$28.00 or towards madagascar though a few showers with a temperature of $27.00. police in india are accused of using excessive force against protesters angry over a controversial new citizenship law. back to boil watching al-jazeera live from our global headquarters in doha also coming out cooler weather may help firefighters battling bushfires across parts of australia. and i'm nicholas hall victoria falls despite the rainbow the world's largest waterfall is in some parts

a slow trickle find out next how the worst drought in a century is affecting 45000000 people across 14 nations in southern africa and getting more of a taste of politics banks head to the polls parliamentary elections with a wider choice of candidates. their end ramadi is due to appear this hour at a rally in new delhi as he faces one of his biggest domestic challenges since becoming india's prime minister at least $25.00 people have died so far in violence healed by anger against a citizenship bill which opponents say discriminates against muslims sabina shuster reports some new delhi. police in the northern state are not taking chances. did runs wild firing tear gas not protests. sisters who are defying

a government ban to congregate in large crowds. every tactic is being used to quash nationwide protests against a new citizenship law the police are being accused of using excessive force was what started as a student demonstration has grown into one large a movement to denounce what governments often and say is divisive and discriminate to read legislation. the law excludes muslims from neighboring countries from receiving indian citizenship which goes against india secular constitution the unrest in india has been discussed at a conference of muslim leaders in malaysia prime minister matti mohammed said the indian law is unfair to exclude streams from becoming citizen even by due process i thing is unfair so we have ways. of.

disagreement with this kind of treatment india rejected his comments saying the law doesn't impact the status of any indian citizen or deprive any indian of any faith of her or his citizenship the malaysian prime minister's remark is factually inaccurate we call upon the to refrain from commenting on internal developments in india without the right understanding of facts. on saturday protesters back the streets of new delhi despite the government's ban on large crowds was 'd. lawyers from india supreme court and high courts joined the outcry we are one cog in the discriminate among those 6 jenny jones and muslims if overcautious have allowed us a lot everyone was outside the jam yet many years time here and. basti where the

protests 1st yes. c it's now closed but still still cademy joined by people from all walks of life at the moon it's one of the. art students depicted the constitution and the government's attitude to it by painting this street it's amazing that john has united the nation in that sense but . it's also dislike the idea behind it which is sort of issues the idea behind the act it's all visions that every thinking human being everyone in this country will be affected and therefore standing up indians here are vowing to continue their defiance revolt against the law and say they won't allow the government to destroy the very fabric on which their nation is built on. and sabina joins us now live from new delhi sabina most of the violence that we've seen has been in pradesh a

b j p governed state why is this a case why have the deaths been in areas that are ruled by the be a g.p. . yet reports from ibuki the predation has been deeply distressing i does appear that the police of that there have been given that it could seal those 2 italian against the testers what we've also seen is that in other states they're happy huge rallies justin had about yesterday along with not sure that hundreds of thousands of people came to the streets to protest but nothing happened it was very very peaceful many even here in delhi it's really actually peaceful even though the police of the here are controlled by the central government exit on friday they rose retaliation in old early so it does appear that egypt the govern states the police have been given. authority to retaliate against. it looks like you are at war seems like

a rally right now in new delhi should be prime minister modi supposed to be speaking this hour do we expect him to address the violence and what the government's message in light of all this. is the government has been largely quite reminiscent is it. give this speech for this. rally that he's holding is a. new and election that is about the state elections that is going to have a temporary. home here is that he's married to address the citizenship no ideas really the situation but there is also things started to once people hear that he might say something inflammatory and that might estimate the violence again so there is hope and people are really anxiously waiting to see what he is going to say thank you for that should be misfits alive for

a sin new delhi in other world news cooler weather conditions in australia are expected to help firefighters contain more than 100 blazes across the state of new south wales bushfires have been burning out of control in conditions described as catastrophic at least 8 people have died and hundreds of homes have been destroyed prime minister's calm orson has apologised after taking a family holiday during the disaster has been criticised in the past for not connecting the bushfires to climate change but now he can sees there is a link. but there is no argument about the links between in my view in the government's view and any government in this country about the links between broader issues of global climate change and and weather events around the world but i'm sure people equally with signal age that the direct connection to any single far event it's not a credible suggestion to mark that link so we must take action on climate change we

are taking action on climate change. there is jessica washington reports on the blue mountains west of sydney where many fear the worst is still to come. this is usually one of sydney's most popular tourist attractions the normally picturesque blue mountains bordering the outskirts of the city. much of it now decimated by bushfires but. they've been burning across large parts of australia for months now with flames as high as 70 metres high in this region alone has destroyed an area 7 times the size of singapore. but this isn't just bush land it's home for thousands of australians fire crews are working tirelessly to protect residents robert beecroft is a former volunteer firefighter he's seen many bushfires in his time but this one is different for being here for 67 years i've seen a lot of for sure the mountains actually in my younger days for quite

a few forms. i haven't seen so many out of control back to the b. crops like so many families here face a difficult choice leave everything behind or stay and potentially put themselves in danger it's a little bit stressful but you just got to remain positive us suppose it's hard to think of what you want to keep and everything but just get what seems important at the time to go and i'm sure there'll be other things that you think about later but just be prepared i guess it's just bad timing obviously around the holidays but what can you do really. score it's pretty confronting. volunteers for such a strain from the shells some of these fires have been burning since july but authorities are warning that these are catastrophic conditions it's the combination of extreme heat strong winds and low humidity that makes the situation on the

ground incredibly dangerous firefighters are battling the blaze on the ground and from the air the intense heat has even generated its own thunderstorm nearly all the men and women fighting the fires are volunteers some haven't seen their families in days for locals who risk losing almost everything some are just trying to do whatever they can. hang their older get much sleep on it so. anxious to be as problems as ward this is just the beginning of summer and many of fearful of what lies ahead for the rest of the bushfire season jessica washington al-jazeera blackheath. well as speak to brenton eden and adam the assistant chief officer at the soft australia fire service thank you so much for being with us on al-jazeera i knew state of emergency was issued for new south wales the highest fire danger rating possible can you update us on the situation

for us currently the and also in the rest of the country any sign of a spite yes certainly here in south australia a fire conditions reached catastrophic which for so this was a die of extreme temperature of 45 degrees celsius a lightning draw a lot of 8 that went across the state and very strong winds could not have been was conditions for us and as a result since that went across the state we've had devastating fawzi in the adelaide hills one in particular by the time of cuddly creek it's an area where we have as orchards wineries dairy farms and around about $25000.00 hate days of land has been destroyed in that area and as of now $85.00 houses have been destroyed 'd as well which is just a tragic event and across have a strong belief last around about 55000 hc days of the landscape in the last 72 as so we have very much into i long and extended fire came pine and

in some of conditions which are going to be difficult for the volunteers and staff to to control but we have the full support of all the metropolitan faucett was people here in south australia the country forest service bowling tease and an extensive profiting as well wildfire is mr eden are a regular occurrence in australia during the summer months what's made the situation so catastrophic this year. i think the conditions by sfard south australia victoria and new south wales are the result of a very extensive period of drought probably over decade of drought where we just have not had soil moisture we've had a very early onset of high temperatures adelaide for instance 3 days ago i was the hottest capital city in the world. so extreme temperatures very draw a and there's been very little humidity in the year and no running form of aints

you put all that together and vegetation he's kinda drawing across the something and southeastern part of the whole of the straw area and really we must include western australia by that catastrophic fall as is well over a light to the impact of drought on a vegetation and we need to recognize that this part of a stride it is a naturally a far cry an area even in a good year right do you think there's that direct link between these wildfires and climate change. there's a direct link between these fawas drought draw of vegetation high fuel lloyd's and high temperatures but if you look across the sort of 100 year history of fall as a strong idea we have had these events before each state has had these events before i think what is very challenging for australia is these are events are appearing much earlier in essays and well before christmas they're occurring right

across the landscape from western australia and you south wiles' and they're also appearing at a time when the northern hemisphere is still experiencing fall and that might sit difficult for by him his fees to manage what's known as the aerial firefighting flaked we rely heavily on large attract is and severe crimes to come from the northern hemisphere traditionally by finish their fire season and they're available for us now is saying i think it's feasible laughing very. conflicting and demanding times for right for services for us the world thank you for speaking to us and updating us on the situation brenton eden from australia's country fire save us joining us there from adelaide thank you very much for your time. now is not just australia suffering from a lack of rain the worst drought in a century is impacting 45000000 people in 14 countries in southern africa zimbabwe is one of the worst affected countries and

a warning some of the footage in nicholas report from ben inland may be distressing to some the us. deep in zimbabwe's month and people are dying of hunger. margaret my gunday and her 5 grandchildren are picking what will be their 1st and last meal of the day for the pumpkin leaves weakened by months of this diet by gunday worries the worst is yet to come decorum in line with. what he and. there is no food any mom we are so hungry that i am losing the strength to go on sometimes i wish the ground underneath could open up and swallow us whole. the united nations says southern africa is experiencing the worst drought in a century 45000000 people across 14 countries are in need of urgent assistance while food distribution is taking place in some areas my gunday has not received any help. a 3 hour drive away there is food at the market but at

a price again day in most cannot afford the $10.00 a kilo for me or the $5.00 pack of rice cashing in from the desperation or traders looking to make a profit this is true. prices are going up for everyone and so i want to get the peace process possible we are all suffering here we are all trying to make ends meet. zimbabwe needs more rainfall for food to grow in november traditional healers invoked the spirits of the mighty is an easy river to release the rains but they have yet to come and so the world's largest waterfall that separates him from zambia doesn't quite look the same with tourists asking where has the water gone. this isn't just a tourist attraction it's a lifeline for millions of people beyond zimbabwe's border because the water is used both for food and power but look at it now. gone is the thunderous sound of falling water left below are hungry animals dying

of thirst after traveling for hundreds of kilometers in search of water a rhinoceros experiences the slow painful death from hunger. $200.00 elephants have died since the summer there could be more with endangered species especially vulnerable those alive both animals and humans are left to graze on whatever they can and so dull that by hunger are great but done then her grandchildren share their meal today treat a portion of maize tomorrow though is uncertain nicholas hawk al-jazeera my belly land zimbabwe. some breaking news from afghanistan where incumbent president ashraf ghani has been declared the winner of the presidential election according to preliminary results the result was originally expected in october and was finally released by the independent election commission sunday ghani secured

just over 50 percent of the vote supporters of his main rival abdullah abdullah unlikely to challenge the results. still ahead on al jazeera west african leaders plan to fight the cross border attacks plaguing that country's. hello again welcome back to your international weather forecast well here across europe it is still a very messy scenario we are talking about one area of low pressure pushing across the central med and now into the balkan peninsula with some very heavy rain as well as some very gusty conditions it is going to be greece here on sunday that sees the bulk of it and that's going to continue as we go towards monday night as well heavy rain extends to the north across much of central europe as well and then as we go towards monday that system slowly slides over here towards parts of turkey really

the heaviest rain in the winds will be across that southern coast of turkey as well out towards the west though it will be the winds across the u.k. crossing over towards parts of the netherlands and into germany very gusty winds at times not a lot of rain but it will be cloudy across much of that area berlin we do expect is the attempt if you have about 8 degrees there a new 3 day forecast for athens looks like this expect to see the rain as well as the winds increase as we go towards monday but by the time we get towards tuesday improving conditions and the winds do come down well here across the northern part of africa we are looking to not too bad here as we go towards sunday but it is on monday expect to see some windy conditions across parts of egypt as well as into libya but gazi it is going to be a cloudy day with a temperature of 21 in corona at 22.

with one of the highest murder rates in the world it's the main challenger one in central america the smallest countries is gang related violence you are a country that's not really put in our levels it was. the president of el salvador. talks to al jazeera. you're watching al-jazeera live from doha a reminder of our top stories india's prime minister narendra modi is due to appear shortly at a rally in new delhi as protests against the controversial citizenship bill continue at least 25 people have died so far in violence fueled by opposition to

the bill which some say discriminates against muslims authorities in australia fear dozens of homes may have been lost as bushfires sweeps across the state of new south wales the fires have been burning out of control in conditions described as catastrophic but cooler weather may bring some relief and the worst drought in a century is affecting 45000000 people across southern africa crops have dried up and food supplies are limited at least $200.00 elephants have died over the summer and more endangered species could be at risk. now voting is under way in his becky stands parliamentary elections where human whites have been reformed since its last elections in 2016 that includes people with criminal convictions being allowed to vote and a minimum number of female candidates but the 5 register parties still have to operate within strict rules laid out by the government. reports on the capital

tashkent. it's a show that at 1st and then galvanized the country a lot of political debate unscripted and an edited a 1st it was because. they have been 29 others over the past 3 months where a wide range of topics were discussed often putting the candidates on the spot to the point that this party leader admitted his big politicians lacked courage watson and some didn't anticipate this level of success it was difficult at 1st because politicians went ready for this but then they prepared and were able to answer questions they didn't expect people to become more interested in the parties and their programs. then he'll come back off is a proud cook of the national dish cloth and despite steering hundreds of kilos of rice a day he followed the debates your passion as there was a lot of truth and real issues with these debates we can understand what needs to

be done in the correct way and what is wrong there is a lot of change and these elections are very different from previous ones who specs will have to choose between 5 parties ranging from left to right on the political spectrum but all our government funded with similar platforms. there are no opposition or independent candidates running in this election. and is only 28 years old it was formed after the fall of the soviet union and $99.00 to $1.00 so regardless of this truth coming people are excited to go to the ballot boxes still for the 1st time the parties are somehow competing against each other to win over voters since president shafqat me to say you know you have took power in 2016 he is gradually taking the country out of isolation reforms. in almost all spheres of life social life political life

a canonical. in some spheres we see great success in some spheres we see some controversial changes and sam's fears we see the real problems of reforming he has permitted greater freedom of expression which allows come only dean he said cool of to speak to us without fear of repercussion at 31 he's a 1st time voter he supports the liberal democratic party because it promised to back small businesses like his on the. us military is elections were just nominal now we say freely what we think before we are scared we can see the reality even if it's still not completely transparent i hope this will continue and it will become more liberal. president museo you have promised that parliament will become a true school of democracy billions of hope that day comes sooner rather than later

. and one day joins us now live from tashkent so how do they have to be more openness is that likely to continue well that's actually what every we spoke to is wondering and hoping for now this is a not an election that will change the political landscape of the country or will veer it into a different direction this is more about voting and basically accepting words is what most of the people said they were coming to the ballot boxes because it was their national duty but book also because this time they believe that their vote will count somehow because of this this sort of wave of reform that the president has been gradually imposing on the country people do tell you that they feel that there has been already some changes in their daily lives and i think most of the people who are coming to the ballot boxes are doing so because they hope that these changes will continue and will become even greater. so do people feel like this is

the beginning of a new iraq for their country. well that's what they think and that's what they hope now there are still many shortcomings here yes this is an election but as we reported. all the parties are sort of pro-government parties did a very similar and it platform is still no space for voices of dissent of voices of opposition so they still a lot to do but people will tell you if they go around the capital they feel the changes many also surprisingly told me that in the old days so just 3 years ago under the rule of the previous president well they would have never stood there and spoke freely in front of many other people on the street to foreign journalists so certainly there is that change but there is still a lot to do and now really the onus is on the president will he go ahead with these promises he's. brought the hopes of who's back so high that really now it's going

to be very difficult for him to keep those hopes not dashed and they're expecting much much more whether it's on the economic front on the political front on the social front people tell you that they need every form in education which is something that's on the table at the moment they tell you that they really need reform basically in every sector of the government so there is a lot to do and the really the big question for many banks is how far is this president willing to go and how fast is he willing to do this so thank you for that hoda abdel-hamid in tashkent. voters in croatia also heading to the polls for a presidential election 11 candidates are running including incumbent leader kalinda. keitaro h. opinion polls show that it could be a tight race between her and her main rivals former prime ministers or on man of h.n. musician turned politician

a mirror. the vote comes at an important time escalation is set to take over the rotating presidency of the european union next month west african leaders are looking to raise funds to support the fight against increased attacks in the saya region they discussed border security at a summit in nigeria's capital reports from a butcher. the 56th ordinary summit of course was anything but ordinary these are particularly difficult times for the region as attacks by armed groups of escalated in recent months. the rising violence in the hell in other parts of west africa dominated the speeches. nigeria's president whose country has had to deal with the threat from boko haram for the past 10 years says closer cooperation is needed along with more international support for terrorism remains the major threat to the peace and progress of egypt. attacks by terrorist groups remind

us of the agency to lead and do it in security partnership to call grown to the evil grows terrorism. a course chairman and the just president whose country recently lost 71 soldiers in an attack by an isolated group is in no doubt about the effects of the violence on member nations. not to. approve a bill is affected it is the key sentence if you should assume our region has been hit hard by terrorist attacks which have intensified with every passing day threatening the many national and regional achievements we have made the terrorist attacks continually test our resolve to fighting this scourge the leaders in the last meeting in september agreed to set up a $1000000000.00 fund to pay for armies to fight the armed groups 100000000 dollars of that is distributed but with many countries in the region having to fight their

individual but as alone it is here that more than a $1000000000.00 will be needed to achieve peace. is united nations special representative in west africa there's no question that the moral forced response is required because what we are seeing is that the terrorist groups are still a lot of resistance and where is the resilience and capacities which we have and there's the meeting of decision there has to be a response to address the root causes of violent extremism the meeting also reviewed guinea-bissau us presidential elections and importantly the plan for single currency next year of course says 7 countries now meet the criteria for a single currency but it's not clear if french speaking countries using the west african financial community from the c.f.a. well ditch it and when they come is like nigeria and ghana would want to adopt the

plant common currency the coal which is chattel to roll out in 2020 greece i'll just. play again i'm fully back to where the headlines on al-jazeera india's prime minister narendra modi is due to appear shortly at a rally in new delhi as protests against a controversial citizenship continue at least 20. 5 people have died so far in violence fueled by opposition to the bill which some say discriminates against muslims sabina she is in new delhi and says most of the violence against protesters has happened in states governed by more d.s.p. j.p. poddy there have been huge rallies justin had. along with not direct hundreds of thousands of people came to me but nothing but it was very very peaceful and even here in delhi it's really actually peaceful even the police of

the here are controlled by the central government it's a controlled it was retaliation in old early so it does appear that. in states the police are being given. the authority to retaliate against the protests. in afghanistan preliminary results from september's presidential election showing come into a shotgun he has secured a stay majority the result was expected in october but has finally been released by the independent election commission on sunday cooler weather conditions across australia are expected to help firefighters contain more than 100 blazes fires have been burning out of control in conditions described as catastrophic at least 8 people have died and hundreds of homes have been destroyed those are the headlines join me next on inside story to stay with us. on the culture of adults especially on investing in a burgeoning will get stronger do hope for a bright kid council house foreign direct investment is reshaping the global

economy and what that means for the future and to globalization a populist sense of. countering the calls on al-jazeera. and nonce mox decision by the international criminal court to open an investigation into alleged war crimes in the occupied spawn a c. in territory israel expresses outrage and says the court has no jurisdiction so will there be a full investigation and what can it achieve this is inside story. cohen welcome to the program back to bowl after nearly 5 years of preliminary examinations the international criminal court has announced there is enough evidence to investigate alleged war crimes committed in the west bank east

jerusalem and the gaza strip by both israelis and palestinians palestine referred the case shortly.