on this some months i can relate so about 3 months old that employed in the us they get so many ideas let's not expecting it if that usually unfolds and this is what caused us. business it is us that not good seeing now so many of the people who. lead their houses they went to with a thank you ation sentence on it now we're getting different numbers about this about that i mean if you have a fight your way that some people with them are around 30 $1000.00 if they are about $5000.00 still ahead on al-jazeera all eyes on south africa's former president jacob zuma as he heads to court for his trial on corruption charges when lives in pietermaritzburg. in a. new. hello the area

of long lasting summer dispute here is getting ever smaller as cloud comes in from the west this cooler weather and sundry weather not only is there warnings throughout this part of italy in the southeastern part of france but jenny was good evidence of what can come out of the sky in 2 or 3 hours sundry showers in the early hours 143 but it is bound to cause flooding in the post valley but also often they western obs this is the picture the green is rain the darker green probably some assumes today to the east the warm weather still relatively speaking still 28 vienna now 21 in berlin to the west more like autumn teens including in spain or france with the windy weather confined to the north the persistent rain in scandinavia still there in sweden with snow on the northern edge but slowly dying out and then the picture tomorrow's bit different because this is the lazy line of what is today thunderstorms tomorrow disappeared so the sun's back and the povere the next frontal system next a lot of rain is coming in so the bay of biscay to northern france and the wards

exists too in romania now we still got some showers obviously from what happens in italy druggy across had a look at the reports there not that deep but still the potential today. who was a sponsor. of the legacy of south africa's a n c s that made the recording or these it is the plough how does he take us how a liability on top receptions have changed over this former liberation movement turned government you think is appropriate for a man who went to prison for defrauding paul i'm an eruption to run your policies would. be hossam goes head to head would. be nice not exactly be we in the group.

you're watching al-jazeera live from doha a reminder of our top stories the u.s. has imposed sanctions on turkey warning it stands ready to destroy its economy if turkey continues its syria offensive the white house wants an immediate cease fire and vice president mike pence is in negotiations in wa syrian government forces are taking advantage of the address of the abrupt u.s. retreat a government military reinforcements have arrived on the outskirts of the city or as well as other towns at the invitation of kurdish forces setting up a potential confrontation with turkey and the humanitarian cost of turkey's military operation is already being felt in asef estimated $70000.00 children have been displaced in just a week of fighting. now the polls have opened in mozambique's general election that

could see the governing friendly more party extended long roll the vote is taking place 2 months after the signing of a peace deal with longtime rival the opposition party. philippe knew c. seeking a 2nd term but he faces a strong challenge from ramos also for more maddy the 2 sides fought for 16 years in a conflict that killed nearly a 1000000 people al-jazeera is marcom web is in my portal and explains what's at stake in this election the ruling for limone party you mentioned have been in power ever since independence from portuguese colonialists in 1075 they fought. and now the largest opposition party but formally a rebel group 40 each other for 15 years in a in a civil war that killed more than a 1000000 people and this peace deal most recent peace deal that was signed in august is the 3rd meant to be the final deal to end that conflict once and for all there was a truce in 1902 but there has been violence since then this 3rd deal is meant to

finally bring it to an end but if and its supporters feel that this election is incredible isn't free and fair then of course it makes that peace deal very fragile indeed and there are already serious complaints from the opposition about inflated voter register in in ruling party strongholds and also violence throughout the campaign so if this election isn't seen as credible it's really going to strain up the steel. in south africa former president jacob zuma is appearing in court to face 16 charges of corruption he's accused of taking 267000 dollars in bribes from a french arms manufacturer the case is part of a $2000000000.00 on c.e.o. during the 1990 s. was zuma was deputy president he denies any wrongdoing last week he lost his bid to avoid going to court and these are live pictures from the courtroom in peter mares

spur again africa this is the 1st corruption trial for jacob zuma despite the multiple accusations against him let's bring in our correspondent who is in pietermaritzburg for us covering this story. they've been a number of delays before do we expect this trial to begin today hopefully those proceedings have begun but we also understand that what his defense and the courts are talking about sitting a trial date so this certainly could be the very early stages for many south africans who are anxious to get answers around these accusations of corruption it's expected that this case could go on for some time as you mentioned there one of the final blows to zuma was losing that to have the charges dropped and stay out of court permanently it was speculated that he possibly could apply for an appeal to

have that judgment by the court reversed but jacob zuma is in court yet it could very well be early days as we've said these are the 1st challenges farm it out of corruption that is facing but certainly not the only allegations. well jacob zuma apart from being in court is also having to face an appearance at a state inquiry into what has been called state capture in south africa or corruption and graft they've been a number of allegations that swirled around the former president during his time in office during those 9 years it's alleged that they were relationships with prominent families prominent business people in south africa who had been a fitted irregularly from their relationship with the president in that they gained state contracts and also possibly influence the appointment of high ranking

government officials now no charges have been laid regarding those allegations but jacob zuma is expected to appear again at this corruption state inquiry where previously he was quite defiant and had denied any wrongdoing but once he's finished sure it court it's certainly expected that he will return to johannesburg where you may have to answer further questions on other allegations thank you very much for that family life or a scene pietermaritzburg south africa. and the recent arrival of migrants on a small italian island this poly rising attitudes towards migration lampedusa has been a landing point for thousands of people trying to get to mainland europe in the past 2 days hundreds of asylum seekers have made the dangerous journey across the mediterranean. and has this report. that. they knew they might die at sea but these migrants took the risk leaving from tunisia on

a dangerous voyage across the mediterranean that this year alone has claimed more than a 1000 lives arriving hours later on lampedusa a tiny italian island closer to tunisia in italy. this is the 4th group of migrants to have arrived here in the past 17 hours or so now all the migrants i've spoken with here in lampedusa they've been too afraid to be interviewed on camera most of them are traumatized by what they describe as a harrowing journey across the mediterranean and they're also terrified about the uncertainty they now face days earlier a far sattar scene when a boat carrying approximately 50 migrants capsized off the island of lampedusa 22 people were rescued but at least 13 migrants all women died others are missing ambulance driver giacomo matina helped transport bodies pulled from the water you

know we people from alaska to certain incident always hillary and we always will and i don't like it when you speak to say that we don't want me here. but it's not just newspapers expressing those sentiments carmella majority who owns a boat rental business says she used to support those arriving here but she says that changed when migrants stole one of her boats i miss the mail it to me again and nowadays even if one of those women come here i'm not going to welcome her because they cause me harm i know that not all are the same but after a while you become harsher and you can't do what you would do before known as the gateway to europe lampedusa is increasingly at the forefront of an intense debate in italy on whether migrants should be welcomed or turned away the hardline closed ports policy of former interior minister imitator salvini has at least for now been replaced by a more humane approach to migration under prime minister just have to go on to

a center left coalition government italy is working with germany france and malta to establish a quota system for distributing migrants rescued at sea so far they've been unable to get potential partner countries to agree. the identities of most of the migrants buried in lampedusa cemetery are unknown aid workers are there too a mulatto believes it's important for him to be among the 1st europeans to welcome people who've suffered so much he blames italy's politicians for polarizing opinion unfortunately lampedusa is an italian island which is influenced by the overall public break and right now well many people even if they face they are a little. better of people that see this sentiment i would say quite sane. on other parts of the island sit other types of graveyards the remains of vessels that were meant to deliver so many desperate people to

safety i start reminder a futures in visioned but never realized. producer italy. in spain dozens of catalan independence protesters were injured on monday night in violent scuffles with police it began in barcelona over the sentencing of 9 cuts land separatist leaders who've been sent to prison for their role in the region's failed bid for independence protesters brought. to the city's main airport and more than 100 flights were canceled sonia gago has more from. they turned up in their thousands at barcelona's airport determined to cause as much disruption as possible and fronted by riot police to protest his intentions to signal the start of a campaign of civil disobedience because an amnesty for the 9 catalan politicians and activists convicted on monday for their roles in

a failed attempt to secede from spain 2 years ago they were found guilty of sedition but were acquitted on the more serious charge of rebellion the defendants were sentenced to between 9 and 13 years in prison the reaction from the catalan regional government was unequivocal they got a long government and i personally reject these very big it's because we consider them unjust and antidemocratic and because they are part of a political trial and were dragged in combating of legal action against got along as right to self-determination and against the independence movement with a general election in his sights next month the spanish prime minister peres sanchez urged dialogue took a firm line on the supreme court's verdict or you. can blow today exemplary judicial process has concluded but to the same time confirms the sinking of a political project has failed in its attempt to obtain internal support and

international recognition leaving behind pain and confrontation on the front of coexistence in catalonia about the within hours of the sentencing protesters claim . onto the streets and gathered at the main square in the city center they say they are part of what is being called the democratic tsunami but even but if there were one force or against the bus i think what is happening is shameful but i think the conviction is really unfair and i don't understand how this can happen in the 21st century if you were given it ok. i'm here because i think the trial has been a complete fraud has been a trial that human rights international organizations that demand is having a lot of regularities i think we have to denounce it and do some apache. but not everyone sees it like this the catalan nationalist movement has itself become more divided between groups that support more direct forms of action and

those who oppose it politics is more fractured and there is no majority backing for secession solving the catalan crisis is as allusive as ever and in spite of the sentencing a long way from being result sunit i have all al-jazeera barcelona. mexico's government has promised to find and punish those behind an attack on a police station that killed at least 14 officers on monday they were responding to a call on the outskirts of i believe on the soft western coast when the attack by an odd trucks and opened fire it happened only hours before mexico's president announced the country's high murder rate had been improving john heilemann has this update from mexico city. so mexico's president and his head of public security came out on the morning of monday and gave a press conference in which they said it's nothing to boast about but we think we

might just be getting on top of the murder rate in the country they called it a point of inflection in the homicide rates in the country and they said that what they're doing is continuing to send out the national guard that a newly formed and quite militarized police force out into key hotspots in the country to draw and deal with things and also having social programs that would try and give employment to people to give some hope put it money in the pocket of people who otherwise might be tempted into organized crime so the message was quite positive coming from the top and then the news came out that image we can the state in southwest mexico police officers have been. killed by presumably organized crime in that region now michu a can is a state in which there's different criminal organizations battling over it one of the strongest of those organizations if not the strongest is the cartel new generation and there were banners left with the burnt out vehicles of the police

that seemed to was signed as if they were from that cartel now sometimes those banners can be used misleadingly but that is a strong organization in that part the country that has been involved in murdering policemen and law enforcement authorities before now the president obviously and the head of security would say things are getting better little by little in the country i think one of the worries that perhaps analysts that we've talked to have had is that the national guard may be that they're not being rolled out to all areas of the country in taking up the law enforcement activities as fast as they could do some or even worried about more of the same ahead on confrontation of organized crime using and the. the quite blunt force to try and put a stop to the it didn't seem to work for pasta ministrations why would it work now but what happened on it worked but what's happened in the last 24 hours in mexico

a sign that the government still is grappling with the problem of a sign that the problem remains more deaths tragically are still have fling judges for this year's booker prize have ignored their own rules and named to win is british author ben a dane every so and canadian writer moderate words will share the prestigious award and the $63000.00 prize at will one for the testaments every still for girl woman of her everest as a 1st black woman to win the booker while at what becomes a 2nd woman to win it twice. thank. you and hello again i'm fully back to bill with the headlines on al-jazeera the u.s. has imposed sanctions on turkey warning it stands ready to destroy its economy if turkey continues if syria offensive the white house wants an immediate cease fire

and vice president mike pence is in for negotiations. meanwhile syrian government forces are taking advantage of the abrupt u.s. retreat government military reinforcements sub arrived on the op skirts of the city of mom beach as well as other towns at the invitation of kurdish forces the humanitarian cost of turkey's military operation is a ready being felt unicef estimates $70000.00 children have been displaced in just a week of fighting. the death toll in japan from typhoon base has risen to 68 as rescuers search for those still missing many areas remain flooded with mud and debris covering streets hit japan on saturday dumping historic rainfall and unleashing strong winds thousands of people are sheltering in evacuation centers with homes left without water and electricity. the polls have opened in mozambique's general election that could see the governing for extended. rule the

vote is taking place 2 months after the signing of a peace deal with longtime rival the opposition already present philippe and you see seeking a 2nd term but he faces a strong challenge from. the 2 sides fought for 16 years in a conflict that killed nearly a 1000000 people. and south africa's foreign president jacob zuma has appeared in court facing 16 charges of corruption he's accused of taking 267000 dollars in bribes from a french. the case has been adjourned until next year the charges relate to part of a $2000000000.00 in the 1990 s. deputy president he denies any wrongdoing. and in spain dozens of cars around independence protesters were injured overnight on monday violence sort of police it began in wasilla over the sentencing of 9 separatist leaders who have been sent to prison for their role in the region's failed bid for independence protesters

blocked access to the city's main airport and more than $105.00 square councils were upset with headlines on al-jazeera coming up next it's history do stay with us . a chance for a reunion after decades of separation caused by a war. one i want to use joins another student to reunite with the son she lost more than 60 years ago in the korean war on al jazeera. tens of thousands of iraqis took to the streets this month to demand job spacex of the ses and an end to corruption security forces shot and killed at least $100.00 of them and 70 ok i'm really good and you're in the stream join us with your thoughts on twitter or in our live you tube shop. iraqis government has launched an investigation into why peaceful protests turned

deadly last week officials have also begun offering compensation to victims' families of those some of them are refusing the money the streets are quiet for now but anger at the government continues to simmer. who has been covering this story it's with us from baghdad welcome him ron you have been in iraq for the duration of these deadly protests and now an investigation is being called for into the death of someone in reference this article on al jazeera dot com iraq's of the order is encouraging him to protest the prime minister online though people are still skeptical this is how those who says how do you create an investigative committee headed by a party who is the 1st accused in prosecution of the demonstrators and still monitoring their digital activity till this moment many activists outside provinces of demonstration are threatened with arrest and disappearance so what do people

believe will come of this investigation. well there's not a huge amount of hope that the investigation will actually tell get any of the people responsible what we're hearing is that the iraqi army was responsible for most of the life to the crowds they were actually taken away from for example so the city here in baghdad and replaced with federal police forces but charging the army is going to be very politically difficult for the prime minister. and so bringing these people to justice may well be a very difficult thing because under a tremendous amount of pressure by this the most senior religious cleric a shia muslim religious cleric in the country grand ayatollah ali sistani actually gave him a 2 week deadline and said this investigation must take place within 2 weeks and so the protesters been speaking to say well that's a great deadline for us we'll give him the 2 weeks but if he doesn't come up with a credible investigation with

a result so plain and clear for everybody to see will be back out on the streets again so there's a lot of pressure here and the government and it's building very very slowly you know i need to we have the senior muslim cleric ayatollah ali sistani but we also have 3 major political blocs in iraq calling for new elections we have the speaker of the parliament. also talking about elections but certainly putting pressure on the government before we start i just question is something that i want to check in with you about that as we have covered we have seen protests in iraq before what surprises. well for the 1st time. many of the journalists i speak to many of the political analysts of soon to say that these protests a different because they were leaderless they seemingly came out of nowhere and they were spontaneous reaction from a lot of young people people who don't remember saddam hussein don't remember who

barely remember the invasion and occupation by the us of iraq who actually were and when you speak to the military bluntly what they do remember is you know government corruption not having any opportunities lack of jobs education and even those people lucky enough to go through and get their education they say well what's the point we we have all these degrees but there's no jobs for us to get so this is a generation who is who are seeing iraq not develop since the u.s. led invasion occupation now it is a very difficult toss to rebuild a country of the something like that happens to it but some 450000000000 dollars according to transparency international has been stolen from the country and these young people are asking questions like well with that money gone these are valid questions to ask i think you have young a young person on the show who we are asking exactly that question but for now iran col. baghdad bureau we really appreciate you joining us now to discuss the protests

we have here osman he's a journalist an analyst speaking to us from iraq we also have russia and i went to the protests she joins us from baghdad by phone russia has asked that we not disclose her last name out of concern for her safety and finally in the studio today we have getting him aoi he is a political analyst and expert on iraqi politics co-chair welcome but he's good to have you here so this idea about the protests could have. when you saw that happening this latest report in protest many many many times. behind these protests it's well thanks for having me here. it's a very unique this protest did or less it doesn't have a leader and when they went on the street to a week ago they won there with very simple demand for basic services for a job and some other issues but right now it's escalated to to changing their

governmental system and even the laws which covers the election laws and it's getting bigger is getting ready denge us actually to to the government to environment and baghdad right now i mean all the heads of the state which is the 3 of them mr i'll go see the speaker of the house and the prime minister mr the and dr brown side they're sitting there and they're just like redux i mean they're all in their eyes when they see these people like what do we do exactly want from me those kids i call them kids because they're too young you know god bless them they're on the streets they want to change everything right now this is not just about a job because we know that iraqi government cannot employ everyone on the street but the iraqi government can bring big companies for investment when you have a big company in iraq when you have a hotel or a huge company and you can bring these this young man a woman to

a decent job you don't have to rely on the government under 2 percent for the job but there are many issues right now those those young man and woman on the street bringing to the government we don't want you there we don't want the system in general not not the you know the democratic system but we're talking about you know election is a. if i if i just add one more to this i think being on the street and talking to the various protesters again i agree they are very young but i think the operative word here is good governance the people who were on the streets all the previous demands that they were having can all be summarized in 2 words good governance the lack of good governance since 2000 this is really what created this protest today the demands that we've been hearing they

have the we have been hearing them since 2003. and they were in various stages of protest in iraq over the past 2 years over the past 16 years. they were sidelines they were dealt with with various political groups but at the same time they were they were really not met the various protests so that the demands of the various protest in the past so this time around i think it is its own all the demands exploded on one day october 1st this is this is a key thing unfortunate see what i see that the government is completely oblivious to this day all these events and there are scientists from many of problems and this is what. this is i think with will keep these protests going the various young. people who are on the streets seriously on the streets to

call for sort of they are for these. serious changes to this to the political system but at the same time they were met with violence they were met with cutting reason as they were mrs keller few and that contributed to increasing as fronting the protests at least all around the capital for the 1st couple of days and then a force to the rest of the country. i'm glad you give us that context because i want to bring up to each week that i'll give to you. on twitter says demonstrations are not new to iraq's streets nor politicians are new to publishing promises since 2011 where iraq's former prime minister nouri al maliki promised land and houses for some rockies and some monthly grants for unemployed people iraq still lacks jobs houses and security but like you were saying but the people are demonstrating not just for money they've had enough of corruption not only for having good electricity they want to see their homeland in a good state of development so. i know that you were out there on the streets it

looks like we just lost a precious connection so i'll give this back to you here because i know you were there on the 2nd day of the protests when live fire broke out tell us about that and did that surprise you. it was actually very surprising i was i went from there but i was in the area of baghdad to see the end of the protests because they were pushed back from the east where to to another 'd area called the south that they are the parents where close to where the people the young guys were that were hit with the with the loss of. life around them and i started to ask him people in the middle of the interview. i posted that video on my facebook page and i think and him being in the middle of the interview already so the people who are standing there were not even shouting slogans or only

thing they were getting ready actually to disperse and we so huge gas being thrown at us and then at the same time there were we saw live rounds coming from the from the forces and i'm not sure what it's about it's more like if i show some of it because a fight for you on facebook a free fall is needed on twitter and you have been documenting this and you've been documenting this for a reason so let me just show people what you think this is all to help with a 6 and you can talk for what watch. this is. the this is exactly what we were just. to see they're not there we got to think if you look at these videos you see. them in this 2nd video on face on i was on my facebook page shall we. so let me just say that so you're saying that that's not really doing i think they're just there in the street so let me go to this video

which is so disturbing i am just going to show you here the separate testis video army shooting. i'm just going to press play down hand then play it back up and you'll see or hear this let's pull the audio right up guys the this is. the shooting horizontal. and you notice that the shocks are all his own program not firing in this gun. this was really a music we don't know why we were doing been doing this and the reason you mention the reason you mention history to horizontal is because there were who were industry yeah and there were suggestions and if the shooters were my purse which would be coming from higher up not from down on the streets there were there were 2 types of bullets for me certainly from the result that i will to the hospitals i met some of the.