when every. government opened fire on anti-government protesters in central baghdad at least 16 are dead. i'm richelle carey this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up a saudi air force officer training at a u.s. naval base opens fire killing 3 classmates. thousands of afghans who had fled the violence to iran are forced to return as they run out of work due to u.s. sanctions. i'm catherine sawyer at the home of the royal drawings. i'll be telling

you about a culture that has been. our tester's and iraq's capital have come under attack killing at least 16 people. a gunman opened fire kwame square a focal point of the leaderless protest movement more than 70 others were wounded security forces say they don't know who the armed men were and happened a week after prime minister mahdi resigned timeship cleric has called for a new prime minister to be chosen without foreign interference and that they now from dorsetshire bari in baghdad or so what else do we know about about what happened. well according to our sources this violence began late last night around the square that's just north of here square parent lee a number of armed men in trucks tried to remove

a number of protesters who were occupying a building in that area and that's when the violence started we heard from the victims who say that they don't know where these gunmen came from or who they belong to there is no really clear indication what group is responsible for this attack but the we've heard from the other camp in this country and they said during this violence they've lost 3 of their men who were fighting these gunmen for what they say is they were trying to protect the protesters so it's very unclear at the moment who is fighting who but what is important to note is that this violence is escalating in an area that is very very tense already. as we said this is a leaderless movement are there are there any indications pardon me that this is going to become more organized or anyone potentially in a position to become a voice of this movement. no i think what's happening is just the opposite it's

becoming more divided what is clear now is following the friday a prayer sermons that was the livered in the holy city of karbala by the grand ayatollah spokesperson there was a call for this exact situation to be avoided grand ayatollah sistani express his views saying that they don't want any divisions within the demonstrators they don't want any other groups to come into the demonstrators claiming that they are there on the behalf of the clerical establishment in iraq and that the iraqi demonstrators really have one voice and there is no division within them but what we seen is a different story which took place late last night it was the exact opposite it seems that these men that carried out these attacks were crying trying to create that very division that the highest clerical authority in iraq was urging to avoid so it's a very tense situation in an escalation really in terms of the division that's being created within the demonstrations and the various groups that are trying to

take control of the voice on the streets of baghdad or sort of are with the latest or source of thank you a saudi military student has killed 3 people at a u.s. naval base he was on a training course and florida the saudi king is found u.s. president trump it offered his condolences to the victims it's a 2nd deadly shooting at a u.s. base this week a can of reports from washington. mabel is stationed pensacola was placed in a state of lockdown as were the surrounding neighborhoods where many of the 16000 personnel at the base live along with some 7000 civilians who work that each day. a navy spokesman confirmed it was a saudi national training at the base who opened fire in a classroom we have the international training syllabus we have students from from several different countries that come here they learn aviation they become naval aviators while they're here florida's governor was quickly on the scene and while briefing president trump on the phone raise the question of reparations one of the

things that i talk to the president about is given that this was a foreign national in the employ of a foreign service is you know be time to do this but obviously the government of saudi arabia needs to to make make things better for these victims and i think that they they are going to owe a debt here the saudi king contacted president trump to express his nation's condolences thinking that the saudi people have made me angry by the actions of the shooter and that this person in no way shape or form represents the feelings of the saudi people who love the american people so much the base is very much part of the local community which is now beginning to come to terms with the loss of their grieving mothers and fathers today who will never recover from this day the f.b.i. is assisting local law enforcement officials in the investigation the primary toss to establish an exact motive and to find out how the saudi national got through the

extensive vetting process that all foreign nationals attending training undergo mike hanna al-jazeera washington the democratic led house of representatives has passed ace resolution backing a 2 state solution for israel and palestine that are along party lines to pass a largely symbolic measure the house reaffirm longstanding u.s. policy against settlement expansion last month the trump ministration reversed that policy. a rape victim in india who was set on fire has died the 23 year old was on her way to court when she was attacked on thursday while men told police she was beaten and stabbed before 5 men set her on fire in the northern state it was her protests her family is demanding a similar treatment for her attackers as the accused any idea of a rape case and that case or suspects accused of rape and murder were shot dead by police. a court has. directed the police to properly investigate the

killings and preserve the bodies the action was condemned by rights activists but was hailed by many indians. thousands of afghan workers and refugees are leaving iran each week because of the dire economic situation caused by u.s. sanctions for some afghans the desperation for work now outweighs the dangers they once ran from her neighbor reports. border crossing between iran and afghanistan. getting a job in iran provided a lifeline for many afghans crossing the border was both and a skate from fighting between taliban and government forces as well as from u.s. airstrikes. but the afghans couldn't escape the u.s. sanctions which are crippled the iranian economy many have left because of hyperinflation. prices for food have doubled and it's hard for us to find the jobs it's hard living in iran because our wages lost so much value in the price of basic things increased a lot and it's difficult to survive. but the iran afghanistan border crossing point

to islam collar really 500000 afghans are returned so far this year adding further to the overstretched resources of aid organizations coping with the country's internally displaced one point was an estimated 3000000 afghans in iran half of them illegally those who are caught without identification documents are deported even unaccompanied children. attention for your family isn't for you this stuff they forced you. are in you are an accomplice to. those without papers could be treated harshly. laura says. the police hit me with an electric rod and i fell into a ditch i was not able to move my leg but there are no jobs in afghanistan so i will try and go back when my leg is better than ali is one of the desperate he is heading to iran even though times there are hard but he is the sole breadwinner for

12 family members and something is better than nothing. i know it is expensive in iran but if i understand there is hardly a need to. pay only a few dollars a day that's not enough family afghans are having to make stark and often life changing choices. afghans may have been suffering economically but at least they were safe in iran they're now returning to a country that is dangerous and highly unpredictable and once again their futures are far from certain tony burke 3 hours 0 islam karla border crossing between iran and afghanistan and there are reports around 30 people have been killed in a new massacre in the eastern democratic republic of congo appalls a series of attacks by rebels entered around many that have damaged efforts to contain ebola the allied democratic forces have killed more than $100.00 civilians since october aid groups suspended after a sions after attacks by a different rapport group last month. still ahead on al-jazeera the british prime

minister and the opposition leader face off in their final t.v. debate for next week's election. and people in yemen are turning to solar energy to fill shortages. out of the european weather is divided distinctly north to south surprisingly this massive cloud here that's sitting over most northern countries incoming of the atlantic is the wind the mild stuff is modern the north and further south this is being quiet sunny but i am very cold by night now to engage each other some should not be rising slowly here but it's a mess of fog and low cloud of germany of france the low countries to come still technically when it into the teens for the british isles and reason not in the

sunshine after morning fog that's warmer than juric and not much different to be honest from northern italy when the teens for the better in places like greece and the thunderstorms have been around the ages if you're drifted down to albania to greece macedonia as well i'll be there on saturday on sunday they have gone to there's been some more incursions of this sort of weather so it's not as focused the it is about 7 degrees burns till 10 and dundas 13 same as paris is wet windy we get the fog but still the division is not sex which means not much is happening from the point of view of the influence of european weather in africa but this massive cloud shows where the won't is coming from one direction the cold weather and the other we're in the teens on me.

watching hour to 0 let's recap the top stories right now identified gunmen and iraq have shot dead 16 people to protest camp in baghdad security forces deny involvement that happened a week after the prime minister abdullah mahdi resigned. a member of the saudi air

force has been shot dead after killing 3 people at a u.s. naval base in florida are some donald trump says the saudi king has called him to offer his condolences as our product led house of representatives has passed a resolution backing a 2 state solution for israel and palestine it's seen as a rebuke to president trump's pro israel policies. foreign minister says he's hoping for positive results after talks with saudi arabia the saudis bahrain egypt and the u.a.e. had blockaded gaza torah since cutting trade and diplomatic ties 2 and a half years ago saying at a conference in rome shaikh mohammed bin alto rockman all phony said discussions with the kingdom had gone well. we have moved from a stalemate it's to some progress where there are some talks. that took place between us and. specifically and saudi and we hope that this these talks will lead. to

a progress where we can see an end. to 4 of the 4 to become licensed several world powers have been pressuring iran to stop pulling back from its commitments to the 2015 nuclear deal france germany britain china and russia are trying to keep the deal from collapsing after the u.s. pulled out a prisoner at the met in vienna that didn't decide on whether to bring the case to the u.n. security council or whether to reimpose sanctions. algeria has held its 1st and only televised presidential debate before next week's election earlier tens of thousands of people held their last friday protest before the vote which they rejected as meaningless and the demonstrators say there were few to vote until there's a complete change of the ruling elite or smith reports. 5 men lined up for a television 1st in algeria i did paid between candidates in next week's presidential election all of them have either supported or served in the government

of president abdelaziz bouteflika before he was forced to resign in april when confronted by mass protests. at the all former constitutions in algeria have served the heads of state but the constitution must serve the people while i will start an inclusive debate and seek help from constitutional experts and all political classes that will result in national referendum that will lead us to a constitution would be of the algerian people. well aware libyan that. the constitution is the mother of all is just the 1st step and change the algerian people have demand to change we all demand change and change will not happen without the law and 1st and foremost the amendment of the constitution. but all of them seem to represent algeria's old guard is what leading calls for a boycott of the polls. thousands of protestors were out again in

towns and cities across the country earlier for the 42nd successive friday protests many of them say the election is pointless and they won't vote analysts predict a voter turnout of just 12 to 15 percent i don't think there will be an open in of for political system what is happening in a moment is some sort of inertia it gives the impression that something is happening that so many multi-party system exists or look presidential elections will take place next to the and so on and so forth but in reality not being changes i the army says thursday's election is the only way to end the standoff with the opposition was amnesty international says algeria security forces have escalated a crackdown on the protests ahead of the december 12 election the human rights group says there's been a wave of arbitrary arrests and imprisonment of dozens of peaceful liked. burnitz

made. the waiter's of the u.k.'s 2 main parties have faced off in the final t.v. debate before next week's election exit in the national health service are among the key issues discussed al-jazeera is paul brennan was at that debate. a week from today one of these 2 men will be britain's new prime minister a month since the campaign began and with just days until it finishes this t.v. debate was the last chance for voters to compare and contrast these 2 leaders side by side predictably dominated the early exchanges mr johnson will spend at least 7 years ago shaping the usa on access to our public services on the price of medicines in britain on the access to our national health service and so what he will do is walk out of a relationship with the e.u. into a relationship with nobody everybody on the labor front bench is campaigning to remain apart from mr corbin who's who is neutral on the matter who is going to secure this

deal how can you get a deal a new deal from brussels for bret's it if you don't actually believe in it it was a fast paced encounter skipping swiftly from their rival plans for the national health service how the parties intend to pay for their election promises and even a question about socialism vs capitalism johnson tackle corgan on labor's alleged anti semitism problem corp in challenge johnson on fake news and misleading slogans on campaign process and at the end both men addressed the audience directly. the future really is ours to make together we can tackle the climate emergency and child poverty and properly fund our national health service on thursday you can choose hope and vote for real change we can get threats done get out of neutral and get a parliament that works for you and on your priorities the n.h.s. the cost of living $20000.00 more police more cash for our schools let's get it

done on the basis of this t.v. debate though with just 5 campaigning days left before polling day there are no signs of a shift in gear from either of the 2 main parties but labor got a vast offering and cold in the mix supposedly is relatively popular so it's definitely important for labor to try and branch out but for conservatives it is all about getting back to town the government minister and. shadow minister on the right of argument there in the spin room here backstage at the t.v. debates and it's indicative i think of just how divisive this election campaign has been the t.v. debate really only serving to emphasize the stark choices that voters face when they go to the polling booths next thursday britain is a divided country polarized by political tribalism and these 2 main contenders for prime minister both have very different ideas about how to address that brennan al-jazeera maidstone. francis government said it's sticking to its plans for pension reforms despite a nationwide strike that brought nearly

a 1000000 people out onto the streets administrate work for the system change would be gradual and not brutal as are his words it was the biggest strike in 2 decades on friday stations remained empty and schools shut for a 2nd day the roads clogged up with traffic your supreme court judge has temporarily blocked the release of president ronald trump's financial records to house democrats trump had asked the court to consider the emergency request on thursday an appeals court in new york had ordered 2 banks to comply with subpoenas seeking information about trump's finances. hundreds of protesters in haiti's capital port au prince have burned barricades near the u.s. embassy. the protesters say the u.s. is propping up the government of president reagan employees who's been accused of corruption one of the poorest countries in the americas and has been suffering from widespread food and fuel shortages activists are demanding an apology from mexico

city footballers caught making fun of a new feminist anthem. video you 17 club america dancing and laughing to the song emerged earlier this week it's called a rapist in your power that was 1st performed during anti-government protests and she lay testers call the team's actions disrespectful and response called america says it youth players will take an awareness course about violence against women and maci small. to ban them also spread to argentina on friday hundreds of women gathered for the protest performance and. the movement has also spread to brazil improve the calls for justice for gender based crimes as well as action against sexism and. governments in southeast asia say more regional cooperation is needed to tackle a growing drug problem but at the methamphetamine an opium comes from me and maher

were armed groups use drug money to fund their wars against the government but as one hate reports one of those army says its anti-drug is and is stepping up a fight against the addiction. in this part of me and armed rebels are in control and they make the rules if you're addicted to drugs and get caught you're detained and put to work even those who aren't from this area are subject to the arbitrary laws of the to our national liberation army. t.n.l. a have checkpoints and they stop people who pass through their territory they tested by your own and i didn't pass and then they brought me here i didn't have a chance to defend myself and when they ordered me to come here i had to follow. the t.l.a. is a relatively small but active rebel army based in shan state which is one of me and mars main drug growing and manufacturing areas it's involved in regular fights with the me and my military and other ethnic minority militias that are allied with government forces the tongue say they don't want independence but autonomy they

also say they're not involved in the drug trade but like other rebel groups they've been accused of human rights abuses including kidnapping and forcing people to join their ranks critics say the drug rehabilitation centers are also illegal addicts are taken to remote secret locations with are held for 3 months the methods often result in injuries but the t.n.l. a say they work and they're essential to combat the growing use of methamphetamine and heroin young when them in villages the addicts run away and hide and i don't arrest anyone so we worry that people who live here will become drug addicts little destroy the future for the tongue people so we arrest all addicts and dealers regardless of where they come from there are many legacies of me and long running civil wars and almost 50 years of military rule areas like this have been left behind through a lack of development and opportunity which is help to provide space for armed

groups to operate with impunity wayne hay al jazeera. and i'll start several fires have combined into a single so-called mega fire as fires north of sydney and it's been stirred by strong winds more than 100 fires are burning in the state of new south wales tens of thousands of people around the world rallied against climate change after a call by a teenage activist brought upon burke she led a protest march in madrid where the un climate change conference is being held she became a global face of public anger over environmental destruction. we are in the middle . of climate and ecological emergency. and we need to start treating this crisis my crisis and we need to step out of our comfort so we won't let them get away with it any more we say in you know now was a big change he's chummy with the united. millions of people have been displaced by

the war and yemen now in its 5th year many live in camps or derelict buildings with no electricity or proper sanitation facilities fuel imports are restricted or banned making hardships even worse as mohamed el on top reports from sana many people have been turning to solar power to try to ease their suffering. and his family fled their home in the coastal city of her data to ski the fighting and there is strikes me this already you we can we have be living in an abandoned house on the outskirts of the capital sana'a there is no electricity but jimmy is hoping this solar panel will help brighten up the dark nights roma so. i could hardly earn a living to provide enough food to feed my family a boat the solar panel because we have lived for months in darkness. jamile the son general is delighted with his father's a persian base but would have liked

a more powerful system. i'm happy but i hope one day we can watch t.v. like any kids around the world. it's not just families like the more shirts that are improving conversations for themselves with the help of solar power farmers too are reaping the benefits but as with so many things in yemen restrictions on imports mean set backs are never far away but lennon and. because of the saudi intimate ban on fuel and the current brutal war we've been forced to buy solar panels now we have been told importers can't bring such alternative sources of power we wonder if it might be a direct war against us who are not affiliated to any group. will carry molly relies on our electric wheelchair to get around but has found it difficult to keep it formally charged now he has the answer carroll gave again

and the only breadwinner from a big family before i installed the solar panel i used to stay for hours at some of the shops to recharge my welchers battery the situation is better for me now. he really has now become one of the largest importers of solar panels the environmentally friendly power system providing some comfort for families devastated by years of fighting between the saudi you. and the theories parts want to acknowledge you can't bring isn't and to the war with what most yemenis want be on everything else. it's on our. royal drums of burundi have been considered sacred since ancient times and a symbol of unity our young children are being taught the ritual dance to keep the culture alive. as

a story from good shora. these are some of these best dramas they leave in our home to the famous for oil drums and a culture of drumming that dates back centuries the ritual of the royal drums is known the good last call heritage least. leads drama he tells us this compound in the heart or entering a significant wound is ancient king came here seeking refuge when belgian colonizers wanted to kill him at the time of the 19th century he later surrendered but the drumming he loved stayed on to mark the bravery of those who helped him. when people heard he was here they brought him a gift of. he slaughtered them for a feast and used to make 2 roll drums which exist to date in this century. this is a special hardware the most important drums are kept including this too we are told

there are about 100 years or conserving the culture is important to everyone here. every time the drums beat shara the whole neighborhood comes out this surgery is one of the country's main tourist attractions and a source of livelihood for most people here. says she once has to learn the tradition women are not allowed to be dramas. every thursday after school my son comes here to learn from the older drama teaching the young generation will keep the culture alive. so twice every week young boys come here for training sessions lining the arts. affecting their moves. i started drumming when i was very little my father and grandfather were drummers i'm hoping one day i'll be able to transcend other countries and. royal

drumming is not only allowed in official functions the government says this is to avoid commercializing the culture of the show stoppers in functions like this presidential events are often the children through these future dramas catherine saw al-jazeera. recap the headlines right now on al-jazeera unidentified gunmen and iraq have shot dead 16 people at a protest camp in baghdad security forces deny involvement at alba just a week after prime minister resigned already has been monitoring developments from baghdad we heard from the victims who say that they don't know where these gunmen came from or who they belong to there is no really clear indication what group is

responsible for this attack but the we've heard from the other camp in this country and they said during this violence they've lost 3 of their men who were fighting these gunmen for what they say they were trying to protect the protesters so it's very unclear at the moment who is fighting whom but what is important to note is that this violence is escalating in an area that is very very tense already a saudi military student has killed 3 people to u.s. naval base he was on a training course in florida the saudi king has phoned u.s. president donald trump and offered his condolences to the victims it's the 2nd deadly shooting at a u.s. base this week. the king said that the saudi people are greatly angered by the blood work the actions of the shooter and that this person in no way shape or form represents the feelings of the saudi people who love the american people so much the democratic led house of representatives has passed a resolution backing a 2 state solution for israel and palestine have voted along party lines to pass

a largely symbolic measure the house reaffirmed longstanding u.s. policy against settlement expansion last month the transfer ministration reversed that policy a rape victim in india who was set on fire has died the 23 year old was on her way to court when she was attacked on thursday she told police she was beaten stabbed before 5 men set her on fire in the northern state of her topper tash qatar foreign minister says he is hoping for a positive results after talks with saudi arabia the saudis bahrain egypt and the u.a.e. have blockaded qatar since cutting trade and diplomatic ties 2 and half years ago speaking at a conference in rome shaikh mohammed bin al still rockline all thought he said discussions with the kingdom had gone well i said the headlines keep it here and so our story is that next. that we bring the whole political deadlock since the brics that referendum in the hague is still up to the divided will the general election will december the growth is all anything that can be boris johnson get the

rx it done where does the u.k. go through media follow the u.k. general election or don't you. a fight over control of the mediterranean sea libya and turkey drop by injury line in the border but sitting in the middle as the great island of crete half incensed the new violates international law so what's at stake and could it lead to armed conflicts this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program i'm hala my head's in greece and turkey are a holds over a host of issues but the latest has pushed them closer to a military confrontation so he has.