a weather update next here on al-jazeera than we report from the province of the heart of the u.k.'s breaks it divide. on the ground the world's biggest was a case for a look at what's keeping it from receiving a prestigious u.n. recognition. hello there we have some rain showers across sections of the middle east you can see the clouds in the last few hours we've seen out of thunderstorms as well that continue to work their way eastwards over the next couple of days now monday some fairly widespread rain through central and eastern turkey pushing eastwards into northern iraq towards iran as well tom which is a little bit lower because of this rain and this cloud and then choose day it sings for the south was all there is unlike you'll get a shot across into baghdad but a high time to the 34 celsius and again it clear away from the eastern and of the

mediterranean 21 in kabul and a fairly clear cloudy skies now across the arabian peninsula we've got temperatures had generally in the mid thirty's and again things beginning to fill best limited levels have been coming down steadily so fatal change monday into tuesday. in moscow 5 in doha and then we had down into southern africa a dry couple of days ahead into madagascar also mozambique dry as we go through monday maybe just a few showers we don't let fall south coast of south africa but staying dry in cape town at 20 celsius durban a bit of an unsettled flow for the next couple days so the chances of showers cooler choose day and. at 32. on the legacy of south africa's a.n.c. made quality all of these what is the power how does the old take us how

a liability and how perceptions have changed of this former liberation movement turned government you think is appropriate for a man who went to prison for defrauding volman corruption to run your party's work on corruption the hosam goes head to head with my leg embedded. not exactly bill we add that. on al-jazeera. and again this is al jazeera let's take a moment to remind you of the main news this hour protests in lebanon continue to grow despite reports that the main political parties a close to agreeing on a package of economic reforms sunday saw the largest rallies since demonstrations

began 4 days ago. today as government has extended a nighttime curfew to cities across the country it's in response to violent protests against the cost of living at least 8 people have died in the violence early results and bolivia's presidential election showing company edelman allas ahead of rival carlos massa but it appears that neither has secured an outright win which means they'll be a runoff in december. in syria kurdish fighters and civilians are being evacuated from a strategic town near the border with turkey opening the way for turkish backed rebels to take over the kurds departure from ion is a major condition of a cease fire deal between the u.s. and turkey and. wants to establish a so-called safe zone in the area president. has warned that his forces will start to attack kurdish fighters again if the evacuation isn't complete by tuesday evening. britain's government is

expected to try to put its new brigs a deal before parliament for a vote sometime this week and it could happen as early as today monday on sunday the european union said it had received u.k. prime minister boris johnson's letter asking for a 3 month delay is the briggs deadline of october 31st he was forced to send the letter after losing a crucial vote in parliament the future of northern ireland remains at the heart of the brig's of debate the democratic unionist pass is against the government's new plan unionists say that johnson's deal leaves northern ireland closely aligned to the republic of ireland something that they see as a threat to their identity not a serious need barker reports now from belfast. police are investigating a bomb threat in a nationalist neighborhood homes are evacuated roads blocked northern ireland's enjoy 20 years of reconciliation between nationalists who identify as mainly

catholic irish and unionists who define themselves as mainly protestant british but bracks it has put pressure on keeping the peace researchers have found that breaks it uncertainty is affecting people's lives when asking about the prospect of a hard border has revealed that people are increasingly anxious in these terms and they use language such as heartbreaking appalling devastating disastrous not just because of their the direct impact on their personal daily experience but also because they stink it's going to be enormously consequential for the stability of the peace process here. the irish border remains the central sticking point of brics it it separates northern ireland a part of the u.k. with the republic of ireland and e.u. member it's been opened and without checkpoints for 20 years both sides have benefited politically and economically but it breaks it means a return to the so-called hard border of the past with security barriers and

watchtowers the armed republican group the new ira says it will attack the prime minister here. prime minister boyce johnston says he's removed the need for a hard border by keeping northern ireland economically aligned with the e.u. and also the rest of the u.k. some customs checks however will now be needed between mainland britain and northern ireland the. waffle. that details and raise unionists any difference to the rest of the u.k. is seen as a threat to their british identity. the democratic unionist party intend to vote against the deal in parliament while what are described as hardline unionists known as loyalists are threatening civil disobedience on a large scale if the deal goes through all she ends of unionism are opposed to this even though she knows it would be described as more moderate chance of unionism are opposed to this so i don't think any of us could ever accept us and what it means

as it means an economic united ireland that means we are have to offer in the past of the united kingdom. not only has breaks it put pressure on peace it's put pressure on politics northern ireland's power sharing government at stormont collapsed 2 and a half years ago over an alleged corruption scandal but uncertainty over breaks it has kept its politicians away despite its flaws the power sharing government remains hugely symbolic it was meant to be a chance for people from different walks of life from different political affiliations to work together to shape their futures together but it isn't working as it should be a reminder of how fragile peace can be nieve parker out jazeera belfast. the e.u.'s special envoy for afghanistan has called for a cease fire in the country he says the breakdown in u.s. taleban talks last month is actually an opportunity to push for a truce on sunday u.s. defense secretary mark asper made an unannounced visit to kabul in an attempt to

revive revive those negotiations u.s. president donald trump abruptly broke off talks with the taliban after the armed group carried out a bomb attack in kabul that killed 12 people including an american soldier. pro independent supporters in catalonia have protested for a 7th night they're angry about the jailing of separatist leaders who organized a band independence referendum 2 years ago the map of boston load of the regional capital has appealed for calm hundreds of town to protest as in force they want catalonia to remain a part of spain as it was charlie angelo reports now from bosler. these pro independence demonstrators have spent the last 6 hours marching through the city of pasto not occupying various points south saying along the way that perhaps lonia against fascism free the political prisoners and singing the council and not still . the police have flung back the presence of the rustic liberties components on the

night of the protest come to a standstill here outside the not full police forces in barcelona and that's because they want to express that anger against the national police who they blame for the violence the barcelona has seen over the last few days those injuries sustained by protesters for 3 blind in one eye by rubber bullets. you can hear the crowd is still buoyant and this is the 7th day of demonstrations in support of a tendency but there is another slice of the story and we were at it peaceful rally for the for hedonists i honestly believe passionately in the unity of spain which is of you hope by 48 percent of france alone ians and both sides tell me they feel like this issue of independence is really driving a wedge between the what they want to see is that basically just coming together sitting down and finding an end to this crisis. people in australia worked to a striking site on monday morning the front page of every daily newspaper blacked

out it's part of a campaign to highlight government plans to penalize whistle blows and silence some journalism the fight for media freedom intensified in june after police raided the australian broadcasting corporation and the home of a news corp journalist they were searching for leaked government documents that have been used in critical reports andrew thomas reports now from sydney he. this is a joined up campaign by all the big media companies in australia this is the australian the nation my paper a stylized front page a secret stamp there and all to go made to look as though the whole thing's been redacted the rival sydney morning herald looks very similar again are adapted out school that secret stamp they're the tabloid daily telegraph and it's the same with these papers all over the country and indeed with the t.v. news as well all the media companies are trying to mount a unified concerted effort to show what they say government interference in the media is doing they point to 75 pieces of legislation passed since 2001 a sensibly to do with national security but laws that they say in fact with

straights the access of the people to information journalists rights to report this all came to a head in june with raids on 2 media organizations an individual journalist who worked for the australian and the offices of the main a.b.c. the national broadcaster both could publish stories about australia's involvement in afghanistan stories the government didn't like and the australian federal police raided the offices and the home of a journalist to try and find out where those stories of compliments and a real chill through australia's media same old journalist saying that they couldn't expect whistleblowers to come forward with information in the public interest if those whistleblowers feared that they could be prosecuted indeed the journalists themselves prosecuted for upholding what they were told what the news organizations in australia calling for israel. form of the law so that they are able to report things when they're in the public interest free of a right

a prosecution by australia's place the government has consistently said that no one in australia is above the law that seems to be their mantra and that's what worries journalists as well they say that they should be some exceptions national security laws when the public interest is at stake. north macedonia's political parties have agreed to an early election in april next year after talks on joining the e.u. will blocs by ministers on zion says that he's angry and disappointed at the delayed he'd hoped that a date would be given for talks change the country's named end a long running dispute with greece both lay claim to the name macedonia despite the e.u. snub north macedonia is expected to be accepted into nato later this year canadians head to the polls on monday as prime minister justin trudeau struggles to keep his liberal party in office it's expected to lose seats following a series of events that have dented the popularity of trudeau and his party john hendren reports now from osama for many canadians justin trudeau those charismatic

to lure his dim a star north america numbers are you there 4 years after he won a broad majority promising change he is now scrambling to rise above a dead heat with a conservative leader who promises change from him mr trudeau you're a phony and your fraud and you do not deserve to govern this country it's been a precipitous fall since he cut a dash in figure at his 2015 inauguration leaving him to remind voters of what he's done we were able to stand up. stand up to donald trump and his punitive tariffs on steel and aluminum were able to stand up when he wanted to tear up a trade deal that wins or indeed all canadians rely on the vaunted trudeau's sheen has been tarnished by his nationalizing an unpopular pipeline a finding that he had pressured his attorney general to go easy on a corporate prosecution and the revelation that he had repeatedly warned blackface

is a young man still many voters consider him the lesser of political evils mr trudeau hasn't done as well as i hoped he might but is vastly better than his opposition that a lot of people are wasting their votes like a lot of people on a. vote for liberals because they don't want. the conservatives and liberals could each failed to reach a majority that could leave the smaller parties becoming king makers joining one of the larger parties to form a majority you do not need to choose between mr delay and mr deny there is another option but with the rise of incidents of anti immigrant sentiment illegal border crossings the birth of the populace people's party in a controversial new bill in quebec banning religious symbols such as he jobs some canadians fear into immigrant populism is growing some say canada is not immune to the forces of populism we've seen elsewhere around the world but in country after

country the u.s. the u.k. people said he can't happen here and then it did i see. especially in western canada because of the kind of he's not going very well and people wonder well what the federal government is doing for me the government is doing nothing for me so maybe i should look at other options the election will determine whether liberalism will continue to be canada's governing philosophy or whether this nation of 38000000 makes a decisive tilt to the right john hendren al-jazeera. one of the natural wonders of the world is in the hills of northwestern iran is the largest water filled cave anywhere it once could have been a candidate to become a unesco world heritage sites but it's not anymore as same as rather reports from the just say that commercialization is to blame. dinosaurs still walked the earth when spring water began cutting through rock to create what is today the largest

water filled cave in the world in the heart of hammad on province only so there cave is an estimated 150000000 years old local historian say shepherds from a nearby village began using it for water and shelter around 900 years ago it's been open to visitors since the 1970 s. . roughly the length of 280 olympic sized pool most of it is only accessible by boats in some places the water is so deep it could fit a 3 story building they get out of the visitor numbers are controlled to protect the caves ecosystem bring food in is not allowed algae that gradually grows inside the cave due to body heat and light is controlled as well the 1st priority is preserving the cane then providing services to visitors provincial government has spent the last decade cashing in on the caves pulling power with hopes of attracting even more visitors this is the largest part of a lease other cave that is open to the public people that are mapping these caverns know that the network of tunnels keep going but much of this cave remains

unexplored and inaccessible to preserve the delicate ecosystem some sections are off limits 3 restaurants that were once inside the cave were shut down to control pollution but using the cave as an economic engine to drive the local economy has led to the in evitable clash of humans and nature despite the best efforts of its caretakers there is evidence of commercial interests leading to environmental consequences that's. almost 1000000 people visited the cave one of the items we look at the tourist sites is visiting those and there. was a naturally the government took some measures welcomed by tourists and open air mall souvenir shops cafes theme park rides a hotel even a celestial observatory all the 1st things visitors see when they step out of the car the entrance once you get to it looks less like the mouth of an ancient cave and more like an airport complete with ads for other attractions there's a nearby zoo visitors can go see next. people living in the village of say

commercialization is what cost the community a chance at unesco world heritage status. last year a group came here from unesco but unfortunately they raised 2 shortcomings the entrance of the cave is ugly and needs to be. and the steps built inside the cave should have been made from the original materials to preserve its original form at the edge of the villages the original entrance to the cave abandoned buildings once a market now falling down while the village has experienced economic progress you know status is something that would have been a game changer for this small community the rush to replace the old with the new for those living here is a door that is now closed and an opportunity missed. their village in hama province iran.

is. going to hear in the headlines on al-jazeera protests in lebanon growing despite reports that the main political parties close to agreeing a package of economic reforms many people say the reforms are simply not enough stephanie decker reports from beirut. all people about it tonight. that it wasn't and that no we don't we don't care about their reforms we have a problem with the people who are running this country want them to change they lie to us who are they going to lie to i think it's too little too late these protests are all very. and you know it was like a party atmosphere it certainly was on friday night when the army came down hard. and also what you can and we were there so again with these things anything can change in a 2nd. government has extended a nighttime curfew to cities across the country in response to violent protests

against the cost of living at least 8 people have died in. early results in bolivia's presidential election showing come but everybody ahead of his rival carlos it appears that neither has secured an outright win which means they'll face a 2nd round of voting in december. in syria kurdish fighters and civilians are being evacuated from a strategic town near the border with turkey opening the way for turkish backed rebels to take over the kurds departure from ion is a major condition of a cease fire deal ankara wants to establish a so-called safe zone in the area. britain's government is expected to try to put its new brigs it deal before parliament for a vote this week it could happen as early as monday on sunday the european union said that it received u.k. prime minister boris johnson's last are asking for a 3 month delay to the brogues deadline of october 31st pro independence supporters in catalonia have protested for

a 7th night they're angry about the jailing of separatist leaders the bus alone or the regional capital has appealed for calm hundreds of counter protesters who also out in force. and those who had lies the news continues here on al-jazeera after what i want to east next. on counting the cost the $7.00 would tweet that proved too much for beijing how china silence his critics of eyes access to its 14 trillion dollar economy the cost of hiring at oil tanker is soaring for the lazy and fishermen facing financial losses counting the cost. when the korean war split the country into damocles which one of the hottest separated by a border with a bit into cross. now some a finally being reunited with mung lost relatives. one on one east follows a mother's emotional reunion with the some she lost soul more than 60 years ago.

when war broke out between the 2 koreas in 1950 mrs lee fled south with her husband's before year old son and her baby daughter. in the storm of refugees the young mother stopped to nurse her baby. she was separated for a few minutes from her husband and son a separation that would last forever. 68 years later mrs lee who had built a new life in seoul received a lesson with news of her lost nam lee. 2

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they are done on. the bridge across this letter to mrs lee. the letters states that the son she lost 68 years ago is still alive and leaves in north korea. in 2 weeks she can see him again. how do you feel privileged to have one minute in mind how. good it could give up on the love.

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