in syria when i went east investigates on al jazeera. this is al-jazeera. this is the news hour live from doha coming up in the next 60 minutes. of the month for political change protesters push for an overhaul of led to the ruling elite anger over foreign interference iraqi protesters stormed the iranian consulate in. flights diverted schools closed a public health emergency declared in delhi as toxic smog smothers the city. the whistleblower in the us impeachment process offers to answer questions from

republicans as donald trump attempts to discredit the claims against him the whistleblower. revealed because the whistleblower gave false story. tens of thousands of protesters on both sides of the political divide a rallying across lebanon both for and against the government large numbers turned out in beirut calling for a complete overhaul of the ruling elite and the current political system which is split along sectarian lines the protests began last month a devil ready for prime minister saad hariri to hand in his resignation a general strike has been called for monday. is that those protests in beirut. inside political establishment protesters are back to close roads they believe that

this is the only way to maintain the pressure on the ruling elite to resign a few days ago they agreed to leave the streets after the prime minister saad as submitted his resignation but now people here believe those in power are progress than that they should have by now created a technocrat government which will prepare for early elections but those that mans have not been met those in power they've been in power for 30 years are unlikely to meet these demands because it means giving up the power that they have enjoyed over these years so back to closing roads but the lebanese army and the security forces are also in the streets but i can tell you people here are uncompromising and demanding demanding a new change in leadership but at the same time there is another street in the country the other street is defending those in power. they turned out in large numbers to send the message to those trying to topple the ruling elite supporters

of president michel came from across the country and converged outside the presidential palace in beirut suburbs a show of force but also a call for cooperation. there are too many protest squares the situation must not turn against each other or protest against each other we do a road map with 3 points corruption the economy and a civic nation there your rights so that's why we need to communicate with you and agree and put efforts together people here say they too are asking for reforms and an end to corruption but unlike the anti-establishment protest movement they are defending their leaders the president's son in law foreign ministers. gave no indication he is leaving office he is a divisive figure who has been accused of corruption overstepping his powers and exploiting lebannon secretary and structure for political gains. let us not block the road in front of us with demands that are impossible to

achieve today because you will speed up the financial collapse. the priority is to delay that collapse and maybe prevent it. mainly sectarian parties still command support among 4000000 people but the street is divided and public squares and cities across the country anti-government protesters are uncompromising lebanese from all sects have been coming together and the crowds chant the same slogan all of them means all of them they are rejecting the entire political class of lebanon so-called october revolution is now in its 3rd week the revolt against politicians who have been in power for 30 years has not lost momentum public pressure has reshuffled power the prime minister sato had d.d. resigned last week but he could return to office as part of a deal politicians seem to be putting together and what they seem to be discussing

are shares and divisions in the old practice and perhaps maybe just maybe thinking about do we give this so-called civil society 2 or 3 stupid seats to come down the street but the problem is what you hear here when you talk to people is we want a coherent independent competent government the major reform these people want is proving difficult to achieve and no one knows how long the political standoff will last it's a dangerous stalemate on the economy on the brink of collapse much needed economic forum's reforms need to be enacted but you can't do that without a government and it's not just that if the ruling coalition those in power decide to clamp down on this movement it will be very difficult because using excessive force would definitely be condemned by the international community who's really their eyes have been on lebanon on western countries providing support to the lebanese army so the lebanese army the ruling coalition they're in a bind they know what they're up against

a street which is uncompromising but at the same time it's not clear if they are going to take escalatory measures them sell. in order to end this movement. from lebanon tonight bring a rock in the prime minister there is calling for an end to the bloodshed on both sides as protests continue against the government speaking for the 1st time since announcing his resignation prime minister. says protesters have achieved their goals but by a hood in the economy but this time he made no mention of stepping down but he's also admit with a delegation from the u.s. congress who say they are backing the if it's made by the iraqi government the protesters though are not giving out hundreds of them tried to storm the iranian consulate in karbala south of baghdad protestors raise the iraqi flag on the gate of the building and set fires nearby security forces fired shots in the air in an attempt to clear the crowds demonstrators have been calling for an end to what they see as iran need to fear in iraq's politics and in baghdad demonstrators have

blocked major roads schools were closed in the capital and other cities as teachers have gone on strike to show their solidarity with anti-government protests from baghdad here's natascha. protesters set fires erected barricades and even lay down in the road at intersections in central and eastern baghdad as the work week began the roadblocks created traffic jams across the capital preventing people from getting to work some government offices and businesses were forced to close. by we have one which is employees join sit ins just like us they can participate by staying at home we want all the government ministries to stop operating we can only unite we are all one people here in tahrir square which has become the epicenter of the protests there were signs that people are settling in for the long haul this burned out skyscraper has been occupied

since the 2nd wave of anti-government protests began more than a week ago from. the upper floors protesters can see the square and the bridge below leading to the green zone where security forces are positioned this was built during the saddam hussein era there was once a restaurant on top of one of its neck thing it has been abandoned since 2003 when it was bombed during the u.s. led invasion now it's become an iconic landmark of the un president and protests volunteers are trying to prevent this building from becoming a garbage dump we are here to clean this place and to have a city where we know many people were killed here and it's in people that know me to show this a place to be a claim it's a kind of all the plays stuff on the sally is a university student and volunteer he says he knows being here is dangerous but

this is a revolution what i'm going to do after graduation there's no jobs so this is this golden age of skilling like like this dust and there. we are we are just like debt peoples zombies no one no one knew no one know that there is people here have dreams want to do things in their lives moussaoui and other protesters say they feel proud for their role in what they regard as a historic moment they're not following or answering to anyone in their eyes they're all leaders natasha going to name al-jazeera baghdad. fossil is to body was the former iraqi ambassador to the u.n. and is now the director of the center for the study of the middle east at indiana university he says it's difficult to predict just how these protests in iraq will play out. we've been through almost a month of this except that of course there was an interruption to the demonstration during the sherry religious observance of one of the demonstrators

went home but they've come back now after those. in the meantime we've seen the official number something like 20250 people killed mostly peaceable demonstrators and thousands of people injured is this the state beginning to crackdown. actors who are semi state actors with one foot in the state one foot out of the state are they beginning a rock down will they be the next to try to crack down on the demonstrators that's the real danger because you could have a sort of a generalized chaos perhaps a generalized. violence is what i fear i i hate even to say but i'm very much afraid that what's coming next and then it's capable of the door really have no way of knowing what really happens after that and we can also draw a line between what's happening in iraq and what's happening in lebanon to this

extent very different countries of course but to but to this extent they've both come out of a history of conflict but the heavily divided along sectarian lines and you have a movement that now that is looking to a non sectarian future so essentially you're talking about changing culture changing society and changing politics what's the roadmap to that who do live is that what comes next what comes next the constitutional challenge how do you start to pull out that entrenched power ironically enough but there are those i'm not saying i am one of them but there are all of those who are looking for the shia religious establishment which has in the past call for the establishment of a civil state but ironically enough there are those who are looking to that religious establishment which so far has been. other firmly on the side of the demonstrators and demanded reform from the government but there are those that are

looking towards that establishment so it's not our place to to take us to word setting up a a civil state i'm skeptical that they'll get us there. in india schools are shut flights are being canceled in a public emergency has been declared as toxic smaug chokes the nation's capital on the air quality index the result of 500 is described as severe plus the result for new delhi is double that expert sites like smoking up to 50 cigarettes a day people are complaining of sore eyes and throats with some wearing masks to protect themselves. it's suffocating and we feel like coffin we forded the light showers will make the weapons better and the pollution level will improve but it doesn't feel like it yet in india the amount of power from breathing she's pollution is also putting us on the mental pressure that's not going to say stephanie no fog walking around we must but gopalaswami is a distinguished senior fellow at observer research foundation he describes the

difficulties facing those living in new delhi. i was in delhi yesterday and i was you know i walked in the streets and on a daily basis it is. i mean there are health has its that are opposing to people but i think it's it's frustrating. it is dangerous normal life this affected because schools are shut. and you know you cannot go about your day in a normal you when there is destruction in your normal way of life it is significant it's a it's not only a physical problem it's also a psychological it becomes a psychological problem and you're trying to find solutions around it and i think people are frustrated with the authorities about the politicization of the issue so there are all these factors and there is a resentment and i and i think at one level you know there are people that i personally know of friends who in the last 5 years and moved away from delhi

because of these gains of this kind of this kind of an issue that simply is unsustainable. there is plenty more ahead all the news including 4 hurt in a bloody knife attack in hong kong including a politician during the protests you try to block likely next year but not all countries are happy. in sport lewis hamilton celebrates a 6th in formula one drivers title and he is here to show you just how he did it. asia pacific try to groom it could be finalized by february they will hopes for progress on the regional comprehensive economic partnership at the ongoing summit in bangkok but that is a road block after new demands were my by india to tell us more let's cross live to scott look who's at the summit in bangkok scott we've heard this before it's an

idea that's been around for years now they saying they are getting closer but the very nature of the consensus nights are of that often gets in the y. one of the the big open schools to sealing this deal. then exactly you know that's a problem with us and when you have 10 independent nations here in southeast asia working as a body that's supposed to have one voice it's very difficult to get that unified voice when it comes to moving things forward when it comes to negotiation particularly when you talk about 17 nations forming the world what would be the world's largest trade pacts so that's very difficult there are other so much going on today the everything will wrap up by the end of day on monday but that's really kind of been the focus but what's interesting is how this kind of positioned itself in this part of the world know what to discuss this further we're going to bring in benjamin is a walking now he's an independent southeast asia analyst than thank you for joining us so when you look at. positioning and how it tries to position itself in the

region geopolitically they say they want this sin tragedy had they been successful with that. ozzy on by definition has adopted a pretty defensive posture it's one that says we want to be central but at the same time don't make us choose don't make us choose between 2 sides it asserts a sort of centrally but when it comes to the very issue the one primary issue in which it is truly central namely great power relations and competition between the united states and china it is the one issue to which they want to be on the periphery as opposed to central and that's to the detriment i think of all xian it has for some 52 years been far more effective at conveying or convening rather power as opposed to conveying its own power and the success of its chairs in this case thailand has always been measured on the degree to which it's been able to facilitate discussions as opposed to take a real lead on discussions and move the needle forward and again this trial the is something they they want to have conferred upon them or bestowed upon them and yet when it comes to their very central position both geographically and geopolitically

with respect to the u.s. and china wants to disappear as opposed to become central and there's a very good example of that transpiring here and that is. the representation from china and the united states and also it sounds as though the premier of china he is he's here for the summit and he yesterday on sunday said that he's hopeful with the progress of the code of conduct that comes to territory disputes in the south china sea how do you see that since tragedy or lack of central the lack of of teeth when it comes to see on working into it well the united states politically has essentially ceded the reason to the region to china already it lacks ambassadors and 4 of of tennessee on country's election ambassador to the on as seen by the low ranking and or low profile individuals that sent to this summit it is essentially forfeited the region politically to china already the one area in which it has remained ahead of china over all these years has been militarily but if the code of conduct that china wants to see go through actually does go through and it contains

a provision that that essentially says military exercises with countries from outside the region will be prohibited that will potentially lower considerably the the u.s. military presence and u.s. military influence in the region which would then mean that politically it's already as i say for foot in the region that would mean politically the want to err sorry militarily the one area in which it's it's maintain the lead but also drop and so i think it's in china's interest actually to see this code of conduct go through it is again to the detriment of the united states and the un itself ok thank you very much for that and sustainable be interesting to see when we have a kind of final statements from this summit in the coming hours where and how china is able to better assert itself in the region as we were just hearing from benjamin that's sort of the possible says a lot often without saying very little that the sides scott thank you so much that's got a lot from banco well the whistleblower who prompted. the

whistleblower who prompted an impeachment probe into the u.s. president has offered to answer questions from house republicans don't trumpet repeat. the code for the unnamed official to reveal themselves the inquiry is due to begin public hearings this month after several weeks of closed door testimonies trump is accused of threatening to be told new try to ukraine illicit investigators he's democratic rival joe budden donald trump says members of the media know who the whistleblower isn't but i must reveal his identity the whistleblower gave a very inaccurate report about my phone call my phone call was perfect it was totally appropriate but he gave a report here but according to the newspaper he they think they know they know who it is you know it is you just don't want to report it the whistleblower. should be revealed because the whistleblower gave false story people would go the fraud i

won't go that far but. when i read it closely i probably would let's go to john hendren in washington d.c. and joe let's be clear about this while donald trump says the whistleblowers should be revealed by b. the media could take that step but the whistleblowers identity is also a protective business. that's right stan the law protecting whistleblowers specifically says that they are to be protected from public disclosure of course that does not apply to journalists who under the 1st amendment of the us constitution are allowed freedom of speech and they're free to publish a number of things but it's clear that what donald trump is doing here is following a very specific game plan every time we talk about that conversation with the ukrainian president he uses the same term perfect or in this case perfecto he does in the lab arrayed on it he doesn't give himself the opportunity to contradict himself and then he vilifies those who have testified about that exchange in

suggested that perhaps he did something wrong there and now the president has taken one step further in a flurry of tweets over the past couple of hours the president has suggested that republicans offer their own transcripts of those congressional hearings many of those interviews have been done behind closed doors and the democrats who lead the impeachment inquiry say they're going to release some of those and he went on further in a tweet to say false stories are being reported that a few republican senators are saying that president trump may not may have done a quid pro quo that is an exchange of one thing for another but it doesn't matter there's nothing wrong with that it is not an impeachable event perhaps so but read the transcript there is no quid pro quo that seems to be the president suggesting to the republicans in congress that they 1st take the position that there was no improper pressure on the ukrainian government and then secondly if they have to acknowledge that that happened to say that that is not an impeachable offense and

this seems to have divided the country increasingly here in the u.s. there is a recent poll that suggests that 49 percent of american voters are in favor of impeaching and removing the president 46 percent are in favor of not doing that and there's a new n.b.c. wall street journal poll that says 72 percent of americans are highly interested in the 2020 election those are the kind of numbers you usually don't see until about a month before election day and that suggests that turnout will be very high and john we may still be hearing more from the whistleblower as well. that's right we had to hear more from the whistleblower because apparently through an attorney he has offered to talk to republicans and answer written questions not in person he said he wouldn't answer any questions that identify who he is we're presuming this is a he because that has been the pronoun in news reports and meanwhile the democrats are trying to connect the dots they're calling up

a number of people before the impeachment inquiry who had knowledge of the conversations that preceded that trump conversation with a lot of merit selenski the ukrainian president but what's interesting is the number of people who are not planning to testify at the office of management and budget and budget that is the agency that withheld the funds from ukraine for reasons that have not been explained so far about $400000000.00 there are 3 officials who i've been called in the next week who are expected not to testify that seems to be a coordinated effort by the white house chief of staff mick mulvaney also john bolton the former national security adviser to the president has said he will not testify without a subpoena that's important because he has said that rudy giuliani the president's private lawyer who went to ukraine and apparently ran some kind of parallel state department he said that giuliani was a hand grenade that was going to blow up the rest of the people in the white house

and he went on to say that that transaction the pressure campaign against ukraine by the president the alleged campaign was a drug deal so congress wants to talk to him so what's not clear right now is who will actually testify in the coming week however as soon as next week we're going to see public testimony so much of this will be moot john hendren in washington d.c. thank you. the yukos parliament will be dissolved on wednesday so politicians can begin campaigning for december's a snap election the poll could decide the future of breaks but there are many voters who are still confused about the different party's policies so has more from london. primed with sleeves rolled up there's an election coming case it's been forgotten the 3rd one in only 4 years some new faces why is the choice not. if about who we are as a country as well as more familiar ones thank you and good morning everybody

pushing a long sought after goals. at the start of the race it's all slogan and little policy and so this wednesday parliament will once again be dissolved and he's pounding the streets swaging people to vote for them and towering over this of course is bracks it with those wanting to stop it battling those who want it to live it. and then there is the man that didn't make it happen for. deep regret we need to do is get on and do it despite a promise of do or die comment was made prime minister boris johnson vowed he wouldn't ask for the extension that parliament and the courts made him request despite what the colorfully saying that he'd rather be dead in a ditch. and the politicians sniping at his heels promising to take the u.k.

out without a deal the bricks at parties nigel farage campaigning on a sole issue he will not be standing but offered up the party's backing to johnson even though it was roundly rip off to what they do they go to the problems boris johnson whatsoever on this question of yours flipped and flopped twice voted against the withdrawal agreement he then voted for it so he showed his ability to change position and now mr johnson is the time drop the crazy let's get over the problems. and it's not just the u.k. breaking away from europe that's on the ballot in scotland where there is now 50 percent support for independents it's also where the belonging to the u.k. is a viable option if brics it goes ahead my friends the bats at alternative the much better don't turn it over in our country is to take our future and our hearts and to become an independent country. the conservatives may be ahead in the polls

but the party that sapped a number of its m.p.'s their one time coalition partner the liberal democrats their own tea breaks a vision has persuaded moderate pro e.u. tories to back them instead. of the main opposition labor party leader jeremy corbett as mixed messages over bracks it has left it significantly behind the governing conservatives corbin will seek to make this election about issues such as the health service raising taxes on the rich anything to distract from the elephant in the room. but the prop of the him the others will likely make much of his inability so far to come up with a clear vision about where the party stands on the matter which could leave it out in the cold in this december election sunny al-jazeera london. still ahead on al-jazeera antigovernment protesters in chile so i want to go back to politico by 6 in their fight against the president and support italian football of mario

balotelli shows his frustration after being targeted by braces chants. a log in a welcome back to international weather forecasts were arcing to dry conditions here across much of central and eastern china now most of the moisture is being drawn down here across the south china sea with a developing system but to the north it is going to be plenty of sun and temperatures moderate for this time of year with $26.00 and shanghai at about $22.00 by the time we get to tuesday though hong kong coming down to about $28.00 but still very heavy rain showers possible over towards taiwan with taipei at $24.00 degrees there well that system we are talking about is developing very slowly in this methods clouds that you see right here is going to stay in this

general area of the next few days so developing is going to be slow the rain though is going to be mostly concentrated over here towards the west so the coastal areas of vietnam is where we expect to see the heaviest accumulations as we go towards tuesday as well for manila though it is going to be some heavy rain for you with a temperature of $29.00 degrees while the other part of india we're still watching the smog situation across new delhi that has been going on for the last week and that has been at severe levels at times tempter for new delhi though we extra expect to see about $29.00 degrees as we go towards monday down towards the south though we do expect to see some off and on showers for many locations and shinai it is going to be a better day for you with a temperature of 31 degrees. the weather sponsored by cats already has. a story 1400 years in the making. a story of succession and leadership.

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glad you could join us you're watching al-jazeera here's a reminder of our top stories this hour rival protests were held across lebanon but for ad against the government at a government protesters converged in beirut repeating the calls for a complete overhaul of the ruling elite hours after supporters of the president staged a big rally iraq's prime minister has called for an end to mass protests there against the government he says protesters have achieved their goals but in our hurting the economy some of them tried to storm the iranian consulate in top of what the. ference in iraq's politics. pollution in and around india's capital new delhi is the worst so far this year experts say breathing the city's air is like smoking up to 50 cigarettes a day health emergency has been declared. saudi arabia has begun the process of

selling shares in its state run oil giant or small part of the world initially be listed on the kingdom's domestic stock exchange as some of been reports the world's most anticipated stock offering is happening after years of hype and several delays saudi aramco the world's largest oil producing firm is being listed on the double exchange in cheers are expected to be priced in december it's no ordinary oil company because the engine driving saudi arabia's economy. this is these truly historic we are happy to announce our attention to this the saudi aramco company at the saudi stock exchange market the i.p.o. is the centerpiece of crown prince mohammed until month vision 2030 and the stock offering is meant to bring in enough revenue to diversify the kingdom's economy plans to list on the world's leading exchanges had to be scrapped because of transparency requirement but there's still talk of an international offering after

the internal listing in saudi arabia the ambitious crown prince sent out a 2 trillion dollar price tag to put that into context the world's most valuable company thought is microsoft and apple stand it hard for what the prince wanted mohammed bin so man appears to have swallowed a lot of valuation instead of for the delaying the i.p.o. analysts believe probable and proven oil reserves can vary tremendously and for a listing outside of the kingdom would have to prove it through the. for foreign investors the biggest concern is about the safety of their investment in attack by yemen's who the rebels in september produced the companies oil production by half investors a cautious of saudi arabia's neighborhood with ice and pockets in the iraqi desert in the north and iran allied hutu rebels in the south a self-inflicted crisis with qatar in the east and brewing tension with iran in the strait of hormuz no one expected. or any other non-state actors could be so successful. in disrupting the oil production that also had its

impact on the lower euro. investors also have to consider the your pick to your anti corruption drive which is widely seen as a shakedown of wealthy saudis and also journalist jamal khashoggi is gruesome killing which was linked directly to the crown prince of saudi arabia has tried to lure investors from asia to europe and from russia to the united states saudi arabia is reportedly still holding government to government meetings to attract investment from soft and well funds industry experts believe much of the investment from the listing will come from gulf the saudi families not foreign investors it's curious timing for such an i.p.o. with outlook for oil prices a sluggish global economy and increased environmental awareness against the use of fossil fuels osama bin job aid they're fighting in syria has forced many ethnic and religious minorities from their homes many of been displaced for years as

cities changed hands between different groups or the recent victory of turkey backed opposition groups of a kurdish fighters in the border town of tel i had renewed hopes of returning home but that's fraught with danger as has in our bar reports from sandy. this is what remains of the syrian army and. derelict and abandoned for years passive it was set on fire in 2014 when i still took over the syrian army years were forced out of their villages and never went back even when the city was taken over by the largely kurdish syrian democratic forces. into a 1000 to 50. for them. it was an important step allowing them to link up the other areas they control along the turkish border from maliki near iraq in the east to capernaum the west. last month the turkish backed

syrian national army or s n a swept through. people here say the fighters said houses on fire during their retreat at about the army to be if not the problem get the normally and the house was burning for 4 days i have lost all of my furniture. father mark rising and we have been driven out of our homes for 4 years we have suffered a lot at the hands of the. courts and. a local council has been set up to run the city but the situation remains delicate. a car explosion last saturday killed at least 13 people and left dozens injured to turkey and the s. and they accuse the s.d.f. of the bombing. tel aviv is part of the so-called safe zone that turkey has established on syrian territory near its border to ensure the s.d.f. is no longer stationed in the area tel aviv has changed hands many times during the

8 years of war in syria and religious minorities have a particular sort of forced out of their villages now the city is in the hands of the opposition and no one knows if those people will return when there is no sign of an and to the conflict possible but i'll just charlie offer his border with syria. there are protests against the presence of saudi u.a.e. coalition forces on yemen's garland of secada hundreds staged a rally in front of the headquarters of the coalition it had dba demonstrators are calling on them to withdraw troops from the island protesters accuse the coalition of trying to overthrow the local government iran's supreme leader has announced he will not engage in talks with the u.s. describing the 2 countries as follows ayatollah ali herman a has thinking on the eve of the 40th anniversary of the seizure of the u.s. embassy in tehran and also called french president emanuel micron's efforts to

mediate possible talks is quote naïve tensions have escalated since u.s. president donald trump withdrew from the 2015 iran nuclear deal last year and really imposed sanctions. on those who see negotiations with the u.s. as the solution to every problem are certainly mistaken that's how they do negotiations they'll say we've brought you to your knees and won't make any concessions in yemen. a norwegian shipping company says 9 of its sailors were doctored by suspected pirates in the west african nation of the name it says armed men boarded the vessel with the port of quarter new on saturday the gulf of guinea from cameroon to liberia is one of the most dangerous maritime regions in the world at abductions have become more frequent the pro-democracy politician in hong kong has had part of the ze'ev bitten off by a man wielding a knife the district councillor was attacked by the band as he tried to stop him

leaving a shopping mall the man also slashed several other people before he was restrained and beaten by a mob of protesters earlier riot police stormed several shopping malls in a crackdown on anti-government protesters police moved in after protesters vandalized shops and threw paint pakistan's prime minister has refused to heed calls for him to resign as tens of thousands of protesters remain in islamabad demonstrators had given him one card until midnight on sunday to step down over government is illegitimate and propped up by the military the protests are being led by conservative cleric milan a. man who's a long time rival of the prime minister redman has hinted that he may try to force khan to stand down by staging a mass muds on the red zone that's the area housing polymers and the prime minister's residence. india's government has released

a new map depicting the entire kashmir region as part of its territory last thursday new delhi formally divided indian administered kashmir into 2 new federal territories 3 months after revoking the region's autonomy and vora has more now from indian administered kashmir. a few days after the indian government officially split indian administered kashmir into 2 union territories small of political units directly under new delhi's control the indian government has released a new map of india in this map these union territories of jammu and kashmir and respectively also include areas which are currently under the administration of pakistan like me and was now some analysts say that fostered be made aware this because india stated position has always been that the region is an integral part of india however others say that india is being assertive now a few days after indian government. special status and strip did officer told me on

all this 5 they didn't defense minister was the 1st person to say that the next conversation india will have will be on pakistan as he put it occupied kashmir and nothing else shortly after the indian foreign minister said pretty much the same this gives some sort of credence to the fear of the same wrong said that india seems to have. the part of. the pakistan's administration or control now china of course has backed its ally pakistan but earlier in october when indian prime minister narendra modi met she's being then he didn't even raise with the chinese president that when china also is administering a part of kashmir that india claims. calls for the drafting of a new constitution in june are growing louder it comes after weeks of violent protests over a lack of funding for public services but some are expressing their anger in

a different why but reports from the port city of valparaiso a. small peaceful marches are taking place in dozens of neighborhoods in the chilean port city but. the mood here is quite festive it's a stark contrast from the unrest that's gripped this community in recent weeks and these marches served to lighten the mood but they also had the effect of bringing neighbors out of their homes to discuss and debate the country's ongoing social crisis. in many cases the meetings are highly organized and include working groups where people discuss different ways to change the country's social agenda i think i meant that in the past we would see unrest in different sectors health education university students workers women but today the months from this group's had been unified because there is no solution within the current system and within the constitution to address these problems and. these public gatherings are called there are sort of exercise in democracy building and they're taking place all.

these debates are also widely seen as one of the most viable solutions to the country's ongoing social crisis of the 2 things go hand in hand it's social in new social contract. that embodies the new social contract chillis former foreign minister. says the country's constitution is founded on economic policies that favor the rich over the well being of the people we have put all the efforts on universal rights and that i think is the road where we should be that should be our future. the idea of establishing a constitutional convention has become one of the loudest rallying cries among chilean protesters going to show you know you're going to. oh yes we are going to get together and agree on creating a real society no more of these new will even though society. was born here will die here. apart from a desire for systemic change many chileans say they have

a deep distrust of the country's political class behind us national congress that was constructed during the final years of to lay a dictator. much like the building itself the country's constitution is seen by many as a remnant of the days of dictatorship. it's unclear how long the unrest in the country will continue but there is a hope among protesters that the outcome will result in a more inclusive democracy. but. he is the editor in chief today he says the country's political system makes meaningful reforms difficult. so at this moment like we have seen in the report before we see if throughout the country of this bill those around 200 organizations thousands of chileans are joining to talk to discuss to debate about what they think should change in chile or whether something actually will change depends

a lot of politicians here because the opposition sectors here in chile they say we need to reform the country we do need a new constitution but on the other side the government and also the right wing parties they don't they don't see the need for change that much they see reforms need to be done but a new constitution that really the parents on both sides so i don't know if how much of these outcomes of these could be those will actually proceed to larger reforms a system in china makes it difficult the fact that the opposition at this moment has a majority in congress also makes it harder for the government to proceed with reforms but on the other side the reforms that the president is proposing at this moment of course they sound well like an adjustment of the minimum wages the pension system but there are still a lot of protesters who are not satisfied enough apart from the fact that the human rights violations committed under this administration during the protests also

remain an open wound in chilean society catalan separatists rallied outside the hotel where spanish king felipe i will be staying when he visits boss alone and next week he and his family are traveling to the catalan regional capital amid weeks of antigovernment and royalist demonstrations his 14 year old daughter princess leonore is expected to make a speech on monday in an effort to win back support for the royals in catalonia tensions have flared since catalan separatist leaders were jailed last month for their role in the region's failed independence bit. u.s. president donald trump has a giant threaten to withhold federal aid from california after its democratic governor criticized his environmental policies the fires have been raging for 2 weeks but there is some good news with officials in california with all the vacuum in orders as firefighters make some progress battling the blazes residents that fled their homes are now beginning to return the total number of homes destroyed in

the fires has reached 175 another 35 have been damaged thousands of romanian protesters marched in the capital bucharest and other cities against illegal logging now there is anger over the murder of 2 forest workers by loggers in the past 2 months and protesters are demanding an investigation they're also calling for an immediate upgrade to the country's logging tracking system and stricter laws. brazil's justice minister says illegal loggers and murdered an indigenous leader will be caught and prosecuted the activists was with a group formed to defend the amazon abram bushed and shot on saturday victoria gate and he has that story. paolo paulino quite a jar with prepared for the dangers he faced while protecting the amazon rain forest from illegal locusts so. good sometimes but we have to lift up our heads and act we're here fighting he was shot dead on friday in northern brazil

a leader of the quite huge or a tribe tweeted the territory has once again lost a forest guardian for defending our territory paolo polina quite charo was killed today in an ambush by locusts now is the time to bring an end to this institutionalized genocide. since president jaya both sonora took office at the start of this year he has dismantled environmental protection regulations opening the amazones mineral riches for commercial exploitation. and according to activists invasions of indigenous lands have increased by 150 percent the invasions and its hacks of indigenous lair have since also moross president nelson all rights of office at the beginning of the year it's a combination essentially over the president's insane 3 rhetoric saying that you know. indigenous people in brazil have to assimilate that they have too much land

except. it's a combination of that and the fact that the environments when indigenous protection agencies have been absolutely got seat paolo probably know quite a charro was part of a group which aims to protect the rain forest thank heavens we're protecting our land and the life on earth there is so much destruction of nature happening good trees with wood as hard as steel being cut down and taken away the government has refused to hire more environmental protection agency to stop illegal loggers indigenous brazillian say without the backing of the government the lifestyles and the lives are increasingly under threat. victoria gate and be al-jazeera. more than $230.00 refugees and. italy after being picked up by rescue vessels in the mediterranean sea the 2 separate groups have been allowed to disembark in sicily and in the south they were attempting to cross from libya several

a huge countries agreed to take in the majority of those on board. a record breaking wind. will be here.

it is taught to sport now he is anti thank you very much for lewis hamilton has won another formula one world championship a 2nd place finish in the u.s. grown pretty enough for the brits since a climb his 6th title the myth that his driver finished behind both us in austin it

secured hamilton a 3rd straight drivers' title the 34 year old is now 2nd on the old song list of world championship wins one behind michael schumacher on 7. well the born ashley barty has won the biggest cash prize in the history of tennis the australian collected $4420000.00 for her win at the finals in china beating alina's fitz alina in the season ending final in shands then she lost all 5 of her previous matches against the ukrainian at the french open champion so this match in straight sets. it's from being play on us it's been the most incredible year for myself and for my team and to be able to cap off our regular season in that kind of fashion and to play the matter we did today was really exciting and i think the most amazing thing is now we get time to reflect and to rest and then kind of recharge and reenergize and get ready for a massive 2020 well barty's big payday

a huge milestone for the women's game which is long fought for gender parity when it comes to prize money the original version of the w.c. finals was the virginia slims championships the 1st winner was chris 7900 $72.00 and she took home $25000.00 a year later following pressure from women's players the u.s. open became the 1st grand slam to have equal prize money wins champion margaret court winning 25000 dollars as did men's when it john newcombe well in 92 martina navratilova became the 1st woman to become the all time leading prize money earner incentive overtaking jimmy connors a mansell she held for 7 years and now we have barty in $2190.00 in his check of just over $4400000.00 beating the prize money on offer for the men's tour final and all $4.00 of the grand slams are mixed emotions from a joke of it chef to his victory at the paris masters despite his title win in the final against canada's then shapovalov djokovic is set to lose is world number one

ranking to rafa nadal the serve an easy winner in this match between the 20 year old and straight sets it's his 34th career masters title. german fall champions by munich have sacked their courage nico crow virtue follows a 51 thrashing by his former team on track frankfurt on saturday bynes heaviest defeat this in more than 10 years and leaves that same falls in the bundles later the 48 year old i've actually been in the club since the beginning of last season when he won a league and cup double italian international mary about sally temporarily stop the seri are much after being targeted by racist chants but his brush here were playing a hell as for rona in the 54th minutes the former manchester city striker kicked the ball into the stands there following abuse from home supporters a 29 year old then threatened to walk off the pitch but was persuaded to stay on by his son makes a stadium announcement then warned fans the match would be abandoned if the chanting continued or when the game did resume ballots gave

a pretty good response there is scoring the goal of the game. as a lance's 8 game unbeaten run came to an end against calorie sooner when the calorie moving them level on points with 4th place so answer was the 1st time this season that atalanta a failed to score in a sara. or just after beating england in the world cup final in japan they wards capon coming to south africa's all conquering rugby saying south african flanker better stuff detroit has been named world player of the year or us must climb the coach's award the country also picks up that scene of the year price. all the memories of married with the team all due to. being together for so long and everything also had to be we went through it as a team and i think is probably going to sink in when we get home for

us this has been. a long journey to keep believe and trust and not get frustrated with one another and keep to believe going for me it's significant that the boys no matter what they always keep south africa above the only interest above the only and always q. the supreme works in south africa's interest up the maverick van ours has climbed his 2nd one of the moto g.p. season the spaniard finishing ahead of compact should mark marquez to climb victory in malaysia or prior to the rice the grid paid tribute to indonesian at rider freedom and who was killed during a lower class rewrites on saturday and hours just held off mark as he started down 11th after a big crash of his own in qualifying marquez has already secured this season's worlds heights. well it was a successful day for the extended marquez family as younger brother alex took his

maiden moto 2 title after finishing 2nd in his race is the 2nd son the pair have won world titles in the same year. rory mcilroy has won the world golf championships events in shanghai on the 1st hole of a playoff the northern irishman had the chance to win the tournament on the 18th hole but missed his birdie putts set up a sudden death playoff with defending champion is on the show flay who's struggling with almost all week my career hitting a bad it's a shot on the extra hole setting up his 4th win of the year and kenyan athletes have once again dominated the top positions at the new york marathon geoffrey cumorah won the men's race for the 2nd time in 3 years his compound shit just in jet cosco i was making her marathon debbie she won in a time that was just 7 seconds off the course record. ok but it's always forefront more later. but that's it for me for this news hour to be more news in just about.

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