exile on al-jazeera. record numbers turned out to vote in hong kong's local elections after months of anti-government protests. i think teenagers our bodies battery out is going on at least for a. hello and welcome to al-jazeera live from doha i'm martin denny's also coming up and those fly zones put in place in libya's capital which forces loyal to warn the world khalifa haftar have been fighting to recapture. the voting begins for

a new president in guinea bissau after years of political turmoil. and how climate change is affecting the golden globe of the world heritage sites in the western pacific. where the passion for change in hong kong has translated into record numbers of people turning out to vote for district elections the poll is taking place after months of increasingly violent protests against the prey beijing government and at the last count more than one and a half 1000000 people had concept balance we'll get the very latest from sarah clarke our correspondent in a bit 1st his have report. as polls open to the people lined up around 4000000 have registered to vote in hong kong's district council elections after months of citywide on rest the people want their voices heard i. think teenagers. these batteries nowadays going on. always right on time and

maybe you want to change your beehive you can have different opinions isn't that what is important for you to use to show what your. candidates will face off in 18 districts with $452.00 seats up for grabs parties currently hold the majority and district councils but anger against a government could have broad they support for the 1st time the pro-democracy camp has candidates running in every seat past few months i can't sleep the young people just want to us will just thank us for us for. 11 the government given the chance to live by the. simple problem of pro-democracy activists joshua wong was disqualified for running in this election he cast his ballot urging others to do the same if they urge to stop police brutality call for free action is high

but i'm sure what everybody's caught. while we still have to actually police have been deployed to monitor the polling birds after months of banning clashes the city's later has called for calm on sundays but we are facing an extremely challenging a situation in all the nice thing this year's elections but i feel is to say that with the concerted efforts of all parties including our laws over $30.00 to settle so many things question today we should have been relatively peaceful and calm and vibrant to fund these actions such as the post i kept my bear the brunt of public anger but analysts say it's unlikely the pro-democracy parties will secure a majority i expect the democrats maybe get a number of extra seats but it will be very difficult for them to really get an overall majority the district elections are normally a low key affair with campaigns focusing on local issues like garbage collection

and bus routes but it's the only election. hong kong which is decided by direct suffrage and a small group of district councillors play a crucial role sitting on an election committee which chooses the cities next later the protests were initially triggered by opposition to an extradition bill which would have allowed fugitives in hong kong to be sent to the mainland for trial but it's now a wider anti-government movement opposed to china's tightening grip on the former british colony after months of often violent clashes the city's 30000 strong police force is on duty for the 1st time in the history of district elections whatever the result of this one it's unlikely to stop further interest or let's go live now to sara get the very latest and so sara given what you said there's a record number of people turning out to vote we assume therefore a large contingent of that number being the young those who are in sympathy with the pro-democracy campaign what should we read into the results you've already

suggested that you don't think that they will make definitive gains but what will the results tell us. firstly the latest official figures which have just come out indicate that $1900000.00 people have now voted we still have about 5 and a half hours left of these polling booths are remaining open now as you mentioned or we mentioned earlier $4100000.00 people have registered for this for this election and you mentioned also that this is the young group we're expecting the mobilization of the young people going out to vote or cast their ballots and we've saying that the biggest increase in value registration from that 18 to 35 year old age group what it sang at the stage what the analysts are suggesting is that the the people here want democracy this is all happening despite the increasing violent confrontations we've seen between the police and the protests over recent months and have seen a transport chaos and this is of course also a test of the public support for the protest movement which has been now ongoing

for more than 6 months. and all of these these are district local elections basically sara in your report you suggested that normally they attract very little attention whatsoever kerry lamb has made it quite clear that if there's any kind of disruption then she is prepared to use the security forces in the fairly tough uncompromising manner has it gone peacefully has it gone quietly so far. it's been very peaceful we have we've had some scuffles at some polling booths but as i mentioned in my story we've got the 30000 strong police force that's been deployed on sunday to cipher out of certainly monitor these at the polling booths across hong kong now we've got the riot police also have been deployed so at this stage it's been peaceful but as we mentioned before 1900000 people that's 500000 more of the noise that voted in the last district council election in 2015 so huge

numbers and we do expect those big numbers to continue in the evening because predominantly people still go out to vote after dinner here in hong kong so big numbers to continue as we enter the evening in hong kong all right sara thank you for that would check in with you later thank you very much there we got breaking news from iraq and unfortunately it seems as though more of the protesters have now died as a consequence of security force the security forces opening fire with live ammunition now the latest coming from the southern city of basra we were telling you earlier about nazareth where we thought that 3 protesters had been shot dead others had been wounded but now we're talking about. apparently security forces were trying to disperse the crowds around the port of. about 70 others have been injured this is a breaking news story and of course we will bring you the very latest on that.

we have this report from june oh in fact mohammed joins us live even better mohammed what more can you tell us. martin pardon me for my voice martin medical sources and bus or as well as i witness his are telling us that 2 people at least 2 people have been killed as a result of security forces utilizing live 5 to despard disperse protesters that were trying to block the road that would get to the cost of port that's the strategic port that is near basra it's an area that's been very restive in the past few weeks as protesters continue to try to try to disrupt the services of that port now we're also told that at least 7 people at least 70 people have been injured as a as a result of those clashes this of course in addition to what we reported just a couple of hours ago that now we're told by medical sources that at least 3 people

have been killed in the southern city of nasiriya all of this really going to show that the situation across iraq remains very tense at this protest movement really doesn't look as though it is slowing down any time soon and i must say that when we go out to tahrir square here in baghdad which is the epicenter of the anti-government demonstrations in the capital that the people that we encounter not just from baghdad but from other cities say they do not believe that the government here has actually shown that they are listening to the demands of these protesters who want to see a complete overhaul of the political system here and the because of that they are committed to continuing to come out day after day no matter what danger they may face or to. rest of ois but we get an idea then of the continuing tensions in iraq with more deaths into southern cities today a spokesman for libyan wall of hell if i have this as a no fly zones in place over the capital tripoli except for around mitiga airport

have to as forces have been fighting to take the capital from the internationally recognized government of national accord that any administration says any threat to civil aviation is a crime and a national and international law. and you know in that month today we declare a no fly zone where flying is totally prohibited without prior coordination with the general command of the armed forces this no fly zone is as per this plan no flying is permitted within the parameters of this black square that extends from all nom de guerre a bully then to the south east point then it extends to the west up to i'll repeat a cab up to my own this square area is a no fly zone where flying is completely forbidden. all right let's get some more on this from a correspondent. in the libyan capital tripoli and mahmud how is it possible that a woman old general after can impose

a no fly zone. well martina think of this as a part of the tactics used by the eastern a camp led by the world lord i have to specially after he's been losing momentum among the international players remember that the declaration by his spokesman. last night seems to be ironic because they have been already targeting the only operational airport in tripoli in may to get airport over 30 times since the beginning of the fighting back in april but remember this statement by miss marty imposing a no fly zone and the worst of the country comes only a few days after they shut down and have to force a shut down and italian remotely controlled drone. that belongs to the italian air force as you know that miss money admitted that they

have shut down this italian drawn with italian flag on it but meanwhile the italian embassy according to reports stated that they lost this drawn over tripoli and that drone was part of a mission of what limited training and see which is called maddie secord or safe see to monitor the activities of illegal immigration and tourism over the course of libya martin all right and we're also getting some information about an admission of a rare admission of general have to his forces being supported by the russians how significant is that. well we have just received news from military high ranking military officers at the d.n.a. the government of national quarrelled stating that russian military experts it is sponsor for shutting down both the african and italian

draw a few days ago as you know that the africa stated a couple of days ago that it lost one of its a draw which is has been monitoring get extremism activities over libya and drawn was conducting a petition in coordination with the with the government of national accord but as you know that admitted last night for the 1st time that they have russian military experts and their military and also weapons russian weapons. have been used as you know that according to russian military according to russian excuse me russian media reports that have to his forces have been using gear. russian maisonette is belonging to the wagner's company which the russian foreign ministry denied it

several times but in all cases military commanders with the government of national called have been saying that they have seen on the front lines russian military individuals fighting for have to martine or ride for now thank you very much indeed i'm sure that summit we're going to be following up on a bit later on thank you. we've got a lot more to come here at al-jazeera including blocking the way rescue efforts hampered in northwestern kenya after dozens of killed in landslides. me amount goes to trial at the international court of justice. genocide allegations against the ranger al jazeera can shed new light on these alleged crimes. hello there plans a widespread rain across much of indonesia what you will note is not all see as a bit of

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the top stories here at al-jazeera a record number of people turned out to vote in hong kong's local elections almost 2000000 people have already cast their ballots the followers months of increasingly violent protests against pro beijing policies. and in breaking news security forces have killed at least 2 people in iraq while trying to disperse protests in the southern city of basra and 70 others were injured another 3 people were also shot dead in nazareth after security forces opened fire on protesters. in libya a spokesman for the wall literally for half the says a no fly zone is in place over the capital tripoli except for around misrata the internationally recognized government of national called the jna says any threat to civil aviation is a crime under national and international. now the polls open in

a presidential voting guinea-bissau out that many hope will end years of political instability president has a vase is seeking reelection after a 1st term marred by political infighting and claims of corruption you face is showing off as ition though from many including a former prime minister domingo herrera who was fired by a virus into the 15 guinea bissau has had 9 coups and attempted coups within the past 4 decades nicolas her cripples from the capital. people come to nurse clementina to talk about their aches and pains but there is something that keeps coming up in her consultations politics is making people angry. and so she tells them there's only one way to deal with it it's to vote in this presidential election. it's as if politicians forgot about us that what they do actually affects

us once they come into office they completely forget about the people they are meant to represent. the santos is disappointed with the president goes in mario vosh who's running for reelection he said he would put the country back to work instead elected officials squabbled threatening each other unable to pass laws or approve budgets the government stops paying teachers and nurses do some to us who was left without pay for 10 months her clinic has no running water it had no electricity until it starts all are panels. to get treatment people come to a hospital run by the west african soldiers stationed here as part of a stabilizing force because of the political deadlock. treatment and drugs are free this is an effort to win hearts and minds because presidential candidates have been critical of the presence of foreign soldiers in their country in rallies the peel to patriotic crowd celebrating the south. it will take more than

a good show to convince the 716000 voters there will come out to vote because many of them are 1st time voters and while this campaign has been about trying to bring to an end the political crisis with these young people or jobs. but you brewer has a master's degree in political science in a country where half of the population doesn't know how to read and write and yet he couldn't find a job now he works as a caretaker in an empty building site sleeping on a concrete floor. really aiding in pain filled with confidence i sleep on the floor i am not sure why i bother to study what is this country done for me. it's a feeling is shared by many there is no quick remedy to give you peace i was problems but 1st just on to us expressing yourself can help alleviate the pain and perhaps bring change because hawk al-jazeera bizzaro. rescue efforts are underway in

northwestern kenya after flooding and landslides at least 36 people were killed but the full scale of the disaster is unclear rescue efforts have been delayed because flooding cut off roads and bridges but the president who kenya said was quick to respond he issued a statement saying to those whose loved ones are yet to be found i assure you that the own going multi-agency rescue operation will continue until after every missing person is accounted for now a small plane has crashed in the democratic republic of congo witnesses say it crashed into a residential area just after takeoff from goma in the east it's believed there were at least 19 people on board including 2 crew members the italian coast guards have rescued $149.00 migrants after their boat capsized in the mediterranean sea 3 children and 13 women were among those pulled from the water

and taken to the port of lampedusa survivor said around 20 people are still missing so far this year more than a 1000 people have died trying to make the dangerous crossing from africa to europe . mia miles either is expected to defend her military against allegations of genocide at the international court of justice in the hague the army is accused of targeting the muslim range a minority and al jazeera documentary sheds new light on these alleged abuses and a warning a summer binge of aids report contains some disturbing images of. nearly a 1000000 muslims live in the world's largest refugee camp in bangladesh as the international court of justice prepares to begin hearing allegations of genocide and forced deportation of the rangar a new documentary uncovers testimonies of abuse and the involvement of me and government officials. the prosecution has gone on for decades but since

2017 hundreds of thousands of rangar were forced to flee after the military accused the rebels of terrorism as early as $966.00 the burmese military started to see the real hinge or as a problem. through the years myanmar's government has even set up special forces to deal with its ruling the minority british government. grew up these problems with muslims have existed since the british rule because they brought labor from bangladesh. earlier we're not migrants from bangladesh this is a birth place and i was born in this house that was built 1819 our mosque was also built on 994 my great grandfather. through the years myanmar's government has even set up special forces to deal with its ruling the minority. was essential e the burmese equivalent of as says. now sarkar worst the executioner this

former intelligence chief says the priority was to stop people crossing into me in my or illegally you know i created an a sucker to stop people from crossing the borders it was the right thing to do they were migrants our objective was to control our border they are guests from bangladesh and we didn't want to accept guest otherwise there would be no more rakhine just got more and more muslims that. now decades later u.n. investigators have warned genocide threat for me is greater than ever on the other famous soldier held a gun to my head in seed what if i shoot you right now then he said we have an order to kill all of you muslims we are invincible. once their villages were burnt down were funneled into what is now the come complex where 122140000 were injured are basically imprisoned there are concentration camps detention camps

if not into communal violence this is the burmese state organizing and watching over the destruction of ruins of villages and the rounding up of hundreds of thousands are injured into camps some ringer say they hit their children in graves there's had their babies burned alive. they threw the children into the fire but turned our heads the other way so that we wouldn't see it. we have never been soft on human rights in this country we must military denies carrying out mass rape and murder more money than any the media a lot of news about rakhine state is fake there is fabricated news that the military has raped women it's not true and it. daybreak just right there in the paddy field after 5 months i knew he was there i felt him growing in size only there i got a call the manuel they are 5 of us women were separated from the crowd and taken

into the house. but they closed the door then they blindfolded us and then they did whatever they wanted to do with us. hundreds of thousands of was simmering a rating for justice and a chance to return home some of the job held there you can see the full program called exiled when it was at this time here that out is there now the sumatran rhinoceros is now officially extinct to malays year after the last member of its species died zoologists say the 25 year old female died of cancer earlier than expected the critically endangered species once roamed freely across asia but has been hit hard by poaching as well as habitat loss is thought there are only around 80 of them left in the world. well an archipelago in the western pacific is home to some of the most intact coral reef systems in the world and the

spectacular range of biodiversity that is facing pressure from climate change tourism and overfishing the clock reports from the western pacific nation. it is an extraordinary sight exposed structures of ancient coral reef framed in an expensive turquoise the rock highlands 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 affectively isolated a 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 a 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 the. temperature of the water the priest these ranges are on the lookout for illegal fishing in protected so called zones implemented to try and conserved when doing for species along the coast for the commercial fisherman and little fish it's usually the big ships mother ships it's everything from giant clams to searches 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. the ensure this is there more than before we're saying 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 with 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 in 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 and so to other pressures 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 clark al jazeera. let's have a look at the main stories here it is there a record number of people have turned out to vote in hong kong's district elections almost 2000000 people have cast their ballots so far it follows months of increasingly violent protests against prey beijing policy is security forces have killed at least 2 people in iraq while trying to disperse protests in the southern city of paris or 70 others were injured another 3 people were shot dead in the city of nasiriyah after security forces opened fire a test says well the gem june has more from the iraqi capital baghdad medical

sources and basra as well as i witnessed his are telling us that 2 people at least 2 people have been killed as a result of security forces utilizing live fire to despard disperse protesters that were trying to block the road that would get to the cost of port that's the strategic port that is near basra it's an area that's been very restive in the past few weeks has protesters continue to try to try to disrupt the services of at port . a spokesman for the libyan more literally for have to says a no fly zone is emplace over the capital tripoli except for around mitiga airport after us forces have been fighting to take the capital from the internationally recognized government the tripoli administration says any threat to civil aviation is a crime under national and international law. voting has begun in guinea bissau presidential

election for years political infighting and crimes of corruption of paralyzed politics incumbent president jess a vase is seeking reelection and a small plane has crashed in the democratic republic of congo it went down just after taking off from goma in the east of the country this 18 people have been killed rescue efforts are underway in northwestern kenya after flooding and landslides at least 36 people have been killed but the full scale of the disaster is still unclear rescue efforts have been delayed because of flooding because of roads and bridges but those are the latest headlines coming up next a.j. selects. the prime minister. if you believe the british on the 31st of october making this country the greatest

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