as an immediate solution to the growing problems of landfills across the country waste can now be used to manufacture building materials. such. anger in the democratic republic of congo as protesters stormed the un peacekeeping mission accusing peacekeepers of failing to protect them. i. know i'm alamo hit in this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up brawls between anti-government protesters and supporters of to show movements threaten lebanon's actual political balance. and another banks of extreme weather brings flooding and landslides to 3 european countries.

the united nations is calling for calm in eastern democratic republic of congo after hundreds of protesters in the city of benny's storms un buildings and set fire to the mayor's office at least 4 people were killed by gunfire but the u.n. denies that its peacekeepers shot as anyone sort of reports. that this is the moment protesters in beni were shot from inside a united nations compound cut above it people accuse the u.n. mission in the democratic republic of congo of failing to protect them against the allied democratic forces rebel groups. determined to kick out one of the biggest peacekeeping missions in the world protesters stormed this u.n. building and a few others such as such suffering a lot because of killing in. everyone for your entire lives i've lost my mother and

father to the rebels i'm the only survivor the un must start celebrities phillips un won't leave them we won't stop with strong people who lost many of our brothers and sisters to the river killings was on saturday 8 people were killed in an attack and benny was blamed on the rebels that put up with the violence people caught the victims' bodies to the protests it was like this is my dead sister right here she came from her temple to visit me last week but the rebels killed the protesters set the town hall and maze office on fire there's been a week long shutdown of shops and businesses but. the congolese army wants an offensive against the allied democratic forces in october but locals say it's not enough oh with roots in uganda the rebel group has been fighting in the north kivu region for more than a decade oh gee vowell it's killed more than 1500 people in the area in the

last 5 years and it's one of many armed groups fighting for control of the mineral rich border region. in solidarity with those in bend people in the eastern border city of goma also protesting i remember showing us that they can finish up we're blocking the road and we reject all of the u.n. is working because it remains silent that people are killed or better in other areas the u.n. does nothing but the u.n. mission here has defended itself saying it does not shoot at protesters and can also engage in operations in a war zone without strict coordination with the congolese army but it has also warned it will use force when needed to protect its stall. meanwhile the violence in benny's hampering efforts to contain an ebola outbreak that's killed more than 2000 people since august sort of hideouts al jazeera. well the u.n.

says it understands why people are angry but insists fallen will solve nothing. the secretary general's special representative layla's ruki took part today in a meeting of the national security council chaired by the president with ministers and military leaders she stressed that she understood the people's anger and frustration after further deadly attacks by militia known as the allied to democratic forces otherwise known as the a.d.f. the mission will work closely with the authorities to jointly find solutions for the people of benny in lebanon supporters of 2 shia movements have been fighting with anti government protesters for the 2nd night running as butler and imo oppose protests demands for a complete overhaul of lebanon's para sharing system the posts are divided on a sectarian basis that some of the worst violence since protests against the ruling elites began last month scenes like these are putting lebanon's military and security forces into an increasingly difficult position they've gone to great

lengths to protect anti-government demonstrators for more than a month confronting the powerful iran backs hezbollah could ruin the neutral stance the military 6 to maintain and split its ranks the army is one of the few state institutions that enjoy wide public support it's seen as a unifying force in a deeply divided country well earlier my colleague for the but he bore spoke to rami hardy in boston he's a journalism professor at the american university of beirut she has some what message hezbollah and its allies are trying to send by pushing their supporters out onto the streets. so one theory is that these are this show of force just before the negotiations begin to create a new government to maintain a certain role for them in the new government that striated another syria is that no this is not linked to any kind of political resolution this is the hizbullah and

m.l. and some other people allied with them saying we're fed up with this kind of citizen protest. and the issues that is causing it and we have to send these people back home as as happened in the past or a little bit of rough handling by the. the young men of hezbollah and their mother and others has sent protesters back home so we'll see which way it goes yeah and the lebanese army meanwhile finds itself in the middle of this can it stay neutral if the situation way to degenerate if you know things were to get worse is there a risk that the lebanese army could be facing off with has been a spa full forces and no there's no risk of an army has been the face off that's never going to happen the risk is that the army would get pulled into the tensions on the street and some of the violence and then perhaps the army would would implode from within and would collapse and some share members some christian

members some sunni members some group members would all leave the army and go from there on the mission this is what happened during the civil war when the army collapsed but i don't think that's going to happen. and u.s. judge has ordered former white house counsel don't again to appear before him posts impeachments investigators it's a setback for president donald trump's efforts to keep top aides in testifying and it could encourage democrats in the house of representatives to call on other high ranking officials to give evidence the justice department says it will appeal against the verdicts again was a witness in special counsel robert mueller is investigation into russian election meddling or gabriel others on who is in washington and he explains why mcgann's impeachment testimony could be significant. don began as you mentioned was the white house counsel for donald trump and the white house for many many many months there during the moments during the. process of the 1st couple years of the trump

presidency during key critical moments there the judiciary committee the house judiciary committee since april has been requesting to have made again testify in their investigation in to whether donald trump obstructed justice in the investigation into russian meddling into the 2016 election the judiciary committee sees seesmic and as a key witness and in this and again has said all along he would not testify in this to the justice to the judiciary committee because he and his lawyers said that he was immune that is the argument but that was clearly shot down in a 120 page ruling by a federal judge that came down late monday in the ruling the judge essentially said that any argument that mcgann was immune is quote fiction and forcing him to testify do we expect to see him testifying anytime soon probably not the justice

department already said they are going to appeal this on behalf of mcgann it could be a lengthy appeals process and even if he does testify at some point he could perhaps deflect and not answer all of the questions claiming. immunity. 5 more people are confirmed dead in kenya after heavy flooding bringing the total number to $65.00 several east african nations are being hit by heavy rain and more is on the way as it sort of gave me reports. police offices and aid workers recover now the dead body in west county more people have died in this region than in any other as a result of the floods and landslides on saturday. everywhere the land was sliding where we're standing now it can move at any time so many people have been affected no one can sleep in their homes because they don't know when the next

landslide will occur. residents are being urged to make their way to evacuation centers but many are still reluctant to leave their homes. to be urging people to move from areas where there are mudslides because we don't know how long it's going to rangers or when we're going to get food and medical supplies and that it's a message that was repeated by deputy president william ruto when he visited the injured in hospital. here together to make sure. the situation is managed and we attend to the needs of the people here government ministers visiting west say they've been shocked by the scale of the devastation. frankly. by surprise. but you know expect this kind of a challenge. roads and bridges that were the days have reopened but with more rain

forecast everyone remains on high alert victoria gate and the al-jazeera. meanwhile in europe 3 countries are dealing with the aftermath of extreme weather turned to rain in italy and france killed at least 3 people while fierce thunderstorms brought havoc to greece it's the reports from paris. huge waves battered the southern french coastal town of half still male while inland swollen rivers broke their banks sending water gushing through towns and villages for days heavy rainfall has caused widespread flooding in southeast france submerging homes factories and roads across the region. this man says he was unable to save his house. or do you actually heard the rivers water level was normal you drown in less than an hour it was a catastrophe get us off france's interior minister met emergency workers who've

evacuated hundreds of people and set up shelters it was a similar picture across the border in northern italy landslides in the region of league earlier destroyed homes and even part of a motorway. from my house i could see the most weybridge and when i saw it wasn't there i was shocked. in venice some tourists braved conditions on st mark's square high tides and weeks of rain have caused the worst flooding in the city for more than 50 years inundating historic buildings shops and homes in western greece fears thunderstorms and rain also caused havoc and damage meteorologists say the worst is over the karma weather certainly brought some people relief but it's also revealed the full extent of the cleanup operation ahead the sasha butler al-jazeera paris. and the news ahead that is this march in georgia's capital coming for snap elections find out what else they want plus election observers give their verdict

on the vote breaking allegations in guinea-bissau. how i once again we got some weather weather returning to the middle east over the next couple of days this band of cloud just spinning out of that eastern side of the mediterranean wolf produce some showers along with spells of rain for a time so that's coming out of turkey as we go on through tuesday and on and see wednesday that western weather just talking in maybe some snow over the high ground right across the levant we could see showers long spells of rain in sou'west syria lebanon maybe into jordan as well further east as well to dry and bright for the most part to risk guys coming back into afghanistan coupled with a top temperature around 8 degrees c. dry and sunny with high for around $28.00 and meanwhile we're looking at

temperatures around the may twenty's across much of the arabian peninsula still a chance of a spot or 2 of rain just around the gulf might still see the order even here in qatar what i spect the the west the weather well the more widespread showers will be down towards the gulf of aden southern end of the right say we're seeing some shots i was recently into northeastern parts of south africa could still catch one or 2 of these as we go on through tuesday they will make their well little further north gets a nice person by wednesday some wet weather into northern madagascar southern parts of nice and big through chance and there are more rain the kenya. stranded 8 long years on the sue is kind of. creating their own community and the economy there was you know president bush used a few. go anyway al-jazeera world tells the tale of 14 cargo vessels accidentally caught up in the arab israeli conflict it was quite

a surprise found myself in russia in the middle of a war through the sailors whose ships survived the desert sands the yellow fleet on al jazeera. this is al jazeera a reminder of the top stories this hour the u.n. is calling for calm in eastern democratic republic of congo after hundreds of protesters in the eastern city of penny stormed un buildings at least 4 people were killed the protesters say the u.n. has failed to protect them from rebel attacks tensions in lebanese capital beirut said escalated for a 2nd night in

a row supporters of 2 shia movements has bala and clashed with anti-government protesters. and the number of people killed in landslides and flooding in northwest kenya has risen to 65 rescue workers have been sent to the west because it's close to the border with uganda but their efforts are being hampered by poor conditions. police in georgia's capital have sprayed water cannons to break up protests near the parliament opponents of the government's are demanding reforms to an electoral system they say favors the ruling party while been forced to walk or reports from tbilisi. georgia is opposition wants to show the government won't be breaking its promise of the looked. after it failed to approve a system of fully proportional representation in elections. street rallies against the government and it's informal only got. even it's really becoming the norm it's

an absolute must for the country to have electoral reform which would give all your parties the fair ground and then people could troops who are they want in the government so no matter how harsh the government behaves whether they use the police or they use whatever we are going to. be very tough on our protest demonstrate is repeated that tactic of putting up tents outside parliament the camps last week was swiftly cleared by riot police. this is the 2nd it was something of a symbolic it's heads to disrupt parliament to locate the streets around the police are over here. making sure that nobody attempts to put padlocks back on the gates but the opposition basically saying that this parliament lacks legitimacy given that it reneged on that promise of electoral reform into law was george's governing party says no changes to the electoral system before 2020 would be

forthcoming your time is so fast you have to wait up to $24.00. that's your message to the opposition this is the most to the opposition. the government argues protest is a just supporters of it's discredited roybal united national movement. underestimate the strength of public. it's never happened before in. different political parties are united and we are i mean civil society and political parties are united have proposed another actions is that because we know that we don't want a one way or rule we want to everyone to have a or wotan problem. the government hopes this protest movement. is before it captures the imagination of the nation.

tbilisi. election observers in guinea bissau say they've seen no evidence of ballot stuffing or other vote rigging the president's campaign team made the allegation after the vote on sunday that followed years of paris struggles and turmoil initial results are expected later this week nicolas huck reports from the capital. there's a sense of fear and apprehension of what is the calm because where people fear is that some of the candidates will not accept the outcome of this election already incumbent president they can see here on this campaign poster has come out and said that this election has been tainted accusing the ruling party and its candidate. of exchanging votes for money and bags of rice and that's a claim that they denied now election observers say there has been $38.00 incidences that have happened but nothing to question the outcome of this election

they say with transparent free and fair keeping a close watch on all of this is the united nations and i spoke to $100.00 in the special representative. the united nations secretary general in the bizarre had been used as a launching pad for drug traffickers and transnational organized crime and that's why ecowas get together with u.n. . legit to move government to fight aids criminality and to focus on addressing the needs for of the population of going to do so candidate. could be the surprise in this election because if none of the candidates get more than 50 percent of them both then they'll be a 2nd round we'll find that out on wednesday when results will be announced by the election commission and walter find out whether the outcome of this election will be respected by all candidates. israel's attorney general has reaffirmed that prime minister binyamin netanyahu doesn't have to quit despite facing corruption charges

lessen your has been indicted for alleged fraud and bribery he has dismissed the charges as an attempted coup and has so ready refused to stand down under israeli law ministers can't keep their posts after an indictment for the prime minister can stay until all appeals are exhausted the arab league secretary general has rejected the u.s. policy shift on israeli settlements in the occupied west bank washington declared last week that it will no longer consider consider the settlements to be a breach of international law. kate says it's a very negative development the monarch thought it or emergency meeting today is being held in response to the legal announcement which is rejected in form and content made by the us secretary of state a few days ago in which indicated that his country no longer considers israeli settlements in the west bank to be a violation of international law we consider this announcement a very negative development and an unfortunate shift in the american position we

highly doubt that the current us administration fully considers its consequences and effects in the long term. a politician from the chilean president's party has sparked outrage by suggesting that normality cannot be restored without violating human rights sen unders i am i made the remarks hours before another round of antigovernment protests demonstrators through police vehicles and they were met with water cannons and tear gas or latin america to the su newman is in santiago and explains why women are big parts of these places protests. and this is the way that 1 may have come out. and there was no peace without us this banner for example says against the male chauvinism and it came community many are telling us that after $37.00 days of mass protests here in chile for social change the specific demands of women are still taking

a back seat. everything they are saying is just blah blah they chant they're referring to the women's ministry another sign read 2nd class citizens without rights or on or marching with her husband is 82 year old rutherford landis she's saying that it's never too late to fight for women's right especially now. earlier we met with members of the killings over feminist organization as they were preparing for the march they've been fighting for women's rights to legal and safe abortion and against femicide this year alone $58.00 children women have been killed the majority by their partners. and we're demanding that when we discuss a new constitution at least 50 percent of the delegates should be women we represent more than half of the population but they know it won't be easy which is why women here are saying that the time has run korea and iraq and the 1st

political and economic inequality. we'll also see a mention protesters in chile have been marking the international days. to end violence against women latin america and the caribbean are among the most dangerous places in the worlds to be a woman according to the economic commission for latin america and the caribbean more than 3500 women were killed in gender based violence last year alone a separate votes equally alarming report warned that the problem had become normalized 86 percent of young people said they wouldn't step in if a male friend hits their female partner ants the u.n. estimates that almost all gender related killings go unprosecuted well in mexico city people gathered us a new memorial that commemorates female victims of violence an average of 10 women are killed every day in mexico and al-jazeera is on fisher went along to another march in mexico's capital. and this is just one of the protests we've seen around

the world for an end to violence against women but it's felt more acutely here in mexico that in many other places that's because this country as the world watched them aside 3 united nations estimate that on average 9 women i think they have been killed in mexico 30 of every 3 women in mexico say that they've experienced violence that is why there are those streets here in mexico city that. despite the fact that the city already has a gender under we keep on being victims of violence we keep on being murder and authorities do nothing about it we're here to shot for our rights we demand to live free in this city in this country. like the now we are here because we can't take this anger anymore we are furious because we live in fear we are not safe not even in our home. much our culture is one of the cause why we are the victims of

violence they discuss it as a tradition pretending that we're not free and we belong to them. this is a sign of the i care in some of the women who simply trying to be don't want any ben you're not a reporter as you can see with a gun to my shot with spray painted there's been protests like this for months in mexico because of a number of violent incidents including where a 17 year old girl was allegedly raped by 4 police officers now human rights organizations say the right 90 percent of crimes against women are never prosecuted in mexico surprisingly that's actually better than the figure was a few years ago but the women here say the government still needs to do more i don't need to do it soon. the chief executive of a scandal plagued australian bank is stepping down regulators say west bank book and the money laundering and counter terra finance laws a staggering 23000000 times the most damaging allegations revolver and the bank's

failure to monitor customers who were transferring money for child exploitation the company is likely to be forced to pay more than a $1000000000.00 in fines. it were has lost its license to operate in london for a 2nd time the city's transit authority transport for london cited safety problems including an up fault that low drivers to get around suspensions by simply creating a new account the right tailing company can continue to operate while it appeals against the ban that thousands of dollars have taken their fight against eviction to india's capital and the ages people have been accused of hurting the environment rather than helping it but they say that's just the law i to help big business and show for her reports from new delhi. they travelled from forest in different states throughout india to gather in the capital new delhi nearly 2000

indigenous people providing a voice for more than a 1000000 others. they live in the forest and work the forest land but earlier this year india's supreme court ruled many would be evicted after local governments rejected their claims that they have a right to be there. a mother of 3 and a farmer took an overnight train from the central indian state of madhya pradesh to join the protests. we want more from our land the government is trying to push us out and want to give our land to the tigers forest officials claim many of these people are causing deforestation and threatening biodiversity they are demanding they produce documents to prove their ownership to the enclosed room there's a lot of progress there's enough water to do the moment of there were no. it's all it has to return i was shocked but activists say these are ancestral lands and people living there don't know anything about official paperwork the people

here say they're not encroaching on the forest but are a part of them they want their rights under the forest rights act to be protected and they were accused. of regularly beating them up threatening them and destroying their fields to force them out with the activists say the conflict is not between wildlife conservation and the indigenous people living in the forest but between a simple way of life going back many generations and a corporate world eager to cash in on millions of hectares of resource rich land you see here that people who have been living. who have been living alongside wildlife who are very basic subsistence needs and are not fair to the forest are in fact protecting the borders. you said that these are the threat to the forest. these people know there is opposition to their way of life but say they won't let anyone take their land at least not without a fight. al jazeera new delhi. and finally thieves have made

off with about a $1000000000.00 worth of treasures from the state museum in germany the green vaults addresses royal palace was broken into early on monday morning police say the culprits cut power smash through a window and took $0.03 of 18th century jewelry from display cases. this is al jazeera and these are the headlines the u.n. is calling for calm in eastern democratic republic of congo after hundreds of protesters in the eastern city of beni stormed un buildings and set fire to the mayor's office at least 4 people were killed the protesters say the u.n. has failed to protect them from rebel attacks well the u.n. says it understands why people are angry but insists violence will solve nothing the secretary general's special representative layla's ruki took part today in

a meeting of the national security council chaired by the president with ministers and military leaders she stressed that she understood the people's anger and frustration after further deadly attacks by militia known as the allied to democratic forces otherwise known as the a.d.f. the mission will work closely with the authorities to jointly find solutions for the people of benny tensions in lebanon's capital beirut have escalated for a 2nd nights in a row supporters of 2 shia movements hezbollah and amal are clashing with antigovernment protesters hundreds of thousands are calling for a complete overhaul of the political system. a former judge has ordered former white house counsel don't again to appear before the impeachment inquiry it's a setback for president donald trump's efforts to keep top aides from testifying and it could encourage democrats in the house of representatives to call on other high ranking officials to give evidence the justice department says it will appeal

against the verdicts mcgann was a witness in special counsel robert miller's investigation into russian election meddling. the number of people killed in landslides and flooding in northwest kenya has risen to 65 rescue workers have been sent to west point courts close to the border with ukraine and those are being hindered by bad conditions. and politician from the chilean president's party has spots i have waged by suggesting that normality cannot be restored without violating human rights senator andrus i amand made even marks errors before another round of antigovernment process strangers threw rocks at police vehicles they were met with water cannon and tear gas. well those are the headlines stay with us on al-jazeera the news continues after counting the cost a chinese casino empire is transforming cambodia. money development and criminology when i went to investigate the winners and losers in cambodia. on

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