protesters in hong kong refuse to back down as the government orders the closure of schools. i'm richelle carey this is live from doha also coming up israel continues its assault on gaza striking targets across the territory bringing the death toll so far to 12. a new interim president takes control of bolivia but there's still a strong show of support for president morales. and evacuation orders given to

parts of australia as bush fires rage out of control. a court in hong kong is deciding whether police can enter university campuses after fierce battles with student protesters overnight demonstrators are blocking streets in the city center for a 3rd day the government says all schools will be closed on thursday due to safety concerns authorities have warned hong kong is on the verge of a total breakdown of the rule of law but anger at the use of force by police is fueling the unrest and the city is braced for more chaos to go pollen is there. this is hong kong's financial center to my left is the hong kong stock exchange i'm surrounded by luxury shopping malls multinational headquarters and big banks but as you can see this major intersection has been brought to a standstill by the protesters what they've done is they've ripped up bricks from

the sidewalks and placed them along the roads on this relating to a major highway bringing the center of hong kong to a standstill now this is one of just many disruption actions across the city and other parts protesters have set a barricades blockades trying to stop commuters from going about their daily lives police have come in trying to disperse them a tear gas but they have just regrouped and set up barricades in other areas but like here you're not seeing a large number of protesters in any one area but just small groups who are masks who are wearing masks they have hard hats and they are just moving very quickly now as this is all happening the government earlier in the day gave a press conference their representative said that they are confident that the government can contain the violence we've been seeing during these protests and that they will be closing all schools tomorrow in light of this commuter chaos the

opposition leader in bolivia senate has declared herself an interim president after weeks of political turmoil c.n.n.'s was sworn in despite lacking a majority and congress she has taken over from ousted president eva morale is who is now in mexico after being granted asylum braless resigned after weeks of protests over his disputed reelection are an essential as has more from bolivia as capital of pas. well tensions are growing here in the center of the capital where the presidential palace and the national assembly is here at the plaza movie york an area that is completely surrounded and sealed by police riot police and another ring of protection by the army this hours. 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 with or without the members of the mass party the party that belongs to it will morales and his political allies now if he is an is has said that she will immediately call for elections there needs to be that they need to name a new electoral tribunal and hold elections around of 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 are followers of him what i list 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 2 and 6 and riot police all around this area. forced out of his country by the military and realises hoping to make up what i call come back from

mexico after his arrival a call for peace back home john heilemann has won that. whenever morale is woke up on sunday he was still the president of bolivia. by midday tuesday he was out of power and the next so touching down in mexico he said things could have been worse . but. 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 foreign minister described 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 denied 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 at that meeting of the scene as it meant to him and while i have life we

will stay in politics while i have life the fight will continue and we sure that the people of the world have all the right to free themselves. that wish is going unanswered in bolivia where despite his absence his supporters and the opposition continue to clash join homan now does it or make scarcity. israeli air strikes in gaza have killed 7 palestinians and injured 2 others 15 palestinians have died since tuesday when israel killed a senior commander of the armed group islamic jihad buyers in gaza have responded by sending almost 200 rockets towards israel egypt and other international officials are working to mediate a ceasefire between israel hamas and islamic jihad a fossa joins us live from the israel gaza border so mary what is the latest. well the rocket fire continues of gaza this morning just when we arrived at this

location just about 5 kilometers north of the border there were several interceptions of rockets overhead the israeli military is saying some 220 rockets is the latest is the latest approximate number that have come out since the beginning of all this early on tuesday morning and the israeli air force continues to strike inside gaza as well since dawn this morning there being 7 further deaths of palestinians the that brings the toll up to 17 inside gaza since this latest escalation started israeli military is saying that they are into dictating islamic jihad fighters who would otherwise be firing rockets into israel the palace in health ministry is reporting those deaths as they happen what is also interesting about all of this is that so far israel is very much targeting islamic jihad fighters and sites and it is sending that message in its

communications as well very much separating out islamic jihad from hamas and there was an open admission of that change in policy because up until now israel has always said that hamas is in control of the gaza strip whoever is causing a threat to israel they will hold hamas responsible the internal security minister get out or down on the radio this morning saying that that policy has now changed and so israel is obviously deliberately trying to separate out islamic jihad and hamas so far despite. rhetorically saying that hamas is very much with islamic jihad that this is a crossing of all red lines by israel and there will be unified response so much how. very much state on the sidelines question is will they be able to continue in that vein the longer all of this goes on. lists inside gaza are talking about i know it's not wanting to give israel a pretext to expand its own operations inside gaza there analysts in

israel are saying that hamas has an interest in maintaining the situation to try to continue its efforts to have a longer lasting truce with israel but the interesting thing so far is that imus doesn't seem to be joining to the same extent as other fighting groups notably islamic jihad ok faucet at the israel gaza border thank you harry at least 7 people have been killed in an explosion in afghanistan's capital a car bomb went off during rush hour in kabul the interior ministry says another 7 people were injured there's been no claim of responsibility so far and there's been it's a suspected suicide bombing outside a police station in the indonesian city of my don only the bomber was killed in that attack at least 6 people though were injured. strain officials have ordered more people to evacuate as fighters struggle to firefighters struggle to contain an outbreak of bushfires cooler conditions have brought some relief in new south wales

but i leave immediately warning has been issued for several areas in the state of queensland the outbreak of bushfires on australia's east coast has already claimed 3 lives and destroyed more than 150 homes firefighters say it will take weeks before they can get these fires out andrew thomas has more from sydney. it's a beautiful day in sydney on wednesday 25 degrees celsius very light winds and no smoke in the air the complete contrast to what we describe as catastrophic weather conditions on tuesday temperatures in the high thirty's very high winds and lots of smoke in this city as well not catastrophic conditions doesn't necessarily mean there's going to be a catastrophe though the authorities are saying when they use that word is that when fires take hold in those conditions they can lead to a catastrophe because fires spread much much quicker than authorities generally can get on top of them and there's a real threat to life on the certainly was on tuesday at one stage more than 24

hours across the state of new south wales alone that were out of control and directly threatening lives now luckily or perhaps through preparedness no one did die people were prepared prepared to flee flames and although homes were destroyed no lives were lost the danger has not passed on wednesday it's merely moved to queensland further north of here there are emergency warnings in place people being told to flee their 'd homes what needs to bruce been very very high temperatures very strong winds and in the medium term as well even here the rural fire commissioner has said that we're not out of the woods yet there is likely to be higher temperatures coming back again around sydney and around the state high winds will return as well no 4 crossed the rain whatsoever and after months of drought which some here are playing on climate change there is a very real risk that more sparks will ignite more fires in that any point over the summer which is barely. gummi here in australia these fires really could much more tragic than they were on tuesday. still ahead on al-jazeera

a national strike in chile brings the country to a standstill as the president warns of a great crisis. and we meet the dreamers hoping to keep the dream alive as a key part of time some operational plan goes before the u.s. is highest court. hello this is a very unsettled picture across much of europe central region some pretty strong storms particularly through the central mediterranean honest way the cloud really stretching from north to south another system pushing him towards the u.k. and also training down into the western side of europe but look at this because we have still got flooding that is being dealt with into parts of the u.k. this is down into southern yorkshire officially. and the flood waters just not

receding and unfortunately the is more rain in the 4 calls as we go through the next a few days now as we go through wednesday a slight reprieve that system is yet to make its way further tools east the same across much of the west of europe not so across central regions it will snow to the alps and rain them pushing across tools the balkans down into greece and we could have some heavy amounts of rain it's not too bad again to the east of that in for a look at this 11 celsius in kiev and then by says a lot of cloud generally the rain becoming a little lights a little bit scattered but we have got a very vigorous storm in the western med and snow again he's a file of ations rain pushing in across much of the u.k. the rashi 40 flood warnings in effect already for that same area that has been flooded and then that does also i mean with our system in the med we could see some showers really along many northern coast of africa as we go through wednesday and thursday. as a sponsor. by the tone of this. what are you protesting about how does this impact whether online life face minstrelsy comes directly out of translated slavery or if

you join us on saturday this is an attack on academic freedom and on our ability to do research and teach freely this is a dialogue myanmar is not making it very welcoming for people to come back everyone has a voice on this change is real discussion is real and i'm here to talk about the solutions on al-jazeera. watching out to syria let's take a look at the top stories now the court and hong kong is deciding whether police can enter university campuses after fierce clashes with student protesters overnight demonstrators are blocking streets in the city center for

a 3rd day the government says all schools will be closed on thursday to to safety concerns israeli air strikes in gaza have killed 7 palestinians taking the total killed since tuesday to 17 egypt and other international officials are trying to mediate a ceasefire between israel hamas and islamic jihad will be a senate opposition leader has declared herself an interim president after weeks of political turmoil janine as has taken over from alstad president evo morales who is now in mexico after being granted asylum alice resigned after weeks of protests over his disputed reelection. chile's president sebastian pinera says his country is facing a grave crisis as a national strike brought many regions to a standstill thousands of people have been marching in the capital santiago as the country's currency the peso hit a historic low or test began in mid october over an increase in metro fares that have since grown into wider anger over social inequality in europe has called on

police reservists to help security forces try to manage often violent demonstrations accusations of police brutality against demonstrators are being investigated dozens of protesters have complained of being shot in the face by forces using rubber bullets and pellets a lot america newman reports. heeding the call 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 a chilly in the sli 2 dozen says he has to fix the country. this national strike has been called to continue to demand social reforms in chile as if people have been doing the last 25 games are people who are here because they can no longer see. at sente ackles and salvador hospital friends and supporters of

the latest protest or to lose one or more eyes from pollutants waited for the symptoms 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 anger. his life has been permanently altered but his position is to keep protesting for social change says that the loss of his left eye will not have been in pain. 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 bendis of form of crowd control. on sunday night the director of police promise to

restrict the use of weapons of this kind to a minimum off during another protest or lost both instead this into a short distance chilly call to novice. human rights watch and the interim american 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. a lebanese man has been shot dead south of beirut marking the 1st 27 days of nationwide protests the army said one soldier had been detained after forces opened fire on protesters blocking the road i mean shitters had been blocking traffic with burning tires after president michel own told them on tuesday to go home it's been more than 2 weeks since the prime minister saad hariri resigned following weeks of protests definitely decker house the latest from just south of beirut so stephanie get us up

to speed on what's going on now. but as you mentioned one young man killed overnight we're actually in the location where that happened they've been laying flowers over the spot where he was killed because the protesters had been blocking the road in response. to that statement present so what the protesters are saying here is that. story is being. provocative. crazy this is what people here are telling us that they're back on the road trying to block. basically because this is one of the main ways to keep the pressure on the government so we're south of beirut but the roads are also blocked across other areas of the country main highways in the north and to the south so you know the message from the president last night was far more defiant than we've heard him before it is now a month. since these protests began and a political stalemate political impasse remains why because the political parties

the political elite that people here want to see changed cannot decide on who gets what position in the next interim government so we're back almost to where we began we're going to have to wait and see how many people are going to turn out on the streets but certainly people extremely angry at words that he used for example like saying if you don't think there's anyone who can lead this country among us of the elite you should emigrate well we've been covering this for months now one of the main demands of people is to say we want this country to have the basic rights so that we don't have to leave that we don't have to send our children abroad so it's really struck a chord a completely sort of disassociation with what the people on the ground want so it certainly today's protest is a lot closer to the presidential. race what the turnout is going to be like but a lot of anger on the streets among the protesters ok stephanie decker live for us out of beirut thanks stephanie russian airstrikes are reported to have killed at

least 3 civilians in syria's last rebel whole province dozens of air raids have been launched in southwest atlanta this week activists say hospitals and schools have been hit the syrian government declared a cease fire in a loop in late august but airstrikes have continued. 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 crowds the u.n. is now stepping up pressure on the government to a natural forms in response to anti-government rallies more than $325.00 people have been killed since protests broke out last month. but the anger stems from the poor conditions or rocky say they had become used to for 16 years they say they watched the public services and infrastructure crumble and their quality of life to terry rape and reports from baghdad. its name.

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 what are a lot of. times you go to sleep without eating dinner we live under gods and there's nothing from the government god knows about me about 25 members of the extended family are crammed into this building their father buri 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. 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. 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 that 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 his admissions will have the beneficial effect and the sense of producing the tension in the country is the start of the point for

a prime because possible solution is as a nation would open the way for any discussion or the. necessity 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 faith in the 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 natasha going to. baghdad. the u.s. supreme court has begun hearing the case that could impact nearly 700000 young immigrants who were brought to america illegally as children are currently protected from deportation by an obama era program president trump moved to cancel that program after he took office and now the issue is before the top court. castro

reports. their very futures are at stake will they be allowed to live in work in the united states where they grew up or subject to deportation to the countries where they were born. right maria callas sunshine is among the young immigrant who sued the trump administration when the president tried to rescind daca but alice left mexico when she was 8 attended princeton university and now works for an immigrant advocacy group knew that this was a moment in which we could stand up for justice or we could. be in fear and. fear for my status in a long time and i don't presume to go but going back into the shadows driver's licenses work permits access to financial aid for college and health care these are all things that these young undocumented immigrants gain access to president barack

obama started 2012 the president from then try to cancel the program by of years later lower courts had sided with the young immigrants keeping dog in the long until now when it's reached the steps of the u.s. supreme court and the 9 justices heard arguments from both sides on tuesday the tone of their fashioning the split with liberals noting that ending doco will destroy lives and conservatives questioning doctors legality those conservatives hold a slim majority and include 2 judges appointed by trump i think this case will probably will present trump but a very narrow grounds when the basic question. says this karen dockers receive chemical cancellation of dr even be reviewed in the courts the government argues that this is not subject to judicial review that the executive branch could read the policy and that spend it without the courts getting involved those who attended the hearing in support of continuing daca had

a different take walking out of the high court with the look of victory but reality is the court may decide either way when it releases its opinion in june meaning continued limbo for hundreds of thousands of young immigrants. castro al-jazeera washington. court has agreed to hear a final appeal from australian catholic cardinal to overturn his child sex abuse conviction george pell is currently serving a 6 year prison term for molesting 213 year old choir boys in the one $990.00 s. it was the most senior catholic to be found guilty of abusing children. and the report is raising concern over human rights and gainey ahead of next year's presidential election amnesty international has detailed several red flags including rising political tension and the killing of anti-government protesters opposition groups have been protesting for weeks against proposed changes to the constitution they fear the changes could allow president alpha condé to stand for

a 3rd presidential term spain's acting prime minister has agreed and principle to form a government after yet another election deadlock as a socialist one the most votes in sunday's poll the 2nd one in 7 months but not enough for a majority is now signing a coalition deal with a far left party. saudi arabia bahrain i mean united arab emirates have confirmed they'll now take part in football's arabian gulf cup and qatar will join the likes of defending champions oman who won the tournament in 2017 and for other gulf nations and michelin the 3 countries said they boycott this month's tournaments now they're saying along with egypt that they will not course they all impose that blockade on qatar in 2017. to your country that we had some discussion about the ongoing dispute which is lasted for more than 2 years there are american athletes 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 solvency of other states. let's take a look at the top stories now a court in hong kong is deciding whether police can enter university campuses after fierce clashes with student protesters overnight demonstrators are blocking streets in the city center for a 3rd day the government says all schools will be closed on thursday do to safety concerns to big of holland has more from hong kong. this is hong kong's financial center to my left is the hong kong stock exchange i'm surrounded by luxury shopping malls multinational headquarters and big banks but as you can see this major

intersection has been brought to a standstill by the protesters what they've done is they've ripped up bricks from the sidewalks and placed them along the roads on this relating to a major highway bringing the center of hong kong to a standstill now this is one of just many disruption actions across the city. israeli airstrikes in gaza have killed 7 palestinians taking the total hill since tuesday 17 fighters in gaza have responded by sending almost $200.00 rockets towards israel egypt and other international officials are trying to mediate a cease fire between israel hamas and islamic jihad bolivia's senate all position leader has declared herself an interim president after weeks of political turmoil 9 years has taken over from the former president evo morales who is now in mexico after being granted asylum resigned after weeks of protest over his disputed reelection at least 7 people have been killed in an explosion in afghanistan's

capital a car bomb went off during rush hour and kabul the interior ministry says another 7 people were injured there's been no claim of responsibility so far. a lebanese man has been shot dead south of beirut marking the 1st at than 27 days of nationwide protests the army says one soldier has been detained after forces opened fire on protesters blocking a road it's been more than 2 weeks now since the prime minister saad hariri resigned following weeks of protests australian officials have ordered more people to evacuate as firefighters struggle to contain an outbreak of bushfires cooler conditions are brought some relief in new south wales a leave immediately warning has been issued for several areas in the state of queensland as are the headlines keep it here on al-jazeera the stream as that next .

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