al-jazeera news and current. iran raises the price of fuel and introduces rationing sparking protests in parts of the country. and i'm just on the attain this is al jazeera live from dar also coming up a tree lankans voted for a new president in an election where national security is the top issue for the easter sunday attacks that killed hundreds. and one year on since the start of the yellow vest protests and fronts we look at the impact the movement has had plus. on florence 3 in beijing village judge of

a province china where thousands of the just like this one here have benefited from a boom in online shopping. now faced one person has been killed during protests in iran against a 50 percent increase in fuel prices several people were also injured as they tried to enter an oil refinery in the southern city of sir john iran has some of the world's cheapest prices because of its heavy subsidies but the government has now introduced rationing as it struggles to combat fuel being smuggled abroad there are reports of internet outages as well in some areas as the protests continue dosage of ari has the latest from tehran. a price increase unlike any other ever seen before in the islamic republic or a new world cup to the news and they were shocked that the price of petrol is now up 200 percent the government announced that at midnight friday morning and the

iranians have been reacting across the country so far in the capital many motorists have been turning off their vehicles on all the major highways as a form of protest to the increase now what is worrying for many iranians is the fact that this increase will likely affect other goods in the country the price of bread eggs and so forth will also likely increase the government has said that this decision was made by a special committee that's in charge of dealing with the country's economic future that committee is now meeting in the capital it consists of the head of the country's judiciary ibrahim are you see as well as the president hassan rouhani and the speaker of parliament there are johnny for now the protests have been quiet and calm we've heard reports that security forces are monitoring the situation and that the death that's been reported insurge on city in term on province was as a result of a number of people trying to storm and oil refinery there overnight and police

responded to that incident for now we're waiting to find out more about what this special committee will say about this price increase but many iranians are very worried and they are worried about what will come next as a result of this fuel hike and israel says it's carried out strikes targeting hamas and responds to rockets fired from gaza 2 rockets struck the israeli city of beer sheva in the south overnight amounts has kept some distance from the recent exchanges of fire between israel and the palestinian group islamic jihad 34 palestinians were killed in the violence the west across the board border fighting in the harry 4th that has moved from gaza. well so far no claim of responsibility in gaza for this latest round of rocket fire 2 rockets fired in the early hours of saturday morning towards the israeli town of beit shaver they were intercepted by the israeli anti-missile iron dome system no question though who israel appears to blame for those rockets it has targeted in air strikes that followed

a few hours later exclusively hamas targets here inside gaza bounce after they had in recent days been targeting islamic jihad explicitly so since beginning this round of escalation the assassination of a senior islamic jihad commander how mass while supporting is dummy jihad rhetorical hadn't itself been firing rockets up until this point that's something that attracted some criticism here in gaza some protests there were protests in the jabalya refugee camp just on friday night requesting and requiring that hamas take military action as well and part of that has been fueled by the number of civilian casualties that we've seen here inside gaza the most of them in one deadly air strike on thursday morning. now least 12 people have been killed and several were injured in a car bomb attack in northeast syria the explosion went off near a car garage area in the city of al-bab that's and lepers east and countryside. the

iraqi high commission for human rights says at least 7 people have been killed there and more than 170 injured just over the past 2 days security forces fired live rounds during anti-government demonstrations on friday iraq's top cheer leader grand ayatollah ali al sistani called for calm in his weekly stand and protesters are angry about widespread corruption unemployment and poor basic services. gunman in sri lanka have attacked buses carrying with women voters but no casualties have been reported it's being seen as an attempt to intimidate voters as polling for the presidential election gets underway former defense minister goes by rajapaksa and current minister subject to permit us of the 2 main candidates ethnic tensions have been high since the easter bombings earlier this year that killed hundreds in elfin and as has moved from colombo. there are almost 13000 polling stations like the one you see behind me where sri lankans are casting their vote to choose their next

president here a blown up version of the ballot paper as you can see a record 35 names that basically they've got to sort through and choose their particular candidate now we're hearing that there was a brisk amount of activity as polls opened at 7 o'clock this morning but the lection authorities have extended by an hour the period that voters have to cast their ballot because obviously with such a long list of names that the logical issues where voters have to sort out pick the right candidate and the entire process of casting that ballot is expected to take longer than usual and even though we have $35.00 contenders in the fray it's actually down to 2 key players gautami rajapaksa the former defense secretary and subject the minister of housing the son of former president promising. for people there are certain things that have come to the fore that they say is important in

choosing their next leader. building up this country is what's important for me stop the corruption stop the drugs and take the country forward it's been a relatively peaceful election but we are hearing reports that there have been some incidents the police has confirmed that a number of buses carrying muslim voters to polling stations in man which is in the northwestern part of the country was a little bit stones there was also reports that gunfire was directed at some of these buses there are a few reports of sort of coersion pressure on certain voters to vote either way so these are things that we're hearing but obviously the day has a few was to go ahead of polling time. and sri lankans all waiting with bated breath to find out who the next leader will be.

u.s. president donald trump has been accused of intimidation after he attacked a witness on twitter while she testified at his impeachment hearing maria about of the former u.s. ambassador to ukraine was removed from her post earlier this year or castor has more from capitol hill. president trump has said he too busy to watch the impeachment inquiry hearings threatening to end his presidency but he found time friday to catch some of the hearing unfolding on live t.v. and he tweeted about the witness on the stand his former ambassador to ukraine a woman he ousted from the post as we sit here testifying the president is attacking you or twitter. and i'd like to give you a chance to respond read part of one of his tweets everywhere maria on average when turned bad but would you like to respond to the president's attack that everywhere

you went turned bad i mean i can't speak to what the president is trying to do but i think the effect is to be intimidating you've on of it is a career diplomat who served more than 30 years under presidents of both parties in a july phone call the basis for the current impeachment inquiry trump told the president of ukraine she was quote bad news and would go through some things it was it was a terrible moment the person who saw me actually reading the transcript said that the color drained from my face i think i even had a physical reaction it didn't sound good sounded like. a threat democrats say trump's attacks on you vonna vege amounts to witness intimidation and possibly an additional impeachment charge against the president trump defended his mid hearing tweet saying he had no intention to intimidate i have the right to speak i have freedom of speech just as other people do but they've taken away the republican's rights testified she was recalled from ukraine without cause in may

she'd been drunk fully accused of undermining trump she said and was the target of a smear campaign conspired between trump's private attorney rudy giuliani and corrupt ukrainian officials or continues to amaze me is that they found americans willing to partner with them and working together they apparently succeeded in orchestrating the removal of a us ambassador you gonna bitch says she still doesn't know why she was ordered home on the next plane she was gone by the time the white house grows security aid to ukraine and trying to press the ukrainian president to announce investigations into his political rivals republicans say democrats have been unable to directly tie trump to an impeachable offense the problem of trying to overthrow a president based on this type of evidence is obvious but that's what their whole case relies on. beginning with 2nd and 3rd hand information but now complicating

the president's defense is this new evidence of possible witness intimidation in the form of trump's tweet that materialize before the public's very odd ways democrats have tried to build up a review of on a voyage as a sympathetic witness and now trump himself may have helped them make that case while putting his own presidency in greater jeopardy heidi joe castro al-jazeera washington well a former adviser to trump has been found guilty of 7 charges including lying to congress and witness tampering and was charged earlier this year during the investigation into russian interference in the 2016 election he's now been found guilty of lying to congress about his contacts with wiki leaks during the campaign and his efforts to push one of his associates to then corroborate his lies he will be sentenced in february and faces up to 50 is in jail whether is next but still

ahead. if anybody i know if a 30 have only fiar i was just only tear gassed by the police on purpose tension on the streets of bolivia offset a change of leadership plus a warning to doctors who are on strike and zimbabwe because of poor pay and bad washington. hello again welcome back to international weather forecast we're here across north asia we are watching some clouds pushing in as well as a very snowy situation for many not looking too bad here on sunday you can see here across much of japan well in clear skies it is a little bit cooler sendai a 12 sapporo at about one degree there a lot of snow has pushed out here towards the east but notice as we go towards the

west we are going to be seeing some rain here across the korean peninsula but as we go towards monday a big change is happening we're going to be seeing a lot more snow across parts of china the russian maritimes as well as coming down here across parts of the korean peninsula so for so expect to see really your temperatures coming down over the next few days 13 degrees here on sunday 8 degrees on monday tuesday at 5 normally this time of year your high would be about 5 so really seeing that wintry scenario coming into play there well here across china not looking too bad to the south we are going to sing hong kong at 7 degrees but north of on the forecast map down here towards the southeast we are watching a developing system making its way towards the philippines this is expected to make landfall on monday brings a very heavy rain towards luzon expect to see about $200.00 to possibly $300.00 millimeters of rain across the region so localized flooding is going to be a major risk of the next few days.

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killed during protests in iran over a 50 percent increase in fuel prices several people were also injured as they tried to enter an oil refinery in the southern city of. israel says it's carried out air strikes targeting hamas and response to rockets fired from gaza hamas has kept some distance from the recent exchanges of fire between israel and the palestinian group islamic jihad. gunman in sri lanka have attacked buses carrying muslim votes but no casualties have been reported as a former defense minister goes by rajapaksa minister subject premadasa of the main candidates in the presidential election ethnic tensions have been high since the easter bombings that killed hundreds. and at least 14 civilians have been killed in attacks in the eastern democratic republic of congo police say it's revenge for the army's offensive against rebel strongholds the attacks happened in 2 regions in the beni region of north kivu province dribbles used machetes on civilians and then you

said shops and homes last month the congolese army announced an offensive to get rid of rebels affiliated to the allied democratic forces the a.d.f. has been operating along the sea uganda border for more than 20 years. saddam's former president omar al bashir has been in court facing charges of possessing illicit foreign currency and corruption bashir has admitted receiving millions of dollars from saudi arabia that says he didn't use it for private purposes police discovered foreign and domestic currency stockpiled at his home off to his arrest but he was forced from office and april after months of anti-government protests have been morgan has the latest from. the corruption trial against sudan's also president obama is in its 3rd month on the mind the session on saturday the defense team presented the general as the main witness now the auditor general was supposed to testify during the past 3 hearings but because he was out of town he has

testified today and the judge has accepted his excuse of being out of town and agreed to listen to him this saturday now the defense team is also saying that the media has been trying to sway public opinion people on the streets have been saying that the president is not facing the real charges which he should face which are work crimes and crimes against humanity in the western region of darfur and the southern regions of blue nile and south kordofan a newly appointed state prosecutors say that it's not their job to hand over the ousted president to the international criminal court where he's facing those charges as well as charges of genocide and an arrest warrant has been issued against him the state prosecutors say that it is up to the justice ministry and up to an elected government in 3 more years time to decide whether the president will be tried for those crimes here in sudan or whether he will be handed over to the international criminal court like many of the world victims in those regions have been calling for over the past few months. now police in france have fired tear gas to break up protests in paris as the yellow vest movement marks its one year

anniversary the movement began on november 17th last year over rising fuel prices and the cost of living and later turned into violent anti-government riots that then spread across the country during its peak 300000 people took part in saturday protests but that number has gone down in recent months but our correspondent is live for us in paris where one year and where does the stands now. is it going to say where it stands now and where it's going but what we do know is that numbers numbers have significantly dwindled when it comes to protests over the past year there is of course an attempt on this day the anniversary to perhaps revive some of the energy seen in past protests so we seem smaller gatherings in certain parts of the city we've seen plumes of tear gas but nothing like the numbers that have attended previous marches i was on this pretty much exact spot a year ago for the 1st ever yellow 1st movement when we saw large numbers of people

sweeping down the seans elisei look at it now more police certainly them protest as a bully oh protestors insights at all so what's the reason for this in doing it in the movement well to some extent it has achieved one of its key aims of getting this tax on diesel revoked a u.-turn there from president micro also he's had to cough up $11000000000.00 in financial support to low income earners the tax on diesel was very much seen as a tax on poor sectors of french society people more dependent on cars outside big cities like france but it attracted a whole range of people from the far right from the far left and brit pretty much everybody in between and because of the somewhat confused political identity it's failed to make the movement from being a protest movement into a political movement we know several. attempts to be made to get some members of the yellow verse movement alexa's the european parliament and those attempts have

failed so the wind it appears right now has left the sails of the yellow bevens well as you say may have more police than protests as i do see some police vehicles there behind us a strong presence then on the streets today. yeah absolutely the police aren't taking any chances particularly here on the show on the leisurely under the shadow of the auditorium for symbol of france. is a water cannon standing by over there we know according to activists the french police have been accused of somewhat heavy handed tactics over the past year according to those activists 24 people of lost are useful if people have lost homes one person tends to call those victims often blaming the police for over liberal use of stun grenades or tear gas and rubber bullets and the these tactics of some war inflames the protests even more water is clear when it comes to controlling the streets here in paris is that the police or mr anniversary are very much in charge

. of that live in paris will be staying across that story throughout the day thank you for that update well chinese soldiers have been sent on to the streets of hong kong for the 1st time since anti-government protests there began in may the troops were seen helping beijing supporters dismantle a fence and roadblocks here that how long garrison the soldiers rarely leave their barracks they were last seen a year ago caning off after typhoon that robin wright has more from hong kong. it was a very quick operation lasted less than an hour and the soldiers didn't have to travel far this is their base here their sentries are standing just off to my right here and basically they came out there they didn't travel very far they came up this this road here moving bricks as they went and turned the corner at the top long the perimeter up there and then were back inside inside the camp where they weren't wearing uniforms they were in their sports

a kit so they could be looked at is quite symbolic depending on your politics and as we go there is a lot of politics here on the one hand it could be seen as a fairly innocuous gesture this is just a public spirited action by the local garrison coming out and as you mentioned there it's not the 1st time that troops have been deployed they came out a year ago to help clean up in country parts after thai food so it has happened before but then this is not the country parts we are in the new urban area the middle of callaloo and over on this side is one of the university campuses where we've seen protests and there have been an angry standoff between students from this campus and soldiers inside here who they were show pointing their lasers at having said that we have not seen any angry responses from protesters that the removal of their bricks in fact if anything they've been really played it cool they've kept a very low profile there's been some chatter on social media saying it doesn't really matter we'll just replace the bricks when we are good and ready but there

will be others in the pan democratic camp who will see this you know as a further gesture as a further symbol of more erosion of hong kong's autonomy and the autonomy it's meant to have within china. now security forces in bolivia have shot and killed 5 protesters and the town of. and the most violent incident since president even more on has resigned earlier this week an interim government is in charge but rallies calling for democratic transition of power have continued. while politicians and chill a have agreed on a plan that will pave the way for a referendum on a new constitution the measure is a way to meet the demands of anti-government protesters who've now been out on the streets there for weeks latin america telling has more from santiago. less than 24 hours ago chile's rival political parties finally arrived at what many call and

stark agreement to read draft a constitution that would replace the one that is a hangover from the d.j. dictatorship it had been a key demand for testers and yet as you can see people are still back on the streets. and there are many reasons 1st and foremost they say that urgent reforms in health education pensions and better salaries can't await the estimated 2 years that it would take to rewrite a constitution. for example pensioners i live on $200.00 a month i need to buy medicine and food but who cares the government is heartless. others say they simply don't trust their politicians and want to see the small print of the deal but the biggest complaint has to do with the agreement that would require an article of the constitution to be approved by 2 thirds of the delegates many say that would continue to give the wealthy minorities too much power but it looks as if it's excessive 2 thirds is the same limit that we have under the

current constitution put there to ensure necessary reforms don't pass the government had a hope that by caving into demands for a new constitution the under arrest or at least the large number of protests on the streets would diminish and while some do say that it's a positive step that does require compromise most of the people here believe it's just simply not enough. well zimbabwe's government says there could be more disciplinary hearings if doctors don't return to work there they've been on strike for nearly 3 months over poor pay and working conditions and now more than 200 junior and middle level doctors have been fired so far has more from harare principle was fired earlier this month along with hundreds of other genia doctors in zimbabwe. the government dismissed him for going on strike to demand better pay and work conditions in public hospitals he says he wasn't paid in october and because he's now unemployed he won't get paid in november soon he will have to move out of this apartment. 2 weeks of history and apartments.

that's our best. in terms of the bar was once busy public health facilities and usually quiet the waiting areas and awards are deserted the strike has dragged on for more than 2 months most doctors were fired after they failed to attend disciplinary hearings the reason was that they couldn't afford to pay for transport zimbabweans are struggling to deal with the worst economic crisis in a decade they are shortages of foreign currency fuel power and medicines this doctor strike is a now the hardship that many people here say they have no choice but to enjoy. for watching her daughter braxton suffer is painful the 3 year old's temperature is very high but neither nurses nor doctors are working at a local clinic. nice and. a lot of

people are going to die if my child starts having fits in the middle of the night she could die if the hospitals were working doctors would tell me what medication and injections she needs i am scared i could lose her if she gets really sick but mary says she understands doctors want to better pay like millions of others in zimbabwe story inflation has eroded salaries and life is hard but the worried mother just wants her daughter's pain to end. like she thinks it's a tonsils but says right now there is no one willing to help her. now the chinese do more online shopping than anyone else in the wilds and in many remote areas people have embraced technology becoming online entrepreneurs and turning once sleepy villages into e-commerce hubs foreign story has province

in less than a decade legion home has transformed his life the former street snack vendor is now c.e.o. of his own company it makes camping equipment and has an annual turnover of around $9000000.00 puts it down to hard work good luck and the rise in online shopping. as the internet develops our shopping habits change there are also more opportunities to make money we can do business from home whether you are one person 100 people were on the same platform everyone can find something soon. his success attracted the attention of others in village who asked him to teach them how to start an e-commerce business at least 16 family that's about 10 percent of the population here are involved in e-commerce in one way or another mostly as middlemen selling products made by others. but some like lucian friend are more on

to printer he sells wood salvaged from all the houses in the village. doing e-commerce gave me more flexibility i had to work anyway either at the factory or at home i make about the same money but i have more freedom doing this i can take care of my children or go fishing if i like. across china there are thousands of villages like. rural communities whose fortunes have changed because of the internet power is owned by chinese multinational. and is china's largest digital platform it's where many economists businesses got their 1st start. villages where at least 10 percent of households are involved in e-commerce and that have a combined turnover of at least one and a half $1000000.00 a year are known as top villages. dot the government has been supportive of

infrastructure like law just transport this village is mostly operate on a free market. with some hope from the government. not everyone strikes it big in eco most but some are showing that the internet and business savvy can be a potent combination florence louis al-jazeera beige village to province china. hello again there and these are the headlines at least one person has been killed during protests in iran over a 50 percent increase in fuel prices several people were also injured as they tried to enter an oil refinery in the southern city of said john. people are still very much angry and they are voicing their anger they're seeing that this is absolutely unacceptable given the current economic status of the country walk up

to this news and there were shocked and stunned without any warning the prices went up drastically and many here say that this is not something they can really deal with because it will have ramifications in other aspects of their daily life meaning that the price of bread eggs and other goods will also rise as a result of this at least 12 people have been killed and several wounded in a car bomb attack in northeast syria the explosion went off near a tog area in the city of al-bab in aleppo is east and countryside. gunman in have attacked buses carrying muslim voters but no casualties have been reported former defense minister got a buyer rajapaksa and minister subject premadasa of the main candidates in the presidential election ethnic tensions have been high there since the easter bombings of this year that killed hundreds saddam's former president omar al bashir has been in court facing charges of possessing illicit foreign currency and

corruption but he has admitted receiving millions of dollars from saudi arabia but says he didn't use it for private purposes and police in france have fired tear gas to break up protests in paris as the yellow vest movement marks its one year anniversary the demonstrations began on november 17th last year over rising fuel prices and the cost of living it later turned into anti government riots that spread across the country chinese soldiers have been sent on to the streets of hong kong for the 1st time since anti-government protests began in may the troops were seen helping beijing's supporters dismantle a fence and kill roadblocks near the calhoun tong garrison well those are the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera the inside story do stay with us.

levanon could soon have a new prime minister box office for the main political players reportedly reached an agreement but on the streets people are still angry so is a new government the answer and what about the calls to overhaul the entire political system this is inside story. hello and welcome to inside story i'm dead you know it's almost a month since protests erupted right across lebanon yet a solution to the political crisis hasn't been reached there is some hope for a new government soft.