comps we think ok we'll send our you waste to china but we have to remember that air pollution travels around the globe death by design on al-jazeera. record numbers turned out to cast their ballots in hong kong for local elections that many are treating as a proxy referendum on months of anti-government protests. and our intake of this is al jazeera live from london coming up the death toll from heavy rains that unleashed floods in western kenya has risen to 60 at least 7 others and missing. bolivia's congress approves a bill that seeks to quell weeks of unrest by allowing for new elections to exclude the country's former president. and a small passenger plane crashes into

a densely populated neighborhood in the city of goma in eastern democratic republic of congo at least 29 people have been killed. and over to being counted in hong kong after a record turnout for the territories local elections the poll is seen by many as a test of public opinion on hong kong's relationship with beijing after months of sometimes violent protests at least 2900000 people cast their ballots as more than 70 percent of all registered voters results are expected in the coming hours and then we'll cross to bride years in hong kong but 1st scott harder takes a look at how the record breaking election unfolded. in a hong kong neighborhood hardest hit by battles between protesters and police voters in manchaca cast last minute ballots just moments before the polls closed on a record breaking day for hong kong elections the highest voter turnout ever after

nearly 6 months of violent demonstrations the polling was seen as a way for voters to officially take sides in this deeply divided city of 7000000 back the probation candidates in hong kong government or those who support greater democratic freedoms for hong kong in line with the protesters who have been fighting to push back the. what they see as an increase in control from mainland china. he said that she needs a lot to hong kong the older generation has forced to believe that the only generation hopes for change i think more people are actually coming out to have a say in what they want rather than. like some other countries cities that are leaving. like china to decide what we want from hong kong it's usually a sleepy election to select a low level local government positions but many woke up early to vote as there was concern that unrest could mean the polling could be cut short for the pro-democracy

camp is about a vote of confidence on no confidence on the carrier government and on the excess use of police force against protesters but a probation camp there was say this is also a defacto referendum on the protests and the violence by 130 in the afternoon more voters had cast their ballots than the final count in the 2015 district council election there was an uneasy calm during the few days leading up to the election just a week after some of the worst violence in these nearly 6 months of protests that's mainly because both sides view this election is critical to their cause. on kong's leader kerry lamb casting her vote recognize the challenging times for the city and the importance of peaceful elections. injured she has served 3 terms as a district councillor he's vowing for his for a pro-democracy candidate was brutally attacked earlier this month parts of his ear were bitten know howard. can have

a very strong and create. that for. the beijing of 14 and also the international community that's the home people as they stand firm together trying to keep on the fight for freedom and democracy even though more people voted than ever before and this is a significant election much more still needs to be done to mend the divisions in hong kong got harder al-jazeera hong kong. bryant is in hong kong joins us from there now so we're getting some in early indications of how it went. to the during the last few hours lower and the results have been coming in here thick and fast it's now the morning it's just before daybreak here in hong kong and the city many people will be waking up to the news that the the pro establishment probate camp has taken a complete drubbing in this election all of the seats all of the traffic that has

been in one direction and that is taking seats away from pro establishment candidates delivering them to the pound democratic camp this loose some brother organization of individuals independents also parties supporting this the pope pro democracy pan democratic cause just to remind you of the numbers there are 452 seats that have been contested and the latest figures we have are that 201 of those seats are now in the control of the pro-democracy groups that is very close to the 50 percent mark when they would have a majority and in fact some media organizations here in hong kong are already predicting that they have in fact crossed over that 50 percent threshold by comparison on the other side of the story it is a very dismal tale indeed with the with the pro establishment pro beijing parties

reduced to just $28.00 seats so that's $201.00 versus $28.00 and they said course is a complete reversal because the pro establishment group groups very strong that this grassroots level of organizing these local councils and so on they had very much been in the majority having 2 thirds to 3 quarters of all the seats so they have lost an awful lot of seats and one party in particular the d.a.b. that's the largest probe aging. party they've lost well over 100 seats are completely decimated by this in terms of the power structures here it doesn't make a huge difference because these are local councils after all there is they have some influence over the election committee that selects the chief executive and a few of the seats in the legislative council which is hong kong's parliament but it is more the message it sends to the government here and also by association of course to beijing lower and given all that what response can we expect from the

government. government will be very disquieted by the by this will be looking at this very worried indeed there had been i think some thought on the government that they had been expecting to have losses on the pro establishment side but it was nothing like this having a loss mainly because the feeling was that there would be a moderate center who would be worried about giving their support to demonstrations that have effectively turned violent that people would be worried by that and steer away from that from the government's point of view that the worrying part of this is that millions of people have come out to vote millions of people have been out on the street protesting against the government and protesting demanding greater autonomy within china now they have done this in the form of a referendum and we know that these these demonstrations have turned increasingly

violent a lot of people don't like that violence but still it hasn't dissuaded people from coming out and generally giving their support to this whole protest movement. robert reich thank you very much indeed. severe flooding in northwestern kenya has killed at least 60 people and usually heavy rains began on friday in west percolate county causing mudslides that swept away 4 bridges and cut off an entire village so higher reports. these men are assessing the damage caused by saturday's flooding and landslides in kenya's west because county rescue workers are still pulling bodies from under the months and rubble. present who will kenyatta has said the armed forces to help he promises that every missing person will be accounted for the roads and bridges destroyed

rescue efforts have been delayed in many parts of the county parties. to walk as long as for us to just be able to reach the affected. west because gov has been helping to distribute food parcels you know. like you. know. being. over. other east african countries have also been affected by weeks of heavy downpours several people have been killed in a few and tanzania and hundreds of thousands of others displaced in somalia and south sudan scientists warn the weather event known as the indian ocean dipole is making the flooding worse this year it happens when the western parts of the indian ocean become significantly warmer than it eastern signs causing increased of operation and consequently heavy rains across parts of the african continent and they're off it is more of this type of weather is headed to the region sort of

al-jazeera. everything guy who has more from kountry county. following heavy rain. i got to come. back everybody that there are right. there right now for the record i'm very. sorry about my current crop of people that i'm.

bolivia's interim president. his son legislation paving the way for a new election for the president. running. following a wave of violent protests over his disputed reelection.

to the field to call elections 2 weeks of nationwide turmoil. it hasn't been easy to reach an agreement so i congratulate all legislators that work towards a steal it's the result of bolivians who say enough with impunity and violence the national assembly approved. violence including members of. party. hope this helps to begin to. have a dialogue we don't want any more dead or repression we don't want people to timed off and all we did our responsibility is to open a national dialogue. the deal was reached to protestors began clearing road blocks around the country. and the government withdrew the decree that allowed the armed forces and police the use of force. dozens of people have died since the atoll

relection and international organizations say were full of irregularities now the national assembly will appoint the 7 member supreme electoral tribunal that must include 3 women and 2 indigenous bolivians they will have 20 days for fish only call elections. the effects are being felt already in central or past some stores remained closed while other vendors began unpacking their products. she's lost a lot of have been closed for 2 weeks to see the western people i feel much better now although sad for what happened i want peace in bolivia and i hope that the person who wins the election will take the country forward. some people however say peace will be restored until those responsible for those killed in the protests are brought to justice. i'm not satisfied nothing has been resolved authorities say nothing happened that's a lie the have to be investigations however most believe you and say the sooner and

actions are held the sooner peace will be restored but the innocent just all just. still to come when i was there british prime minister boris johnson unveils his conservative party's election manifesto calling it a radical agenda for the u.k. . and resistant reefs our palaeolithic super corals are giving scientists hope for the world's oceans. high we've got some cool weather pushing towards southeast and parts of australia over the next couple of days further north where we could do with that cooler air coming in i'm afraid there's no sign of that this cold front here this blue line on a chart that will continue to drive its way down towards victoria through tasmania

and that will bring those temperatures down in the process want to see him a shower was across much of australia but i think the most part it is going to be the case of missing will be largely dressin already helping the bushfire situation temperatures over towards perth at around $32.00 celsius and rising as we go on through the next say that we've got well past catches say it was queensland quite dry at pretty hot 33 celsius there for sydney that's was the southeast is where those temperatures are set to tumble fairly if anything a touch on the wintry side then from melbourne at around 17 sailors just out and right was a sliding down across a tasmania will see somewhat the weather coming in here as well trying to push its way over towards new zealand over the next day or so it's generally going to be dry here and improve in 15 celsius for christchurch we're getting up to around $26.00 as we go on into tuesday what's the weather started in the state and now it is a tropical system to its feet.

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and one of the top stories how much their local media in hong kong is reporting the pro-democracy parties have secured a majority in local elections votes are still being counted but so far they've secured only 44 percent of the $452.00 seats up for grabs. at least 60 people have been killed in severe flooding in northwestern kenya mudslides in west procope county have swept away 4 bridges and cut off an entire village. bolivia's interim president to sign legislation having the way for new elections and former president abel morale is barred from running he stepped down 2 weeks ago after a wave of violent protests over his disputed reelection. a small plane has crashed into a densely populated neighborhood in democratic public of congo killing at least 29 people it came down shortly after takeoff in the eastern city of goma a number of people on the ground are among the dead priyanka gupta reports. this is

what's left of a passenger aircraft that crashed into homes near an airport golmaal 18 passengers and 2 crew members scorn both the busy bee and i flight none of them survived i feel. that i was as a researcher with my family when i saw the plane spinning 3 times in the air and missing a lot of small bits when we fleet and after that we saw the plane crash into this house. the small plane left airport for a flight to the city of beni 350 kilometers away it crashed shortly after takeoff killing several people on the ground in a busy residential area that was just outside so at this point we're collecting all the necessary information it's our duty to fight those killed on the plane and in the buildings we must set up the universe quickly to deal with this crisis and will involve all of the special services. the congolese rescue teams initially found it

difficult to access the crash site but they now have retrieved many bodies from the wreckage the your mission in democratic republic of congo is providing help i air accidents are fairly frequent to the sea as a result of poor aviation standards the european union has banned all congolese airlines including busy from its airspace last month 8 people were killed when a cargo plane crashed soon after taking off for the same airport in goma. the al-jazeera. the un's humanitarian chief has made his 1st visit to see don since the transitional government was formed in august mark lowe koch spoke to al-jazeera earlier and said the new administration has a tough job ahead as the nation battles a struggling economy floods and outbreak of disease. we have a new situation in sudan a new government your thirty's i've talked to them during this visit but they've inherited an extremely difficult situation of you've as you've just described to me

know your headlines are exactly what we're seeing 800000000 people food insecure disease outbreaks conflict and so on are some really big important things are changing the new government is giving all the aid agencies much more access to deal with these problems they want to work in a different way with this they want to normalize their relations with the wider international community put the past behind them and i think the international community really man needs to step up and to seize this opportunity and for my my particular responsibility i would like to see more humanitarian assistance all over the country but also foster humanitarian assistance so all those people who came out on to the streets demanding change start to see some improvement in their lives security forces have opened fire on several protests across iraq killing at least 13 people in the past 24 hours and to government rallies of gripped several cities in the south as well as the capital baghdad 3 people died when security forces

tried to disperse crowds in the main port of. earlier 3 protests were killed in the southern city of nasiriyah dozens of others have been injured. well though 70 african migrants are stranded in the mediterranean sea after being rescued off a dinghy near the libyan coast they were picked up by a spanish a vessel open arms that they turned in authorities of so far refused to allow the ship to dock instead suggesting it should turn back to libya but the baba reports you're going to every. one on circle we have for all don't worry they've been at sea for days with no idea where they'll end up this is the moment 73 migrants were rescued by open arms a spanish charity play i decided to look up the way they're packed rubber dinghy was found around 70 kilometers off the libyan coast after its engine broke down. among them is 5 year old ibrahim. he made the journey from nigeria with his parents

they're all safe now. but the seas extremely rough with waves of up to 3 meters. and while they're trying to make it an adventure ferry brahim for his mum it's been traumatizing i was afraid i didn't know the sea would be like race if i knew i wouldn't have come i would have come back to my country. that was i thought about myself in the family my career consists of i know something about you know the crews tried and failed to get permission to land in italy or malta they say italian officials suggested the ship should dock at the libyan port of tripoli. to abraham's father that's not an option he said love but he said you know. i wanted to come to europe he says it wasn't easy but i said if i have to die on the water it's better than returning to libya i'd rather die at sea i really don't want to return to libya east timor be an indoor football but we continue to ask for

a safe port to disembark which is a legal obligation for the government according to international conventions we have people on board who can probably minister on that created it due to health issues you. iraq wonderful but that must mean. italy has allowed another group of migrants onto its shores on saturday its coast guard saved 149 people from a sinking boat near the island of lampedusa but survivors said up to 20 people were unaccounted for and several bodies have already been recovered. according to the international organization for migration there have been nearly a 1000 confirmed deaths on the 3 main migration routes across the mediterranean this year the dean barber al jazeera u.k. prime minister paris johnson has launched his party's election manifesto promising a triple tax look for the next 5 years that means the conservatives went to increase income tax national insurance or v.a. team it also promises to get the breaks it withdraw agreement back for

a parliamentary vote before december 25th paul brennan reports telford. the conservatives are riding comfortably ahead in the latest opinion polls 47 percent support compared with labor's 28 percent the party faithful greeted boris johnson with a sense of growing belief a belief that the prime minister is happy to promote. i want you to imagine what the country could be like in just 10 years' time if we can get a working majority on the 12th of december i want you to look forward to a britain where the streets are safer where the air is cleaner where we've built 40 new hospitals are the direct result of the decisions taken in the last 3 months the 59 page manifesto pledges not to increase income tax national insurance tax all the 85 years is more money for childcare road repairs 50000 new nurses and keeping the triple lock guaranteeing increases to the state pension will play well with conservative voters but remains the central point of this election campaign we will

get breaks it down. and we all end the at committee and the chaos where as they want to rip up our deal and negotiate a new one but we don't yet know of a single labor m.p. or indeed any other m.p. who would support this deal with tax rises ruled out the conservative plans will be funded by more than $150000000000.00 of borrowing it's a big ask according to analysts as well in a sense the biggest announcement is the promise not to not to do something rather than to do something so that's not to increase rates of income tax national insurance obviates see that's the kind of promise that can come back to you later on if you do need to raise more tax revenues the opposition parties are also critical by the mound of earth of an offer any hope to anybody it of the continuation of what we had for the past 9 years very disappointing the question facing the wavering voters is this manifesto have enough in it. this is

a silly thing to say that it's a good thing. to issue such as the social there. would be 6. $110.00 it's an. exam. which is. heavy flooding in the south of france has killed at least 4 people hundreds of others have been evacuated from the region and around 4000 homes are without electricity to wrench all rain as disrupted air and rail transport well many roads have been cut off one of the richest men in the us has just entered the race for the white house billionaire and former new york mayor michael bloomberg is joining an already crowded democratic field a 77 year old media mogul says he's running for president to defeat donald trump

and rebuild the country. coral reefs around the globe are dying as oceans warm and become more acidic due to climate change but the so-called super corals of palau in the western pacific a proving to be resilient and that could mean a possible solution to saving the world's reefs over avani as this report from powers barrier reef. thanks. ploughs seas are teeming with life most of it concentrated here on the country's barrier reef stretching over 500 kilometers it's one of the planet's few remaining pristine coral reefs but this beauty comes with the fragility of a one of the most pristine reefs in the world but its high ecosystem here is under threat around the world coral reefs are disappearing at an alarming rate it's estimated over a 3rd of all reefs will be destroyed or seriously damaged within the next 10 years climate change is warming season which has

a devastating effect on corals forcing them to reject the colorful algae that normally lives within them and bleaching them whites much of the reef here in palau has been spared and that's in part because the geography of the region water trapped by the lushly forested limestone clips forms a sort of lagoon and warms in the sun but instead of getting bleached the coral here has adapted to these extreme conditions and remains healthy these are so-called super corals and the only exist here in the western pacific and that makes them fascinating for scientists who hope they can be used to repair damage reefs around the world even the forests the lab and then we. stress them increase the temperature of the water that they're in and we'll see which of them are surviving and those will be our hit polar and corals and. the efforts that scientists are making here show the healthy reef supports millions of species and on the edge of the reef in the fast flowing currents sharks there are

a $130.00 different species of shark that range in the quarter here off the coast and over but those are endangered. in order to protect them well outwit the world's 1st shark factory but. there are strict laws at play and a wildcat push for sharks and rays places at the top of these. however it's a lucrative business shark fins fetch big money in the markets of asia where they used in shark fin soup. we've only been in the water for a few minutes when we come across this a gray reef shark missing its dorsal fin. is illegal fishing vessels catch sharks hack their fins off and then toss the rest of the fish still alive back into the sea the prospects for this shark a bleak without a fence keep it upright it will soon tire sink to the bottom of the ocean and die as climate change decimates coral reefs and fish bear the scars of humans greed

ploughs turquoise waters and the secrets they contain are a small beacon of hope in a vanishing underwater world all of the vanni al-jazeera on palau is barrier reef and a quick rounding catch up any time with our website dot com. a quick reminder the top stories here are syria local media and hong kong is reporting that pro-democracy parties have secured a majority in local elections votes still being counted but so far they've secured within 44 percent of the 452 seats up for grabs the vote is seen by many as a test of public opinion on hong kong his relationship with beijing after months of sometimes violent protests. but livia's interim president jenene and years has signed legislation paving the way for new elections for where president ever morale

is is barred from running and years for herself in earlier this month after moran has resigned at the military's request it followed a wave of violent protests over his disputed reelection 130 people have been killed in the recent unrest. severe flooding in northwestern kenya has left at least 60 people dead the unusually heavy rains began on friday causing a large mudslides in whisper got county 4 bridges have been swept away and entire villages big cut off there are also concerns for a number of other people feared missing. at least 29 people have been killed in the democratic republic of congo after a plane crashed into a densely populated neighborhood in the eastern city of goma a number of people on the ground are among the dead an investigation is under way to find out what went wrong. with my family when i saw the plane spinning 3 times in the year and the missing

a lot of small bits when we fleet and after that we saw the plane christians of this house. security forces have opened fire on several protests across iraq killing at least 13 people in the past 24 hours dozens of others have been injured and to government demonstrations of grip to the capital baghdad as well as several cities in the south. well then 70 african migrants are stranded in the mediterranean sea after being rescued off a dinghy near the libyan coast they were picked up by an aid vessel but italian authorities have so far refused to dock instead suggesting the boat should turn back to libya there's the headlines to stay with us witness in enemy territory is coming up next we're news after that thanks for watching. on the ground in the process russia uses mercenaries in comics but some serious libya for the future of all of them go 2 trillion dollars but it's the saudi state owned oil you get out of

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