places here in 10 men i've displaced people you see people living in their houses where there is normal roof i had those things in there nor did i never know it would come to me she says there is a lot of distrust among the people underlining a growing divide between the english and french speaking peoples of cameroon

a country considered more stable the neighboring states only 8 years ago since then more than half a 1000000 people have been displaced by the separatist violence another 425-0000 have crossed the border into nigeria as refugees. attacks in the north and the fallout from the last national elections have added to among the still problems. despite deep divisions religion is a common threat binding cameroonians of different faiths. and that is not lost on the government it's officials attending this interfaith service to drum up support for the national dialogue. what understanding. is all what is more functionally not just good and if you absent from but you don't want to begin building. you should be. no preconditions and discourse

the national dialogue would be held in this building but already there are concerns as to how much it can achieve and many secessionist want to hear so they sent in a former united states diplomat to represent president be a wants to use the discussions to convince them to lay down their arms and to start the healing process will come. more than $400.00 delegates will be attending the talks over the course of 5 days they will attempt to draw a national consensus to break cameras political stalemate. but it's hard to say for now if the outcome will be acceptable to all parties comedy agrees. couple. guls president has pardoned one of his main political rivals. who isn't related to the president had been in jail since early 2017 he was accused of misusing public funds and wasn't going for a lease until 2023 he denies the charges and says they were intended to stop him from standing in the presidential election earlier this year. the unesco world

heritage site in kenya is under threat a consortium of companies is planning to build a coal power plant on it there are fears about the impact that will have on the environment and wildlife but as nicholas hunt reports from the llama islands for some locals it means jobs and hope for the future. a protected site under threat is an ancient settlement built from coral in mangrove timber. for centuries arab chinese and indian traders have come to these islands of exceptional beauty. while its beaches in ancient history attracts tourists this location facing the indian ocean is now attracting investors. since him as 3 months old his farm to investors who want to transform this unesco world heritage site home to endangered lions and buffaloes into 1000000000 dollar coal plant excited because we see he said different up and coming to

a long long. time on the employed a lot you are not that good but young people who have been protesting against the project saying it will damage the environment kill animals and destroy their island gets me elected you get right to anything that was weak then when you think it was right when we did not want this cleaned up to do let's not get them on the phone they took the government to court and won but the consortium are appealing the court's decision now we've reached out to this consortium to get an answer to our questions but to no avail this is a consortium made up of various multinational companies from the united states china and europe supported by the world bank in their appeal to the judge they say that the courts overlooked their efforts to mitigate the damage to the environment saying that this call plant would bring electricity to millions of people. damage to the environment has already started with the construction of this deep seaport

the coal plant would not only power it it would also bring electricity to $20000000.00 kenyans who live off grid does.