very warm welcome to news hour i'm in london with the top story from europe spain votes 8 2nd general election this year made fears of a far right and renewed calls for catalan independence and i'm fully back to go in doha also coming up in the next 60 minutes says the death toll from weeks of protests in iraq rose doctors and nurses trying to help the wounded say they have now become targets a prominent opposition politician is freed in cambodia but still faces treason charges. are wrong with sport rugby world cup champion south africa courier a victory parades reports

a little but the heart of the town of counted. and less than an hour polls will close in spain's 2nd general election this year acting prime minister pedre sanchez called for the vote after failing to form a governing coalition following the april poll spain has been without a stable government since 2015 and this is the 4th vote held in as many years the leftist but demos party has vowed to help sanchez a socialist form a coalition the vote has been overshadowed by the rise of the far right vox party and the unrest in catalonia we have correspondents covering this election in a moment we speak with hoda abdel-hamid she is in the catalan regional capital barcelona 1st go to jonah hall in madrid and jonah as you are saying this is the 2nd vote. take place this year and that the 4th in 4 years voters must be feeling

somewhat fatigued but what's turnout been like today. what we await final figures on turnout it's like to be slightly lower than it was in april that's what the indicators are showing us but not by a great deal even though there are worries about apathy around the place people are turning out in large numbers there's a very busy polling station in madrid and people making the most of the last hour of voting before polls close and exercised really by catalonia of the ongoing problems the been split of a stock up again in october with the jailing of separatist leaders that sold violent confrontation confrontations on the streets of us alone and that's exercised the electorate indeed pushed it somewhat to the right everybody has an opinion about what to do about barcelona and of course a lot of people alarmed by the rise relentlessly it seems that now the far right box party with its anti immigration message also very hardline on the idea of

cattle on independence and both of these things i think propelling people to the polls even though something like 50 percent of spaniards don't really think that very much is going to change as a result of this vote. and of course who have seen a gosh actions collapse as pedro sanchez failed set to form a governing coalition could we see possibly more all fragmented results from from this lives. yes i think that is possible i think broadly speaking 3 things to look out for when we start seeing the initial results coming in in about an hour's time will be 1st of all of course the top line number the extent to which the socialists have managed as expected to win the largest share of the vote but once again as they did in april failing to win a majority together govern a load behind that of course the events in catalonia seem to have spurred a movement of opinion to her. he writes that which she and rationing of the

socially structure and the changing leftist views make the coalition talk more difficult the 2nd big would be to look at the extent to which that movement to the right has actually taken place the p.p.p. could share the party people's party formally a big force in politics here had its worst result in april they're expected to rebounded to 2nd place and of course to the right to game the party and dream of it historically the 1st time since general franco was around that it was a far right parties beating bombing back in april they're expected to substantially increase vote share. all right thanks very much with the latest from the spanish capital madrid jonah how that's not joined hunter abdel-hamid because she's in barcelona for us and of course we're hearing jonah there speaking about how the issue of catalan independence could help the far right in this election what's the feeling where you are. well certainly there's

a feeling here that this is. this election is important in the sense that it gets other leaders have holed up all people to go and cast their ballots they said we need to have the voices heard we need to express your anger at the ballot boxes and i think what the catalan leaders are hoping to do is to really fare better to get the assistance of a number of substantial rather a number of seats in madrid now with that change anything huge issue here to the political deadlock over what's the way forward. over catalonia i don't think anyone believes and nothing will change at this point and i think during the campaigning you heard the restoration of all the different political parties of the caretaker prime minister but their senses and all have been seem to indicate that they will be very little compromise when it comes to solving this. issue we're not solving it. is there an election result that would mean the end of popular protests

in caps 9 because we have seen the unrest continue and there must be concerns about more violence in the aftermath of this. well there's concern that certainly there will be more street protests or sort of acts of civil disobedience and certainly one of the most prominent. activist groups or civil groups have devoted a very in who's a group called democratic tsunami that just communicates online and nobody really knows who's behind it but it's believed that maybe some of the most senior leaders are backing it well that group has called for 3 days of civil disobedience starting from tomorrow morning so. just less than 24 hours after the polling stations closed the message being if we fill up the ballot boxes but we also fill up the streets we spoke to a lot of people and over the past few days and they have been saying that you know

what the political leaders are not being able to achieve a demoed where the people have to do it they will have to continue occupying the streets causing disruption maybe even who knows sees something i repeat of maybe the do blocking of the road to the airport to any kind of other kind of thing just to keep this. issue i do for fun for to people to keep on saying what they want now this also the cavite here that it's not really clear how many of the people in catalonia do support an independence and have one who do want to stay keep this status quo many people will tell you whether in fact he leaves the federal government accepted for us to carry out a referendum then we'd have a real picture of what the situation here in catalonia is but i have to moment this is by and large a feeling that my dream doesn't want. you can see it on anything or try to find any

kind of compromise that makes the increase of frustration increase and we will see some acts of civil disobedience unfolding on the streets of the coming days whether that will turn violent or not it's like that would be kind of a speculation on my part but it certainly isn't to cause disruption all right thank you very much and i've done reporting to us from boston or of course we will continue to say across developments there in spain as the polls close in less than an hour in the country's 2nd general election this year we'll have more from london a bit later in the bulletin now let's head to folly and doha thank you very much iraqi government says a security crackdown is not the solution to curb weeks of protests that have led to the death of over 300 demonstrators but it's warned of tough punishment for anyone using excessive violence and that includes security forces using live ammunition writing continues in the capital baghdad between demonstrators and security forces

the government has struggled to contain mass protests over corruption access to basic services any iraq's political system name has more from baghdad. activists believe the death toll is much higher what we do know is that it keeps going up on sunday the head of the iraqi parliament's human rights committee said 319 people have been killed and more than $15000.00 injured since these protests began on october 1st he is demanding that the ministry of health cooperate and provide accurate figures the government hasn't been providing any we've been relying on the independent group the iraqi human rights commission. the doctors and nurses trying to save lives in tahrir square say we're in a white lab coat has become a bull's eye on their backs many were afraid to speak with us on camera saying they're worried the government rover tally 8 against them for volunteer ing after

their day jobs to treat injured protesters hunted and sobbed as they didn't want to they are targeting us to prevent the treatment of their injured 2 days ago on a bridge they were chasing us we were hiding on sites 3 and they were shooting at us from home vs who they are on who they get their orders from we don't know these men and women have formed a volunteer army of health care professionals for protestors doctors nurses pharmacists nurses assistants even medical students work in tents like this one spread across talk we are square which has become the epicenter of the protests the wounded arrive in a steady stream primarily via talk tox which could more easily navigate the crowds the medics also venture out onto nearby bridges which have become a battlefield as protesters confront security forces and. this is a 1st time experience from maine and i'm not scared i saw them like my brothers

holding injured and no one cares about them they are also targeting us with live ammunition the iraqi human rights commission says at least 4 medics have been. killed in baghdad since it is a government protest began on october 1st the medics we spoke to say the people shooting at and attacking them are wearing military uniforms. we talked to iraqi military spokesman abdul karim hala if about allegations that health care professionals are being attacked the city. they are 60 to 70 people belonging to one particular group reading anti-riot police uniforms they go to the front of the protest as they are not police they are not bought off our forces disobedience on militias we don't know we have started an investigation to track them. or how they have says these people he calls infiltrators are also attacking security forces on. in tahrir square medics are now feeling especially

vulnerable after 2 of their colleagues were recently stabbed in the back walking among the crush of protesters to get to the wounded they say their determination to help and heal all in need is stronger than any fear. medical sources say as a result of heavy tear gas bombardment on saturday evening at one of the busiest makeshift clinics in the square they were forced to dismantle it they have since moved to a spot they hope is safer one doctor says the need is still great we need more volunteers and more equipment. but libya's opposition presidential candidate carlos messer says evo morales should not be allowed to stand for reelection his comment came soon after president morales agreed to hold a new vote pressured by a report that found irregularities in the last one latin america to see

a new man is following developments from neighboring chile. less than 48 hours after accusing his opponents and protest years of attempting the coup d'etat against him but libyan president evo morales conceded that he could not continue declaring himself the winner of last month's strongly disputed presidential elections in a major about face would alice said there would be fresh elections overseen by a new electoral board. i was in as we will have a new national election that will allow the believe in people to democratically elected representatives brothers and sisters in the media and the people of believe you after making this decision i want to call on everybody to reduce the tension we all have a duty to pacify believe you i'm calling for respect among families respect for property and respect for authority and for all social groups. the announcement came shortly after the organization of american states announced preliminary results of an electoral audit that left little room for doubt it indicated that signatures had

been falsified documents tampered with and that it was not possible to certify that more dollars had won in a 1st round as he claimed it also calls for an in-depth investigation to determine responsibilities for irregularities that are tantamount to fraud. but the opposition says new elections are not enough. was the main culprits of despite all that has led to several deaths and hundreds of wounded president evo morales and vice president. who must be barred from being kind of dates in the new election more alice had originally offered only to hold a 2nd round if the oas audit did not go his way something the opposition said was unacceptable the tipping point for reversing his decision may have been an indication that the army would no longer support him if he did not hold new elections. the new poll date and the composition of the new electoral board are

still to be determined. while much of the opposition calls from what alice is resignation arguing he is not fit to govern after overseeing what they call a massive fraud. brazil's former leader known at a silver has been rallying supporters against the government bought so narrow he was released from prison on friday is condemning the right wing president's policies and is calling on the left leaning parties to take back the presidency in the next election there is a ball reports are known as home town of sabah not a comparable. was received as a hero. in the state of help. if there is one place where the former labor union leader is loved it is here and. i want to build this country with the same happiness that we built so that when we govern this country my dream isn't to solve my problems today i'm a guy that doesn't have a job a president without

a pigeon not even a television in my apartment my life is totally blocks the only thing i'm susan of is that i have more courage to fight them before on thursday the supreme court said convicted criminals should exhaust all their options to defend their case before going to prison this benefited new law and many others. but lula has not been absolved and still faces at least 7 other cases against him was in the last presidential election was 40 last looks awesome or it's because of the car wash corruption investigation involves some of them i don't know that you love the feel was out in spite of its legal troubles and the state many here believe that he is the man to challenge johnny was when i was presidency right. says lula is the only one that can say brazil sposato is most afraid of. it's

over because he is our representative he's our leader and this country will change soon real will. soon see outside. but in the capitol. thousands marched through. to protest against their last release they condemned the supreme court's decision and they're calling for a change in the law that would imprison those who lose their case in a 1st appeal was. there is so much impunity in brazil and we want things to change we are denouncing the decision so looking go back to prison jailed for nano ask his followers on twitter not to give ammunition to a man he called the scoundrel he also defended his minister of justice. as a judge let the car wash corruption investigation his impartiality unless case has been questioned and that's why lula is requesting

a retrial. brazil is polarized between those who love lula and want him back in the presidency. and those who are angry with the corruption that happened while he was in office. will lack is planning his political comeback he's already. the biggest political rival. that is how will. sober not of the gamble brazil. plenty more ahead on this news hour including protests spread across hong kong on the 24th straight weekend of unrest class hundreds of indian sikhs make a pilgrimage to pakistan for the 1st time in more than 70 years and in support funds and a 16 year fed up drought i'll have the action coming. prominent opposition figure camp has been released from house arrest in cambodia 2 years

after he was charged with treason but is still banned from politics and he's also barred from leaving the country when he reports. 2 years after opposition leader kim sircar was arrested jailed and then placed under house arrest a cambodian court has released him his daughter who is also an influential member of the band opposition cambodian national risky party hopes this is just the 1st step. i hold that petard against him will be dropped and i hope that his political rise along with the political rise of my colleagues and myself will be reinstated and that would be a negotiation between the 2 parties to reinstate for example the space. meet media rights space was there was a society and reinstate a real opposition party back. is still subject to severe restrictions and the treason case against him stands. by we still have

questions about certain things mentioned in the court order and we will ask the court for clarification such as what limitations are there on his freedom what are the limitations on his political freedom kenny meet his supporters what degree of freedom does he have to meet with his supporters. analysts say so cause release is a tactical move by the cambodian government. it comes a day after sam rainsy who co-founded the opposition party with a car arrived in the malaysian capital kuala lumpur from self-imposed exile in france he says he'll return to cambodia to challenge prime minister who has ruled for more than 3 decades. and on tuesday the european union will publish a report on the decline in democracy and human rights in the country it's threaten to withdraw cambodia's tariff free status on goods entering the e.u. . facing a very very serious situation. looking at the potentially damaging. actions

by the e.u. against the major industry in the country the garment industry and he has to now step up and show that he's prepared to make some compromises on human rights issues if he wants to maintain that very important economic status. hussein controls the national assembly as well as the police the army the courts and the media he's ordered the arrest of dozens of opposition activists in the last few months. this is the home of chems a car where he's been detained for more than a year one of the demands of the european union is that not only should he be freed from house arrest but the charges against him should be dropped that hasn't happened he's still awaiting trial so while this is being seen as a small step in the right direction the opposition knows that little has changed when hey al jazeera phnom penh. people have been protesting in hong kong for a 24th straight weekend. in

one mall shopping mall in one shopping mall riot police dressed in plain clothes arrested people suspected of having committed vandalism anger at security forces is running high after students died on friday had fallen while police were carrying a demonstration early in the week and violence has also spilled out onto the streets with police making more arrests across the territory there's widespread public anger the arrests of several opposition politicians on saturday soundtrack has more from hong kong. a couple of 100 people are gathering here in central hong kong individual to remember the 22 year old student who died last week after being involved in a protest when he fell from a compound of the 3rd floor the 2nd floor suffered a brain injury and on friday died of a cardiac arrest now this is after a day of protests on sunday here in hong kong where 6 districts were targeted resource some violent confrontations during these protests and the focus today on

sunday was shopping and we had a number of the shopping centers damaged and to yasser damaged on some very tired was sent on 5 abbado's by tess's and the police did mike some arrests now also on sunday we saw the release of an interim report by the international panel into the ongoing investigations of these protests now and that international panel was critical of the watchdog that set him the power to make a momentum assessment and it also questioned its pluses all she's not an ability to do its job now this comes after 5 months of protests and this week on monday we have another general strike up plans by this anti government movement. at least 14 people have been killed in millions more have been forced from their homes after a cyclon ball ball hit eastern india and bangladesh winds over 120 kilometers an hour ripped trees from the ground and destroyed homes in india's west bengal and bangladesh is corner region and estimated 2000000 people spent the night in storm shelters with many no lying areas flooded the cycle has eased but heavy rainfall

continues to affect some regions. now for the 1st time in over 70 years a chord or has been opened on the india pakistan border to allow sikh buildings to commemorate the 550th birth anniversary of their founder girl on a knock but like everything else between these 2 countries the pilgrimage also has a political undertone osama bin jotted reports from half an hour dolly in northern pakistan. it's a historic gathering for the seeds in one of their holiest sites in pakistan they've gathered from all walks of life from all over the world to celebrate the 550th birthday of the founder of sikhism grew none the. it's also a special occasion because it's the 1st time in 72 years that sikh pilgrims are able to cross the indian border into pakistan a special temple or good water has been built in the qatar poor area where the guru spent the last years of his life. the little passage they have opened should be

broadened to the extent that our broken hearts join and love between the countries increases so they do not waste time in a war as an animal. lover and sikhs are a small minority now but pakistan's 2nd city lahore was the capital for the 18th and 19th century sic empire and many of citizens holy places are in pakistan for see phil gramm from all over the world this handprint represents that of their very lives we do not like people from india have welcomed the opening of the car door but they want access to be expanded the fife like beavers well previously sikhs needed a visa and would buy the flight across via a checkpoint in rugger the corridor in qatar for is visa free but that doesn't grant the program's access to other sites and as with most things between these nuclear neighbors the program was used to send a political message to prime minister modi are going to be very bad so. if prime minister modi is a thing to this i want to tell an injustice breeds chaos give justice to the people

of kashmir so this whole region can be freed. to cease gathered from many parts of the world it's also a networking opportunity for their political ambitions such as the hollister movement sikhs living abroad are planning a referendum in 2020 on the question of a separate sikh state in northwest india. the indian government calls the movement a concoction put together by pakistan's intelligence agencies which pakistan denies but many sikhs openly support the idea programmes from india or those planning to travel to india did not want to appear on camera we need to find that respect anywhere in the world the respect we get in pakistan being a 6 according to the un charter everybody has to be right to follow their religion . and even indian supreme court has given that peacefully we can. now there's a movement going on dystrophin 2020 thing so that a peaceful we're asking for votes we're not bringing guns and the reality is nobody

supports us we are now on money and we spend on but this cause we are committed to even everyone getting our life our kids will fight for it. every people to people contact between india and pakistan is seen as a milestone towards building bridges but with major under issues such as kashmir and deep mistrust from both sides a lot more work is needed than just opening temporary corridors. down to 0 percent of the artists. still ahead on al jazeera jordan decides not to renew a 24 year deal over special land access or tell you about israeli families caught in the middle passage he isn't counting we'll look at what's behind me no more success of the children's show sesame street and over around the no 2 act of god and faith rarely seen even problems details coming up and.

we may well even see some rain across parts of the middle east over the next couple of days and i'll even include kata in that exists larry a cloud here just around the gulf sinking a little further southwards a few showers a possibility here further north it is generally dry has to be said lots of hazy sunshine around tampa just getting up into the high twenty's for kuwait city and for baghdad a little more cloud into afghanistan northern parts of pakistan but across the other side of the region it's generally try and find my route again getting up to about 2728 degrees celsius here over the next couple is maybe a 26 in beirut on shoes day after those are the kind of temperatures we're looking at across parts of the arabian peninsula over the next day or so as i say we've got that little bit of cloud very close to us here think down towards 08 that will sweep through as we go through monday temp just struggling than around $2829.00

degrees here in doha over the next couple of days a few spots of rain a possibility of more than parts of saudi arabia maybe just around the coastal fringes of amman as well so you could see a little bit of wet weather coming in here just a somewhat weather to into the eastern side of south africa we've had some holes here recently those showers set to continue for a good part of monday. i'm counting the cost it's the birthplace of meo liberalism but will it also be the death of it we're taking a look at the doctrine and the protests in chile against this kind of money makes the world go round but maybe there's such a thing as the wrong kind of investment. counting the cost on al-jazeera.

through the whole real way the planet but somebody skilled to do it where do you go to the pilot goes the voice here promoting clean safe sanitation for a while but with a 3rd of the world lacking basic facilities can his unique style really help clean up the mess sunny culture the pop culture is the fastest way those soft those tiny asian problem mr toilet eyewitness documentary on al-jazeera. they're watching the news on al-jazeera a reminder of our top stories voting is underway in spain's 4th general election in

4 years prime minister better sanchez called for the need to see election after failing to rally enough support to form a new government but opinion polls suggest that it might not break the deadlock iraqi human rights commission says at least 6 people have been killed in baghdad and more than a dozen injured on sunday early iraq's government said a crackdown by security forces was not a solution to. weeks of protests that have led to the deaths of more than 300 demonstrators and libya's opposition leader carlos mesa says president evo morales should not be allowed to stand for reelection his announcement came shortly after mirages reverses sell himself and agreed to new elections accusations that marotta it's rigged the count as a cure for triggered widespread protests. of china's president will meet the greek prime minister for the 2nd time in a matter of days as beijing ramps up investment in the e.u. nation for more let's go back to my own masi in london. and that's right

she jingping has arrived in athens for a 3 day visit to discuss bilateral relations investment and trade it also goes up for a s. the mediterranean sea port controlled by china's state and shipping company cosco estimated that 10 percent of china's exports go through pressed jones or uplifts as . this block us has no doubts about the benefits of china's presence and greece's largest port his group repaints ships but during greece's economic crisis they lost most of their work now that's changed. their sound the work has increased 5 fold the chinese reported because they came in as a large entity with money and customers trust large companies. like us and his crew are going to repaint this 50000 ton tanker the paris port of shipyard couldn't normally have handled such a large ship but 3 years ago the state owned china ocean shipping company cosco

bought a controlling stake in the port and last year it brought 2 floating docks to expand its ship repair business costco has big plans it's going to build berths for the world's largest cruise ships and turn the ports empty warehouses into 4 and 5 star hotels costco has increased contain the business 7 fold during the decade that it's been managing it and it plans to double that to make this europe's top container port. there's no arguing with the numbers costco has invested $2000000000.00 here over the past decade and created 2000 direct new jobs and it plans to invest almost another $1000000000.00 in the next 5 years to create another 2000 jobs such growth would be unimaginable under greek state control the question is what are the political ramifications of such as to teach chinese state investment in greece the

3 month old conservative government here has reaffirmed the country's ties to the e.u. and us but greece and china commercially important to each other the institute for international economics studies estimates that paris is now the entry point for 10 percent of china's exports to europe that's worth as much as $50000000000.00 to the chinese economy but many say greece isn't reaping the full benefits i think that the greek side may not be gaining more than one percent of the overall benefits to be drawn from this project compare the overall worth of those commodities to what is actually getting into greece in state coffers and you'll see that there's a huge gap between the 2 think it's when chinese president ping and greek prime minister chretien because mitchell thank yous meet that may also be a major subject for discussion jump several pull us out jazeera paredes. announcer

mania people are been voting in the presidential election with the centrist incumbent klaus hannis expected to win a 2nd term in office now in his anticorruption measures your highness has been praised by a west race commitment to the rule of law by new polls show he's likely to win 40 percent of sunday's vote that would mean a runoff later this month which is also expected to win many as president nominates the country's prime minister and can veto laws adopted by parliament. and one of the stories to bring you thousands of people have taken to the streets of paris to march against islamophobia rally was organized in the wake of last month's attack on a mosque environ which left 2 people injured protesters carried signs saying stop was on a phobia and solidarity with veiled women a recent study from the french as chief of public opinion found that 42 percent of muslims living in france say they've experienced religious discrimination that's it from london for now let's head back to fully endo thank you very much for that

mariam at least 8 civilians have been killed by a car bomb in syria according to the turkish defense ministry the attack happened in village south of tel abi ad along syria's northern border turkish troops and turkey backed rebels took control of town i had last month from kurdish forces after u.s. troops pulled out and elsewhere in syria 7 civilians have been killed after explosions hit rebel held areas in italy province the attack is thought to have been carried out by the syrian military or their russian are lies. now protests in lebanon are continuing with hundreds of people holding a rally in the capital beirut anti-government demonstrations have been going on for more than 3 weeks now and they've already forced concessions from the government and the resignation of the prime minister but they are calling for significant cost to tional change that economy is at the root of the crisis in lebanon and the political stalemate is stretching to cost further financial turmoil politicians

have been struggling to form a new government since the resignation of prime minister saad hariri stephanie decker has a report from beirut. lebanon's economic crisis is being felt everywhere here in the back alleys of beirut we're going to get a hobby but a lot of prices have gone up people can no longer afford it thank god that's what we say to the more privileged areas of the capital money is stuck in the country your vessels on site. not paid for suppliers haven't not been paid would you this charge and deliver if you're not fit but i want to michel are both businessmen and they like everyone else here i don't know what's going to happen next i told one of the corporate there actors at the bank i import food you're not going to have food next week there's no food and the guy says may not like let me why are fans banks have introduced restrictions on certain financial transactions limiting withdrawals and blocking almost all foreign transfers the patients on the 1st of accounts is

not a fixed and transparent thing everybody that goes i'm asked the branch and the fact that. it's 2000 a month and $4000.00 a week now it's you know so you get these conflicting reports that if you deposit of stock today that's a commission of $3.00 it's everything is being done to make it hard for you to get access to your funds there is so much uncertainty it's been nearly 2 weeks inside how do you resigned as prime minister leading to a caretaker government the economic crisis. long before the protest movement and much needed economic reforms are on hold all the politicians big harassed is going to be part of the interim governing body and the longer that goes on for the more serious situation can become sami attala is an economist he says the country cannot afford not to have a government right now essentially where we actually have the fear of devaluation capital controls in place that this is unprecedented so we could effective it is

that our standard of living will be shaken. next few months whereby in fact you know business is michael stone because you know the parts that are going up the political deadlock means nothing is being dealt with on friday the world bank urges lebanon to form a cabinet within a week everyone is worried for me the biggest fear is the uncertainty you have no idea what to do when you don't know everybody i talked to is is getting cash because he is under the beds and people are just waiting and scared. the country is at risk of bankruptcy and currency collapse the result we're told of decades of poorly managed economic policies and in demick across the board corruption stephanie decker al jazeera the root. 25 years after the signing of a priest peace treaty between jordan and israel the jordanian government has

refused to renew a clause that allowed israeli tourists and farmers vsa free access to 2 large stretches of jordanian territory that area runs along the border between the 2 countries as burnet smith reports as another sign the relationship is under strain over israel's treatment of the palestinians. maybe a peace agreement between jordan and israel but it's under considerable strain. so these are some of the last israeli tourists to walk. the border without passports to visit jordanian sovereign territory has been owned and farmed by jews for almost 100 years jordan is not renewing a 25 year deal that granted privileged access and i. will lose some of our income that we could puts makes a living from these lands move going to deep emotional attachment to the area. israel got vital security cooperation along its longest land border when it signed

the peace treaty in 1994 of the humans to see this very become the valley of peace jordan's king hussein and his people were promised political and economic benefits but they've not materialized i think it's true that if there'd been progress on the palestinian issue it would have helped with a way to tional jordan i think jordan was also disappointed with the economic benefits that it hoped to gain from the peace treaty there was talk of one stage that we would have one airport in the south and so forth jordan israel and israel decided that we didn't want to proceed with that then last year as farmers cultivated crops that take years to mature the u.s. recognized all of jerusalem as the capital of israel and jordan's economy continue to struggle everything combined to intensify jordanian public opinion against israel and these were all issues that king abdullah reflected on at sunday's state opening of parliament not called model or our national position on the palestinian

cause a steadfast supporting our palestinian brethren to establish their independent state along the 4th of june 1967 lines with east jerusalem as its capital today i also announced the expiration of the peace treaty an excuse on the outgoing mayor and backer and the imposition of our full sovereignty over every inch of those lands. perhaps the most important crop the fruits of peace has failed to take root here the jordanian government now says that the israelis will be given continued access to the farmland until the end of the season next april as long as they apply for visas and the farmers hope that by then some sort of longer term arrangement can be found to allow them to continue farming their. burnitz with al-jazeera on the jordan israel. now monday marks the 15th anniversary of the death of palestinian leader yasser arafat the former president and nobel peace prize laureate died in suspicious circumstances after years of work to try and end the conflict between

israel and palestine the arafat foundation will hold their annual meeting on sunday to grant an award in his name aimed at encouraging achievements in national work it is a brain has more from ramallah. the main thing people talk about here when you bring up b.s. about a father is his conclusion and to the people they say he was a mole this person will just leave there and he carries about his people's day to day issues we've heard from people who said that he came to their funeral to the son's funerals to pay condolences after their children were killed by israel in confrontations some people would tell you that he wasn't fearful or has it been to use other means of resistance against israel more other than the peaceful resistance now we spoke to leaders who worked with him and who respected his style of leadership who said that while he ultimately made the final decision he was keen to have the liberations discussions and reach

a consensus among them before the decision is made now having said that we've talked to other analysts who say that even though he was. very with good topics he didn't necessarily have the same feeling of the same sense when it came to states building they criticize him for not having the utmost respect for the rule of law and the legislative council but here he is still remembered by many palestinians as a leading figure iconic gathering palestinians at the time were now they are split and he still remains here as a symbol for the palestinian people. now in uncertain times is one place where there are always sunny days and every. thing is ok we're talking about sesame street of course the puppet fields children's show is celebrating its 50th anniversary filled with jingles and positivity sesame street also tackle serious issues like death homelessness and divorce christensen only has

a story. although it was only one to let her big bird ventured out of his usual neighborhood to celebrate at the empire state building. 50 years of entertaining and educating children on sesame street like the television show is modeled on a new york neighborhood and built on the notion that learning can be fun while diversity should be celebrated can be. a. catchy songs and goofy creatures from elmo to cookie monster are the building blocks of its success and don't forget those celebrity appearances backed up we have celebrities on the show because we would like to draw on parents when parents watch the show with their kids the learning is the perv because you have a conversation about what you watch together sesame street's appeal extends well beyond u.s. borders big bird the celebrity around the world the children show airs in

a 150 countries making it the most watched in history. local characters often grappling with local issues are what sets the show apart whether it's zaria an afghan girl who loves to learn in a country where most don't go to school no talk about grown up problems or carly an american whose mother is a drug addict in a country in the midst of an opioid epidemic. my mom needs help it's the universe reality that all kids deserve respect opportunity kindness and a little bit of fun but married with what's closely relevant to the educational needs of their respective country put it all together and it's no wonder kids keep coming back to sesame street kristen salumi al-jazeera new york already i spoke to aaron carr author of strong out and managing editor of ravishingly an

online magazine she says sesame street helps children understand complex issues well i grew up watching sesame street and have continued watching it with both of my children and the thing that's amazing to me is how the characters endure how the show has evolved and it's continued to bring education not just of the basics of a.b.c.'s and numbers but also explaining harder grown up abstract issues to children in a way that they can understand that makes them feel less alone if you take for example the recent introduction of carly the muppet whose mother is in rehab i think that it's so important particularly with the opioid crisis right now that sesame street is doing something to reduce the shame and stigma not just for those that are struggling with addiction but also for family members of people struggling with addiction this includes children it's very in line with what i do with my writing my book and the way in which i personally address the opioid crisis

sesame street covers a wide variety of topics things that children all over the world can relate to and it's a testament to the power of their storytelling and that their message has endured for 50 years well i think that the bottom line is that sesame street really. brings in a sense of community and i think that's so important for kids no matter where in the world they are there's this connection to the larger world around you through their inclusion of diversity and the way in which they demonstrate community through their characters and the relationships they have with one another i think that in the years to come that. they're definitely going to have to address issues like consent consent to something that we can start educating our children about really early on i think that they'll continue to address mental health issues as the stigma around them continues to dissipate and we become more comfortable

talking about these things. tens of thousands of people have celebrated the coronation of japan's new emperor at a national festival in tokyo the festivities were originally scheduled for october 22nd but were delayed because of time. became emperor in march after his father abdicated the 1st monarch in 2 centuries to do so i said ahead on the use of our novak djokovic against the a.t.p. finals with a bang all with brad holed up next. mass protests forcing the government has put are we seeing the whole picture listen to such an. interest we follow journalists on the front line descriptions. pretty committed to reporting the front police officers pointing guns at

journalists saying stop hong kong frankton friction the truth is it anyway on al-jazeera. from the al-jazeera london pool cost center to special guests in conversation as the resistance and i see joy in the midst of pain your books do that on from to its uninterrupted wire all of us people of color and they're just one color because we're there is why don't they should they be people of no color that is exactly fatima bhutto meets marc lamont hill i very much thought i was going to get shot movie studio unscripted on al-jazeera. when the news breaks. when people need to be cut and the story needs to be told the police found out from the politics with the exclusive interviews using that was in the story and in depth report straight you'll be environmental and climate crisis is

a battle of many fronts not least butterbean al-jazeera has teams on the ground to bring you more real good winning documentaries and life news. camp supports his her whole family thank you very much rugby world champion south africa are in a far very recuperate throughout the country sunday so the springboks in port elizabeth the hard town of captaincy are khaleesi is the team's 1st black captain the lead them to victory over england in the farm a little over a week ago on a bus parade has also gone through the township of where they were police he grew up our correspondent for me to miller has been following the celebrations tens of

thousands of people have gathered in port elizabeth and in townships like sweetie where see our police see comes from that's where he grew up and that's we he began he's a career as a rugby player now captain of the springboks thousands of people in polls in the group that have come together to welcome him back he had spoken about this being a significant return one there was quite emotional this is especially the case given that cynically see came from very challenging circumstances not having the access to rugby that perhaps many others have had and this is why he says this win is so important it's shown south africans across the board that anything is possible that people here are as excited as we've seen across the city we see a khaleesi and other springbok heroes that's what people here consider them to be a team they they say walter white 24th the cup back to south africa. it will be to manchester city in the big game in the english premier league on sunday to garner 9

points clear at the top of the table they were $31.00 win is at anfield thanks the goals from a man i've been out of wood city's goal the result leaves the champion city down in 4th place the diaries are the result majesty. once walls of $21.00 winners are the aston villa where events will go top of hour the when are the ac milan later for now that it's into to lead the way out there come from behind win against better win a. nickel 85 minute strike giving them a dramatic 21 win and turn your contest now have a 2 point lead over the defending champion. last season's runners up napoli had another bad night after a week the stadium was barely a 3rd full but found hurting insults at the players who earlier in the week had to fight the site at a training treat napoli thought they had scored against general but the goal was ruled off large found off the pitch after the lead from 7.

the a.t.p. finals have started in london with novak djokovic how could you go one better than last year when he was the runner up to alexander have you no. longer was taking on well the number 8. of it's early in his eye opening match your which very comfortable in this world winning in straight sets 6261. roger federer will play dominant team in the next few hours for world number one rafa nadal he'll be pushing to win the title for the 1st time but he is battling an injury that he picked up a week ago at the paris milestones is about day by day and i. slow sold to the table to increase a little bit. the spirit on the surface so i'm just following the protocols that the doctor told me and with the goal to behind the present reform on the. tennis for also won the 1st fed cup tennis startle in 16 years i beat

australia 32 in the final in perth on sunday when after the 2 teams shared the singles match of the old kind down to the doubles rather before the trophy 15 on my debit card on garcia defeating. and sam started our 646 races in front of lifted the top of the one in 972003 after a very i haven't won it it's 1974. lots of emotion with car after you know and like he said 3 years ago we feel. on the last step of the tire and today we just wanted to take this feel revenge for ourselves and. not to speak about how we feel right now in the n.b.a. the golden state warriors have something that defeats all of the season and they've already played 10 the warriors are missing several stars through injury steph curry the march harsh my father very slow the city thunder were in any mood to start any

minute without the hunger winning discounts of the 123410. house where the new orleans pelicans are returned a far point deficit at the end of the 3rd quarter to beat the charlotte hornets by 5 points running engrams going $25.00 points in this one final schools 'd 115112 the panel. donald trump has finally found sporting fans mark him out of college football game in alabama. the president of the united states attended his 3rd sporting events in 2 weeks and this time he got a very warm welcome in contrast to the boos they received during their in 5 of baseball's world series and well that's a mixed reception he got a u.f.c. bout last week trump on his words left just before the end of the game which the alabama crimson tide lost to the ls you targets 39 to 26. now in the build up to next week's brazilian grand prix sao paolo has been hosting an f one fan festival

to celebrate the large of 3 time world champion. he died in a crash of a summer on a summer rain or 3 in 1904 still viewed as the only color of the sports fans turned out to watch other brazilian motor racing legends take turns in driving standards historic. is a bit dream come true to drive don't bother in the middle of the city with the story. especially when i was from sao paolo i am from some. even manage so i think definitely will be a great show and a good to be here as always but for now more lighter on the whole thank you very much for that that's it for this news hour on al-jazeera from me fully back to the whole team him to i thank you very much for watching while i have my london new center next with him i say stay with us.

story 1400 years in the making. a story of succession and the leadership. josie that the story of dispute and division at the heart of an empire. the caliph episode 2 on a jersey. it's a tough time for the afghan security forces taliban attacks have increased their suffering heavy casualties and the prospect of a withdrawal of u.s. forces hangs over them yet young men are still joining up some for putting reasons

for others is the only way to get a job despite the risks midway's karimi was an army bomb disposal engineer in helmand province he knew the risks he was blinded in both eyes and lost a leg when a roadside device exploded as he try to defuse it always aware of the danger of seeing friends wounded while working on mines i wasn't scared to lose an arm or a leg is to sacrifice we have to like to serve this country of a current efforts to contain the spread of nuclear weapons doing enough to keep the world safe the most crucial political challenge is how to stop nuclear explosions from up on this planet again executive secretary of the comprehensive nuclear test ban treaty organization messina's their boat talks to al-jazeera. well you. know some overload.

polls close in spain general election of vote dominated by fears of a far right surge and a renewed push for catalan independence. hello i'm maryanne demasi in london you're with al-jazeera also coming up on the program bolivia's president buckles to pressure and calls for a new election but the opposition is saying you must resign now. mounting casualties in iraq's regime.