still ahead on al-jazeera protesters block roads in lebanon during the 10 day of mass administrations against the government. and going nowhere these trucks have been stuck in nigeria's border for months and it's costing businesses millions. colorado where we have got some dry weather around the east the sort of the mediterranean over the next day or 2 will improve because you can see we still have this little clutch of storms around the sinai peninsula heading towards lebanon jordan israel could see some more showers long spells of rain in here for a time but even by sunday things starting to brighten up the wetter weather will be stretched across the northern and central parts of iraq heading towards iran what is your possibility into kuwait as well least on sundays ago when into monday that

what's the weather will just not a little further north with so more than pass of iraq pushing into northern areas of syria could see some rather wet weather to the south of that it is generally fine and dry that is the case so across much of the arabian peninsula here i immediately drawn to this circulation out in the arabian sea that is making its way towards amman might not get there if it does it will be the end of next week so certainly want to keep an eye on very strong winds so choppy waters out here so that could cause some problems from that point of view if nothing else further north 34 celsius here in doha thing largely fine and dry fodder dry course a good part of southern africa but got plenty of cloud and right making its way to the southern cape.

right. watching al-jazeera let's recap the top stories right now funerals are being held in iraq for some of the 42 people who were killed during nationwide protests on friday 2 more people were killed in the southern city of nasiriya during the past few hours demonstrators want the government to resign chile's president sebastian

pinera has called for a cabinet reshuffle a day after a 1000000 people protested in the capital demanding economic reform a nationwide curfew has been lifted after more than a week of unrest turkey's president has threatened to open its borders to allow to enter europe if the e.u. doesn't support its so-called safe zone and northern syria. says ankara will clear kurdish fighters from its border with syria if a deal signed with russia this week fails to hold. rebels in india to minister kashmir have attacked and injured several indian security officials tensions are still high in the region since delhi revoked it semi autonomous status back and august. has more from china. where in srinagar list of push me very close to the spot where the rebels have attacked indian security officials in the security officials in fact. since this entire area has been cordoned off by indian security officials you can see a massive presence of security officers here beeves even many of them brought

inside because the cold saw that the rebels are hold in a hospital which is one of the leading hospitals in the city so a lot of security officers are running up and down during this operation now because this is happening just about $85.00 days or so almost 3 months one can say since the indian government revolt indian administrators autonomy. a 10th successive day of anti-government protests is underway in lebanon security forces have been called to dismantle several roadblocks in beirut protesters are urging a civil disobedience campaign until the government resigns leaders are accused of failing to stop corruption or solve the economic crisis stephanie. they were. and this is one of the main tactics the protesters are using to keep the pressure on the government blocking roads road one of the main arteries through the capital beirut there has been

a back and forth with the security forces they came and surrounded the protesters but it was relatively peaceful and that at some point they left to the cheers of the crowd people the same message as they have for the past 10 days which is they want the government to resign they want an interim body to rule on until there are elections but that's not happening when it comes to the message coming out of the government and the lebanese saying that prime minister assad's on friday spoke to the president and said potentially he could resign or maybe do a cabinet reshuffle and remain as prime minister going forward until the elections and nothing is clear at the moment i think this is the bottom line and what's clear is that the people are not moving the government hasn't given any other sort of sign that will appease them so nobody really knows at the moment where things are going to beat. president of the house extended a nationwide state of emergency by 3 months this is the 10th time the state of emergency has been were nude it grants the president sweeping powers including

restricting freedom of movement assembly and the right to monitor messages of any kind it was 1st imposed back in 2017 after 2 church bombings killed 45 people. almost 5 years of war in yemen has a many men killed in fighting so women have increasingly become the sole breadwinners and forced into a traditionally male dominated jobs reports. it's a story we see often during times of war women forced to work long hours in grueling manual jobs with husbands fathers or brothers killed by fighting. many of these yemeni women of different ages are now the main source of income for their families. bushra lives in the southwestern city of time. with no one to look after 2 children she takes them with her to work. and a fellow. american to the circumstances made

a good job it has plenty of difficulties but what can i do i'll work even if they tell me to dig a hole in a mountain for my children i'll do anything. bushra is one of a number of women in her village defying traditional norms here labor is usually done by men but it's not been easy. women are faced a backlash from their communities despite it being their only source for a meager $50.00 a month. the work is hard and tiring i used to work as a painter and i'd come home filthy we had objections to us working but would tell them we have to feed our children we received help from organizations but not anymore i'm in a difficult situation. community. says locals complained about women doing manual labor and mixing with men but things are changing.

and some traditional parts of human society frowns upon working women but we're seeing a change society is starting to accept the idea that those especially without divorced or displaced foremen are alone. with. a united nations funded program called cash for work is teaching men and women basic skills to help them get jobs. because they've worked in different kinds of jobs like flooring painting school restorer asians agriculture and tall marking roads even though the community refuses women to work they have no choice this is what forced many of them to take part in this project. years of war in yemen have devastated its population one way to help women get through it has been achieved by making small changes at the community level. al-jazeera. more than a 1000 u.s. firefighters are battling major wildfires in both northern and southern california

strong winds are fanning the flames north of san francisco and near los angeles as well. as a story. fire is ripping through california at opposite ends of the state. in the sonoma valley wine region 130 kilometers north of san francisco a series of wildfires all out of control some started a wednesday night the flash point is still not confirmed but the state's largest power supply pacific gas and electric say a high voltage cable malfunctioned minutes before the fire started intense wind gusts rapidly spread the flames through dry brush to homes and there's no let up. most strong winds a forecast this weekend that were potentially going to see a historical wind event and it has it's highly concerns that the vulnerable areas of california could see some explosive fire so that's why we are reiterating this

kind of vigilance that we're preaching to everybody at least 2000 people have moved to safety. if you will. but not everyone is willing to leave well preserved walked around the corner yesterday and told me it was mandatory that i evacuated. he was wrong i don't have to do anything but sit right here i want to in southern california a major fire in santa clarita north of los angeles has forced 50000 people from their homes within like 10 minutes we started to see the fire in the smoke getting darker by our house and we started packing everything because our neighbors doing it as well and then that's when our brother search shouting out to me to get in the car and we got the dogs in the car and the fire was literally on our backyard and it promises to be a tough weekend for hundreds of firefighters the rough terrain high winds and low

humidity all hampering their efforts to stop the flames spreading victoria gates and be al-jazeera. u.s. airlines will be banned from flying to all cuban airports except to vanna starting in december it's a latest step by the white house to undo the obama era easing of restrictions secular state might pompei a request to the move that will bar fights to 9 cuban airports as transportation department says it's a consequence of cuba's what they call ongoing repression of its people. dozens of car factories in the united states are reopening. after the end of a 6 week strike at general motors nearly $50000.00 workers walked out last month therefore your settlement deal includes pay raises bonuses and improved conditions for temporary workers deals are expected to be used as a template for union leaders bargaining with other giants including ford and chrysler. a russian woman jailed in the u.s.

for being a foreign agent has arrived home after being deported was released early for good behavior after serving most of her 18 month sentence the 31 year old was convicted of conspiring to influence u.s. conservative activists and infiltrating the national rifle association and gun lobby base in kazakhstan have detained $26.00 people during the latest demonstrations against growing business ties with china are test run the city of el monte in the capital marseille are sultan hundreds of arrests have been made in months of sporadic protests against chinese influence including its belt and road infrastructure projects in kazakhstan this is our era complaining may have lost hundreds of millions of dollars since the government closed a border crossing with neighboring bennett as a manager supports from one of the hardest hit towns. these trucks have been stuck at the nigeria binny border for 2 months. court by a sudden change of government policy they are not allowed to go forward and can't

go back as a voter barely has been importing and exporting goods for 23 years he says he's never seen anything like this here come one to our government should they hand over to us goods that you've already paid for them we have more than $500.00 trucks on the b. in the republic side over the border many of the goods are damaged. if this doesn't and assume. some businessmen say they have lost hundreds of millions of dollars since the middle of august when the government ordered the borders to be closed imports. this is one of the reasons the government says it's shut because it's illegally imported rice. officials say the flow of contraband into nigeria is killing its economy and production and opening the door to criminals and weapons. will fill us in this that.

they continue also. play a big broad. have been exploited by some. and therefore we have a duty and responsibility to engage in legitimate actions that would better secure are currently better secure our people and more importantly stimulate the standard of living of our people. the port of cotton or in bend in is 120 kilometers from lagos nigeria officials say many goods from coated or smuggled past customs inspectors summer is the busiest of nigeria's border towns connecting the port city of quite annoying been a problem with the country's commercial capital lagos this used to be a very important trading point for imported goods especially right now in this market i mean town there is little traffic since now you know closed its borders the government hopes that shutting down the borders will stop because from

smuggling lugo going into the country. the security clampdown us forced up the prices of goods in markets and there are shortages in some places. the government says the measures will grow nigeria's economy in the long term. officials say in the 1st 2 weeks of the border closures revenues from import duty went to by more than 5 percent but that left many nigerians concerned about rising cost of food stuff. we don't get regular supplies of food stuff even same no food is getting in across the border and no food reaches us here from lagos we are in a fix the government says it wants to stop smugglers and criminals who pose a bigger threat to the country and its economy and all keep the borders closed for now. semi along the nigeria have been in border. medical workers in hong kong are protesting against what they say is police brutality

a months of anti-government protests have often ended in bloodshed police a fire tear gas and rubber bullets of protesters with medics sometimes caught in the middle if you go paula has the latest in the protests in the city's financial center among these crowds are doctors nurses paramedics and other medical professionals they say they have several concerns one of them is that they're not being honest to disclose to the police which of their patients were involved in the protest movement the other main concern is what they're calling the excessive use of force by the police against protesters radiographer in the hall porter hospital so. we have created a lot of citizen to house being arrested by the police after the. protests. and we saw or that also of patients being assaulted by the police protestors have 5 key demands

one of them was met earlier this week when the hong kong government formally bijou a proposed extradition law that law could see hong kong criminal suspects being sent to mainland china to face the judicial system there the other main demand is an independent inquiry into what seen as excessive force used by the police but hong kong's chief executive has rejected this saying that one of her concerns is the reaction upon khan's 30000 strong police force they say they themselves are victims of violence they queues protesters among other things of throwing rocks and petrol bombs at police stations and not the police called off to try thank you but that would be suicide i think people of course could of course. police have used the word you can in tear gas rubber bullets and even live rounds against protesters not long ago home from school east were finally regarded him highly respected they

were seen as one of the most professional institutions in the city but over the past 5 months or protests their reputation has deteriorated dramatically. huge crowds in taiwan have celebrated and the annual pride parade the 1st since same sex marriage was legalized on the island 5 months ago around $2100.00 same sex couples have married since then the island is the 1st place in asia to allow gay marriage. to take a look at the headlines right now on al-jazeera funerals are being held in iraq or some of the 42 people who were killed during nationwide protests on friday 2 more people were killed in the southern city of nasiriya during the past few hours demonstrators want the government to resign chile's president sebastian pinera has called for a cabinet reshuffle today after a 1000000 people protested in the capital demanding economic reform a nationwide curfew has been lifted after more than

a week of unrest turkey's president has threatened to open its borders to allow refugees to enter europe if the e.u. doesn't support its so-called safe zone in northern syria. will clear kurdish fighters from its border with syria if a deal signed this week with russia fails to hold. and britain police have charged the truck driver with multiple manslaughter after $39.00 bodies were found in a refrigerated container the 25 year old has also been charged with conspiracy to traffic people and attacks detectives that is in ireland have arrested a 5th person in connection with this discovery on wednesday prime minister has ordered an investigation after it emerged vietnamese people may be among the dead wenden sat believes the sun may have been one of the victims. he was on the truck. and he must be one of them he's gone now there's nothing left of him he died i know he was in that truck because i have relatives who are working over the who

called me and told me they were supposed to pick him up at the drop point but then they called and told me to was in that truck they knew the route the time in the drop point of the truck so if they see it so it must be true spain's prime minister pedro sanchez is condemning recent violence at pro independence rallies and catalonia these are live pictures in barcelona and hundreds of mayors some catalonia have traveled to barcelona the regional capital to show their support for self-determination catalan leaders are repeating their calls for talks with the national government. the united nations says months of floods in south sudan have affected almost a 1000000 people and entire communities have been submerged since july forcing hundreds of thousands of people from their homes and more 60 percent of people are already going hungry crops have now been washed away. so the headlines keep it here on al-jazeera aves hour for you at the top of the hour and the main time inside

story is that next. sanctions against zimbabwe be lifted the president claims u.s. and e.u. with playing the economy not say the government's quick fix so who's right this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program. zimbabwe used to be known as the breadbasket of africa some economists describe it now as

a basket case inflation is nearly 300 percent and millions of zimbabweans are going hungry because they cannot afford basics the government blames international sanctions. present. declared friday a national holiday. a show to support a call on the u.s. and the european union to lift sanctions imposed when robert mugabe was leader of the ruling zone o.p.'s says the risk a crime against humanity and government leaders and businesses choking the economy opponents blame zimbabwe's troubles on. well.

6 actually sanctions aren't just. especially toy economy to everybody but what they're doing a lot of our industries are sanctioned. meaning to create jobs because every country needs funding i just want the people that they see to get to. what you. do to them or that head to. our what country he's only. we want. just trying to function and they must be the elite and. for us and e.u. impose sanctions against government leaders and companies nearly 20 years ago after political crackdown by the president robert mugabe the u.s. financial and travel restrictions apply to 56 businesses and 85 people including

president but on guy who are u.s. arms exports to zimbabwe are also banned the e.u. also banned the sale of military equipment that could be used for oppression and froze the assets and impose travel bans on sons in bob wins linked to the government the extend the sanctions for another year in february the us has since impose sanctions on zimbabwe's state security minister saying he was involved in violations of human rights. let's bring in our guests in johannesburg by sky aditi program manager of foreign policy of the south african institute of international affairs and in london patricia. yorka you kara presented over the zimbabwean opposition party movement for democratic change their representative from zimbabwe is ruling party is out of here forced you to join the panel but unfortunately had to cancel

welcome to a does it how significant are the sanctions imposed on the zimbabwean government these are sanctions that have been imposed really actually since 2000. what happens is that they continue to be updated based on persons of interest and potential sort of. you know sort of who that was could deemed to be sort of corrupt and so on and obviously also it's been adapted to to accommodate the new sort of political leadership that has taken over in zimbabwe it is principally this 2 sets of sanctions one that levelled at the from the e.u. side which at this point in time is only really relevant to greece mugabe it and then there's the us tax sanctions which are targeted at a specific list of are of individuals and companies and state owned enterprises and then of course there's the dera. sort of conditions which are not. sanctions

necessarily but they do impose certain restrictions on the way in which the u.s. behaves in terms of. sort of this relief really i get really is about where patricia what kind of impact see in the near future. before i actually answer that question i wanted to thank the zimbabwean people for standing up against the regime yesterday i think that this stance that the current government had taken in collaboration with sadeq over the north sanctions march didn't work yesterday the people of zimbabwe stood up and they stood against the regime and by so doing they they sent a really big message to say we are no longer interested in hearing your

propaganda about the sanctions that they they they sing about all the time and with regard to. any impact. i think that in terms of these targeted sanctions against individuals and organizations that are owned by by these individuals any lifting of those sanctions would create a very unsafe environment in zimbabwe in i think what we need to talk about today the p.f. imposed sanctions on the people of zimbabwe in the form of our corruption and the lack of rural flaw as well as the gross human rights violations that we have seen accel rate since 2017

aditi the government was expected to see a huge number of people show up for the rally against the sanctions that didn't happen could be an indication of the government is failing to sort of win the hearts and minds of its own people. well yes i think that. my colleagues i think that there is a widespread acknowledgement that. you know there is enough is enough from the that the population of the general population are in the back where i think what i'm after is that people are not really buying into the kind of rhetoric that used to fly you know in previous years and the point that we try to make when we're doing these analysis on zimbabwe is is that one of the principal failings perhaps of of the current administration is lack of acknowledgement of the fact that. has been in crisis or you know since the early 2000 and there's

a very recent history that seems to be repeating itself that you know so people are tired of hearing the same. the same sort of messages they're tired of our you know a lack of movement taking place and actually in many ways also the blame that is being attributed to externals rather than and a real sort of self reflection on what actually internally needs to be done to to sort of overcome the political and economic crisis that that's currently engulfing the bubbling patricia these sanctions have in place for almost 20 years and we haven't seen any dramatic impact on the political establishment in zimbabwe why would you think that this time it could be different. i don't think that is going to be any difference to to to to the current situation in zimbabwe there is a targeted sanctions that that i've been in place of a of

a 20 years and that change over time have had absolutely no impact because the current government does not to wish to see any change any change in behavior to how they operate with regard to the political. to ation as well as with regard to the election core electoral reforms means that it might to take away from them their power that they hold their power to continue to poland and no to the resources in zimbabwe it to my to take away from them the opportunity that they currently have to continue in their corrupt activities so it's very difficult really to to think about if they would be any change at all in the removal of any targeted sanctions against individuals as well as

organizations that are owned by the p.f. leadership elites. and the inner circle are such. holdings and you know recently we were we were reading about some of the measures that had been put against traffic gura holdings but still that has no impact aditi the and robert mugabe the answer was clear and other militant sanctions are a violation of our national sovereignty and was seeing the same narrative by man and god i mean so any indication here that this government could make any concessions in the near future. just before i answer that question i think what i want to add actually really other previous point is regarding impact is to actually also say i think what we're actually missing in the current analysis of zimbabwe is

yes on the one level it is very much a business as usual sort of approach by government as a whole in terms of how they are perceiving their their power relationship with with their with their. citizens but actually i think one of the very different things that that is important for us to bear in mind with regard to right now is that it actually is it a much more fractured political party and political entity then under president mugabe and so while on the one hand you can say that you know there's a skepticism around you know the fact that this is a lack of trust in the government i think they are actually also him and with him who are trying to implement the kind of reforms that are necessary. who who have a compass and of the fact. that you know things cannot be business as usual any longer but the you know it's because of the fractured nature of our of. our of the

politics are of the political party at this point in time there's actually a tussle and it's almost like you see the schizophrenia. sort of engagement between you know one arm of the but is zanu and the other so on one hand you you know that it's sort of passing legislation that is supposed to sort of make access to information free you know if addressing the post or the public order. bill but then on the other hand that you know these you know personally going out and arresting and abusing human rights activists and trying to question violently question. political protests so yeah so just showing patricia the international community the u.s. in particular are saying that they want to see some adverse or reforms particular when it comes to the election law reforms and the media reform do you think the government ultimately will have to make some concessions will come so the

election reform. yes i think that the government needs needs to to to to to do something but i think what we know is that it's not going to to to be possible for the government to make any concessions the government is not willing to change as we have already touched on the fact that sanctions have been in pause all these targeted groups of individuals and organizations they have been asked to to to reform they have been asked to ensure that there is rule of floor in the country and we are not seeing any change of movement from the current government it is unlikely that they are going to change i think what is needed is a new government what is needed for zimbabwe today is new leadership because the longer that the current stand appears led government stays in power we are going to

see a continuation of the human rights are abuses that we have witnessed on the eve of august 28th that we with witnessed in in january when 17 people were killed and 50 women raped and just most recently on the 18th of october 29th seen a young vendor a young man who was out to trying to earn a living was assaulted by the police and he died in custody and nobody has been held accountable i don't very much that there is going to be any change across any area we have been involved with the politically economically or media reforms one of the key sectors aditi where the u.s. in particular is looking for this is a change which is basically the roof or of the security apparatus in zimbabwe to

put an end to the. clampdown on who are wise activists how do you see a possible reform of that parameters when the establishment itself remains intact. and i don't think that it is very likely i think we've written about this before actually it really is it's. simply because of the way in which it's not just the political leaders in zimbabwe or that are corrupt it is actually also the institutions that limb them selves to abuse and you know so you've got this 2013 constitution that is actually quite progressive but very little movement has taken place in order to have the litigation comply to that and i think you know security sector reform is something that is going to necessitate. a. refigure figure configuration of the relationship between the state apparatus and the military which at the moment i don't think is is likely especially considering

that in the post more garbage you're in the military has has ascended in many ways to prominence. in in with him zanu p.f. now has actually sort of taken on a more public role in the in the sort of daily management are the government where they were to him in the past but trisha there are those who would say that if you continue the opposition why then the way of all the sanctions. people might perceive that because of the sanctions the facing the reality of a they are facing a there for this could just backfire as far as you are concerned. i don't think that that is the position. they need to be some change for for the people of zimbabwe but what i can say is that the current government is antagonizing the organizations that are giving

aid to to the country they are not paying attention to the fact that change has been called for or over the many is in that actually in order for us to move ahead we need a government to be in listening government and to pay attention to to the needs of the people of zimbabwe and if you when you have food shortage when you have poverty when you have inflation what do you think should come 1st or the call for a broad inclusive national dialogue. i mean i think that there are already calls for a broad inclusive national dialogue i think that my issue regarding sanctions because i don't think that the the focus on sanctions is necessarily 100 percent incorrect i think that a different the do act as a deterrent for investment into zimbabwe definitely

a lot of the international community that are based in zimbabwe that you know when i spoke to them in august. look to the u.s. for direction in terms of how to how to engage with the if it is definitely some truth to that but i think that you know what has to what has to come with that discussion around alleviating sanctions has to be continued pressure on on the government in terms of pushing for the kinds of reforms that are necessary to really sort of transform zimbabwe politically into something that's a little bit more accountable transparent and representative of its people and you know it's so much my point regarding sanctions and sadek and actually even i see the e.u. has also lent its weight behind this for me is that if if they is that that solidarity from the partner who part of the region to support this call for for

a dropping of sanctions i think there has to be a concurrent and political intervention on the part of sadek on the part of the african union to be able to place the pressure or to be able to assist zimbabwe in that political transformation that is absolutely necessary but to show why isn't the african union leading the effort to start genuine reconciliation genuine reform in zimbabwe. i think because they have seen that there is a need to to to reengage they they know that without that reengagement they could be a disturbing lation of the southern africa region if the current situation persists in zimbabwe i think also i wanted to add to what had any of say about the role of sajak particularly with regard to the call for for sanctions what what

that means is that it could actually be a real threat to democracy in southern africa if a whole block of countries are standing up together without challenging. a government that has clearly breached its on a constitution that it it signed up to so i think that the african union have seen the need to to renegotiate it to come to the table to discuss to make sure that the country can move forward and to bring together to the table all of the key stakeholders and interested parties to prove to progress the country aditi of this is the problem that people say that basically they were expecting some other which is the south african development community to take over to be the leading the answers to this and this seems to be completely disconnected in denial about the are going to the people of zimbabwe. yeah i mean it's a foreign

a political analyst that has been studying static for a number of years now i would say that i don't think that i'm necessarily surprised i don't think i. said it has been particularly representative of human rights issues in the region as a whole i think you know last year we saw the way in which it treated the elections of the d r c and its approach to the the sort of 2 year delay that it took for the elections to be held at the r c as as an indication for me that you know it's not going to it's you know it's not particularly sort of concerned with that with that intimate. and it really is just you know in terms of politics it's it seems to be dominated by the sense our solidarity politics between you know form and the gratian movements we have now become you know governments and is this you know sort of. a doctrine that

has been was instituted i think and president mbeki which which people still sort of allude to naing is this idea of quiet diplomacy that you know there's not going to be a public pronouncement you know calling out of the government of zimbabwe but they would deliberate deliberate behind the scenes i'm not aware that there has been consistent and. with the 1st engagement with the government behind the scenes in definitely in the past since the actions took place ok patricia i mean we understand the situation as it is we know about the political impasse in zimbabwe my question to you do you think from your own perspective. as a member of the oversensitive of the opposition party movement for democratic change that if there's any chance in the near future for a power sharing agreement that would pave the way to a transition to democracy in zimbabwe would you jump in. no i

think that we are very clear about that. present to mr has spoken on this issue on many occasions we are asked about it very often but but but we do not think that that would work if you remember back to 2003. 18 we were in government of national unity and in those 5 is where the most successful year is for for the for symbolic as a country and soon after the ruling party has done it here have decided to go it alone now with all that we witness in the country the lack of human rights the lack of rule of law. the corruption and the lack of addressing issues would mean that we we don't think that that is the way we would want to go what we would like to see in terms of discussions is getting around the table

having some national discussions in case they cause us facilitated by non political entity and we want to we want a new government we are ready. to see your point of government and we think that sun p s time is up really this is a less than 30 seconds if the situation continues. how do you see the future of zimbabwe. not very good i think if there is a very bleak picture you've mentioned already at power cats you know poverty it's hurtling towards you know $50000000.00 zimbabweans next year will be food insecure there's no electricity there's no water that is at risk of cholera and that's just the sort of human human security challenges there is significant. challenges that the but we need to overcome i think that it's not impossible for it to do so but it does need to actually sort of show more earnestly that it is

willing to undertake that reforms that are necessary i.q. and that are more way from his mentality we won't require muscles out of power good to talk to patricia to your car thank you very much indeed for your contribution to the program and thank you too for watching you can see the program again any time by visiting our website www dot com for further discussion go to our facebook page that's facebook dot com for was last a.j. inside story you can also join the conversation on twitter handle is a chance i saw it from a hash a lot of on the entire team here in doha i don't know.

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a 1000000 people touch of the streets demanding economic equality. california struggles to tackle another round of wildfires. a company says it may cut power for a 3rd time in as many weeks. i'm barbara sara in london with the top stories from europe including hundreds of thousands of catalans converge on barcelona demanding the release of 9 separatist leaders jailed for their role in a failed independence. in sport england beat new zealand to reach the rugby world cup final. the 1st world cup defeat only only black since 2007 all the art should come. at least 44 people have been killed over the last 2 days in iraq as mass protests continue against prime minister of government and the capital baghdad police have

fired stun grenades or protestors they were trying to enter the heavily fortified green zone where the iraqi parliament is located to the south and 2 people were killed after guards opened fire when demonstrators tried to storm a government office funerals have been held for some of those who were killed by security forces the protests that began on october 1st escalated again on friday when 42 more people died more than 2000 others are injured or testers had set fire to government buildings and party offices angry over corruption and economic hardship a curfew has been imposed in a mainly share provinces and more from back at. the number of protesters here in tahrir square to grow trucks are coming in with water. that's easy for protesters to clean their eyes at they're attacked with tear gas later this evening this was supposed to be a one day protest on friday it is now spilled into a 2nd day not only here in baghdad but in several cities across iraq people are

saying they will not leave the streets until this government of prime minister ayad alawi the night he goes ahead he has already said that the government will not resign because if it does he will follow the protesters or may not i know who the parliament was supposed to meet today as part of a regular session and because not enough members turned up there was no koran that is only injuring protesters who say there is a crisis in the country and members of parliament can't meet the ministry of interior released a statement saying that it is condemning the criminals they say attacks security forces and vandalized government and political party offices and that they are committed to protecting the human rights of peaceful protesters they say they have not used excessive force meanwhile we've spoken to many protesters who said just the opposite and they've asked us to relay

a message to the international community saying we need your help we need to be protected from our own government so as president sebastian pinera has called for a cabinet reshuffle a day after a 1000000 people protested in the capital demanding economic reform a nationwide curfew has been lifted after more than a week of unrest and says he's heard the message of the protesters loud and clear demonstrations turned violent with riot riot police it is firing tear gas and lead pellets to disperse crowds. but i want to announce to all my compatriots that if circumstances allow i intend to live to the states of emergency starting at midnight on sunday i asked old ministers to resign in order to form a new government and to be able to respond to these new demands and to take charge of these new times. it's a mineral who is live in santiago so he says that he heard the protesters a 1000000 people surely one of the the largest protest ever and that country it

seems that they have at least accomplished some of what they wanted what else do we know. richelle it is it's a festive mood today saturday after that historic march that's a place on friday night as you mentioned over a 1000000 people i think the official estimates suggest somewhere around 1200000 people that were demonstrating on the streets of the chilean capital many people say that it was a lot more than a w1w 200000 there is a sense of celebration today because the president came out asking for the voluntary resignation of his ministers people are seeing this as a victory people are also celebrating the lifting of aid the military enforce curfew that's been in place 1st. and it looks like we had just lost our communication there with man with mental rubble and santiago do we have. we lost

you for just a 2nd can you hear me this. i could hear you they were shell yes i was saying that that it is still a festive mood people are celebrating the fact that that the curfew is over that the state of emergency will be lifted on monday but there is still an underlying anger why we're still seeing people showing up here in the chilean capital they're angry over the heavy handed response that left at least $1000.00 people dead hundreds of people injured thousands out have been detained that crackdown by police and armed forces that even the united nations has said could amount to a series of human human rights violations in fact the united nations will be sending a delegation on monday that will be here for 4 weeks investigating these cases these alleged cases of human rights violations in the capital and in other parts of chile where the protests persist herself ok and off for us there at santiago thank you turkey's president has threatened to open its borders to allow refugees to

enter europe if the e.u. doesn't support it so call safe zone and northern syria. will clear kurdish fighters from its border with syria if a deal signed with russia this week fails to hold a summit been reports of a call on the turkey syria border. more fighting in syria between kurds in turkish backed syrian rebels in videos uploaded by kurdish fighters they say they're defending their positions outside the so-called safe zone south of the towns of. fighters who form a coalition called the syrian national army or any deny they are making any territorial gains from. there he says 5 soldiers were wounded in attacks record as fighters who are reportedly being backed by syrian government forces although no one has claimed responsibility turkish military sources accuse the kurds of carrying out 4 bombings in the last 4 days within the safe zone the fighting is happening despite an agreement for a 6 day pause forces loyal to syria's president bashar al assad have moved into

towns and villages outside of the 30 kilometer boundary agreed by russia and turkey and russian military police as well as soldiers from chechnya patrolling areas and the kurdish controlled. they're implementing the agreement under which the kurds will leave their positions inside the safe zone 30 is a nato member and its dealings with russia in syria have not been welcomed by many of its western allies for arriving in ankara germany's foreign minister called turkey's offensive against the kurds and invasion that's to discuss. we were told the proposal on creating an international safe zone is not a realistic suggestions that's why we use the time to deal with those issues which are important for the people in syria right now the issue of what happens with the ceasefire after 150 hours and the issue of how humanitarian aid continues with those who are fleeing in syria. the invision comment outreach to these leaders they say european allies don't share the burden of refugees and refused to support

turkey's operation against fighters who are designated a terrorist group by the european union. apart from bilateral issues we found this a good opportunity to talk about the syrian issue as a whole also focused on the fact that the us and russia have recognized the developments in the field with spring operation there are so many aims of that operation one of them is to return the syrian refugees we need to clean the syria from the terrorist organizations. he says it's safe zone is meant to create a space for refugees to return but more people have been displaced since turkey began its military operation and within syria almost 3 weeks ago the world food program says 176000 people have so far fled the fighting and if they are we left nothing. barely mentioned to escape to save ourselves and our children they provided some metro blankets and food but we have no doors no windows this is how we are living in the 150 i would agreement between turkey and russia expires on

tuesday the us president says he expects a permanent ceasefire and has warned of reinforcing economic sanctions on turkey if ceasefire violations take place but turkish president is adamant that he wants to establish the 30 kilometer deep zone inside syria to repatriate more than 3000000 syrian refugees with or without the support of his allies solomon job with al-jazeera a truck on the turkey syria border agents president appellate southall he has extended a nationwide state of emergency by 3 months this is the 10th time the state of emergency has been renewed at krantz the president sweeping powers including restricting freedom of assembly movement and the right to monitor messages of any kind it was 1st imposed back in 2017 after 2 church bombings killed 45 people. plenty more ahead of the news hour including police in britain charge a truck driver with multiple manslaughter after the discovery of $39.00 bodies in a refrigerated container or testers block roads in lebanon as mass demonstrations

against the government enter a tent day after the 3rd time in as many games the haunting struggles of baseball's world series. in sport. hundreds of thousands of cattle on to march peacefully through the region's capital barcelona calling for the release of 9 jails separatist leaders the protesters were joined by over 800 catalog mayors who are demanding that madrid grant them the right to decide their future for more let's cross now to london to barberin the team in our european broadcast center. michel thank you yes it was plunged into crisis and the daily demonstrations earlier this month when spain's supreme court sentenced the 9 politicians and activists for up to 13 years in jail for their role in 2007 failed independence bid now these are live pictures coming in

from the capital and capital where the march has ended local police estimate that around 350000 people took part organizers hope that the violence that followed last week's demonstrations will not be repeated and the spanish prime minister pedro sanchez called the unrest and the attack on catalan society so i was at the march she said to this report. it's been nearly 3 weeks since the 9 politicians an activist was sentenced. both. look 2017 and the referendum but of course the emotions from that sentencing are still running high in the region so there has been a mass demonstration called in the central time.