mint will consider an inquiry into the cause of the fires including the role of climate change once the crisis is over jessica washington al-jazeera penrose australia and taiwan opinion polls suggest the incumbent president sighing while as ahead of her challenger in saturday's elections the taiwanese have been closely watching the crackdown on anti-government protesters and nearby hong kong scott either has more from taipei early last year taiwan's president saw in whens

political future was on shaky ground her popularity had slumped after a party performed poorly in regional elections she resigned as party chair with some advising her not to seek reelection but then came a lifeline from an unexpected source china giving her and her democratic progressive party a new hope. to crackdown on the pro-democracy protesters at hong kong shifted the political rhetoric in taiwan. many grew concerned about china's growing influence he says beijing ramped up pressure on the island and president sadat. the younger generation born into an autonomy and democratic taiwan see this election as about something much more than selecting leaders education a stand against china's one country 2 systems policy. this time this election is no action to choose which president or legislators but those say election is an election to choose whether to and that's going to be

a part of china or in the pending country some see the election reaching through generations and the island at an existential crossroads in the past it was about taiwan's policy toward china it is about our own bodies. the 1st political party of modern taiwan woman tang or candy is led by han well you he said the path to glory for taiwan is not just on cd the d.p.p. but warmer ties with china. the opposition came to says their approach to china has been about engagement that's because the economy here is slower law its business in trade with the mainland came to candidates say they offer a more realistic frustrates relationship less confrontational than the ruling the d.p.p. i think what's at stake today as we speak is more than just the so-called and china or safeguarding democracy and sovereignty this is also a larger picture of what would taiwan be positioned economically in the

years to come. so as the 19000000 eligible voters head to the polls are voting with the economy in mind or the future of the democracy here the result will carve the political path for the next 4 years but also taiwan's position in the region for years to come it's got hodler al-jazeera type. well again the headlines on al-jazeera this hour the u.s. has impose additional sanctions on iran after the missile attack and that u.s. forces in iraq was already crippled by economic sanctions the new measures impose restrictions on senior officials and a number of industrial sectors a senior iranian officials that are responsible for the regime violence but that it abroad it was striking at the heart of the islamic republic's inner security

apparatus these sanctions are gets include the secretary of the supreme national council and the commander of the besieged forces that's their regimes brute squad which is in the last few months killed proximately $1500.00 arabians who were simply demanding freedom or action also target other senior leaders close to the ayatollah they've carried out his terrorist plots a destabilizing campaign is across the middle east and around the world. iran is rejecting accusations that accidentally shot down a ukrainian passenger plane which killed 176 people western leaders are calling for a full and transparent investigation european foreign ministers are holding an emergency meeting in brussels to discuss the crisis between the u.s. and iran they're trying to salvage the 2015 nuclear deal. now the u.s. state department says it will not discuss troop withdrawal with the iraqi

government iraq's prime minister. asked the u.s. secretary of state to send delegation to baghdad to discuss the issue on sunday iraq's parliament voted to expel all american troops from the country at least 14 people have died and over 20 injured in a blast and pakistan southwestern province a bunch of stuff on the explosion happened at a mosque in capital in the capital quetta a senior police officer killed in the last was reportedly the targets. thousands of protesters are marching the southern indian city of hyderabad against the new citizenship law the legislation clears the way for citizenship for minorities but excludes muslims you're up to date with the headlines life apps mobile harvest says that.