on al-jazeera. u.n. peacekeepers opened fire as protesters stormed a united nations compound in the democratic republic of congo 2 people have been killed in the breast. i'm stan grant this is al jazeera live from dog also coming up pro-democracy pop it's been a landslide victory in hong kong's local council elections it follows months of protests. the death toll rises off the landslides in kenya rescuers are trying to

reach thousands of people in desperate need of help. a $1000000000.00 jewelry collection described as unique and priceless stolen from a german museum. we begin with breaking news in the democratic republic of congo u.n. peacekeepers of fired live rounds as thousands of protesters stormed the u.n. base in the town of benny 2 people have been killed in the unrest the u.n. denies its forces were responsible and is now calling for calm the protesters are angry about an increasing number of attacks by rebels in the area the city appears to be in lockdown and gun shots have been heard earlier at least 8 people were killed in an overnight assault blamed on a rebel group calling itself the allied democratic forces the government says it's going to conduct joint operations with peacekeepers against the brick walls in the area well al jazeera producer ally and your county is on the line now from benny

where the protests are continuing and when we talk about the protests continuing it's several hours now so what are you hearing and seeing. now we have seen some of this those coming from. right now sitting up. here they said they will spend the night patrolling around they want to give opportunity to enemies during night they cannot coach in the night again we can protest tomorrow is another day you put this promise to come back just the right now on. any town trying to fortify. everything it's. not. just putting by damn self i'd say that it would be protecting themselves from now on without counting on this security forces because they're no longer safe so

tomorrow they're expecting to come back again and the u.n. just perform right now that he was relocated to another area because the office was completely damaged. it's more politically it is for this special representative. of the. lincoln can we be clear about a couple of things here one the people who were killed and injured and the u.n. firing on people the u.n. says it is not responsible for those deaths and beyond that what the u.n. mandate actually is on the ground. yeah but today they're firing weakness. on the ground because no police no operating in this only comes just coming we're just coming from the us because they were defending the base they tried to defend. myself how to protest i was so

violent they couldn't really demolishing this part of the world and you were in the forces they were to fight and to try on the protesters we have even seen you were using for the 1st time firing someone that in order to get what they were going violence and violence so they will blood like you used. to do to protect if they were facilities and also the mind to talk to you and giving normally you would forces to operate to clean gauge the fact that the fight against the regime by dense self doubt even if they can conduct a joint operation and also they can conduct that they are not so black to conduct the joint operation this is the clear minded this is exactly what people are claiming about when you are always saying that they cannot take part in these operations because there is no a proper plan people are reminding them that monday today and you will have

a mandate to operate yourself you can conduct. you when he's not doing what the security council given them. the main source of the from the population here in the town and the line looking at where this goes to from here clearly there's a lack of confidence from the people towards the u.n. or even congolese forces and what he was saying before about the people wanting to take matters into their own hands that sets up a scenario where we are going to see more of this confrontation. we are going to see more of the scottish and as you said because we have to remind you. does it have a good reputation we have 2000 or so my musicians yes deal among depopulation and here they are ready to take over people population when you're talking to the business people you talk to people from go tell their i know how to turn on.

this militia who come. from taking all of what the courts one of these towns so they are really up with this with us they want the government to do something. what forced it pretty good this evening yet just call it for security meeting in which the bill. took place for some action. 1 because they know how things have. been because of. that we call it. a lie and we will continue to monitor this situation with you thank you now voters in hong kong have had to pro-democracy candidates a sweeping victory in district council elections the city's pro beijing government has promised to humbly listen to the voice of the people there have been months of protest against what many see as beijing's increasing influence in hong kong. as dawn broke hong kong went to

a new political landscape more than 70 percent of voters cast their ballots in sunday's district council elections the pro-democracy party secured a record number of seats people actually sacrificed a lot as a lot in the last 6 months to actually get this result i think. to actually try to win something joshua one was disqualified for running but he's party claimed victory in his electorate unseating the incumbent council a remarkable achievement. especially. protests are a hotline for lying there's the pray the price span the time or even sacrifice in the protest movement until now the probation parties held the majority the district councils but anger against the government eroded their support they've apologized

to the public for misreading the vote those aligned to the post camp say it's a nightmarish result and the city's government will need to reassess the people's demands have spoken quite loudly and clearly haven't so i believe what we now do is . make major demands and were. dealt with by the more satisfactory than before the district council elections are traditionally and on a vengeful poll but after 6 months of anti-government demonstrations and increasing violence this election was considered a barometer of public support for the protesters this is a win for the protesters that could be a point for them to say we've we've arafat's on the street have converted into a tangible political outcome of this is a good opportunity to step back and take stock and and think about what next for the protest movement so it may see a period of relative calm for hong kong after a very turbulent 6 months the pro-democracy movement celebrated their victory on

monday but some protests is braley to show their support to those who are still holed up inside the polytechnic university for more than a week the district council vote comes ahead of the midst of council election next year sunday's record turnout is considered a message from budgets to reopen the discussion on the city's political reform the government now has 10 months to make changes before voters go to the polls once again. al jazeera hong kong. israel has deported a senior human rights watch official earlier this month the supreme court upheld the government's decision to expel a mastracchio who is a u.s. citizen he's been accused of supporting a global campaign to boycott israeli goods and services and israeli law for 2017 bars entry to people who publicly support the movement. despite my deportation today the israeli government has failed to muzzle human rights watch or the human rights movement this case shines

a light on the reality we face today as we stand in this room we are near 53 of an ugly occupation with no end in sight characterized by institutional discrimination by systematic repression and rights abuses and particularly the palestinian people if the israeli government can deport somebody documenting rights abuse without facing consequence how can we ever stop rights abuse up to a 1000000 people across east africa struggling to cope with severe flooding and landslides at least 52 people have died in kenya risky work in some west coast guard close to the border with uganda trying to reach thousands of people in need of help because of rain damaged roads and destroyed bridges way too was a quick look at your urging of people to move from the lower areas where there are

mudslides and go to the evacuation center because we don't know for how long it is going to rain and then we are going to get food and other relief and medical supplies to help those affected. explains how river dams a making things worse. these kind of flooding are becoming almost unusual events last year we sold dumbs breaking them bunks a boss thing that bunks and a killing as so many people reverse all the flooding and inundating villages and towns along the banks and many people asking why was the small to avoid it but the government is that quick to say these cities due to climate change and beyond their control they are also sending out the various warning to people living only in low lying areas also along the river banks not to the banks are bound to

the bomb to a boss that banks once again they should go to higher ground and the ease. of a question going on right now in the west bank or also in other parts of the consumer where there's been extremely. bad conditions and also have bit of rainfall going on and the dumps that's also being released in a controlled way and on to grieve was i expect that to exacerbate the situation. so head on al-jazeera anger a dark one a figure stands most powerful man of allegations of corruption. and pakistan's ambitious plans for all its howard from spain as the world's biggest producer.

hello again and states have you back well here across parts of mediterranean course we have been watching a weather system coming across italy and now into parts of turkey as well we do expect to see the rain coming into istanbul as we go towards tuesday also heavy rain could be a problem for as we go towards tuesday night once we get towards wednesday it is going to be rain across much of eastern turkey maybe some snow into the higher elevations there well here across much of the middle east we're going to see some still unsettled weather across parts of the gulf it did rain a little bit here across parts of qatar on monday we're going to be seeing the chance of some rain possibly we don't expect it to be too significant by the temperature here of about $26.00 degrees temperatures $26.00 all the way across the board over here towards miss caught as well on tuesday and as we go towards wednesday maybe a few more clouds over here towards miska but we are going to see some clouds across much of southern yemen with sunnah attempt

a few of 20 degrees well we are going to see some windy conditions here across much of southeastern africa as well just along the coastal areas now we do have some showers here as well but for johannesburg it is going to be a quite a warm day for you at 32 degrees down towards durban at 27 but by the time we get towards wednesday things really clear out across much of the area and for durban your temperatures are coming up to a temperature of 30. al-jazeera as investigative unit goes undercover in the caribbean we don't use the word bribe would just use a token of appreciation exposing trade and diplomatic passports today just to look down alicia than the price will go to all of them involving some of the region's highest officials. all al-jazeera investigations diplomats to sail.

this is al jazeera here's a reminder of our top stories. u.n. peacekeepers are using helicopters to shoot protesters in the democratic republic of congo many people believed to be injured in the town of very early a guy killed 2 people often more than a 1000 demonstrators stormed the u.n. base his anger over the un's alleged failure to protect people from rebel attacks. the establishment candidates in hong kong are one of the overwhelming majority district council elections chief executive has promised to humbly listen to voters . the number of people killed in landslides and flooding in northwest kenya has

risen to 52 rescue workers have been sent to west close to the border with uganda but it's being hindered by bad conditions. votes being counted in guinea-bissau presidential election sunday's vote follows years of power struggle and social and political turmoil early results are expected later this week nicolas hawk reports from. this is i said to 1st presidential election since early sunday morning she's kept a close tally of the votes in her neighborhood as an independent observer for candidates. for this election campaign isn't just about choosing a new president but it's also about changing the country's divisive political culture when candidate face. candidates and i think kind of behavior shows the kind of person you are and. you can do for your country in the

future. is the front runner in this election he's the candidate of the powerful african party of the independence of cape verde and get to be south also known as the ph d. c. . president julie maria vance who is seeking reelection for a 2nd term has accused the pm of paying people for a vote saying the election was rigged there were scuffles in some polling stations but international observers say overall the voting was peaceful. but. as for the quality of the vote itself we noted in general people were prepared for their roles there were minor incidents minor irregularities but nothing that could undermine the process. whoever gets elected will have to share power with the ph d. c. the majority party in parliament there's a sense of fear and apprehension that the outcome of this election could create divisions instead of uniting

a country weakened by years of political instability and as a result this parliament has not been able to vote and the laws or budgets paralyzing this country. bera fought with boss over the management of resources he enjoys the support of angola who is looking to exploit block site in this unexplored mineral rich country nigeria and senegal view angola as interest in guinea bissau with suspicion the west african body known as eko osce deployed additional troops as part of a stabilizing force. be used as a launching pad for drug traffickers and transnational organized crime and that's why i get together with you and we're determined to support legit timid government to fight criminality caught in this regional power play by the people of the south like nurse to santos who has gone almost a year without pay because of the political crisis or unemployed graduate student.

who can't find work for this election is a chance to finally get a say in the direction of her country. because hawke al-jazeera. in the latest piece of political turmoil to hit washington president donald trump is drawing widespread criticism for forcing the resignation of his navy secretary richard spencer was forced out sunday night his resignation letter highlighted differences with the president over how the military justice system should function kimberly hellcat has more from washington d.c. . this is another debate in washington over whether or not there is a limit to presidential power as we've seen in the impeachment inquiry as we've seen throughout donald trump's presidency various layers of bureaucracy in this case now it is the military potentially pushing back on efforts by the president to intervene in this case it involves a navy seal who was accused of misconduct and when the navy secretary pushed back

on the president's efforts to restore his job to restore his ability to identify as a navy seal with his trident pen as it's known that is when it cost richard spencer the navy secretary his job turkey has begun testing its new russian made defense system despite threats of sanctions from the u.s. the turkish military has started flying warplanes of ankara to test the right officers to move the is for hundreds washington has argued for months into impassable with nato systems the only going dispute between the countries marks a deep division in the western military alliance kowtows a media shy tell me i'm being home by the all tony has been meeting turkish president richard typo to one nobody saw and i do agreements including financial and civil plenty of some of been divided as this up guys. it's the 5th session of turkey that there are strategic dialogue between the president of turkey and the

emir of qatar issues pertaining to bilateral ties as well as international issues were discussed in this meeting we've been told matters pertaining to find. standardise ation as well as bilateral trade came under discussion the turkish foreign minister says that although both of these countries have a deep understanding of each other's issues and support each other on their standings there is room for improvement resign aid agreements or more you to strengthen the legal basis of foreign relations and we have been we have been discussing also the regional issues turkey and qatar has the same position and we have excellent cooperation on the regional issues so. this region and even beyond after meeting the emir of qatar or the turkish president or visiting the base is the military bases that turkey has established. under a 2015 agreement this is one of those areas where turkey and qatar have become

closer after the blockade imposed on got there by its neighboring countries. because of the very profound roots in this region it means we have always given great importance to the top security turkish troops presence here is not only for our brothers in qatar but for peace and stability of the entire gulf region. more than a 1000 people have joined a protest rally in kyrgyzstan they're angry about allegations that hundreds of billions of dollars been stolen from public funds influential families that are accused of bribing a customs official known as one of the most powerful men in the country alexey are brought explains. demanding change this crowd braved subzero temperatures and coca stand hoping to put the heat on the government. not only. people are outraged about the fact that neither the president the government nor m.p.'s have told the people what's going on moreover many of the m.p.'s are protecting this. that man is former customs official ran

back my train of one of coca stands most powerful mean he's implicated in a $700000000.00 money laundering scandal involving what's being described as an underground cargo empire of tens of thousands of tons of chinese gould's brought to cure just. because we are curious territory so all the stone so chinese goes for crossing curious chinese borders every day avoiding paying any sort in taxes to get to the stones customs service investigative journalists allege those lost taxes ended up lining the pockets of men like of and alba influential business leaders including that had to cut a family this is up to cuba's old or just not to investigate and to prove who was making money who was taking money who create who was in walked from gigs officials

side. undercover corruption scheme one of those sources was self-confessed money laundering aircon some mighty a $1.00 time ally of the. he was shot dead in istanbul this month after revealing his part in the plunder of public funds for. kurdistan one of the poorest countries in the world. for corruption has become a systemic phenomenon corruption was born together with their independence and over the years it's taken deep root in many forms. kurdistan's government says it's looking into the allegations of corruption but for now it's triggered these protests where people say they're suffering with crowded crumbling schools old hospitals and not enough jobs they insist the $700000000.00 should have been spent on building a basic. and that they'll stay on the streets until they get justice and except

brian al jazeera. humans who the rebels say they have launched a series of rockets and drone attacks on the saudi u.a.e. military bin al maka they say they have killed or injured 350 people the saudi you i.e. coalition though has not confirmed that assault ride sharing service has lost his license to operate in london over safety concerns the city's transit authority transport for london or t f l has cited several breaches that passengers safety at risk saying aber is not currently fit and proper paul brennan has more from london. the license to operate in london by about was due to expire at one minute to midnight tonight and it will expire they've decided not to extend that license to operate on the reasoning for that and i'll read you some of the statement that here fella put out it's because what we recognise the duba has made improvements it's unacceptable that allowed

passengers to get into many cabs with drivers who are potentially unlicensed and uninsured basically what t.f. l. found was that there was around $14000.00 occasions where drivers who were not necessarily the same driver who had been given the license to operate were picking up passengers it arose from an anomaly within the system which allowed un authorised drivers to upload their photograph to the profile of an authorised driver and essentially were to fellas saying well the systems are clearly not secure enough the us has 21 days to lodge an appeal and then you've got a matter of perhaps 18 months 2 years perhaps certainly an extended period of time while that could possibly go through to court action says in the meantime it's been vigorously updating its software and its processes a statement from saying we have robust systems and checks in place now to confirm the identity of drivers and will soon be introducing

a new facial matching process but in the meantime they're going to have to actually fire fight this legal action although in the short term what we're looking at is continuing to operate on the streets of london even though t f l are trying to stop them up to a $1000000000.00 worth of jewelry has been stolen from a museum in germany the thieves cut the electricity supply in dresden green volved museum which tells one of europe's largest collections of jewels and artifacts the pieces that were taken a said to have been part of centuries old collections pakistan wants to increase its all of production to help the economy the country has more land suitable for all of cultivation than spain currently the largest producer in the world has more the chalk while richer. every august can import over $2000000000.00 worth of edible oil and although the bag borne of the country's economy depends on agriculture very

little attention has been given on how to solve pakistan's future crisis by coming out with new revolutionary ideas if silent revolutionaries are in their way and farmers in the border are rarely are now planting olive grove. farmers in the area. to come out with another source of revenue but it will also help the country save billions of dollars every year on the import of a different voice in their government often job because your department launched. a program that they're developing put into an olive valley since. 201516 in this project we have planted almost more than 1000000 trees on an. 800 acres you can say 3200 hacked years and 750 different farmers who walked benefit of this project not only 3

a great crop and think it really also struck blind erosion and experts say that it will also mitigate the effects of climate change the potential for lived in pakistan is great not totally related to country on the map of oil exporting and all its producing countries it will also help raise revenue for poor farmers. probably is a very beneficial and really useful product specially for decision it was this is a sort of place where you don't have or not many legs for the resources. to build for 4 to 5 years but when you get the old will to go didn't you don't feel is. what just compare for.

and. that by growing. they will not only mitigate the effects of climate change but always go ahead. this is al jazeera these are the top stories u.n. peacekeepers are using helicopters to protest in the democratic republic of congo. in the town of banning. more than a 1000 demonstrators. over the un's alleged fight to protect people from rebel attacks al jazeera producer your county sent us this update from betty now we have

seen some students coming from a place around day you would be. just right now that could not. be here they say that they will it's get my patrolling and i want to do want to. do it in the night to come not quote night again we can protest or we did not the deal but this they promised to come back just the right now on that me all that or did it be any town here trying to put fiats if you fly and didn't know who everything is you cannot drive one piece of food. the establishment candidates in hong kong have won an overwhelming majority in district council elections chief executive kerry has promised to listen to voices. yemen's who the rebels have launched a series of rocket and drone attacks on a saudi u.a.e. military cabin are maka they claim they have killed or injured up to $350.00 people

the saudi you are a coalition of though has not confirmed that attack the number of people killed in landslides and flooding in northwest kenya has risen to 52 rescue workers have been said to wear spoke out close to the border with uganda being hindered by bad conditions. israel has deported a senior human rights watch official earlier this month the supreme court upheld the government's decision to expel omar stuck here who is a u.s. citizen he's been accused of supporting a global campaign to boycott is right of the goods and services up to a $1000000000.00 worth of jewelry has been stolen from museum in germany the thieves cut the electricity supply in dresden green volved museum those are the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after inside story.

the u.k. goes to the polls next month is the election about breaks it or health wealth and education the conservatives are promising a deal to leave the e.u. labor's promising to tax the rich and increase social spending but what matters most for version of this is inside story. of that and welcome to the program i'm the stasi attain now the u.k.'s general election is less than 3 weeks away it was called by a conservative prime minister barak johnson more than 2 years early in a bid to get a parliamentary majority so he can quote get.