the new face taking over from evo morales an opposition leader declares herself believe is interim president. hello once again i'm come out santa maria here in doha with the world news from al-jazeera. there are calls to ban the use of rubber bullets and pellets on chile's protesters as dozens of blinded by being shot in the face israel's military build up on the border with gaza after the killing of

an islamic jihad commander and his wife. and a mammoth problem the increasing desperation of animals like elephants during the worst drought in. the opposition leader in bolivia senates has declared him herself interim president after weeks of political turmoil in a 9 years was sworn in despite lacking a majority in the country's congress she takes over from the ousted former leader evo morales who as you say is now in mexico after being granted asylum or alice resigned after weeks of protests over his disputed reelection. such as in the past. well tensions are growing here in the center of the capital where the

presidential palace and the national assembly is here at the plus somebody york an area that is completely surrounded and sealed by police riot police and another ring of protection by the army this. i'm is has been named interim president of bolivia after a long debate about whether they would be legislators would be able to swear her in with or without the members of the mass party the party that. it will more or less and his political allies now on years has said that she will immediately call for elections there needs to be they need to name a new electoral tribunal and hold elections around. december the 20th to be able to have a new president. by january 22nd but in the meantime

a lot of frustration and a lot of people followers of him. who are not happy with this decision who are not happy with this naming of the interim president and there's people protesting in the area with police repressing this with water cannons water trucks and and riot police all around this area right so that's what's happening in and as i mentioned before if this is now in mexico after he was granted asylum there he talked challenges day morning john homan reporting from there. whenever morales woke up on sunday he was still the president of bolivia. he was out of power and the next touching down in mexico he said things could have been worse. i want to tell you we're extremely grateful because the mix can president has saved my life. it wasn't easy getting him here the mets can for

a minister describe the tense standoff before he could work out a route for him to leave the country we're going to see he wanted to see but there were even the supporters surrounding the airport and the armed forces within it and there was a period of real tension for evo morales was already on board the plane it was the worst moment as. president morales said that a coup pushed him out on sunday the army had asked him to resign he was blameless he indicated. 'd to the world my only crime is that evil is indigenous the only sin we've committed as social programs for the poor and always searching for equality and justice. he would deny that humans hard to extreme poverty brought economic prosperity and stability to the country during his time in power. but his opponents point to a growing authoritarianism and then serious irregularities in the last election he

went against the constitution to run in the 1st place so it's a complex situation here for a president who over nearly 40 years did do a lot especially for the poor and vulnerable in bolivia before he disappeared from view he made a call for peace in his homeland you know i mean. finally i'd like to say for the not to be any more bloodshed more confrontations we've decided to resign for the people. that wish is going on and sit in bolivia where despite his absence his supporters and the opposition continue to clash join homan now does it or make scarcity. we're also going to look at chile were national strike has brought many parts of the country to a standstill thousands of people have been marching in the capital santiago the country's currency the peso hit a historic low protests began weeks ago over an increase in metro fares but have grown into anger over social inequality well accusations of police brutality are

also now being investigated dozens of protesters a complained of being shot in the face by police using rubber bullets and pellets more from our latin america editor. keeping a pause for a national strike thousands marched all over chile among them was who says he's striking for his 10 year old daughter. i don't know if the president is blind but we've been protesting all of the chile in the sli and he still doesn't get it he has to fix the country. this national strike has been a good thing to demand social reforms in chile as it didn't happen during the last 25 games are people who are here because they can no longer see. at el salvador a hospital friends and supporters of the latest protest or to lose one or more eyes from political waited for the sent him to recover from surgery was in $200.00

demonstrators have suffered total or partial blindness in less than one month which according to chile's medical association is comparable only to protesting gaza over a 6 year period. this is say the 18 year old university student was demonstrating monday night with a group of friends when a riot policemen shot him with a pellet gun at point blank range. after what they've done to him he is obviously very angry his life has been permanently altered but his position is to keep protesting for social change so that the loss of his left eye will not have been. and again. at least 3 more people have been shot in the face and eyes in less than 48 hours prompting some lawmakers to demand that rubber bullets and pellets be banned as a form of crowd control india dominga on sunday night the director of police promise to restrict the use of weapons of this kind to

a minimum after another protester lost both eyes instead is into was shot at 2 metres distance chilli con to allow this. human rights watch and the interim eric and commission of human rights are investigating the charges of police brutality which appear to be only increasing the level of anger and violence on the streets you see in human al-jazeera sent out. russian airstrikes are reported to have killed at least 3 civilians in syria's last rebel held province dozens of air raids have been launched in southwest italy this week activists say hospitals and schools have been hit the government did declare a cease fire in late august but the airstrikes have continues you know israel's move to tanks through the gaza border fence after the worst day of cross border violence in months it started after an israeli airstrike killed a senior leader of the palestinian armed group islamic jihad in gaza fighters then

responded sending almost $200.00 rockets from gaza towards israel that led to more israeli air strikes which have since killed another 8 palestinians gyptian mediators and are working to restore calm between israel and gaza here is our a force that now reporting from southern israel. and his wife were killed as they slept in this building in gaza israeli air strike was long in the planning its repercussions just starting to play out. lead palestinian islamic jihad's northern military operation a very senior figure and one israel blamed for a series of rocket attacks in recent months and that. these actions have started this morning after the crime was committed by israel markets were fired towards televisions and islamic jihad with all of the resistance groups will continue targeting all safe places of the occupation. islamic jihad said israel had crossed all red lines and promised a bigger response than usual one rocket exploded on

a busy highway. and the a miss for those in passing cars and for those in a bus waiting at the intersection. here in the southern town of steroids a factory suffered a direct hit and rockets also targeted central israel restricting businesses and leading to blanket school closures from the gaza border areas to television israel's prime minister who's leading a 2nd straight caretaker government after a 2nd inconclusive election said his country was not seeking an escalation and he was careful to indicate politics hadn't entered into the decision to strike one he said was recommended by the military and the internal security agency the measure. the final decision was unanimously agreed on in the cabinet 10 days ago and the cabinet gave me authority to implemented at a time that would be suggested by the i.d.f. and should back the i.d.f. in the shabak indeed recognize a time to recognize the window of opportunity to carry out the operation under the

best conditions with a maximum chance of success and minimum impact on bystanders. there was no israeli comment though on another major strike overnight this one in damascus targeting islamic jihad's 2nd ranking leader. yuri syria's stake. news agency said his son and granddaughter were killed islamic jihad says a jury survived mahler specialist dempsey or more modern the size of the explosion is unacceptable and the idea that i think that many of its execution was so huge it is unacceptable to hit the civilian area in such way as. throughout the day the rocket fire and strikes continued israel's military said it was targeting islamic jihad perhaps a message that it wasn't seeking a direct confrontation with hamas which controls the gaza strip and whose military wing represents garza's biggest fighting force in a statement on tuesday benjamin netanyahu said that israel did not seek a wider escalation yet he must have known that with

a targeted assassination such as this and the inevitable rocket fire that would come in response the risks were very high much now depends on how hamas decides to respond it has spoken out very strongly in solidarity with islamic jihad if it matches those words with a big escalation in rocket fire as well and the risks of a wider conflict only rise are a force that al-jazeera southern israel protesters in hong kong have again for 2 with police as violence broke out at 2 universities tensions been high after a policeman shot one demonstrator at close range on monday a senior police officer says the city is now on the brink of total breakdown. a university campus turned into a battleground between protesters and riot police barricades set up and fire bomb thrown as crowds grew in response to calls on social media for support this conflict the chinese university is just one of many throughout the day. earlier

tear gas was fired at the city university as students and protesters blocked roads as part of what's being called a general strike. the unrest proving too much for this taiwanese student printer like this is to share is so i'm heading to the airport now. for a 2nd day in a row office workers rallied on the streets of the city's financial center they spent their lunchtime chanting protests slogans all part of the new strategy of the week the public disobedience movement this protest comes just hours after hong kong's chief executive said the government was trying to minimize disruptions to daily life instead office workers and people who don't normally take part in the movement i brought hong kong's financial center to a standstill for years in the face of protesters attempts to stop people from going to work and school through paralyzing hong kong this is a very selfish act but people from different sectors in society are holding fast to

their positions and refuse to concede to violence or other radical actions so i hereby express my gratitude to those who are still going to work and school today. her calls for a return to normality ignored as protesters filled the streets surrounded by multinational offices luxury shops banks and the stock exchange because we're fighting for the democracy for hong kong fighting for freedom for hong kong as the lunchtime crowds went back to work the streets were taken over by the more radical protesters they were soon dispersed by riot police firing rounds of tear gas and making arrests. but back at the chinese university police attempts to make the students leave with tear gas water cannon and force instead inflame the protestors .

and with each day that horror appears to escalate the bigger pollen hong kong. still ahead on al jazeera iraqis so have watched their country crumble for decades we're looking at why they are now expressing their anger and a big u.s. a pipeline to be pumping again despite warnings of an environmental disaster. hello again welcome back to international weather forecast well here across northern china over the next few days it is going to be quite messy but we are going to see a break by the time we get towards thursday the closet you see right here well that's going to bring some rain across parts of the region for the central areas and maybe some clouds for shanghai but as we go from wednesday to thursday most of

those clouds begin to dissipate and that is going to leave the area fairly cool as well shanghai at about 16 degrees want to 19 and change too high temperature for you of 18 degrees there well just to the east of the philippines we are going to be watching this area of clouds very carefully the joint warning center is expecting this to develop from a tropical depression probably to a tropical storm over the next few days and that means that the philippines is going to be seeing some more clouds more wind more rain as we go towards the weekend there's that area of low pressure right there spinning by the time we get towards thursday moving very slowly out here towards the west we do think maybe a tropical storm will be what we see as we get towards the weekend and then very quickly over here towards new delhi it has been a big problem with the smog situation the very hazardous conditions in terms of air quality we do expect to see some clouds pushing through the region temperature few as we go towards wednesday a 28 degrees but down towards it is going to be a rainy day with the temperature at $31.00. the weather sponsored by countdown.

story 1400 years in the making. the story of succession and the leadership. jersey that the story of dispute and deficient of the hall. the caliph episode to. jersey. here with al jazeera these are the top stories the opposition leader in bolivia

senate has just declared herself interim president after a swearing in ceremony jeanine and yes takes over from the ousted former leader morality is now in mexico where he's been given asylum resigned after the military asked him to do so they had been widespread protests over his disputed reelection. israel has moved tanks to the gaza border after the worst day of cross sport of violence in months it started after an israeli airstrike killed a senior leader of the palestinian armed group islamic jihad in gaza fighters there responded by firing almost 200 rockets into israel. protesters in iraq have shut down schools government buildings and state media offices around the country dozens of people have been injured in the capital baghdad after security forces used tear gas and live rounds to disperse crowds the u.n. is now stepping up pressure on the government to enact reforms in response to the

anti-government rallies they have been more than $325.00 people killed since the protests broke out last month well much of the anger stems from the poor conditions iraqis say they're just had to become used to for 16 years they say they've watched their public services and infrastructure crumble and their quality of life to tear your right to the reports now from baghdad. it's named. harks back to a time when this was a place people of note once lived now some say this central baghdad neighborhood about 3 kilometers away from the prime minister's office seems to have disappeared when it comes to the government garbage is piling up on the street buildings are crumbling and the stench of waste can be. overwhelming inside the home the family says they live with rain rats and sewage. but no but i feel

a lot of. times we go to sleep without eating dinner we live under god's mercy nothing from the government god knows about me about 25 members of the extended family are crammed into this building their father matabeleland job henri says the only income he gets is a $420.00 a month pension from his deceased son a former police officer that money must stretch to support his daughter and her $5.00 children after their father died 6 months ago a lot of burry says the social services department won't provide her with benefits because it doesn't have any money left in the budget and she can't find a job. we have been on. the posses are sharing among themselves and with the former regime life was better but now nothing there was no life there is oil we don't have money to live has the right family is one of at least 4 members of parliament who

have submitted their resignation since the protests began he says the political road block which mean the government and the protesters can only be overcome by prime minister idol of douma hitty except in responsibility for those killed and stepping down is the commission's will who will have the beneficial effect in the sense of producing the nation and the country is the point for a prime because because i'm a solution is ignition would open the way for a discussion all the. necessary for want and then we should deal with that issue what kind of a new government a lot elder bori hopes if there's a new government they will allocate benefits for widows and health care for the poor her father says he has. you know one thing that hasn't changed in the shefali neighborhood during his 85 years neighbor to neighbor with what little they have they'll continue to help each other it's actually going to. baghdad.

a man's been shot dead in lebanon after an altercation he was blocking a road during antigovernment protests demonstrators have stopped traffic in beirut by burning tires after president michel aoun told them to go home earlier he said the next government must be made up of both technocrats and politicians the country's been rocked by demonstrations fueled by anger at alleged corruption. spain's acting prime minister's agreed in principle to form a government after yet another election deadlock pedro sanchez's socialists got most of the votes in sunday's poll and 2nd in 7 months but not enough to get a majority so he's now signing a coalition deal with the far left party but even after that you'll still need the support of other parties to cross the halfway mark in parliament officials say it'll be weeks before they can extinguish all the fires that have raged across eastern australia in catastrophic conditions fire crews said at least 50 homes have

now been damaged or destroyed on tuesday strong winds and hot condition fanned the flames in some of the worst conditions on record the conditions will ease on whedon's state helping the crews battling hundreds of fires still burning across new south wales and queensland but that reprieve will be brief. it will still be warm and windy as we head into the end of the week and we can expect elevated far danger's particularly into the balance of the way gained as we head south and i and sunday particularly and then there's another frontal pattern moving across the state early in the way to the middle of next week where we're going to see another burst of really hot conditions dominating much of the weather in new south wales and we can likely expect some increased fire dangers early in the middle of next week as well we will not have all these fars can timed before then we will not have all these fires can tined and locked up for many many weeks given the enormity of

the far falling if it the u.s. energy regulator is allowing or oil to flow once again through a major pipeline just weeks after at least 9000 barrels of this stuff and around the clock cleanup is underway but environmentalist say the damage should be cause for alarm from edinburg in north dakota and official reports. they're working around the clock in subzero temperatures and still the cleanup we take months it's 2 weeks since more than 1000 barrels of oil leaked into a field near edinburg in north dakota it's the 2nd major leak from the keystone pipeline in 2 years the 4th in 10 and environmentalist's see this is exactly what they feared this is as far as we can go the only people are beyond here are employees and regulators and some environmentalists say that stopping them from finding out exactly how bad the leak is the keystone pipeline carries around

$500.00. addles a d. from canada to refineries in the u.s. operated by t.c. energy the canadian company insists it's doing all it can to minimize disruption and damage our main goal in this is to do it correctly and do it safely in a does not matter how long it takes as long as we do it right the energy company wants to build a new pipeline the keystone x.l. it would double the capacity it was blocked on environmental crimes by barack obama but approved by president donald trump an approval no tied up in the courts and i gave him the permits and they got it built and it's been operating down very successfully and a lot of jobs a lot of everything else in a lot of clean environment because that's what it is in the town of edinburg itself there's little concern about the environmental impact of this leak this leak i don't think i have any impact or. you know it's all contained in one area and they

heard. it all no problem with. the government regulator has given the all clear to start pumping oil again even though it has not revealed what caused the pipeline feel here in the 1st place alan fischer al-jazeera edinburg north dakota. hundreds of animals in zimbabwe's national park of died from a severe drought with many others now struggling to survive ranges plan to move some areas where there is food and water. has been sued monopoles national park to find out more just a warning some images in this report you may find disturbing. thanks she's thirsty hungry and too weak to get up. cold water is poured on her to try and cool her down but the animal is too far gone 24 hours later she's dead is

the dry season in zimbabwe but park officials say this year it's much hotter and drier than usual hundreds of elephants and other animals are dying we've been through some pretty bad ones. when you see animals just walk here and elephants for example and they just collect on their legs really roll over they just collapse and die. it's very emotional. this is monopoles national park a unesco world heritage site in the north people here say the land is completely changed this is long haul the biggest watering hole in the national park this is distinct smell the smell of death over here is the carcass of an elephant and over there that hippo got stuck in the mud it couldn't get out for days and then it died and if you look up at this tree over here there's that white line you can see there that's where the water used to reach but now the area is part temperatures can

reach more than 45 degrees celsius and even the fish are struggling. there are too many animals competing for scarce food and water and many are exhausted. volunteers from the feed mana program bring in food when they can including fuel that in short supply it cost around $2.00 and a half 1000 u.s. dollars per truckload that's a lot of money in zimbabwe when the rain starts again it's going to take some time for areas devastated by the drought to recover park officials say that's why they're planning the biggest relocation of animals in the country's history reforming elephant zones in the country not waste much a 1000000000 which is a puzzle while in game artists block. some days of those 4 to overpopulate together to the public that's why we moved them. with the project that we are going to inbox one where we have. hundreds of elephants to the northern parts of the

country predators and scavengers seem to be thriving in these harsh conditions the more animals die the more food they have although the parks are government owned they receive no government funding those working here raise funds through tourism and safaris and by selling some animals to zoos abroad they still short of what they need and know they can't say for every animal but they say they'll do what ever they can to help ease animals pain and suffering and save as many as possible in this particular habitat. how do with al-jazeera monopoles national park zimbabwe. saudi arabia bahrain and the united arab emirates have confirmed they will now take part in football's arabian gulf cup being held here in qatar they will join the likes of defending champions kuwait who won the tournament in 20 $17.00 and $4.00 of the gulf nations initially those 3 said they would

boycott this month's tournament course that trio along with egypt imposed a blockade on carter in 2017. we had some discussion about the ongoing gulf dispute which is lasted for more than 2 years there are american efforts which qatar appreciates to preserve the unity of the g.c.c. and to return it back to what it used to be qatar is always open to dialogue and has expressed its readiness to engage in an unconditional dialogue based on mutual respect nonintervention in the international affairs of other states and respecting for the sovereignty of other states. top stories for you this hour on al-jazeera the bolivian senator johnny 9 years has declared herself interim president after weeks of violent protests forced the resignation of former president evo morales she was appointed in a session of congress which was boycotted by members of moralities party. and self

has condemned the appointment as a coup he's now in mexico and he's been given asylum are less resigned after the military asked him to do so more from his now in the past. a lot of frustration and a lot of people followers of. who are not happy with this decision and who are not happy with this naming of the interim president and there's people protesting in the area with police repression this with water cannons water trucks and 6 and the riot police all around this area. israel has moved tanks to the gaza border fence after the worst day of cross border violence in months it started after an israeli airstrike killed a senior leader of palestinian armed group a sonic jihad in gaza the fighters in gaza then responded sending almost $200.00 rockets towards israel that led to more israeli air strikes which have since killed

another 8 palestinians protesters in iraq have shut down schools government buildings and state media offices across the country dozens of people have been injured in the capital baghdad after security forces used tear gas and live rounds to disperse the crowds the u.n. is now stepping up pressure on the government to enact reforms in response to anti government rallies spain's acting prime minister has agreed in principle to form a government after yet another election deadlock pedro sanchez is socialists got the most votes in sunday's poll the 2nd in 7 months but not enough for a majority so he is now signing a coalition deal with the far left passy you're up to date with the headlines the bottom line with steve clemons is up next.

hi i'm steve clemons and i have a question what's brewing in heartland america are classic republican strongholds going wobbly and are democrats poised to turn a lot of red states blue let's get to the bottom line. many local elections were held across the united states last week and both parties found reason to celebrate virginia turned from red to blue and as a sign that times are changing to muslim women were elected to public office in that state elsewhere republicans held their ground and even made some gains so is there a national trend here or there are just too many unknowns like impeachment which is going to get really big this week and the lack of a democratic challenger to face donald trump but we're fortunate today because we have 3 people in.