much of the area we're going to see johannesburg at 32 in durban with a temperature of 25. iraq's cabinet approves the prime minister's resignation now it's up to the parliament but protesters say they want the entire political system reform. peter told me you're watching al-jazeera live from our headquarters here in doha also coming up 2 people were killed by a crowd in eastern democratic republic of congo this frustration over a spate of deadly attacks by armed groups there. a show of gratitude in hong kong with rallies to thank the u.s.

for approving a human rights law hand renewed the call for change. one of malta's wealthiest people is charged in the murder of a journalist his ties to top government officials are prompted calls for the prime minister to step down. our top story the iraqi parliament is set to meet on sunday and the prime minister abdul marquees resignation is expected to top the agenda he's formally submitted his resignation to m.p.'s but that's done little to calm protest is who are demanding a complete overhaul of the entire political system demonstrators once again 4 with the police in baghdad medical officials say 3 protesters were shot dead simona fulton is in fact at. the day prime minister abdullah of the mahdi submitted his resignation crowds in tahrir square showed no intention. of packing up and going

home banners were still held high doctors remained on standby to treat the wounded and new street art sprung to life depicting the aspirations of the protest movement for many the prime minister's departure is just the 1st perhaps the easiest step on a long road towards change they want parliament dissolved and fresh elections to be held under a new election law the problem is not just the prime minister it's not the queen it's a whole beehive all of them have to resign if the prime minister to leave someone similar to him will replace him. it's a fear that risks becoming a reality in an emergency cabinet meeting of the mahdi said he would stay on as part of a caretaker government until parliament chose his replacement in the midst of morkel to be. there is no doubt that the council and its parties and members will oversee the finding of an appropriate solution as fast as possible because the country in this circumstances cannot enjoy a caretaker government for

a long time so i want the parliament to complete the procedures to appoint a new prime minister and government. that process could take weeks even months and requires buy in from local and foreign power brokers because. for sure the political parties are facing a difficult exam they can't go back to the balance of power that used to be in place they have to come up with an extraordinary government which has to complete the process of passing a new election law that is agreed by the protesters. but reforms won't bring the victims back nor will they appease those who mourn them as the death toll rises demands for justice grow louder so help comes to tahrir square every week to pray for the victims she doesn't just want of the mahdi to leave she wants his government to be held accountable let's do it and not just like that and. not just

him those who have fire. this is blood this is the blood to the people of the year with a kilt games in the gates of the greats instead of celebrating their wedding day stained with blood all those responsible for the bloodshed should be punished the government has promised to investigate the most recent violence but as the focus shifts towards appointing a new prime minister such promises risk being forgotten demonstrators have welcomed the his offer to resign but their joy is overshadowed by uncertainty over whether he will really leave and both will happen next without big changes to iraq's out of her law many fear that whoever succeeds him will simply carry on with what they see as the same failed political system they want to host the causes they're out of the . line now to baghdad correspondent mohammed jem jim so mohammed on the face of it this could be just day one of quite a long process. oh that's right peter and you know everybody we speak with here in

tahrir square does not expect that this is going to be happening any time soon they're they're quite realistic even though they are demanding a complete overhaul of politics as usual here of the political system they do not believe this is something they can get compazine a matter of a few days or even a few weeks nonetheless what we're expecting today is that parliament is going to be meeting well it's expected that they will meet around 1 pm local that's in a little over 3 hours from now but we must you know we've been at the point before where it's expected the parliament will meet and then for one reason or another or perhaps a forum cannot be made perhaps a candidate sessions canceled clearly parliamentarians want to show that they are working on this in earnest that they are trying to do something that will satisfy the demands of these thousands of demonstrators who continue to come out day after day but politics are extremely tricky always have been here in it often so it will be interesting to see if parliament actually does convene at. expected today and if

they as expected take up the issue of the prime minister's resignation he has submitted that resignation to the council of ministers it has been accepted by the cabinet it now goes to the parliament so the question is are they going to vote on it are they going to discuss it what exactly happens next if they vote on it will they accept his resignation if they do accept his resignation that means that there is going to be a caretaker government that he will lead the prime the current prime minister. he will lead that caretaker government for what's expected to be at least 30 days if the parliament reject his resignation well that really puts all of this into one target territory and nobody exactly knows what comes next nonetheless here we are again the epicenter of the anti-government demonstrations in the capital in baghdad it is a week day we've already seen i would estimate thousands of students youth protesters who have been coming out they have been demonstrating not just poor and him to the political system as they know it here at all but also for better opportunities for the prospect of jobs for a better education system so really just going to show that even now just

a couple of days after it was announced that the prime minister would be submitting his resignation these demonstrators are committed to continue to come out and and prove their point that they want to continue to put pressure on this young people mohamed will come back show suspects in a few hours in the meantime many thanks to the crowd in eastern democratic republic of congo killed 2 people who they accused of being rebels it happened in the town of beni in north keven region the crowd attacked a man and a woman dressed in civilian clothes off to finding guns and bullets in their bags they suspected them of being members of the allied democratic forces which is being blamed for killing more than $100.00 civilians in the past month the most recent attacks on friday claimed 14 lives catherine sawyer joins us live now from goma in eastern d.c. catherine what's stopping the authorities getting a handle on this. well it seems very much that their congolese military is incapacitated is very thinly

stretched this is an area peter that has groups roaming around in the countryside controlling remote villages where there is no government presence in the government is also government troops are also dealing with that so they seem to be a seen live thinly stretched with no resources and also we have been talking to the spokesperson of the military where operations are going on in beni and he said that they are making grounds they are have taken several bases all the a.d.f. deep in the forest and as you mentioned they confirm the killing of a senior rebels commander so they are saying that this is a on the run but it seems very much peter according to people we talking to that these people seem to be running in their own direct because they are coming back to villages and attacking people and and you know killing people in such brutal way so

people in beni and here in go miles was very angry about the security situation. there was a u.n. representative in the region yesterday did anything concrete come out of those discussions. i repeat the question peter you broke there there was a u.n. representative in the area yesterday what came out of those talks yes the deputy secretary general in charge of. was there he was basically visiting that u.n. camp that was attacked by protesters are earlier in the week and just to assess the situation he spoke to journalists and said basically that he the un understand the frustrations and the anger of the people in venue but he also said that they are directing their anger in the wrong direction they're losing focus the u.n. he said is not the enemy the enemy is this real herbal groups that are talking

people so that's where the anger needs to be focused and the queue for security forces should not be attached to the continue can continue carrying out their carrying out their well but people are very angry they do not want to hear any of that they're saying the u.n. has been here for so long but they have not seen any changes the security situation remains the same and it's important at this point for me to mention peter that one of the groups that have been affected are health workers who are responding to a boiler crisis in that area this week we so attack on health workers for a boiler responders was killed and today the director general of the world health organization dr pederasts governor yes yes who says here he is going to be going to benny at some point he's going to be talking and just boosting the moral of the stuff members that he has said that this situation really needs to be contained because if it goes on the boiler. it's not

a ball it's not going to be contained in all the gains that has been made so far will be lost. thanks very much. protesters a back on the streets of hong kong for another series of weekend rallies one of them a march of gratitude to the u.s. has now made its way to the american consulate there last week the u.s. president donald trump approved legislation aimed at protecting human rights in hong kong a separate rounding is taking place the government headquarters against the police use of tear gas organizers have also called for certainly at the polytechnic university following an 11 day siege there by students sara clark joins us live from among the protesters sara how big are the numbers today. or create as you mentioned we're at the 3rd rally you know that you indicated which is taking place here in kelowna and it's a much it's a march from where we are the clock tower which is a bit of a landmark in hong kong and the rally will march towards a polytechnic university which the probably about

a couple of kilometers from where we are now this is probably the biggest rally that they're expecting today several 1000 or so have already joined the starting point and it's so big big enough to actually i wanted early start for this march to go ahead now they've indicated that the time will finish around 9 pm local time that's about a 6 hour bracket but the the i'm in the target the location is as you mentioned polytechnic university now those who might recall this was the university where protesters hold themselves up inside the campus or promoter almost 3 weeks venture that siege with the thing that came to an end at the end of last week um and more than 1100 people were arrested as a result and about 300 those were under the age of 18 and i have been charged but this particular rally here on sunday has actually been given a police approval but having said that we've seen right place pretty much lining the entire route from here to the area where polytechnic university campus is by so we're yet to see if there will be any any violence or certainly any confrontations

with police but at this stage it's attracting big numbers and it's peaceful working week just around the corner where you are sara are they planning more protests in the days to come. well as you mentioned there are 2 other rallies on sunday morning i am here in hong kong is one that's targeting the police brutality there's accusations that the police have been using excessive force others another one it was a thank you to the u.s. government or sent me to donald trump to sign that human rights and democracy act that was again it was a peaceful march towards the u.s. consulate but this week we do expect more rallies out there that they're targeting the advertising movement this week they're looking at general strikes which is where they're trying to paralyze government departments and trying to bring their message through but as you mentioned earlier there's been a low in these rallies for about a waco so but this weekend it looks like the practice is going to try to wrap it up with a peaceful oh violent way yet to say but certainly there are protests planned thanks very much. consumer and still to come here on al-jazeera including we want it to be

accessible to the 9000000000 people that are going to be on the planet in the next 20 years a most offering to school tell you about the race to create a very unique. and why it's christmas in bethlehem this year going to be extra special those 2 stories when we come back. hello again welcome back to your international weather forecast well here across europe we are talking about 2 particular areas that we are going to see some stormy wintry mix of weather over the next 24 to 48 hours 1st of all down here across the southeast we do have a front that's pushing across the black sea and into turkey that's going to bring a lot of heavy rain across some areas as well as some snow and then now here towards the west where we do have

a system across parts of france the i've been peninsula we are going to be seeing some winds and the temperatures really in france only getting into the mid single digits so for paris here on sunday expect. attempt a few about 4 degrees a lot of that weather will be transitioning over here towards the south and east so for italy that means you're going to be seeing some more rain in the forecast a lot of the areas are saturated so the likelihood of flooding is increased as the system does come into play here on monday down towards are you will be clearing out but it is going to be a little bit cooler with the terms of their of 5 degrees well for the northwestern part of africa expect to see your conditions starting to go downhill as we begin the week not really looking too bad here on sunday for much of morocco but by the time we get towards monday very heavy rain expected to come into play would be singer but with rain at 15 in algiers it's going to be cloudy and rainy day at 17.

our planet is warming as never before with profound consequences for all life on earth but the world's leading scientists say there is still time to climate s.o.f. sets out the facts and the science behind the issues affecting our planet. and brings you what people across the globe doing to time the crisis around climate tax i'll ask on al-jazeera. ok let's recap our top stories for you so far today here on al-jazeera the iraqi parliament is set to meet today with the prime minister will mark his resignation

expected to top the agenda he submitted his resignation to m.p.'s on saturday that however has done little to compass esther's who want a total overhaul of the entire political system. a crowd in eastern democratic republic of congo have killed 2 people accused of being rebels fighters from an armed group of killed more than $100.00 civilians in the last month. and protesters in hong kong have held a march of gratitude to the u.s. organizers say they want to thank washington for approving legislation last week aimed at protecting human rights in the territory. the pressure is growing on malta prime minister after a prominent businessman who is allegedly close to him was charged over the murder of a journalist your gun fetch has denied complicity in the murder of daphne. in 2017 and it's his family has called on the prime minister joseph muscat to resign his chief of staff quit earlier this week after being questioned by the police. as

a journalist at the malta independent. the prime minister is he expected to be giving a teleprompter address tomorrow morning and the indication is that he will be announcing his intention to step down and got taking up the process for the leadership race for the labor party which is what he's part of which will culminate ultimately in an election which will involve will take place on the 18th of january as to whether he'll step down imminently we are we are not entirely sure yet. about protests are demanding that his resignation it is immediate everything. the 1st of all not been kind of to help and days ago there's been a high profile has an easy time with the crown plaza not all of them are calling for the same thing that is. his immediate resignation and this is something that that struck back. ever since the assassination and even the panama paper scandal 3

years ago when. people start to resign the law last tuesday and senior minister jose resigned last tuesday where where a name that having the company. italy's coast guard has recovered the bodies of 7 migrants who went missing after their boat capsized last week now that brings me to have told so far 1249 like ones were pulled from the water when their boat overturned off the coast of the island of lampedusa hundreds of people have died in the mediterranean sea this year trying to reach europe from north africa. russia is one of the few european countries where there's no law against domestic violence but some politicians are hoping to change that a bill to declare it a crime has been resubmitted to the parliament but m.p. is pushing for the new law facing threats from conservative and religious groups step vasant as that story from moscow. had reported her husband's abuse weeks

before her death police said santo way saying so gay a policeman himself could only be fined and she would jeopardize his career when she asked for a divorce her husband stabbed her 57 times but if. the child went to wake up his mom in the morning and found her with her throat sliced open covered in blood and her eyes half closed that's how he described it himself the fact that sergei has a child was considered a soft circumstance isn't it an absurd situation he killed this child's mother he left this child alone with the body of his mom. there are no official statistics but hundreds or even thousands of russian women are murdered by their husbands every year those who managed to escape can go to a crisis center but they're only 15 government sponsored centers nationwide. literature those efforts to criminalize domestic violence have failed so far

hundreds showed up at this protest against the new domestic violence bill saying the law is counter to russian family values i think family is something which works fine in traditional garb cultures something recent not. by any formal the last number of laws. for family but are glacial the better for fertility protests like these so no resistance that's facing women who are fighting against the much of the violence almost but the opposition goes far beyond these kinds of protest russian women say these groups are well funded and have a powerful connection. oxana pushkin a has received threats for initiating the new bill that includes restraining orders for abuses and more crisis centers for a victim's it is a slogan. of course they have cover in the government it can't be any other way nothing would happen if they didn't have serious court we're aiming to win and if it doesn't happen now it will happen in 25 years when

a generation changes but it's better if it happens now we can save many lives we can save children who see it all happening at home. but a new generation of russian women is already fighting back while they're protesting in support of the bill elaina's mother is fighting a legal battle to strip the man who murdered her daughter of his parental rights because their 9 year old son nikita is afraid what will happen to him when his father comes out of prison stop fasten al-jazeera moscow. there's been a big protest the police station in india where 4 man accused of raping and murdering a 27 year old woman are being held she was allegedly raped and then killed in the southern city of hyderabad her body had been in fuel and then set on fire. as the story. hundreds of protesters gathered outside the indian police station where 4 men accused of killing and raping

a 27 year old woman were behind bars the victim was a veterinarian she left her office on wednesday evening but never made it home about the ok that's what she was on her way to see a doctor she had parked her scooter near the plaza on her way over there at around 9 o'clock a stranger approached her to tell her that the scooter's tire was punctured she called her sister but after that her mobile phone was turned off and police believe the suspect damaged the victim's tire beforehand a plan they say to offer help and then attack her her charred body was found the next morning under a bridge. the murder has renewed anger over the government's handling of sexual assaults with shame and fear of not being believed many cases are not reported political and religious divisions are often exploited is to try and see the foreman as if it was one of them as well and so muslims are out the problem rather than

think back to the uk here's the problem disaffect will consent to the problem government figures show that 32000 rape cases were reported in 2017 the year before more than 2000 girls younger than 12 were raped in 2013 india's government double prison terms for rapists to 20 years it also lowered the age which a person can be tried as an adult from 18 to 16. but some critics say these laws haven't done enough that needs to be some kind of a prevention program so to speak to prevent this because we have all various but all we're always shocked and angered by these crimes but we find ourselves left with no solutions. to address these crimes so that they don't repeat themselves. this latest case now sparking a new wave of outrage across the country katia lopez who a young al-jazeera nobody is president going dog has been reelected for

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people that are going to be on the planet in the next 20 years feeding humanity and healing the planet that's a win win so on appetit rob reynolds al-jazeera redwood city california. schools in parts of iran have been closed and residents told stay indoors because of severe pollution in the capital the city has suffered from dangerous levels of pollution and small been the past few weeks tiran is one of the most polluted cities in the world. thousands of people have visited a part of bethlehem to mark the start of the christmas season lights were turned on outside the church of the tippity where christians believe jesus was born the palestinian prime minister mohammad such a child and the mayor of bethlehem lit the tree on saturday a relic that's been stored in the batek on for more than a 1000 years was returned to bethlehem it's believed to be part of jesus's manger or the wooden rack that was used as his crib that abraham has more now from bethlehem the palestinians are hoping the return of the relic will boost tourism.

mark the beginning of. thousands of palestinian land like my 3 years that come to the manger square which is there's another because church the traditional birth. right and that he learned that it took us i know where to get here from tourism to cause a israeli checkpoints we were delayed but this is the way. it's a joyful occasion it's a new beginning nothing. to. us here but they have another reason to celebrate earlier. that are believed to have been. more than 2000 years ago they've been moved to the vatican in the 7th century before making their way back to. give to resume. the ministry of tourism. the 3000000 visitors that came to palestine

here. more news whenever you want to own website the address i'll just call in there our top story as well the latest from iraq. we should all be here in doha the top stories from al jazeera the iraqi parliament is set to meet today with the prime minister. to use resignation expected to top the agenda he submitted his resignation to m.p.'s on saturday but that's done little to calm protest as they want a total overhaul of the entire political system. has more now from baghdad on what could happen in parliament today clearly parliamentarians want to show that they are working on this in earnest that they are trying to do something that will satisfy the demands of the demonstrators who continue to come out day after day but

politics are extremely tricky always have been here and so it will be interesting to see if parliament actually does convene as expected today and if they as expected take up the issue of the prime minister's resignation he has submitted that resignation to the council of ministers it has been accepted by the cabinet it now goes to the parliament so the question is are they going to vote on it are they going to discuss what exactly happens next. a crowd in eastern democratic republic of congo has killed 2 people accused of being rebels fighters from an armed group of killed more than 100 civilians in the past month. protesters are back on the streets of hong kong for another series of weekend rallies one of them a march of gratitude to the united states has now made its way to the american consulate last week the u.s. president donald trump approved legislation aimed at protecting human rights in hong kong. a separate rallies taking place near government headquarters against

police brutality as well. pressure is growing on the maltese prime minister after a prominent businessman who's allegedly close to him was charged over the murder of a journalist your gun fenech has denied complicity in the murder of daphne conical it's in 2017 glitziest family has called on the prime minister just of muscat to resign his chief of staff quit earlier this week after being questioned by the police. it's a these coast guard has recovered the bodies of 7 migrants who went missing after their boat capsized last week that brings the death toll 212149 migrants were pulled from the water when their boat overturned off the coast of lampedusa hundreds of people have died in the mediterranean this year trying to reach europe from north africa you are right up to date with all the top stories up next it's planet s.o.s. more news in 30 minutes i will see you very soon. as nato turns 70 leaders will go in london to plan its future but after france's president mark wrong called the alliance brain dead is nato going through an existential crisis and what will this

summit mean for future transatlantic military cooperation join us from december the 2nd for the u.k. nato summit on elm disease. i . hello i am a man is a barrel and this is climate s.o.s. the land is one of our best weapons against climate change but why are we destroying it scientists say humanity is stripping the earth its ability to sustain life and that extends to the way we produce films but we're wasting a lot of it one not feeding all who are hungry we speak to people working to transform our relationship with the land embracing sustainable practices and we'll look at what's coming up at the cup.