and many others who is in prison now and many others they'd like to see them. but the being accountable to the tunisian to that innocent people again perfectly understandable so will this election actually change anything will it will it make people's lives better will it improve the country's politics i mean this election is. basically are part of the empowerment of the people in general i don't think necessarily that will solve the problem i think so when the problem should be part of giving a new mandate to those who are in power now in my opinion because they have experience and they are building experience and they know how to tackle things because they have been democratic institutions the economy is very challenging issue in the 3rd world countries certain certain especially when it comes with strings coming from influential interference from abroad so therefore. i think the biggest challenges are what is expected now is a parliament which is very much fragmented there would not be

a big block which would be able in in a few weeks to form a government for example this is one of the biggest challenges because now i mean we know that they have the law about 15000 condit's who are standing for this election for the parliamentary elections. it's been mentioned by the easy which is controlling the elections they say about 1500 blocks or organizations who are involved so therefore we are expecting a very much fragmented parliament like i'm as a witch no one has real influence to form a tangible government or if you want to vote on something then you have a very much fundamental vote professor good story many thanks steve thank you very much do you think whenever it. 2 other big votes under way right now people in kosovo accosting their ballots in a snap parliamentary poll it was called when prime minister romish other denied she resigned in july after being summoned by kosovo's war crimes prosecutor he wants to last cut a deal about his role in the conflict with serb forces 20 years ago polls suggest

that no party will have enough support to form a government on its own and people have begun to vote in portugal's general election opinion polls show the ruling socialists are expected to win but not with an outright majority prime minister antonio costas minority government has been backed by too far left parties since 2015 this is the news hour al-jazeera still to come on the program. who's blaming who after the latest failure of d.d. you clear eyes ation talks between north korea and the united states plus. a major thomas in australia where recent fires combined with the worst drought on record having devastating consequences for farmers and it's not even summer yet. in sports the all blacks show why they're the team to beat in japan action from the rugby world cup coming up later in the schools.

iraq's prime minister has announced several measures aimed at stopping days of violent antigovernment protests in a cabinet meeting late on saturday. they said the initiatives include giving special status to those who've been killed so their families can get compensation at least $105.00 people have been killed and $4000.00 injured in the demonstrations over the last 5 days in just a few hours we'll get the latest live from imran khan who's in the capital but 1st here's his report. despite the internet being cut off across most of the country iraqi protestors have found a way to upload videos on to social media sites that appear to show live fire and take us clouds these are pictures of iraq's government doesn't want to say they paint a picture of what's happening on the ground and help explain why there have been many deaths and injuries over the past few days. the process is not holding

anything in their hands except for iraqi flags they calling for the most basic of rights employment and services we need safety and an amnesty law that takes people out of the secret and public prisons iraq has become full of secret prisons the authorities are building prisons only they're not building hospitals or schools. trinity bettin they have a curfew has been removed that decisions made by the head of parliament in the prime minister applied in the grand because iraqi people have become bored of all the promises that these decisions are applied. the protesters are angry over what they say is government corruption and lack of access to basic needs a curfew that's been in place in baghdad has now ended and the situation is still tense despite the lifting of the ban here in baghdad a tough race where the focal point for the protesters is nowhere near as busy as it

should be as you can see there's a big heavy security presence now with the protesters are doing is they gathering in streets around tucker a square which is what they've done in the last few days what they're trying to do is get a critical mass together and come into the square the protests are not just in the capital but across the south and central parts of iraq and now there's also a political crisis brewing. paul who wants to convene for an emergency session to discuss the protests it never met. 3 major political blocs refused to let their members of parliament sit iraq you know requires a minimum number of m.p.'s to be present before a session can begin instead the speaker of the parliament mohamed el b.c. held a meeting with people who claim to represent the protestors late on saturday he held a news conference surrounded by his party loyalists it was like a campaign rally than a press conference and with coals for an election from protesters and other parties

to see set out a range of economic reforms and social reforms he says his party will introduce. loans will be given in the form of credits bank credits be initiated for the purposes of establishing factories and providing equipment this will enable us to stay away from any corruption so facilities will not be given in cash loans yet will be credit for the establishment of factories the speaker is not alone in trying to appeal to the protesters iraqi politicians of all stripes and religious leaders appear to be throwing their support behind the protest movement but it's not clear if the protesters will accept them given the fact that they blame the same politicians for the di economic situation that sparked their protests in the 1st place and the government for violent scenes like these. and iran is with us now live from baghdad as the 6th day of nationwide protests is expected to get underway

in the coming in the coming hours on the u.n. has called for an end to what it calls the senseless loss of life in iraq what's happening right now. well what's happening is that in the early hours of the morning we did see and hear a lot of fire and gas being fired at protesters around the central baghdad they were unable to get in to the center of baghdad certainly the protests are getting bigger and they're moving further out into the city in the south of the country the protests have got larger and larger in fact in rio what happened overnight is a number of protesters. attacked the headquarters of political parties and then they started chanting there is no more political parties here in syria now that's crucial to understand because their anger isn't against just the government it's against political parties of all hues and all stripes and politicians and now paying attention to that you saw remark. throwing his support behind the

protesters he's the speaker of the parliament will the former prime minister hydrilla body influential share current without a doubt an influential politician on the all call for early elections and that's where we're at right now when it comes to politicking people are wondering if an early election may well be coming but the protesters say actually doesn't matter if we have an early election what we need is real. reform if we don't need the same faces back in power in iran many thanks to down to 00 income their lives in baghdad . in yemen the southern separatists backed by the u.a.e. have withdrawn from the west coast and moved into the port city of aden it follows an agreement last week between the u.a.e. and its saudi partners to hand over the city to the southern separatists backing for the separatists has caused tension between yemen's government and the emirates

is who along with the saudis intervened in yemen to fight the who the rebels more than 4 years ago and the government is warning that health services are suffering due to worsening petrol shortages the oil ministry is blaming the saudi embassy led coalition for imposing restrictions on fuel imports just one tanker has been granted permission to dock in the past 2 weeks on tanker provides enough fuel for just 5 days. the ban on fuel imports has brought life to a near standstill it is paralyzed hospitals factories and other vital institutions that are related to public service this is an unlawful ban of a commodity that does not represent any harm to the saudi led coalition but its restriction impacts everyday life it makes ordinary people's lives even harder. and speak to katherine checked on who's director of the yemen department of the next century foundation of peace building think tank good to have you with us catherine will the establishment of yet another political stronghold in in yemen in aden help

or hinder the conflict there. well it depends how you look at ted i think that if you you know part of this album secessionist movement for those people in the south who have been aching to have political side determination to see their sovereignty in the political will you know come true then i think it's a good definition for them this is what they've wanted all along i mean it's been over a decade that they are you know being in petitioning for change in the south now each of course you are part of these government or at least i had to then it's yet another blow to. the had to back government aid to misty i mean had he has lost completely complete but it tickled relevance in the north and now he's losing grip in the south so he's presidency has literally called him to announce and i think the reason being that it has been a very difficult for him to rationalize his position i mean we have to remember

that he equal all in saudi arabia to intervene in yemen and to restore his presidency and this has led to a great deal of suffering for his people so i'm not sure that now they have a lot of you know a lot for him waver in patients you know for his pretty taking so where without his hearty government from he can't establish his government in the capital and so not he can't govern from 8 minute and surely i mean governing from from riyadh so that the the future is is just not. it's just not sensible. exactly i mean look if he's presidency has been not in florida i mean a long time ago he he moved the capital to add and thinking that it would make a difference and that by moving away from you know who is the stronghold that he would be able to install or reaffirm legit timothy but he didn't have one to begin with we have to remember that this is the man who number one with product of the regime under i live the last. number 2 was elected in

a woman election so there was no real democratic will is for existence or and and the people elected him because there was no one else that day and so i don't think that he is prior to existence who he's never been that relevant politics anyway even when he was vice president he's not so many key people of doing anything in yemen other than say that he's yemeni and that therefore he could run for the presidency he just happened to be that he was. you know a convenient pawn and i think that he you know political life has just ended defacto and the people in boston north and the south have it quite clearly that he's not relevant at school and that he's not capable of of uniting anybody never mind his own government so is it now more or less likely that the country will ultimately splits with with the who he's controlling the doors to separatists in in the south in 18 and how do you know way to be seen. very much so but i don't think

it's it's a bad decorative meant to say really depends how it is you know partition takes place every talking about a federal state in yemen something that has been uprooted iran you know for quite some time now you know by the saudi of the iraqis and other images of the region i think it's a good thing just as long as of course the yemeni back it up but they resent a lot of political will not about regarding the status the people understand not that it's maybe the only way but yemeni would actually have a say about but it will have a termination what happens in the country moving forward then maybe the only way to bring peace you know by breaking violence into little clusters so that that would become a bit more manageable if that's what the yemeni ones ultimately i think we're going to have to stand by it and 7 point you know the most important thing today is for peace to take hold and for yemen to be offered a decent he. gets to keep many thanks indeed catherine checked and. speaking from the u.k. it's

a struggle to make ends meet so many in russia average incomes of fall into the past 5 years and a half the population that's around $70000000.00 people less than 550 dollars a month to get by many families are taking out risky and high cost loons but that's only making them was solved from moscow has sent vast. 4 weeks anastasio your diet has been receiving threatening phone calls that collectors are telling her they will hurt her child or family if she doesn't pay back her loans she lives in a town 2 hours drive from moscow and the salaries there are so low that she can't afford the rent she was offered loans despite being a single mother without a steady job but with high interest rates she's been able to pay them back with his charming i'm disappointed in myself but it's true that these loans are available to everyone and it's very bad there are a lot of such stories i think i managed to do with this emotionally because i have

a child and i need to fight for his sake but i heard very tragic stories of people who commit suicide heard a lot of these stories thousands of credit companies have opened up in recent years with many offering so-called fast cash on line a recent survey shows that 39 percent of russians believe they only paid about half what they deserve for the work they perform to help people to get better jobs moscow has started a pilot project that offers advice training and psychological support to 250000 people who have fallen below the government standard of living. the 1st thing we do is to clarify the situation what has happened to them and that their income is lower than the living standard what is their psychological condition their qualification level and if it corresponds with the job market do they have a motivation and what their needs are but since it opened 3 months ago 22000 people have visited the center most are women staff here say men are less inclined to look

for help because they feel poverty as a taboo that it may put in a promise to have the number of people living below the poverty line by the end of 1st term 5 years from now but some economists say this is unrealistic since the economy has to grow at least 3 times as fast as we able to achieve this and they say low oil prices and sanctions imposed on russia are only part of the problem and structural changes are needed. put in has criticised his government for working too slowly on a national project aimed to increase state spending but even if they are implemented efficiently some economists don't believe they will fix russia's economy problems. what's happening isn't reasonable distribution of the revenue mistakes in the budget planning i think until the paradigm changes the political paradigm and the political paradigm on the top of the poverty will remain at the current level we

know that despite all the new national projects the state statistics agency had to report at the level of poverty hasn't decreased but even increase this year when i must see i couldn't see a way of clearing thousands of dollars of debt she decided to look for help on the internet her emotional letter is typical of many that now can be found on russian websites the advice she got is to file for bankruptcy but even if she did that she still needed shop that space for one bedroom flat step fastened al-jazeera stooping low russia. and support all the talk of the world athletics championships and the final day today here in qatar with more on that let's join. you at the khalifa international stadium. thank you adrian there have been some standout performances not just here but on the streets of doha coming up at 1045 g.m.t.

the energetic peon who conquered the heat as well as a teammate on his way to gold in the marathon and there's a double delighted to afford dutchwoman the 10000 meters champion who has proven he's just as good at the middle distance races and the u.s. uncovers a new dream team as they rush 5 to relay gold and we hear from the new put the world champion who came out on top in what's been rated one of the best finals ever we'll also look ahead to what's coming up on the last day of the championships here at harley for international stadium telling us in about 20 minutes or so i will see that next on the news hour we will be here with a weather update for us and then. points several 1000 african migrants are stuck in mexico. and hoping for a better life in palestine while living in fear survivors of domestic violence to.

protection. the monsoon rains of finally disappearing from india the river has sunk way back into its banks and revealed just mud and yet she's in the know how about how about that has been unusual rains to run but a lot further west of towards the punjab in pakistan for example in amritsar stormy weather has just cause damage to this particular rice field. but the figures don't look like great i mean this is through pakistan we talk about one millimeter 22 maybe 2 so now why are we interested is because i have to seize the average of these places is nearer the one millimeter or even karate one millimeter wave and

that's the fact the entire october average and yet it's probably not the end of it for cost wise and this is today this to the vast amount of cloud stretching and beyond the borders into afghanistan where rain may well fall these green blobs of that are running through today until tomorrow 24 hours was they will be yet more rain in southern pakistan through the straits of hormuz with funds towards quite likely once again and i have to say those have been quite spectacular recently so for sunday on monday this part of the arabian visit could see showers they might drift up towards doha i suspect not. the weather sponsored by cattle ranch has. been thailand children are risking it all for fame and fortune in the country's most popular schools point with the death of a 13 year old boy responded holmes to ban them from the ring one a one a fleet's thailand's child caught on.

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it's good to have you with us adrian for the get here in doha with the news hour from al-jazeera headlines police in hong kong of again fired tear gas at protesters who are defying a ban on them wearing face masks a few hours ago opposition activists lost their legal bid to overturn the ban in court. today is eons of voting in their 2nd parliamentary election since the 2011 revolution it's seen as a test for the established parties under pressure for failing to address an economic crisis. at least 105 people have died during 5 days of anti-government protests in iraq the speaker of parliament is threatening to join mass demonstrations unless the demands protesters are mass. north korea's chief nuclear negotiator is blaming the united states for the breakdown of the latest talks on denuclearization aimed at lifting u.s.

sanctions in exchange for pyongyang limiting its nuclear bomb and missile technology to 0 as alan fischer reports. in the chill of an evening in sweden a freeze returned to negotiations between the u.s. and north korea the 2 sites have been meeting in stockholm for the 1st time since previous nuclear talks broke down at a field summit in vietnam in february but it quickly became clear the 2 are dramatically far apart. the u.s. raise expectations by offering suggestions like a flexible approach new method and creative solution is all but they have disappointed us greatly and dampen aren't doozie as in for negotiation it by bringing nothing to the negotiation table both sides agreed to restart the talks after donald trump's remarkable visit to north korea in june at the end of the g 7 in japan he met the north korean president kim junkman at the demilitarized zone in the area marking the border between north and south korea and then took the

dramatic step over the border the 1st u.s. president to do so there was hope fresh talks might make progress after president trump's national security advisor john bolton was fired he was seen by the north as an obstacle to a deal he admitted he was deeply skeptical they would ever give up their nuclear weapons and the day after the new talks were once pyongyang confirmed it had test fired a ballistic missile designed for a submarine launch a step forward in technology and a clear message to the americans even a few hours before the talks broke down u.s. secretary of state mike pompeo was confident of a breakthrough there were 4 pillars that the 2 leaders agreed to and we were very hopeful that we will make some progress we're mindful this will be the 1st time we've had a chance to have a discussion in quite some time in a statement the state department said the united states and the d.p. r. k. to north korea will not overcome a legacy of 70 years of war and hostility on the korean peninsula through the course of a single saturday these are witty issues and they require

a strong commitment by both countries the united states has that commitment the u.s. says it is accepted an invitation from the swedes to return for more talks in 2 weeks time for their part the north koreans say the denuclearization of the korean peninsula is still possible but only when obstacles that threaten their safety and check their development are removed completely without a shadow of doubt that suggest. until the u.s. starts to ease sanctions on north korea they won't be going back to the negotiating table alan fischer al-jazeera washington well as alan said that's been a challenge to get the 2 sides to the negotiating table ties were initially tense president trump issued warnings to kim jong un via twitter in 2017 then called him little rocket man at the u.n. in september 9 months later though to much fanfare the 1st meeting appen in singapore but critics said that it lacked substance 2 months later trump ordered

secretary of state might pompei or to cancel a visit to pyongyang citing a lack of progress in february trump walked away from a 2nd meeting with kim in vietnam but in june trump visited the korean demilitarized zone with kim becoming the 1st sitting u.s. president to set foot in north korea robert kelly is a professor to san national university he joins us now via skype good to have you with us again robert should we be a top surprise that these talks broke down so quickly. uh the speed of it is a little bit surprising i would have thought they'd given all the hype that had been around these talks for a while right we've been discussing the idea of working level talks since the hanoi summit failed 6 months ago i would have thought there would have been greater groundwork done so that there would have been a little bit more readiness when both sides walked out i'm surprised it ended so quickly but i'm not surprised that it failed i've been saying this for

a while actually that the gaps are very very far apart and americans are asking for far more than the north koreans are willing to give up on the north koreans are not going to give up all their weapons and they're not going to do it for sanctions they might give up some but the americans are going to give a lot to the north koreans to do that and it still looks like the americans are unwilling to make any major concessions ok john bolton is no longer in the picture i mean that should have been. at least one mark of a potential success as you say it's quite a surprise and it broke down so quickly. yeah i am i'm not surprised that the ball in the pool is the right i mean and attack the talks as you say should go better without him there might stephen being seems little bit more committed to this but i mean all the way the north koreans i mean north nuclear weapons are really valuable for a country like north korea right it's small it's isolated it's unloved and so if you're north korea right we surrounded by enemies nuclear weapons are great and so they're going to give them up reve and some of them maybe 25 percent of our arsenal or someone like that might be possible then the american then have to make some pretty serious counter concessions and more than just sanctions to the north koreans wrote

out the sanctions to get these things on the north koreans going to want aid they're going on a peace treaty they're probably going want to huge pile of cash they might want to access to international institutions like the i.m.f. and the world bank and there's not really been a whole lot of discussion least publicly on the american side of what that package of concessions might be you know if you look at like the op ed pages of the big american newspapers you don't see people out there from think tanks floating ideas about what we might give the north koreans and this and that and so i still kind of feel like the americans are approaching these things that are really offering a comprehensive sort of like new package and that's exactly what the north koreans actually came out and said so i have a feeling that's what happened but you know it's hard to know because the north koreans lied to us for it was all right but i think it should the u.s. ease sanctions in order to get north korea back to the table and if it doesn't do something this is going to go on indefinitely isn't it. yeah and there are a couple of specific sanctions that maybe perhaps you could do in the north koreans for example are really concerned about fuel imports on the luxury brand is a really big thing for the north korean leadership lead there are probably some things we can throw the north koreans or bait them back but in principle i would

argue that sanctions are one of the things that we should trade away for weapons i'm i would also argue that things like just a quote on. iran deal for example would be a good deal but on the american side there needs to be a policy process in which the whole series of different possible concessions are debated and there's some actual consensus behind it and this is something that donald trump himself has got to lead because then there's a lot of dispute inside the american government about whether or not we should even be doing this you know chum is kind of alone on this congress isn't really keen on this u.s. military isn't so keen on this strong has actually got to lead an effort in which he says here are the 3 or 4 things going to the north koreans in exchange for a bunch of missiles and warheads and the president just hasn't led this i think enough and so i'm not sure there's enough coherence on the american side to set for like a full menu or full package beyond just sanctions professor always good to talk to many thanks indeed bridget kelly that in tucson thank you for having me several 1000 african migrants stuck in limbo in southern mexico they want to get to the united states but mexican border guards stop them following u.s. pressure to stem the flow of arrivals on hold and reports now from chap us.

oh they're protesting because they're stuck african migrants who've made the dangerous journey over thousands of kilometers up through latin america in the hope of reaching the u.s. but instead they've ended up here in tapachula south mexico. mexican government wary of incurring the wrath of american president donald trump won't let them cross the country to get to the us buddha is only prepared to let them leave by the sound mandala. looks of the last full months around a 1000 people have come through on the gates of the top but you live migrant the tensions and in limbo made out i was going to start them not even about look at the conditions here it rains every day camped amidst the water the authorities haven't told us anything we're being dehumanised. this both to next being caused by a change of policy in mexico before they give asian and african migrants permission to cross the country and leave by which have a border they could including the u.s.

one. with the pressure from the states that's ended and with the hopes of those like 17 year old russo but not his real name he was almost there like many he came in through brazil with visa requirements and looser amid the lawless jungle between colombia and panama he lost his father told that in a month and that's how we're coming down the steps in the steps that they had in the wall. and when for the will that's what it's looking all of the old for that we still have on the current i know he's frightened to show his identity he says that as a leader he's under watch. of the authorities of tolerate the presence of the camp that have been occasional brushes. was a. disembodied footage you know or she was

right there were significant. the. mexico is offering them the chance of asylum but the process is long and on certain topics the queue for uppercuts goes around the block most here anyway say that's not what they want and they feel if they can just hold out they'll eventually get through given the current position of both mexico and the u.s. but seems very unlikely. john homan how does the top 2 know. the recent death of a 19 year old palestinian woman and suspicious circumstances has raised concerns about domestic violence in the occupied territories protests have been held against what activists say is cultural acceptance of attacks on women. ibrahim reports stitched by stitch seem to start a different life. after escaping her abusive husband and returning to her father's home she says her family locked her in a room and tortured her they didn't want

a divorce daughter so she set the room on fire i thought to myself if people see the fire and smoke the fire department will come to my rescue i felt like i was dying anyways but luckily i wasn't harmed by the fire after that the police entered to a safe house but many victims of domestic abuse are far from being safe and theory we have a good system that protects women the problem is with implementation and culture some professionals don't have the knowledge required to identify victims of abuse and they don't have the awareness to approach them with him to to take. activists believe the system has already failed them including 19 year old is struggling to get her family members are accused of beating her to death sparking approved locally and international. protesters say there is tolerance of violence against women that makes reporting abuse much more difficult.