the weather sponsored by category. this is al jazeera. hello and welcome i'm peter you're watching the news our live from our headquarters here in doha coming up in the next 60 minutes. as we go on iraq's prime minister has announced he's stepping down after weeks of antigovernment protests that have seen more than 400 people killed. the taliban says it's holding preliminary discussions with the united states to restart peace talks as president trump visits troops stationed in afghanistan. the authorities in sudan dissolve the parliament of the party rather of the ousted president omar al bashir one of the key demands

of the protest movement. and in sports premier league side are still have fired their manager in i am or the spaniard leaves with that same ensuring that worst front of results since 1998. major developments out of iraq this year the prime minister says he's resigning will mark his announcement comes after one of the most violent days since antigovernment protests began 2 months ago more than 50 people were killed on thursday a curfew has been lifted for families to hold funerals the un has called for an investigation and iraq's government has ordered an inquiry into the deaths protests began in early october over demands for jobs and an end to corruption. now in a statement he said i will submit my resignation to the house of representatives in order for the council to consider its options may go put sent to iraq and its

people mohammed jump june joins us live from baghdad mohammed just get us right up to date what's the latest. peter as you mentioned that he prime minister has said he is going to be submitting his letter of resignation but it is not yet clear exactly when that will be this does not give a date the statement that was that was released it says that it will happen as soon as possible it also goes on to say that one of the reasons he's doing this is to keep the country from sliding towards violence and chaos and that this is a response to the call for him to submit his resignation to parliament so that parliament can work on all of the options it has now i don't know if you can hear this but it is extremely loud here what was a very somber mood just about an hour ago because of the dozens of protesters that had been killed in both now city and nesha yesterday has turned into basically a party here in tahrir square which is the epicenter of the anti-government

demonstrations in baghdad the reason for that is the announcement by the prime minister how that opted not to be so people here who were quite sad before activists who i've been speaking with over the course of the past few weeks about the developments here who are coming up to me and literally crying because of what happened yesterday in the south of the country now the same activists the same people that were here who were so upset well there are fireworks going on all around us there is music that is playing there is dancing going on this is an extremely vibrant scene in a really goes to show that right now in this particular moment you have these demonstrators that are here in baghdad who feel that this is a win for them i will say though there are still many here that are jaded i did hear some people just. a short while ago say ok the prime minister's going to resign and the next person who takes the office is going to be worse than the current one so some people wonder what exactly is going to happen next

a lot of questions but at this particular moment people extremely happy by this development peter as far as those protest is a concern mounted would they like more than just one man just the prime minister to tender his resignation. peter i would tell you that what we keep hearing for people here is that parliament hasn't gone far enough there's been a lot of talk the last several weeks about electoral reform that are cutting down corruption but the demonstrators we speak with say there needs to be a complete overhaul of the political system here and head off and that's something that's going to be difficult and going to take time now to that end i want to bring in a guest that we have here today this is you know about how much he's with the organization for women's freedom in iraq you know if you can join me now thank you for being with us you know you've seen this announcement by the prime minister does this give you hope that now things might start to change even if it changes to the school case we feel that it's a step to a victory to

a victory over to a sectarian and criminal government beginnings of hundreds of demonstrators a bit past 2 weeks cannot go on this feels like the victory of the uprising people that finally the power and the wind power of the people of the uprising has overcome this has caused euphoria in the 'd urban misstating people here in the here square and. the young men who are fighting on the front lines on the bridges have had come out to. the dens out there it's still not the final basic a nation we're still waiting to see what will happen but we feel that this is a huge fares 6 that to prove that the people of the uprising. i have proven there was power and that the victory will be there is your article but let's let's assume that this statement means that the prime minister would submit his resignation

effective immediately if that were to happen if let's say tomorrow he submitted the paperwork to parliament what exactly is the next step what happens from here on out . will bother of the people the uprising people don't feel that is enough the condition exists that all the ruling political parties have to step out of the political formula they are not acceptable anymore they were they all took part in the criminal killings of the demonstrators the people of the free a square will have their say to the future government of iraq and looking at it in a realistic way we feel that his stepping down is a 1st step but we will have to continue the uprising until all 4 our conditions are met do you believe that the protesters the thousands of anti-government demonstrators that continue to come out not just in the but in the southern cities

as well in other parts of the country do you believe that now that this announcement has been made there will be the will power and incentive to continue to come out. the ones who have killed the demonstrators were not only the iraqi army they were the iranian militias and other islamic militias if those are still ruling why would the demonstrators go home all the killers all the criminals are from those militias it's a condition of the demonstration and the uprising that all those criminals come to to be to be judged by the courts and the by the people of that here square and the other cities it's not enough that he throws his resignation all those 2 militias the ruling political parties that cause the corruption sectarianism and the. isn't of the people they have to step down and step out of it and out of mohamed thank you so much for joining us today we really appreciate it so peter as you can hear

it's a very complicated situation here and just because the prime minister has announced that he is going to be resigning now again we don't yet know exactly when he is going to be submitting that paperwork how long the process is going to take and so that's why you're hearing what you just heard from me and not that's why we're hearing what we're hearing from some of the demonstrators here yes they take what happened in the past 15 minutes as a huge victory but they say they are committed to continue to come out to showcase to the government here that they are committed in demonstrating and that they want to see a complete overhaul of the political system here in the lead off peter it seems right now i mean the story mohamed has just broken in the past 20 minutes or so but there are more questions than answers because if the prime minister's decision to go clearly we need to know when that will happen will there be a domino effect to all the people tendering their resignation and have so many

people go who replaces them. that is the question of the hour peter if you'll remember several weeks ago there were reports emerging from madoff that the prime minister was going to be submitting his resignation as an answer to what the demonstrators were demanding that never came to pass you had many officials here saying that he was going to be stepping aside it didn't happen then you had reports that there had been these secret deals made in parliament here various factions parliamentary groups essentially coming together to try to ensure that the prime minister in this particular cabinet stayed in power because they did not believe that there was anybody else here that could take on this guy. if huge responsibility in order to try to mollify the protesters and put an end to this crisis they put out these statements they tried to tell the protestors that

they were going to enact electoral reform that they were cutting corruption that they were you'll pardon us it again it's a pretty chaotic scene here right now in any case. we you had all these statements coming out and yet the demonstrators continue to come out despite the threats they face despite the fact that hundreds have been killed since the beginning of october since these demonstrations began despite the specter of violence despite the fact that people were being detained one point you have the government here stating that they were going to go after anybody who had been involved in violence against the protesters the protesters didn't believe that and so here we are at this moment where yes they consider this a victory they consider this so when they consider this to be power of the people and a grassroots movement that has gone beyond sectarianism that has gone beyond politics and yet they don't know what's going to happen next because one of the key things

you have to remember about it often there are no representatives of this leaderless movement who are really having conversations with people in parliament so it's very difficult for the people on the street to know what exactly parliament is up to comit isn't having discussions with them or inviting the representatives of this movement even though there aren't any but anybody with this movement to come and speak with them so it's very chaotic it's been very fluid but right now at this hour everybody out here believes that the fact that the prime minister has announced that he is going to step down means that they should continue to come out onto the streets peter there was a point correct me if i'm wrong here mohamad there was a point perhaps 10 days or 2 weeks ago when the protests were ongoing when it looked and it felt as if the guy. either was choosing not to listen or it just couldn't listen for some reason and at that point was that

a tipping point when the prime minister perhaps or maybe somebody was saying to him behind the scenes look you are hemorrhaging political credibility here and for the greater good of the country not just baghdad but the flashpoints the places like nasiriyah you've been mentioning in your reporting you've got to do something and something big you've got to go. there peter when you would speak to officials here off the record they would acknowledge that parliament clearly was looking as though they were tone deaf to what was going on out in the streets and i would say that yes in the last few weeks it does seem there was a bit of a tipping point because when the demonstrators initially started coming out in early october for a variety of reasons there was some hope that perhaps they could start negotiations with the government now i've been here almost a month and in the time that i've been here i have seen. i guess i would call it

not just anger but lack of trust with regard to the government really increase when you speak to the anti-government demonstrators you know time and again i would be speaking to you and others and we would be hearing that there was going to be a session of parliament in which it was going to be discussed our electoral reform was going to make life better here for an office how it was going to essentially set up a system that was more representative of the population as a whole. and. often times those parliamentary sessions quorum would not be met or they would be delayed or things that were supposed to be on the agenda disappeared from the engine and i would be out here with might seem to have your square and we would go around and ask the. and coming out day after day what do you think of this and they would say we know the parliament is not going to do anything we don't believe that the prime minister is going to do

anything and that's why we're coming out trying to demand his resignation and an overhaul of the political system here but yes clearly the more people came out and the more anger there was because of the violence towards women strangers in various cities in there and off that really fueled this protest movement by that movement and it really it really built there was a crescendo and people here you know weekdays weekends all hours of the day and night they have continued to come out they are stupefied quite frankly as to why the international community is not doing more time and again i speak to people out here who are begging the united nations to intervene in some meaningful way there have been calls by the united states and the e.u. and the united nations for early elections for their iraq government to be doing more to ensure that protesters here have the right to demonstrate peacefully and

yet. people there i talk to they don't think that goes far enough and they don't think that the world is really paying attention to their plight and that's why that's just one more reason why they're angry and they are and so committed to coming out peter martin stay with us please do do not move away from our satellite point there in baghdad because we just received the very latest pictures of people celebrating on the streets there the news that the iraqi prime minister has said he's going to attend his resignation as mohammed was making the point there does this solve the problems that people have been reacting to up and iraq over the past several weeks no it probably doesn't i think every one of the was fair to say everyone would say it does not solve the problems the allegations of corruption no jobs people losing money people not earning money iraqi security forces shooting more than 40 protestors after the protesters stormed and in effect torched that iranian consulate in niger after that was one of the flashpoint cities where people

were reacting to the situation the ongoing situation also similar scenes being repeated as part of the protests in nasiriyah but these are the latest pictures coming to us as people digest and absorb the news that the iraqi prime minister has said he's going to attend his resignation at least 29 people dying in that southern city of nasiriya mohammed was mentioning when troops there opened fire on the demonstrators they heard the block to keep bridge. before sunrise on thursday will stay with these latest pictures of celebration will go back to my colleague jim our correspondent who's been tracking that story for us out of the iraqi capital so i guess as far as the demonstrators are concerned mohammed their key worry is look if it's out with the old it might be in with the old at some point in the future because the prime minister he's a gentleman who's been in the orbit the arena of iraqi politics for. several years

now. oh i tapp silly right peter i mean. this goes beyond just the head of the government resigning i mean the demonstrators here. they want to see the basically the complete class of political elites and all gone . and they've been demanding this for quite some time so i you know i can only tell you that you know we've already we've already heard from folks here in the last half an hour that this is good but it doesn't go far enough and until a time in which. this mass protest movement really senses that the government pardon me that the government is taking their demands seriously. and really getting past business as usual you know just having a new prime minister that is that is certainly not something that is going to to

satisfy them and now that that the prime minister has announced that he is going to resign well everybody who's out here is going to take that as an incentive to keep coming out and keep applying pressure on the governor. and his maybe we're wrapping up a discussion this some ahamed just by kind of signposting the fact that it wasn't just baghdad it was other cities as well it was masseria protests to shot dead in shot trucks they would daily process since october so not only did the government seem to lack the ability to get a handle on this when it did get a handle on it and then kind of react to them the wrong way and came back too hard too often and got up close and so personal in the way with those people who were demonstrating. and peter you're mentioning you know also the let's talk about nash as well these are 2 a majority shiite cities

a legally sour. and yesterday you had dozens dozens of anti-government demonstrators killed by security forces that's according to eyewitnesses medical sources that we've been speaking with. in those cities when they were out demonstrating let's talk 1st about national narrative of course is the is is is one of the shia holy cities here in it up and you have a majority shia population and you had demonstrators that about a day and a half ago attacked the iranian consulate in nashville and i cannot stress enough just how big of a deal that is just how much of an escalation that is because these demonstrators say that they are tired of the outsized role and influence that iran plays inside of it up and so they burned parts of the iranian consulate a few weeks before that 3 weeks ago you had a similar situation in another shia holy city in karbala in the south in which

demonstrators attacked the iranian consulate these were clear warning signs to the government here to the majority shia government here that they needed to do something to really show the protesters that they were taking their demands seriously the protesters didn't feel that the government was doing that. then you have what happened in nasiriyah you had dozens rather you had around 20 people by our last count poured into medical sources that were killed when they were in clashes in front of a government building yesterday today you have these funerals going on. this is something that not just in the south people are reacting to here in baghdad as well . all the people that we speak with in this movement they say that what makes this movement different from prior protests is that this is going beyond sects and that this is going beyond politics that this is a grassroots movement. a patriotic movement it out these coming together not as

sony's. but as great archy's and they want a government that will treat them as their own country they will give them opportunity that will build a future for them and when they see the security forces continue to go after these demonstrators that just it just ules this anger and it's why the anger has been building and it's why the demonstrators continue to come out despite the threats they have faced peter mohamed we had to get clarity and context on this developing story you've given it given us that in the past 20 minutes we'll come back to i suspect in the next half hour or so but in the meantime thank you so much well these announcement comes just shortly after iraq's top shia cleric ayatollah ali sistani condemned the use of lethal force against protesters and called for a change in leadership fail in. the parliament from which this current government

is drawn is asked to reconsider its choice in this regard and to act according to iraq's interest and preserve the blood of its children to prevent the country from slipping into violence chaos and destruction we confirm again that attacks against peaceful protesters are forbidden as well as them being prevented from having the right to demand reforms we also confirm that attacking private and public property is forbidden and that property should not be left to be attacked by infiltrators and their allies. as you say will return to iraq as we continue to get a handle on what's going on there up and down the country for the meantime we'll move on and wrap up some of the top stories to saddam the former ruling party the deposed president is condemning dissolution plans by what it calls the illegal new government the transitional government's approved the main demand of protesters during months of unrest

a law to dissolve the national congress party as morgan reports now from khartoum the prime minister says it is not an act of revenge. it was once the dominant party in sudan ruling the country for more than 25 years now more than 6 months after its head leader was ousted sudan's transitional government has announced that the former ruling party will be dismantled. the more dismantles the national congress party and seizes its assets money and properties and gives it to the government's minister of finance a committee will be formed to ensure that any organization association institution union company partnership that has links to the former ruling party will be dismantled. the national congress party came to power in 1992 a few years after it had ahmed bashir overthrew a democratically elected government in 1989 the coolest carried out under the name of the national islamic front bashir went on to create the national congress party

that ruled until he was ousted from power in april this year following months of anti-government protests the december protests gained momentum after the burning of the national congress party headquarters and. despite it being the only party many sudanese knew the demand for it to be dismantled had become one of the protest movements main ins was. dismantling a party doesn't mean it's and it has to be remembered that establishing a new country would have to include establishing quick systems with those from the disbanded party and in a way where politics is practiced wisely i mean also man regards herself as the victim of one of the party signature laws that came to define the controversial public order act it severely curtailed women's rights and which was condemned by human rights in sudan new leaders say it will display. an attack that when i was arrested for refusing the offices called me names saying i'm not

a real sudanese because i didn't follow the rules of the government they said they expected me to be from the south a christian. during its time in power the national. congress party left scars that many continue to feel from burning sudan 20 years of u.s. trade and economic sanctions following accusations of supporting terrorism abroad to dividing a nation that was once africa's largest country it now remains to be seen how straightforward eradicating it from sudanese political life will be people morgan al-jazeera puts on. ok let's talk to someone here spokeswoman for the sudanese professionals association she joins us from the capital khartoum summit here what does this mean primarily for women because they're also talking about women's rights and that was an issue and an area that human rights groups had a big problem with. good afternoon our well last night the abolition of the public order room was it was

a symbolic moment in movement of the sudanese revolution and the journey of the 70s revolution because women have been oppressed particularly by the n.c.p. government and throughout the south years of being in ruin they have used the public or the rule to humiliate women and to ensure that they were not allowed their freedoms they were not allowed to be participating in to have a normal life it was used for humiliation and for our keeping so these women in very are. let's say in a very very small corner not allowing them to to be there and it was a very vague law it was a very vague low that was practiced by by the prosecutor whoever was it was was prosecuting the the person was the one who he was the one who was deciding. how to fit the law according to what he saw it was mainly aimed at humiliating men and

women and women in particular but more importantly as the n.c.p. dismantlement law this is the most important law that symbolic and it is the milestone in their revolution because the corrupt regime the corrupt n.c.p. regime had made it. took it. as a method of ruling the sudanese people it to corruption it took or it took in justice as a method of ruling the sudanese people over a period of certain year. drew in the political life in sudan and it made. it in tangled the n.c. that the n.c.p. entangle the party whips the government and the importance of this law is that it's going to in time reverse this entanglement and make sure that all unions all love all government institutions that are associated that it to be with the. ok very difficult just to just to push you there for a 2nd dissolving the n.c.p. the one thing. taking away that element of political entanglement that you're

describing now but politically quite sinister but the people the politicians who form the n.c.p. they're not going away what if they're still there i mean they must have some loyalists within the political system who are not going away either definitely definitely but the problem is so out of the 30 years that they have been in power they have made sure that they destroyed the political center so that they have distorted the geopolitical are seen in sudan in an in and in the region and in the world so that has has been taken steps backwards it's have been it has they have made major mistakes and they have far victimized the service people and they have been very unjust of the sudanese people it is is it is of no way that they can be a part of leading the system right now is going to take a while to reach

a correct installation point so are the kind of time they cannot be in the their ship they cannot be in the leadership of change they cannot be part of change understood thank you so much for talking to us some here about a quarter. stuck with the rebels in yemen say they've shot down a certain helicopter and killed 2 pilots it happened on the yemeni saudi border. coalition now in its 5th year of fighting the disease isn't commenting. the funerals of people killed in protests in eastern democratic republic of congo have been perspire on because of security concerns the crowds have gathered in their demanding that the military leave the area after rebel groups killed 28 people earlier this week they say the army hasn't done enough to protect them from groups which are behind the latest round of violence let's go live now to go and our correspondent catherine soy catherine going to be difficult for the government

forces to contain the rebel groups well that's a big question really that everybody's asking and you know the group we're talking about now is a.t.f. and it's been quite it's been around here in this region for quite a while came from. came from uganda and you know government troops have been having all these operations for several years now against the group support and they are supported by the u.n. but still we see rebels able to come out to the villages and kill people so brutally so now joining me to put this in. context is fidel a human rights campaigner thank you for joining us fidel perhaps you can just start by telling us why is it so difficult for the government to deal particularly with. well v.a.d. elf. then i'm going to call them this is a drug that has been around for over 30 years now it has been able to embed within

the people deemed a member of the local people to trade with the people so they become like residence which means they know in an out of benny and particularly the real ones when winds already mountains because advance and given the political the business the religious. business is going on. well it can only be a pipe drawing that the u.n. and the congolese forces they're going to uproot these guys that have been embedded in community for for this long but what do you think this political security. and in this north key region house being politicized politicized i think that's just one side of a story. look this is a country that is richer than any country on this planet we took in or be leone's if not. trillions in u.s. dollars in natural resources so the a.t.o.

they had been trading gold gold that is feeding the refinery in tampa gold that is being traded to the u.s. cooperate and so for this it's giving them the backup force vienna g. to fight as long as they can so i think that's of a nexus of a problem this bill oddie minerals if any solution it's going to take into account that or otherwise. will continue the protesters in beni and here in goma as well have been saying the one the u.n. now the one the u.n. mission one new school out but even if the u.n. leaves then what because the u.n. really does provide support to the government. and if the u.n. lives then was ok will continue to be a country. we can people the benny people will continue to be people i don't you

think there's going to be a vacuum. well with. or without there is still a vacuum who has been minded with chapter 7 since 2010 to often open fire on any rebel group without the consent of a congress army it's never been able to do thought they were even unable to defend the m 23 here in goma so people protest in burnie this is legitimate and i think anyone needs to read too about the new school should pack up and leave and not keep more of the congolese people all right thank you very much that's a human rights campaign. and we also are your spoke to the governor of north q who say he's quite concerned that the this process going on particularly in beni if they go on and checks that they might the armed groups other armed groups that are in the area might take advantage of the situation might get involved in those

porters and this could potentially be very very dangerous catherine thanks very much. informal talks of resume bridge in the afghan taliban and u.s. officials the taliban has told al jazeera some preliminary meetings are taking place here in doha then they could pave the way for the resumption of formal peace talks president canceled negotiations in september following the birth of a u.s. soldier but on a short trip to afghanistan he told american troops he believed the taliban was willing to strike a deal is stephanie taka. it was a surprise visit and is often the case with president donald trump a surprising announcement taliban wants to make a deal and who are meeting with them and we're saying it has to be a cease fire they want to do is use private now they do want to do is use fire i believe it probably works trump said mission their meeting with the taliban comes after the president abruptly broke off talks in september following the killing of

a u.s. soldier in a bombing claimed by the taliban talks had been making progress up until then the taliban has confirmed to al jazeera that some meetings have been taking place to pave the way for the resumption of talks the group also recently released 2 western hostages and 10 afghan soldiers in exchange for 3 of its senior leaders but officials say there's still no sign the taliban is ready to give up its weapons in exchange for a role in afghan politics demilitarization is a key demand from afghan president ashraf ghani but he's been sidelined while u.s. and taliban negotiators meet still gonna join trump on stage by graham air base and tweeted out highlights of the moment apparently keen to show he is relevant in the peace process for donald trump the priority is cutting down the number of u.s. troops in afghanistan from about 13000 to just over 8000 and to help the afghans handle their own security. we're breaking it down very substantially and will be down in a number that's very that's

a good number and we're going to stay until such time as we have a deal or we have total victory and they want to make it go over it's been 18 years since the u.s. launched its war in afghanistan pushing the taliban out of power the irony not lost that almost 2 decades on both sides are now negotiating an end to the fighting and if you deal can be struck it will more than likely see the taliban return to play a part in ruling afghanistan stephanie decker al-jazeera. young activists around the world are skipping school this friday to protest against climate change the march has begun in australia and students in sydney protested outside the headquarters of the governing party under a smoke filled sky australia's southeast has been devastated by a bushfires which some blame on climate change students in india's capital are demonstrating outside a waste energy power plant new delhi is one of the world's most polluted cities poor air quality kills around 2 and a half 1000000 people across india every year and in rome hundreds of marching to

bring attention to the dangers of climate change they're calling for immediate action has come ahead of the un climate change conference in madrid next week. and there are climate protests in london rory chalons is our correspondent there rory good afternoon. good afternoon yes some friends one of the perils of live television that you set up in the middle of a protest a march and by the time breaking news as happened somewhere in the world may come to you the march has passed and gone somewhere else it is at the moment on its way back towards parliament square where it started the young students some protesters who began their demonstration there hoping that they could send their message to the politicians then went on a walk through the west end of london it is black friday today that commercialized frenzy of shopping and they are open they can bring their message to shoppers as

well now the heading back towards parliament square we don't have the demonstrators but we do you have theodore sciri who's one of the organizers a youth striker a 15 year old student how do you think today is going to get better the other demonstrations that happened. today has been a bit smaller than something other than this which is hard but it's still being incredibly positive at a really good time outs and the call that we have got to stay with us all the way through our protest if not a really great energy we've made a really clear points about what we feel about this election and about the general habits of consumerism on black friday and i think overall it's been a really successful strike so you mentioned the election there of course britain has a general election coming up so what are you trying to drive home to the politicians i think the most important message for us is that this is above anything else the climate crisis is more important than any other issue this can't be being discussed on the political table and so that's why we need parties not to be against each other in this but with the speed and he leading as warm as you came is to be able

to do you see that moment for me to be absolutely not we don't see nearly enough leadership from our country or from the people who are trying to run our country. and that really needs to. in the last few days there's been a few reports that come out concerning reports about the state of the climate. i think there's a report a few days ago saying that several tipping points have already perhaps been passed and that we could see cascade events growing climate change are beyond human control so what sort of concern to evaporate into your life it's absolutely terrifying as young people who have very little say in what's going to happen with a lot of action right now and we're in the middle of a crisis but nobody seems to become painting to do anything and stop crisis when you've got to anything that i get stuck in your house that's incredibly scary. it's these new revelations like something else about often the situation make it even was so i really do need to see action from

a political you see you see on the forums and next week there's the the climate summit in madrid so what would you like to see come out of that. in the next year and which are sort of next week and which is we want to see the politicians following the science there are very clear recommendations about what needs to be done and they just need to be followed so we need politicians from all around the wall to be uniting behind us because it is the one common issue that we all have you still have to convince quite a few people around the world on don't you that this is an important issue there are people who think that disruptive marches shutting down parts of central london is not the way to go about it or i think it's very clear that we have made an ass of impacts through often the strikes we've got the british parliament to announce climate lodge and see the european parliament and us time and budget see a few days back we have clearly having this effect and they say themselves due to the climate strikers on the boat with the protests we have seen that this is a massive issue and that's what needs to keep on happening and out future climate

conference isn't happening they don't think very much in go back and just join the rest of the protesters now back to you. gloria thanks very much. algerians wrote in big numbers for the 41st successive friday protests to demand political change campaigning for next month's presidential election began on sunday but demonstrators in the so-called movement are rejecting the hood and a few of the polls will be linked to the old guard linked to the deposed president abilities but if you call. the police in hong kong say they've seized almost $4000.00 petrol bombs at a university they've received for almost 2 weeks and cleanups underway at the polytechnic university after hundreds of bottles of chemicals were also reportedly found the police accuse the students of using the campus as a weapons factory dozens were arrested as they tried to escape the campus following some of the most violent clashes yet in months of anti-government protests around is underway in hong kong to show support for a former british consulate employee who says he was tortured by secret police in

china he simon changed he says they were trying to get information about activists leading the anti-government protests in hong kong and accused him of inciting the rest he was detained for 15 days during a trip to the mainland in august sarah clarke is at that rally. this group the people are here to support the former british consulate worker simon sharing chain says he was detained on a work trip to sions in mainland china was in beaten and tortured by chinese police . by notorious have rejected the accusation and say the chain broke the law while in chains and these people want the case investigated by the british government and i think that investigations. hold by british government is that of hong kong government because simon is british national overseas. born before 997 but obviously even he is. stopped just hours later in hong kong

more rallies are planned over the weekend but the see at the plea technic university campus in kelowna has now come to an end police have now entered the campus and collected evidence from. that includes around $4000.00 petrol bombs and $500.00 with the like device it's place a around $1300.00 people have now been arrested but the clean up at polytechnic university has just begun. and has emerged as the winner of europe wise presidential election the conservative edged out his rival in a run off by promising to turn around a slowing economy and tackle the rise in crime right to raise a bow reports. he's the youngest president in your wise history at 46. 1 the 2nd round of the presidential race in this tiny south american nation. even though the elections took place last sunday the results have only just been confirmed in what was a tight race between paul and then you might be

a 62 year old engineer from the center left party brought front. supporters say it was time for a change and this is a change is needed for all your requirements we cannot continue to be like we were unfortunately really this changes for all europe why happy happy release this. for 15 years the broad front party with figures such as former guerilla turned president horse a more implemented a series of liberal policies like legalizing marijuana an abortion. but a slowdown in the economy and rising crime is what allowed a conservative party to return to power. even though the new might have been a spare in most votes in the 1st round in october in the days that followed confirmed an alliance with other right wing parties that helped him gain victory so

much as i believe we are very satisfied with the work there we did all those months and for the support we received from across the country and the people from all political parties that make up this mult. call it agreement. i am comes from a political family his father is a former president. and his mother was a senator or. even though many countries in latin america are in turmoil why has been considered a country of stability in recent years. both main challenge will be to gain at consensus after such a tight victory to ensure that stability continues. a group of opposition leaders in guinea are free at least for the moment they were arrested last month for protesting against the president. is planning to run for his country. guinea's opposition leaders arrive at the conakry court of appeal

hoping they would be allowed to go back home with no further they were in jail for 6 weeks on thursday a judge decided to free them 10 members of the national front for the defense of the constitution have been temporarily released while they wait for the start of their appeal next week sunt demanders you are it's a feeling of happiness and joy at the law has won and so has the liberty the innocent have been freed i'm speechless. the opposition leaders were arrested last month inside the home of a former politician who was coordinating anti-government protests. but instead of deterring the movement their detention prompted hundreds of thousands of demonstrators to take to the streets the. critics fear president alpha condit is planning on changing guinea's constitution so he can run for a 3rd term in 2020. however this latest court verdict is being seen

as a victory for the opposition that the cliff i mean i'm so happy not only because they're free but because this means justice has begun to appear the past i hope the appeals court will free them completely because they were detained illegally the street protests have been systematically banned in guinea for over a year the government insists they are a threat to public security but opponents say it's a tool to silence criticism. opposition leaders have been accuse of staging unauthorized protests and a paralyzing the economy of the west african nation now while they prepare for a final decision from the appeals court the tensions remain high the cuts halo percivale yon al-jazeera. state media in north korea says the latest weapons test has been met with great satisfaction by kim jong un 2 short range missiles part of what's thought to be a new multiple rocket launcher were fired on thursday they're being seen as a thanksgiving reminder to the united states

a year and deadline for donald trump to show flexibility installed denuclearization discussions south africa's former president jacob zuma has lost his attempt to stop his corruption trial but mr zuma could now appeal to the supreme court he was forced to resign last year over a separate corruption scandal with zuma and the french company fails deny bribery involving the $3000000000.00 weapons deal 20 years ago. northern ireland's divided communities a phone something they can agree on hostility to boris johnson's breaks it plans there's now no political party in the province which supports his proposals on leaving the e.u. and opposition to bracks it is starting to break down traditional religious and political differences lawrence lee is in belfast. belfast's the city never at peace with itself for decades divided the walls and fences separating the 2 communities remain it's like a patient never quite sure if they're recovering from a terminal illness but now they have something in common the irish republican side

of belfast always hated rex's the pro british side though supported it until boris johnson came along with a plan to partly divide the northern irish economy from the rest of the u.k. with a trade border in the sea his former allies here see that as a betrayal of the foundation of the united kingdom people are very angry about it people are do not support what he is proposing certainly i think he has underestimated the strength of failing across northern ireland where you know we fairly clearly and people on the bryan ferry really cherish being part of the kingdom being a full part of the united kingdom and if that's what your friends think then what about your enemies this neighborhood of belfast has no murals no symbols of the sectarian divide it is middle class and successful and doesn't like bricks it's in any form it is in places like this that the unionists hold over northern ireland is most at risk i think race it has clearly transcended the constitutional question

that's not to say that conversation isn't still alive and people don't still have their strong views but yes i think you are seeing people who are prioritizing bragg's it rather than their views on the union or irish unity because it is a clear and present danger to us. politics in northern ireland has never been like the rest of the u.k. people don't argue about whether they're socialist or conservative left wing or right wing but much more as to whether they see themselves as irish or see themselves as british but what's remarkable is our political shades of all opinion from the most staunchly loyalists to the most republican are united against boris johnson's version the brick says and so opinions a shifting of the university we spoke to students from the unionist community bricks it has changed the way that they and many others think and how they will vote in this election there's a lot of unionists that i know within my own community they have voice they see. issue if there was another referendum tomorrow and it was either to remain in part

of the e.u. or to leave as far as johnson's date we would for germany and for northern ireland to press and stay with the u.k. as well and within the e.u. has done so much for a pretty peace process and a lot of our funding for transport has all come from the european union to the untrained eye belfast looks like anywhere else but it isn't and both the police and politicians are warning of the potential for civil unrest for northern ireland boris johnson's mantra of getting bricks it done has trouble written all over it largely al-jazeera belfast. time for sports news because andy thank you so much peter will english premier league team arsenal have fired their manager in i am marie in a statement the club said the decision was taken due to results and performances not being at the level required emery replaced austin banner at the club in may of last year having previously led price sanjay mounts the french league title but the

club are now on the longest awareness run since 1992 they were beaten by on track frankfurt in the europa league last night is assistant for the longest input in temperature arch tottenham's new manager did have some words of support for the outgoing emery. and the fantastic coach a lot happier person of his the but the fantastic coach with a proven record little bit of a rest another big club will come for him in this career we. will be back on track so no dramas really go 'd get going. you'll get another clip the calgary flames hockey team deny their stalling of racism investigation flames head coach bill peyton is accused of virtually abusing apply a 10 years ago former n.h.l. player says he was targeted by pizzas when the pair were involved in minor league hockey pacers has issued an apology describing it as an isolated and majorly

regrettable incidents but didn't refer by name in a statement the n.h.l. is also investigating page says he's been in charge of the flame since april of last year on thursday ali gave this reaction on social media i've read the statement of bill paces which i found to be misleading insincere and concerning of accepted an invitation for the actual cements and discuss the situation this investigation we're doing i know everybody wants everything done immediately in the world we live in is immediate. we are not trying to stall or take time or drag our feet it's a serious matter and it's it's it's involving. serious subject matter and i just want to make sure that we're doing. a thorough job in looking under every stone rock and doing all the things that we need to be done 4 time olympic champion my farah says he's returning to the track for next year's tokyo games the

36 year old retired from track and classics in 27 seem to focus on road marathons but the britain has announced a change in direction on issue channel. to win chicago marathon as a major marathon it was nice to finish 3rd london. was good. and it's been great learning code for me. to run 205 british record european record and very exciting the training was totally different to the to the track. next year i decided 2020 i'm going to be back on a track i'm really excited to compete i'm back on track give it go 10000 me is now the host of the upcoming south east asian games are taking a deep dive in there to shoot of gold medals underwater hockey is about to make it's going to debut in the philippines jamal and dog on reports. holding their breath for the biggest sports competition in their career these athletes have been

promoting underwater hockey in the philippines a largely unknown sport in the country underwater hockey is making its debut at the southeast asian games. this month the 4th time the philippines has hosted the games . under water hockey originated in britain in the 1950 s. when it was known mostly as to push helping diversity fit during the cold winter months. in the philippines a number of players including charlie on young cole have been trying to make the sport popular for years our objective or our wish or goal is that. they want to have to be part of a. record in b. so says we have a very big advantage because it is just you know surrounded by water so many of us are even before the with with water because we are there so that the special

sweetness there's yeah i think we've been very very good in. some of these asian games hosts are usually allowed to add or remove preferred sports at the tournaments there are teams from at least 11 countries across southeast asia and underwater hockey is just one of the 6 new sports this year. obstacle racing is another sport that requires mid july speeds and resistance it is slowly gaining popularity in the philippines. we are aiming idea only we are aiming for a 6 goals and force overs so that's that's our target and we are doing our best that we can deliver and we can bring bring the medal for for our country almost 10000 athletes are expected to compete in the least 56 sports the filipinos hope to do enough to reclaim the overall championship the country

born when it last hosted the games in 2005 but for these underwater hockey players representing their country for the 1st time is a victory in itself jim duggan manila. a couple of hours faith and he thanks very much ok that was your news hour let's wrap up our broadcast for you where we started it with pictures of celebration coming to us out of baghdad without breaking news filtering through to the crowds on the streets have been in the streets now for many many weeks the iraqi prime minister abdullah abdullah moxy has said he will tender his resignation do we know when no we do not it comes after weeks of deadly protests 40 people losing their lives yesterday alone poll though they did follow that leading shia cleric saying there had to be a change more news on the other side of the break i'll see that. december

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ecosystems elaborate on al-jazeera. the rug's prime minister is to step down after weeks of antigovernment protests that have seen more than 400 people being killed. hello and welcome i'm peter w. watching al-jazeera live from our headquarters here in doha also coming up the taliban says it's holding preliminary discussions with the united states to restart peace talks as president trump visits troops stationed in afghanistan. the authorities in sudan dissolve the party of the ousted president omar al bashir one of the key demands of the protest movement. taking action against climate change a new round of global protests kickoff ahead.