then the price will go to overlook involving some of the region's highest officials might work. all day long al-jazeera investigations diplomats for sale. and i'm president of voter turnout expected in hong kong's local elections following months of protest will be live at the polling stations. coming from joe when i'm come on santa maria with the world news from al-jazeera. every police a presence in colombia is countable up to 2 days of major protests of attacks and pension reform is also more damning revelations in the impeachment inquiry the

state department forced to release documents showing donald trump's lawyer was in close contact with secretary of state over the ukraine a fat. and climate pressure in the pacific we'll take you to the tiny island nation of pullout to find out what's at risk. so hong kong the polls for local elections are now open in a vote seen as a test for the pro beijing government following months of demonstrations of origins of threatens to suspend voting if there is any serious disruption a record 4100000 people have registered to vote on kong's biggest turn up since the territory was returned to china from britain in 997 well hong kong pro-democracy activist joshua wallace urged protesters to continue to oppose beijing he was actually disqualified from running in these local elections says i

will protest movement stop recruiting i urge more people around the world just have a pom pom pom pom should come out about this for council action is that your action in ma committed based on the strength. that you. believe this is nothing but i still urge people both to play action to show how this can head to beijing. i will take you to hong kong shortly but 1st this report from up and. coming amid unprecedented unrest everyone agrees this will be an election like no other. many seats are being contested by a new generation of candidates some molded by the protest movement. sign cam wing an independent is out on bail after being arrested and charged for unlawful assembly. people have been paying close attention to the process the excessive use

of force by police and the arrests and they've been studying the views of the candidates on these things and making up their minds in a city of 7000000 people a record 4000000 have registered to vote. it's tough we don't know which side to take but beijing is in charge in any case the all signs indicate that the pro-democracy protests are poised to win a big victory come to go this is important for hong kong people it's like an opinion poll normally dominated by local issues this election will instead focus on the much bigger question of hong kong's relationship with mainland china with pro china parties having the majority of seats up for election they are seen as having the most to lose given the groundswell of anti-government feeling pro-democracy candidates are contesting every seat with thousands of new young voters registering

for the 1st time the probe aging camp seems to be bracing itself for losses this year the elections have been highly politicized and violence have become a central issue and there are people for and against so local issues won't be sidelined campaigning on streets the bad the scars of months of unrest leo chu is a candidate for the democratic party. he's not hopeful about the chances of this vote forcing the government to concede don't any of the protesters demands i do not have a very strong. the mistake of mine about they were care about the people. in this direction but that's really. important for the international community that's what people are thinking in hong kong. this ballot will likely prove the strength of feeling in this deeply polarized city the question then we'll be watching impact

it has on the escalating violence of macbride al jazeera hong kong ok here's sarah clarke outside a polling station and just the difference in the last half hour sara a lot of people lining up. in the polls i've been half an hour ago and this is the front of the queue this particular line does the whole way around this building now there were rumors that potentially violent clashes could drop at some stage today those rumors were out yesterday and as a result some suggested the government might try move in and close these polling booths early that clearly people of this is those rumors and they're lining up to make their voice heard and as broad mentioned in his package at the post office has a majority but the pro-democracy groups on the cap they certainly is indications that the people might come out and support them in light of the ongoing protests that we've seen in the chaos in the city that we've seen for the last 6 or so months. ok thanks.

in hong kong for us. now colombia where antigovernment protests of continued in the capital for a 3rd day security forces told the streets of bogota and fired tear gas on thousands of protesters who gathered it followed an overnight curfew all by president even. which was defied by demonstrators who stayed on the streets they're angry over proposed reforms to the tanks and pension system. yet he has more now from bogota small groups of protesters are on the streets most of these are peaceful and there are happening without major issues but other ones if protesters try to march on the streets are blocked one of the roads they are immediately confronted. quite violently by the police in and take

riot gear with tear gas with grenades bombs as we have witnessed earlier during the day we have now been able to confirm that at least one of these protesters was seriously injured by one of these stun grenades that hit them in the in the head he is now. under surgery in a hospital in downtown but what we understand that his condition is critical but under control so we're going to try to find out more about him in coming hours and more people are also out and planning to repeat. demonstrations where people hit on pots and pans in different parts of this city most of the violence seems to be happening when the protesters try to reach the government buildings downtown if they stay further now north and in the plazas and

don't try to move on. streets then things seem to move on peacefully. the u.s. state department has released records related to its dealings with ukraine the documents support testimony at the impeachment inquiry that several senior officials were in the loop on efforts to pressure kiffin to investigating president trump's rival joe biden john hendren has this report from washington. the cast of president donald trump's ukraine pressure campaign grows ever wider 100 pages of newly released state department documents show that secretary of state mike pump a 0 spoke to president trump's personal attorney rudy giuliani twice in march that was shortly before u.s. ambassador to ukraine maria vonn of h. was removed from office scott lucas says it's not hard to win for what they were

talking about but the day before pompei 0 2nd call with giuliani there was a time line prepared which set out all of the material about biden his son hunter and maria vonnegut trying to set up in other words a paper trail for the secretary of state of these alleged alleged activities by biden and yavanna bitch that weren't enough just wanted an investigation by ukraine the impeachment inquiry is looking into whether the white house engaged in a coordinated campaign to withhold nearly $400000000.00 in military aid to ukraine until the president of vacuum treat publicly announced that he would investigate president trump's chief political rival former vice president joe biden president trump denies that accusation i want nothing. that's what i want for you that's what i want nothing the newly released documents support this damning statement from embassador gordon sunland was there a quid pro quo the answer is yes everyone was in the loop we

kept the leadership of the state department and the n.s.c. informed of our activities and that included communications with secretary of state pompei o. the state department had refused to give those documents they were obtained through a freedom of information lawsuit by the watchdog group american oversight now senate democrats are asking pompei oh in a letter to recuse himself from the state department's response to the impeachment inquiry pump ale was quick to respond i'm not going to accuse myself from this i know precisely what american policy was with respect to ukraine i was working on it and i'm incredibly proud of what we've accomplished also joining in the circle of those implicated in the presidential pressure campaign is the president's top defender in the impeachment inquiry republican devin nunes clearly these little chris accusations don't reflect committee members who are honestly searching for the truth on saturday reports emerged suggesting nunez met with the disgraced

former ukrainian prosecutor to find dirt on biden that is according to a lawyer for a businessman live parness indicted for his role in working with giuliani to prompt a ukrainian investigation of biden and his son if true the circle of all the president's men in the ukraine campaign just got bigger john hendren washington one of egypt's last independent news publications mother of nasir is appealing for the urgent release of one of its journalists a statement on its website says police took shot these out from his home in cairo on saturday and also confiscated electronics and documents related to his work silence the rest is the latest sign of a widening crackdown on press freedom in egypt. israel's opposition leader benny gantz has once again called on prime minister benjamin netanyahu to resign over corruption charges it follows netanyahu saying on friday that he wouldn't step down

over the 3 indictments calling it an attempted coup imran khan has more from tel aviv. well against time to statement perfectly full the evening news and this was very much a message not just to the israeli electorate but to the likud party he said itself he actually spoke in that building just behind me here in the television expo center where he had an office of prime minister benjamin netanyahu take a look at what you had to say. surely a call for unity government is a lodge is possible i would be the prime minister for the 1st 2 years while netanyahu can deal with his legal issues it's clear he can come back as prime minister this is the only way to prevent an unnecessary election. so the idea is that the prime minister benjamin netanyahu will be appalled all of the government but he won't have any ministries and certainly won't be prime minister instead what benny gantz is just thing is that he fights his court cases and then that is result that they can take a look at any idea of

a power sharing agreement and anything that might take place in the future between the good and the blue and white party whether that's going to be acceptable to netanyahu remains to be seen but the entire game at the moment seems to be avoiding a 3rd alexion we're in a period of about 17 days left where any member of the knesset can try and form a government if that doesn't happen then the country goes to the election which is what all the politicians seemingly are trying to avoid so this was not a generous offer to netanyahu but very practical one to try and avoid going to a 3rd election that see what the prime minister has to say about this he's also under tremendous amount of person from within his own the coup party as well gideon saw is a pretender to these really throwing and he says he wants the likud party to have a primary election internal election and to choose a new leader and to move on with the process of forming a government so netanyahu under a tremendous amount of pressure right now. in the news ahead

a call to action tens of thousands across fronts are out on the streets demanding tougher laws to stop violence against women. hello again welcome back to international weather forecast well better conditions here across taiwan we did see a storm system that skirted much of the nation and pushing up here towards much of the rico islands over the next few days things are going to be getting better winds are going to be dying down across the area we are going to see attempts are for taipei at $28.00 degrees but across central china though we do see more in terms of rain as we go from sunday as well as into monday temperatures only into the low teens maybe in the single digits there before hong kong it is still sunny still quite warm at 27 degrees as your expected high well the last several days across

malaysia has been very very heavy in terms of the rain we've seen rain totals in some locations over about 120 millimeters in just a 24 hour period more rain is expected in this area we're going to be seeing flooding in localized areas there as well up towards vietnam it's going to remain quite dry here on the sunday but more clouds and more rain coming into play by the time we go towards monday as well and then very quickly down here across the southern part of india we've been dealing with a lot of rain as well the rain showers continue for tonight as well as across parts of colombo we do expect to see more rain as we go here towards sunday with a tempter for colombo at 30 degrees but better conditions for tonight with attempt a few of 30 degrees as well. that was sponsored by qatar and. from me out to c.n.n. london. t.v. special guest in conversation when societies declined when women of the title the only thing that benefits from this contract itself on prostate uninterrupted is

a 1st run scared girls are those who work. for him or. whether he would like to thank their nationalism is not as ugly as someone else's nationalising studio scripted on al jazeera. these are the top stories this hour polls are open in hong kong's local elections a vote seen as a test for the pro beijing government following months of demonstrations and all parties have threatened to suspend voting if there's any serious disruption to record 4100000 people registered to vote. in colombia anti-government protests have

continued to in the capital for 13 selective day hundreds of protesters were dispersed by tear gas following an overnight curfew and isolated looting in bogota and records of the u.s. state department's dealings with ukraine about it by public. they confirm contacts between secretary of state mike pump. and donald trump personal lawyer rudy giuliani earlier this year. there's been renewed fighting between kurdish fighters and turkey backed forces in northern syria happened in the town. turkey launched an offensive against the kurdish led syrian democratic forces last month. and the truth was agreed in coordination with russia but a small scale fighting has continued. thousands of people have been marching across france to highlight the problem of violence against women france has one of europe's highest rates of domestic violence so far this year 116 women have been killed by current or former partners

a report released this month found french police and the justice system often fail to protect women as natasha butler records. joanna tilly thought she'd finally escape her violent partner when she moved out of their home with their children she'd suffered years of abuse but then one day in september he killed or join his friends in the northern french city of love say her murder made them determined to help other victims of domestic violence so they teamed up and launched a telephone helpline they've been flooded with calls. when we saw how joanna had tried hard to get help her death made us think we have to do something we have to be heard there are some organizations that help but it's not enough. in our city join a story touched our shocked many people to raise the awareness we hope our suspicion will get people talking and. it was outside her local supermarket the joanna tilly

was fatally stabbed by her former partner in front of her 3 young children just weeks before her murder she filed a complaint with police but they've done little to help. a woman is killed by her partner or ex partner every other day in france many others face daily physical sexual and emotional abuse campaigners say that even though violence against women is widespread police judges and prosecutors rarely take it seriously every woman knows because she heard that she will not nobody's going to listen to her go there is already the culture that if you go to the police you're not going to be understood you're not going to be listened and your case is going to be closed. for months sees activists in paris have been running an underground campaign after dark they put up antiviolence feminist messages in the street as. people realize that this is mass killing disguised as crimes of passion one of our messages says you will never kill because of love so we're raising public awareness and often women

who are suffering violent tell us these messages help them to. the french government is working. new legislation to tackle violence against women but campaigners say the proposal so far failed to address the root causes of the abuse they say what's needed is to change attitudes to women and better educate children and adults domestic abuse often thrives because it is hidden the striking messages of bringing the problem out into the open where it can't be ignored the tasha partner al-jazeera paris. but in russia a small rally was held against a new bill which targets domestic violence russia doesn't currently have any specific legislation for this type of violence but the new bill would crack down on harris' meant and give stricter penalties for violating restraining orders conservative critics say the law would represent state interference in family issues. social media especially facebook twitter and you tube have been called the

greatest propaganda machine in history actor and comedian sacha baron cohen made those comments at an anti defamation the gathering in the u.s. to reinforce his point he said of facebook it existed in the 1930 s. it would have led hitler by anti semitic advertisement. democracy which depends on the shared truths is in retreat and autocracy which depends on shared lies is on the march hate crimes are surging as a murderous attacks and religious and ethnic minorities now wouldn't all these dangerous trends have in common i'm just a comedian and actor i'm not a scholar but one thing is pretty clear to me all this hate and violence is being facilitated by a handful of internet companies that amount to the greatest propaganda machine in history the leaders of the u.k.'s biggest parties of faced questions from

a studio audience out of next month's election they appeared on a special b.b.c. programme and one of the issues that dominated was briggs it. people voted 3 and a half years ago thank you thank you thank you thank you the party israel before every other party that you've had on tonight is basically trying to frustrate that outcome we have a deal thank you my role and the role of our government will be to ensure that that referendum is held in a fair was fair and we will abide by the result of it and i would have dropped as prime minister if i am at the time a neutral stance so that i can credibly carry out the results of that to bring our communities and country together rather than continuing an endless debate about the e.u. and brics we are being very straight forward to the party that we want to stop break that you may agree with both you might disagree with us i don't think you could accuse us of not being up front about wanting to stop breaks that we have been

crystal clear about that from the very beginning now bolivia is interim leader has rejected a senate attempt to grant former president of a morale exam esteem as fled to mexico under pressure from protests over allegations of rigging the election in october congress has now passed a bill paving the way for new elections sanchez has more from the us. but the bill to call the elections was approved unanimously in congress after a heated debate now the interim president will enact it to begin the process of selecting members for the electoral tribunal and set a date for a new election. lookin down for the next government cannot be abusive either with the rural or urban people it has to be neutral to manage the country world but if you favor one or the other it will be lost. what are the demands made by members of the mass party that's it will more or less as party was to take the

military off the streets in turn the government wanted no more protests now streets have been quieter here in the past few hours after this past week clashes between protesters and the police and the army left 8 people dead here now the government wants all road blocks to be lifted to allow passage of food and fuel around the country but there are still many roadblocks that need to be cleared while in many parts of the traffic is fluid food is slowly making its way into the stores but here there are none queues of people waiting to get gas and many here say they're not happy. things are not well yet we're not getting gas the government doesn't care we're being discriminated against not only here in boston in other places around the country there are cars long lines of cars and trucks queuing up to get gas however here many people are saying that the approval of this bill to call

elections is giving them the confidence that now the country begins to move forward . tension remains high on the streets of chile's capital santiago after protesters clashed violently with security forces on friday evening stretches threw rocks and petrol bombs at vehicles they were met with water cannon boston tear gas. demonstrations that began over 2 months ago after a hike in metro affairs have escalated into riots looting and. president sebastian pinera has promised a set of reforms to quell the protesters demands. now an archipelago in the western pacific is home to some of the most intact coral reef systems in the world and a spectacular range of biodiversity but pressure from climate change and tourism and overfishing they're all intensifying in contrast to the pacific national sense report. it is an extraordinary sight expose structures of ancient coral reef

framed in an expensive turquoise the rock islands of palau a unesco world heritage site and beneath the surface the profusion and variety of life is stunning one of the highest rates of biodiversity on the planet but the challenges are numerous in amongst a jumble of islands a series of marine lakes hold more wonders this is. a lake it is connected to the sea but only through a series of small correction fishes in the rock it's effectively isolated sealed ecosystem and beneath the surface lies a unique subspecies golden jellyfish they've evolved to harvest energy directly from sunlight there are more than 2000000 of them and indeed that's a significant reduction in the past there have been as many as 30000000 in this lake but fluctuations in the weather have recently taken their toll. the biggest challenge that we face in terms of the jellyfish snake is climate change very

recently within the past. year and a half to 2 years saw. the golden jellyfish that the site is famous for around the world completely disappear because of climate change the salinity of the lake grow so the full picture of the water to the priest these ranges are on the lookout for illegal fishing in protected so called notes implemented to try and conserved when giving free species along the coast for the commercial fisherman and little fish it uses the big ships mothership so it's everything from giant clams to search engines to secure cumbers to fish and then from next year the marine protected area will be massively extended into the open ocean but. 2020 all the stuff sold will can only be pissing about 20 percent of the water and the reason for that is that we want to make sure that 80 percent of no 10 will ensure this is the morton resort

we're seeing that when we don't. give area a refuge of conservation area you can see it's 5 times as much space in an area that open there is another ultimately overriding concern not just on parallel but for the 2000000 islanders across the pacific sea level rise can 0 has lived here for decades and he says full moon tides are getting. and that can have a devastating effect this is a 1st time i've seen these kind of. high thanks come in and it's hard because you have to find another place to move to and if you don't have the money to build a new house then you won't be able to do that so pretty people are pretty much to stop. the wonders of this part of the pacific are many say to other precious allow is standing tough when it comes to environmental protections but its people are going to need all the resolve they can muster in the coming years nick luck al-jazeera. plus president is actually

a veteran campaign are fighting to protect island nations while there is still time here nic discuss the pressures palau is facing from climate change see level rise is aids is a dramatic thing it's salt water is seeping into our a critical chill farm so it's affecting put security. and of course the biggest threats. the frequency of storms and natural disasters typhoons you can see it today this is supposed to be a dry month but here we are we're going through storms off there storms for people living away from the pacific and away from the front line here it's very hard for them to make the connection with how serious the climate crisis is what would you say to them we're small but we're the window to what can eventually happen to the rest of the world. we're small but. the options that we're taking here

can also have a scale of value to what the world needs to do in order to ensure humankind issue for the next generation believe me. this is something that is going to catch like a wildfire and. the beginning of the wildfire but eventually it will for spread. on al jazeera and these are the headlines polls are open in hong kong's local elections a vote seen as a test for the pro beijing government after months of demonstrations or thirty's or threaten to suspend versioning there if there is any serious disruption a record 4100000 people have registered to vote biggest turnout since the territories returned to china from britain in 1997 here is sarah clarke with more from hong kong now the polls are open half an hour ago and this is the front of the

queue this particular line goes the whole way round this building and there were rumors that potentially violent clashes could drop at some stage. yesterday and as a result some suggested the government might try move in and close early they're clearly people are. lining up to vote their voice heard in colombia antigovernment protests have continued in the country's capital for a 3rd consecutive day hundreds of protesters were dispersed by tear gas following an overnight curfew and isolated looting in bogota records of the u.s. state department's dealings with ukraine have now been made public and they confirm contact between secretary state might and donald trump's personal lawyer rudy giuliani earlier this year. there's been renewed fighting between kurdish fighters and turkey backed forces in northern syria this is near the town of ainissa turkey launched an offensive against the kurdish led syrian democratic forces last month

a truce was agreed in coordination with russia but small scale fighting has continued thousands of people have been marching across france to highlight the problem of violence against women france has one of europe's highest rates of domestic violence so far this year 116 women have been killed by current or former partners a report released this month found french police and the justice system often failed to protect women and tension remains high on the streets of chile's capital santiago after protesters clashed violently with security forces on friday evening demonstrators threw rocks and petrol bombs at vehicles demonstrations that began over 2 months ago over a hike in metro fares have since escalated into riots looting and awesome you're up to date with the headlines now on al-jazeera planet s.o.s. is next.

on the clock bring new planets s.o.s. from palau in the western pacific a beacon in an ocean of change where despite the warming in the city the caisson coral reefs here are in pristine condition but the paddle to save them is intense. allows coral reefs defying the odds their stunning amazingly intact for now but around the world reefs of being decimated by bleaching events pitt will see the pioneering science taking place in the battle against nation warming and the efforts to conserve coral and fish the spectacular sight of 2000000 golden

jellyfish and you know.