mainly arabs working with the p.g.a. . but also targeting of the institutions operating trying to create this the play station. if and i think we're moving in that direction unfortunately if there would be a free for all it to be a race for power for controlling the area it is expected that these cells would take advantage of the security vacuum in the void. and like increased their attacks all right so we'll leave it there we thank you very much for speaking to us from burning thank you something like. now spain's top court has sentenced 9 council on separatist leaders to prison over their role in the region's failed bid for independence people in barcelona have described the ruling as unfair after the supreme court delivered sentences of between 9 and 13 years in prison the former catalonian vice president received the longest 13 years for the crime of sedition catalonia held an illegal referendum in 2017 as

a bid to break away from spain activists have threatened mass protests in response to the verdict let's bring in our desire oh so you're going to go she's joining us from the council on regional capital barcelona what more reaction are you getting to this sentencing sonia. but as anticipated already people have started coming out with the. need for a cataloging nationalists and the guys who have started to congregate in one of the main square in the city and also end up last night got the young there is a sense from this group of people of acts of outrage that you know that it's the 2nd thing the president of the capsule and government graph fly by other members of his government hold the ruling today very much a political trial and he strongly condemned the results of his well said it was a case against him a nation of catalonia as well meanwhile was

a voice message was put out by the vice president audio you'll get us he said that. the sentencing was extremely tough and he called it an act of vengeance against the region but he said that this was a 2nd not to have from maintaining his own waiting still from reaction from the spanish prime minister here. this week expected to deliver a speech on this any moment now but in the meantime the lot of anger about this they're going to need an imaginary meeting in the parliament decide what direction they will be taking how they will be reacting to this as well d and the president will also be sending letters to the king and also the prime minister. as a reaction to this 1st certainly if this demonstration is to be seen there all

going to be several of these that will continue over the next few days they promise a campaign of peaceful civilian disobedience but also that when calls not just from the government from other civil society organizations to come out onto the streets and to demonstrate peacefully not just here in barcelona but also marches from other towns outside the city which will end up in a general strike pay on friday during all right so you go thank you for that update . on to more ahead on the al-jazeera news hour including poland's populist governing party sweeps the election in one of the highest turnouts in decades. trying to find a solution for sudan's troubled our 4 region but those affected have little hope for us. but 1st ecuador's government has reached an agreement with indigenous leaders to

end days of violent protests the unrest began after the government moved to end decades old fuel subsidies has the latest from the capital quito. on sunday chaos once again gripped the streets of the ecuadorian capital fighting between protesters and police turned much of downtown into a battlefield with demonstrators continuing to pressure the government to reverse course on austerity measures that many here view as damaging for the poorest sectors of society. more than 2000 people have been wounded since the unrest began with roads blocked volunteer medics have been forced into the front lines of the clashes. that this is the worst we've seen we don't know what will happen next please move back move back thank you. this has been the scene over the course of the last few days with clashes taking place between police and demonstrators tear gas and smoke filling the air and what people here tell us is that they've

completely lost confidence in the national government. as the unrest continued to intensify on the streets leaders of indigenous communities from across the country met with the ecuadorian president for talks moderated by representatives from the united nations after hours of dialogue ecuador's president lenin moreno announced the negotiations had finally reached a resolution. an agreement doesn't mean to win it all and agreement means to concede something because up. that's why i say there is not much left to say it's great that the word that has been used more in these talks has been the word of the peace process. indigenous representatives celebrated the announcement but also condemned the violent crackdown by police that has left at least 10 people dead and sent more than 1000 others to jail see if. we insist that the state take responsibility of all those who have been imprisoned or injured to ministers who

are in charge of public security cannot guarantee safety participated in demonstrations since 1908 and i've never seen this level of brutal violence. by nightfall protests turned a celebration the streets filled with cheerful citizens welcoming the news of the cream but with emotions still running high the hope is that this is a peace that will truly last. quito ecuador. poland's ruling nationalist party has won a 2nd term in power the law and justice party security around 45 percent of the vote on sunday in an election with the highest voter turnout in 30 years and simmons reports from warsaw. countdown to a project to win and poland's ruling party right wing populist i'm looking forward to a 2nd in government. mahmud pub or did i know she we have reasons to be happy. i

. because despite a strong front against us we managed to win and all signs pointed it was stay like this and if it stays like this the good change will continue. but what he describes as good change has polarized his country it may have led to the highest turnout in any election since 1989 the law and justice party doesn't have on its promises for example a $125.00 a month allowance for parents of each child and 0 tax for under 26 year olds all in this past it's a party that does do what it says on the 10 but many people are concerned about what's deep inside that. the opposition says the ruling party is taking poland away from western style liberal democracy. people want cooperation and they want to see as period of visions we see in our country today unfortunately. the law and justice

has moved things so radically to the right that indeed the liberal minded people don't feel at ease anymore in poland. one of the doubts in the minds of some voters is media freedom the state media is firmly in the grip of the ruling party and poland has dropped from 8 down to 59th in the international media freedom chart the ruling party is tied to the catholic church more than other governments and its vitriolic about gay rights. last summer police moved in a wrong gathering of the l g b t community when men attacked it shouting abuse opposition parties planed political rhetoric for stirring up a tree. that. the government was looking set for a 2nd term promises a brighter future of opponent many say if they're better off it doesn't matter whether it's left centrist all right wing let's bring in anderson now he's joining

us from warsaw so was this the results expected andrew. yes it was it was just the scale of the wind that was that question it now looks like has the all the polls haven't all the votes haven't been counted yet but we are at 92 percent of provisional results if anything there's an increase in the share of the vote sort of around 44 percent that could change in the coming hours but definitely this is a win that was expected and it definitely gives the the lord justice party a working majority this is at the expense mainly of the citizens coalition which is the main opposition party but there is an interesting factor in the gains of being made by the left coalition this is really the socialist sector of parliament now it was splintered and broke and didn't have full representation in parliament in the

last well now it hasn't so expect a loud voice from the court so it's something that the ruling party will have to contend with but know that pressing ahead with that reforms populism nationalism right wing politics in a quite a heady mix that spread out across the pole and indeed the privileged yeah here's the thing andrew this government has a real disagreement with the european union so what effect is this victory going to have on the relationship between poland and its partners. well more of the same really expect more feuds about this latest one was last thursday when the european commission made a referral to the european court of justice in luxembourg tackling the question of the judiciary in poland accusing poland of using the wrong sort of measures to

actually appoint judges and also a system of disciplinary action against judged. is that was politically biased really they're accusing poland of not being in line with normal liberal democracy while the law and justice party is given of the view that it is changing things it's bringing back national pride it's appealing to all sectors of the society and it wants to be for that to be the expense of minorities it has to be said the gay l g b t community around threat from the government that continually criticized that provokes a far right reaction against them that's a really ugly aspect to life today in poland furthermore there is this judicial question also the freedom of the media but there's one thing beyond there are some that this populist mix of politics that they're engaged in is very very trump like

and donald trump is very much an ally of this of this government he actually instituted a usa visa waiver only 2 weeks before the polling started so that's an indicator of what lies ahead there will be more action from the e.u. undoubtedly but poland doesn't want out from the in the e.u. doesn't want to be rid of poland it's a strong economy the 5th largest in your ok anderson thank you at least 40 people are now confirmed dead after a powerful typhoon struck parts of central japan on saturday tens of thousands of soldiers have been deployed to help rescue stranded people wayne hay reports from tokyo. there was plenty of warning before thai food arrived but the power of the storm caught some of japan's most vulnerable by surprise intense rainfall cut off many people and communities including dozens of elderly in a retirement home and car would go way north west of the capital tokyo after the

storm passed they were brought to safety by risky work is. the storm brought damaging winds in excess of 200 kilometers an hour but the main feature was a huge amount of rainfall some areas saw a meter in 24 hours and waterways simply couldn't cope the embankments of more than 20 rivers collapsed one of the worst hit areas was not going west of tokyo where a 70 meters stretch of the levee gave way many homes and businesses were flooded and japan's famous blue trains were surrounded by water and going nowhere fast or slow. the major typhoon has caused extensive damage far and wide and pan at one point the special warning for heavy rain was issued for as many as 13 prefixes there has also been emergency relief from various dams and flooding of various rivers it turned out to be a record heavy rain. more than 100000 risky workers were deployed including 31000 from the self-defense forces millions were ordered or advised to evacuate but

some chose not to leave their homes or couldn't get out in time japanese a used to preparing for storms and other natural disasters but this one was different it may have come and gone quickly but many here say it was the largest most intense typhoon they've experienced and they're wondering because of climate change if it's a sign of things to come in some places a recovery has begun but this was a storm that claimed many lives and caused vast amounts of damage the full extent of which won't be known for some time with so many areas still inundated wayne hay al jazeera tokyo a stronger police presence in guinea appears to have put many people off attending a protest against president alpha condé demonstrators had organized their rally in the capital cannot free their angry about condoms plan to change the constitution and run for a 3rd term 6 opposition figures have been arrested joining us from what are you

saying nicholas. well we're inside the house of the main opposition figure here in guinea said gello and we went through several checkpoints some of them manned by paramilitary forces they were on edge and the opposition say that they suffered to 2 of their opposition members have been shot with live rounds of ammunition this is a familiar scene human rights why it's watch organizations have denounced the heavy handedness of the security forces here and so it's really it's become the capital of a scene of almost it's a ghost town with only the security forces out and certain members of the opposition running to them trying to fight them so really it's similar to a guerrilla warfare inside the capital of cannot create and giddy now joining me now is not no she's a spokesperson. for the main opposition leader now you're protesting against condé

81 year old president who wants to change the constitution and run for a 3rd term in office you're now and these protest about 4 days ago and you said that thousands of people would come on the streets but the streets of the capital as we saw it are deserted why it's important to mention that we should adapt ourselves to of the repression ricci's. repression because in our place of the c.t.v. at some military post and it's important to mention the mood use of the runty used by is very common to used by the to retain a regime authoritarian regime sorry riyad the corruption repression of the party and intimidation and just a 5 a bit chary and christ to prevent any demonstration in the city so we can concede the day that there is a huge and tremendous success because cannot create

a copy to it is paralyzed there's no activities. closed and people are not going to work and it's important to mention that is it is it because people are scared to go out on the streets because some of the protesters we're told are also armed they're also fighting back the police i mean the violence is both ways from the paramilitary forces but also from your supporters we have a very beginning of a day. earlier to try to draw some conclusion but one thing is sure of the violence come to those security forces it's important to mention that we have 8 members of the national front of the defense of the constitution who have been arrested and detained in the unknown place we don't know where they are and it's important to mention that for the moment people our military a very determined and is not only in cannot create we observe a lot of important movements in the countryside cities like mom booking molly

so react trying to adapt ourselves to our important means of repression coming for power and what's at stake here sorry what is at stake here i don't why are you protesting what is the issue that you're trying to fight for here it's important to mention to fank we put says again of a fuckin day to grant him a lifetime presidency by changing the constitution so we fought for our rights in ghana is the 1st focal foreign country to be independent and in 2009 there was some tragic event of the people of guinea room went outside to to fight. for democracy and thought and to mention that in the country when after having exhausted our legal remedies straight remains very last resort

to make the voice of the democratic and political isolation of hair. this is what we start with have in front of the determination of the power to kill people results in the consideration no gentleman thank you very much now is 81 years old if you ran for a 3rd term in office and change the constitution then he would be one of the oldest president on the continent but it seems that many young people are now taking to the streets or protesting not just through the street protests but also online denouncing what they say are people from any other time ruling over a young population guinea is one is rich in minerals is the 2nd largest exporter of r. and or there are many multinational companies here who wants to see good need to be a stable democracy but a young people here want to see some change more freedom and that's what really is

at stake here in these protests during. 2. in a few moments we'll have the weather with the ever turn and coming up next on the al-jazeera news hour but tell you about efforts to help improve afghanistan's below literacy rates in sports we'll hear from rugby world cup hosts japan as they make it to the quarterfinals for the 1st time. she can say from those pitches that wayne was showing us from japan the skies are now lost the clear out typhoon has well and truly gone a little bit a fair weather cloud around but high pressure dominating the weather over the next couple of days the high is the lid on the atmosphere suppresses the cloud it will

remain fine dry and sunny then a little bit of cloud just around the eastern side of japan but temperatures in tokyo at around 20 celsius so certainly down on recent values the 8 format tropical system has name now made its way away bright skies come back in behind with plenty of sunshine with plenty of sunshine see the northern parts of in the showers continue for the south the withdrawal of the southwest the monsoon still remains that slacking behind but this is the line where the rains do continue to the south of that we have got those as those showers continuing to the north it is fine and dry mind you at this time if you're the red line here that shows where the monsoon rains should be already though having said that in the met department are talking about the onset of the northeasterly monsoon the the winter monsoon coming for those winds coming in from the north east the direction that's going to be on thursday so an early start to that as we can see from the next few days plain she

is shallow as the southern parts. want to sponsor. tones. cannot deal with poverty unless you deal with the gap you decide to i disagree with that toy this sounds like are blaming the public the country for the arts and culture seeming anybody these people well trained as much of the islamic state machinery as we have been very and the inspiration of populism jersey to join me i'm in the hot sun as i put it up for questions to my special guests and challenge them to some straight talking political debate. al-jazeera. the story of one of the most successful p.r. campaigns in the us. study after study demonstrated the detroit perspectives dominate american media coverage part of this can you get through your thick head as hamas a terrorist organization the only thing that you're going to say is what we want and if you don't say it we're not going to speak it would be very hard for ordinary

americans to know that they're being deceived the occupation of the american mind on al-jazeera. hello again the top stories on the al-jazeera news hour syria's government has reached a deal with kurdish forces that will see the syrian army deploy along the border with turkey ankara launched an offensive in northern syria last week the president says an assault on the key town of men is imminent. spain's top court has sentenced 9 catalan separatist leaders to prison they were accused of sedition over their role in the region's failed bid for independence people in barcelona have described

the ruling as unfair after the supreme court delivered sentences that range from 9 to 13 years. doors government has agreed to scrap an austerity measure that raised fuel prices that follows nearly 2 weeks of protests that killed at least 7 people. in tennessee a a former law professor and political outsider appears set to become the next president's exit poll suggests sayed has beaten his rival the media tycoon to be the cut away by securing 76 percent of the vote has in mind but i reports from tunis on what that when could mean for the country. he has achieved what eluded his predecessors since the 2011 revolution paces i yet won the presidential election with more than 70 percent of the vote a big win and a strong bandaid for an outsider who never gated through tennessee as complex

political landscape throughout the campaign sayet focused his masters on overhauling state institutions and being political divisions and fixing economic problems but. you've shown the world you freely made your choice and start a new chapter and i'd like to thank the young for their determination you continue to inspire the world. sayen a law professor who ran as an independent defeated his rival in a bill carter we the media mogul and leader of the secular heart of tennessee a party cutaway was released from jail a few days ago after being detained on charges of corruption and tax evasion he dismissed the accusations as politically motivated took a principled stance on his opponent's detention refusing to campaign while he was locked up but once the vote was decided. supporters celebrated victory on the streets i was confident basis aid would win i am very excited for my country in the

past elections my vote never counted this time i'm very happy because the man of voted for has become president the president has seen his powers diminish after the 2011 revolution the prime minister and the parliament shape the domestic agenda i see it faces to immediate challenges convincing the political parties but one the parliamentary election to set aside their differences and form a governing coalition and solving the economic problems i get has repeatedly said that he was committed to helping his people now he must deliver his prime. tunis his talks are being held between sudan's transitional government and armed groups they include fighters accused of genocide in the darfur region but as her morgan reports from niala and sell star for some who fled the fighting are skeptical about what the latest talks can achieve tiredness is not just

you his face but also her 3 children she fled fighting 17 years ago to live here in camp in south dar for and says the past 3 years have been the hardest. the last part of that life during the camp is different from life outside here there is a lot of suffering outside things are available here we lack many things we lack and our food there is shortage of water we have to go out searching for our basic needs. is one of the largest displacement camps in the darfur region home to more than 150000 people many arrived when the world began in 2003 between government forces and rebel groups fighting against marginalisation the rebels accuse the sudanese government of oppressing non arab tribes. the un says were in darfur killed more than 300000 people and displaced over 3000000 the sudanese government's military campaign resulted in an arrest warrant for now deposed president obama.

the i.c.c. want him for war crimes crimes against humanity and genocide. i joined a new un mission was launched in 2007 to reduce the violence but troop levels have been reduced in the past year and is set to end next year camp has become a town more than a displacement camp housing people who fled from violence not only in south darfur but the other parts of the darfur region and while fighting may have compared to when the word started in 2003 many people say they yet to see actual signs of peace and security to convince them to return home sudan's new transitional government following months of anti-government protests and the ousting of the sheer has said its 1st priority is achieving peace. sudan's government and armed groups including those fighting in dar for signed a deal to start talks in october the country suffering council says peace falls not only on those negotiating it but on the people as well. but we need the people to

be united we don't want any more fighting we don't want people to be divided we want unity those who have done wrong in this region must say what they've done wrong so that the country reaches peace the country is now going through a change so people must be patient and wait for things to improve. but come presidents have heard it all before they've seen dozens of peace deals fail and no one represent them in the latest talks. the previous government negotiated more than 40 peace deals with darfur in the past 18 years now we don't believe in talks and we have not chosen any want to negotiate on our behalf so we doubt that there will be peace because people have been picked to present us i don't even know them no one came to ask for our opinions. talks that will affect not only rashid and her children but the future of all those displaced by conflicts in sudan he will morgan al-jazeera south darfur. in the u.k. the government's legislative agenda for the year is being set out during the official state opening of parliament take

a look at the live pictures we're getting right now from london where queen elizabeth as you can see is delivering her speech in which the government outlined some 22 new policies plans to help the u.k. prosper after brock's at are expected to take center stage and m.p. well later votes on the proposals let's bring in more and 3 he's joining us from london so oren's really the speech is happening at an unprecedented time in u.k. politics with bracks it scheduled to happen in just a little over 2 weeks' time so what is the real point of this event then. well that's that's really a very good question lots of people think that cities it is really a nonsense frankly a bit a bit pointless usually what happens is that the government gets elected and then sets out its agenda and there's a great sense of excitement around the queen's speech because it's what the government wants to do as a next few years but of course of the moments you know everyone thinks is going to be an election in in the next few weeks or months and plainly boris johnson month

not even the prime minister after that he's running and i mine or it's the governments of the moments of minus 40 partly because the sex went to one of his own m.p. s. and there's a full expectation frankly that when m.p.'s after the debate of this in the next few days votes on it's they could think they could vote the whole thing down and so it is playing in attempts by boris johnson to make it look as if business is it's business as usual with all the pomp and ceremony that it's actually sell to this but the opposition say to the whole thing's a party election gold transfer the conservative policy and they fully intend to try to overturn it at the earliest opportunity and of course the column do anything as you say until there's a resolution so brics it's and that resolutions rex it seems as opaque and difficult to fathom as it is a date because the debate is going to go straight through the european summit later this week ok lawrence we'll leave it there thank you for that update from london.

hungary's prime minister viktor orban has suffered a major political setback a candidate backed by his party has lost the may your election in the capital budapest the victor george of the catatonia was supported by several opposition parties they're also projected to make gains in local elections in the rest of the country sunday's vote had one of the highest turnouts in local elections in nearly 30 years. and he said a good example of this victory is a bit budapest becoming green and free to speak about taking the city from the 20th to the 21st century and this victory is about keeping the city with all our powers where history has always placed it he will take it back to europe thousands of protesters in haiti's capital are calling for the resignation of president. so the country has seen nearly a month of violent protests haitians are angry about corruption rising inflation

and fuel shortages at least 17 people were killed and nearly $200.00 injured. malaysia could soon have 3 new islands the government wants to build artificial ones in the northern state of penang it's part of an effort to develop the region and provide more economic opportunities many people are concerned about environmental damage florence louis has more from pena. a new shoreline is being built in a few years this area in the northern coast in malaysia will be filled with homes offices and roads land reclamation the process of creating new land from water logged areas is taking place on a rapid scale here and land mass is projected to increase by 10 percent within the next decade. the biggest and most controversial is the penang south reclamation project.