bowing to the demands of the people iraq's prime minister announces he will resign after weeks of violent how to government protests. hello i'm daryn jordan this is al-jazeera here from doha also coming up a stabbing in central london leaves 2 people dead while the suspect is shot dead by the police. taking action against climate change another round of global protest in the run up to a major u.n. conference. and severe flooding blocks roads and bridges in kenya making difficult for rescue teams to reach supplied. weeks of deadly antigovernment protests could finally force

a major political change in iraq the prime minister abdul mahdi has announced haim tends to resign. he who took charge last year says he'll submit his resignation to parliament lama jam june was on the scene as the news emerged and as this report from baghdad. the celebrations were instantaneous as soon as it up the prime minister i did i've been maybe an ounce his intention to resign anti-government demonstrators but that's to leave a square practically threw a party. the stunning development came a day after more than 50 people were killed by security forces in one of the bloodiest days of violence since the anti-government protests erupted in early october it was just over a year ago that abdul mahdi was appointed prime minister as a consensus candidate between iraq political blocs. throughout the streets on friday cheering singing even dancing. optimism on full display

was shot up today the iraqi people are happy but we only consider this as a 1st step we demand the resignation of all lawmakers and we call on the judiciary to put them on trial immediately. the protesters making it clear that cosmetic changes will not suffice they are after a complete overhaul of the political system in iraq the mood here are dire square has turned celebrates worry but all around us there are stronger reminders of those who have lost their lives during these protests here you see people who are praying for the memories of anti-government demonstrators who were killed by security forces and college students told me he and his fellow protesters are more encouraged than ever to keep coming out on to the streets and risk their lives if you're going to do and i didn't doubt of that album isn't only adela just a cover he wants to topple the whole regime and it's been a corrupt system for the last 16 years a corrupt system that negatively impact society and politics the economy and it's

even had a psychological impact on us all of a sudden not brought her whole family so they could all witness a historic moment together and you know message to shout out today we have to come and participate because this iraq is our iraq this country is our country and this pain is our pain the youth who've been demonstrating are like all our children they have to take their rights because corruption won't last forever. inspiring words that may help transcend the deep pain felt by so many in iraq these praying constantly not just for the dead but also the living. but that. well the unrest in iraq has been ongoing for weeks protests began in the capital baghdad of the high unemployment and claims of corruption and spread across the country despite public support from key religious and political figures but before about $65.00 people had died in clashes with security forces protests subsided when

the prime minister released a plan including subsidies and housing for the poor but crowds returned to the streets angry with the government and what they say was iran's influence on the demba 3 the iranian consulate in kabul it was attacked and this week demonstrators set fire to the iranian consulate in the jaff sparking another explosion in violence the death toll from almost 2 months of anger now stands at least $400.00 final alister bodies a former iraqi ambassador to the united nations he explained what will happen when abdul mahdi resigns and half will shake up the iraqi parliament well the problem minister resigned assuming the parliament accept your resignation it is deemed that the entire cabinet is on under the iraqi constitution what occurs next that. the president will be acting prime minister but he has a certain amount of time to name. a prime minister designate who then has 15 days to form a cap but he has to form a cabinet and obtain the approval by

a simple majority vote of the. parliament so this is sort of mechanically what has to happen but what is difficult to see is that the impasse that resulted in the aftermath the becoming prime minister in the 1st place that empowers us still in place it's difficult to see that an up short period of time in 2 weeks the parliamentary parties will be able to agree not only on the prime minister but on a new slate of. cabinet officers we don't actually know what their positive vision is we know what they're against it isn't clear to me that they know what it is that they're for or how to get there so the the slogans of the secular state and of corruption opportunities for all these are slogans this is not a political agenda there's no better ship to these demonstrations it appears and in a way forward does not immediately present itself where is likely to result in more

chaos as in a fear. end state that's my fear too people have been killed in a knife attack in the heart of central london a suspect was also shot dead during the incident the man who hasn't been identified is reported to have been released from prison for terror related offenses around a year ago police investigating the attack say they're treating it as terrible ated bystanders wrestled a man with a knife to the ground before police moved in on mr barnes johnson left the campaign trail to return to downing street to receive updates on the incident put in has this report from london. 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 try to get off the bus because i can't and i started running and then i heard gunshots 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 cops don't really know what on sounds 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. the

police are treating the attack as a terrorist incident the prime minister returned to downing street for a briefing with the security chiefs he then briefed the opposition leader jeremy corbyn this country will never be cowed or divided or intimidated by this sort of attack and of values our british values 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 8 victims lost their lives in another attack of london bridge in that incident 3 men used a rented van to mow down pedestrians and then ran 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 state the background and possible

motives of this latest attack on 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. thousands of people across the world have taken to the streets to demand more action on climate change the day of global protests has been spurred on by students who skipped school to make their voices heard were each one of those protests in london. 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. everyone

an. emergency and. 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. 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 movement gets criticized for being disruptive you should be in school i think people make opinions i think. it's important to people what they were. so there needs to be some disruption this is a global movement each country has its own domestic dynamics u.k. is in election season with a country going to the polls on december the 12th and the strike is. 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. 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. these young people expect global leaders to honor that commitment it's their future at stake chalons counters or of london. lots more so to come here not just here including the new food crisis gripping india where every 2nd household has among the rest child plus a murder investigation that sent shock waves from alters government the prime minister could be next to resign or not stay with us. hello again welcome back we're here cross china things are not looking too bad as we begin the weekend but we do expect to see more rain and more clouds by the time we end the weekend here i want to show you our forecast map for saturday the rain

is going to locally be here across much of the central areas and the northern areas temperatures across much of the region are into the mid teens and low teens we are going to be seeing some cooler conditions down here for an ending with attempt a few of 18 but do see that we're going to sing a lot more rain as we go towards sunday even over here towards the eastern seaboard we're going to be seeing rain for shanghai it's going to be a cooler day in a drizzly day with a temper there of 13 degrees well the philippines are on alert right now as a typhoon is strengthening just to the east of them and you can see the clouds right there on our satellite image as we go towards saturday with the storm gets a little bit closer not too bad for luzon right now but by the time we get towards sunday as well as into monday we are going to start to see the effects of the storm where the greatest storm surge and rain and from manila for the next few days we're going to be seeing conditions here on sunday really not looking too bad but by the time we get towards tuesday we are looking at. typhoon threat across much of the area with the temperature really a rainy day and a stormy day at $31.00 degrees there also down here across parts of southern india

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welcome back a quick amount of our top stories here this hour iraqi prime minister out of a bill murray has announced he intends to resign that follows a call from leadership change by a top cleric after anti-government protests left more than 400 people dead. a man has killed 2 people in a knife attack in central london armed police shot dead the suspect on the london bridge a man who hasn't been identified as reported to have been released from prison for terrorism related offenses about a year ago. a people around the world have taken part in rallies demanding more action on climate change and the un's major conference on the issue is set to begin in madrid next week. 11 or negotiations in the u.s. and the afghan taliban have resumed the taliban confirmed informal talks as u.s. president donald trump made an unannounced visit to afghanistan talks of counsel by trump in september. following an attack by the taliban. a new report from the charity christian aid warns women's rights not ganna stand could be at risk from

any peace deal my on the latest the global lead on gender inequality at christian aid she says the government needs to be more inclusive to women for sustainable peace in the country in this report because now on all governments including the u.k. in afghanistan to invest in conflicts and to getting peace building and doing no harm so oh better that make sure that no harm is done to population though population particularly when we're talking about women and girls in terms of equality between men will raise riemann integrals. in terms of the u.k. what we're calling for is an increase in overseas about women assistance that goes so far as a rule of law and democracy and. the convention of on all forms of discrimination against women. is and in particular in terms of its

international partner partners that has been in terms of other governments what we are calling for is for close up the city and making that sure is being. part is the only one which harking about those. words of our governance efforts that are trying to make sustainable peace it is true that the taliban eighty's calling for an islamic state in poland and haitian us sharia law that what that means in practice it's yet to be seen. what we're calling for is or for that. developed any kind junction. afghans population so but both men and women. malnutrition is a chronic problem in india and a slowing economy could make it worse. distress in the agriculture sector may have made the problem worse. 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 $1217.00 countries. 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 intervene mitigating the ag really in crisis and increasing employment. at the but. 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 rule employment scheme is failing to provide them jobs in

non farm sectors. according to a yet under his government. spending in india has plummeted for the 1st time in 4 decades experts see the expenditure on food items as an indicator of increasing long duration 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 then you government says all is well with the economy and if there is any slowdown it is because of global dynamics in the villages the pharmacy the visas 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 date 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 was their stomachs. al-jazeera whatever the india the president of the south american country of tsunami has been sentenced to 20 years in prison a panel of 3 judges convicted dessie but there is it for the killing of 15 political opponents and $918.00 when he became the de facto leader following a coup the decision was announced on friday during his official trip to china. all

28 people killed in eastern democratic republic of congo this week have finally been buried the funerals in the village of orsha were initially perspire own with crowds demanding the military leave the area they say the army and u.n. peacekeepers haven't done enough to protect them from groups operating in the area 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 some cost guests have to stay outside one of the family and residents of are still in shock they're also frustrated accusing both congolese security forces and united nations peacekeepers of not doing enough to protect them from rebel attacks. what is happening here is unacceptable we need to be united to solve these security problems i've seen those bodies most

coveted to others and we cannot accept this for what some in this crowd have lost many relatives. we don't want to see soldiers police or day un they must all leave 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 the government offensive against them started in october. protestors 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 and protesters are saying that want to get to a u.n. base to express that and the thing they do not want the u.n. here because the u.n.

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 really isn't me that is going to solve it it's no more is a felony here. but it's to cut off. the supply channel of blue allowed mineral. that's number one second there has to be talks whether we call this people 80 year full based or whatever we need to engage in and that is to be done honestly regionally by your the neighboring countries back in the believed to not only allowed funds they also hope they were able to time kathy soliah al-jazeera on. rescue operations

in kenya after heavy flooding are being hampered by damage to roads and bridges 120 people have so far been confirmed dead and there are fears that could rise when rescue workers finally gain access to remote areas mama doe has more now from the capital nairobi. a week of the torrential floods in most parts of north western kenya many bridges that remain down fast flowing water also washed away long sections of roads workers are repairing this bridge on the road between keitai and road where the government's appealing for help from anyone but a lack of engine we need of assistance we can get we have been too well wishers for the prototype for nice to take food and medicine to the affected people so they can cope you get to. 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 kenyan started here you might assume

that when such disasters happen emergency help is quick to arrive but in time like it's the villagers left with the grim task of starting for the bodies of missing relatives government rescue workers are yet to arrive because of the damage to roads and bridges the sun we're really sad that we've not yet recovered the bodies about children it's not just my son's body but also my neighbors 7 children who died we need urgent help. 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 are again being judged to move to safer ground when you don't you know the government does not issue unnecessary warnings the danger is real perfect and by the floods and landslides must look it understand only when we have western tune for the many flooded the whole. few

days could take months and months to recover from and there will undoubtedly be questions in the coming days and weeks about whether a mole. should have been done to protect lives and property. nairobi. 49 people are now known to have died in albania is worst of the earthquake rescue workers are still sifting through rubble in search of survivors the port town of that is one of the worst hit by the 6.4 magnitude quake which also damaged buildings in the capital tehran a more than 500 aftershocks have been recorded 2 men have been at the heart of the briggs it story in europe buying out on sunday a huge commission president. there will be replaced by germany. and the e.u. council president donald tusk is handing over to the former belgian prime minister michel i've already marked the event the symbolic passing on of

a ceremonial bell. malta's prime minister has reported to have told colleagues he intends to resign joseph mascots under pressure of the government's alleged cover up of the murder of a journalist 2 years ago that. died in a car bomb explosion while investigating corruption politicians and business executives norbert money has. to 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 carolina 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 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 which was allegedly used to fund shell companies linked to government ministers has son is accusing the government of covering up his mother's murder we know nothing 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 statement all feasible one sentence we have instigated cambria 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 protests is demanding on sis is run out and it seems saloon has a prime minister's time in office who are about to manly al-jazeera. algerians have been out in large numbers demanding political change campaigning for next

month's presidential election began last sunday the demonstrators are rejecting the vote all 5 candidates have links the former president as he is but i think i was forced out by protests and a. tough a quick reminder of the top stories here on al-jazeera iraqi prime minister he has announced he intends to resign it follows a call from leadership change by a top cleric after anti-government protests left more than 400 people dead. genius and no way out 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. pretty is

forbidden and that property should not be left to be attacked by infiltrators and there are lies. a man has killed 2 people in a knife attack in central london police shot dead the suspect on london bridge the man who hasn't been identified is reported to have been released from prison for terrorism related offenses about a year ago. people around the world of taken part in rallies demanding more action on climate change the united nations major conference on the issue is set to begin in madrid next week. but there are negotiations between the u.s. and the afghan taliban have resumed the taliban confirm been formal talks as u.s. president donald trump made an unannounced visit to afghanistan they were cancelled by trump in september falling on a time by the taliban. algerians again but out in large numbers protesting for the 41st friday in a row demanding political change campaigning for next month's presidential election began last sunday but demonstrators in the so-called hereat movement are rejecting

the vote all 5 candidates have links to the former president abilities but a freak a who was forced out by mass protests in april protesters are demanding a complete change in the political classes and the president of the south american country of soon enough it's been sentenced to 20 years in prison a panel of 3 judges convicted desi but tennessee for the killing of 15 political opponents and 982 when he became the de facto leader of following a coup the decision was announced on friday during his official trip to china. for those were the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after inside story station thanks so much about that.

the president of france says that nato is brain dead and that terrorism is now the enemy of the not russia and the neo mccall wants his criticism to be a wakeup call for the military alliance so what does it mean for nato his future and organization the us president also once described as obsolete this is inside story. i welcome to the program i'm adrian finnegan after world war 2 and facing a rising threat from the soviet union a group of european of north american countries banded together and signed up to the north of.