al-jazeera investigates the politics of the middle east's most potent economic with saudi aramco company and. on al-jazeera. iraq's parliament is set to take up the prime minister's resignation but protesters want a complete overhaul of the political system. and welcome i'm peter sagal you're watching al-jazeera live from doha also coming up an angry crowd kills 2 people in democratic republic of congo after weeks of attacks by rebels in the east. the police in hong kong fired pepper spray on demonstrators and a new wave of anti-government protests. also this hour one of malta's wealthiest people

is charged in the murder of a journalist his ties to top government officials have prompted calls for the prime minister to step down. there as parliament is set to meet today with the prime minister. resignation expected to top the agenda he formally submitted his resignation to m.p.'s on saturday but that's done little to calm protest as they were demanding a total overhaul of the political system more than $400.00 people have died in the violence since protests began in early october. as our correspondent live for us in baghdad mohammed how do you think the parliament and fellow parliamentarians might react when they look at the nitty gritty of this resignation. of universe we have to talk about the elephant in the room here parliament was expected to start

meeting at 1 pm local. time that was an hour ago frankly this is not really a surprise that there is possibly a good play. actually goes on at all today we'll just have to wait and see because oftentimes when it has been expected the parliament is going to be meeting and taking a critical issues very important to try to solve this crisis either they can't make or a or they cancel the sessions altogether and that's just one of the reasons why so many of the demonstrators that i've been speaking to here today were they are not surprised and don't expect parliament to do much to really in this crisis now when it comes to what parliamentarians may or may not do if this session actually is held today and it still could be there may be a vote we were told 'd yesterday by officials that it was expected that the members of parliament would be voting either to accept or reject the resignation of prime minister out of god if they were to vote and accept the resignation we are told that means that then i could happen that he would head the caretaker government or

at least 30 days beyond that point well it's really not clear because if they have not yet chosen who his successor would be nobody knows what's going to happen if the parliament were to vote and refuse to accept the resignation of prime minster out there might be well they may try to territory but quite frankly we are already in uncharted territory here in iraq because political leaders did not expect that this protest movement would go as long as it has even today despite all the violence that has been directed towards anti-government demonstrators the past few days it's obvious that even today in the past couple of hours we have seen pictures emerged from the shia holy city of measure in which protesters there are demonstrating against the influence of the united states and also the influence of iran we're also seeing video emerge from the also the and also the in a flash point city the past few days in the south that is a shiite majority city where dozens of people were killed the last few days dozens of demonstrators today there are demonstrators coming out protesting against the

heavy handed response by security forces towards those demonstrators here in tahrir square and by that which is the epicenter of the anti-government demonstrations in the capital we've seen thousands of people come out this is the week that we've seen. we've seen the elderly we've seen a cross-section of society coming out here today to mourn the victims of violence the past several days you have seen symbolic funeral processions marching masses throughout the day we've seen people holding vigil lighting candles for those who have died we have seen people not just from but that people coming from cities like nazi and that ship to show solidarity so it really goes to show again just how significant this really grassroots movement is how it really goes beyond sectarianism and goes beyond politics and look at the people here are happy that i dropped in my idea submitted his resignation but they are skeptical as to what exactly that means they think it's a good 1st step but they also want to see as you mentioned i'd mention a complete overhaul of the political system here and they are wise enough to know

that here in iraq where politics are extremely difficult even on a good day they are wise enough to know that this is not something that can happen overnight peter. ok thanks very much mohammed jump in fact that. the crowd in eastern democratic republic of congo has killed 2 people it's accused of being rebels that happened in the eastern town of benny in the province of the crowd attacked a man and woman dressed in civilian clothes off planting 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 when 14 people were killed. the u.n. peacekeeping chief visited benny when there had been protests against the failure of u.n. troops to protect residents against violence he admitted there is room for improvement but called for unity secure but he did. the message is that you shouldn't make the wrong enemy because 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 whom we work with every day also thinking about how to work even more closely with us the f a r d c armed forces the national police the authorities. when i was there as catherine so it's in goma she says locals are now taking security into their own hands that killing of the couple yesterday by angry more than there was a child with this couple when they went to pick a taxi to go to areas that nobody else is going to because it's still unsafe so are these taxi drivers and constable question them as a couple was not very clear on the answers they had no idea and when the taxi people sussed the bags they found all this paraphernalia military equipment bullets military congolese military uniform as well so people gathered and stoned the couple to death but the child is safe so since that happened people in venue have

said they want to take charge of their own security because they don't feel that government security forces are doing it so they've set up checkpoints in some areas and are searching people who are coming in vehicles that are coming in particularly from areas where these killings have happened they say they do not trust anymore the security forces with. with their safety and there is an ongoing operation in the forest a joint operation with the u.n. and the military against a.t.f. we spoke to this folks from books one of the military who said that they are advancing and they've taken several. bases that were being held by a.d.f. they killed a senior commander of a.d.f. as well but a lot of people we've talked to in beni are saying why then even with the ongoing offensive can this fight of the of steel come to villages and kill people like we've seen in this week. the police in hong kong have used tear gas and pepper spray on protesters rallying across the city thousands of people marched to protest

against police brutality the rallies to pass the politicking university which students blockaded during an 11 day siege last month well earlier a march of gratitude ended in front of the u.s. consulate organizers say they want to thank washington for approving legislation last week aimed at protecting protestors there hong kong and mainland chinese officials could now face u.s. sanctions and human rights abuses in hong kong sarah clarke is there she says the protesters are standing firm on their demands. and would be spoken to 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 much where we are and helen is about those 5 key demands i want to bring the people back to that 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 beijing they want an independent investigation into what people believe are the police brutality there's 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 the people arrested encourage heavier penalties go to 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 thought of compromise from the government despite 6 months of demonstrations. election campaign is focused today on how to deal with people convicted of terrorist offenses after friday's attack in central london the british prime minister boris johnson is promising tougher sentences but the main opposition is proposing a case by case treatment of offenders challenge joins us live now from london laurie is this becoming an election issue. absolutely it is we have blue. and 2 weeks to go until britain goes to the polls on december the 12th and the particulars of this attack have blown up

into a big problem for the governments and a big issue in this election campaign what it boils down to is essentially why was is in the car on out on the streets of london when technically he was still serving the remaining years of his sentence now boris johnson on the andrew marr programme on b.b.c. earlier on today was trying to make the case that this is not the fault of the conservatives despite the fact that the conservatives have been in power for the best part of 10 years the roots of this goes back to the labor governments of tony blair and gordon brown and he was saying that the courts had no option but to release those men con early because of legislation passed in 2008 now that is not strictly true there are various ways in which the particulars of who's been

caught on the case appeal and sentencing have filtered into legislation passed by numerous different governments including the conservatives conservative governments of the last 10 years but he obviously feels boris johnson that in the last stages of this campaign he has to show that this is not something that conservatives are responsible for and that they can still be viewed as the party of law and order where the voters will buy that or not is a matter that will have to wait until december the 12th to find out he's mainly up against jeremy corbyn the labor party leader what's mr corbyn been saying about this this morning. well he has said the reason why britain has a terrorism issue is because of foreign policy decisions like going to war in iraq and that it is that that is creates is the. problems

within muslim communities in the u.k. who feel aggrieved like britain as a power has been fighting against them and their fellow religionists around around the world. so. jeremy covens pushes it position is that this is a an endemic problem that is the result of going to war when britain should not have gone to war. he has also put the blame i think on the cuts that the conservative party have made over the last decades to the criminal justice system to policing and the monitoring of offenders that there should have been a better scrutiny of it's been caught on and that is probably a result of the fact that the justice system at the moment is very very very overstretched and he said that there shouldn't be any need to legislation just

because this is election season rory thanks very much. still to come here on al-jazeera why russian politicians pushing for a law to criminalize domestic violence of facing threats. on the streets of latin america but for different reasons we'll have a report from chile. hello again welcome back to international weather forecasts were here quite. north asia we are going to be seeing a messy weather situation as we go towards monday and we do have a system coming in off the sea of japan and making its way towards japan with a lot of rain as well as some winds there as well up towards the north though it's going to be in snow for sapporo in the overnight hours during the day switching

over to rain with attempt a few afford agrees tokyo at 14 a very heavy rain in your forecast and osaka 15 degrees on monday dropping down to about 9 degrees as we go towards tuesday and also very chilly across the korean peninsula where we could be seeing seoul at 40 degrees but plenty of sun in the forecast well for shanghai i do expect to see a temptress coming down as well here on monday a lot of sun in the forecast but always saying about 10 degrees for you there by the time we get to tuesday still very sunny but also coming down slightly to about 9 for hong kong though you're also going to be seeing a drop in temperature we do expect to see 20 degrees as your forecast high on tuesday and then here across the philippines it is a typhoon that is going to be making landfall here on monday evening the system is strengthening and over the next few days we do expect to see some very heavy rain in terms of flooding 300 millimeters or more could be seen across much of the area and landslides and mudslides could be possible.

our planet is warming as never before with profound consequences for life on earth for the world's leading scientists say there is still time to plan it as i left 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 plan attacks i'll ask on al-jazeera. welcome back let's just recap the top stories for you here on al-jazeera the iraqi

parliament is set to meet with the prime minister abdullah abdullah marx's resignation expected to top the agenda but that's done little to come protesters they want a total overhaul of the political system. a crowd in eastern democratic republic of congo has killed 2 people accusing them of being rebels fighters from a rebel group of killed more than 100 civilians in the last month. and the police in hong kong have used tear gas and pepper spray on protesters rallying in the city thousands of people marched near the government headquarters to protest against police brutality. 6 european 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 sticks the system was founded by france britain and germany all signatories to the 2050 nuclear accord with iran countries say they're working to facilitate trade with tehran but insist iran must return to full compliance of the

nuclear deal. malta's prime minister is due to address his nation later today politicians from joseph mascot's party have met to discuss his future there is growing pressure on him after a prominent businessman has reportedly close to was charged over the murder of an investigative journalist york and fenech has denied complicity in the murder of daphne cottle in a galaxy in 2017 her family has called on the prime minister mr muscat to resign his chief of staff quit earlier this week after being questioned by the police other is a journalist with the malta independent who spoke about the possible repercussions this case could have for the prime minister. the prime minister is he's expected to be giving a televised address tomorrow morning and the indication is that he will be announcing his intention to step down and sucking up the process or the leadership race or the

labor party which he's part of. partly in an election which will inform the will take place on the 18th of january as to whether he'll step down imminently we are we're not entirely sure yet. but protests are demanding that his resignation is if the media ever since. the 1st of this conflict was now 10 days ago there's been a protests and. the crowds get larger and larger and all of them are calling on the same thing that is now that he's in his immediate resignation and this is something that that track back to the off ever since the assassination even the panama paper scandal moved 3 years ago when his staff who resigned last last year was there and a senior minister who also resigned last year was they were where named as having companies. we're telling the city of venice is holding a referendum on whether it should have greater autonomy from rome the damage caused

by last month's floods the center of a political debate venice experienced the highest water levels in more than 50 years the city should be divided into 2 municipalities giving the lagoon area its own administration for referendums have been held since the 1970 s. the movie is president going gob has been reelected for a 2nd term he won the presidential election with just over 56 percent of the vote he was 1st elected in 2014 with a sweeping majority but his popularity has slipped with growing frustration over a lack of jobs and a weak economy russia is one of the few european countries where there is 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 however m.p.'s pushing for this new law facing threats from conservative and religious groups step vasant has more 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 and have been accepted our child went to wake up his mom in the morning and found her with her throat sliced open covered didn't blood and her eyes half closed that's how he described it himself the fact that sergei has a child was considered a softening circumstance isn't an absurd situation he killed this child's mother he left his 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 are 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 ground cultures something recent not be in the real. parts of all the last number of laws. for family regulation the birth of our fertility voters 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 protest russian women say these groups are well funded and have powerful connections. 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 covering 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 mosco. several countries across latin america are expected to hold a similar teeniest cuts a lot so on sunday it's a type of protest that involves banging on pots and pans and while crowds are coming together for a variety of reasons they all do share something in common the sea and human has more now from one of those demonstrations in the chilean capital santiago. this is

the unmistakable sound of the protests. of a very special kind of protest. and a very noisy one at that. because of the last will require support. for a pan and something to strike if we. all keep doing this until the politicians understand that inequality in chile is unacceptable but that we have a gathering and it doesn't matter how long it takes i still have plenty of pans left. banging pots and pans became famous in chile in 1981 when opponents of the left wing government of president day came out to protest food shortages and rationing it was associated with the center and right wing opposition sociologist manuel until you got it done remembers it well. must we're going to. the costs are a loss so we're part of the best organized protests that would lead to the military

overthrow if i ended the idea was to attribute it to civil society and women in the name of protecting their families and children the irony is that 12 years later the 1st major protest against the dictatorship brought the pots and pans back in the middle of an acute economic crisis characterized by hunger especially in the poor going to many assume that chile was the birthplace of the classic. the practice. for. the 1st. appeared in algeria the so-called. later they remembered me there they had red african american back. in europe and. one of the virtues of this form of protest is that you can do it day or night on the street or from your home where presumably there's less risk of

being arrested especially when there's a curfew. depending on how widespread and noisy the classes are last will one can gauge the degree of support for a given protest. in venezuela for example the pots and pans come out every time there's a blackout or just a protest against president nicolas maduro. but the practice transcends all ideologies it's simply the best way many people feel they have to make themselves heard you see in human al-jazeera something i will. thousands of climate protesters have occupied coal mines across germany the police failed to stop activists as they storm several open cost mines in the east of the country but demonstrations are part of a campaign to pressure the government into phasing out fossil fuels. being a vegetarian is nothing new but the push towards a plant based diet has taken on added importance because of global warming companies that make meat based food stuffs are racing to create the best vegetarian

but that appeals to people who are consumed me teaches it's all part of a new effort to reduce reliance on farming animals which contribute to greenhouse gas emissions rob reynolds takes a bite. that's a really good this is a plant based burger made by impossible foods what we do here is we take simple natural ingredients we take our knowledge of what those ingredients are and we recombine them to make amazing delicious products the goal is to revolutionize agriculture improve human health and reverse global warming a tall order for a little burger this company's goal is very clear which is to eliminate the need for animals in the food system by 2035 raising food animals and the crops to feed them consumes a 3rd of freshwater and nearly half of all the available land on planet earth

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key to getting you know very wide adoption the plants means meat products means to actually give hardcore meeting parents their real experience not microphone experience right some nutritionists warned that the processed ingredients in plant based meat are less healthy than vegetables by themselves but the demand is growing and plant based meat is already being sold by fast food chains fine restaurants and supermarkets we want it to be accessible to the mine 1000000000 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 bon appetit rob reynolds al-jazeera redwood city california. thousands of people have been to 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 at the vatican in rome for more than a 1000 years was returned to bethlehem is believed to be part of the wooden manger that was used as a crib for the baby jesus to him has more now from bethlehem where palestinians are hoping the return of the relic will help tourism. thousands of palestinians and i'd like to believe that come to the manger square which is there's another because church the traditional brotherly that's right. it took us i know where to get here from tourism them because of israeli checkpoints we were delayed but this is the way. it's a joyful occasion it's a new beginning nothing competes with the beauty. here. they have another reason to celebrate earlier. parts of jesus christ

more than 2000 years ago they've been moved to the vatican in the 7th century before making their way back to. the early exit will give to resemble the ministry of tourism. the 3000000 visitors that came to palestine here . we go let's recap the top stories for you so far this half hour the iraqi parliament set to meet today with the prime minister abdul marked his resignation is expected to top the agenda he submitted his resignation to m.p.'s on saturday but that in itself has done little to calm the protesters who want the total overhaul of the political system on $400.00 people have died. died in the violence as protests began in early october. a crowd in eastern democratic republic of congo

have killed 2 people accusing them of being rebels fighters from a rebel group of killed more than 100 civilians in the past month. the police in hong kong have used tear gas and pepper spray on protesters rallying in the city thousands of people marched near the government headquarters to protest against police brutality sarah clarke is in hong kong she says the protesters affirm standing with that in mind. this antigovernment rally began payslip but where we are now is where the right places now gathered and they're trying to disperse the last of the protests as it was tear gas fired at the start of the rally back near the star ferry here as well as here but this is this particular rally attractive big number simply because it was approved by police and as a result it attracted the largest crowds out of the 3 rallies planned on sunday and this message was an anti government message it was all about meeting with the government making those 5 kid demands which includes democratic elections and an independent investigation into what these protesters believe is police brutality excessive force being used on protesters over the last 6 months of demonstrations 6

european countries have joined a trading system developed to do business with iran without violating u.s. sanctions belgium denmark finland sweden norway and the netherlands have all become shareholders in instead the system was founded by france britain and germany all signatories to the 2015 nuclear accord with iran malta as prime minister is due to address the nation later on sunday politicians from joseph muskrats party have met to discuss his future there is growing pressure on him after a prominent businessman who's reportedly close to him was charged over the murder of an investigative journalist you organ fenech has denied complicity in the murder of karelia in 2217 those are your headlines the news continues after planet s.o.s. i will see you very soon. hello

i am a man is a borrow and this is planet 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 for its ability to sustain life and that extends to the way we produce food but we're wasting a lot of it on 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 the annual climate talks taking place this year

in madrid. we begin with something which quite rare.