king of the former colonial power france to tell us a bit about how that operates and why it has managed to get a handle on security there yes so you have militaries from those 5 countries that you named that are working together to attempt to crack down on terrorist activity that's taking place you know it is a vast region it is difficult it's a it's desert region and it's very hard to to control these small groups that are able to move around very quickly on pickup trucks and motorbikes and and the like and the g 5 was created and order to basically hand off security in the area from the french to then the chief i've. done trips but i think this attack is just another example of how the military.

and the attempt to do this through the through the military it's simply not going to be the entire solution they're not achieving their goal of security in the region so what are the options are bad thing for improving security well i think there's an understanding that. but this is overall it is a political problem it's an economic problem that there need to be more development opportunities there needs to be a more sat a sense that those in mali for instance in the government or and who are negotiating peace deals and trying to implement these there needs to be a sense that there's follow through on the implementation and that there's not a real that there's there is a disconnect between the northern and central relations and what's going on on in daily life in bamako which is where the capital of of mali is in the government is and so i think there's a lot of ongoing resentment between this this disconnect between those people who

are living in the north and the central regions who are inclusive creasing lee frustrated by what feels to be a lack of ability to actually successfully clamp down on these terrorists and i want thank you very much for your thoughts on this subject. coming up on this news from london. us at least 5 volleys of tear gas in hong kong as protesters set fire to metro stations and barricades and vandalized buildings. defiance in colombia indigenously to say the risk of death to renew drug crops. and in sports the reigning moto g.p. world champion stuff is my speed check back in malaysia. it. tens of thousands of demonstrations are holding firm in their protest

camp in pakistan's capital giving the prime minister a deadline of sunday night to resign they say the government is illegitimate and being propped up by the military demonstration being led by conservative cleric maulana fazlullah raman who's a longtime rival of prime minister in one con man has hinted he may try to force to stand down by staging a mass march on the red zone the area housing parliament and the prime minister's residence 100 has more from islamabad. brought more to the protests that are living on the roadside making their own bread and whatever they can find in order to get by more through. the web dravid from all over bloggers gone from looked on programs from dr hua from got one job and even then probably in the order of these people the thing that they wrote

down behind their leader i'm one of 4 of them on and are waiting for a flaw in their family headed stance that they're done for fair for months if they're made for truthful started going through an m 4 durnford predicted for later going to. the political instability a very divided hard. entered the economy but more to report a growth by august on our very dark riddick anomic prices they want clean drinking water they're worn jobs and their war and their children to be able to get a proper education part is dead right there find it go top leadership richard been taking money from that before that and spending it on themselves next on organ petition yeah but again. it's been almost one year since iran contra costa but he's failed to deliver the prices of basic commodities have skyrocketed and it's hard to

live we want change and we want it now suddenly god knows but you imran khan has not only been detected by the day you are a party but also by all opposition parties one he came through the elections and 2 he didn't fulfill the promise he made that he will provide jobs houses and improve the living standard applause instead he made people jobless and homeless we will stay until he resigns even if he has to stay for months. the next $24.00 to $48.00 are going to be critical of the leader of the broader role on a $400.00 m. on there's a way to make a proper announcement after that deadline. the government of emraan khan had her day ignored or of their strong product red sported a serious challenge stories government and a miscalculation on their part gordon led to a major crisis. with some of the nj i'd spent to a member of a government negotiations committee a sudden loss as worries about inflation are legitimate but he insists pakistan's

strained economy is on the right track. so far we've heard a lot of bluster from them but it's all good considering this we've made they've not made a definitive announcement their mission committee met today and they'll be talking to the leadership to really find out the motorway to be hated my personal assessment is that it is unlikely to take a turn for the us the man who is leading the charge. the man who defeated in the studio what in my brigade my seat is a federal ministry said i would give my seat and let's have an election again a lot of bluster if a lot of economists concern economies going through a difficult adjustment period the i have a female head like no they've said the economy is on the right track to stabilization it's coming from a very very difficult situation and it's starting to improve so that's the international view about what's happening in parts of the economy which is dramatically at or clearly people a body that is inflation that is no doubt about it and that is a slowing down of the going to be 2nd all waterville maine the pakistanis nearly 2

thirds of all pakistanis believe that the problem that we're facing right now the difficult situation that we're facing right now is that is out of the mistakes made by the past government and business government is trying to now improve the situation when you go through a stabilization program after a crisis you go through some pain and that's what you're seeing right now but as i said even the international agencies are saying we're starting to move in that education protesters in hong kong have vandalize shops and set fire to metro stations in some of the most violent unrest the city has seen in the past few weeks but he certan ated with tear gas and the nation's clashes over the involvement of the chinese government in the city's if as phone boxes were hauled out of the ground and used as barricades as the rest continued into the night as if it could buy them of course. the question in hong kong nowadays isn't whether protesters will be on the streets but rather which ones spell take over coming up to the 5th month the weekend demonstrations these latest protests brought several districts to

a standstill and on and on polling morning thank you nobody wants to see violence but who is forcing us to come out a march it's also called chief executive and so i came out today as i hope the people of hong kong will not forget that cause things have changed the demonstrations used to be so peaceful. the days protest started as an approved rally at victoria park attended by thousands of people the gathering was led by democratic candidates standing in local elections later this month the protests gained traction after democracy icon joshua wong was disqualified from contesting the election a move he calls politically motivated but the demonstrations soon turned violent when police blocked protesters from marching into the streets and set up a cordon to prevent others from entering the park. less than an hour after the rally began tear gas was fired sending people scrambling protesters shut down main

roads and took over hong kong central district you can hear the sirens in the distance and the air is thick with tear gas and smoke but that isn't putting up any of these shows have heard hundreds of them are gathered here in one khan's main a financial center a place that is usually teeming at shoppers during the weekends and tourists instead the protesters have taken over the street the building barricades set up public objects on fire and are waiting for the police to come here and they came in large numbers firing tear gas and pepper spray dispersing the protesters in all directions they kept with their philosophy the water to recruit and disrupt other parts of the city protesters vandalized the offices of the state truncheon one using agency widely seen as the mouth piece of the chinese communist government. in an unusual move earlier this week chinese political leaders indicated that beijing

is likely to intervene more in hong kong's affairs in the name of safeguarding national security some protesters believe this could mean their days on the streets are numbered god how. we all know about the movement were not be able to count us what with the mounted yet we insist on you not here we fear that this could be our last chance but for now the standoff looks like it will continue despite months of street protests beijing looks set to harden its towns all the activists are showing bell take to the streets for as long as they can divvy gopalan hong kong. a group of indigenous people in colombia say they will destroy drug crops in their territory within 6 months that's despite 5 of their leaders being killed this week officials say they were murdered by groups who profit from drug trafficking from kalka province. reports on the increasingly dangerous environment for local tribes

. who died defending their tribal land. for indigenous guards killed last tuesday together with. the leading of their reservation. the leader of the guard the volunteer army of native people who defend their territory armed only with their ceremonial sticks he says there's a plan on their way to exterminate them. they want to hurt the indigenous because it's one of the strongest elements of the indigenous movement they want to control . there's an increasingly complex network of violent groups operating in long at the center of colombia's conflict that the mobilization of rebels left a vacuum the new groups are trying to fill after a brief lull in the violence following the signing of a peace deal in 2016. when the fark existed and they planned on killing

someone or we knew someone was under threat we could reach out to the political structure it was going on we could talk to you today we don't have anybody to talk . like in the days of the internal conflict graffitti along the road announced the presence of rebel groups but it's unclear what they represent except for the interests of the drug traffickers. early on friday the car in which the indigenous governor there was killed and 2 they were straddling was burned to the ground a way to destroy evidence or simply send another terrifying message to the community despite the treads the plan to rid their territory of illegal drug crops in 6 months even if it could increase the violence. that's why we need to do it collectively with the entire population and that's why we need the international community to assist us and protect us and avoid violence when we operate the plants

on friday president said he was sending the head of the army to the region to coordinate a promised increase in military presence but for most here it will do little to stop the vicious cycle of killings alyson them i'll just say you know where your. illegal mining in sierra leone is being blamed for triggering environmental disasters and causing catastrophic loss of life the government is introducing stiff penalties for people behind it but some fear it may be too little too late in the capital freetown when a dress report. sirrah leone's beauty is framed by it and you'll 80 mountains rivers of the atlantic ocean. just a 7 and a half 1000000 people call this hole so also a wide variety of plant and animal species but the country's beauty and the terrain changing fast mainly because of unrestrained exploitation of the environment in

search of much of resources. large scale mining and deforestation have exposed it's fragile ecosystem father was saying the country's vulnerability to natural disasters such as flood and mudslide the forests call for if the big stability for the land structure. we do have huge granites in the what we have a lot right rocks and those rats rats rocks. will tool through to weaknesses when once it is exposed and water gets into it and it happening all over several young from the mountain ranges to the low lying areas then 2 years ago tragedy struck in 2017 this side of sugarloaf mountain broke lose rocks and debris cascaded down the mountain sweeping away homes and people living in them what then

a 1000 people were killed hundreds are still missing environmentalist warned that the risk of mudslides happening again is very high but what happened here has failed to discourage developers construction still continues in the shadows of the mountain with extensive damage already done to the environment government has ordered demolitions and introduced of penalties for illegal logging mining and land grabs we have asked people to go to do so much in our communities and see if we can draw the green bags so that people don't go beyond those areas so we are we know that in terms of planning we now have a ground that ensures before you act any beauty you don't erect your building on water catchment areas in disaster prone areas. but environmentalists say government actions may be too late for some areas and warn of more tragedies if we continue this is going to happen and it will happen again and again on till we just stop the

disaster is here and it's going to be we toss. very recently last this room this is in and if you happen to get. the penalties for environmental destruction are now in place trouble is demand for housing timber and the money they make remains so high but many are still prepared to take the risk. al-jazeera freetown sierra leone there's lots more still to come this hour families demand to know when they come home after the latest earthquake in the philippines a surprise ban on fracking in the united kingdom is welcomed by environmentalists but dismissed by the opposition as an election stunt. and in sports fans force a game in italy's top football only to be suspended and is here with that story.

hello again i will come back to you in a national weather forecast well it was a very windy day here across parts of southern england on saturday hurricane force winds were the big problem they're all dealing with their low pressure now we're still going to see lots of problems in western europe the biggest problems will be down here across parts of southern france where the winds are still going to be quite gusty as well as very heavy rain across much of italy and flooding is going to be a big risk there now as we go from sunday and into monday that rain pushes across the adriatic we are going to be seeing flooding for parts of munter negril as well as into albania and also some very heavy rain up here towards much of the north temporize for athens it is going to be a windy day for you at $23.00 and up towards kiev it is going to be a little bit warmer with the temperature there of 16 degrees or here across another part of africa we did see quite a bit of rain pushing across algeria as well as tunisia we're still going to see the clouds here on sunday maybe some winds as well but as we go towards monday

things are looking quite nice crush much of the region really a lot of sun across much of the coastal areas from a guys expect to see a temperature here on monday of $26.00 cairo at about 30 but over here towards morocco we are going to see some clouds along the coast so for but do expect to see attempt a few of 21 and a very nice day for you. this muslim undertakers working here is just 7 days a week that's grown with a community my father purchased a black and blue sweater and started to do the funeral in london and the family we saw stopped being father and daughter and became business partners the stories we don't often hear told by the people who the gift is such a level of. east and undertakers this is europe and al-jazeera. the latest news as it breaks difficulty keeps evolving envoy mostly young people

coming here to soldiers against the dollar with the police with details coverage was meant to be a chance for people from different walks of life different little affiliations to work together to shake their futures together from around the world not many people physical needs twice that all of these front pages represent is a much older site. and i'm going to run to the top stories. at least 13 people have died after a car bomb exploded in a market in the syrian town of. turkey has blamed the kurdish y p g 3 attack which

injured another 20 people. at least one person has been killed after security forces fired live rounds on protesters in baghdad is the biggest public demonstrations since the downfall of saddam hussein. and a source says it carried out an attack on an army post in northern mali which. at least $53.00 soldiers and one civilian on friday. the time bomb has killed 8 children as they walked to school in northeastern afghanistan the victims were between 10 and 15 years old no one has claimed responsibility for the taliban is active in takar province where the explosion happened police say afghan security forces were lucky to be the intended target. the u.s. state department has accused iran of being the world's leading state sponsor of terrorism in an annual report it praised gulf countries for making progress says there's more to do in the fight against terror we tour again and the reports.

iran's spends nearly a $1000000000.00 a year supporting what the u.s. describes as terrorist groups that's according to an annual report on terrorism by the u.s. state department. it says iran uses its proxies to expand its influence around the world on the gulf region the report paints a mixed picture it says that despite serious efforts by governments some individuals and groups is still financing attacks in particular it says the u.a.e. government works well with the u.s. intelligence agencies but hasn't done enough to prevent terrorist organizations from exploiting financial loopholes certainly u.a.e. did not succeed entirely in its pledges did not succeed. in its efforts to eradicate terrorism certainly it had most of its success in preventing attacks in u.a.e. so i will succeed in that respect but in terms of terror and for terrorist financing that continues to flow in the u.a.e.

there needs to be a lot more done the state department also says the 29 month blockade imposed on cattle by saudi arabia the u.a.e. bahrain and egypt is hampering regional counterterrorism efforts u.s. position is very clear and that is that. the gulf reconciliation is a core national security interest and more than that in the state department report i was just released today. specifically stressed that lack of lack of coordination between the g.c.c. is actually hampering counterterrorism cooperation in the region as the blockade continues the u.s. position is that outside pressure on either side would not help end the blockade and such regional instability can only add to rising tensions with iran the turia gates and be al jazeera. the head of iran's revolutionary guard says it's reasonable that his country protect its interests in neighboring countries so

should you bury in toronto has more major general hussein reiterated iran's position that they will continue to defend their interests in the middle east he said that iran will not shy away from protecting its interests in the neighboring countries hinting at the fact that the events that have been unfolding in syria in lebanon and iraq is something that has been instigated by foreign powers mainly the united states and iran will not stand for it that they will defend their own interests in those countries the major general also announced that iran has now got more than enough missiles in its stockpile to defend its interests anywhere in the region and that they are ready and able and willing to defend themselves the events that he was speaking at is the upcoming 40th anniversary of the u.s. embassy takeover by university students on november 4th 1979 which led to the

relations between iran and the united states being severed at that point the iranians have now unveiled a series of new murals outside this building which is now a museum the murals really reiterate the position and the relationship between iran and the united states and how strained they have been over the past few years firefighters in southern california say the next 24 hours will be critical as they try to battle wildfires but they just blaze started outside los angeles on thursday evening and continues to threaten 2000 homes and other buildings nearly 11000 people are under an evacuation order winds and low humidity have made it much harder for fire crews to dampen the flames. well asia's prime minister says southeast asian countries must stick together in the face of u.s. president donald trump's trade war with china leaders from the association of southeast asian nations or s.c.n. of gathered for a 3 day summit in bangkok which will many focus on trade but there's no sign the 10

member block has finalized a planned deal with backing from china that could create the world's biggest free trade area. a thai cave where a youth football team and their coach were trapped for 18 days by flooding has reopened to visitors or than 2000 people attended the reopening of tom cave including some of the navy seals who were involved in the rescue of the 12 footballers the team were trapped inside the cave in june last year leading to a dramatic search and rescue mission ascites reopening was marked with a buddhist ceremony and these stranded in evacuation centers after a series of earthquakes in the philippines say they're desperate to know when they can go home thousands were left homeless after a magnitude 6.5 tremor stuck struck on tuesday it was the region's 3rd strong quake in a month from province to return and again reports. meet the some below one is desperate she has lost her home her farm and was forced to move to this evacuation

center with her family where the earthquake struck north took about a province. my children's future is destroyed we've lost our home look at their situation here now this is all what we managed to save my daughter and granddaughter are sick. almost $20000.00 people have been displaced since a series of earthquakes struck many areas of the southern mindanao region last month there are over a 1000 families in this evacuation and the situation is similar all across north about the province they are been displaced for days there and the situation is dire a short supply of water and food is running out. why now. these people are keen to hear about their village and whether they can return and

retrieve any belongings but they're told not yet so for now this evacuation center will have to do in the town of maki the situation is worse aid is harder to come by and many people are hungry homeless and traumatized like hagin a single mother of 6 she tells us they are lucky to be able to eat twice a day no i stuck to the game so i don't know where to begin we don't have anything to eat no place to sleep it is harder for my children parents like hagin are keeping their children close they see the aftershocks are strong and they have to stay vigilant. today is all souls' d. and people usually come to cemeteries to remember the dead but not this year for many there is no time to grieve because they're too concerned about how to survive

jim duggan al-jazeera northcott about a province central philippines environmental campaigners have welcomed a temporary ban on fracking in the united kingdom the government decision comes after a report raises new concerns about its links to earthquakes following a 2.9 quake in august it's being dismissed by the opposition as nothing more than an election stunt and i really did jeremy called and said a conservative government would simply reverse the decision if it's reelected on december 12th. i think it sounds like fracking would come back on the 13th of december if they were elected back into office we're quite clear we will end fracking we think it's unnecessary we think it is polluted of ground water systems and also all the evidence from preston you wrote in lancashire is that it's actually dangerous and has caused serious earth tremors it seems to me like an

election stunt i think it's what's called euphemistically a bit of green wash so what exactly is the process of fracking want to taps into oil and gas reserves by drilling deep down into the earth to reach the shale rock before turning and going horizontally for hundreds more metres the casing of the well is then punctured with explosives and a mixture of water sand and chemicals is forced through the holes at very high pressure and this forces the oil and gas out of cracks in the rock before pushing it back up the well so that it can be collected jamie peters is a campaigner on fossil fuels at friends of the earth u.k. he welcomes the move regardless of whether it's political. this is been a hard for victory and it's testament to these communities across england election or not it's not a one bar is absolutely a moment to celebrate it's saw many people's lives have been taken over matters and history the past few years and it is found on thank you believe me you're going to

be in a stage where we're talking about moratoriums far less in our frightened bedroom u.t.a. through banner not a season and this year will be defeated and as an absence of any community as defeats rock and doesn't matter if it's monkey sure argentina are all judea as i said the mortals are to from he's not here are not anywhere and this industry would be defeated it comes as a u.k. citizens assembly has to be formed to help give parliament ideas on how to tackle climate change letters have gone up 230000 households where the aim of finding $110.00 people who represent a cross-section of the population of citizens of assembly is one of the key demands of the extinction rebellion protest group which caused major disruption last month essentially has crossed party support and will meet over 4 weekends from late january before presenting its findings. italian police say they've dismantled an international drug smuggling ring involving more than $150.00 suspects

a europe africa and asia 19 ringleaders have been arrested after a 7 year investigation most of them are from tanzania in east africa i believe to have directed heroin shipments from asia to italy $144.00 koreas have also been arrested and more than $40000000.00 worth of heroin and cocaine has been recovered since the 1st seizure in the city of pyrogen 2012. a private aid group says an italian offshore supply ship a saved some 200 people making the dendrite dangerous mediterranean crossing from north africa charity alarm phone says the trend made the rescue overnight that's not yet known where the refugees migrants will be taken humanitarian rescue ships need special permission before they can dock in italy but the a sore throat is a commercial vessel amnesty international is highlighting its concern for the libyan politician see how has been missing for more than 3 months so he was

abducted from her home in benghazi by mast gunman in july hours after she criticized general hurley for have to as offensive to seize tripoli in a t.v. interview her husband was shot and her teenage son badly beaten in the raid both have since been released from hospital ukrainian soldiers say firing has stopped in the east of the country since they and russian backed separatists began a phased retreat the withdrawal from the lot in 2 hands began on tuesday as part of a series of measures to end a conflict that killed more than 13000 people in the last 5 years relations between ukraine and russia collapsed following moscow's annexation of the crimean peninsula in 20141 ukrainian servicemen said they're monitoring the situation closely and are prepared to respond with force if needed. if you're. waiting for their reaction if they pull back everything will be all right if they attempt to take over our

positions we're not just sitting here we're not sleeping we are taking shakes who will take back our positions in 5 minutes and we'll fight back. still ahead this news i home town of south africa's rugby captain celebrates his story at the world cup. and why snacking in space is about to get much sweeter thanks to a special delivery. the prime minister. who should be introducing the british on the 31st of october and making this country the great just placed on a person's departure is delayed by how much follow the drama of bricks it on al-jazeera.