on the front line of defending their environment and. to keep the flames in both places i miss him by me. angry crowds target un peacekeepers in the democratic republic of congo medics trying to stop ebola forced to withdraw. this is al jazeera life also coming up. minister saad hariri says he does not want to be part of any new government. buildings toppled and dozens of aftershocks in albania after 16 people were killed in a strong earthquake. the challenges facing thousands hit by landslides in kenya where the people who've lost all their belongings.

well hundreds of people are in a standoff with un peacekeepers and security forces in the democratic republic of congo after another day of protest it's just gone 6 pm now in the town of benny where 2 people are confirmed killed after crowds tried to barge towards an airport where un forces based now they're venting their anger against the u.n. forces for failing to protect them from attacks by rebel groups 4 people were killed on monday as protesters attacked u.n. compounds and set fire to the town hall the unrest has forced the world health organization to pull almost a 3rd of its staff from beni which is grappling with in a bowl out bright and it warns the instability will most certainly lead to an increase in the ball the cases al-jazeera produce a county has been closely following the story in beni. what we would just do

we are really trying to extricate the determination of these people has been a laning have lifted this morning but you can still you can still see this people 100000 protestors coming group 100 and you see them 200 after more than 200 calling and coming back to the same position to the same old block which was just set up this morning by local 4 forces trying to protect the line which is taking people stress to the 2nd u.n. military bases at the airport beneath so they are really tough 5 because it's really raining here but they did nor going back home they did not discourage the idea tommy and they said that we will cross this place who will finally take over the bizzle to us because this team has been and will not stop do you believe this is what you just want to see the death saying that this u.n. normally its mandate is giving him capacity then difficulty b.d.t.

off in caging a.d.f. we don't even the d.f.t. on the day to believe that yes i mean he did organize but yes an achilles this is a big un mission into india we did havey capacity they have even on the right not against us saying that they're using it equipped to disperse to the protesters instead of using this to make up does which is founded by tells on off countries around the world because to support to to protect the civilians but for them un is much really using demanded that the capacity to set has been given to him by the security council this is why they don't want to us again because they don't believe in most of the people t.v. and those who were killed here in been used it just me at the u.n. compound near the u.n. and this wonderful commissioner saying definitively you when you mean you can really do have some connection we did kill us there. now clearly you're teasing you

with the connection with the killer here you've been specially with a.t.f. it is white it don't like us again here they will take over we do after by they have to finish with the war we do night at mission peacekeepers and all the mission on don't want to see you when you're out displace christian leave the world health organization spokesman he told al jazeera that this is the 1st time the organization has had to evacuate so it's a very dangerous situation right now while the unrest are not targeted against it will the response though it's a pure anger against the security situation it heavily impacts response on the ground you have to see hundreds of daily going out to look for patients took plant tech to the contacts of these patients to vaccinate or immunize people. to assist the community was safe perl's and most of these operations are not. not

being able to be carried out right now so out of $120.00 staff we normally have in around binny we had till now temporary relocate proud to a 3rd of it in $49.00 staff to continue their operations from from goma. that is the 1st time we ever had to do this so this shows as severe as you have the situation at the same time $71.00 of our staffs a good 2 thirds actually stay on the ground and we'll try to continue even in these circumstances the best they can the operations on a daily basis in a much smaller scale though and that is exactly the challenge because enable a virus which we were very close to getting rid of already has now a big chance to to continue spreading in a scenario where you don't have control over. where in the sea at least 45 people have been killed overnight as floodwaters swept through homes to rental rain hit the capital kinshasa causing landslides the severe flooding has stretched across

much of central africa and left hundreds of thousands in need of humanitarian i thin albania at least 16 people have been killed after the most powerful earthquake in decades jolted residents in the early hours of tuesday the 6.4 magnitude quake struck just north of the capital to run a rescue teams from neighboring countries and italy have already arrived to help stephanie deck as. the earth shook while most people were fast asleep the power of the quake caught on surveillance cameras. not a bit of water with. me i felt it in my bedroom went to my kids' room and a door slammed on me both my arms this is war or. the early hours of tuesday turned into a search for survivors some fatalities are being reported hospitals have been treating hundreds of injuries the $6.00 magnitude quake with its epicenter 34

kilometers northwest of the capital to donna caused a few buildings to collapse it's a 2nd earthquake to strike albania in the last few months the last one in september measured $5.00 and damaged hundreds of homes stephanie decker al-jazeera believes some are individuals more from douras one of the worst hit cities. this is actually true or one trying over rescue mission here we can see not only police and fire fighters and army stuff from albania but also from older neighboring countries which are helping them to try to locate the survivors in this moment in duress are 6 buildings like this which are totally collapsed on the other hand most of them are seriously damage and people who are on the streets from the small morning they cannot go back because in the last 12 hours a series of smaller earthquakes hit this area and people are afraid that these

buildings more lost or tens of thousands of people are struggling to cope with flooding and landslides in northwestern kenya at least 52 people have been killed in the past few days relief teams have been slow to reach the region some roads and bridges have been cut off by flooding several east african nations have been hit by heavy rain and more is forecast bombarded hours at a camp for displaced people in the village of north korea in northwestern kenya. this people of lost almost everything they owned their homes crops and livestock they came here 7000 of them seeking shelter from a repeat of the disaster they faced also to try and get help and that help husband there is slow in routing them the roads and bridges leading to this area have been swamped by the torrential floods and the government is trying to repair them but it is a painstaking process that is slowed even further by the continued rainfall for these

people some of them the loss of their loved ones has been the most profound of losses for them we spoke to people who lost 3 to 4 family members and still have some of their relatives admitted to the hospital in. that is the headquarters of the region and they are saying some of them have had even spinal injuries now these people are not getting much help right now and they say they need tends to ward off the cold mites blankets but above all feel good underwater so far they have had a medical team coming from the biggest hospital in this region coming to them and talking to the medical workers they told us that most of the people have been through to forest pertinent diseases 13 french soldiers have been killed in mali after 2 of their helicopters collided during an operation on monday the forces were engaging rebel fighters who've been carrying out attacks in the north of the

country france sent soldiers to mali in 2013 in an effort to drive back rebels in the region 38 french troops have been killed since then the french foreign minister john even that riyadh says france is still committed to its operation in bali. on. it's a dramatic accident francis position has not changed we are fighting terrorism with high quality soldiers often at the risk of their lives. saad hariri says he does not want to lead the next government president bush to name a new prime minister after consulting different parties really resigned last month government protests swept across lebanon people have been voicing their anger against corruption and security in politics so i know holder has more from by russia about a month ago the prime minister resigned he said he did and he did the call from the

street but the president asked him to stay on in a caretaker capacity and ever since the ruling elite those who are in power have been negotiating with him on the shape of a new government he is a popular leader he is also the son new leader in lebanon and this is a country which is there's a deep divide between sects and if one sect feels that they have been left out of power then that is dangerous the spite what we have been seeing in the streets the . protest movement at the end of the day like i mentioned if someone like leaves office then the sunday community will feel that he has been the scapegoat why should he be the only one who doesn't return to office why not the christian leader the president of the country or the leader of the house speaker to be buried why don't they leave office and heed the call from the street now saying that he's no longer interested he's blaming really his partners in government saying that you

have been blaming me for standing in the way of a solution that i have been insisting that i'm the only one who should return to office so no i'm stepping out of the way you can form a government on your own what he has just done really is put the ruling elite the hezbollah led alliance in a corner because if they go ahead and form a government it will be considered a one sided government which is unlikely to get the support of the international community. hong kong's leader has spoken for the 1st time since pro-democracy candidates claim victory in sunday's district council elections carry their knowledge the discontent with the territory's pro china government has set up an independent committee to investigate the cause of the unrest scott hardly has. there is still anger and frustration on hong kong streets after the landslide victory for pro-democracy candidates in the district council election but for the most part it's been peaceful. for the 1st time since the results were announced

hong kong's chief executive kerry lamb appeared in person including deficiencies in governance including unhappiness with the time taken to deal with the current unstable environment and of course to and found us so i said that we will seriously reflect on these views expressed to us and improve governance in the field of our work pro-democracy supporter chancy why was the underdog in the fight for his district seat but he won beating a rising star in the largest pro beijing party going though there was a political awakening among the people because of the ongoing protests. and if you ever meet or chan has one message for kerry lam how about 5 demands not one less. he would never promise. his fellow newly elected councillors have already gone out

to voice the change they were voted to front gathering at the hong kong polytechnic university where a handful of protesters are still holed up after this resoundingly message coming out of the elections to the government here some feel that the next move is with beijing to make some changes but that it's highly unlikely to happen it would seem to make sense to beijing say let's let's spend a little bit let's see what we can produce they propose some political reform in the past maybe they could reintroduce not take a step further and more accountable chief executive the problem is that that's not that's not the beijing mindset that mindset remains firmly set on control and the mindset of a frontline protester called wave is equally set she scaled down a rope to escape the siege at polytechnic university who it is not a matter of being a hot cup protests there are not is that i need to receive and how the government we are defective and they should make a response. the response from the people of hong kong was at the ballot box but

that so far has only been met with words from the hong kong government got hodler al-jazeera hong kong. still ahead on al-jazeera does libyan warlord hell if i have to a high level meeting with u.s. officials signal a change of policy in washington. local leaders in venice say the latest floods might have caused a $1000000000.00 in damage. hello there some pretty good his guys travel southern portions of china elsewhere pensive clouds the rain and some snow to those higher elevations so as we go through the next couple days shanghai a fairly mixed 4 calls for you a wednesday the chance of rain just 11 celsius but pretty good to the south 25 in hong kong ok skies now you'll see we've got these strong winds heading tools

coastal areas certainly tools that now that is bringing a lot of moisture with it so rain showers definitely wednesday and thursday into vietnam it should drive in shanghai by thursday and not feeling too bad with a high that of 11 celsius that we had over towards india it's being clearing through the latest round of weather these northern sections of the pradesh and so hopefully clearing away some of the pollutions in the air 24 celsius the high on wednesday meanwhile we've got discussion shows into tamada across into sri lanka that becomes a little bit more widespread as we head into thursday some that rain could be fairly heavy and it'll work its way westwards towards carol i mean watch that whole time which is still looking and feeling pretty good at 24 degrees in time which is not too bad really across the river but insular wednesday a high of 26 in doha and it's warmed up into rehired as well but a bit of a change on thursday we could just see one or 2 showers these northern areas but the winds are warm coming from the south.

and alaskan village practically losing ground to grow should find permafrost its inhabitants forced to move to safer ground below in the western pacific kristie even garments one at risk managers are wimps finds people struggling to rise in syria and ask whether those who have the power to stop it appreciate the true cost of failing to act on al-jazeera. and you're watching al-jazeera here's a reminder of our top stories this hour 2 people have been killed as

a standoff continues between protesters and u.n. peacekeepers in the democratic republic of congo angry about an increasing number of attacks spark rebels in benny thousands of demonstrators of march towards a u.n. base there accusing the peacekeepers of failing to protect the. 16 people have been killed by a powerful earthquake in albania the worst to hit the country in decades aftershocks continuing as rescue crews search for survivors. living minister saad hariri says he does not want to be part of any new government he's called on president bush to immediately call for consultations to designate a new leader a reread resigned last month after the nationwide antigovernment protests. 28 people have been arrested in georgia's capital tbilisi protesters tried to block politicians from entering pala but riot police used water cannon to force demonstrators from storming the building opposition and civil society members have

been protesting for weeks they calling 1st that election and demanding an overhaul of the electoral system which they say favors the ruling party. every time the majority of an issue i mean. they will try to really in worse. some kind of story you know just decisions in the parliament they will have this kind of conference around the problem in soccer. attempting to block functions of the state is not a solution or a peaceful gathering it's obvious that the right to peaceful demonstration will be gathered by the government and the state but at the same time of course the states will have a reaction of someone tries to violate the law and tries to block state functions all institutions. robert forster walker was at the protests outside parliament in tbilisi right now there's

a crowd over to my right in front of the parliament still there with their placards assembled a collection of civil society groups and different opposition parties and they plan to keep up their protest to keep reminding the governing party that they were next on their promise of electoral reform i should add that m.p.'s have been able to enter the building governing party and these they have held a session this morning and the speaker of parliament said that it was time to get on with business and that things should not be allowed to disturb our work that people are expecting us to get on with our jobs but there is also concern constellation amongst m.p.c. were in those who resigned from government after that vote the other week against electoral reform who was saying you know. it's it's time to acknowledge that there

are a lot of angry georgians out on the streets and that there is a need for compromise we know that the diplomatic community is western partners have been urging the government to move forward on compromise that is what we're hoping will happen in the coming days ahead because the opposition says they are going to continue their protests outside parliament. you are state department officials have met the libyan warlord who for hafter for talks a statement to the meeting on november 24th discussed steps to achieve a suspension of hostilities and a political resolution to the libyan conflict the frank discussions build on recent talks with tripoli both officials the i aim is to establish a common basis for progress between the parties on the issues that divide them now these include concrete efforts to address militias and extremist elements and the distribution of resources so they benefit all libyans mood after wired as more from the libyan capital this meeting is according to many analysts is.

resulting in a very strong statement calling on the warlord hafer hefted to stop hostilities and return to the peaceful negotiations to end the libyan crisis remember in back in april the over state might prompt you called on have to. retreat and to stop the military escalation in southern tripoli and since then this is the 1st american statement to. lake is said to address a stronger statement to have to stop the military hostilities and return to their peaceful negotiations but the question now is whether or not this meeting is going to take it will contribute to end the conflict in southern tripoli unless the united states will address the countries involved in fueling the conflict in libya

like russia a united arab emirates and in egypt. thousands of palestinians in gaza and the occupied west bank have rallied in a so-called day of riots against the u.s. decision to recognize his right of the settlements as legal palestinians condemned the un and many other countries have said continue to consider settlements illegal and an obstacle to peace abraham was that those protesting obama in the occupied west bank. just as i have turned up here today with a legal israeli settlement. in what is willing here is a day of rage they are protesting what they say is the american shift of policy last monday by u.s. secretary of states why compay who has said the baby was no longer considers israeli settlements a violation of international law around garwood it's a cool for palestinians to unite we want to share with the israeli occupation that we stand here and proceed injuring confrontations protests have started in the

sometimes of towns across the occupied west bank the palestinian authority urged people to take the streets were school am public institutions were given the. minute they got on the remarks by the u.s. administration with a concern in jerusalem or israeli settlements widely denounced by all sectors of palestinians earlier as 36 year old palestinian. has passed away in israeli custody he's been sick with cancer and was not allowed to spend his final days with his family sami is the 5th palestinian to die in israeli custody since january although the calls for protests were to me before him the way. to me the scene is very important and high on the palestinian. more than a 1000000 indigenous people across india fighting for their right to live in the forests india's supreme court is expected to decide whether they will be allowed to

stay some conservationists and politicians argue the forest trail is damage the environment and your vote. has. forests in british forests like these have been home to the indigenous people of india for generations they eat what they grow drink from the stream and worship nature as their ancestors did is enough this is in fact much better than being subjected to open squalor that they have seen their neighbors and friends those who were forced out of the forests go through this see the thought that their rights to live of the forests was finally guaranteed under the forest rights act passed back in 2006 but since the court order on addictions fear has lingered in this community now the allege that the authorities are going to use turning the forest into a sanctuary for wildlife as an excuse to benefit themselves and the corporates that they favor. police in australia are investigating allegations the chinese government tried to plant a spy in the federal parliament china has reacted by accusing australia of hysteria

nicholas reports from sydney the insider the claims were both sensational and shocking a chinese espionage network operating in a stroller and defect chang claiming he was once involved but a media briefing in beijing chinese officials labelled the accusations as nothing but lies claiming wang is a fugitive suspected of fraud. china has always pursued the principle of noninterference in other countries domestic politics we have never tried to know are we interested in meddling with other country's internal affairs it's one of 2 cases currently playing out in australia shining a spotlight on china's rising influence in the asia pacific region the death of a young chinese a strongly in business man nick is also being investigated he died weeks after telling a stroke his spy agency he'd been approached by chinese agents to run for parliament

i would caution anyone leaping to any conclusions about those men's that's why we have these agencies i'm not but i do find the allegations troubling and disturbing the device about china's threats to our sovereignty is not confined to australia this is happening all across east asia from indonesia and singapore through to vietnam and south korea debate also you seems to be taking place at a local level one of the nation's largest populations of chinese trial ians live. earth below you might have been for the wrong reason with reports that the chinese government will wait a local health into cutting ties with a news paper allegedly because it didn't communist. china is a struggle has. largest tried patna last year it was worth more than $180000000000.00 but relations have deteriorated since accusations of meddling and

interference began tom switzer from the center of independent studies believes balancing a strong these interests and the wider region will only become more challenging where at the situation where anxieties are probably the highest level since the formal relationship began in the illinois. the question is whether it's. espionage laws will be enforced and counter any threat of foreign interference. al-jazeera sydney. flooding continues to hit the italian city of venice it's sustained heavy damage after several floods in the past month the system budget the repair bill will be a $1000000000.00 sunday diego is in square in venice and explains why the damage is so extensive. that high tides the city of venice continues to flood particularly in

areas such as mark's square and you can see behind me while there is a sense of normality continuing people going about their daily business tours still visiting the area it is causing an enormous amount of damage because this water that you see here is salty water from the lagoon venice is located and that causes enormous damage to the buildings here the cultural treasures such as basilica behind me here the mayor of venice has said already more than a $1000000000.00 worth of damage has been done that's what's known so far however the full extent of that will be known in the months to come but residents are angered and say that there must be more to protect the city from these continual high tides they blame the cruise ships which they say how close the deal with damage to the bed of the lagoon but also the underwater damming system that was supposed to be completed in 2011 but that's a project that's been mired in corruption scandals which $35.00 people were

arrested over they say that that has to be revisited because that in itself has done extensive damage to the bed of the lagoon and that requires a look at. this is al jazeera these are the top stories 2 people have been killed as a standoff continues between protesters and u.n. peacekeepers in the democratic republic of congo angry about an increasing number of attacks part. thousands of demonstrators barge towards. a u.n. base there accusing the peacekeepers of failing to protect. and elsewhere in the g r c at least 45 people have been killed as floodwaters swept through hundreds to rental rain hit the capital kinshasa causing landslides tens of thousands of people are struggling to cope with flooding and landslides in northwestern kenya at least

52 people have been killed in the past few days relief teams have been slow to reach the region as some roads and bridges have been cut off by flooding france is in mourning for 13 soldiers killed in mali when 2 military helicopters collided bundy's crash happened during an operation against rebel attacks in northern mali french soldiers of billions a whole region for the past 6 years to combat fighters linked to al qaeda and i saw it's the largest loss of life for the french army since 58 french paratroopers were killed in the beirut barracks bombing in 1903 so. it's a dramatic accident francis position has not changed we are fighting terrorism with high quality soldiers often at the risk of their lives lebanon's caretaker prime minister saad hariri says he does not want to be part of any new government he's called on president michel aoun to immediately call for consultations to designate

a new leader hariri resigned last month after a nationwide protests. 28 people have been arrested in georgia's capital tbilisi as protesters tried to block politicians from entering parliament riot police used water cannon to force demonstrators from storming the building they calling for a snap election and demanding an overhaul of the electoral system which they say favors the ruling party thousands of palestinians in gaza and the occupied west bank have rallied in a so-called day of rage against the u.s. decision to recognize israeli settlements as legal palestinians condemned the move while the u.n. and many other countries have said they'll continue to consider settlements illegal and an obstacle to face those the headlines and used continues here after planet itself.

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