we are calling upon the palestinian up to end up with and in iraq the draft law that has been at work here aims to provide look at action that. the palestinian government responded to public pressure with a promise to adopt the mosque the current being a law dates back to the 1960 s. and is criticized of being too didn't especially when it comes to perpetrators of violence against women the palestinian president has previously introduced some amendments to the law but loopholes still exist for what ingo women's rights and better still laws might be controversial in some circles of society and might provoke. criticism to the p.a. that they try to avoid that back at the house seem has filed for divorce and custody of her children but she can't guarantee she'll be safe once she leaves. the occupied west bank. still ahead on al-jazeera who is blaming who after the latest

fatal denuclearization talks between north korea and the united states and back in fashion the american brands that is shifting production to bangladesh. hello is about to start raining again in japan in honshu this time as the and the last front newsy nothing to active on here there's more cloud coming out from china the tempter behind in beijing actually if anything rising a little bit $25.00 or if you consider it is colder up in iran but on the 7 degrees and winter is looking at a period siberia's waiting to come in but it doesn't look particularly wintry cloud and rain yeah really in the teens in seoul there were 24 in turkey however this whole lot's move eastwards and maybe the contrast in temperature is what's going to build the rain up to something significant in the western side of honshu stretching

it was a car there as well rain in flooded last orc but only 14 degrees here could be colder as i say the cold air is look he just hasn't got even just yet so a bit of active weather in japan less so more recently in china and you know there has been something decent and that reflects the sort of have us reforming in the world he said india as well the last throes of the monsoon rains but there's something spinning up here that's brought raid recently to hong kong and this could develop into something of a tropical depression in the next day or so the full cost of monday suggests significant rain in southwest china and northern vietnam and if anything it spreads further in on tuesday. al-jazeera world tells the dramatic story of the birth of a nation and how a political agreement reached my fronts into news you would spot the bitterest if

you see this guy the london see it a man did a documentary we were last to look at a rivalry conflict murda division hot to have tunisia the battle for independence on al-jazeera. you know you're watching i just get a reminder of our top stories this hour police in hong kong have again fired tear gas at protesters defying a ban on face masks a few hours ago opposition activists lost their legal bid to overturn the ban in court. to new zealand's are 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 been killed in 5 days of anti-government protests in iran speaker of parliament is threatening to join mass demonstrations unless the demands of protesters are met. our protest is underway in paris against a change in the law allowing single and gay women to get fatality treatment it would end the restriction on i.v.'s procedures only for women in a heterosexual relationship conservative and catholic groups in france say it deprives children of a natural father. is at the protest and joins us in a moment but 1st her report. when she reached her mid thirty's benedict a wanted to become a mother she was single and wanted to try i've yet fix set foot in france i v f is illegal for single or gay women so benedict travel to denmark and portugal with the

treatment is legally available to all women i fell out low in my own country because i just wanted a baby. that's right it was ok other european countries but not in france benedick son is now 14 months old he doesn't have a father say although that mother in law and though the fact that he was wanted cases like benedix where she had to travel abroad for treatment may soon be a thing of the past in france the french government's proposed a new bioethics law that would give all women the right to i.d.f. treatment not just those in a heterosexual couple the new law would fulfill one of a man or mark cross presidential campaign promises but is very divisive its supporters say it would be a victory for equality but its opponents say it would do raise the role of the father and destroy the moral fabric of french society in september french m.p.'s

approve the new bill but only after a fiery debate or is it repond this is you don't get. how dare you to start to inscribe into law that a child be deprived of a father this shocks me yes i'm emotional you're playing with fire the new law also covers other controversial issues such as stem cell research and some conservative groups worry it could be expanded in the future. it's a slippery slope 1st you give old women the right to a child then it will be for all men and then we'll have legalized surrogacy senators are now examining the bill if it becomes law it will be a huge blow for those who say it erodes traditional family values but it will create hope and possibility to see. women dream of becoming a parent. is live for us now in paris where those protests are taking place on attention what sort of support is there for against this bill well one of the

numbers out there. well there are a few 1000 protesters but of course people are still arriving because we're at the very beginning of this walk they'll be walking across the center of the capital they're actually starting the french senate now that is of course symbolic and that is because french senators are currently examining this draft law that was approved by french m.p.'s last month they snore that would open up an idea of treatment to all women gay and single included now of course the protesters here you heard there in that report they are saying that this is what they see as family values they believe that it will deprive children of a father but of course supporters of this law say that that's not the case that this is a question of equality and in any case being in a heterosexual couple does not guarantee that the child will be happy and love what we're expecting these protesters to move off very shortly they are just behind me

but what you should know is if this law is approved it is quite rare that a senate would actually block and all that is already been approved by the lower house of parliament if this nor does it go through would bring france into line with several other european countries including the u.k. and spain where treatment is available to all women. all right natasha butler live for us there in paris. north korea's chief nuclear negotiator is blaming the united states for another breakdown in denuclearization talks they met in sweden for the 1st time since febreze failed summit in vietnam north korea is accusing the u.s. of not bring anything anything new to the table the aim was for the u.s. to lift sanctions in exchange for north korea limiting its nuclear weapon technology while the kelley is a professor a percent national university he says donald trump needs to present some new ideas for north korea to consider giving up its weapons 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 if they're going to give them up or even some of the maybe 25 percent there are some or someone there 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 rode 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 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 in 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 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 tom is kind of alone on this congress isn't really keen on this u.s. military and 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. in ecuador the doubling of petrol and diesel prices has provoked a 3rd day of protests at least $350.00 arrests were made in the capital key to prices shot up when president lenin moreno ended the government fuel subsidies moreno the who's declared a nationwide state of emergency says the country can't afford to subsidize motorists any longer i wanted a half 1000000 children in jordan are going back to school the government's reached a paid deal with striking teachers to end their month long walk out they're getting a 60 percent pay rise starting next year to settle jordan's longest public sector strike. a 6 wild elephants have drowned in a waterfall in thailand ranges in

a national park were alerted in the middle of the night by elephant distress calls his thought they all fell on the slippery rocks trying to save a baby from their herd 2 others were saved the area known as hells falls is closed to visitors while the bodies are removed in yemen southern separatists backed by the u.a.e. have withdrawn from the west coast and moved into the port city of addon it follows an agreement last week between the usa and saudi partners to hand over the city to southern separatists backing for the separatists is caused tension between yemen's government and the ever artie's along with the saudis intervened in yemen to fight the hoody rebels more than 4 years ago and the yemeni government's warning health services are suffering because of worsening petrol shortages your ministry is blaming the saudi an iraqi led coalition for imposing restrictions on fuel imports

just one tank has been granted permission to dock in the past 2 weeks providing enough fuel for just 5 days. a cameroon's opposition leader has been freed by the president morris cantor was imprisoned in january for organizing protests more than 130 of the prisoners were released alongside him and that followed amnesty is granted to 333 people accused of crimes against the state after many days reports now from the capital one day. the opposition leader orders come to breathe the air of freedom as he was driven out of you know in the main prison why he spent the last 9 months hundreds of supporters had gathered to see him walk a free man chanting party songs. on the other side of the city his supporters had earlier gathered at the military tribunals why he's been standing trial they wanted to catch a glimpse of their hero. is to come to him and other detainees arrive in

a convoy of prison vehicles to sign their release documents. opposition leaders say the truce of course to try them in the 1st place was wrong. it's just not for the good for the justice to admit just in division of the executive. don't as human right defender. i am not. proud of what happened a year when. we prepare our arguments against the time i am. in front of the leadership of. the amnesty granted to opposition leaders and supporters came just hours after the end of a national dialogue called by the president. from the tribunal they were returned to the central prison to be joined by family members before heading hole the opposition leader had been in prison since his arrest for leading protest against

an election result he denounced us for that his party insists the healing process can only begin when such an reforms are carried out. with still have the problem of the electoral system that means that we have to discuss it if the reform of the trust is there because we have to make sure that that if there is no point that there's an. election and if there is not no reforms of the electoral system now then we can be sure that what happened in the progression will happen again long term president paul bia has promised to implement the recommendations of the national dialogue that include some form of decentralization of powers to the regions it so far ordered the release of nearly $500.00 prisoners including those who fought against the state many years welcomed the recent release of hundreds of political prisoners and rebels say it's an important 1st step

towards healing divisions in the country the pressure will now be on the rebels to do the same but have so far dismissed the recent government concessions as cosmetics. many leaders of the separatist movement calling for the creation of an independent state of a remain behind bars it's not clear if they too may gain their freedom soon already some cameroonian say the government had conceded too much of a decrease al jazeera you know in the room. now the trade war between the united states and china is proving to be a bonus for clothes factories in bangladesh some chinese manufacturers switching production there but bangladeshi workers say they still suffer from low wages and poor safety standards tender reports. bangladesh's garment industry is 2nd largest clothing exporter in the world after china it accounts for 80 percent of the country's total exports and it's expected to benefit the most from the fall out of

the u.s. china trade war u.s. retailers are placing more orders with bangladesh to offset increasing tariffs on chinese goods because of the fact that there is no trade war buyers in the u.s. because of the present age they're looking at this region and bangladesh is certainly one of the beneficiaries of those orders coming in. to avoid the effects of the trade war chinese factories are relocating to elsewhere in asia bangladesh is low wage gives it a competitive edge in this labor intensive industry bangladesh has the most sustainable supply chain currently and we are the most compliant therefore there is no reason for bangladesh not to gain from this from this opportunity but we would need the help because consistently bangladesh has suffered a decline in prices so we seek the cooperation and empathy of the rest of the world

. apparel exporter has boomed in recent years but workers are not satisfied with the new minimum wage set by the government last year. trade war with china. blessing for a banker this is a garment industry which has benefited from a rise in demand for its good but on a recent study 91 percent of the workers say their income is not enough to feed themselves and their families. there has been criticism from the workers union and n.g.o.s that the rise in export benefit only the factory owners and international buyers not the workers gloppy part of being a garment worker lives with her family in a small one room quarter she struggles with her monthly expenses without her husband's income it would be hard for the family to get by. on a lot of this it's still very difficult for us i have to spend a considerable amount for my children's school fees and other expenses like

medicine food rent and so on although the country's government export to the u.s. market grew in recent months things may not remain so rosy if president trams goes ahead with his plan and impose additional tariffs on apparently imports bangladesh already plays 15.3 percent duties to the us amongst the highest of any nation tender child really i'll just assure bangladesh. this is going to round up now of our top stories police in hong kong have again fired tear gas of protesters defying a ban on them wearing face masks a few hours ago opposition activists lost their legal bid to overturn the ban in court. the chief executive and used emergency powers in this way there is nothing stopping her from using it to do other things such as prolonging the detention. and

to. contravene the fundamental human rights and freedom of the hong kong people you can suspend elections so i think the high court sees the importance of this case and that is why they have taken the rare move and are allowing this case to go forward within the shortest period of time to new zealand's are voting in their 2nd parliamentary elections since the 2011 revolution seen as a test for the established parties under pressure for failing to address an economic crisis. sri lankan president city senior has decided not to run in the upcoming elections because a constitutional crisis last year when he sacked and replaced the prime minister but the decision was then overturned by the supreme court he also faced criticism over the government's handling of an intelligence report warning of the easter attacks the presidential election takes place on november 16th. at least 105 people

have been killed in 5 days of anti-government protests in iran the speaker of parliament says he'll join the mass demonstrations unless the demands of protesters are met. north korea's chief nuclear negotiator is blaming the united states for the breakdown of the latest denuclearization talks representatives from the country's met in sweden for the 1st time since fabrice failed summit in vietnam north korea is accusing the u.s. of bringing nothing new to the table the aim was for the u.s. to lift sanctions in exchange for north korea to limit its nuclear weapons technology in ecuador the doubling of petrol and diesel prices has provoked a 3rd day of protests at least $350.00 arrests were made in the capital quito prices shot up when president lenin moreno ended government fuel subsidies. all right those are the headlines europe today we're back in half an hour right now

inside story. hello i am a man's apparel and welcome to planet s.o.s. the most comprehensive study into life on earth says the natural world is in decline in ecosystems that collapsing more province and animals face extinction than at any other time in history. i'm lucy in human in the amazonian state of where until not so long ago every centimeter you see behind me was covered by rain

forest now it's been cleared by fire and by i saw in the name of progress. look at what we're doing to the planet and what we can do about it new ideas a new technology to help provide some of the world's most endangered species. momentum is growing around the world to keep a warming planet crawl from the top levels of government to grassroots initiatives on the front lines people are stepping up to address a global climate crisis but we face an ecological crisis too from the destruction of natural habitats to pollution overfishing to climate change earth's rich biodiversity is in decline and this is why we're devoting this episode of planet teso s. to efforts to revive the natural world. in may the un published the most comprehensive study of life on earth 450 experts analyzed thousands of documents over 3 years

they found 1000000 species face extinction that's more than 12 percent of known life on earth we're on track to destroy the natural infrastructure on which our world depends and less this radical change the report identifies the 5 main drivers of this ecological crisis in order of importance and humanity looms over them all 1st the way we use and abuse our pilots resources 75 percent of the land and 2 thirds of the marine environments have been severely altered by human activity then exploitation of species through over fishing and hunting climate change caused by our greenhouse gas emissions pollution the water and land and finally the house creaked on local ecosystems by invasive species the report's authors say the decline can be slowed even stopped in some cases but to do that we must transform

our relationship with earth and life upon it this report says we have a serious problem if we continue to reduce our food and energy in the same way as we do today we will lose biodiversity and change earth's climate but our report also say there are solutions we can produce food more sustainably we can choose to use our energy more sustained so there is hope but we need political action from governments and the private sector and the public to die one solution is to create legally protected areas but when the land and sea hold valuable resources we can be torn between protection and prosperity in june issue as government allowance plans to open up access to its oil reserves within a protected national park al-jazeera traveled to the termit and. to see what's at stake. the drive from the nearest city in asia to africa's largest nature reserve

takes 2 days in 40 degree heat. the termit massive and 10 tumor reserve covers 100000 square kilometers the size of south korea and was once home to unique wildlife much of which has disappeared. media does any most of us dull of us even 2 years ago there were thousands of animals in the bush but now they're very few we've been here now for 24 hours we haven't seen anything and everything is destroyed in 2012 after years of pressure by scientists these years government granted the reserve protection and development and hunting but environmental groups say that hasn't stopped poachers. the only tracks al-jazeera saw during a recent visit were from 2 protected species a single newby and blue star bird and a camera shy damaged as well. as well as the motorcycles of suspected poachers.

there was no sign of the reserve's most critically endangered animal the addicks antelope 200 roamed this area a decade ago but 6 years later only 3 were found scientists believe 90 percent or more have been killed by poachers another treasure lies below the sand oil exploration threatens the reserve itself. in june the government said it would be draw the park's borders to allow more oil development after striking a deal with one of the world's largest energy companies china's national petroleum corporation 3 months later president mohamed inaugurated the construction of an oil pipeline running through it is the function the objectives of the reserve hasn't changed the geographic position hasn't changed this is just a redefinition of the limits to optimize the usage of our natural resources because we want to use them to the benefit of the population. animal conservation groups have called on the government to reverse its decision to remap the reserves in

a bid to save the addicks technology is improving all the time and we have ways and means of breeding species well it's too late when they've all gone but so long as there's one or 2 still alive it's not too late for the new map of the reserve has yet to be released but in the nearest city the trucks lined up for with oil connecting the distant animal reserve to a world thirsty for its energy riches collin baker al jazeera another unique environment that's under pressure is the amazon it's the world's largest rain forest and one of the most biologically diverse places on earth 2 thirds the size of the u.s. it spans 8 countries and has homes one in every $10000.00 species is often described as the lungs of the planets but that function along with its exceptional by the 1st is under threats and nowhere is that more clearly seen than in brazil the been over $60000.00 wildfires in the amazon and this year alone many are

reported to be in started deliberately to clear land for agriculture and then there's the problem of illegal logging latin america editor lucy a name and travel to unapproved in northern brazil where people are risking their lives to save the forests. the amazonian state of is in the heart of the brazilian rain forest it's 3 times the size of california. and like 19th century california it's witnessing a gold rush of sorts. except instead of gold this is the attraction this tree was more than 500 years old one of the latest victims of a lumber mafia that operates here. the illegal activities that impact the environment such as mining and logging are done in the most remote areas and regions with little infrastructure no police and where the power structure is linked to the criminals. but there are people who are resisting and who are setting

an example by showing it's possible to live from the forest without destroying it. in the nice little santos and his family had been living here for more than 10 years on 20 hectares of forest land they share another far larger area with other members of the p.d.s. or sustainable development project. the project is a new model for a settlement in amazonia to see if it can inhibit and diminish the 4 station before 80 percent of the land was allowed to be cleared and 20 percent preserved later changed to $5050.00 now you must preserve 80 percent and can the forest only 20 percent. the community is allowed to obtain oil from a limited amount of select trees and sell the wood. anough to live on but at the same time leave the forest standing. wild mccall's and parrots have become the

family's voluntary pets it's a life that christiane need loves. for the boys you produce what you consume it's the calm life it's easy to educate your children because you don't have so much negative influence from the media and internet. but it'll be nice you know another community leaders are being targeted by illegal loggers covet their land and see their project as a threat one of its founders an american nun was murdered in broad daylight and the community center was recently burnt down these trees were abandoned here by illegal loggers when environmental institute officers just happened to come by here by chance in fact in the last 3 months alone more than 1000 trees have been cut down here by the illegal loggers and there is nothing that people in the community here can do about it. threaten invasions by lange grabbers are intensifying. of course we feel afraid. are free to leave their family they managed to kill

sister dorothy if they thought if they killed the rest would flee but thank god it hasn't happened and i don't think it will hurt. the government offers them no protection but a nice shot and the others insist they will stay put to defend this for a strong play in brazil's most ravaged region. you see in human and approved brazil for planet is so as. now there are some success stories in costa rica deforestation is kept at bay through government programs and eco tourism initiatives tons constitution requires at least 60 percent of the land there to be covered in forest and gabon has just become the 1st african country to be rewarded with international funds $150000000.00 for preserving its forests in brazil some of accuse the country's leader jaya polson r.-o.

not just a failing to act but of denying the science to in order to fulfill his development agenda he took power in january but in june when brazil space research agency said deforestation had gone up more than 80 percent in the previous year he sacked the agency's head and called the statistic a lie and his remained defiant even after afternoon skies darkened over the city of san paolo in august due to smoke from fires burning thousands of kilometers away. it is a fallacy to say that the amazon is a heritage of mankind and a misconception confirmed by scientists that amazonian forests are the lungs of the world it needs to be highlighted that there are burnings done by indians and local populations as part of their respective cultures and means of livelihood often some of these leaders such as tribal chief roney have been used as maneuvering tools are

manipulated by governments of foreign governments and the information was to promote their interests in the amazon or the tribal leader both sonar was or fairings who in that speech said this in response government. said that i am not a leader it is he who is not a leader and he has to leave before something serious happens also no i must leave for the good of everyone well to speak more about the fight to defend the amazonian rain forest i'm joined by curry candy from the nina in command in the ecuadorian amazon his 6 was from london where he's now living curry candy i understand you are able to return home because of your campaigning against the old companies who are trying to encroach on your tribe.