al jazeera. new yorkers are very receptive to al-jazeera because it is such an international city they are very interested in that global perspective that al jazeera provides. al-jazeera. how about how he'd seen in doha and this is the algerian news are coming up for you in the next 60 minutes. protests turned to celebrations in iraq as the prime minister announces plans to resign as far as weeks of deadly rallies against the government. are nandan the top stories from europe including police shoot dead a suspected knife attacker on london bridge several people were injured in what

detectives are treating as a terrorist incident. and in the murder investigation that sent shock waves through motors government the prime minister could be next to resign. india's economy slows time as new figures are released we'll look at the impacts on the most vulnerable. install premier league team arsenal how far their manager owner emery the spaniard lives with the team enduring their worst run of results. we will look ahead to who could replace him. or we begin this news hour in iraq where weeks of deadly and see government protests may be a bites to force major political change prime minister. has announced he intends to resign. charge last year says he will submit his resignation letter to parliament soon protesters who've been calling for political. change in iraq or out on the

streets in the capitalize news emerged on friday afternoon of course more than 400 people have died in 2 months of ansi government protests well the math is innocent comes just shortly after iraq's top shia cleric ayatollah ali sistani condemned the use of lethal force against protesters and cold for change in the the ship. genius and nor 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. well of course we do have mohammed jam june

his in baghdad for us he joins us now live mama this has been a big day where you are the resignation of the prime minister has been a key demands of protesters just start by giving us a sense of how they've been reacting to those developments. hala when the announcement was made that the prime minister was going to be submitting his resignation. you know the mood earlier in the day had been quite somber and within a matter of just a couple of minutes it completely changed there was music that was being played people were dancing and singing and firecrackers were being set off so really the demonstrators that we were speaking with at that hour they believe that this was a victory for them that this was a result of this what they're calling a grassroots movement that has gone beyond politics and beyond sectarianism this

groundswell of demonstrators who have come out repeatedly despite the threat of violence over the course of the past couple of months and because of that they are heartened but at the same time they are also skeptical about what exactly is going to happen next because when you look closely at the statement from prime minister abd it does not give a timeline for when exactly his resignation is going to take effect it says simply that he is going to be submitting his resignation to parliament as soon as possible so that leaves some room for doubt when it comes to these protesters who really have a big trust deficit when it comes to the government here they've been telling us again and again they do not believe the rhetoric that they hear from parliamentarians now i spoke earlier to one women's rights activist named not mohammed and i asked her specifically about what this meant to her and to the demonstrators they were out into harir square what were her feelings about what she had heard happened today and here's what she told me. killings of hundreds of

demonstrators in the past 2 weeks cannot go on this feels like the victory of the uprising people that finally the power and the willpower of the people of the uprising has overcome this has caused euphoria in the 'd demonstrating people here in the here square and all the the young men who are fighting on the front lines on the bridges have heard about it but it turns out that it's still not the final destination we're still waiting to see what will happen but we feel that this is a huge 1st to prove that the people of the uprising have proven their willpower and that the victory will be theirs the condition that all the ruling political parties have to step out of the political formula they are not acceptable anymore they would 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. 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 our conditions are met i will we hear there from your guest earlier mohamed that's celebrating to be hugs them in the stars come off quite a serious situation a lot of lives have been lost juror in this process campaign. oh you're absolutely right hala i mean by current estimates we are told that at least 400 demonstrators have lost their lives since the beginning of these protests in early october that is a staggering number and there have been dozens that were killed just in the past 48

hours or so in shiite majority cities in the south and also the great violence that's happened there the past couple of days in fact even today we are told by medical sources that in nasiriya you had funerals that were held earlier in the day and that then there were clashes with security forces and medical sources say at least another 20 people have been killed so it really goes to show just how dire the situation is right now and despite the fact that there is the specter of violence and despite the fact that demonstrators continue to die in these large numbers they are in fact continuing to come out and one of the things that really goes to show how much this has escalated just in the past few days is that you have these cities in the south that are shiite majority cities you have the shah holy city of najaf where anti-government demonstrators just 2 nights ago well they stormed the consulate of the iranian embassy and they set portions of that building on fire and they replaced the iranian flag with the one and they were doing that because they were trying to send

a message to the government here and to the rest of the world that they are tired of the outsized role that iran plays in the affairs of it off especially in the politics of iraq this situation i was just telling you about that happened in measure it echoed another attack that was happening that happened against the iranian consulate in another shia holy city in kind of a that happened earlier in november when you had anti-government demonstrators scaled the walls of the consulate in karbala screaming for iran to get out of iraq and also setting parts of that building on fire and that's really really goes to show how this this these demonstrations here this time they're really. different you have it off these that are united as these they are going. it's not about politics for them it's not about sectarianism they say that this is a mass movement united only as it out these under their right off the flag and they

are sick of other countries playing a large role in the internal affairs of iraq they are tired of the corruption that they see going on here all the time they want to see a removal of the political elites here they want to complete overhaul of the political system and that's why even though there were celebrations today and to hear square in baghdad which is that's the epicenter of the anti-government demonstrations in the capital even though people were happy that the prime minister had announced that he was going to resign they say they want to see a lot more and that they are not trusting that this is actually going to be happening also they say that they that now they want to see real reform happening and they know that this isn't going to be happening overnight iraqi politics are very difficult and they take a huge amount of time so what they're saying is they're willing to keep coming out and now they feel they have even further incentive despite the violence despite the hundreds of people that have been killed in these anti-government demonstrations

they say they are committed more than ever now to coming out to showing their off the politicians and the world that they are committed to trying to build a better future for at uk ok mama gem jen live for us there in baghdad thank you very much indeed for bringing us all the latest. well same with the story my one column is head of policy analysis and the absence of from research and policy studies c says many people won't see this as the ends of their campaign. iraqi people will be continuing this struggle until they achieve what they want what they want actually is to eliminate the whole political class which has been ruling the country for the past 16 years the united nations estimated that iraq and even your from oil export since 2003 and then 2018 was more than one trillion dollars 65 percent of that money. $650000000000.00 have been wasted because of corruption and mismanagement so iraqi who believe very much that their country

is very rich but they are having very bored management and they are having political clause that is more mainly influenced by iran and behalves is serving the interests of the year on the iranians more than the interest of the iraqis this is what they want actually to achieve is to eliminate this political class and allow for the emergence of a new of a new one by having by changing the electoral law and bottom and this is the next step this is why iraqis will stay in the state until they are next demand is met that is changing the electoral law and calling for early elections in order to allow for the imagines of a new political class to hold the country and serve the interests of the iraqis the other than the interest of the iranians or anybody else the police in london say they are treating a knife attack in the city center as terrorism for more let's cross to lauren taylor in our european protest center. yes the suspected attacker was

shot and killed by police officers who responded to the incident on a london bridge that's where a van a knife attack 2 years ago that to the deaths of 8 people a number of people were injured but the city's mayor says process boy showed breathtaking heroism to help bring the incident to a close catherine stansell reports. london bridge the scene of yet another attack police were called to an assistant had around 2 pm local time to reports of a man with a knife wearing what appeared to be an explosive device several people were stopped some pedestrians wrestled the man to the ground one person managing to take the knife off of the attacker dozens of officers were on the scene within minutes the attacker detained shot and killed by police. oh my god. i see police officers with guns running running towards where i was

heading. and so i just i see bang on the bus and try to get off the bus because i could and i started running and then i heard gunshots about 5 or 6 pop up pops and i see more police officers running towards the bridge and i'm running back it felt like he was in a bit it was a. lot of bodies to place the rails and we you hear these been noises you hear these you say that you hear the helicopters see place what about with guns police determined that the explosive device was fake. but they evacuated some nearby buildings as a precaution and such a massive security cordon around the area it has been declared a terrorist incident we are working jointly with the city of london place as we can see due to respond. officers from the mets counterterrorism commander now leading this investigation but i must stress we retain an open mind as to any motive it would be inappropriate to speculate further at this time the british prime minister

said that britain remains united against such attacks this country will never be carload or divided or intimidated by this sort of attack and all values of british values will prevail. the scenes were reminiscent of an attack in 2017 a white van deliberately drove into pedestrians on london bridge when it crashed 3 men jumped out and began stabbing people 8 were killed 48 others injured before police shot and killed the attackers the attack has led to increased security presence in the area which accounts for the quick response by police to this latest incident catherine stansell al-jazeera. correspondent paul brennan is live now near where the attack took place and you've been there since this all started to unfold tell us remind us how it happened and what's happening now. well as you know lauren our office is extremely close to london bridge station and so as soon as we

realized that there was an incident unfolding on the bridge itself we all rushed downstairs the police are already throwing a cordon around the the incidents and they are now on bara high street with the police over my shoulder the bridge where the man of the attacker was shot is over in that direction and just to reiterate from catherine's report the 2017 attack unfolded literally about 70 meters in that direction it's basically the same area date now at the seriousness of the incident has been brought home by that police news conference and by the front minister several people have been seriously injured one at least one we understand has been very seriously injured reports are that it could be extremely serious indeed although the police are urging people not to speculate too much on social media or in the media the mainstream media the police the prime minister said that they believe now that the incident is contained

so although operations will be ongoing and this cordon expected to stay in in place for some time saying that the police that the public should be alert but not necessarily fearful they believe that they've got the instant consent. brennan thank you very much indeed more from london in the region for now expected to have . a series of killings has provoked small protest demanding the army leave a time in the democratic republic of congo at least 28 people have been killed in always had this week survivors say the army and here in peacekeepers aren't doing enough to protect them of funerals for the victims have been disposed and because of the protests catherine saw is at one such protest in goma where they are intensifying. what this is one of the areas where police have been battling protesters all morning and this is

a main road ronald goldman has made inroads the police have been trying to clear it all morning but it seems to be a failure because one thing leaves people just bring back the stones protesters are very angry the people we've talked to say they want to get some more new school that's a u.n. peacekeeping mission base to express their on that and the frustration about what's going on in beni the police have over the days repulsed them so that the progress of the been able to advance to this base is but they say they're very angry about what's happening we also i've spoken to the governor of north he was calling for calm and telling people that yes we understand you are long in the found your frustration but you need to give security forces a chance to do their job well police are firing yes the protesters who have been drawing stones at them so the situation here in goma very very tense indeed.

and sit on a new law to dissolve the national congress party has provoked fury from what was the former ruling party of the country there condemning the move by what's it calls the illegal new governments the dissolution of the national congress party was a key demands of protesters jarring months of unrest here but morgan has this reports where she says the prime minister is claiming this is not an ounce 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 already 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. part 2 left scars left many continue to feel from earning 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 more going to put some. welcome development spot system on further changes we are actually really excited about this will it was

like finally coming we were expecting it months ago and now that it's happening this is the one thing that was all uniting us on october 21st we went in a big protest and the main aim was dismantling the national congress party and to us this is an end of an era just having this rule is a big deal now when you want to talk about the deep state and all that and the committee that they put together there's only one thing that's really scaring us is for them to quit because the president of the committee is going to be from. the presidential council that we have right now and half of it is army people so we're actually scared that one of the army people will be head of that committee because then everybody knows they used to be part of the n.c.p. so for us it's like that has to be the 1st that we need one of the civilians to be the president and going forward we're expecting good things i mean this is the start it's strange it's kind of the start of the end it's the start of what we all wanted which is get rid of the national congress party this dictatorship that will

this for 30 years with all the bad things that came with it genocide or not but also it's now this split between now this people in the government and there is the processes on the ground and now this is the last thing that united us so now we have a moment of unity that's happening right now. thousands have rallied in hong kong to show support for a former british consulate employee he says he was tortured by secret police in china simon chung says they were they were trying to get information about activists leading the anti-government protests in hong kong and accused him of inciting the unrest he was detained for 15 days during a trip to the mainland in august sarah clarke was announced the rally. this group of people are here to support the former british consulate worker simon chang chain says he was detained on a work trip to sions in mainland china was in beaten and tortured by chinese police . my man authorities have rejected the accusation and say the chain broke the law while in chains in but these people want the case investigated by the british

government and i think the investigations. hold by british government is that of hong kong government because simon is british national overseas. born before not in 97 obviously even he is. stopped just hours later in hong kong more rallies are planned over the weekend but the sea at the polytechnic university campus in talent has now come to an end police have now entered the campus and collected evidence for the investigation that includes around 4000 petrol bombs and 500 weapon like devices placed i around 1300 people have now been arrested but the clean up at polytechnic university has just begun. informal talks have resumes between the afghan taliban and us officials sound honest although jazeera some preliminary meetings have taken place here in doha and could pave the way for the resumption of formal peace talks president trump canceled the go see

a sions in september following the death of a u.s. soldier bansal a short trip to afghanistan he told american troops he believed the taliban was willing to strike a deal stephanie decker has more. it was a surprise visit and is often the case with president john. trump a surprising announcement taliban wants to make a deal and we're meeting with them and we're saying it has to be a cease fire they want to do cease fire but now they do want to do is use fire i believe it is probably work and there were some submission there 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 ghani joint tromp 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 bringing in denver 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 be 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 in our negotiating an end to the fighting and

if a deal can be struck it will more than likely see the taliban return to play a part in ruling afghanistan stephanie decker al-jazeera. well michael semple is safest thing the search professor at the is a check for global peace security and justice that cleans university belfast he says there has to be compromise for talks to go ahead the taliban have to accept some form of all violence reduction whether it's you know partial or global c.e.o. of the optimum one being a full a full cease fire but it's possible they could agree to more limited measures to reduce violence so they have to they have to agree to start turning off the violence on the house to agree to a pathway to direct talks with the with the afghan government what the taliban have been saying that in the past couple of months since that process broke down

is that they there they are happy to reenter negotiations but only if the americans give them everything that they felt had been promised in that deal where as they go on the other side so then the americans have been telling them quietly that the deal became impossible because basically in the year of support inside afghanistan strongly opposed by the afghan government public opinion in kabul something is going to have to budge to to make this process acceptable to the afghan people so the taliban's insistence on. restarting where they left off is actually reviving the deal that was dumped on the 7th of september seems to me like a nonstarter. still to come on the al-jazeera protests over a 2 year old murder case of a maltese journalist puts the prime minister under pressure reuters family is

outraged. and taking action against climate change a new round of global protest ahead of a u.n. climate conference. and in sports the hosts take a deep dive in search of east asian games. and i once again with more whites in the times when she by the pushing across to keep it for much of the middle east it's generally can try a little more clout than recent days but not too much to report a clear skies there across iraq iran over towards afghanistan you can see that the cloud the right perhaps some snow over the turkish mountains feeding a little further east was coming and safe as we go on through sunday some of the clouds drifting across syria into iraq baghdad at 21 celsius 27 celsius there

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this is al jazeera a quick reminder of the headlines this hour iraq's prime minister says he plans to step down after weeks of anti-government protests have seen more than 350 people killed don't matter who to charge last year is to submit his resignation to parliament his decision comes out iraq's top shia cleric grand ayatollah ali sistani called for a change of leadership. police in the u.k. of short suspects after a stabbing attack there london bridge several people were injured and parts of the city remain in complete lockdown thousands of people have been evacuated from the area and protests are continuing in the eastern democratic republic of congo people

are angry at the lack of security after a series of massacres committed by rebel forces funerals are being held for at least 28 people killed in earlier this week in the u.k. general election now and the issue of the irish border is looming as large as it has done as the country tries to sort the deal from leaving the european union for more let's cross back to lauren taylor in our european broadcast center. thanks helen northern ireland has long had divided communities but now they have found something they can agree on hostility to boris johnson's breaks that plan there's not a single political party in the province which supports his proposals largely reports from 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 patients 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 it'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 the trade board 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 you do not support what he is proposing certainly i think he has underestimated the strength of feeling across unionism in northern ireland where you know we fairly clearly and people on the bryan ferry really cherish being part of this tonight kingdom been a full part of that 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 that 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 are should really because it is a clear and present danger to us. politics and or knowledge has never been like the rest of the u.k. people don't argue about whether the socialist or conservative left wing or right wing but much more a so whether they see themselves as irish or see themselves as british but what's remarkable is how political shades of all opinion from the most staunchly loyalists to the most republican are united against boris johnson's version of bricks and some 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 and there's a lot of unionists that i know within my own community they have voice they see him and if there was another referendum tomorrow and it was either to remain and part

of the 80 or to leave as far as johnson's date germy and for northern ireland to the press and stay within the u.k. as well i must say me us has done so much for the peace process and a lot of our fallen far charts for it 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 awarding of the potential for civil unrest the northern islands of boris johnson's mantra of getting bricks it done as trouble written all over largely al-jazeera belfast. and 2 men who have been at the heart of the british story in europe for the past 2 and a half years of bowing out on sunday if you commission president will be replaced by jemmy's on the lion was easy you council president donald is handing over the form of belgian prime minister sharon michelle they've already marked the event with the symbolic passing on of

a ceremonial bell. bolters prime minister is reported to have told friends he's about to resign joseph muskets under pressure over the government's alleged cover up of the murder of a journalist 2 years ago definite her owner died in a car bomb explosion while investigating corruption involving politicians and business executives are a burden mentally has more. to government ministers resigned service the prime minister's chief of staff and now juice of musket himself also he's telling friends . his government's been accused for months of mishandling the murder investigation which goes right to the heart of most us political and business community journalist daphne corona galatea was killed in a car bomb explosion 2 years ago one investigating corruption involving politicians and business executives. as protesters rallied early friday outside

parliament in the capital of the letter demanding his resignation the prime minister met his government ministers without ministers conrad missy and chris cardona they resigned on tuesday along with the prime minister's top aide keith schembri who was taken away for questioning and released on friday 1st of all this is a national security issue. as is the case with all prime ministers i believe that i have to be briefed on national security issues for us this was not just a murder this was a major case that shook our democracy the murder investigation is focused on one of motors richest men jorgen fenech fund acquisition rested for the 4th time last week as he attempted to leave the mediterranean island on his yacht before she was killed he had revealed a secret offshore company called 17 black. a reuters investigation last year named

fenech as the company owner which was allegedly used to fund shell companies linked to government ministers her son is accusing the government of covering up his brother's murder we know nothing my family knows nothing the journalists know nothing people know nothing that's why we're here it's called really absurd the police research state rudolph is one sentence where vista gave can be found no evidence and released him and they want us to believe that. 3 men and now waiting trial for the reporters murder but with the investigation dragging out the 2 years the patience the protesters demanding answers has run out and it seems to have the prime minister's time in office who are about a manly al-jazeera. 49 people and are known to have died in albania is worst ever earthquake as rescue workers continue to sift through rubble in search of

possible survivors the port town of duress was the worst hit by the 6.4 magnitude tremor which also affected buildings in the capital tirana or than 500 aftershocks have been recorded further damaging already precarious buildings just complicated rescue efforts search teams from neighboring serbia and montenegro and north macedonia helping in the search that's it for me for the moment. thank you laura now india's economy is experiencing its weakest performance in more than 6 years that's according to new government figures show the song has already cost india's position as the fastest growing major economy to china this year a minister narendra modi has announced several reforms aimed at restrictions on foreign investments aims in the hopes of reviving the economy. well secular reports of the causing this slump and growth has been weak manufacturing as well as

a fall in consumer demands india has been experiencing a drop in exports so as a result of a global slowdown in 2016 that's the most circulated banknotes were seen monetized and that caused many small scale businesses to shut down experts say the economy has never fully recovered but the slowing economy is adding to india's new tradition crisis is being felt most keenly in rural areas but essentially vora reports the reasons for vi's and hunger are complex. says she never had enough to eat when she was pregnant nor after she had the baby now her daughter 13 month old anita is suffering from malnutrition. she's below the normal weight and height for her age elise and global hunger index ranked india at 10217 countries a hunger level in the country as serious some days i get to eat some days i don't

my husband does farm but there is no guarantee we will have a crop to harvest activists say dealing with a health crisis must contain mitigating the ag really in crisis and increasing employment. on the top of the but there are in every other house there is a child suffering from malnutrition and the food that is given through government schemes for the child is consumed by the whole family because they do not have enough and governments rural employment scheme is failing to provide them jobs in non farm sectors. according to a yet under leigh's government survey rural spending in india has plummeted for the 1st time in 4 decades experts see the fall in general expenditure on food items as an indicator of increasing one christian they call on the government to focus on policies that increase consumption. i think this is going to prolong in the absence of any government intervention because a large section of our population who lives in rural area so the high growth is in

india let's say of the 2000 did also simultaneously see higher income growth in the really area. that the love and middle income pharma says while farming is always risky the last few years have been particularly trying. because of the monetize ation we didn't get our money on time we could not buy the seeds in time and sold them in time and then it rained so we lost a lot frequent droughts and floods have wrecked havoc in the farms reducing earnings they indian government says all is well with the economy and if there is any slowdown it is because of global dynamics but in these villages the pharmacy the reasons are domestic whether it is to march or to little rainfall damaging crops all the lingering impact of the government's changes to the national currency some economists linked to the government have questioned the methodology by which the data on hunger was collected nevertheless many farmers and glitters village

have migrated to the cities for work she wonders if her family should do if it is their stomachs. al-jazeera my tip of the india. that across the world thousands of people have taken to the streets to demand more action on climate change the day of global action has been spurred on by student soon skipped school in a bid to make their voices heard kurds are gathering in washington d.c. let's take a look at what else has been happening today around the world over in sydney people more gas masks a smoke from nearby wildfires hovered over the city ferguson's marsh demanding more climate action in new delhi demonstrators demanded the closure of a waste management plants soon a half 1000000 people died in india from poor air quality every year protesters in belgium beats drums as they marched through the capital brussels and in london

demonstrators took their fights parliaments they want climate change to be a big issue at next month's general election or royal challengers was at the demonstration which march su central 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 compared to the other demonstrations around. today's been a bit smaller than something other than assertions of god but still be incredibly positive had a really good turnouts in the crowd 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 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 do you want 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 it's called being discussed on the political table and so it's why we need parties not to be against each other in this but we do need to be leading and he leading as warm as you came east we did include do you see that in my formidable absolutely no we don't see nearly enough leadership from our country or from the people who are trying to run our country. and that really they don't think very much in go back and just join the rest of the protesters now back to you. algerians are rights in large numbers for the 41st successive friday protests and to months that's cool change campaigning for next month's presidential election began on sunday the demonstrators in the so-called hurok movement are rejecting the votes many fear the poor will be linked to the old guards who 2 are linked to a deposed president that's

a frica. uganda's pop star turned opposition m.p. bobby wine is directly challenging presidents you are 70 in elections expected to be held it 2021 this 70 has been in paris since 1986 per wines rise has not been without its challenges diplomatic answer james bay sat down with him for an exclusive interview. it's relatively recent that even emerged on the political scene you were before that a musician why did you decide to go into politics i'm a musician social activist and i get a youth who recently i call it recently but it's 2 years ago decided to run and become a member of parliament and you've been an m.p. for 2 years now you have been in the government's targeting of you has continued since you've been an m.p. not only is your music banned your concerts banned but you have faced attack tell

me about the incident when your driver was killed well i say the day i went to parliament that since the parliament refused to come to the ghetto they get a will come to the parliament of course when i got into parliament it brought a lot of attention of the common people the peak interest in the politics and indeed the static pushing me and suggesting that i run for president now this inferior it the president that we have who has for a long time been regarded as all powerful and i started getting that outs and most ferocious attack was the assassination attempt on my life in iraq which took the life of my driver instead of mine if you look at the history of uganda since independence from the colonial rulers the british it can really be summed up with 3 names milton obote idi amin and you are it was 72 of those a boat in amin in particular were very very brutal would you accept that when the

70 came to power 1st he rescued your country say without fear of contradiction that must have been his rule is much more brutal than the rules that have been there before to the western while president museveni has always cast the image of a democrat but back home he has stepped on all rights and freedoms and he has ruled uganda with an iron fist. allocations that previous elections were not free and. in your view right now is president certainly the legitimate president of uganda where convinced that dr king's obesity won the previous elections and i would believe that even if my 70 could have won the past elections the way he's handling the people of uganda mixing he's only getting my sea and ultimately if president 70 tries to rig the election that he has been like he has

been doing then the people of uganda we rise up and they will stop it are you saying there could be an armed revolution against him certainly if your efforts at the ballot box are blocked i do not think people could raise up i think people will raise up because that is evident everywhere they act out of this operation and they will not take it any longer. and you can watch the. talk to al-jazeera which airs on saturday at 4. in the last 4 of. you.

it's time for the sport here and i thank you very much english premier league side arsenal have fired their manager or emery in a statement the club said the decision was taken due to results and performances not being at the level required or emery replaced austin venue at the club in may of last year having previously led parry sound to the french league title but the team are now enjoying their worst run of results since 99 and they were beaten by aren't tracked frankfurt's in the police just last night while there have been some words of support for the outgoing manager and his fantastic coach lot happier times of physically with a fantastic coach with a proven record a little bit of

a rest another big club will come for him in this career will be. will be back on track so no dramas me amigo keep going and you'll get another call ok so who will replace emery the early favorite is the current wolves manager no s.p.d. at all found though the portuguese led wolves to a 4 to 6 place finish last season currently 5th in the league this season and they've qualified for the next round of the right to league. another possibility now police players are in our open revolt right now with the owner and that's led to some suggesting that answer that he could leave the club he of course won the english premier league title which elsie. interim boss freddy lundberg would be a popular choice with the arsenal fans the swede was a member of the gunners invincible side and on friday he said that however long he oversaw the team he would give everything and try to put some smiles on faces again

now it's been a huge day for the hundreds counts are the arabian gulf count they're playing yemen right now looking for their 1st win of the children having lost their opening match just a few minutes to go at the khalifa international stadium and it's going pretty well for them qatar currently 4 nil up over yemen. with a hat trick. but iraq beat the united arab emirates in the other group a game to confirm their spot in the semifinals 1st after all abbas. securing a 2nd straight win for the iraqis the country's jews to host the next arabian gulf cup in 2021. decided valtteri bottas quickest during practice for sunday's abu dhabi grand prix sunday's race will be the final one of the season and it's been a difficult one for danny ricardo not a single podium finish or year more problems on friday's engine catching fire and then shooting petrol out of a pier ghastly and his toro rosso the new world champion lewis hamilton was 2nd

quickest in the 2nd session as i mentioned but as was quick as are the practice sections but he also calls the crash with roman groeschel which he received a reprimand from stewards qualifying take place on saturday the calgary flames hockey team deny their storming a racism investigation flames head coach bill peters is accused of abusing a player 10 years ago a former n.h.l. player said he was targeted by peaches when the pair were involved in league hockey peters has issued an apology describing it as an isolated and immediately regrettable incident but didn't refer to our keane bar name in its statement when i gave this reaction on social media i read the statement of bill peters which i found to be misleading insincere and concerning our excepted an invitation from the n.h.l. to meet and discuss the situation. this is 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 are doing. a thorough job in looking under every stone rock and doing all the things that we need to be done now the heights of philippi the taking a deep dive in their pursuit of gold medals at the southeast asian games underwater hockey is making its games debbie allen dog a report from linda. 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 the sea games this month the 4th time the philippines has hosted the games underwater hockey originated in britain in the 1950 s. what it was known mostly as octopus helping divers the fit during the cold winter

months in the philippines a number of players including cherry on yankel 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 the. recording to loom in. so says we have a very big advantage because it is just you know surrounded by water so many of us are medieval for the moment with water because where you know there's a lot especially as we were there yeah i think we're in a very very good way. southeast asian games hosts are usually allowed to add or remove preferred sports at the tournaments there are. it seems from at least 11 countries across southeast asia and underwater hockey is just one of the 6 new sports this year. obstacle greasing 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 this 6 goals and force overs so that's the 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 these underwater hockey players representing their country for the 1st time is a victory in itself jamal and doug and al jazeera manila. is always full from a larger thank you very much indeed bravo bravo props up this news or which lauren

and that's in london stay with us here and i'll just leave. what was the last thing the president said to you about impeachment when you last spoke to him for os multicultural society it's not about you. the dummy delegation thought it was only if you go how worried are you that the conditions are still life for another i think they are right join me many often as i put up from questions to my special guests and challenge them to some straight talking political debate here on al-jazeera. you leave this place children in this refugee

camp the latest victims of the unending sectarian violence in central african republic among them are survivors of unspeakable violence 10 year olds to the book his mother is dead her father is gone killed because they were christian by their own muslim neighbors this is celine's do you home an overcrowded refugee camp of 23000 people surrounded by armed militia groups celine wants answers she says she wants to be asking the questions and so we traded places inch took the microphone will we find peace how can we make the violence stop when will i be able to return home. violence is power. tools it's the political wild card the consummately shapes well the old the structure that is defended a total cost. ph with the support of the people fall through the crushing of their

will. people in power exposes the use and abuse of power around the world. on al-jazeera. a knife attack in the heart of london local media reports that 2 members of the public killed the suspect is shot dead by police. i know i'm maryam namazie in london you are with al jazeera also coming up on the program protests to celebrate in iraq as the prime minister balanced pressure and offers his resignation. tensions in the d.r. see where the military and the u.n. are accused of not doing enough to repel armed group.