gives hope and opportunity. a.j. selects on al-jazeera. this is al-jazeera. hello everyone from again this is the live from joe coming up in the next 60 minutes just hours after new technology that violates the 2015 nuclear deal the u.s. introduces sanctions against people connected to iran's supreme leader. house democrats released to the public some of the transcripts of witnesses of the u.s. presidential impeachment inquiry. schools closed and flights canceled as new delhi struggles with its worst air pollution in years.

i'm barbara starr in london with the top stories from europe including the brics it party launches its beta to control britain's withdrawal from the e.u. unveiling 600 candidates for the country's snap in general election. lewis hamilton says his motivation is undimmed after winning a 6th form in a one world title and now trails on michael schumacher on the all time list for championship victories. 40 years to the day that iranian protesters took u.s. embassy staff hostage both countries have taken action that's likely to worsen the already strained relationship the us has brought new sanctions against iran armed forces general staff its most senior military body 9 individuals connected to

supreme leader ali harmony including his son. earlier iran announced that it would take another step away from the 2050 nuclear deal to ron says it's now operating twice as many advanced centrifuges as were banned they can produce and rich to raney and 10 times faster than those allowed under the accord both announcements appear timed to fall on the 40th anniversary of the seizure of the us embassy in tehran $52.00 american citizens were detained for more than $400.00 days rallies took place in the iranian capital on mondays and mark the anniversary of the serious jabari reports out from tehran. the head of iran's atomic energy organization at one of the country's most important nuclear facilities this is where ali akbar salehi announced that iran has now added another 30 advanced centrifuges mahabharata zines you do see we weren't supposed to have 30 chain

centrifuges we wanted to work on it after we tested 20 chinese centrifuges then 3 to 4 years later to work on the 30 chain centrifuges but we faced political challenges and senior authorities decided to show iran's potential power and determination this is another step taken by iran to scale back its commitments to the 2015 nuclear deal authorities here say since the united states withdrew last year and imposed if syriza further sanctions on iran the remaining european signatories have yet to uphold their end of the remans and until they do iran will continue to advance its nuclear program. that is something to european union is continuing to warn against we have continued torch run to reverse such steps without delay and to refrain from any further measures that would undermine the nuclear deal you know that we as the european union remain committed to the implementation of the j c p a way because it's

a matter of respecting international agreement it's a matter of our security but we have also been consistent in saying that commitment that our commitment to the nuclear deal depends on the full compliance by this announcement was made on the 40th anniversary of the takeover of the former u.s. embassy in tehran where thousands gathered to mark the occasion they were demanding the return of the former shah mohammad reza pat levy to iran to stand trial the shah had been allowed into the u.s. to receive medical treatment for cancer those anti-american sentiments are still strong and for many here the united states withdrawal from the nuclear deal is yet another example president hassan rouhani what we are pursuing announcing are wrong for happening reducing its commitments to daisy you know it very soon but after monday's announcement by you tomic interview organization there will likely be more concern and criticism about iran's nuclear ambitions in the days ahead north of the

bari al-jazeera. let's go live now to washington i was there as my camera is that might tell us more about these sanctions. well senior administration officials briefed journalists about the sanctions and made clear that these were timed to coincide with the 4th 40th anniversary of that a rainy and a hostage seize the point that they were making and that the iranian government remains the same now as it was then in their view now they've named 9 people specifically in relation to these sanctions they are they say the inner ring of those closest to the supreme leader ayatollah khamenei among them is the head of the iranian judiciary the iranian chief of staff and khomeini's 2nd son who often represents his father on official business so certainly these are important sanctions but also to add that element war award was announced for robert levinson now he was a retired f.b.i.

officer who went missing in iran back in 2007 the u.s. administration has now announced a 20000000 dollars reward for information about his whereabouts but knows it's reaction to the latest iranian nuclear moves officials making very clear that this was time to coincide with the 40th anniversary of the iranian hostage siege ok so no official reaction to that there in washington but but what is being said in the wider political community. but what they're seeing is that this is an ongoing process since president trump withdrew from that iranian deal back in may last year the u.s. is gradually introduce sanctions along the way sanctions that have intensified as iran has pulled away from some of its assurances within the nuclear deal but in the midst of all of the very important point to note is that just 3 days ago president

trump signed waivers allowing china and russia to continue to assist iran in its peaceful nuclear development now there's much speculation as to why he continued to do this some are actually saying that he still is intent on getting some kind of negotiation process going despite the fact that the iranian leadership says there can be no talk while these sanctions continue to be implemented but somewhere perhaps president trump still believes that there's a possibility. i was serious mike hanna reporting live there from washington mike many thanks well the u.s. hostage crisis came in the wake of the revolution which began as protests and rising against the u.s. backed shah in 1988 he left the country that exiled cleric ayatollah khomeini returned in triumph then in october the shah was allowed into the u.s. to receive treatment for the cancer that would kill him less than a year later 2 weeks later student protesters stormed the u.s.

embassy in tehran and took 90 people hostage including 66 americans they demanded that the u.s. extradite the shah back to iran it refused 52 of those hostages were kept for $444.00 days in that time the u.s. imposed sanctions and frozen radian assets and all diplomatic ties were caught then in january $981.00 the u.s. and iran finally signed an agreement to release the hostages and to unfreeze iranian assets the 52 were flown to germany but relations between the 2 countries have never fully recovered but speak to us in washington he's the iran project director for the international crisis group what is it about this 40th anniversary this hostage crisis all that time ago why is it the both the americans and the iranians have both taken calculated blows at one another on the on this significant adverse or why is it still so significant. because the reality is neither side has

moved on you know we still have a situation in which the rupture that was cause that's a result of the hostage crisis still creates a lot of tensions between the 2 of countries and as a result of that a lot of tensions true out the region and now since president trump withdrew from the 2015 nuclear deal with iran and 2018 we have seen the u.s. being locked into this cycle of this condition of continuously imposing sanctions on iran and since last year they were audience have also started pushing back and. gradually we're drawing from their commitments under the nuclear the and also gradually escalating the tensions in the region in ways that in the past 4 months we have twice come to the brink of a military confrontation between the 2 countries how much impact will these latest sanctions have. not much because the reality is the u.s. is running out of new targets most of these individuals and entities have been

targeted have been sanctioned before so this is basically an exercise in layering sanctions and as such the economic impact is going to be limited but i think it would make it more difficult for the next administration to remove these sanctions because they're no longer just imposed because of iran's nuclear activities their employees because of iran's support of terrorism or its human rights record and those are much more difficult to justify removing for the next administration absent significant changes in iranian policy ok so you've got this ongoing tit for tat then between iran and the the u.s. caught in the middle of the europeans who signed up to this 2015 deal and want to try to keep it alive and is it can it be kept alive is it is it salvageable. not for much longer look the reality is the europeans feared that iran might take a step this time around which is the forte step that iran is taking and rolling back its compliance what with the nuclear deal that would make it almost impossible

for them to look the other way the measures that have been announced i think are not as problematic they are concerning but you know they're designed in a way to add urgency without an emergency and as such i don't think the europeans at least this time around would activate the dispute resolution mechanism in the deal that could result in the snap back of all the un sanctions and basically would kill the nuclear deal but they run as a running out of symbolic things to do so sooner or later maybe in january or or end one of these 60 day rolling all to madame's they would cross a red line that would eventually force the europeans to also step out of the deal and that will be the collapse of the agreement so this situation is not sustainable ok to what extent is iran playing the long game here where is president trump in the trump of ministration have an eye there i on the election next to iran perhaps hoping that they'll be a change of administration in washington. well they run as also have elections

coming up in february they have parliamentary elections on both sides both the hardliners and the more moderate forces of iranian politics the benefits in either the escalating or escalating tensions with the u.s. but i think the iranian elite as a whole would prefer to wait out the trumpet ministration if the economic situation at last with that but then eventually if there is a 2nd term president trump they would have to negotiate with him and and they would have to restored or leverage which means that they would have to continue in their escalation both in the nuclear realm and in the region which also implies that we probably will have to go through a very significant stand off between iran and the u.s. with the risk of stumbling into a conflict before we can get back to the negotiating table. good to see so many thanks did i leave from the international crisis group in washington thank you.

u.s. house investigators conducting the impeachment probe into president donald trump have released the 1st transcripts of witness interviews there with former u.s. ambassador to ukraine marie out of a bitch and michael mckinley of forward visor to state secretary mike pompei the u.s. house is preparing to hold public hearings after formalizing impeachment proceedings against the president last week it all centers on whether trump abused his power by withholding aid to ukraine in exchange for an investigation into political rival joe biden let's go live now to one castro who's in washington. we're expecting certain a ministration personnel to appear today to give testimony the white house says no they're not going to appear one day. they won't adrian in fact there are 4 no shows every one of the witnesses subpoenaed by congress to appear today on capitol hill have said they are not going to do so meanwhile just in the past hour

or so we've got the 1st to publicly release testimonies from previous witnesses who spoke before these investigators one is maria of on it as she is the former u.s. ambassador to ukraine and what we're seeing these transcripts not much of it is new we've been reporting on her opening statements and the general statements she's made but it really gets to the bottom of the beginnings of where this shadow campaign occurred and in her transcript she tells the impeachment panels that she learned back in december of last year about the efforts of trump's personal attorney trying to stir up trouble for her in ukraine to get her fired and the source of that information for them basket or was an interesting one it was a ukrainian official the interior minister who said he warned her that this was happening that they were after her job and he said that ukraine was not interested in becoming involved in u.s. domestic politics you know you have on of it she was ousted from her position

during all of this while trump was dealing with ukraine despite her efforts to alert her superiors at the state department to what was going on the secondary shadel channel she said they could do nothing to support her and in fact she was told that secretary palm pale could no longer quote protect her from president donald trump this is how the democratic chairman who is leading the impeachment inquiry has described you have on of it. you will see in investor of all of this is testimony. what a dedicated public servant she is this is someone who served the country with distinction for decades it is someone who also is one of the 1st witnesses to this irregular back channel that the president the stablish with rudy giuliani and the damage that it was doing to america's national security and foreign policy interests and how it was working at. in opposition not in support of u.s.

policy objectives so how do you how can congress press press forward with this inquiry if witnesses continue to refuse to turn up on the committee be compelled to do so. congress can try they can hold these witnesses in contempt which may lead to fines or even a short jail sentence though that haven't been employed in modern times they could also sue however a courts will not have final say until perhaps just a few months before next year's election so democrats have said they are going to push forward just as planned you know like with the public release of these testimonies from previous witnesses like we saw today and there's also the argument that these previous witnesses already make the case damning enough to convince congress to impeach trump and perhaps remove him from office because over the last 4 weeks we've seen a steady stream of more than

a dozen former and current administration officials who have corroborated each other's testimonies that trump was using the power of his office to get ukraine to help him politically at the detriment of u.s. national security and using foreign military aid to ukraine as a leverage tool and you can really see the strength of this case in the defense that republicans and defenders of trump have been trying to mount because they're not addressing the merits or the substance of these allegations or rather we've seen them attacking the credibility of these witnesses and also calling this entire inquiry a sham without really offering evidence as to why. out zeros heidi jocasta reporting that live from washington and even a thanks indeed this is that is out from al-jazeera still to come on the program. security forces in iraq opened fire on protesters. we'll look at how rising

inflation and corruption in zimbabwe mean that health care is the only if you can afford. that in sport well hear what this italian footballer had to say after he was targeted with racist abuse. in iraq security forces have opened fire on protesters in the capital at least 5 people are reported to been killed live rounds were fired at demonstrators who gathered near the state television headquarters in baghdad more than 250 people have been killed since october 1st when protests began the protesters say that a corrupt government has failed to ensure jobs prime minister. agreed to resign last week if a replacement could be found after. reports now from baghdad. this is been a tense evening in the capital fires in the roads barricades and additional

security forces than we've typically seen in previous evenings the violence began late this afternoon protesters attempted to cross a bridge near tahrir square that's been the epicenter of the protests they were trying to cross this bridge to get into the fortified green zone attempted to topple barricades and that's when witnesses say security forces responded with live ammunition witnesses are saying that there are people who have been killed the prime minister spokesman is saying that is not true medical sources say dozens of people are injured and most of the injuries are from god and shot wounds to the face and head and that the wounded includes security forces from there there were reports that there were protesters who gathered around one of the prime minister's office is near the green zone and they had to be dispersed with tear gas

and water cannons and also a spokesman with the prime minister's office says the protesters attempted to reach the ministry of justice they lit a fire near a building nearby a spokesman says that protesters were beaten back with sticks so what you're seeing is a new evolution in these protests where they're no longer just confined to tahrir square but protesters are going to major intersection at intersections to prevent people from getting to work and going about their business and now we see they're attempting to get to government offices already the last 2 days various government offices and businesses have been closed as well as schools in baghdad and several southern provinces teachers and attorneys are on strike the prime minister's office is threatening the treat the teachers union and attorney says that these teachers are not breaking the law they have the right to protest. in the u.k.

briggs it party leader nigel for has hit out of the government's handling of briggs's as he unveiled his party's candidates for the country's upcoming snap election for more on that let's join barbara sarah in our european broadcast center . thank you yes nigel farage plans to compete against both conservative and labor candidates in the december vote he says his party is needed in parliament to ensure the break that happens but he is a running himself largely was at the rally. back to the party slogan is change politics for good and certainly the 600 prospective parliamentary candidates in the hall here the party leadership even though they don't have a manifesto yet come up with a load of policy ideas and suggestions that from another party might seem to be quite progressive things for example like abolishing the unelected house of focusing to make everybody's vote count policies on the environment pumping money

into the abandoned british regions things like that and we're not all far are the party leader for the euro skeptic for some 25 years took to the stage to a standing ovation he made it very clear as he has said over and over again that their party's policy in this election is to try to take votes from both the conservative party and the labor party to try soon as he puts it to the entire dynamic of the election campaign and i say this to you and i'll say it as i took this country there will be no back seat without the press. for all that there is though a little concern inside the party it's 10 days from now until nominations close it is no talk clear yet exactly how many candidates the bracks it party is actually going to stand and some of the prospective candidates i've spoken to in there say they don't know if they're actually going to be able to contest a seat or not and if they're only told in say 10 days time then they're worried

that they won't have time to prepare and as well is that the bracks the party's been shuffling out of the surrounds different constituencies that is not entirely clear to some of them where indeed they are going to be standing as well is that nigel farage the party leader who had been expected as you because he's attending figure to be standing. for them in parliament to say he's not going to stand because they want to travel the country to geo all the local governments and states . perspective conducive so that their local activists of very unhappy about this because it looks like it is worried that the model be able to win the seats so they still present themselves the surgeon policy they could have a big effect on this election but it's not at all clear as early days filled with things are very very volatile. a 2nd day of protests is taking place in barcelona against the visit by spain's voile family thousands of catalan separatists have gathered outside an awards ceremony being attended by king philippe and this family

the spanish king has been highly unpopular in catalonia since a televised address that he gave in 2017 in it he criticised the leaders of the regions failed independence referendum and didn't mention the many people injured by police. 41 refugees and migrants have been found alive in the back of a refrigerated truck in northern greece they were discovered after police stopped a vehicle on the side of a motorway near the city of something for a routine check that migrants who were mostly from afghanistan weren't injured and the refrigeration system had not been turned on the driver was arrested at the scene greece is currently experiencing its biggest resurgence of refugee arrivals since 2006 and 50. meanwhile police in vietnam have arrested 8 more people in connection with the $39.00 bodies found in the back of a refrigerator truck in southeast england they're facing charges of organizing people smuggling all $39.00 victims found in the container last month were from

vietnam they are believed to have paid people traffickers to bring them to the u.k. the enemies police say that they'll use the information gathered from the arrests to fight smuggling rings. that the defense minister has revealed that a dutch airstrike. an alleged eyesore bomb factory in 2015 killed around 70 people including civilians and i saw fighters it hasn't previously disclosed the number 'd of deaths from the operation in. iraq and the minister says it's not known exactly how many civilians died. that is it for me and the team in london let's go back to adrian now in doha. in new delhi has become so toxic that a public health emergency has been declared the government is distributing masks to millions of people to help them cope with the smog that is limiting the number of cars allowed on the roads reports now from india's capital.

new delhi anything above 400 on the city's index is considered very severe it rules about power. for billions of people it is bad every winter but this is the 1st time the government has declared a public health emergency. 3 says he doesn't like wearing a mask while driving his scooter that it's necessary. the reason i'm wearing a mask has increased pollution i don't have any illness but i cough. in the last 4 or 5 days my nose is watering my eyes are burning. children and the elderly are especially at risk. she suffers a heart condition and the pollution has forced her to go to hospital. i have a cold a cough in my chest hurts since pollution increased everything hurts now. doctors

say because of the toxic small they have treated 5 times their usual number of patients over the past few days some people living in india's national capital say it's become a gas chamber the state government is alternating the days pass can be driven on the roads between those whose registrations and. those evil but. leave behind me is the iconic roster but the pov an opera house it's a tall building but today one can barely see it the government has taken the step to have the number of possible recalls on the street that should reduce air pollution a little but as long as farmers keep burning stumble in neighboring states the evolution is expected to continue to be very severe in new delhi. the spammers in the adjoining states of punjab and haryana have harvested their rice and now need to clear their land for their winter wheat crop burning is the quickest way

environmentalists say that needs to change but i think at the end of the day farmers need to sort of put pressure on the government to ultimately provide bright markets that are needed to shift away to other crops but pharmacy if they are to change their practices and invest in clean up technology and machinery they need support from the government that's on top of it tackling other sources of pollution meaning those hoping for cleaner air are unlikely to have immediate relief. al-jazeera new delhi. we'll get a weather update next here on al-jazeera then india is the lone holdout as 15 mostly asian countries agree on the terms of what could be the world's biggest trade pact. in sports the washington nationals celebrate their world series triumph with another title winning team from the city.

and though there has been a much calmer picture across much of the middle east how much is have come back up again there's a little bit of cat as you can see streaming from west towards the east and we have got the child. maybe even some wintry showers across into kabul for the most part it's a clear picture that cooler in baquba the high just 18 celsius and there is some cloud on the way that says streaming east is that by wednesday it could be a cloudy day but warming up again in the skies a high of 21 celsius and we had downed tools arabian peninsula temperatures handle too bad and the humidity really has been coming down over the last few days we watch unessential cycling but it's not really in danger of heading out towards the coast it's in fact could well be heading further tools east but it's very possible just keep a very close eye on the progress of this the temperature rise on wednesday it will 32 celsius in doha and 30 celsius across in fading

a lot better it also made for calls to into south africa basically a skies into cape town for the last few hours time which is not too bad the low twenty's little bit of cloud it's really been and then johannesburg where we could see over the next couple of days and in particular into johannesburg temperatures across the high we could get a thunderstorm and maybe just rain showers into that with a high of 31. a firsthand glimpse of the challenges faced by journalists in the age of donald trump we are fighting the fake tears fake phony the enemy of the people through the eyes of a veteran white house correspondent what do you base your legs on the sales are down the press is not after truck is after the fact we're not the enemy of the people we are the people the usa the current battleground whose troof is it anyway on.

russia has jeopardized the united states security interests we know what you are doing and you will not succeed perceptions from the outside looking. good more to the picture from the inside. i think russia's foreign policy is too soft going to you most russian goals have be achieved not peace and more diffuse full russian on all jersey. it is good to have you with us hello adrian for the get here in doha with the news from out of the other headlines iran has announced that it's taking another step

away from the 2050 nuclear deal saying that it's increased its uranium enrichment capabilities meanwhile the u.s. has announced new sanctions both announcements appear times to fall on the 40th anniversary of the seizure of the u.s. embassy in tehran the start of the hostage crisis. the u.s. house investigators conducting an impeachment probe the president donald trump of released the 1st transcripts of witness interviews they were with former u.s. ambassador to ukraine larry your vantage and michael mckinley a former adviser to secretary of state. and iraqi security forces have opened fire on protesters in the capital at least 5 people are reported to have been killed prime minister is calling for an end to bloodshed on both sides as more anti-government protests are held. a u.s. appeals court has ordered the president donald trump to hand over 8 years worth of tax returns to new york prosecutors the ruling allows prosecutors to enforce

a subpoena for the documents from trump's accounting for trump has tried to prevent the release of his tax information as part of an investigation into alleged election payoffs let's bring in finkelstein from philadelphia she's a professor of law at the university of pennsylvania kleck good to have you all with us again. let's start with some background here what are prosecutors looking for why do they need this tax returns. they need just tax returns because there may be criminal activities particularly associated with the payoff to stormy daniels. and other issues connected with his involvement with new york possible real estate issues and so on that would be revealed by the tax returns and as you know the trial court. cleared the way to have those tax returns delivered and said that they cannot interfere with the subpoena

from the new york district attorney this decision is really significant because in this case the 2nd circuit has taken a very active role in saying that there is no basis for it court to step out of this kind of debate and that there is no claim of executive authority that would protect trump from having to hand over his tax returns so what are we going to see of the president's tax returns well what's going to happen now is that the trump administration is going to appeal this ruling to the supreme court what happens between now and then is a little bit unclear because they will need to have a stay of execution in order not to have to turn over the tax returns in the wake of today's rulings but i expect that it will end up going to the supreme court that the supreme court will grant certiorari and will take up the case and there's

a very very critical issue having to do with executive authority if this is a battle over the tax returns on the one hand but in a larger sense it's really a battle over the scope of presidential power that's what's going to be at issue in the supreme court and what do you think the supreme court so what view do you think the supreme court will take on the. i think it's very likely despite the fact that there's a majority of conservatives on the court that they will not side with president trump on this and the reason is that the claim that the president is making about the scope of his authority is really unprecedented he's claiming that a sitting president cannot even be investigated not just that he can't be indicted and that's not a claim that we've ever seen before there's no basis for it in law and there's no basis for it in political theory i think it's very unlikely that that is a step too far even for this supreme court professor it's always great to talk to

you many thanks indeed finkelstein think you in philadelphia. for the 19th day protests are being held across lebanon as demonstrators step up pressure on the government they've been blocking roads despite efforts by security forces to reopen several main traffic routes the demonstrators continue to call for the removal of the ruling elite in lebanon and zeros in a hostile report style from beirut. protesters in lebanon are escalating their struggle against those in power again closing roads to pressure the governing coalition to form a government independent of political parties this is the main highway linking the capital beirut to south lebanon we are blocking the road to tell the people who are sitting at home that hey listen we are doing this because you are not raising your voice because you are being silent something like these young men continue to support them in the sectarian political parties they are diverting traffic caused

by road closures there is tension in the streets day 19 of this protest movement and people here say there is still the tournaments to take control of their future but they are facing a political class just as the determined to stay in power public pressure has forced prime minister saddle had really to resign but the president michel aoun has still not set a date for binding parliamentary consultations to choose a new prime minister but there's a lot of backroom obviously backdoor horse trading trying to identify who's going to be the prime minister but also what kind of cabinet. they think is needed or that they find acceptable lebanon is not on the brink of economic collapse we've started sliding into you know not an economic and but serious economic challenges and the protests are making the economy suffer even more frustration is growing especially among those who need to get to work every day and want their children to

return to schools but others say they are ready to make a sacrifice oh no no no. as a shop owner i can't open and be against the people in the movement of course this harms business but i'm enduring because i want to stand with the people and their rights. it's a fight for a better future but some of it he's angry over the high cost of living also benefit from the status quo they are not backing the so-called revolution calling for a complete change of the sectarian based political system so are other lebanese who seem unwilling to take a step into the unknown jennifer their ashes leader beirut. let's return now to the unrest in iraq. me is an iraqi journalist and lecturer at the new york university and joins us now live via skype from there good to have you with us this new wave of violence that we're seeing people have been killed today even though the prime minister's office says that no one was killed will that make protesters fearful do you think to take to the streets or is it just going to exacerbate the problem

we're going to see numbers increase. unfortunately is going to make of the numbers increase because. this excessive use of force has actually. been ministrations and it became even more and more widely spread more aggressive facing the government so that killing today that 5 people to 7 and some reports are saying 7 people killed is going to actually take more than people and make them. less. facing the government and. forces them back to. sectarian elements to these process and it's sectarian grievances or or other protests an expression of a deeper collective anger that's felt by all iraqis. it's actually and. it's actually one of the greater moments in iraq's history that has not experienced

a limit whatsoever it is actually a reflection of the deeper grievances by it by all iraqis shared by all the rocks were there to meet or shia. because of the corrupt sectarian system that was put in place post saddam after after validation that has failed to deliver on political social economic and on all aspects. the people are they don't see any hope in the future it's just a corrupt government one after the other. the government is actually all the governments or that we have seen since the fall of saddam has benefited from the sectarian rupture in the iraqi community so there were simply playing on the issue of employment since the containers and and now iraqis are fed up with this they want the complete comprehensive change of all of the political system in the country it's not really sure of finding jobs or simply.

increasing the russians. but it's worth way more deeper than that you know that the protesters say they want as well as all of that the internal political stuff that they want change they also want to enter foreign influence in the country what would it take for that to happen. it's not easy i mean for instance in the country we're talking about for instance 'd iran has been one of the main targets of the anger of of the people because of the continuous dominance of. the right and government over the political system in the country and its influence over the shared. governing parties in iraq. in order to end this we need to change the whole spectrum we need to have a new election law we need to change even the constitution to have earlier

elections and to get rid of the let's say symbols of iranian influence or foreign influence in general and the country now it's going to be a long tough process but the people just want to start because. they feel that they're not actually governing their country no matter how we are electing. he or she will always be under a foreign influence could structure so many thanks did a deal by me that you. a human rights watch report says that saudi arabia is still abusing people's rights the rights group says the women still face restrictions despite some reforms like the lifting of a ban on them driving and some female activists a been imprisoned and tortured for criticizing the government the report says in 2017 dozens of saudi princes officials and business men were detained without charge at the ritz carlton in riyadh in what the government called an anti corruption crackdown the following year the saudi journalist jamal who showed she

was murdered at the saudi consulate in turkey that case sparked global criticism against saudi arabia that increased scrutiny of human rights there. kumar is the director of crisis advocacy and special projects of human rights watch and she joins us now via skype from new york i want to be able to compile this report to did you speak to people within saudi arabia what did they tell you that's right i researchers have been in touch with many 1000 dissidents in after this including individuals who've been detained as well as their family members them out how we collected testimony including those really horrific testimonies of women feel tortured factually harassed and abused in a detention facility there unofficial detention facility and also details about the ways in which many thousands of men were treated when they were housed in the ritz

carlton but in addition to speaking to the dissidents people to review court transcripts and records scoured the media and really been digging into this issue by the way. many there within the kingdom of say in moves to allow women to drive in the opening up of the entertainment industry to be fairly progressive as far as you can see it is not just smoke and mirrors. well look before i was thinking if it didn't reforms the entertainment industry removing the male guardianship system which now allows women to travel and grab without the permission of their male relatives then funky through the right for women to drive but i think we're still thinking the thinking about all this if that 1000 arabia's crown prince mohammed than fun man had openly thanked him felt that reforms like the come and oppression and i think what he's alluding to is the ongoing repression of the people who are expressing their free will and their opinion to demand for

a better start the review no one where people are reported equal rights and those people are the ones who are paying the price for the broader reforms that the rest of the country then if it in from the other bent that we have particularly ironic is that that women who campaigned the hardest for the right to drive are actually the ones we're currently now inching toward here now since the murder of jamal khashoggi. as the international community played any sort of role in pressuring saudi arabia and its crown prince to to reform the country's human rights practices . look there is an ongoing investigation even into the circumstances surrounding the murder of tomorrow's show but there are really serious question marks on that you probably have around those proceedings and also whether or not they're really addressing those who are ultimately most responsible

for both the biggest example is. who many individuals have testified to the sat and also in fact. that felt that they did that he did play a role in some way but he's not on trial though alongside the others who are being prosecuted so the international community has pressure its condemnation the outcry around him out who should have doesn't seem to have shaken the core way in which the 1000 crown prince and those around him are really still reeling and operating the country the other thing we haven't seen much of that include menteith the conduct of saudi arabia operations in yemen including the blockade of humanitarian assistance and then aid as well as indiscriminate airstrikes to dili in schools hospitals under arrest or trying to talk to many thanks dater charkha mother from human rights watch thank you in zimbabwe millions of people are

unable to get medical treatment which is becoming increasingly expensive most people don't have health insurance rising inflation and corruption of been blamed for the collapse of the public health care service there are serious out of a tassel reports. marketa lana worries finding drugs for chronic illnesses is going to get a lot harder for poor and struggling zimbabweans some public health centers have no drugs for hiv patients the cost of one month's supply at a private pharmacy is roughly 60 u.s. dollars a civil servant and about $70.00 a month if you're into the. place because you live. for you to maintain your life but if you baby here it is that means until you look after the children of. all the people that live with. those who can afford it go abroad for the treatment others used a while start expensive private citizens

a luxury millions of others don't have is the way has more than 20 registered health insurance and we have about 800000 members the government has its own health insurance for civil servants which caters roughly to 340000 workers that means most people here don't have medical coverage while children under the age of 5 we see basic feature a public hospitals everyone else without health insurance pays cash for such pain management the patient must have regular i mean try to access to medication. the medication is becoming extremely expensive. traditionally and historically that medication has been funded largely by donors but we're finding that donors themselves not through lack of world but because of pressures on their mostly local donors they are unable to support that doctors have been striking for nearly 2

months over poor pay and work conditions it's another sign the public health sector is in trouble after numerous negotiations broke down the government issued this ultimatum. coming to be disciplined. so the 1st thing we're both not coming to work there will not be paid some here blame the collapse of the public health care system on corruption and the state's failure to prioritize government officials say waste and impose sanctions are the reason for the crisis not them but it's patients who end up suffering and as an economy worsens there is no sign the situation will improve soon. in bolivia opposition politicians are calling for a new election to resolve ongoing unrest protests began in october when president ever morales won a 4th term opponents say the vote was for george accusing the electoral board of

favoring mahler's the president has rejected calls to resign has urged protesters to wait for the results of an international election that relatives of women and girls murdered in mexico are demanding justice for their loved ones demonstrators marched through the capitol carrying purple crosses inscribed with the names of victims they want to highlight the high rates of violence against women in mexico the u.n. says that on average 9 women or girls are murdered every day. well

again time for sport here's abbie thanks so much gentler samuelsen is celebrating a 6 formula one drivers title his 2nd place in the united states crown pray in austin good enough to claim the championship the 34 year old briton now the 2nd most successful driver of all time behind michael schumacher so mark reports. the was throughout his career lewis hamilton his 3rd beating michael schumacher record of 7 f one world titles was never a goal for him but as he celebrated title number 6 the question is not whether he can beat the germans mark but how many more he can win before he retires. form hamilton is shown in his mid thirty's means winning 10 world titles may not be out of the question how much and just need to finish 8th or better to confirm the

driver's crown but from the outset it was clear he wanted to win the race starting from 5th on the grid he soon worked his way up the field. how milton employing a risky one stop strategy to give him the best chance of beating his one remaining world championship rival teammate valtteri bottas it allowed him to take the lead but not being able to change his tires allowed voters to catch up and then pass hamilton with 4 laps to go. so what has to claim the win of the day belong to the british driver who now has to be considered as one of the all time greats. it doesn't really has not sunk in quite yet. i feel fresh i feel like i'm ready for another race it's it's odd it was a tough race that was and i still feel like i'm ready to keep going. so hamilton says he wants to keep going which is bad news for his rivals as they try to hold his and the sadie's current f one dominance so he'll malik al-jazeera.

just one behind michael schumacher in sense of world titles one the german winning 7 up to 2407 next on the list you want to see 1st title with mclaren and 6008 is now won 3 straight championships with miss eighty's 3rd is argentinian great one man will find you know his 5 titles of 7571 with 4 different same's frenchman i'm prost next the nickname for the professor he won 4 titles between 85 and 93 also on that number sebastian vettel the german winning 4 straight champions with red bull so far yet so when one with current same for rory. now american billionaire roger penske has shaken up the look of most sports in the us his company's buying the indianapolis motor speedway circuit and the indy car series it gives penske control of the country's elite racing competition and its most famous venue and already

considering a bid it's a pretty n f one race to the circuits. what can we use this for we run a 24 hour race you are on a formula one race here you know what are the things that we can do this is a great asset you know once the tradition has been broken in adding the nascar race which obviously we're going to get behind that in a big way because we're 27 years they've run years so i look at all of these across the board you see you know what can we do. now the world anti-doping agency says it will investigate all athletes that were trained by the banned coach alberto salazar salazar was suspended in september after being found guilty of doping violations during his time as the head of the nike oregon project salazar coached many of the world's leading athletes including 4 time olympic champion their mouth. has from his coaches denied his team's supporters racially abused mario balotelli on sunday saying the fans were simply teasing the italian international play was temporarily

stopped as well as how his brush it's a convoy in syria the striker kicked the ball into the stands here following alleged racist abuse from home supporters a stadium announcement warned fans the match would be abandoned if the chance continued in normal but i spoke to the 4th official and he confirmed there was no racism at all so there was a lot of teasing towards a great player there whistles but no racism i don't want to accuse mario maybe in other places he was on the receiving end of these kind of things maybe even here previously but today really nothing happened. balotelli gave this response far instagram in front of your children wives relatives parents friends and acquaintances shane thanks to all the colleagues on the field and off for the solidarity i had with me and all the messages received from you fans thank you very much you've proven to be true men not like those who deny the evidence no surprises . premier league team everton say they expect their portuguese international andre gomes to make a full recovery after ankle surgery early this monday gomes suffered

a horrific fractured dislocation of his right ankle during a game against tottenham on sunday what i can tell you in there we have all the support in needs of ourselves you know so it is insured but we were in when it was insured and it will become stronger as a football player and then the money because it's fantastic and that's professional and all the support you will need from ourselves. and celebrations have been continuing in washington d.c. following the nationals world series triumph the major league baseball champions have been honored by the washington capitals hockey team ahead of their game against the calgary flames capsule for number one the stanley cup just over a year ago. i came or for me throughout the night but that is it found out that he really thinks the that's it from the team here in doha barbara sarah and the team would love them pick up the baton next.

yep so oldest muslim undertakers working here is a 7 days a week job that's grown with a community my father purchased a black ambulance man and started to do the funerals in london and their families we saw a stopping father and daughter and we can visit spot 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 on al-jazeera.

can't deal with poverty unless you deal with the girl you decide why just agree with that toy it sounds like blaming the public the country for the problem not literally mean anybody these people are well trained thing as much a part of the islamic state machine as we have been very little popular as it alters you to join me in the hot sun as i put up for questions to my special guest

and challenge them to some straight talk the political debate here al-jazeera. hours after iran says it's the vellum said van centrifuges to speed up uranium enrichment the u.s. announces new sanctions. hello i'm barbara starr you're watching our jazeera live from london also coming up . iraqi security forces opened fire on baghdad protesters killing at least 5 this after 3 people were shot dead in karbala. new delhi bands and some cars from its road to stocks a carefully pollution continues to smother the indians.