al jazeera. where ever you are. iraq's parliament is set to discuss the prime minister's resignation but protesters still demand a complete overhaul of the political system. hello and welcome i'm peter told me you're watching al-jazeera live from doha also coming up an angry crowd kills 2 people into an acrostic republic of congo after weeks of attacks by rebels in the east. protesters in hong kong remain defiant rallying again to demand change after pro-democracy candidates did well in last month's election. one of malta motors wealthiest people those charged in the murder

of a journalist has ties to top government officials the prompted calls for the prime minister to stepped up. our top story the iraqi parliament is set to meet in the coming hours and prime minister abdullah abdullah his resignation is expected to top the agenda he's formally submitted his resignation papers but that's done little to calm the protesters there demanding a complete overhaul of the political system demonstrators once again fought with the police and backed that medical officials say 3 protesters were shot dead similar faults and is in the capital. the day prime minister 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 as a whole all of them have to resign the prime minister to leave someone similar to him will replace him. it's a fear did 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 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. comes to tahrir square every week to pray for the victims she doesn't just want to leave she wants his government to be held accountable let's do it and not it's. not just him those who opened fire she gave the order this is blood this is the blood of the people of the year

a guilt their pride claims and they go to the graves instead of celebrating their wedding their stained with blood. all those responsible for that 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 them his offer to resign but their joy is overshadowed by uncertainty over whether he will really leave and both will happen next with big changes to the rocks and the law many fear that whoever 2 succeeds him will simply carry on with what they see as the same failed political force that they want to hosting causes in iraq at the. tutorial square my colleague mohammed mohammed as far as what's maybe going to happen in the parliament how's that being received with those protestors square you all. later let me show you 1st about

a staggering jump in the number of casualties that we've just learned in the last half an hour or so from the. human rights commission we are told that as of today that at least 432 people have been killed since the beginning of these anti-government demonstrations in early october we're also told that at least 19000 people have been injured now. today we are awaiting to see if parliament will convene as scheduled in a little over an hour from now at around 1 pm local we had been told as of yesterday that it was expected that parliament was going to meet that being said there had been numerous occasions these past several weeks when parliament was expected to meet for emergency sessions to discuss issues of critical importance such as one the country is dealing with right now be that the resignation of the country's prime minister. the. from those i've been speaking with today they are

expressing a lot of skepticism here and we are square which is. epicenter of the anti-government demonstrations in the capital here in baghdad many of them saying they really don't believe that anything meaningful will happen today what we think might happen is that the parliament may vote on whether or not they support the resignation of the prime minister if they were to vote and if they accept the prime minister's resignation that means that there would be a caretaker government for at least 30 days that he would be the head what happens after that nobody really knows now if they were to vote and not accept the resignation of prime minister i that up to the head the well that puts us in uncharted territory right now but frankly right now it is uncharted territory here and none of the officials that we've spoken with expected this protest movement to last as long as it has you see day after day despite the threat of violence despite

the fact that so many demonstrators have been killed by security forces people continue to come out not just in but also in several other cities including national and also the and let me just tell you a little bit about where we are today you heard some of his report we're talking about the people who are coming out here and praying for those that died while what you see behind me in this tunnel you see in the media here there are many people who have gathered many of them activists of various ages various generations coming out to pray for the souls have been lost in these anti-government demonstrations it is really a mood one that is part vibrant and part somber and people saying that the fact that the prime minister has submitted his resignation is a good 1st step but they still want to see a commitment from those officials in charge now to a complete overhaul of the political system here peter mommas thanks very much. a crowd in eastern democratic republic of congo has killed 2 people it's accused of being rebels it happened in the eastern town of beni in north kivu province the crowd attacked

a man and woman dressed in civilian clothing after finding guns and bullets in their bags they suspected them of being members of the allied democratic forces which is blamed for killing more than $100.00 civilians in the past month the most recent was on friday with 14 deaths there catherine sawyer joins us live now from goma in eastern d. r. c. catherine just take us through what happened there with this latest installment of the violence. yes these 2 people this was a car full and a child the child is safe so they went to take a taxi to take them to all the chinese some of these areas where people were killed and the taxi man got a constable because he said that people are not going to an only child too unsafe so he took them to the main taxi office where the question but that answers were not clear they did not have id and when the bags was stashed all this paraphernalia was found a military uniform bullet medical kids

a firearm as well so people gathered and stoned them to death and what has happened since that time is that the people themselves of benioff say they want to take charge of their own security so they've set up this checkpoints in pots just such ng people who are coming into the city particularly from areas where these killings are happening there's also a government offensive an offensive against a.d.f. by the un and the congo leave the military we have spoken to the spokesperson of the military who has said that they are making advances they've taken some bases all a.v.'s deep in the forest of also killed a rebel one of the rebel commanders a top rebel commander of spokesperson said that the group a group of fighters are very much on the run but people are frustrated because they're saying well with this ongoing offensive why then you know the group fight is able to come up to the village and still kill people and also can 3 me

understand the world health organization has its director general in that area what are they trying to achieve. well that area is also where health workers are struggling to contain an airball outbreak that started about just a little. and i hear in the house and basically what's been happening is that health workers even before this crisis they have been under a lot of attack people some rebel groups especially called my my has been attacking them and just at the beginning of the fear for a boiler responders were killed in areas where people are still getting infected by a boiler so the director general of the world health organization dr ted draws a useless is there basically to talk to the people to boost the morale of the staff members w.h.o. has. killed down an operation has evacuated some more good stuff members as well as

other humanitarian organizations have also evacuated some of their nonessential staff members so the w.h.o. director has said that this security situation goes on and check this going to be very problematic for health workers and all the gains that have been made in this response of the valar are going to be lost catherine thank you. even peacekeeping chief is this a thing bernie as well that have been protests against the perceived failure of u.n. forces to protect residents against the violence yet at the u.n. has room for improvement but called for unity among local partners to stick with. the message is that you should make the wrong end of use we are on the side of the people of this region the congolese people are there any things we can do better of course they are and we will work on it are our partners with who we work with every day also thinking about how to work even more closely with us. our d.c.

armed forces the national police the authorities. ok a developing story out of hong kong protesters back on the streets of the territory for another series of weekend rallies hundreds of people are marching the of the government headquarters against police brutality they say the rally will end at the polytechnic university where last month there was a siege by students early on sunday protesters held a march of gratitude which ended in front of the u.s. consulate organizers say they want to thank washington for approving legislation last week protecting protesters in hong kong and calling chinese officials could not face u.s. sanctions for any human rights abuses in hong kong sarah clarke is among the protesters sara we got these couple of reports dropping i know it is talking about tear gas being used what else do we know. or we're told one of the 3 rallies were planned for sunday were the one that started at kelowna certainty is t. an area where the stuff very starts and this march is going from from there all the

why past security around polytechnic university to an area known as hung home and yes a take as is already being fired in front of us which is the start of the march and behind it so the police said that these are the protesters were blocking the roads and the but the people are still streaming through this started 2 hours ago and we believed tens of thousands of people have returned to the straits and this rally at this particular rally it's as i mentioned one of 3 for the biggest by far today but we the police actually gave actually approval so that approval meant that more numbers joined but with the the warning and knowing that take gas has been how far behind me and in front of us we've seen a number of the younger generations i families they've turned away and are leaving as a result but we do know that some arrests have already been a day i am friday at the start of the rally and we know the police the right place are in front of me lining the whole way along this march but behind me the end point which is just a police checkpoint university which is where that siege took place for about 2 weeks and finished end of last week where we had about a 1000 protesters arrested we know that the police are there checking i.d.'s and

potentially looking at arresting anyone they believe might be involved in some of these demonstrations bits. there was an expectation what 2 hours ago that this these protests today would be bigger than normal because the police said yes you can stage your march and you can wrap it up around about the polytechnic university and yet the same police seem to be using tear gas to control the demonstrators. yes and again as i mentioned the reason why they've said that is that now they are blocking roads so where we are in my right hand side you have 6 lines and this is in a very busy part of calderon i've got hong kong on my left and this was al integrating the tourist and shopping district and it's when those protests is moved from the pavement onto those roads that's when the tear gas has been fired but we do know there's a hard core group of those protesters who led were at the front of this march and they were warning people if you don't have gas masks please leave so as a result they may be further with violent confrontation between the place and what

we witnessed in the past that the public approval as you mentioned seems to attract bigger numbers because people feel safer so it's disappointing to see already to get fired and we still have a number of hours left the march and people are still stringing paspaley if you can see behind me there's over and over past a quite a big highway the people are going around that area around that road to her home which is the final destination this is been going on for so long now sara just remind us of the protesters staying true to the original what was it 5 or 6 demands . it was a spark into one of the pro-democracy lawmakers here in hong kong at the lets the council and he said it's good to see these people still on the straight and this march where we are in hell and is about those 5 key demands i want to bring the people back to the key message and those demands are they want universal suffrage they want to be able to elect their chief executive as opposed as opposed to being it being appointed by posing they want an independent investigation into what peace but people believe that police brutality there's been

a lot of accusations of excessive force being used by the place on those protesters that want amnesty for those people who've already been arrested and they want these protests also not to be referred to as riots because if it's a riot if the people are arrested incur a heavy a penalty will the writing charges incurred heavier penalties and of course the last one if they want carry land to resign but at this stage there's been there's no sign of compromise from the government despite 6 months of demonstrations you'll keep us posted i'm sure but in the meantime thanks for it so much. still to come here on al-jazeera why russian politicians pushing for a law to criminalize domestic violence are now facing threats themselves and farms of the future we travel to wales to see how old techniques could help save the planet.

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ok these are your top stories so far today here from al-jazeera the iraqi parliament is set to meet with the prime minister to his resignation expected to top the agenda but that's done little to calm protests who want a total overhaul of the entire political system. a crowd in eastern democratic republic of congo killed 2 people accusing them of being rebels fighters from one rebel group have killed more than 100 civilians in the past month alone. and in the past half hour or so tear gas has been fired at demonstrators in hong kong they're marching near the government headquarters to protest against police brutality the rally will end at the polytechnic university where last month there was

a siege for more than 2 weeks by students. 6 e.u. countries have joined a trading system develop to do business with iran without violating u.s. sanctions belgium denmark finland sweden norway and the netherlands have all become shareholders in in sticks the system was founded by france britain and germany all signatories to the 2050 nuclear accord with iran the countries say they're working to facilitate trade with tehran but insist iran must return to full compliance with the nuclear deal. malta's prime minister is due to address the nation later today there's growing pressure on joseph muscat after a prominent businessman who's reportedly close to him was charged over the murder of an investigative journalist your confounded has denied complicity in the murder of daphne cardona in 2017 bullets his family called on the prime minister mr muscat to step down his chief of staff quit earlier this week after being questioned by

the police. as a journalist at the malta independent he spoke to us earlier about the possible repercussions this could have for the prime minister. the prime minister is expected to be giving a call about that tomorrow morning and the indication is that he will be announcing his intention to step down and not 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 will step down imminently we are we are not entirely sure yet. about the protesters are demanding that his resignation it is immediate ever since. the 1st arrest so no conflict to help and days ago there have been protests have any time the crowd gets larger and larger and all of them are calling for the same

thing that is that is his his immediate resignation and this is something that that struck back for the past ever since the assassination even the panama paper scandal emerged 3 years ago when his key post op who resigned a lot last tuesday and opinion minister hole to resign last tuesday where where a name that having secret companies. surinam president is expected to return home from a trip to china as he faces a 20 year prison sentence he was found guilty of planning and ordering the execution of 15 political prisoners in 1902 he has 2 weeks to appeal against the conviction he's denied the allegations. thousands of people joined protests in israel to demand the resignation of the prime minister benjamin netanyahu demonstrators gathered in tel aviv waving banners describing netanyahu as a corrupt leader last week he was charged with fraud bribery and the breach of trust has rejected calls to step down and accused prosecutors of staging an

attempted coups. it's an east coast guard has recovered the bodies of 7 migrants who went missing after their boat capsized last week brings the death toll to 1249 people were pulled from the water when their boat overturned off the coast of lampedusa hundreds of migrants and refugees have died in the mediterranean this year trying to reach europe from north africa. not 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 parliament but m.p. is pushing for the new law facing threats from conservative and religious groups step vasant reports now from moscow. had reported her husband's abuse weeks before her death police had sent her away 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. 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 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 manage to escape and go to a crisis center but they are only 15 government sponsored centers nationwide. religions are those who have 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 cultures something recent not. by any parcel the

last number of laws. for family but a glacial the birth of our fertility brought us like the show no resistance that's facing women who are fighting against the much the violence of but the opposition goes far beyond these kinds of protests russian women say these groups are well funded and have powerful connections with oksana pushkin a has received threats for initiating the new bill that includes restraining orders for abuses and more crisis centers for victims 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. yes 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 thousands of climate protesters have occupied coal mines across germany the police failed to stop trying to vs they storm several opencast mines in the east of the country coal production was interrupted for several hours the demonstrations are part of a campaign to pressurise the government into phasing out fossil fuels. the un says global warming is upset in food systems reducing harvests and intensifying poverty and hunger the way we produce food alone accounts for nearly 40 percent of greenhouse gas emissions al-jazeera is and i hate our travel to wales in the u.k. where farmers there are trying to do things a little bit differently. for farmers looking after the land whatever the weather

is a lifetime commitment none more so than at the holden probably farm in the welsh hills where they take a holistic approach to producing food no chemicals have been used on the palm purported 6 years and they've sown herbst into the pasture land to build a copper back to the soil to help offset some of the methane produced by the cows. that's chicory and in here as well there's yarrow and burnette and other herbal plants which the cows loved also they have deep roots and they help rian live in the soil and build the organic carbon by which we need to have to do to address climate change. patrick is a pioneer of the movement to produce food more sustainably he wants governments to support and vironment friendly farming methods while taxing those that pollute and he's encouraging consumers to pay more attention to how the food on the table is produced

a lot of farmers doubt whether the system could work and feed enough people but here is a which is demonstrating that this is the future the i.p.c.c. the un's body on climate change says global warming is already upset in food systems decreasing harvests an increasing food insecurity but it says poor land practices a contributing to 23 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions come from bombing agriculture and other land uses the trend towards more sustainable farming is something we can afford not to undertake and we need to act immediately because we probably have only 10 years left in making these changes if we are to avoid irreversible climate change. looking after the soil and seeing its potential for combating climate change is at the heart of what happens a few kilometers away a blind camel and contribute to this organic balm success the company being created here is made up of only natural materials like grass horse manure what. it is

biologically active with billions of microorganisms working to them like the life of the foil here they aim to be carbon neutral but plan to be carbon negative and everything that's grown goes into the local market. by managing the farmlands of the world you can bring carbon into a situation where it's stable within the saw and that will help the future not only for climate change per se but also for food production bombing wherever in the world has always been talk but a changing. lime it makes it even more challenging some farmers believe the answer lies in overhauling current industrial rites bombing techniques and embracing practices that both draw from and nurture the emma he would al-jazeera in the west of wales thousands of people have physicist bethlehem to mark the start of the

christmas season lights were turned on outside the church of the nativity where christians believe jesus christ was born on saturday a relic that's been stored in the vatican for more than a 1000 years was returned to bethlehem and it's believed to be in part of the wooden manger that was used as she says crib. we should all be here in doha let's update the top stories for you so far this the iraqi parliament is set to meet with the prime minister to use resignation expected to top the agenda he submitted his resignation to m.p.'s on saturday but that in itself has done little to calm protesters who want a total overhaul of the political system al-jazeera as mohammed junk has more now from baghdad on what could happen in parliament 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 in iraq 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 it what exactly happens next a crowd in eastern democratic republic of congo has killed 2 people accusing them of being rebels fighters from a rebel group have killed more than 100 civilians in the past month. tear gas has been fired at protesters in hong kong they're marching near the government headquarters to protest against allegations of police brutality they're also renewing their call for political reform the rally will end at the polytechnic university the site of a siege by students last month earlier protesters held

a march of gratitude they wanted to thank the u.s. government for approving a law last week aimed at protecting protestors in hong kong. 6 european countries have joined a trading system develop to do business with iran without violating american sanctions belgium denmark finland sweden norway and the netherlands have all become shareholders in instax the system was founded by france britain and germany all signatories to the 2015 nuclear accord with iran malta's prime minister is jews were oppressed the country later today there's growing pressure on him just of muscat after a prominent businessman who's reportedly close to him was charged over the murder of an investigative journalist you're going fenech has denied complicity in the murder of daphne corona in 2017 up next is a.j. selects they will have the news up all season. many countries aren't keeping up with their commitments to stop our planet t.-t. got. candy achieve anything at the u.n. climate change conference in madrid. as representatives from over $200.00 countries

gathered for a cop $25.00 join us for special coverage on al-jazeera. earlier you say i'm aware of the game you're going to need to. amuse him with i'm really wondering. you know you know more. he's. going to want to. know that the lawyer than got. out of this was an obligation as a legal.