violence protesters set fire to parts of its business district and government headquarters was under siege police have arrested at least 150 people in a huff the students one was told these are. the weekend's violence is an ominous sign on the eve of the 70th anniversary of the founding of the people's republic of china hong kong government will officially host a flag raising ceremony the probation groups have also organized a number of events to celebrate national day of the anti-government movement also come out in force. in the movement in the face of tyranny you can only fight. back. when that. is the fact revolution becomes a. pro-democracy groups have organized rallies across 6 districts and pretty much in central hong kong police have denied permission to go ahead that's unlikely to stop a movement that wants to spoil celebrations. al-jazeera hong kong. still

had on al-jazeera calls for more protests as tension remains high in haiti and demands for the president to step down go on and serve and taking motherhood in her stride the jamaican who's dast to a world title 13 months after giving birth to her 1st child. how i once again live whether looking lost a quiet across a good part of the middle east little bits and pieces of cloud into southern areas of iran tending to fade away i think a cloud there up towards the caspian sea up towards still gerami yeah i can see a little bit of wet weather just coming through here for most of this got to stay settled in sunny 28 celsius there in the beirut we're looking at some what's

a weather and some wintry weather over towards the hinterlands up towards azerbaijan his back is down as well but even that ship clear away as we go on into wednesday central areas still for help 43 celsius there for baghdad and 40 in kuwait city and we'll see similar temperatures across iraq peninsula of course here in doha round 39 degrees celsius maybe a touch warmers we go on into the middle parts off the wake just some showers around the gulf of aden still into that western side of yemen southern parts of the red say i'm all the same over the next few days to see want to see showers recently affecting the eastern side of south africa pushing up towards mozambique this cloud just sliding its way through filtering some showers there an onshore breeze to central parts of mozambique so you could see some lively showers from time to time and that's popping up and moving further north.

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a gesture of good will to do so do you eat coalition the red cross says it's overseeing the release of $290.00 prisoners so far saudi arabia's crown prince mohammed bin said a man has told an american network that he takes responsibility for the killing of . because it happened under his watch but denies any personal involvement police are boosting security ahead of national day celebrations in hong kong on tuesday please the $150.00 people including a 12 year old boy were arrested during anti-government rallies on sunday. china's national day mark 70 years since the communist party seize power parades on shoes they are expected to reflect the country's growing wealth and military strength but experts are warning increasing government control over the economy could be china's biggest threats from office and reports. 2 armies on the streets of beijing the 1st works during the day made up of battalions of gardeners

carpenters and elec traditions busily preparing for the 70th anniversary of the founding of the people's republic of china i have seen all the great changes in the past 20 years in beijing people's living standard has been improved a lot so this celebration means a lot to me as well as to many other people. i hope that our country becomes more and more prosperous we are no longer afraid of the military threat from other countries that's why i fully support this military parade. the 2nd army marches by night when china's military and thousands of flag waving students practice tightly choreographed displays by daylight the route to a long long peace avenue and through channon main square isn't as busy as usual many businesses nearby have been ordered to close until after the celebrations large numbers of people have been told to leave beijing and return to their hometowns october the 1st is expected to be

a demonstration of china's military might as well as its confidence in the future under president xi jinping but there are protests in hong kong against chinese rule there are allegations being made involving human rights and of course there's the trade war with the united states but some analysts believe the biggest problem that china is going to be facing in the coming years is its own economy china's made significant efforts to open up trade particularly to foreign investors but experts warn there aren't enough private businesses to generate innovation and create jobs they say the government of xi jinping is increasing its domination of china's economy what we've seen since he took power is he's an authoritarian i mean he's an authoritarian like that again like putin and they all come from very different backgrounds but that instinct is to centralize china's government says it's determined to keep it society stable it keeps a tight grip on them. media and the internet it discourages comment and criticism particularly from followers on topics it would guard to sensitive or simply china's

business anyone cannot really understand china if he or she adopts a very ossified perspective or is very eager to put a label on china because china is changing so many of the misinterpretation of misunderstanding is probably because of lack of on the stand the other rapid changes in china china may be changing rapidly but preventing its economy from stagnating could become its greatest challenge rob matheson al-jazeera beijing. the un special envoy to syria says the country remains in grave circumstances gira pedersen addressed the u.n. security council on efforts to find a political solution to the conflict he outlined the make up of a proposed constitutional committee is also post for a nationwide cease fire steps on the escalation towards a nationwide cease fire are absolutely essential because the violence and killings

must stop because there is no military solution because the solution 2254 terms or so a cease fire with a shared international understanding of how to combat terrorism in a manner that protect civilians and hold international law is vital in its own the rights and would help i mean the political process james spader's has more from the united nations headquarters in new york. so a moment of some opportunity on syria but it is worth remembering what is going on in the north of syria province which is where many people have fled to as the syrian government and the russian allies have picked off the various what we call deescalation zones live is the last one the population that swelled to over 3000000 people they now have nowhere to run to and they're being bombarded by the assad

government and by their russian. and so i think there is a fear that although there's all this talk about diplomacy the syrian government may still be banking on a military solution the afghan president struck gunnies main rival abdullah abdullah has claimed victory in saturday's election and official results is yet to be released and counting is still taking place independent election commission says it's too early to declare a winner. now the u.s. president donald trump has once again waded into the impeachment inquiry tweeting this on monday the fake whistleblower complaint is not holding up it's mostly about the call to the ukrainian president which in the name of transparency i immediately release to congress on the public he goes on to say the whistleblower knew almost nothing he says it's 2nd hand information and fraudulent that in a 2nd tweet he says senior democrat adam schiff illegally made up

a fake and terrible statement and pretended it was trump's he says shift statement read to congress bore no relationship to what trump said on the call to the ukrainian president he finishes the tweet with arrest for treason our white house correspondent kelly halkett has more from washington d.c. . as both sides ready their war rooms democrats putting together their messaging as this impeachment inquiry continues but on the side of republicans it's become clear that there has been a conscious decision to make u.s. president donald trump the key spokes person already monday has seen a flurry of tweets from the u.s. president making his case not only calling this the greatest witch hunt in the history of the united states but also calling into question the credibility of the chair of the house intelligence committee adam schiff saying that he should be even suggesting that he should be arrested for treason given the fact that he opened a hearing last week talking about that july 25th phone call now the focus of the

impeachment inquiry between donald trump and the ukrainian president but the fact that he portrayed it in fictional terms has left many people not only questioning his motives with regard to that but the president saying that there could potentially be something illegal about it certainly the president is trying to undermine the democrats' case in the midst of all of this he is also calling attention once again to one of the weaknesses of the democrats' case and that is that this whistleblower who alerted the intelligence community inspector general about this telephone call that in fact was not present for the call but is relying on secondhand information the u.k. prime minister boris johnson is coming under increasing pressure around league asians of misconduct johnson has denied a journalist's accusations that he groped her 2 decades ago sunday times columnist charlotte edwards says it happened when she worked at the spectator that's a conservative news magazine while johnson was its editor the case is overshadowing

the 2nd day of the annual conservative party conference in manchester. protesters are gathering in haiti's capital demanding the president's resignation schools and businesses are closed in port au prince's offices from leaders called for people to either demonstrate or stay safe at home there's been weeks of protests in haiti over fuel shortages and an economic downturn when you are alone has more from haiti's capital port au prince. here in the haitian capital things have quieted down quite a bit we're not seeing the scale of the protests that took place last week on friday when thousands of people took to the streets once again calling on the resignation of haitian president juvenile mores there were police that were attempting to disperse the crowd using tear gas at times police even used live ammunition they were a much larger protest than what we're seeing take place today it's a much calmer scene here in the haitian capital there are small pockets of tension with groups that are only now starting to gather their plan as far as we've heard

is to march toward bill which is that more affluent part of town where there are more supporters of the president there to continue to draw attention continue to pressure the president to resign what we've also heard from opposition leaders is that their own willing to negotiate which is what the government is calling for the government is calling for a national dialogue but instead opposition leaders are calling for more mass protests calling for people to continue to pressure the government of president calling on the president to resign u.s. military says it's conducted 2 air strikes that killed 10 fighters in somaaya the strikes were in response to an attack by the armed group on a u.s. operated military base in the lower belly region the u.s. says not a fitz or its allies troops were injured in the attack in a 2nd incident fighters attempted to target italian forces in the capital mogadishu malcolm webb has more. the 1st attack was on a u.s.

military base and sealed by the dogleg which is just over 100 kilometers from mogadishu in the lower shabelle a region from the u.s. launches a drone strikes against al shabaab a mouse about in a statement claimed its finances that attack the base and it's through the perimeter and 4 with american soldiers inside although just a short while ago u.s. ambassador to somalia issued a statement saying that in fact somalia. national armed forces soldiers had held. the perimeter the 2nd attack was in mogadishu the target was italian peacekeepers local media reporting that one civilian bystander has been killed and the others were injured national talks aimed at ending cameron's long running political crisis appear to falter before they even began with separatists and opposition politicians boycotting the events of the dress reports in the capital yet one day. the start of

the talks here in your own day marks a significant milestone for many as we said for the 1st time for government at knowledge is the fact that there is a real problem in the north west and southwest of the country the government on its part represented by the prime minister of cameroon says it's impressed with the turnout and with their arrangements on the ground despite the fact that many or most of the separatists are not here in person was someone just one say the government should allow everything to be on the cards one of the main problems here at this dialogue is that the issue of separation is not on because we know topples . convince the people. not to think about physician any longer by carrying on concrete actions in the field everybody wishes to have. but peace is a consequence of action built on social justice over the next 4 days participants

drawn from various sections of council will be discussing in different committees and come up with a solution that the government hopes will help to solve the crisis in the north west and southwest of the country however what's not clear is that if the resolutions of this conference or dialogue will indeed convince others especially the suffragist to lay down their arms and embrace the path of peace as the governor wants them to do. a jamaican sprinter has taken motherhood in her stride by showing she's the fastest woman on the planet's shelley and fraser prize has won one of the glamour events of the world championships in qatar the 100 meters and she did it 13 months after giving birth to her 1st child has the action. when it comes to the question of who is the greatest sprinter the come out of jamaica the same bolt tends to be the stock car when it comes to world championship success. stories.

sunday sol the 32 year old from kingston in the 100 meters in a time of 10.71 seconds the 1st person man or woman to win the food world 100 meter tartaros greater price is nicest excess coming just 13 months after the birth of her son i just a wonderful feeling to be able to have my picture with my son you know he's responsible for the mom iraq. and he's responsible for the combat welden a limb pick people don't champion christian china is another he knows nothing but world championship success the 29 year old recovered from 2 foul jumps to beat his longtime rival in college friend will play with a jump of 17.93 meters. a waltz fraser pryce and tyler are multiple world champions it was a new feeling for the winner of the women's pole vault and the leaker so they're all over the russian having to compete as a neutral with the country's athletics federation remaining to spend it because of

typing violations because of course it's interesting it's not really because of the cloud. and i just can't be about my new title. there is also a new event to enjoy the mixed 4 by 400 meter relay each team fielding 2 men and 2 women in whatever order the charges i call him lead going into the final leg but the americans swept through to win with a world record time and sorry doing giving allyson felix a 12th world championship title leaving her want to head of deciding bolt as the outright leader in world gold medals. al-jazeera. television the headlines on al-jazeera yemen's for the commander say they're releasing 350 prisoners as a gesture of goodwill to the saudi u.a.e. coalition the right cross. it's overseeing the release of $290.00 prisoners so far

so the arabia's crown prince mohammed bin sandman has told an american network that he takes responsibility for the killing of. because it happened under his watch but denies any personal involvement. security ahead of national day celebrations in hong kong on tuesday $150.00 people including a 12 year old boy were arrested during anti-government rallies on sunday. x. one step closer to the actual terrorism and as i mentioned earlier that the hong kong terrorist level front level remains at the rate. but the latest development of the situation or extreme to happen in home. and to the police we continue to collect intelligence and liaise with different stakeholders including the relevant government units to a sense assess the level of threat a border crossing between syria and iraq has reopened for travelers and trade had

been closed since 2012 to all traffic except government and military vehicles the trade route has been seized and controlled by various armed groups over the past 7 years and the u.s. military says it's conducted 2 air strikes that killed 10 fighters in somalia the strikes were in response to an attack by the armed group on a u.s. operated military base in the lower belly region the u.s. says not if it's or its allies troops were injured in the attack and in a 2nd incident about fighters attempted to target italian forces in the capital mogadishu protesters are gathering in haiti's capital demanding the president's resignation there have been weeks of protests in haiti over fuel shortages and an economic downturn u.s. president donald trump has once again waded into the impeachment inquiry tweeting that the whistle blowers complaint is not holding up he's also calling for intelligence committee chairman adam schiff to be investigated for treason those

are the headlines on al-jazeera the news hour is coming up right after inside story that's next to stay with us. after months of protests fears of more violence in haiti demonstrators stepped up their demands for the president to resign so what's fueling beyond race and how will the government respond to people speak of incidents this is inside story.

and welcome to the program. for months now people in haiti have protested in sometimes violent demonstrations that appear to be getting worse a deepening economic crisis and growing fuel and food shortages have sent people to the streets there demanding the resignation of president who has so far rejected that call and frequent natural disasters have made things worse for millions of haitians hurricanes that destroy homes and food production and severe droughts that dry up the country's water resources but let's take a look at the political crisis which began in july last year when haiti's government announced plans to end fuel subsidies as part of an agreement with the international monetary fund thousands protested demanding president step down demonstrations continue despite the government suspending the reforms that would have nearly doubled petrol prices prime minister jackie tar resigned and his replacement was fired just 6 months after his appointment and protesters got even

more angry after allegations that $4000000000.00 from a venezuelan. the program disappeared we have a lot to get to with our guests in just a moment but for assist report from anya wrapped in port au prince. for weeks protest against haitian president should no noise have paralyzed much of the capital port au prince. over the weekend in an easy call returned to the city with debris from roadblocks still littering the streets having a motorbike was the most efficient way to get around we visited the shanty town of the poorest slum in the city. there we met 65 year old so little the living conditions in her neighborhood are far from sanitary and many of her family members are sick. she tells us she remembers a time when she had steady work and life in the country wasn't nearly as hard but those days are long gone. the way things are going and the country has made things

worse for the poor we feel even more mistreat it than before there's no one here to help us we have to look at fosse selves. there are thousands of haitians who like solenn have been deeply affected by the political crisis there's an ongoing petrol shortage fuel pumps are crowded and with public services crippled many people are forced to walk long distances in search of supplies the amount of them out in the pits to do it i have a wife and children and i can't find water i've got $5.00 to buy water but i don't know where to find it with tensions still high the government continues to call for a national dialogue who knows violence is not the best way to make your voice heard there is a major impact on the country's economy especially if it means haiti is locked down . unwilling to negotiate opposition leaders have once again called for mass demonstrations haiti's political opposition has vowed to continue to protest for as long as it takes for the president to resign meanwhile it's the poorest in the

country who are worst affected for them this is a crisis with no end in sight. zita court appearance. or less i'll bring in our guests for today's inside story in port au prince we have a. junior a haitian canadian activists in durham north carolina in the united states launch of why history professor at duke university with a focus on the caribbean and haiti in particular also in port au prince economist and professor at kaskaskia university thank you all for joining us thank you so much for being on inside story as you bet if i can start with you and i want to bring up a photo you tweeted just a little over a year ago in august of 2018 and it reads where is the petrol caribbean money just to remind our viewers petro caribbean was a venezuela solidarity program which supplied oil to caribbean nations like haiti

at a discounted price so they could use the money that was freed up towards development but billions as we've heard billions of dollars set the program and just simply disappeared so bad this photo is actually what sparked the anti-corruption demonstrations that we've seen in haiti over the past year what was your intention 1st of all when you tweeted this photo over a year ago and did you think it would resonate the way they did with haitians. will i was not expecting better at all when this happened they were. through i walk by was i was sleeping and i couldn't sleep and during the night i just. when i woke up i asked my sister you know i need to take a picture in we took the picture because of all the things that were going on in before like all the protests from july 67 the pendency of the country and whatnot so way to the picture and it just boom it exploded. and ever since i started i

got back to haiti and i went on the ground. fighting with people on one on the ground and i was not expecting that at all. the protests began over the government's plans to end the fuel subsidies but the government ended up canceling those plans because of the demonstrations so why are people still on the streets in haiti today what are the people's demands those who are protesting. the demands of the people a very simple it is they need to meet their basic needs its food water somewhere to sleep it's really basic haitians are not asking for much is this you you have the elite bigger debts that has all into their hands and all the wealth of the country is divided between among a few people so it's been liers that is happening and you have that

predatory state that's taking the sticking in captivity so now the people are demanding to live in better condition to live like decent human being this is the very simple thing that they are asking as citizens. in total trains as beth said this has been going on for years with the protesters that we're seeing on the streets of port au prince today blaming malays for the current fuel shortages and food shortages but he took office nearly 3 years ago but these corruption allegations have dante t. for a very long time now for many years why is he to blame for the current crisis. and i think it's it's a combination of different factors corruption actually is going too far and every time you have a new scandal and it looked like all yll under fire and of people and make people angry. but also we have the highest inflation for that to float for the

last 11 years we have the highest currency rated growth for the last 20 years we do worse it could mimic. a growth seized earthquake so this here is a particular catastrophic economy here enemy more people game and had the same time how can see you know ready to give gas subsidies when you. when you buy port you giving money to congressmen to vote for prime minister to do those kind of action and development make it more difficult for people to accept and also to trust the government so it's laid against war bad but getting worse but how is driven armories responsible how did he benefit from the old system of subsidize feel official investigation have implicated not just him but other officials under previous administrations as well last year he she didn't give the answer

regarding do little questions because she he did it a porch to bob a very deep he change of government last year after protests in july but it was not the point so because right now we have a systemic crisis is not government crisis is not just inflation across is a systemic crisis we do is no way you can't keep so many people in poverty in extreme poverty in a country where it was so so there's inequality the enforced ration so you can't there's no way you could keep the system going. as it was before with the same people actually people do sources of the country and it came to usable it did they do not think we balanced that day and that's why people are so angry wanted him to resign you know haunted why in north carolina international media has focused on the familiar story of corruption and mismanagement in in haiti an all

too familiar story but what lies beneath all this in your view what are the root causes side but i imagine that they extend beyond the current government do they not well certainly and i think you know that as my colleagues have said this is in a way kind of a long term process systemic questions coming to a head and i think just a situation that has been building for quite a long time obviously the basic questions about food security food supply water supply both in the port au prince but also in the cities throughout the country that have seen protests recently and in the countryside i think that's fundamental and also the sense that there is there hasn't been a kind of real cool little response to the demands on the part of people to have transparency to have kind of responses to questions about where where the money has gone and so that that combination that's really greasing frustrations i think when we came into power he certainly made promises as many governments have about

addressing agriculture which really is i think maybe the key or one of the keys to the question how to increase food production within the country how to decrease and dependence on foreign food and there are questions like that that are fundamental that have huge impact throughout the country that simply have not been addressed and sustained way and i think again as my colleagues have said i think people are looking for someone who will provide the solutions for the beginnings of solutions it's obviously a very complicated situation but at least a kind of honest engagement with the solutions and an honest with with long and troubling is trees of of a lack of transparency on the part of the government basically alan has without. someone is that could solve this crisis in the heart i just want to get your thoughts on whether this crisis the current crisis that haiti is experiencing now is different from other crises the country has experience i mean as we've said it's not the 1st sign that haiti has gone to such turmoil but do you sense that it's different this time around and that that could be a game changer it does feel like

a very different moment i mean i feel like we're not really unsure and most of the by talk to very unsure about where this is heading obviously there are earlier periods in the early 1990 s. or the 2000 when there has been significant political crises and demonstrations we are coming in a period where there's been now several change of presidents that have been that have gone through with elections complicated and trouble election but nevertheless elections and transfers of our that went through without a major violence as there had been in earlier earlier coups and so forth but i think the real question is how the youth movement in particular in the country and how that transfers into perhaps a political project that can be articulated at the level of the parliament and leadership and what the what the next steps need to be to make that a reality will will i think be the big question and determine whether there's a more positive direction or whether a more negative direction or let's put that question to me on bo in port au prince

is about how do you feel these protests are making a difference have they made a difference since they began over a year ago and what is the plan of the youth movement where are they going to take this well the the haitian people are not grueling to another. what i say i like currently this is the economy is bankrupt the country is chaotic you have gangsters everywhere. we want change you want something new we want. like my colleagues the leadership we and the problems really it's you have the oligarchs that they are so attached to their. interests economic interests and you have the international community was like looking at the opposition here there's a really choice the opposition because they're really steamed their state their

hands are staying in the corruption the pitch regarding money and whatnot so it's even as the u.s. we don't we don't see the change but only thing that we and the reverse that you we have to engage are because. everybody nationwide even in the just for a day no longer trust this government or the international community so haitians have come they have to come with their change they have to change their country for themselves and with their all know how how do you go about achieving that change that you're calling for bear i mean opposition politicians have been calling on young haitians to take to the streets is that really the solution because there's a risk that these young haitians will get killed how do you achieve change without violence. that's the thing that they're all the gorki the only way to go through them is to die violence i'm not saying that they have to go through violence i'm

not i'm a pacifist except this is the only way unfortunately so me personally what i would say. so you get rid of the no you get rid of this parliament you get rid of everyone that that's implicated in this. scandal and you do a transition that's transition we might take one year when year 2 years 3 years you create a commission that's going to focus on the pitch will carry the trial that's very important to send an example once and for all you. more than eyes will see the state you invests in people that not mediocre or incompetent in india the probably got a ration you reinforce the justice system these are the these are the key elements because we cannot go through this before nor have a strong justice system and one of the other thing that's very important is the constitution the constitution is in favor of the parliament there is so we have to change that. the members of parliament so we have to change it sees that fortune in

the concept yes let's ask about his thoughts on this. says you have to get rid of everyone in the car and then starting with the of anomalies of course but he's indicated that he's not interested in leaving power right now how do you achieve that change at the youth in haiti economy for. i think the 1st thing is to say that that's where we are now to engage do you feel because the you've been so outside of politics or 'd the challenges and that's weight here is very important are social media in technology help us to connect to people in make information more accessible for all and then it because now we have a generation of people who are leading this country not. corrupt and they not didn't have any interest in the country so we have to make sure that we educate and

we prepare eluded to reason of the leaders with conscious government as well national or i log the government has called for a national dialogue s.m.l. why is not why is that not a good start because nobody trusts the government when you say you have a dialogue but people people know it's not choose not to censor dialogue so we have we facing the confidence crisis nobody trusts the president nobody is joe the government every time he calls for dialogue nobody responds because they know he's not sincere it's been 2 years is giving so many broken promises and lies so they don't trust him they don't trust him. on the u.s. a cell supports today's of anomalies despite these growing protests against his government and against him how far do you see washington supporting him if these demonstrations continue. i mean i think that's one of the interesting things about

this moment is that the disc the general disengagement or the are far less engagement from the united states for clear reasons i think we can understand just in terms of that the current administration and their focus and so forth has meant meant that there's a kind of very different context i think that there is a support for movies but the extent to which the u.s. is kind of playing a role as an arbiter in the way that they have for decades in many cases much more directly in the political context actually provides a certain kind of opening i mean i think the key is that you have a lot of people who are really engaged who really want to be engaged who just really would like to see positive change in the country and the key is how to get a feedback loop in place where. they find ways to engage politically that begins to bear fruit i think people understand that will take time but there really does need to be a different relationship between the political class who and and the kind of broader population and an articulation of sovereignty on the part of the people that that

bears fruit obviously most of these key problems in the country can only be dealt with on a infrastructural level with state and vestments and that is the key and for a very long time for many reasons including the actions of the international community the focus on kind of humanitarian aid and n.g.o.s instead of on state and sort of strengthening all these things are kind of accumulated and i think there's been lots of mistakes to share all around by both inside and outside the country. the hope would be to figure out a way so that the idea is that you use have which i you know are kind of key and this is a major population is a very young country right this is the core of the population or younger people that's going to be really the key to find a the key to open up their political participation and move forward there's a bad in in port au prince of anomalies was elected without much popular support in 2016 defying another election because so of the crisis and bring about a more representative government for haitians can't go through

a another election. that's why we were pushing this transition we have to clean up a little more. international here and in our in our lives. ok let me ask you about the opposition in haiti opposition leaders. have pledged that they would be no peace until steps down and they have been telling the population dries up but i wonder though what alternatives are they offering. they do prison out there but that doesn't mean people chose them out either so when i talk about confidence crisis not not only nominally for the government but a lot of people don't chose the opposition leaders in either because most of them have been in power years ago 'd or couple of decades did do

cable and it's not necessarily convincing tentative and that's why some people are not as a serious the. likely to really go for a president where the president a resignation but as same time i think it should be building should be building with with material from everywhere into little tentative to get it because the constitution is not really to hear about do we force egypt to do and then to achieve a great alternative but for me now it should be really really folks should be focused for and the national conference and constitution movies and so does should lead of the 2 men takes to do and after that to go to election like maybe after 3 years ok you know your thoughts i mean you've had the repressive regime of the

devalues for 30 years in haiti there was john back hire a seat of course advocates he seems to be in a perpetual state of fragility what is the way out of these crises of current crisis and you mention the us being in the past and all the trades are up if not the us then who today. well i think the key is actually within haiti right and i think that at sea the best solutions will come from within the country and that in the past the interventions from outside have not helped in general what i think i think it's and in terms of historical context very important that we've returned also the constitution this is a constitution that was written directly after the overthrow of that you say you regime it had it as a central concern essentially containing the executive because of a 30 year process 70 of an authoritarian executive and so it kind of recalibrated the relationship between the parliament and the executive and did a lot of other things it's a constitution that had a lot of positive elements but as as people have mentioned there's also some

confusion around it and it's not clear that the recalibration has totally worked so i actually think it will be very useful as everyone is suggesting to think about that constitution to think about the political structure in haiti and how it could be improved and i actually think that if that conversation unfolds people will have a sense that that's a very relatively concrete project that can be put into place so that the new political if there are new elections eventually those new political class will kind of work in a different way because the impasse is right now are certainly clear and they and they do have a connection to that constitutional question ok i really think the question right now is to think about the future collectively from within the country and to construct that future obviously that's a huge challenge let but as much as the crisis is an opening as it is a crisis it's also an opening and let me ask. whether he thinks that the solution has to come from within or whether intervention from outside at this stage is necessary to resolve this crisis in haiti once and for all. rice is the. but

if we're talking specifically about richard pryor the trial i think it's a little bit of both you would have knew you would need to have a special court from the you know i'll be chair is from the north like in europe like switzerland. norway finland and they were cheering people on the ground. for the pitcher kerry but ultimately for the constitution the referendum emerging the political class we are the youth we are the future we need to engage also like earlier my colleague was talking about that you know you can jeanne that was very bloody on and on our on our on earth and this. made us look the other way every time there was injustice and was going to so we are and we need to stand well stand in unity stand in as were our family ok no

because this this injustice system it's not helping us. let's leave it there unfortunately we have run out of time thank you so much gentlemen for a very interesting discussion thank you for being on the show today. and at a meal and thank you for watching you can always watch this program again any time by the setting our website at al-jazeera dot com for further discussion go to our facebook page at facebook dot com for slash a.j. inside story you can of course also join the conversation on twitter to handle his at age 8 inside story for me turning back to one whole team thank you for watching and.

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ecological way to eliminate the problems of plastic but this is seen as an immediate solution to the growing problems of landfills across the country waste can now be used to manufacture building materials. this is al-jazeera. you're watching the news hour on live from our headquarters in doha i'm dating obligato coming up in the next. 60 minutes. 40 rebels say they're releasing hundreds of prisoners as a goodwill gesture and they're demanding this so do you eat coalition does this say

. saudi arabia's crown prince denies ordering the murder of jon. turkey's president says the investigation will go on. a war of words heats up the u.s. president renews attacks against a whistleblower. and barbara starr in london with the top stories from europe including more trouble for the u.k. prime minister boris johnson he's facing allegations of personal misconduct as that wrecks a deadline it's. just a matter of the world athletics championships where 6 titles are up for grabs on day 4 and the sprinter back on the track with no liles looking to make his mark in the 200 meters. below yemen's for the rebels have released hundreds of saudi backed fighters as

a gesture of goodwill in the hope it will lead to a larger exchange of prisoners so this comes a day after who think a man has released a video footage that they said show the capture of thousands of saudi backed fighters that happened during what the hoof is insist was a wider assault inside saudi arabia close to the city of measure don that's near the saudi yemeni border and in the past few hours the red cross has confirmed it's overseen the release and transfer of 290 prisoners even the whole of the forces say they've released 350 detainees some of binge begins our coverage. paraded in front of cameras and told they can go home. these are some of the $350.00 prisoners released by humans who the rebels should be it's an overwhelming sense of delight happiness and pleasure as. i am coming home back to my family at a minimum. we hope for the release of prisoners and detainees from all sides simply

because we are yet many and all the prisoners and their families are suffering. they were on the lists drawn under a un brokered prisoner swap agreement signed in stockholm in december the deal to release 7000 detainees was seen as a breakthrough through words peace for the yemeni government and the hoodies have blamed each other for failing to implement it who the rebels say this and conditional release should true their commitment about how can we learn again your last one we are prepared and willing for an all inclusive swap deal with their yemenis or other nationalities and to prove our sincerity we have initiated the unconditional release of 350 prisoners we have called the united nations to pressure the other side to reciprocate. among those being held are saudi citizens who he say will be handed to the red cross aid workers have called for gestures like this as a way to build confidence with hopes that it can lead to a peaceful resolution the people who were released today were our fathers sons brothers of course we hope to see more initiatives in the future bigger numbers

from all sides and as the international committee of the red cross we are always ready to act as a new tour facilitator just as we did today in any future release operation so definitely we are hopeful and we also hope that this release we've got contributes to the revival of the stock an agreement in a media briefing on monday the spokesman for the sound the u.a.e. coalition was noncommittal under leasing captives in response to the hundreds of fighters according to the who the military spokesman they launched a major attack inside the saudi territory of the drawn and destroyed multiple vehicles as well who the rebels short the capture of hundreds of yemeni and saudi soldiers which al-jazeera cannot independently verify the saudi spokesman also cautioned against taking these videos at face value. it's part of a series of attacks including. the one on saudi aramco which took out half of its oil production earlier this month the hoodies criticized world powers were condemning the attack and said oil is

a commodity which is not more expensive than yemeni blood it is an escalation of violence in a war that many see as a proxy conflict between iran and saudi arabia which i'm a big job as they're all turkey's president has promised to continue the investigation into the murder. this week marks a year since the journalist was killed inside the saudi consulate in istanbul the saudi crown prince has told us t.v. network he didn't order the murder but takes responsibility because it happened under his leadership well more from turkey's president shortly but 1st this report from her. principal can knowledge of responsibility but distances himself from the murder of a journalist. the calm prince also known by his initials. brushed aside accusations he personally gave the order to kill the journalist.

absolutely not this was a heinous crime. but i take full responsibility as a leader in saudi arabia especially since it was committed by individuals working for the saudi government turkish officials insist the killing was given by the highest of his in saudi arabia the concluded in his assessment the order came from the crown prince as international pressure on sunday arabia. put 11 suspects on trial and fired close aides to. the trial is held in secret. and. the un special rapporteur. found in her inquiry for the murder was deliberate but meditated and extrajudicial a report was dismissed by saudi arabia the crown prince is also facing growing calls to free activists have been detained for months one such case is that of

latino have lured one of the most prominent female activists who fought for the right to drive her family says she was subjected to torture. if this is correct it is very heinous islam forbids torture the saudi laws forbid torture of human conscience forbids torture and i will personally follow up on this matter. and the meantime the crown prince faces more pressing issues drone attacks this month targeted critical oil installations not 5 percent of the world's oil supply the u.s. vanes iran describing the attacks as an act of war and d.s. is calling for a tougher stance but rules military option against iran. if the world does not take a strong and firm action to deter iran we will see further escalations that will threaten world interests all supplies will be disrupted and oil prices will jump to

unimaginably high numbers that we haven't seen in our lifetimes saudi arabia also blames iran for arming the whole theory rubbles in yemen more than 4 years since the start of the saudi led military campaign thousands of civilians were killed the u.n. says the humanitarian crisis in yemen is the worst in the world. 1st if iran stops its support of the who thing militias the political solution will be much easier today we open all initiatives for a political solution and we hope this happens today rather than tomorrow. but the fighting has sped up in yemen dashing hopes for a peaceful way out the crown prince in his interview with c.b.s. didn't mention the g.c.c. crisis at all the blockade imposed by saudi arabia and qatar has led to deeper divisions and to raise concerns of further instability in a volatile middle east saudi authorities have recently announced easing visa

restrictions and dropping strict dress codes for foreign women to attract tourists and diversify an economy addicted to oil many though say these steps are on the talent by a week to rebuild the image of the crown prince whose reputation has been damaged by the murder of the mother and the war in yemen has a. washington d.c. well turkey's president has written an article for the washington post saying his country will continue to investigate these murders. calls the killing not only a tragedy but also a blatant abuse of diplomatic immunity noting the murderers traveled on diplomatic passports and turned a diplomatic building into a crime scene and were assisted in the attempted cover up by saudi arabia's top diplomat in istanbul would set a very dangerous precedent he writes it is in our best interests and of humanity to ensure that such a crime is not committed anywhere it again earlier i spoke to it on the hoody who

is a professor of journalism at the american university of beirut he says the murder of 3 is just one incident in a long list of crimes committed by the saudi leadership. nothing really because it does what does it mean if you take responsibility in this continues the same policies and the sugary killing is only the tip of an iceberg of a lot of brutal and sometimes criminal policies whether the the war in yemen or shaking down saudi business people or imprisoning human rights activists and it's a much wider range of criticisms that people have of the saudi leadership than just the has sugaree killing the killing is important for the manner of the brutality it was the inhuman grotesque brutality and the perpetual coverup which is still apparently going on if the u.n. and the cia both have pretty clear evidence that this was linked to his office and maybe to him that he's not coming across very credibly and this is a sad day for saudi arabia i think on the issue of iran and he said that he

preferred amid a political a political solution to a military one in despite just a few days ago saying that he in fact agreed with the u.s. secretary of state my pompei o who called the attacks that happened on the saudi aramco an act of war so is there a bit of a contradiction there when it comes to iran there is because both the saudi and american leaderships don't really know what they want to do and are not really very credible doing what they are doing right now they clearly don't want war nobody wants a war including the iranians and they don't know how to negotiate a coexistence situation in the gulf which is what what they need the americans have their own domestic reasons for doing what they're doing including electoral and eventually kill people and things like that so there is a when you put the american and the saudi leaderships together on iran you get maximum confusion and this is what we're seeing now but there are signs that the saudis like the immoralities in the last months have recognized that they need to

change their policies because they're not only not working they're backfiring and giving iran much greater linkages strategic and military linkages with people. well all over the world as a response to the sodium about the israeli american policies of the last 3 or 4 years well the us ratings agency fitch has downgraded saudi arabia's credit from a plus to a the agency says it's in response to rising political and military tension in the gulf and the deterioration of the kingdom's fiscal position riyadh is planning to launch an initial public offering of shares in one of the world's biggest oil companies around co the border crossing between syria and iraq has reopened for travelers and trade had been closed since 2012 to all traffic except government and military vehicles the trade route has been seized and controlled by various armed groups over the past 7 years including syrian rebels and i so well the u.n. special envoy to syria says the country.