business updates brought to you by qatar airways going places together. this is al-jazeera. hello and welcome i'm peter w. watching the news from our headquarters here in doha coming up in the next 60 minutes rockets are fired from gaza into israel just hours after a cease fire went into place. withholding security assistance in exchange for help with a domestic political campaign in the united states would be crazy i believe that then and i believe it now. a senior u.s. diplomat gives evidence in the 1st public hearings of the impeachment inquiry. on

the dalai lama. another day of violence in hong kong most schools and universities remain closed across the territory and far as small have all the sport needs including a former teammate of collin kaplan a believes the blacklisted quarterbacks coming n.f.l. i just feel frank a p.r. stunt. rockets have been fired from gaza into israel hours after a cease fire was agreed this would appear violated a truce struck earlier between israel and islamic jihad $34.00 palestinians have been killed in israeli airstrikes the escalation began after the israeli army assassinated a senior leader of the group on tuesday well earlier islamic jihad spokesman gave specific details about what had been agreed in the ceasefire for the not a month or so. it went into effect on the ground at 5 am with islamic jihad

conditions on behalf of the palestinian resistance factions dealing clue to the occupation submission to conditions which is to stop the assess the nation's protecting the protesters at the much of her turns demonstrations and to begin practically the procedures to break the siege of gaza this is guaranteed by the presence of resistance in the field and it's really nice to respond to any aggressions in the future and also the continuation of the egyptian role at the political level. correspondent harry force it again on the border between israel and gaza harry is the ceasefire generally holding. it has for the 1st 4 or 5 hours it has for it seems for the last hour or so but an hour ago as you say there were these 5 according to israeli military 5 rockets fired from gaza towards the neighboring israeli areas in the north it says that 3 of them

fell and 2 of them were intercepted by the anti missile and dome system so this does quite frequently happen when a cease fire is reached that there will be some infringements of it for some time so it's not a sign that the cease fire is entirely broken down but it is a sign of the fragility of it and that's something that the u.n. envoy nicolo not enough was warning of before this happened saying that the u.n. and egypt had worked very hard to arrange this ceasefire but saying that the coming hours and days would be crucial and urging everybody to exercise the maximum amount of restraint there are separate messages coming from islamic jihad and the israelis as i mean how does you just heard in that sound bite saying that it is it is secured an agreement from israel not to target senior leadership and not to fire on protesters at the weekly friday border protests israel's foreign minister was interviewed earlier and he said that neither of those things were true that they

would continue to target whoever they deemed a threat to his radio security notable also that israel has continued its policy of separating out islamic jihad from hamas this ceasefire came into effect with house offering verbal support but not joining in with this big barrels of rockets that we've seen for the last couple of days and also important to note is the death toll it's gone up to 34 including in one strike on one house in central gaza a man his wife his sister and 5 children all killed the israeli army says that he was a senior commander of islamic jihad. thanks very much. at least 2 people have been killed in the iraqi capital baghdad during antigovernment protests 35 others were injured many of those hurt choked on tear gas or they were hit by rubber bullets more than 300 people have been killed since the beginning of last month protesters want a complete overhaul of the political system our correspondent mohammed jump jhoom

is live for us in baghdad mohammed what happened here when these 2 people lost their lives. peter we're told that this violence occurred in a square that is close to the area where to where your square is the height of course is the epicenter of the anti-government demonstrations that have been going on for weeks in both dead this is another square where protesters continue to gather it's been the scene of violence repeatedly the last few weeks and it is an area where security forces have put up concrete barriers so that these demonstrators cannot get access to the bridges in that area that lead to parts of the where there are government installations where there is the green zone where there are other government buildings so what basically the cycle of violence that we see happening is these demonstrators gather in the square they try then to either climb over the wall or get around those concrete barriers then the security

forces try to push them back they utilize sometimes live fire sometimes tear gas to try to disperse the crowds because they want to push them back to 3 or square which is the only part of the city security forces have said protesters are allowed to demonstrate certainly this shows that tensions continue to rise sporadically throughout the day here in the dad it's very different in the areas around to where square is and it is entire square where at times the mood becomes festive jubilant very vibrant with the protesters that are there now all this being said you also have to configure that there has been a lot of talk about the politics surrounding this crisis that is going on in iraq right now you had a session of parliament yesterday in which the head of the united nations mission in iraq went because they were trying to mediate what is going on here to try to come up with a solution to make sure the protesters get their demands met and the government responds to those protesters demands that electoral reform is implemented we've heard a lot of talk nothing concrete has happened as far as the electoral reforms the

government keeps speaking about there was a draft of this law that was completed by the president's office a few days ago that was sent to the cabinet. the cabinet has since passed it on to the head of parliament we don't know yet when parliament will take up the issue but nonetheless even though we hear this rhetoric about reform from the government the past several weeks the protesters we continue to speak with they say they're going to continue to come out because they do not believe the government is being truthful about really trying to meet their demands peter lama thanks very much till she later. plenty more still to come for you here on the news hour including we've just heard about the demonstrations in iraq later in this program we'll find out what older iraq is a doing to support the young protesters. the u.s. reveals its position on pacifica's new government so supporters of the formally to intensify their demonstrations and the sports news drop that altitude such a stunning victory to people's hopes alive when the sun is now 21 for the 1st time .

a u.s. ambassador has described how president donald trump put pressure on ukraine to investigate his political rival joe by william taylor was one of 2 diplomats to appear in the 1st public hearings of the sense of the impeachment inquiry into mr trump how to do castro is in washington the whole truth and nothing but the truth so help you god william taylor and george kent took the stand together at the 1st public hearing in the impeachment inquiry career foreign officers called by democrats to tell a compelling story to the american public taylor is the acting u.s. ambassador to ukraine who upon assuming the post in june found himself dropped in the middle of a mystery once i arrived in cave i discovered a weird combination of encouraging confusing and ultimately alarming circumstances taylor had begrudgingly agreed to come out of retirement to take over the u.s.

diplomatic mission at a critical time his predecessor maria had been ousted without explanation and president trump's personal lawyer rudy giuliani was meeting with ukraine officials to discuss debunked corruption allegations against political rivals that had taylor worried and countered an irregular informal channel of u.s. policy making with respect to ukraine. unaccountable to congress taylor began asking questions and learned the informal channel was aimed at getting ukraine to investigate joe biden trump's potential opponent in the upcoming presidential election taylor says career diplomats were sidelined as trump's shows and aides pressed ukraine to publicly announce a biden investigation george kent a state department expert on ukraine says giuliani was getting more involved in u.s. relations with kiev it became clear to me that giuliani's efforts to gin up politically motivated investigations were now infecting u.s.

engagement with ukraine leveraging president selenski is desire for a white house meeting but there was more ambassador taylor says he had a clear understanding that u.s. security aid to ukraine worth 400000000 dollars was also on the line the money was essential for ukraine to fend off russia's military advances to withhold that systems for no good reason other than help with the political campaign made no sense it was it was counterproductive to all of what we had been trying to do. it was illogical it could not be explained it was crazy multiple witnesses have corroborated taylor's testimony much of the facts are uncontested but there is a critical factor still missing from the democrats' argument to impeach president trump and that is evidence that trump was directly involved and therefore to be blamed the closest democrats have come is

a july phone call between trump and the president of ukraine a lot of years olinsky tells trump his country's ready to buy more weapons from the us for defense purposes trump sansar i would like you to do us a favor though then ask for investigations into democrats and the bidens this is extortion this is bribery and in any other instance. people would go to jail for sure trump says he's innocent and republicans are stunned defending him but anyone from millionaire the democrat scorched earth war against president trump would not be surprised to see all the typical signs that this is a carefully orchestrated media smear campaign prior to the start of the public hearings americans were about evenly divided on whether to impeach trump and remove him from office now that they're hearing directly from witnesses all eyes are on whether the public's opinion will change. castro al-jazeera washington.

well president trump has once again said the house impeachment inquiry against him is a witch hunts he made the comments during a meeting with the turkish president the one at the white house can really help it as this report will come to order as americans watched the 1st public hearings over the impeachment of the u.s. president one person said he wasn't paying attention you're talking about the witch hunt is that what you mean is that what you're talking about i think i hear it's a joke i haven't watched but president trump's own twitter feed suggested the opposite sending out a number of messages during the hearings that lasted all day still trumpeted promise to release the transcript of a 2nd phone call with ukrainian president vladimir is alecky and you'll make a determination as to what you think they're the release of the 1st transcript of a call in july in which trop asked for a favor from the lecky is now the basis for the house impeachment inquiry

a top diplomat testified on capitol hill on wednesday the trump wanted to withhold security assistance to ukraine exchange for an investigation into a political rival former vice president joe biden trump also responded to reports he pressed another top diplomat about the investigations into biden just a day after that july phone call for more but i know nothing about that 1st time i've heard it although president trump wants the impeachment inquiry to go away his campaign is using it to raise money an e-mail to supporters to call the hearings not just an attack on president trump but on americans the goal to raise $3000000.00 from just the 1st day of public hearings kimberly held at al-jazeera the white house let's bring in skulk lucas professor of international politics at the university of birmingham in the u.k. scott welcome back to the news that testimony very detailed unpack it for us.

the fundamental is that beyond the trump zelinsky phone call that started this investigation is that william taylor the top u.s. diplomat ukraine and george kent the state department official in charge of the country detail a campaign by donald trump and his attorney rudy giuliani going back to the start of this year to pressure ukraine to get investigations of the democratic presidential candidate joe biden of the democratic party and to cover up russia's interference in the 2016 u.s. election they say that this campaign led by giuliani amounted to an irregular u.s. foreign policy and indeed they said i think in the most damning testimony that this compromised u.s. foreign policy for trumped personal political gain how far did it go well george can't set it led to the attempt to smear and undermine the u.s.

ambassador in ukraine where you have on of edge who was removed in may and then william taylor revealed that donald trump personally intervened to say that his phrasing of military aid to ukraine almost $400000000.00 in july and any request for a visit to the white house by the ukrainian president lot of resentment ski was conditional upon ukraine announcing these investigations into trance political rivals can the republicans from here on in today will be day 2 when they kick off washington time commit confront the evidence head on and if they can't what will they try to do instead of doing that. well they certainly didn't try to confront the evidence head on and i don't think they will instead and we know this from a memo that was released the day before the hearings they have a plan coordinated with the white house which is one to undermine the credibility of the witnesses to try to call them radical on elected bureaucrats who are passing on 2nd 3rd hand information even though the witnesses who were to calm as well as

the ambassadors yesterday are 1st hand witnesses of what occurred secondly they will try to divert they'll say oh what about the identity of the whistleblower what about him even though that cia officer his account has been corroborated now by more than a dozen witnesses whose names we now know and thirdly they will try to deny distorting the evidence that there was any link between donald trump's cut off of foreign aid and his demand and in effect was a demand for an investigation of joe biden when it comes to the people at the white house who must be i'm assuming he configuring what we will see as donald trump's reaction to this where do they go with this because he can't spend the next several weeks or several months going well i'm not watching it i'm not engaged and then he's on twitter about it several times an hour. well what was interesting yesterday is is that white house staff took over donald trump's twitter feed while he was

meeting president on one of turkey they were retreating material from the white house communications director danske of you know all about how the democrats are awful all about how there's nothing to see here all about how boring the hearings on and that's what they'll continue to do because i think your correspondent has it wrong i don't think this is you know all i should be on public opinion i think all i should be on the u.s. constitution of the us system but i think she has it right in that the white house tactics are get the public to focus on anything except the evidence get them to believe that this is a coup against the president by these so-called radicals who in fact are not radicals and maybe maybe by throwing up that smokescreen they can escape ok for the people who will ultimately vote on whether this goes to impeachment beyond an impeachment inquiry who just rewind a little bit when you were saying earlier to us that sure what they were talking about was allegedly irregular irregular is not illegal but it might be illegal or it might deemed to have been illegal depending upon the opinion as

a reaction from different republicans specifically republicans who are watching what's going on. 1st of all the factual basis as william taylor said yesterday you can have an irregular channel in foreign policy to conduct diplomacy but this was an irregular channel not to try to get a diplomatic and it was an irregular channel that one served a personal political purpose donald trump's and to undermine u.s. foreign policy because it jeopardize ukrainian security now will republicans in the senate buy that and break away from trot the received wisdom is no but look at this almost all the defense of troops so far has come from republicans in the house all but 3 of the 53 republicans in the senate have said no comment or been very quiet about this if the evidence continues to mount if we have days and days of this do they keep themselves tied to donald trump or do they think if this is

a question of u.s. foreign policy in the u.s. system we might sink along with him and that means there's a slam not it's it's slow but it's not 0 chance of the u.s. senate voting to convict donald trump an early 2020 scott a very very complex day one of what's going on in washington thank you so much for your insight and breaking it down for us in digestible chunks we do appreciate it time. 3 as prime minister has submitted his government's resignation to the gulf arab states rulers. have been prime minister since 2011 emea 6. says he has no intention of dissolving the parliament russia setting up a new military airbase in the north east of syria in an area recently controlled by u.s. forces a new base in the city of community will have combat helicopters and air defense systems russia and turkey have been carrying out joint patrols in the area since the withdrawal of kurdish y p g forces protesters in hong kong have blocked many

parts of the city center for a 4th straight day. was they're angry after 2 demonstrators were injured in confrontations with police and left in a critical condition protesters are complying the city center and blocking several major roads schools are being kept shut until sunday the protesters have accused the police of using excessive force and the demanding an investigation. lock is a protester who died last friday after falling from a parking garage where all the police were clearing protests nearby his death has become a rallying issue for the movement earlier this week a police officer shot a student demonstrator in the abdomen he's in a serious condition in hospital angry students barricaded their campuses to keep the police out that escalated into battles with the police on tuesday so clark joins us live from hong kong so as to what's going on at the universities why is is

that the protest movement sort of migrating towards institutions of learning about way. well the universities have almost become the battleground now as the students in the protests have wrapped up their tactics and their strategies and aware polytechnic university which is on kelo side and we've had numbers a number of protesters here growing throughout the day and would happily have a few 100 there now behind me they've created barricades blockades and they've also blocked all access to these major thoroughfares around the university now they've also been creating petrol bombs it also created nial kind of weapons which have scattered across the road behind me another police have condemned the moves and they said the weapon what they're describing as a weapon factory that become these universities the right place have moved in a few times but they've set the dispersed quite quickly so at the moment it's a waiting game where we are now but as i mentioned the police have condemned this particular type more behavior is the way they've described it they say it's one

step closer to terrorism and as you mentioned we had the death last week of that particular student who died from a cardiac arrest after falling from a cop out we also have 2 others in a critical condition one's a 15 year old who was hit by a canister of tear gas the other is a 70 year old man who was hit by a brick now the protesters have also confirmed that they will continue with this ongoing general strike action targeting the transport systems and on friday though once again holding these products protests and rallies across hong kong sara thanks very much. the u.s. has formally recognized bolivia's new interim leader janine but there's been widespread opposition to her appointment 2 people were killed in violence that broke out on her 1st full day in office mariana sanchez has more from the capital. protesters clashed with police and the army on the streets of believe you live rounds were shot tear gas didn't dispel angry believe ians who demanded interim

president jenny to resign on her 1st day in office she's facing a country in turmoil was social and political disputes are battled on around including the national assembly on wednesday some of it will matter less is mass party members tried entering congress at the end of the other had resigned from the senate's presidency she tried to come back a police blocked the way you know to get this government is trying to portray the court it as a natural thing where legislators and we need to get to the assembly. on the other side of the barricades his foes shouted adversaries a reminder of what sparked the political crisis that forced president evo morales to resign. the interim president is reliant on security forces to restore law and order she appointed military commanders before the cabinet. taking up

command of the armed forces at a crucial time for the state to bring this stage to an end and for new elections. the entering president has said that she wants to bring peace back to the streets of the country and that means the police will continue their patrols with the army . stability naming a new electoral court and calling on new elections in december is the priority of the transitional government but analysts say nothing can be done without negotiating with more or less his supporters the president must begin to die. i log because the m.e.'s party is a reality whether people like it or not otherwise if there's no dialogue were lost . from his refuge in mexico former president model is pledged to return for a job western sleep will appear if my people ask for it we're ready to go back to pacify the country but national dialogue is important otherwise it would be difficult to stop this cup from taishan. in the capital some roadblocks were

removed and stores opened after weeks of near shutdown but just for a short time. thousands of angry levy hands were back on the streets early a reminder of just how far believe this from coming out of the crisis. d n a scientists i just. believe you will stay with us story meanwhile the former president evo morales says bolivia's new interim president is illegitimate in the job he says he was removed from power because of his indigenous roots john holeman is in mexico city president rallies used his press conference in mexico city has been granted asylum in mexico it's call for national dialogue in bolivia to try and sort out the mess that's happened after the bolivian elections he repeated that for him this is a military coup in the country again said that he was asked to leave by the military and he said the proof of that coup was senator and now interim president

jeanine and years declaring itself interim president of bolivia he also spoke about the election process in the in the vote count that led to the organization of american states saying that it was serious or regularities he said that there wasn't fraud he said that he felt that the organization of american states was acting in the interest basically of the united states so that's president morales is take on what's happening back home in his country bolivia. the organization american states define serious regularities in the voting process there were serious doubts and that spurred the opposition a many people to take to the streets in a process that really hasn't stopped him believe you're now looking at fascism so between the opposition and between the supporters of president morales the president the ex-president now said that his sister's house was attacked in one of

those confrontations so a very disturbing situation in bolivia and the president and next president it's now many miles away here in mexico. in a minute we'll have the weather for you with jenny but also still ahead here on the news of. the now standing rock in north dakota remember the people who protested at standing rock in north dakota over plans to build an oil pipeline unitive american land well they're back this type protesting plans to expand that pipeline. also ahead the zimbabwean dollar has made a comeback but will it help ease cash shortages and sports leaving los angeles when the football's biggest asking for them is moving on. but it's playing in about .

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$1.00 push isn't getting much difficult like you now. who says don't trust that you trust on al-jazeera. with the auxilary news. at this hour let's just recap the top stories rockets are being fired from gaza into israel hours after israel and islamic jihad agree to a cease fire $34.00 palestinians have been killed in israeli airstrikes since tuesday. 2 u.s. diplomats to become the 1st to publicly testify at the impeachment inquiry into the

u.s. president donald trump william taylor and george kent say they felt concern over pressure mr trump put on ukraine's leader. to use 2 people have been killed in the iraqi capital baghdad during antigovernment protests. just $35.00 of those with injured many of those choked on tear gas or they were hit by rubber bullets. those protesters in iraq are being lent a helping hand by the elderly who sympathize with their cause mohammed jump through has more on that from baghdad. as one washes she also wishes for a brighter future and for a better present at 70 years old her kidneys give her trouble but her spirit remains strong arm said one tells me she volunteers out here for over 15 hours every day cleaning the clothes of protesters camped out in baghdad's tahir square yes i met john and we do this for free it's all free even the detergent is from us

if people bring us money we want to accept it if they give us to touch it they will take it that's fine. in a nearby garden sit but that and her husband aboud producing a homemade remedy they say combats the effects of tear gas and if that were to go ahead we have 3 sons h. one of them was injured twice in the protests and they refused to leave and go back home my sons say they can't leave their brother's hand go back so i decided to donate part of my pension so we could bring this water and yeast day and night they are here mixing the ingredients bottling and distributing constant work left but that he has handed blistered but she pushes on. i not couldn't leave but i'm not just coming out to support my sons i'm him for everybody this is my country this is my rock this is my land all of these people are like my sons and my brothers and my father. know how he says but that he and i would aided him after he was tear gassed

while protesting but that their presence has helped him even more than us. when we see these elderly people here leaving their homes and their relatives. how could i leave how could i go home there are people here who are 405060 years old. and it was despite the tension and fear surrounding the protests in baghdad these days and to hear square the mood is often vibrant in this unprecedented cross generational demand for rights and reforms the sense of community that's taken root here is remarkable an atmosphere of family and familiarity that's hard to miss yes these demonstrations have been led by the youth but look just beyond the youngsters and you'll clearly see the multitudes of grandparents parents aunts and uncles were standing behind these protesters both figuratively and literally. the old back and the young spurning politics shunning sectarianism and uniting as it up these

mammoth. but that. the cambodian prime minister who has ordered the release of all in 70 opposition activists on bail they were arrested in recent weeks and accused of plotting to overthrow governments the justice minister is also withdrawn arrest warrants for opposition activists hiding in cambodia and those who fled to thailand but the opposition leader sam rainsy has criticized the state of democracy in his country speaking to reporters in indonesia where he was barred from boarding a flight to cambodia this is a real democracy but in cambodia we had the same ruling party for 40 years and you had the same prime minister that you paid them for 35 you know change you say the same to say the right people won one change. will come bodhi is prime minister is under increasing international pressure over his crackdown on political opponents mr raines he who we saw there the acting leader of the band cambodian national

rescue party has been blocked from returning to his home country the party's former leader kim saul carr has been facing treason charges for 2 years his house arrest conditions were relaxed on saturday but he's still banned from politics or from leaving the country human rights watch has previously criticized who sends government for the calls politically motivated harassment and intimidation against the opposition let's bring in benjamin's a walkie he's an independent southeast asia analyst he joins us on skype from bangkok benjamin welcome back to the news 70 people being released albeit on bail what does that mean. well i think it's a response send to the press made good today least the process was that make it a war by the new year with looking to rescind preferential trade critics to cambodia these are trained people gives which his body would otherwise be titled at least the country. but in view of its crackdown on democracy that you would think

the center of it is a start of the talks and that today the hope i think when some part is that by making a move by releasing the full bowl or having the. right steps to make it well at least temporarily like a european union to stave off this move by them all get comically involved he's very much dependent on exports it makes it easier union i think can send knows that if you're painting a change all the it will be in self blame by the cambodian people as opposed to that the year he did himself does that make make some rains is that son more or less likely. well 2 minds about it this could be more of a testing of the waters on the part of consent to see if this is successful in keeping the e.u. and perhaps that day as well but also threaten similar in the european union or whether this is as far as he's learnt more not that politically can afford to go in

probably afford to let sam rainsy back on trees given that he is not relection that is him stand off for another 4 years if elections will. can't believe that is he has 4 years to roll back what little concessions he'd make there i would be surprised if sam rainsy back in one never knows. has has he got some place else to go is there another level that he can go sue on those because you know it might be enough for the e.u. but the united states political system they were making noises a few months ago talking about exerting more pressure they didn't do it and now their eye is on a completely different ball is the impeachment inquiry going on in washington and also europe i guess they're kind of taken up with bricks it in the general election in the u.k. a little bit. yes i think it's the timing for this by him standing by this that i mean i think he realizes that the european union move he needs to make a counter move if you are right that he's hoping very much it will be sufficient or

if he succeeds in the short term as you say europe will be turning its attention to other issues and the united states already employed in the. controversy as well as well as a coming election within that. is it a difficult plate full consent to spin in as much as if the preferential trading states this is then compromised that makes him look bad as far as the voters are concerned and he is a put i mean he has let's be honest about this a political master he's been in power for a long time now he is a born survivor. yes see them to 33 or 4 years and not nothing and he's only 66 years old but i think he's in a pretty good position at the moment again he's 4 years away from just next election is one vulnerability the fact cambodian people if surveys are the only are very lucky to get him both. leadership and consent also again i need influence in the country and in contrast are actually in favor of the new pressure so in this

case if something goes now for some sense it will be yourself and explained by the can people as opposed to corn and. horses couldn't send go to destination we know what sam rainsy wants to do he's told us on this program on this channel what he thinks he wants to do what's whom sends destination politically speaking. well when senators than it has china to back him up china has been in remains the largest bilateral trading partner in the area for their sphere its largest source of bilateral grants and donations china itself would love to fill the void created by the e.u. the e.u. recent or great little kids it would not only make itself look like the savior in that situation but it would also increase its considerable influence in the country which is as i say already considerable respect for the belt road initiatives with respect to lying itself with china these of the other off the on powers but i think

china is the backup smart lawyer for him stan but i think it's one rather not and hence it's his security that benjamin's walking to talk to you as a thanks very much. lives of the world's 5 biggest emerging economies a meeting at a summits in the brazilian capital they've been discussing international trade but there are disagreements over the political changes in bolivia and the ongoing crisis in venezuela. reports now from brazil the. brazilian president greeted the leaders of russia china india and south africa for the $2900.00 bricks summit the theme of what is now the 11th summit of the so-called brics nations is economic growth for an innovative future we free country is going to send out a strong message to the international community ziyad that we are defending strongly in multilateral system a more open free fair international trade system one controversial

topic at this year's gathering is the question of venezuela which has put brazil at odds with russia and china was on wednesday fights broke out on the street in front of the venezuelan embassy in brasilia between supporters of venezuelan president nicolas maduro and supporters of opposition leader one military police were called to the embassy as rival factions fought over control of the diplomatic compound. it was assaulted it was irresponsibly attacked by criminal groups and it is currently under siege we haven't recognized people inside the facilities international law is being violated the geneva convention is being violated we call on the international community to speak out. there were also other protests in the brazilian capital some were against the visit of chinese president xi jinping with demonstrators showing solidarity with the ongoing protests in hong kong the brics summit is

taking place during an especially tough time in latin america discussions over the ongoing crisis in venezuela as well as the recent resignation of bolivian president evo morales are likely to take place among brics leaders though not publicly. so despite the obvious differences in geo political agendas the focus of this year's brics summit continues to be the strengthening of international trade. agreements no china is trading partner and to give it with my entire team as well as the brazilian business community we want not to just expand we want to diversify our trade relations. the bric countries represent more than 40 percent of the world's population and almost a quarter of global g.d.p. . but as. zimbabwean dollar notes are being reassume for the 1st time in a decade the currency was scrapped because of hyperinflation the government now says the new notes will help ease cash shortage jews are much faster as more from harare. queues outside banks in zimbabwe disappeared when there was hardly any cash

available most transactions were made electronically now for the 1st time in a decade notes are back but there are only a few in circulation that's why some zimbabweans feel nothing will change but the government is now operating in panic mode and this desperate decision of ringing. noise is not just about friends most parents are limiting individuals was drawls to just 20 us dollars a week inflation is in the triple digits many here say there's not enough for them to cope with constant fuel shortages and the price of basic commodities going up every week people are getting the money that they want only getting $100.00 which is not enough only to. about $2.00 to $2.00 bottles of the world. so it's not much in 2009 dumped its currency will lead to hyper inflation widespread unemployment soaring food prices and shortages a basic goods the u.s.

dollar and other foreign currencies were made legal tender but that didn't turn the economy around 4 years ago the government introduced the bonds notes and coins and while we were told the value was based on the u.s. dollar but few people believe that then on the black market they kept losing value now some people fear these new notes and coins will again cause inflation. this year history could repeat itself if the government prints these new notes recklessly can live in years ago. very precious. bird. the danger of that happening again is real we have to hope for governments recollections because of that. bright enough strong enough for them to say we must avoid doing anything which is that irresponsible the government says there

will be no requests printing and the thing you know it will ease cash shortages but people are skeptical this bag ran out of cash in less than 4 hours leaving many customers frustrated and the game uncertain about the country's economic future young ready to go one way i'm going to say what about what i what al-jazeera has. now the health authorities in the democratic republic of congo are beginning a major clinical trial of a new bowl of vaccine but the rollout is already facing criticism al-jazeera is catherine saurians mourner from the eastern border city of goma. a new a ball a vaccine for a major child santis the testing it on up to half a 1000000 congolese over the next 10 months to study the fact. the vaccine is safe it has already been tested on a small sample of people elsewhere. would not have approved it if it was harmful to the people. but some people are concerned that the long term effects of

the drug made by u.s. multi-national are not yet known and the fact that it needs to doze is 8 weeks apart we not walk on people who travel often it's a challenge to show grades between the 2 doses will be a indication of the acceptance of his vaccines and population. we. we will work with the communities we explain to the communities we believe though that if we explain simply things to the people say they are able to understand about 250000 people in parts of this region are already being injected with another vaccine made by a german company that has just been approved by european regulators those receiving the new a drug given areas that are considered at low risk of an outbreak this is a very busy border crossing between d.r. congo and rwanda tens of thousands of people mostly traders use it every day health

workers say vaccinating them is crucial feelings here over both vaccinations are mixed. destruction is good it helps us go about our business without fear. of them i can never do it i don't know what they're injecting into us they didn't benny and people are still dying a ball a vaccination is in the democratic republic of congo has long been controversial and political one health minister is reported to have lost his job. for opposing the u.s. study some congolese say they don't trust what's going on but health workers insist . this is the best way of beating a disease that has killed many people. comma. over plans to expand all pipeline neelands of indigenous people in the u.s. state of north dakota a recent leak at another pipeline nearby is making activists even more anxious al-jazeera as alan fischer reports from linton north dakota begin the hearing some

came a great distance some came to object and some were veterans of the fight to stop the pipeline in the 1st place and you know. for months they stood in defiance of standing rock and north dakota determined to block the building of the dakota access pipeline when the courts gave the go ahead the protesters were forcibly removed from the land now the company that built the pipeline wants to expand it pumping twice as much oil through it environmentalists. but if you double the amount of oil going through a pipeline you do have a leak. you're going to have twice as bad a leak so that's a real concern the state has been hearing the case for the expansion and the arguments against this is life for humans we can't eliminate all risk one of those objectives was to try the native americans from standing rock there what is heightened by a leak at the nearby keystone pipeline i think i hope definitely it was

i would say was a blast and unfortunately probably some people are not going to feel that way but. it definitely opened some ice and the company behind the pipeline says the expansion is simply meeting consumer demand we need to expand the pipeline because the commercial need is there we have shippers who have oil that needs to get out to markets around the country and so being able to do this on the to access pipeline by coming in and doing something that's really very common in the industry we're basically adding mainline booster we're not doing any mainline construction public . consultation on the expansion plans ends next week the commissioners will then look at the evidence before making a final decision if it gets to go ahead there's no guarantee that it will bring more protests to north dakota and to standing rock alan fischer al-jazeera linton north dakota. india's top court has ordered the government to assess the benefits of switching from fossil based fuels to clean up hydrogen there's been

a smug emergency in recent days that's affecting parts of northeastern india in the capital new delhi schools are being told to remain shut for 2 days as the air quality index it's at 458 anything above 60 is considered to be unhealthy at least 2 people have been killed after a tornado swept through a town in eastern south africa these pictures show a separate incident in which a van was flips but surprisingly none of the passengers were injured the large storm hit new hanover late on tuesday the authorities of talk locals to stay alert as heavy rain and thunderstorms continue to hit the region. much of the italian city of venice is still underwater after the highest tide there in 50 years officials there are blaming climate change locals are angry more hasn't been done to protect the you know city from high tides the governments expected to declare a state of emergency on tuesday on thursday rather. still ahead here.

time for sport is far peter thank you so much calling cabernets former teammate eric reid is suspicious of the n.f.l.'s move to grant have a private workout reed was one of the players who took the knee with capper nick during the national anthem protesting racial injustice happen explain a free agent for 3 years and accuse the n.f.l. of colluding to stop teams signing him but now the league has invited all $32.00

franchises to watch him audition and atlanta on saturday reed though is skeptical my ghost told me this is a p.r. stunt because they don't so many over the past couple years so i believe when i see the way it's happening is strange again. i think it's unprecedented to have an event like this where players basically a combine for a single player a good feeling is again this disingenuous they they want the 1st they want the appearance of their giving calling that serious. but they giving 2 hours notice and they tell me it has to be on a saturday when they know that decision makers on teams are traveling so is this room with the. now several teams have confirmed that they will attend the caprona workout including the miami dolphins. we're on the waiver wire you know want to daily basis and we do our due diligence on on all players so you know we'll have someone there that would say no having that much time off to get back into the

swing of things but he's a very good player so we'll see what it looks like and. in the door due diligence and take of meth i mean we like our quarterback situation right now you know it's going to do our due diligence i would say you know any time we can add a good player we try to do that we want to do that. but you know there's you know there's a lot of moving parts to that now some big cricket news after hosting one day and t 20 games already this year out of announce they will host their 1st test matches since 2009 a play 2 matches against sri lanka next month there's been no test cricket in the country since gunmen attacked sri lanka's team bus in lahore 10 years ago killing 8 people. rafa nadal has kept his hopes of winning the season ending a.t.p. finals alive with a stunning comeback victory their all had lost his opening group match in london and was forced to save the match point in this encounter with russia's daniel

medvedev world number one fighting back from a 51 deficit on friday set to eventually take the match on a break in dallas never won this title before you. honestly have been sober like that. that's a real thing now sorry for the man it is dog loose he was playing. but by that i mean the 3rd of the force on this one off the days one of these days that one out of 1000 you would. also in the semis is tour finals newcomers stuff of all sorts but the 21 year old beating defending champion alexander's legs 6362 to secure a top of group to advance physicists is the 1st group players were qualified for the. defending n.b.a. champions the toronto raptors beat the portland trailblazers sealing their 4th win in 5 games on the road in short handed the raptors still managed to pull off

a victory fred rand late had 30 points can lead for toronto with a game high 36 points 13 of those coming and fully quarter raptors closing out the trailblazers 114-2106 portland fell to their 6th loss in 7 to get. him a bitch has confirmed he's leaving the l.a. galaxy and major league soccer behind a sweeter striker has been in the state since 2018 but is now expected to return to his old club in italy ac milan he scored 52 goals in 53 games for the galaxy but never won the m.l.s. title nevertheless he tweeted i came i saw i conquered thank you l.a. galaxy for making me feel alive again to the galaxy fans you wanted flats and i gave you your welcome the story continues now go back to watch baseball. ours in bangor has a new job but it's not aspiring munich's new manager which he'd previously been

linked with stag world governing body pfieffer have made him their new chief of global football development the 70 year old will oversee the growth and development of the men's and women's game. all over the world i would like to contribute to the efficiency of coaching the improvement of coaching with a lot of research to be done and i already stated that. headquarters have a huge responsibility. in how to make training more efficient how to make. training for children more efficient to develop their qualities and that is something i'm always very very passionate about it. iraq and iran play each other and a relocated world cup qualifier later it's been moved from vassar to jordan's capital amman which has up security concerns for some iraqi fans outside their training sessions but the team on have the outfits requests to move the cane as

they lose home advantage rock top group c. on goal difference but iran are just a point behind them and 3rd. quarter in terms of the political situation in the country of course it hurts us all but i hope that we'll be able to make the iraqi people captive will not disappear who got to be the most important thing is qualification to continue to take points it's a 3rd away much in 4 games but we then have 3 at home to finish obviously i know the importance of this darby with a rug but we prepare for it like any other match for much of them ok now losing on any given day is tough enough but losing to a sibling is going to be bittersweet and that was probably the case when marwan bagi stunned his older brother and it's hard to comment in the quarter finals of this washington world championships and del have but it looks like there's no hard feelings there. and that is all your support for now peter back to you thanks very much see you from 12 g.

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