truth is it anyway on al-jazeera. protest 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 dead 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 investigation that sent shock waves through multis government the prime minister could be next to resign.

we begin in iraq where weeks of deadly anti-government protests might be about to force major political change with the announcement by prime minister added up till monday that he intends to resign he who took charge last year says he will submit his resignation to parliament but protesters who have been calling for political change in iraq where else on the streets in the capital as the news broke. it was made shortly after the top shiite cleric grand ayatollah ali al sistani condemned the use of lethal force against protest is and calls for a change in leadership. say in judaism norway 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 evidence 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 there are lawyers. all the unrest in iraq is the biggest crisis the country's faced for years now the protests initially began in baghdad of a high unemployment and claims of corruption they then spread across the country 2 activists were killed the next day and despite people and despite support from many people political and religious figures by the 4th about 65 people were dead protests 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 november the 3rd protest as attack the iranian consulate in karbala and this week set fire to the consulate in najaf sparking an explosion in violence the death toll from almost 2 months of anger at now stands at at least $401.00 hama jam june reports from

baghdad. 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 coming down corruption but the demonstrators we speak with say there needs to be a complete overhaul of the political system here and off the map 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 a change of this case we feel that it's a race step to victory does victory over to a sectarian and a criminal government killings of hundreds of demonstrators past 2 weeks cannot go on this feels like the victory of the uprising people that finally the power and the wind power of the people of the uprising has of the come this has come as euphoria in 'd burma stating people eat in the here square and. the young men a lot of fighting on the front lines on the bridges have heard about the fact that

dan's out there it's still not the final basic. we're still waiting to see what will happen but we feel that this is a huge first 6 step to prove that the people of the uprising have proven there was power and that the victory will be theirs you know article but let's let's assume that this statement means that the prime minister would submit his resignation effective immediately if that were to happen if let's say tomorrow he submitted the paperwork to parliament what exactly is the next step what happens from here on out bill will power of the people the uprising people don't feel that is not the condition exists that all the ruling political parties have to step out of the political formula they are not acceptable anymore or they wouldn't they all took part in the criminal killings of the demonstrators the people of the idea square will have their say to the future government of iraq. looking at it in

a realistic way we feel that this is stepping down is the 1st step but we will have to continue the uprising until all our conditions are met. now here in london 2 people have died off to a knife attack in the london bridge area a suspect was also shot dead to cheering the incident the city's mayor says pastas by sheer breathtaking heroism and bringing the incident to a close but he's investigating the attack say they are treating it as terror related bystanders wrestled a man with a knife to the ground before armed police that moved in by minister boris johnson left the campaign trail and is due to host a security meeting with senior ministers military chiefs and emergency service leaders paul brennan reports. yes it was a life or death struggle witnessed by hundreds of shocked bystanders the man in the

gray sweater is pinning the london bridge attacker to the ground and police drag him clear and as the attacker rises the police officers fire 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 can't 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 that place was running out soon as a police passed us the side of his gun shops i was shim it was also the pops i don't really know what comes out but there was there was gunshots quite a few of them from another angle mobile phone footage shows how several members of the public overpowered the attacker before the police arrived the man in the black coat is seen removing one of the 2 large knives which the attacker had been holding an explosives belt which the man was wearing turned out to be fake but the police

did not know that. by this point 05 people had been stabbed and seriously wounded and despite the immediate attention of paramedics 2 of the victims later died. my heart goes out to their loved ones and to the 3 further injured victims. who i understand are being treated in hospital and of course to everybody who has been affected by today's terrible and mindless events. police are treating the attack as a terrorist incident. the prime minister returned to downing street for a briefing with security chiefs and then brief the opposition leader jeremy called in this country will never be cowed or divided or intimidated by this sort of attack and all values of british value. will prevail we have to remember that we live in

a democratic society and those that would seek to silence us will not succeed our democracy must be alive and vibrant. it's just 2 years ago that age victims lost their lives in another attack at london bridge in that incident 3 men used a rented van to mow down protest koreans and then round through the nearby market area indiscriminately stabbing people before being shot dead by armed officers in that attack they were inspired by so-called islamic states the background and possible motives of this latest attack a of the immediate focus of the police and security services there is an intensive ongoing police operation down here at the south side of london bridge people are still filtering out from where they've been held in quarantine essentially in their offices and in their homes now being allowed out we've also seen an unmarked police car moving at speed through the police cordon and on to the bottom of the bridge this investigation will take many more hours many more days paul brennan al-jazeera

london bridge. well elsewhere dutch police have confirmed that 3 people were wounded in a stabbing on friday evening in the hague police say they're searching for a suspect but it's too early to determine a motive the knife attack happened in the city's main shopping district and emergency services were quick to see lawful wife perimeter they police have said they're looking for a man between 45 and 50 years old in a juggling suit. all 28 people killed in the eastern part of the day are see this week have finally been bury the funerals in the village of or cho were initially perspire and with crowds demanding the military leave the area they say the army and the united nations peacekeepers have not 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.d.f.

fighters in an attack this week. so sam kos kids have to stay outside one of the family and residence of a stealing chalk they're also frustrated accusing both congolese security forces and united nations peacekeepers of not doing enough to protect them from rebel attacks on u.s. shores a drug. is unacceptable we need to be united to solve the security problem i've seen those bodies most competent. and we cannot accept fixes. in this crowd have lost many relatives. by we don't want to see soldiers police or day un they must oldies 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.t.f.

rebels since a government offensive against them started in october. protesters have been out on the streets of temple and goma in north kivu province police have been trying to clear this road all morning by filling out it because people keep bringing back the stone processing go mark i said several days ago in protest of the thing that i want to get to a u.n. base to express that on top of that saying that no one the un here before the un and the government soldiers are 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 its no more is a felony here. but it's to cut all.

the supply channel of blood minerals it's. that's number one second there has to be talk whether we call these people. base to 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 move their loved ones they also hope that the ripples in time cathy. police and hong kong are saying they seize about $4000.00 petrol bombs from a university barricaded by protesters for almost 2 weeks clean up has started the politic university after hundreds of bottles of chemicals were also reportedly found police accused students of using the campus as a weapons factory dozens were arrested as a try 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 consulate employee he says he was tortured by police in china simon chan was detained for 2 weeks in august when visiting the mainland protesters demanding the british government investigate it sarah clarke was at that rally. this group of people here to support the former british consulate worker simon chang chain says he was the times 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 hideous. staf of british consulate in hong kong more rallies are planned over the weekend but the sea at the pulley 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 picture bonds and 500 women like device it's a place i around 1300 people have now been arrested but the clean up of that polytechnic university has just begun. just there out much more still ahead but assessing the scale of devastation rescue efforts continue after major flooding in kenya the phase the destruction and the number of dead could be worse than previously thought also it's black friday and protesters are targeting the bargain hunters as they demand action on climate change. hello again welcome back to international weather forecasts we're here across southeast australia over the next few days it is going to remain chilly now we do

have 2 funnel boundaries coming through and that is going to rear really reinforce that cooler air coming in from the south here on saturday a lot of teens across the area we're talking melbourne hobart as well as adelaide with winds coming out of the south there we are going to be picking up some rain over here towards melbourne as well as hobart by the time we get towards sunday though the front starts to make its way towards the north still quite chilly across much of the bite but we're going to see a shower pushing through parts of sydney but still quite warm over here towards principal with a temperature of $34.00 degrees well for the north and south island we are going to be seeing a big change for the south island really not looking too bad here on saturday we're going to be seeing some partly cloudy conditions with more clouds starting to roll in by the evening attempts are there of 60 but watch this by the time we get towards sunday it's going from 16 to 25 degrees but we do expect to see probably some thunderstorms making their way by sunday evening as well as into parts of monday morning auckland a nice day fewer 21 degrees there and as we go towards japan things are like

looking too bad as we go towards saturday tokyo a temperature few of 11 and for sapporo 8 degrees and mostly cloudy conditions for you. on. county recalls what start the protests will be a multi-billion dollar load which both types forgiveness to the corporation of steroids or poor. support of respectable or did it help. from its most to. be.

a come back a look at headlines now weeks of deadly anti-government protests might be about force major political change in iraq prime minister abdullah abdullah has announced that he intends to resign more than 400 people have died in 2 months of anti government protests. 2 people have died in a knife attack here in central london a suspect was shot dead by the police it's being treated as a terror related incident british media are tonight reporting that the man was released from prison a year ago convicted of a terror related offense prime minister boris johnson says it's a mistake to allow serious and violent criminals out of prison early. and all 28 people killed in protests in the eastern part of the democratic republic of congo this week of finally been buried the funerals were initially postponed with crowds

into each of the edge demanding the military leave the area. or now to malta where the prime minister is reported to have told friends he's about to resign yourself muskets under pressure of the government's alleged cover up of the murder of a journalist 2 years ago daphne car want to died in a car bomb explosion while investigating corruption involving politicians and business executives or about unmannerly hostile. 2 government ministers resigned as the prime minister's chief of staff and now joseph musket himself also is 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 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 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 motors richest men jorgen fenech fun ike 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 black. a reuters investigation last year named

fenech as the company owner which was allegedly used to fund shell companies linked to government ministers son is accusing the government of covering up his brother's murder we know nothing of my family knows nothing the journalist no nothing people no nothing that's why we're here it's called really absurd the police release a state where it all feasible one sentence we have. 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 years the patience the protesters demanding answers has run out and it seems so has the prime minister's time in office who are about to manly al-jazeera. or now india's economy is experiencing its weakest performance in more than 6 years according to new

government figures assange has already cost countries position as the fastest growing major economy to china this year and new research is showing that malnutrition remains a chronic problem and the sewing economy could make the problem worse and she lost her reports now. 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 and day in mitigating the ag really in crisis and increasing

employment. on the top 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 expenditure on food items as an indicator of increasing monetization 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 group 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 need and 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 farmers say 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 to put the india. rescue operations in kenya after heavy flooding are being hampered by damage to bridges

and roads 120 people have so far been confirmed dead and there are fears that that toll could rise when rescue workers finally gain access to remote areas but i'm going to doha is more now from the capital nairobi. a week of the traditional floods in most parts of north western kenya many bridges with me. forced florrie water also water we long sections of roads workers are repairing this bridge on the road between can tolerate. the government appealing for help from anyone but what we need of assistance we can get we have. into well wishes for the prototype for nice to take food and medicine to the affected people so they can cope with. the village of tom collins one of the was hit by floods and landslides which followed days of torrential rains and tire families were wiped out in a torrent of water rocks and in all $21.00 kenyans died he you might

assume that when such disasters happen emergency help is quick to arrive but in time like it's the village just left with the grim task of such and for the bodies of missing relatives government rescue workers are yet to arrive because of the damage to roofs and bridges. we're really sad that we've not yet recovered the bodies of our children it's not just my son's body but also my neighbors 7 children who died we need urgent help west book called counties damaged traders and their families are working together to clear the debris away eager to reopen their businesses but the flood threat isn't over kenyans in affected villages again being judged to move to safer ground when you know the government does not issue unnecessary warnings the danger is real the perfected by the floods and landslides must be located to understand only when we have western 2 for the many flooded out

of the whole grain but surely not a few days could take months and months to recover from and there will undoubtedly be questions in the coming days and weeks about whether mo could or should have been done to protect lives and property how about the world as it might all be. a global strike took place on friday with activists calling for action to combat climate change many young people around the world skipped school to attend the rallies or a challenge attended a protest here in london and has this report. the protests started in australia and as the day moved westwards other countries followed thailand for a dying on the streets of bangkok another in delhi india. we want everyone at all doesn't the government. do here i acknowledge the fact that right now we have. emergency and he did the same with some environmentalist are you doing

that. everybody in society needs not pick up their socks and just start doing the well. 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. in frankfurt germany climate strikers to black friday sales in a city shopping mall for these people consumerism is part of the problem. i take. such disruption is a risky strategy though it's inevitably alienates some people. but the students i spoke to the london demonstration said some of this is necessary. the student movement gets criticized for being disruptive you should be in school i think people make opinions about it and i think we like a lot of people like

a lot of destruction by things important otherwise people witness and they were library lies so there needs to be some disruption is of destruction and this is a global movement but each country has its own domestic dynamics the u.k. is in election season with the country going to the polls on december the 12th and the parliament strikers around. there charles their message can put 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 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. oh these young people expect global leaders to all of that commitment it's their

future at stake through a challenge how does a $100.00 plane get on that story and everything else we're covering including of course the announcement by the iraqi prime minister today al-jazeera dot com. so a quick recap of the headlines have been weeks of deadly anti-government protests in iraq and that could be about to force there's some sort of change the prime minister abdullah abdullah had he announced his intention to resign or than $400.00 people have died in 2 months of anti-government protests many iraqis accuse a government of corruption here 2 people have died after a knife attack in central london the suspect was shot dead during the incident which police are treating as terror related the city's mayor passes by breathtaking heroism in bringing the incident to a close it happened on london bridge where a van and a knife attack 2 years ago killed 8 people british media are reporting

a suspect was in prison on terror related charges and then released a year ago prime minister boris johnson has just spoken about the suspect. well i have known hakim and that's it is it a mistake to allow serious and violent criminals to come out of prison and it is very important that we get out of that habit and that we enforce the appropriate sentence for dangerous criminals especially the terrorists that i think the public want to see in malta the prime minister is reportedly set to resign as the scandal over the murder of a journalist threatens to engulf and 3 of choice of muskrats closest colleagues including his chief of staff of already resigned in the past few days of the murder of investigative reporter daphne. 2 years ago. klim renegotiations between the

u.s. and the afghan taliban have resume the taliban confirmed 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 and in the d.l.c. all 28 people killed in protests in the eastern part of the country have finally been buried the funerals were initially for spode with crowds demanding the military leave the area off to say they hadn't done enough to protect civilians. are counting the cost is coming up next asking why ecuador fell into violent protests earlier this year that's it for myself and the team here in london but more news from doha later on.

hello i'm come on santa maria this is counting the cost on al-jazeera bill weekly look at the world of business and economics this week ecuador it took a multi-billion dollar loan from the i.m.f. but while the corporations got tax forgiveness the poor got austerity and i wonder at all the same 2 months of protests we look at how the government of lending moreno seemingly got it so wrong also this week shinzo a novel longest serving prime minister japan's ever seen and that is quite the achievement to look at the economic policy that bears his name and whether it's enabled japan to recover from its lost decade.