these protesters including many journalists are demanding the things they say they need stronger legal protections that will allow more access to information not less . the perception that banning such websites would guarantee more security is a very old way of thinking the world is open now and it's impossible to ban people from accessing information they want to look for. the palestinian center for media freedoms documented 27 violations in the occupied west bank in the 1st half of 2019 with arrest and detentions topping the list now the this is on whether to lift the ban on these websites is in the hands of the constitutional court but some accuse the court itself of not being independent from the palestinian authority and their brain al-jazeera the occupied west bank now the latest round of antigovernment protests are underway in the iraqi capital baghdad the demonstrations started earlier this month with tens of thousands of people accusing the government of failing to deliver on its promises of more jobs and training the iraqi prime

minister is vowing to reshuffle cabinet and introduce sweeping reforms more than 100 people were killed and 6000 injured during the protests. in the u.s. hundreds of people are fleeing a fast moving wildfire in a historic town north of san francisco it's grown to more than 39 square kilometers bringing back memories of the devastating fires that killed 44 people in the area 2 years ago and the calendar has more. the wildfire began on wednesday evening by thursday the blaze fanned by strong offshore winds and dry conditions grew to 40 square kilometers the national weather service say conditions are ripe for large and dangerous fire growth of residents of being told to leave their homes as the flames spread there's a lot of work that's been done to not only chordate outreach to our border population care homes but also make sure that our fire stations our water stations

our sewer lift stations are all going to be functioning to the duration of this outage rolling blackouts designed to help stop the blaze spreading or in place from the sierra foothills to portions of the san francisco bay area the power cuts are affecting half a 1000000 people across 15 counties with more expected this weekend electricians like havea gutierrez working long hours to help communities facing dangerous conditions 2 weeks ago was really a nightmare for. parsons 4 o'clock in the morning trying to get a generator so so far the kinkaid fire is 0 percent contained and things could get worse forecasters say the so-called santa ana winds will be even stronger in the coming days hampering efforts to fight fires in a state that's been plagued by them in recent years 10 years ago the tubs fire raged through the same area killing at least 22 people and destroying over 5000 homes conditions now said to be almost identical and

a gallica al-jazeera. the remains of spanish dictator francisco franco have been moved from a morsel eum to a small family crypt 4 decades after he was buried franco ruled for 36 years after a civil war which about 500000 people died so new going to report the cemetery north of madrid from on high the helicopters descended to collect the remains of francisco franco. in life he was known for his iron clad rule who saw his own leadership as a catholic crusade in death he became a relic of autocracy a figure of times past and a reminder of a troubling era. it was a monument to a man who dominated 20th century spain built on a site that holds one of the biggest mass graves in europe it became known as the valley of the fall and constructed by the forced labor of political prisoners at the time franco is family had resisted the spanish government's decision to move

his coffin but despite the pressure from rightwing groups spain's supreme court ruled that the exhumation had to go ahead. as i thought a motion. it took a lot to get rid of the repressive regime tightness almost as long to get rid of its artifice of public hommage there is room for all kinds of opinions on when to carry this out each one with its own criteria the government to spain amounts to would do it in the moment it was possible to do so and this is the time. and so the remains of francisco franco arrived at the cemetery yes you may show a symbolic end of his dictatorship and the end of spain's transition to democracy but even 44 years after his death there are still repercussions being felt the decision to remove the remains provoked a furious reaction from franco's family and reluctance to accept why for so many of

the victims' families it was a chance to turn the page in spain's history or you know all the victims and their victims and their victims on both sides and we've tried to put this in our past and we have not been able to. because of this new president because we had put this thing behind us a few of the political prisoners forced to build the complex at the valley of the fall in austin a life. without a border north was one of the only 2 who managed to escape the prison that his hope that it can be transformed into a place of reconciliation. possibility the for having more this lived through spain. democracy. the balkans he has been tainted by all these problems the memories of this turbulent time on never far behind but the exhumation with all its complexities may help to reconcile spain's torment from this era. al-jazeera

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thank you very much the united states' vice president has weighed into the debate about the n.b.a.'s relationship with china on thursday mike pence accuse the league of quote acting like a wholly owned subsidiary of china's communist party if all of the controversy over a tweet by the general manager of the houston rockets daryl morey in support of the

pro-democracy protests in hong kong ever since that tweet the league has tried to distance itself from one's comments even still chinese partners have cut ties with the we spent says organizations like the n.b.a. and sports where firms nike shouldn't kowtow to the chinese nike stores in china actually removed their houston rockets merchandise from their shelves to join the chinese government in protest against the. rockets general manager 7 were tweet which read fight for freedom stand with hong kong. and some of the n.b.a.'s biggest players and owners who routinely exercise their freedom to criticize this country. lose their voices. when it comes to the freedom and rights of the people of china meanwhile the man in charge of world football has dismissed concerns over human rights after china were named host of the new club world cup fever president jonny

infant tino is in shanghai where football bosses voted to expand the club world cup to $24.00 teams with china as host from 2021 it's not the mission afifa to sort of the problems of the world it is not the mission of fee for the mission afifa is to organize football and to develop football all over the world in all the countries of the world. and for us all the countries are the same in the world we have 2 on that in 11 members more than the united nations. and i feel. of course that we have old school. social responsibility. magnitude and the power that football brings with it and we have to assume this social responsibility in a very serious way and we do that f one world champion lewis hamilton says he will

not let criticism of his recent comments on climate change distract him from winning a 6th world title in mexico this weekend this week the briton urged his 13000000 fans on instagram to go vegan and order to help the environment in another post he said he was ready to give up on everything because quote the world was such a mess former teammate fernando alonso accused hamilton of apocrypha pointing out that f one drivers leave a huge carbon footprint due to their jet setting lifestyles it's very difficult for people who are watching on social media to be able to relate to certain individuals who live in the celebrity world you think a lot of people don't realize that they're also humans and they also have feelings and have the ups and downs and. some people do care some people care less or whatever. and i don't know i just it was. the best feeling in the moment but i've you know i've got great people around me and a lot of support from from fans i've had a lot of support from my family. there's

a lot going on in my life at the moment and. i don't know i think i was just. well you know it's coming this weekend feel very positive connor mcgregor has announced his return to the u.f.c. octagon for the 1st time since his loss to could be. last year mcgregor will fight in las vegas on january 18th he hasn't said who his opponent will be but is not ruling out a future rematch with could be again it is an inevitable rematch but he hides so it is a heated rivalry and i believe we will settle it some they still are. tiger woods was already making public appearances for his golf skills by the age of 2 while he's a one off there are many young players inspired by his achievements including a 6 year old champion from surrey in england al-jazeera is lee wellings reports on the emerging leo boniface. to be a champion go for you have to start young the obama faces just 6 years old but he

doesn't miss a chance to practice with his father lester and coach cuban cuttings and golf club in sorry he started playing the 3 of us might such extraordinary progress he's already won g.d. a tournament the way he spends the. soul of finesse to it he's got it he works his body and a very good. that the way his body works and news in this way and it is very powerful and it's what the honor is in a moment he's able to hit the ball quite. time to stop the sandwich for a sandwich and so tight 6 who you. know i don't have. to be it's not go for he has to drink can't sleep the sport sometimes. but you know your child power and is almost. on a golf course he's very level headed he's very calm he's very professional when he's on a golf course he definitely doesn't act as i seem to figure out because of course

he's back to being a 6 year old won't yeah he does get the best of my cause. lester is an electrician devoting as much time as possible to leo's blossoming gulf korea including building followers and sponsorship via instagram. so want to. head the ball up cause i was dad's head i'm going to have a guy be careful of the beautiful 5. who do not watch or are you favorite types. it's a warlock roy you know your friend for golf or tiger woods started when reading young did that board would you like to be like tiger woods would you not to be like a professional workers who are. being. cited this once away in. the output and on. earlier this year leo qualified for the

well championships in his age group which meant a trip to san diego he's about to try to qualify for next year's event and look out for an even younger golfer in the boniface finally i was helping the 17 month old brother book start supply the guy that he loves me welling's al-jazeera sorry well that's it for me we'll have more sports for you later. thanks very much. for the moment more news on the other side of the break so stay with us.

right. it's a tough time for the afghan security forces taliban attacks have increased their suffering heavy casualties and the prospect of a withdrawal of u.s. forces hangs over them yet young men are still joining up some for patchy arctic reasons for others it's the only way to get a job despite the risks midway's curry b. was an army bomb disposal engineer in helmand province he knew the risks he was blinded in both eyes and lost a leg when a roadside device exploded as you try to defuse it always aware of the danger of seeing friends wounded while working on mines i wasn't scared to lose an arm or

a leg is a sacrifice we have to like to serve this country. cannot deal with poverty unless you deal with the gap you disagree i disagree with that toy it sounds like i would be labeling the public the country for the atlanta holiday naming anybody these people are well trained as much a part of the islamic state machine and have a very enlightened version of popular culture teachers join me as i put it up for questions to my special guests and challenge them to some straight talking political debate. al-jazeera. following donald trump's abrupt troop withdrawal from northern syria the pentagon says it's committed to send more military assets to protect oil fields.

cancel romney watching al-jazeera live by headquarters here in doha also coming up and lebanese protestors shrug off the president's offer of talks that he says and saving the country from collapse also the u.n. will send a mission to chile to investigate allegations of human rights violations during anti-government demonstrations. and hundreds. people flee a wildfire boring through california wine country in the western u.s. . welcome to the program there's been another significant shift in the united states' military position in syria it's now planning to beef up its presence in the country's north east to protect oil fields from falling into the hands of i still find it is still scattered through the region is the clearest sign yet that the u.s. is not only did plans to withdraw from syria but that it may add some new capabilities

to strengthen those american forces that remain u.s. president told trump has been striving to fulfill his promise to leave syria completely saying it's not america's fight kristen salumi has the latest from washington d.c. president trump justified his decision to bring u.s. troops home and allow turkish forces into northeastern syria to attack critical allies in the region by saying it was time to bring u.s. troops home but he faced an immediate backlash in the united states not just from democrats but from some of his staunchest republican allies including people like senator lindsey graham who has stood by the president through thick and that there was a lot of worry about a resurgence of i saw in the region and about the appearance of abandoning allies in the region but earlier on thursday senator graham and some other republicans got a high level briefing at the pentagon and after that senator graham came out and he

said he was reassured by plans that the pentagon was making to secure syria particularly the oil details of this plan have not been formally announced but reportedly it involves sending tanks to the region to guard this precious resource and the goal is to stop groups like i saw any other destabilizing forces from getting access to that oil. russia sending more military police and heavy equipment to patrol parts of the turkey syria border as part of its agreement with the turkish government under the deal kurdish forces also pulling back from the front but as they do so the bloodshed hasn't stopped completely. the turkey syria border . it's the 3rd explosion in less than 24 hours in northern syria and early morning . shows the area remains dangerous the district is now under the control of turkish backbiters who took it from goodish forces it's part of the 30 kilometer safe zone

which turkey wants to establish on the border it shares with syria the syrian national army a group of fighters backed by turkey say there would have been more casualties if the blast had happened during rush hour so. the car exploded and we had a lot of. them to the hospital area here is for civilians there are shops here and are working very. dirty says it's defused hundreds of homemade bombs and mines in the areas of cleared and its military denies allegations by kurdish fighters of advancing in 3 villages outside the ceasefire zone kurdish forces have asked western allies including the u.s. to stop what they called the ceasefire violations in a change in the kurds military commander has thanked for the russian and u.s. presidents and assured them of support despite the fact that the 2 governments are on opposing sides of the syrian conflict. and as u.s. senators reiterated their support for the kurdish commander the turkish president

has warned them against what he called sitting down with terrorists. who are also criticize nato allies for not standing with him against a group the alliance itself recognizes as a terrorist organization sharing your story let him is currently in the syrian national army a coming every inch of the control and clearing traps but if they come across any terrorists in the syria it is our net. all right to crush them it is so in the right area. under the deal reached between russia and turkey russian troops have been patrolling more areas in the northeast sending hundreds of more troops to police the new territory it's taken on behalf of the assad government russia's defense ministry says it will be establishing 15 security posts along the border which will be run by syrian government forces as the clock ticks down on the 60 hiatus between turkey and russia what countries have warned kurdish fighters to be drawn within 30 kilometers inside syrian territory moscow says the big draw has

already begun and as battle lines become drawn and redrawn millions of syrians hold their breath as arabs and kurds they are waiting for peace to come to these areas so they can return home some of the others there are a chocolate on the turkey syria border of the united nations the turkish and syrian ambassadors of class during a security council meeting on the humanitarian situation in syria the council was told the situational the ground has been made worse by turkey's military offensive mike hanna has more from the u.n. . this was to be the regular monthly humanitarian briefing on the situation in syria but again 10 added significance given the events of the past 2 weeks in particular the turkish military operation in northeastern syria the council was told that this has made a desperate humanitarian situation even worse in the past 2 weeks some 180000 people are being displaced including 80000 children the united nations remain

deeply concerned about the prospects of further hostilities along the turkish syrian border and the impact on civilians including further displacements the latest surge in hostilities in north northeast syria compounds an already dire humanitarian situation a terse exchange between the german and russian ambassadors a reminder that the security council remains deeply divided on the situation in syria and they will also bar the words from the turkish ambassador to his syrian counterpart on a rare cation when the 2 were in the same chamber the one point of agreement among all members it appears the importance of the constitutional committee meeting that will be taking place in geneva next week the point of agreement that there can only be a political solution. lebanon's president has offered to meet protestors to help save

the country will collapse after more than a week of massive anti-government protests michel aoun also suggested a reshuffle was possible but added that the government should not be toppled from the streets senator has more how the people responded in beirut day 8 in the almost paralysis of daily life continues protesters are still on the streets of the lebanese capital beirut and other cities across the country the country is at the standstill as the protest movement enters its 2nd week schools universities and banks remain closed they are keeping up the pressure on the government to resign the president michel aoun who the protesters also want removed from office addressed the nation for the 1st time since the crisis began he presented his solution by promising to fight corruption and invited the protesters to engage in dialogue. with the regime cannot be toppled from the streets the regime must be changed through conditional tools now we have economic models to bring jobs we also

have concerns about the economy i am willing to listen to your demands i am waiting for you his invitation was swiftly rejected civil society activists say that people have heard promises like these before the president's speech that not promises that he will address corruption and try to return some of the stolen money but that's just promises and there is no confidence. with the people that they will actually that the governor will follow through and recover the stolen money they say they want radical change they want new faces in power who are not affiliated with the governing parties and they're promising to keep lebanon on lockdown until that happens blocking the roads is very essential because we have to keep the country as paralyzed this possible of course everything related to food water transport the main the people who can't afford maybe to meet with. the governing coalition says the protest is only worsening the economic crisis they're also accusing

opposition politicians of riding the wave of popular anger to push their own political. elections. this is dangerous divided society. so far the army has taken a side it hasn't used excessive force to open roads it hasn't squares it has kept the anti-government demonstrators apart there have been counter protest by supporters of political parties in power so far they've been spontaneous and limited in numbers that can change. the iraqi prime minister. sweeping reforms as he tries to appease public anger the government protests is also. the government

has failed to deliver on its promises of more jobs and training more than 100 people have been killed in the. the americas now where protests continue in chile despite conciliation efforts by the president and these pictures were captured in the past few hours on the streets of santiago at least 18 people have been killed since anti-government protests began a week now that began over a planned public transport price hike but have brought me to calls for more economic and social reform but. today i want to see good news with my countrymen today we signed in seemed to congress a bill that stabilizes the price of electricity now tricity rose an average of 9.2 percent a few days ago we want to cancel this price rise which affected almost $7000000.00 children in households. with this device president of the council of the americas which works to promote free trade and democracy he says it's difficult to say

exactly what chile's president needs to offer to stop the protests but says it's unlikely he'll call a stop election the president's already tried to placate them he's even apologized and asked for their forgiveness saying that he and his government fundamentally misunderstood some of their feelings and where they're coming from he did announce a raft of reform social security reforms tax reforms rescind in the planned hike in the transit and redistribution of income etc but those reforms are going to take a while to work through the economy they haven't even been implemented yet there is simply a statement of intent and i think you know once the genie is out of the bottle the protesters are saying well there's a lot more here than just the price of a ticket for us so i think they're making their voices heard when they'll go back is anybody's guess i know the president and his government are actively trying to find a solution to the protests and get that the folks off the street well still ahead

here on al-jazeera they have to agree to a general election on december the 12th britain's prime.