and the spend that we meet with global news makers and the stories the back to 0. more uncertainty in lebanon the man tapped to be prime minister resigns saying his efforts to form a government would doomed to fail. allowing mariam and london you're watching al-jazeera also coming up on the program 6 years since a 43 students disappeared in mexico you arrest warrants issued for members of the mexican military. we'll tell you about the state election this delivered a boost for malaysia struggling prime minister. and after years of anonymity afghan

women and given the right to have their names included on their children's identity cards. welcome to the program after less than a month the man juge to become a lebanese next prime minister is resigning was to fire a db says his bid to form a government was doomed to fail because of a complicated political system which as power between muslims and christians is resignation as dealt a blow to france which is pushing lebanon to fix its financial crisis i was there as a to hold reports now from the lebanese capital beirut. it's been almost a month since most of a db was designated prime minister his job was to form a government independent of party loyalists after the previous cabinet resigned following the devastating explosion at the port of beirut last month it's not easy

in lebanon where the same political elite accused of pushing the country to near bankruptcy have been in power for decades i realise that the agreement on the basis i accepted this national mission during this difficult time of lebanon's history no longer exists as well as that the government line up with the specific ations that i put. a deaves mission was supported by france which has been leading international efforts to resolve lebanon's multiple crises by bringing change to the leadership president in mind where mccall said during his 2nd visit after the port blast that lebanese politicians agreed to form a cabinet by mid september see an already. fragile skepticism with this political class and was very much a final ultimatum so i would be surprised if the french choose to give that same strategy another shot the armor movement and hezbollah backed by iran have been blamed for standing in the way of a deal by insisting on naming shia muslim representation in government

a 1000000 hezbollah are part of the so-called march 8th alliance that currently control political power in the sectarian based system of government here the shia parties feel the other camp the march 14th alliance is carrying else a political coup against the results of the last election. but others say their loyalty to iran brings lebanon into the heart of the us iranian rivalry there are new and they are squeezed cornered instead of being them through his will on the border israel has moved towards the borders of iran so basically it is in the core of the conflict in. iranian conflict much is in. doubt for a country where more than 50 percent of its 5000000 people are officially poor the reforms that mounted by the international community to unlock financial assistance among them fighting corruption and it's likely to hurt implicate the political

class that is why leaders resisted for years micron's roadmap however doesn't just set deadlines it warns of possible consequences this is a broken and broken nation not even the threat of western sanctions pushed politicians who are stronger than the state to give up power and agree to change some say the french initiative to save lebanon has died others say it could still be revived but the lebanese president did warn the country was going to hell if a government is not formed so that it has a boot. now or other top story this hour investigators have issued arrest warrants for members of the mexican military who could be linked to the disappearance of dozens of students in 2014 mexican president has been meeting the families of the 43 students relatives of the students have been holding protests in the capital demanding answers throughout this week the group was abducted by local police in the town of 6 years ago students who reportedly turned over to

a gang that's believed to have killed them and burned their bodies well money rappler joins us live now from mexico city and of course the relatives and parents of these students have waited 6 years for and says anything new emerged from from the current investigation. this is now the 3rd time the president looked as though it meets with the families of the $43.00 missing students so there was an expectation that we would have an update on the investigation that's been launched since the president took office there are now 70 arrest warrants in total that have been issued against state and federal employees we heard in an announcement $34.00 new arrest warrants were issued what's unprecedented here and unexpected is the that this is the 1st time that we're hearing of arrest warrants being issued for members of mexico's security forces also significant in this meeting that took place today is that this is the 1st time

that we're hearing in official apology on behalf of the state from president lopez obrador to the families of the victims to the families of these 43 missing students but these meetings again now the 3rd that is taking place between the families of the 43 and president lopez obrador how they carry quite a bit of significance they they they symbolize a new path being forged in this investigation in the way that the that the mexican government interacts and now communicates with the with the families of missing persons in the country with every new discovery with every new piece of evidence that's presented in this investigation with every new announcement of an arrest warrant that issued it up ends and discredits that original government government narrative from the previous administration over what really happened to these 43 students but the meeting that took place today is also significant precisely because saturday marks the 6th anniversary of the disappearance of the students so there are other events being held today including a vigil including

a march and demonstrations here in the mexican capital and of course you have this very widespread problem in mexico i suppose it's shine a light on that because these 43 students are far from the only people who've been disappeared. the problem of kidnappings force disappearances and violence in general these aren't phenomenon that or unique to mexico but as you say mary and they are major problems and problems that by all accounts are getting worse here in mexico in fact since the start of the pandemic something that you hear often from security analysts from people on the street really is that the one thing that hasn't changed since the start of the corona virus outbreak is violence in the country there is an expectation that homicides and violence will continue to shatter records struck into the end of 2020 but as you said the case of the you'll see now up to 43 really has become and magic of this problem of forced disappearances that's again not

unique to mexico but is a major problem here if there is one ray of hope it's when you speak to the families of these missing persons on friday we had an opportunity to speak to the mother of one of the 43 students who told us that that while she is heartbroken 6 years on still no answer to the mystery of what happened to her son the fact that the government that the president of the country is now taking the time to meet with the families of the of the disappeared does give a lot of people hope that things may be starting to turn around all right thank you money rappel and mexico city. i. know dozens of protesters have been arrested in better ways to including a 73 year old woman has become a central figure in the protest movement hundreds rallied in the capital minsk in a protest this hour hustle for the presidential inauguration of oppositionists on a chicken off sky and. video circulated on social media of the arrest of nina again

skya who was dragged into a van by mosques right elise alexander lukashenko was sworn in for a 6th time on wednesday after winning an election that the opposition say was raked . them well now to malaysia the prime minister has had a significant boost with his governing alliance winning the majority in a state election the vote in savannah is the 1st since we've seen took power in a political coup in february as party and its allies have held a thin majority in parliament since then essien have been facing pressure to hold snap elections to secure a stronger mandate. one hour later on saturday u.s. president donald trump will announce his pick to replace the late supremes court justice ruth bader ginsburg drum reportedly intends to nominate judge amy kone barrett at 48 years old barrett would ensure a solid solid conservative majority on the bench for years to come she's previously voted in favor of trump's hardline immigration policies and women's rights

advocates say she might vote to restrict abortion rights liberal icon and trailblazer of gender equality justice ruth bader ginsburg died last week at the age of 87. well andy gallica explains the potential impact of a $63.00 conservative majority in the supremes court if bennett is confirmed. this is the most powerful court in the law and this is the call that for instance voted in favor of gay marriage they are extremely powerful very important cases go before the supremes court judges are you talking about things like health care particularly the affordable care act which could get removed if she is appointed to the supremes you're also talking about 2nd amendment rights gun control and the ever thought the issue of abortion roe v wade was established in $973.00 giving women the legal right to get a safe abortion but as a staunch catholic judge if she is nominated if she is confirmed could possibly

overturn that so there is a lot at stake for the entire country a divided country of course but the democratic party essentially can't do much about this president on trial seems to have the support of the republican party and for them this is a huge win it changes the supremes court for decades to come and ultimately in the upcoming election in november if it is contentious and trunks already said he may not leave office because he doesn't trust mail in ballot ballots the supremes court is the ultimate decider on who the winner of the next presidential election will be if it comes down to that. with al jazeera live from london more still ahead thousands protest coronavirus restrictions in london as fears grow conspiracy theorist could put people off a vaccine. and katrina you at the beijing auto show the 1st event of its kind to take place during the pandemic and coming up next i'll tell you why global comic is

also reliant on the chinese market. hello there a very unsettled picture across europe a definitely fading and looking like all some plenty of cloudy can see has some very strong winds some thunderstorms even some snow but there is also some sunshine across into the south of turkey people enjoying some paragliding but of course the size being coming down a little line of the out so this is looks like close to innsbruck meanwhile dark clouds gathering across germany some very heavy rain there for the next couple of days and strong winds really bashing the ways here in the north of a spain now as we go through sunday conditions will clear across the southwest the winds are still fairly strong but really it's about the rain very heavy across france and then look at this mass here and precious and strong winds but some

particularly heavy amounts of rain this could well lead to flooding across areas of italy and on towards the balkans it is fine in trying to the east of there and then through much of mainland europe we have got cloudy conditions and again quite a bit of rain the temperatures as well well below the average in rome these temperatures anywhere between $7.10 degrees below the average up again to come back up again on monday still very unsettled plenty of cloud more of that rain across the central and southeast of matt and again another system pushing into the u.k. so cloudy skies but a drawing today in london. an image can change the way we see the womb if we're not seeing the reverse we could be talking about it it could spark mass action or serve the interests of the powerful he created this moment for a photo opportunity that can obscure the truth this is

a legitimate news story but this thread and the talking points are pretty i don't think it can forge a narrative right through the listening post gives you the full picture. welcome back a look at the headlines now. the man who was designated to be lebanon's next prime minister is resigning was to fire deep says his bid to form a government was doomed to fail because of a complicated political system which has power between muslims and christians mexican president is meeting the parents of dozens of students who've been missing since 2014 arrest warrants have been issued for members of the mexican military who

might have participated in the disappearances head of the investigation force at that on saturday. and then dozens of people in baton rouge have been arrested including a 73 year old woman who became a central figure in the protest movement after scuffling with police last month hundreds rallied in the capital minsk in a protest style as a rehearsal for the presidential inauguration of the opposition leader svetlana chicken off sky and. now as work continues around the world to develop a coronavirus vaccine there is concern that some people will refuse to be inoculated and a recent study here in the u.k. found that people will more likely to reject the vaccine because of attitudes and beliefs about science and authority the poll carried out last month suggested the only a little over half the population or 53 percent would definitely take a vaccine about 16 percent of people polled said they definitely wouldn't but scientists estimate that about 60 percent take up is what's needed across society for a vaccine to be effective and then here in london thousands of people have been protesting

for another weekend against government measures to control the cove in 1000 outbreak algis areas john hall has that story now. so. they call themselves the resistance. the idea is that it's a creep towards shipping us. controlling us and this has been an agenda of possibly the rockefeller in particular. the swarm the deep state they're here some of them to protest against the government's powers to reimpose knock down restrictions by decree some of course believe the pandemic is a hoax are those as well who see evil intent in the rollout of 5 g. technology but it's the ones who are here to protest against a possible covert 19 vaccine both traditional anti vaccines and those influenced by what they see and read online but have the scientific community particularly

worried that we're getting now threats. blackmail they're doing everything they can to force us to say ok just give me the good the injection it's extremely dangerous we often forget that up until 100 years ago and credibly large numbers of children were dying from infectious diseases and one by one from polio measles and so on we have managed to largely eliminate those diseases from widespread transmission and that's had a huge impact the only way that we are going to control the spread of this disease is by having an effect of that scene and having sufficient uptake of the vaccine to prevent it being spread from person to person the resistance is itself meeting resistance in the form of online groups trying to stop the spread of what they say is false information clearly what we see this is a website waiting times is one of the key disseminators of false information

and hero and verse. the whole thing of the. the what we do we contact the browns a lot of he says cuba for good money and we asked the black this is the movie that's to stop funding. adam which isn't his real name didn't want to be identified because of abuse he's received online how many people do you or who are going to see a headline and be influenced by what to you. most likely a lot of people will be looking for answers where you can't find any and if this is trying to suggest that the government is using the virus as a means to control all of the fear it's one of the 3 top law people may like doctor that who volunteers like dozens of others it's a race against time and the virus while the numbers of those persuaded for all sorts of reasons to refuse

a vaccine possibly undermining efforts to end the pandemic continue to grow. climate activists have clashed with police after staging protests in and around a mine in western germany dressed in white overalls hundreds of demonstrators launched a series of blockades at the mine west of cologne scuffles broke out when other groups were blocked by police on horseback protesters also marched against the plan destruction of villages to make way for the mines expansion the line is known by energy company europe's biggest c o 2 polluter environmentalist oppose the german government's decision to allow might the mining and burning of coal in the country until 2038 well solidarity protests have been held in italy in the netherlands after at least 3 people killed in anti-government protests in egypt people gathered in milan in the hague calling on president sisi to resign on friday thousands of people to find

a police crackdown in egypt to protest for a 6 straight day they rallied against corruption a deteriorating economy poor living conditions and the demolition of neighborhoods . well now to see dani does have been meeting to figure out way to solve the economic crisis in the country devastating floods and the coronavirus epidemic of compounded the problems caused by years of u.s. sanctions imposed on the former regime and the country is now in die in need of financial help inflation rose to 167 percent last month leading to the declaration of an economic state of emergency the government to try to print money to subsidize essential goods foreign debt is in the realm of $60000000000.00 meaning the any recovery is going to depend on debt relief from the international community a 12 month economic program has been put in place by the sudanese government and it's going to be monitored by the international monetary fund the i.m.f. is saying the move to a transitional government was an opportunity to convince the world that it could

implement the necessary reforms well has more now from sudan's national economic conference is taking place in the capital hard to him. the government is trying to achieve is that it's trying to bring together the various sides in this transitional period to try to unify their position on how to get this country out of the current economic status that it is and the sudanese pound itself has lost more than 40 percent of its value over the past 2 weeks and this is just the past 2 weeks alone over the past year the value has been can to continue to face a downward spiral against the dollar and the government is saying that it needs to take hard steps to try to reform the economy including lifting fuel commodities and finding ways to bring in more hard currency and now there have been talks about lifting sudan of the u.s. list of states sponsoring terrorism the talks have been happening for a few months now in fact since the transitional government came to power last august they say that one of their 1st goals is to lift the country off that list but that means a lot of steps to be taken one of them being the sudan paying compensation for

victims of terror attacks in tanzania and kenya and $989.00 now the government has said that it's already secured that money and that it isn't talks with the u.s. government to be lifted off that list. japan's new prime minister. says he is willing to meet north korea's kim jong il and without any conditions in his speech to the united nations general assembly signaled he'll continue the policy of his predecessor. he said japan will strive to normalize relations by addressing nuclear tensions as well as the issue of past abductions of japanese citizens. as the new prime minister of japan i am ready to meet with chairman kim jong un without any conditions stablish in a constructive relationship between japan and north korea will not only serve the interests of both sides but will also greatly contribute to regional peace and stability i will miss no opportunity to take actions we told my dedication. we go

now to beijing crowds of packed china's international auto show the 1st major trade event of any industry since the coronavirus pandemic began on a factory see the exhibition as a glimmer of hope for an industry that suffered multi-billion dollar losses and the chinese government hopes casals will help boost the sluggish economy katrina you reports. new foreign luxury models are among the almost $800.00 cars on display at the beijing. the 1st major international trade fair during the current virus pandemic. this year there are fewer exhibit has but crowds still gathered for the unveiling of new models including b.m.w.'s latest offering the german cars make a is one of many expanding operations in china. and china is a. very special meaning. to beijing which. is

a similar. week sales in the u.s. and across europe have forced several international manufacturers to close factories and sack stuff many are relying on chinese consumers to improve their bottom line but. they realize china is still a goldmine luxury cars and ultra luxury cars have a huge market in china and this is also their only international arena to show off their vehicles other auto shows geneva detroit and tokyo have all been called off analysts say the 10 day event points to the chinese government's confidence in having contained the carbon 1000 outbreak it also hopes will help to spur the sluggish economy china's auto industry is worth 1.3 trillion dollars and employs more than $33000000.00 people nationwide. punched by almost 80 percent at the height of the epidemic in china in february but sales have recently returned to preplan demick levels electric vehicles and cars using ai and internet technology

are in the spotlight this year by the a 2025 china's government wants 25 percent of all cost althea to be electric so chinese and international brands are racing to produce hybrid and electric motors in order to meet government courses. the chinese government is in krishna determined to invest. electric vehicle infrastructure this is attracting more investments creating a better market and a more incentives for people to choose electric debating auto shows be held against the backdrop of the trade with the united states auto makers tesla ford and volvo among companies suing the trumpet ministration this week for opposing what they say are a new full 25 percent tariffs on imported chinese parts between e.u. al-jazeera beijing. city of paris has named a park in honor of a black woman who fought for the liberation of slaves in the caribbean mayor says

the city also plans to erect a statue to on of the quad lupin woman known as solitude it would be the city's 1st statue ordering a black woman following a push by french leaders to erect monuments to on a diverse historical figures solitude was freed after the french revolution but was later hanged for joining the resistance napoleon reinstating slavery in 18. well now to afghanistan women of achieved a significant breakthrough with the president declaring that their names must be included on their children's identity cards up until now only the father's name is documented well that's made it hard for women to prove rights over their own child reports. don't to america rees divorced and see washes her only son but on his national afghan identification cards are nearly her husband's name a show in leaving who guardianship unrecorded now prison gunny has signed

a decree that a mother's name must also be included in the division that that it's symbolic but i'm happy that step by step we're getting out of the stage where there was no identity for us we have taken initial steps and they're excellent but there are still some women who are nameless and who will die nameless and all their children are called by their father's name none of them are called by their mother's name attests cara card is the primary form of identification for afghans used for proof of identity resiliency and citizenship many mothers say they have faced discrimination over their rights related to their children because they were not mentioned in official documentation including the mother's name and that has kara cause will allow a woman to legally challenge for those rights and will also help thousands of widows who have lost their husbands to the war and who struggle to prove their relationship to their own children when i may acknowledge that it is true women

have support but we want the full support of our government which is yet to be achieved the government must have a plan and place for women's rights we can see some support in media but it's often superficial maybe it will take time but the government must bring equality in the system. gunnies decrees a bold move in a country where saying a woman's name in public is often considered dishonorable and former taliban commander. says the law is an islamic arguing that allows for a woman to have rights she's not entitle to undershoot. he has many afghans may choose not to read just of her id cards to avoid recording the mother's name publicly for the. difficult for us if we call someone by their mother's name they will be obsolete generally we're no one by our father's name in foreign countries where they don't know who the father is they call a child by the mother's name because there's a lot of illegal 6. lures being introduced as the taliban and an afghan delegation

of debating the future of afghanistan including women's rights during peace talks in the capital of qatar. so well afghan women may have won this round for recognition many say the fight is far from over shallow ballasts. wolves in switzerland could soon be facing the hunter's gun the country voting on whether to roll back their legal protections or that been exterminate in the country in the 19th century but up to $100.00 of the animals have now returned from neighboring italy under the current law a wolf must have killed dozens of other animals before the government can give the go ahead to kill it but if new rules a passed on saturday walls could be shot if they are seen as having lost their fear of humans. right so there's more to everything here al jazeera dot com he can get comment analysis that but also watch us on life streaming as well course all the

latest on our top stories including our breaking news story from lebanon where the prime minister designate has submitted his resignation saying it is impossible for him to form a government. so let's bring in a bit more detail on our top story from lebanon the man who was supposed to be the next prime minister says that he's now resigning list of deeds says it is but to form a government was doomed to fail because of the complicated political system in which power is shot between muslims and christians his resignation is dell a blow to france which is pushing lebanon to fix its financial crisis well in our other headlines the mexican president is meeting the parents of dozens of students have been missing since 2014 arrest warrants have been issued for members of the mexican military in light of participates in the disappearance is head of the

investigation of course at that on saturday relatives of the students have been holding protests in the capital as well demanding answers wanting rappel has more on this now from mexico city this is now the 3rd time the president look is a bit old meets with the families of the 43 missing students so there was an expectation that we would have an update on the investigation that's been launched since the president took office there are now 70 arrest warrants in total that have been issued against state and federal employees we heard an announcement of $34.00 new arrest warrants were issued what's unprecedented here and unexpected is the that this is the 1st time that we're hearing of arrest warrants being issued for members of mexico's security forces. well in all the headlines dozens of people have been arrested in baton rouge including a 73 year old woman who became a central figure in the protest movement off to scuffling with police last month

video was circulated on social media of the arrest of nina buggin skya who was dragged into a van by maust riot police hundreds rallied in the capital minsk in a protest styled as a rehearsal for the presidential inauguration of their opposition to this fat on a chicken off sky she and her supporters say she was she won last month's disputed election and then in the coming hours u.s. president donald trump will announce his choice to replace justice ruth bader ginsburg reportedly intends to nominate judge amy barrett who would ensure a solid conservative majority on the bench for years to come the pearl icon and trailblazer of gender equality justice ruth bader ginsburg died last week at the age of 87 those that lines coming up next listening post with richard gere's but.

after time. but. these protests as also the call to reform the country sparked. protest the tearing to go with. the orbiter gives birth you're watching the listening post working from home here are some of the media stories we're covering this week. on the rest entirely protesters take on the taboo that outlaws criticism of the political system and the monarchy at the heart of the turkish president's suit was a greek newspaper for a front page featuring a 4 letter word the paper says bring it on sports stadiums are empty but broadcasters.