zira. hello i'm marianna marzio watching the news hour live from london coming up protestors celebrate in iraq as the prime minister about the pressure in office his resignation. a knife attack in the heart of london 2 people were killed and the suspect is shot dead by police tensions in the d.l.c. where the military and the united nations are accused of not doing enough to protect civilians. and the murder investigation that sent shock waves through multiple governments prime minister could be next to resigns.

the sport including ricardo to share a seat here on the right one of the most powerful made in world football now by. a low a very well welcome to the program but we begin this hour in iraq where weeks of deadly anti-government protests might be about to force major political change with the announcement by the prime minister that he intends to resign. who took charge last year says he will submit his resignation to parliament protesters who have been calling for political change in the country or out on the streets in the capital as the news in. these announcement was made shortly after iraq's top shia cleric grand ayatollah ali al sistani condemned the use of lethal force against protesters and called for a change in leadership. so in my genius in no way are 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 gee there is mohammad jim is following the story for us from the iraqi capital baghdad where the days of mourning the death of protest as many as seeing this latest development as a political victory. 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 the 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 is 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 and what we keep hearing from 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 often that something is 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're not 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 with this case we feel that it's a step to victory to

a victory of that of a sectarian and a criminal government killings of hundreds of demonstrators past 2 weeks cannot go on this feels like the fact that he of the uprising people that finally the power and the willpower of the have people of the uprising has of the come this has come as euphoria in the 'd bed misstating people eat in the here square and. the young men a lot of fighting on the front lines on the bridges have heard about it it's a dance out that it's still not the final basic. ation we're still waiting to see what will happen but we feel that this is a huge first 6 that to prove that the people of the uprising have proven there was power and that the victory will be theirs 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 submits 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 back is a not the condition 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. 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. well listen rest in iraq is its biggest crisis in some years now the protests

initially began in baghdad of a high unemployment and claims of corruption that is the big grievance but it soon spread across the country to activists were killed the next day and despite public support from key religious and political figures by october the 4th about 65 people with dead protest subsided when the prime minister released a plan including subsidies and housing for the poor but they returned with crowds angry with the government and what they say was iran's influence on of them of the 3rd protest is attacked the iranian consulate in karbala and this week set fire to the consulate in jeff sparking an explosion in violence the death toll from almost 2 months of anger now stands at least $400.00 so i'm joined now by me who is the legal advisor to the national council of iraqi opposition and we're just seeing scenes there in the capital baghdad where our reporting will have a job june was describing jubilation and celebration is that somewhat premature i

mean the prime minister has spoken of his intention to resign but how close is he to actually resigning. thank you for having me 1st of all around me to offer my sincere condolences to the lost ones that relatives of those who lost their lives on the streets of iraq i would rather. say that this is merely a symbolic victory i cannot deny that. we are some sorts have been achieved by the announcement of this prime minister to resign of course we have not seen an actual resignation yet but i think he will hold your resignation or will be now and. now we have had months and months we have to wait how 2 months of demonstrations where lots of people were killed the streets we think council that the government in baghdad hijacked it is hijacked by foreign elements with foreign interests and

therefore this symbolic symbolic gesture by the prime minister means very little because what they're going to streets are is as the person as the guest from baghdad said is a complete overhaul of the entire political system that not only will take time but is extremely complex and extremely difficult to achieve because there are only one is a place that cannot be overcome overnight so basically what you're saying is that the resignation of the prime minister isn't going to resolve anything because full the protests and the demands of the protests has to be met there needs to be in iraq constitutional changes in the electoral they need to be change in the electoral law to allow for better representation because they want really wholesale regime change not just reform. indeed i think the quota system was in place it's 2000.

time and time again i have received a communique which appears to be from those who may represent st. they are saying that they would be no seizure of the demonstrations of taught such time. amendment or we drafting a constitution a dismissal of the entire government a dissolution of parliament and a an amendment or retracting of election laws and a reelection under international supervision so it could be just that reason. in order for a share in order for a reasonable and fair government to be elected from the power of the people as opposed to the powers that. iraq those have been accused of corruption and have and have been accused of having armed militias supporting them and having murders of demonstrators under their will and therefore they have been rejected by

the streets and they will not be acceptable to any circumstances right so i'm carrying one very significant i mentioned in these protests because we see protests in iraq every few years but not like this in terms of. its in the way that how widespread the protests are and their intensity but what's important is that you have shias take it taking to the streets in provinces in central and southern iraq and that is very important because as we know the government in iraq is dominated by islamists have always said they have a mandate from the people why have the it's more sort of the northern sunny area has been quieter. that's a very interesting question by the way it's not entirely correct to say that by being quiet they're not supportive of their son no i didn't say that. yes but i just wanted to make that clear that's all been quieter for very good reason that is

every time they have risen against the government because of their sectarian belonging being sunny they have been accused of either being ronan's of the previous regime or are allied with extremists and the groups within the region most notably of course and most recently isis and therefore those provinces have made a conscious decision to stay away from the demonstrations and sell so that the government will have no excuse or no pretext to attack the demonstrate the demonstrations as being the remnants of the previous regime or having a sunni extremist element and that's the reason why they have stayed away all for this to be successful rather than to have the rather than to give the government the pretext to extinguish need them astray sions and just completely get rid of them and that's the reason why well thank you we appreciate you taking the time to

speak with us this evening salah hashimi legal adviser to the national council for the iraqi opposition. you know at the news hour live from london much more still ahead after a fiery standoff between police and protesters what authorities found inside hong kong's polytechnic university. northern ireland a country split by sectarian differences but to united against forced johnson's praxis plan. and in sports a fiery practice session for sunday's i would down the grand prix from movie to details more. will here in the u.k. 2 people have died after a knife attack in the london bridge area a suspect was also shot dead during the incident the city's mayor says it passes by showed breathtaking heroism in bringing the incident to a close police investigating the attack say they are treating it as terror related

bystanders wrestled a man with a knife to the ground before police moved in prime minister boris johnson left the campaign trail and will host a security meeting with senior ministers military chiefs and emergency service leaders in a little under 30 minutes from now meanwhile in the past hour the head of london's metropolitan police force confirm that some victims of the attack had succumbed to the injuries i am deeply saddened and i'm good with our city of london has again been targeted by terrorism. it is with the heaviest of hearts that i have to inform you about as well as the suspect who was shot dead by police. 2 of those injured in this attack. in the london bridge area have tragically lost lawyers. my heart goes out to their loved

ones. catherine stansell has more now on how the incident unfolded. london bridge the scene of yet another attack police were called to an assistant head 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 the attacker dozens of officers were on the scene within minutes the attacker detained shot and killed by police. 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. was

a. lot of bodies who place available. and when you hear his voice is you hear these you say that you hear the helicopters or seen place a lot of men 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. joined now in the studio by correspondent paul brennan has been following the day's events very closely at london bridge and paul tell us more about the statement from the police commissioner she was expressing her anger and sadness at what happened and then she also confirmed that 2 people had in fact died yesterday we saw. the assistant commissioner in that report but since that report was put together cressida dick who's the actual boss the chief of the metropolitan police issued a statement she scotland yard confirming that 2 of the 5 people who were stabbed by

this attacker did die almost at the scene essentially and that the attack seems to have started in a place called fishmongers hall it looks like there was a kind of alumni gathering of academics from the university of cambridge and the attacker went into that premises just at the north end of london bridge and it's there that we understand that the attack began and the people were stabbed and then the attacker ran out on to the bridge was spotted and overpowered extraordinarily by members of the public before the police even arrived and the police were on the scene within minutes and seeing that the man appeared to be wearing some kind of explosives belt which turns out to have been a fake belts but the police shot him because it appears he wasn't obeying their instructions you can see from video willing to endure getting up and not obeying instructions no open fire and of course those members of the public that managed to restrain him have been praised by at the mayor and the police commissioner and

police are treating it as terror related and they i guess they're still working to establish whether this was a lone attacker or if there are other people working alongside him well of course we know were in the vicinity because london bridge is within touching distance of where we are right now here in the shot and will remain we remember the 2017 attack right on our doorstep this kind of sorts a low tech attack is it seems all too easy to put together what the police are going to be looking at. now is whether this was just one person whether he was working with other people whether he was inspired or encouraged by other people who are not physically involved on the day but perhaps involved in the run up to all of this all so exactly who knew what and when so the police investigation is going to take days potentially even weeks unpick exactly what is going on here but as you know the guns are banned in the u.k. you can't really get hold and very difficult knives different story thank you very

much paul brennan updating us on that story thank you paul well also following developments dutch police have confirmed that 3 people wounded in a stabbing on friday evening in the hague police say they are searching for a suspect but it's too early to determine any motive knife attack happened in the city's main shopping district and emergency services were quick to seal off the want of wide perimeter police have said they are looking for a man between 45 and 50 years old in a joking suit. when out to the sea old 28 people killed in the east sim part of the country this week have finally been buried funerals in the village of oil co initially perspire and with crowds demanding the military leave the area they say the army and the united nations peacekeepers haven't done enough to protect them from armed groups operating there catherine sawyer has more now from the regional capital goma the morgue in the hospital is still small to hold the

bodies of 28 people killed by allied democratic forces or a.t.f. fight is in an attack this week. so sam kos kids have to stay outside one of the family and residence of a steel in chalk they're also frustrated accusing both security forces and united nations peacekeepers of not doing enough to protect them from rebel attacks. what is isn't acceptable we need to be united to solve the security problem i've seen those bodies most competent. and we cannot accept this. working in this crowd have lost many relatives. by we don't want to see soldiers police or day un they must all be nice my parents and 3 other relatives have been killed i don't have a family now. many say that angered by the insecurity at least $100.00

civilians have been killed by a.d.f. rebels since a government offensive against them started in october. protesters have been out on the streets of the temple and goma in north kivu province police have been trying to clear this road all morning by the feeling i did because people keep bringing the stones processing go my shot said several days ago 'd in protest there they're saying their want to get to a u.n. base to express that i don't doubt that they made you know one of the un here before the un and the government for that i'm not doing enough to protect the people in beni. some human rights campaign as also accuse security forces of failing to do their job. people bad the brunt of the battle to control vast mineral resources here it's never become me that is going to solve it it's no he's

a fellow. but it's to cut off the supply of blood minerals. that's number one second there has to be talks whether we call this people 80 year food based or whatever we need to engage him and that is to be done honestly regionally by your the neighboring countries back in the believe to not only mourn their loved ones also hope that they were pulled into a time capsule. but he's in hong kong say they've seized about $4000.00 petrol bombs from a university barricaded by protesters for almost 2 weeks a clean up has started at the polytechnic university after hundreds of bottles of chemicals were also reportedly found place a q 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 after months of anti-government protests meanwhile a protest was held in support of a former british consular employee who says he was tortured by police in china simon chang was detained for 2 weeks in august when visiting the mainland and protest as a demanding the british government investigate this because at the rally. this group the people here to support the former british consulate worker simon ching ching says he was a timed on a work trip to sions in mainland china was in beaten and tortured by chinese police . my no thought is have rejected the accusation and say 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 now tonight is.

obviously even he. stopped just hours later in hong kong more rallies are planned over the weekend but the sea at the plea technic university campus in tallinn has now come to an end police have now entered the campus and collected evidence for the investigation that includes around 4000 pichel bones and 500 women like device its police siren 1300 people have now been arrested but the clean up of the head polytechnic university has just begun. sudan's former governing national congress party has to be dissolved under a new law passed by the transitional government when one of the main demands chairing months of street protests the party of deposed president tomorrow bashir has condemned the plans by an administration that calls the illegal have a morgan reports now from the capital hard tune. 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. yet the 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 1909 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 said it had. this rattling

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's 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's new leaders it will display. an attack on 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. party left stars 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 more going on to their own pockets and. much more still to tell you about on the program protesters target black friday bargain hunters is a demand in action on climate change and you think crisis gripping india where every 2nd household has a mound child and sport that is take a deep dive in search of gold in the southeast asian games are a whole have that story and more. hello again welcome back to your international weather forecast well here across europe the temperatures are still quite chilly here across much of northern also into eastern parts of europe and that will continue as we go towards saturday a lot of us single digits across our map here on saturday and also very windy up

here towards the northwest so for warsaw 3 degrees is actually to feel more like 0 to minus one when you factor in the wind over here towards kiev also a very chilly day if you we are going to be seeing some sun pushing through the clouds across much of that area over here towards the west though we are going to be watching a nother system coming in from the atlantic that is going to bring some very gusty winds also to parts of ireland as well as the u.k. also going to be seeing some rain coming into parts of france as well as spain that system pushes through we're going to be seeing the winds die down but here on sunday we're going to be seeing some very heavy rain across parts of southern france and italy and across the alps it is going to be the snow over here towards the southeast though we're going to be seeing the front push through and for book caress your temperatures are on the way down as we go into the weekend started here on saturday at. by the time we go towards monday the rain but a little bit chilly or add minus 3 for a morning low there and then here across parts of as well as libya do expect to see more in terms of clouds and rain with attempt at 21.

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welcome back you with the news hour live from london a look at the headlines weeks of deadly antigovernment protests may be about to force major political change prime minister abdullah abdullah matie has announced he intends to resign more than 400 people have died in 2 months of antigovernment protests. here 2 people have died in a knife attack in central london a suspect was shot dead by police during the incident which is being treated as

terror related the prime minister boris johnson is due to hold an emergency security meeting and all 28 people killed in protests in the eastern democratic republic of congo this week of finally been buried. the funerals were initially postponed with crowds annoy the village demanding the military leave the area. prime minister is reported to have told friends he is about to resign joseph muskrat's under pressure of the government's alleged cover up of the murder of a journalist 2 years ago definite car want to died in a car bomb explosion while investigating corruption involving politicians and business executives or a bird in manly house mall. to government ministers resigned as the prime minister's chief of staff and now the juice of muskets 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 his political and business community

journalist daphne catatonic alysia was killed in a car bomb explosion 2 years ago one investigating corruption involving politicians and business executives. as protests this rallied early friday outside parliament in the capital of a letter demanding his resignation the prime minister met his government ministers without ministers conrad mizzi 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 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 america does was a major case that shook our democracy. the murder investigation is focused on one

of most his richest men jorgen fenech frederick was arrested 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 block a reuters investigation last year named fennec as the company 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 states where it all feasible one sentence we investigated really found no evidence and released him and they want us to believe that. 3 men and now waiting trial for the reporter's murder but with the investigation dragging out the 2 hears the patients the protesters demanding

answers has run out and it seems has a prime minister's time in office who are about a manly al-jazeera. henry negotiations between the u.s. and the afghan taliban have resumed the taliban confirm the informal talks as the u.s. president made an unannounced surprise visit to afghanistan where he met with the president ashraf ghani talks were canceled by trump in september following an attack by the taliban. well a new report meanwhile from the charity christian aid is warning that women's rights in afghanistan could be at risk from any peace deal they say there are no assurances protecting women's employment education and participation in government and that women's rights could be set back many years let's speak now to marianna lady global leader on gender and inequality at christian can you tell me why you are concerned the any peace deal in afghanistan could jeopardize the safety of

afghan women. well building peaceful and it was a society in share requires investment required as well in kosovo and also involving both men and women in the peace. negotiations on a peace deal as well as the future endeavors related to the implementation of the c.e.o. what we are particularly concerned is that women haven't been involved in those negotiations and really really good if that could be ensured from now on marines. you must have spoken to afghan women about this as part of your initiative and many of these women must still be quite haunted by the massage of this rule of the taliban who were overthrown in 2001 what do they say about their fears for the future. christian and worse about their partnerships so what we hear is

a lot but a lot of the voices coming from grassroots arenas ations and women's shrines that were and what we hear from bam is that. it isn't crime to make sure that the right to try and not guts and also to should retain you know it's and it's a court part of this negotiation what they fear is that some of the hard won rights such as the rector you cation the right how and also the question related to. sort of violence physical violence my be withdrawn or that tract if this is not taking as a core part of the ocean. and what are you calling for then what do you want that the u.s. the u.k. the international community to do in terms of whaling it's its influence to safeguard women. oh and in this record because 0 no 2

no government including your kids in afghanistan have to invest in conflicts and sitting peace building and do no harm so better that make sure that no harm is done to publish in the local population particularly when we're talking about women and girls in terms of equality between men will raise women and girls so in terms of the u.k. what we are calling for is an increase in overseas about women as systems that go so far as the rule of law and democracy and of the conventional on all forms of discrimination against women. is and in an integrated in terms of its international partner partners such as our own in terms of other governments what we are calling for is for clues of this issue and making sure is being. part is the only one which talking about those. parts of our governance

efforts that are trying to take sustainable peace and can you just paint a picture for us for life for many afghan women because we speak about women's rights being will pretty much decimated under the taliban they would then toppled and the situation improved for many women since then bought there is still kind of many challenges facing women in afghanistan who suffer from extreme poverty and high levels of violence as an. yes it is true that the taliban. calling for an islamic state in holland or indication of sharia law that what that means in practice in. what we are calling for is for or that. you developed in conjunction with the. afghans population so but both men and women be. in that glory in gaol.

well thank you for shedding some light on this with us globe lead on gender and inequality for question 8 dr. think you very much and now i know everyone that has an interest in it to. access our web site next week we're launching the a group or a war on women all of them are and will be made available then that is great thank you very important information there thanks very much. a global strike took place on friday with activists calling for an action to combat climate change many young people around the world skipped school to attend rallies or a challenge attended a protest here in london and has this report. the protests started in australia about that they moved westwards of the countries followed thailand for a diet on the streets of bangkok another in delhi india it's pretty simple we want

everyone around us the government the being dirty and i acknowledge the fact that right now we have more climate emergency and depleted the sea and we have some environmentalists can't keep doing that i would walk separately everybody in society needs not pick up their socks and just start doing the work. teenager gratitude started skipping school on fridays a year and a half ago to protest against climate change outside sweden's parliament she's inspired a worldwide movement of young people and parents worried for the future of the planet was in frankfurt germany climate strikers took aim at black friday sales in a city shopping mall for these people consumerism is part of the problem. such disruption is a risky strategy though it's inevitably alienates some people. but the students i spoke to at the london demonstration said some of this is necessary.

the student movements gets criticised for being disruptive you should be in school i think people have opinions about it than me but i know people like a lot of destruction by things important otherwise people witness and they way my brain lies so that needs to be summed up. this is a global movement but each country has its own domestic dynamics the u.k. is in action season with a country going to the polls on december the 12th and the climate strikers there are hoping that their message pressure on the politicians to increase their climate credentials. greenhouse gas levels are still breaking record highs global temperatures are already 1 point one degree hotter than before the industrial revolution and still rising the european parliament has just declared a climate emergency 3rd. in madrid preparations are finishing up for next week's un climate change conference many governments have already agreed to

a carbon neutral world by 2050 and limiting temperature rises to 1.5 celsius. the these young people expect global leaders to order that commitment it's their natural state chalons 100. 49 people are now 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 doris was the worst hit by the 6.6.4 magnitude tremor which also affected buildings in the capital tirana more than 500 aftershocks have been recorded further damaging already precarious buildings which has complicated the rescue efforts so chains from neighboring serbia montenegro north macedonia are also helping in the search effort well now to india the country's economy is experiencing its weakest performance in more than 6 years according to new government figures some has already cost india's position as the fastest growing major economy to china this year prime minister narendra modi

has announced several reforms aimed at restricting foreign investment with the hope of reviving the economy well in all the news new research is showing that malnutrition remains a chronic problem in india and the slowing economy could actually make it worse explains. 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. a recent 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. of the but. in every other house there is a child suffering from malnutrition 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 rural expenditure on food items as an indicator of increasing manju 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 area. that the love and middle income pharma says while farming is always risky the

last few years have been particularly trying to be repaired 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 too large or too 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 get as village have migrated to the cities for work she wonders if her family should do if it was their stomachs. al-jazeera whatever the india the issue of the irish

border has been really one of the main problems with sorting a deal for the u.k. to leave the european union but it does mean northern ireland's traditionally divided communities of at least found something they can agree on hostility to parse johnson's breaks a plan largely reports now 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 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 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 and 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 united kingdom being 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 has 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 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 yours. politics and or knowledge 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 and there's a lot of unionists that i know within my own community they have voiced they seem as if there was another referendum tomorrow and it was either to remain and part of the e.u. or to leave as far as johnson's date we would for germany and for northern ireland to the press and stay with the u.k. as well and within a year has done so much for peace process and a lot of our funding for child support 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 has trouble written all over it largely al-jazeera belfast. still ahead on the program good news. in the last full. story. business updates. going places to get.

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center of the 2015 favor corruption scandal that carter to share has been given a lifetime ban from football so taking bribes or to share a scene here on the right was the former head of the brazilian football confederation thief aside he took bribes from marketing and media rights to south american football competitions like the corporate america between 200620122 share who lives in brazil is still wanted by u.s. authorities for his part in the 2015 fee for corruption scandal that eventually led to the downfall of the then president sepp blatter english premier league side arsenal have fired their manager emery in a statement the club said the decision was taken it due to results and performances that not being at the level required emery replace allison van at the club in may of last year having previously led him out of the french league title but the team are now ensuring their worst run of results since 9092 and they were beaten by

aren't tracked frankfurt in the europa league on thursday there have been some words of support for the outgoing manager and his fantastic coach lot happier times love is the little fantastic coach with approval no chords little bit of rest another big clue could fill him in this could be we're back on track so. little dramas really you could go in. you'll get a little. all right so who will replace emery will the early favorites is the current wolves manager new espirito santo the portuguese led wolves to a 6th place finish last season they're currently 5th in the table and of qualified for the next round of the europa league napoli carriage carlo ancelotti is another possibility now police players are in open revolt with the owner at the moment and that's let's let's hope to suggest that you could leave he's also won the english

premier league title previously with chelsea an interim boss freddie ljungberg would be a popular choice with the gunners fans the swede was a member of assholes invincibles team i don't friday he said however long he i have a soul that seem he would give everything and try to put smiles on faces again now it's been a huge day for the. arabian gulf cup yemen all friday for their 1st win all they told him and having lost their opening match they were 6 nil winners at the khalifa international stadium batman. scoring a hat trick. what iraq be the united arab emirates in the other group are going to confirm their spot in the semifinals 1st half goals from our securing a 2nd straight win for iraq the country is due to host the next gulf cup in 2021. this idea about terry bought us as quick as 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 a runner is danny ricardo not a single party and finished all year and more problems on friday his engine catching fire and then shooting petrol all over here ghastly in his toro rosso with a new world champion lewis hamilton was 2nd quickest during the 2nd session and as i mentioned both of us was quick is over but his practice sessions but he also calls the crash a roamer groeschel for which he received a reprimand from the stewards qualifying takes place on saturday. the calgary flames hockey team deny their stalling of racism investigation flames head current bill paige is accused of virtually abusing a player 10 years ago former n.h.l. player arkema lewis says he was targeted by pages when the pair were involved in marley hockey peters has issued an apology describing it as a our isolated and immediately regrettable incident but didn't refer to a team by name in his statement well on thursday came gave this reaction on social media i have read the statement of bill peters which i found to be misleading insincere and concerning our accepted an invitation from the n.h.l.

to meet and discuss this situation now the host of philippines are taking a deep dive in their pursuit of medals at the southeast asian games underwater hockey is making its games debbie jamila other dog and reports from manila. holding their breath for the biggest sports competition in their career these athletes have been promoting underwater hockey in the philippines a largely a new 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. when it was known mostly as to push helping diversity fit in the cold winter months in the philippine. a number of players including cherry on young call have been trying to make the sport popular for years our objective or our wish or goal

is that. they were to have to be part of a. recording clue in b. so says we have a very big advantage because it is just you know surrounded by water so many of us are we need to go for the moment with water because we are there so that the sessions we were so there you think would be 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 bracing is another sport that requires a midget like speed and resistance it is slowly gaining popularity in the philippines. we are a meaning idea only we are aiming for

a 6 year olds 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 for these underwater halki players representing their country for the 1st time is a victory in itself dugan al-jazeera manila. that is always full from about to marry him in london thank you very much for a hole that wraps up the news hour but i will be back in a moment with much more of the day's news coming up very shortly rating of course the latest poll about top story. and that attack and central london today.

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protests to celebrate in iraq as the prime minister bows to pressure and office his resignation. oh i maryam namazie in london you are with al jazeera also coming up on the program a knife attack in central london 2 people confirmed to have been killed and the suspect is shot that by police offices tensions in the d.l.c. where the military and the u.n. are accused of not doing enough to repel all md groups and the murder.