pressure grows on the pro-democracy movement. calls for justice and accountability in iraq over the killing of hundreds of protesters by security forces. and in sports basketball star le bron james explains why playing inside a bubble has been v most challenging thing he's done in his career. but. the weather's looking pretty settled across the good parts of the middle east not much whether to speak of what it says showers just around the caucuses the pleasant for the most part to be pushed down across the region time which is high thirty's maybe 40 celsius the full kuwait not too bad around at least the side of the medal you might just catch a few showers just sliding out of central and southern parts of to come down across the potential of it is fine and dry a chance of

a shower or 2 just around the western side of yemen but be few and far between meanwhile some showers there as per usual just around the therapy and hollers little bits and pieces of cloud drifting further west which on those easterly ways we got some wet weather in the forecast saying just around uganda pushing into that western side of kenya eastern areas of kenya pushing up into where tanzania you can see some showers here as we go through the next day well so whether they're quite a bit of it right across the democratic republic of congo northern parts of angola also seeing some showers but it's down towards the southeast down towards eastern parts of south africa where we are allowed to see some pretty heavy rain over the next couple of days that could well lead to some localized flooding in what is its way into the far south the most damn bake and that is some showers to the southern cape. of. corruption it is that. invisible behind

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welcome if you're just joining us you're watching the news our my name's piece of your top stories armenia and azerbaijan are engaged in fierce battles over the disputed region of nagorno-karabakh fighting is now into its 4th day and there are reports of heavy casualties. donald trump and his democratic challenger joe biden hitting campaign stops in battleground states the day after a chaotic presidential debate. thank you it's late to me it. has been laid to rest a funeral procession was held in kuwait city today for the 1001 year old leader. now the world health organization is urging more countries to join his global

vaccine plan it wants to deliver at least $2000000000.00 doses of approved vaccines by the end of 2021 the program has so far received $3000000000.00 it needs another $35000000000.00 in what the u.n. secretary general antonio tara shots say during talks to get more countries to sign up the age of 12 is the valid if the vote in many regions of dollars to respond to the socio economic impact of the crisis in their own countries surely we can invest a small fraction of that stop the spread of disease everywhere. i call on all countries and partners to significantly step out in the next 3 months to provide much needed new additional resources will be allies on our troops and to put everybody behind the global response. well as those talks continue oxfam and u.n. aid are pushing for something called the people's bank seen the aid agencies are supporting in the 1900 civilians who signed an open letter they want the

pharmaceutical industry to produce a vaccine that's freely available to everyone so that also demands those corporations immediately licensed vaccine technology to the world health organizations qubit 19 research program earlier this month oxfam revealed a small group of wealthy nations have already locked up more than half of any future doses of covert 19 vaccines we need. is the executive director of the u.n. program on h.i.v. aids a little earlier she said to me she said there is a global initiative to produce a vaccine and it is desperately required. we now have about 11 leading candidate vaccines each one is its own in this all race to be the 1st one and that is fine but we know that if they pulled their knowledge their technology their they would move faster would move faster towards having a breakthrough that's $1.00 and $2.00 who would be able through

a poor it's called the sea top koran a technology access board money to buy the chalk would be able to lysis more companies around the world to have the production we need so everyone is a no one is waiting at the back of the queue for years so that a few companies can maximize profits for themselves we can't put profits before human lives we are facing an unprecedented situation where the whole world needs a vaccine and no one is safe unless we are all safe so we must have a global solution and that involves sharing their technology sharing their knowledge. the israeli parliament has passed new legislation banning large scale political protests during the coronavirus lockdown for 13 weeks in a row demonstrators have been calling on prime minister benjamin netanyahu to step down but he is blaming the rallies for a recent rise in infections are in forces from west jerusalem. the bad tempered

debate in israel's parliament the knesset ran through the night because he was going to give the problem for those eventually this most controversial element of the country's 2nd 1000 locked down limiting protests to 20 people at most a kilometer from their homes was voted through at school 30 in the morning. earlier a convoy of anti netanyahu protesters circled the knesset while hundreds gathered on foot making the most of what would turn out to be their last legal opportunity during lockdown to call together for the resignation of a prime minister on trial for corruption today's the last day of democrats in ukraine to try to work with a democrat in the movement we think that they'll like they're worth. it jeanne in the war in iraq. for months now these protests have been a physical manifestation of the political pressure that benjamin netanyahu is under there is no question that he wants them over his case is that large gatherings such

as this can't be justified during a lockdown to combat a pandemic. on saturday night netanyahu released this video emphasizing the necessity of the restrictions and admitting he was mistaken to ease them so quickly at the end of the 1st lockdown he also tweeted an image of a near empty western wall at a time just before the jewish holy day of young kapoor when it would usually be packed with worshippers the message that people shouldn't be able to protest together if they can't pray together isn't entirely his israel's powerful ultra-orthodox politicians unwilling for their voters to be singled out so they wouldn't support a national lockdown unless protests were included. he's caving in to pressure the ultra orthodox are doing it using it a little bit cynically to rally their own base because a 3rd of all new cases are coming out of the ultra-orthodox who represent less than 10 percent of the israeli population and the real problem is in buildings the

problem is enduring prayers people singing people singing loud that's been proven. last saturday protest is confronted police in the latest of weeks of demonstrations near official residence if they return this saturday their very presence will be breaking the law are a force at al-jazeera westerners. to europe the highest court in france today ruled that a suspect in the rwandan genocide can be sent to tanzania to face trial the united nations backed court we're talking about felicien couple gupte he's accused of helping to finance members of the hutu tribe who killed 800000 season moderate hutus in 1904 he's been held in a french jail since his arrest at his home outside paris earlier this year had been on the run for more than 20 years listen parachute reports know how the big jim's hoping they will finally see justice. there has been so you know so many people have waited to see police. finally sent to trial more than a quarter of

a century he spent at large on the run evading the justice system until maybe it's here when he was caught by french police in an apartment block in the paris suburb of and he also said so the highest court in frauds has decided the police or could be can be handed over to when custody that will pave the way for him to be sent richer in tanzania to face the trial in an international court he is accused of being the main financer of their wanton genocide of funding the ethnic hutu militias that killed more than 800000. took seize and moderate. it is as i said for those survivors a really big moment he was one of the world's most wanted men police and computers moez though had wanted him to face trial in for play had said that he was old is a man in his eighty's and that he is

a frail his health is no longer very good and they would he wouldn't be able to cope with being sent to russia but it seems the french court decided against that they decided in canada to be extradited. 50 women in the democratic republic of congo have accused aide workers of sexually abusing them on occasions were made against employed by the world health organization and other n.g.o.s reports say the abuse happened during the recent break that ended this year the world health organization says it is investigating welcome web is following the story for us from nairobi. more than 50 women reported incidences in the reported they were describing incidences such as being ambushed in hospitals were lured into hotel rooms where aid workers would demand sex for jobs or threaten to terminate contracts if they refused. a lot of the jobs in question were for cooks or cleaners people being paid about 50 or $100.00 a week but got to understand this is

a context where there are almost no formal jobs one of the allegations was from a polish survivor whose husband had been killed by the disease and she alleges that she was drugged and believes that she was raped in one of these hotels where the abode operations were being run from most of the allegations are against foreign male workers 30 of the 50 in question are against workers of the un's world health organization others are against workers from congo his ministry of health and some of the other international organizations that were part of that response. of course in india has acquitted 32 people accused of inciting a crowd of others to destroy a 16th century mosque among the accused former deputy prime minister and top members of the governing party the hindu nationalist b.g.p. the destruction of the babri mosque in 1992 to trigger sectarian violence across india it killed 2000 people. 25 years ago far right hindu nationalists stormed and

demolished the 16th century mosque claiming it was built on top of a temple destroyed by muslim rulers now the status of the holy site has long been controversial the mosque was built in the northern indian turn of our yard in 1528 during the reign of the mogul empires 1st king bob or in 19092 years after india gained independence from britain hindus placed religious artifacts inside the mosque they believe the hindu deity of rama was born on that site the government then declared the mosque a disputed property and locked it up in 1990 the then leader of the right wing b.g.p. launched a nationwide campaign demanding a hindu temple be built in place of the mosque and 2 years later a group of hindu nationalists destroyed the babri masjid which led to riots that killed thousands of people well a hindu temple is now being built on the site after the supreme court ruled in

favor of that last november sanjay page today is a senior advocate at the supreme court of india he says the entire investigation simply took too long i think that the prosecution which is often run by the government of the day gets on sweet time and did not really want to prosecute the there were several changes of government in between it really. is that is that on race will invest in the prosecution was in the hands of the investigating agency which is. the same it was only 2017 that the events of 3 forks stepped in and said this what really is going on for a long that is just collect all the evidence and ask the court even if only this. after that it took 3 years and the judgment has come out today the court has essentially said that there is no proof beyond reasonable doubt that

there was indeed a conspiracy in this for the most. the court says that there were antisocial in him and through this front the most part being used before it had no room in any conspiracy to destroy essentially what the court has done here is to do was the leaders from the mob the gaelic so it says that the leaders who 'd can who can read all those people add that spark we're not really responsible for what the mob did that it. hong kong's pro-democracy activist joshua warne has been granted bail after another appearance in court he's been charged with taking part in an unauthorized rally is entering. another day another dissident in court on wednesday it was the turn of joshua in characteristically defiant mood we just have to send a clear signal to the world even to try to arrest us prosecute us and even lost

interest and that's no reason for us to surrender he's been detained 10 times in the past 6 years jailed twice and now faces the prospect of further jail time if convicted again i think. also in court on the same charges was could see you a veteran activist old enough to be grandfather. the 2 are accused of violating a mask ban imposed by the government last october to deter street protests covert 19 though has turned that rule on its head since failure to wear a mask can now encourage a fine of $300.00 both men were each granted bail for around half that son and told to appear before the same court again in december yet to have their day in court 12 hong kong citizens who were detained in chinese waters while attempting to flee to taiwan more than 5 weeks ago hong kong's leader has called them fugitives their

families say they are political activists china's government has labelled them separatists who now face the prospect of trial on the mainland. china's top officials in hong kong have rejected calls to free the 12 this week those same officials made a rare public appearance alongside the chief executive kerry lamb who has said the group must face justice on the mainland before they can return here adrian brown al-jazeera hong kong. almost a year ago iraq so the beginning of one of his biggest protest movements hundreds were killed by the security forces and with that anniversary now approaching people want justice someone of from backed out. that is square is getting a make over ahead of the one year anniversary of iraq's protest movement but instead of symbols of resistance artists paint portraits of its victims a clear i want to show us one of the martyrs families asked us to paint the images

of their sons to commemorate their deaths on the anniversary on october 1st today's empty square is a far cry from the crowds that commandeered the streets of baghdad and other southern cities in october 2019 the protests were unprecedented in many ways. that was nationalist nonsectarian and nonpartizan the movement to iraqis from all walks of life uniting them and their demands for systemic political change. they forced the then prime minister atal up the matter to step down but the parties that brought him to power remained determined to preserve the status quo. security forces and armed groups responded with force killing more than $600.00 people according to rights groups and injuring thousands 24 year old was one of them his father shows an x. ray of the tear gas canister that killed him it was shot directly at his head.

he protested for a noble cause for a homeland he did not protest for his own interests he protested for all his friends for the rights of the poor needy people. the family is entitled to government compensation they submitted a request 10 months ago and are waiting for a response but what they really want is accountability i wish to see the trial of the killer as the protesters should not return home before getting the rights of the mob to us prime minister most of our academy has made justice for protesters a priority his government has so far identified 560 demonstrators who were killed and has begun making payments to their families the more challenging task will be to put an end to what many say is the culture of impunity and reign in the groups responsible for the violence when the so-called october revolution 1st began a year ago the most popular slogan was we want a homeland meaning

a well governed country where people could live in dignity 12 months on many protesters appear to have abandoned that goal now their main demand is for those responsible to be held to account for the hundreds of lives lost simona felt in al jazeera but. still to come here on this program for you find out why serena williams is pulling out of the french open. corruption it is that invisible behind a wall of silence. against. corruption is not something to be it. is a. country his. legs destroy this war. in 2020 the free space award encourages the heroes who are fighting against

corruption this helps our communities to save the resources that we need in order to address the burning problems that affect us all. shine a light on your anti corruption hero. nominate. russia now seems to be going after the main economic resource which is of course we bring you the stories and developments the rapidly changing the living presidents from the america 1st policy trigger to try war that morphed into a technological war counting the cost on al-jazeera. time for sports history just a minute. thank you very much serena williams has pulled out of the french open

tennis ahead of a 2nd round match because of injury the 39 year old american was due to play bulgaria's time up here on cover who she beat at the u.s. open in the quarterfinals 3 weeks ago but she has a problem with her achilles and it's likely not simply any more tournaments in 2020 it means williams is wait for a record equalling 24th grand slam singles title goes on she has not won a slam since the australian open in 2017 struggling to walk so that's kind of telltale sign that i should. try to recover i love being out here it's my job it's been my job and i'm pretty good at it still until i feel that i'm good at it. and i'm so close to some things and just like i'm almost there i think that's what keeps me going. one woman who did make a way on for the coldest food seed a little sweet alina but after winning the 1st set 63 she dropped the 2nd say it's

a mexican qualifier not a side us to our 6 love is ranked 178 in the world cup the ukrainian battle back to take the deciding set 62 to advance to the next round. on the men's side 12 times champion rafael nadal has cruised into the 3rd round in paris that all swept past american mackenzie macdonald who is ranked 256 in the world a spaniard winning 616163. meanwhile 2015 champions stand of rinker has achieved 150 grand slam match wins the swiss was an action against germany that domany kept for winning 63623661 with number 3 dummy is also. brazil's football association is expecting its players based in europe to fly to south america for their upcoming world cup qualifiers despite covert 19 concerns that includes paris and demands neymar and

liverpool trio allison fabien you and roberta for me know who have all been called up for brazil's games against bolivia and peru south america is pressing ahead with qualifiers even though the asia and conquer careful regions have postponed days until next year just a few hours until the start of the n.b.a. finals in florida lebron james and the l.a. lakers are going up against these former team the miami heat as the players approach the end of what's been a long stint competing inside a bubble david stokes reports. the prone james working hard to win his 4th n.b.a. championship with a 3rd different team at 35 years old he's experienced most things in basketball but says competing with a like his for nearly 3 months inside the corn team bubble has been the most challenging thing he's done his career and it showed it every day on your mind your body more than everything else it has been it's been extremely tough but

i'm here for one reason and one reason only and us to compete for championships you know 2 of these i don't even know how many days it is whatever how many days it is it feels like 5 years it really doesn't matter but. i've been as locked in as i've ever been in my group standing in the browns way resulting from the miami heat this is the 1st time they've reached the final since he left the franchise back in 2014 and they know that their success largely depends on stopping him he's still at the top of his game at $3526.00 or $24.00 he still dominating but he's shown watch over that career 'd and the legacy that is continually building on and it's not going to be a is it tells he's next. jimmy butler in south to set up a small coffee business inside the n.b.a. bubble but says even if they go on to claim the championship he's not planning on

giving away any free cups on. the heat of the underdogs just as they have been in their 3 playoff series so far but they've only lost 3 games along the way and while this may be le bron's 10th time in the finals it will be the 1st for many of his like his teammates and their coach to experience in the world is not everything you know. or. you know don't behave like champions you know that all through his. champions before their champions should the lakers go on to win the title and it will be their 1st than a decade and see that match the overall record of 17 championships held by the boston celtics 1st though they need to win 4 games and the best of 7 series starts later on wednesday david stokes out 0. the tampa bay rays have started the major league baseball playoffs with a win in their opening game the rays defeated the toronto blue jays $31.00 on

tuesday in game one man while magos 2 run homer in the bottom of the 7th inning helping them along the way tampa bay over the top seed in the playoffs after finishing with 40 wins in a shortened regular season because of the cover of the virus. and it was a big game one win for the new york yankees fans who say they took care of the cleveland indians 123 homers from aaron judge in the 1st inning and labor tories in the 1st and she was a torrid evening here in the picture shane that she is this man is just a few days to go before anyone tries to retain his london marathon title but conditions are vastly different this year because of the pandemic the race has been delayed from its usual slots in april and with only $200.00 elite athletes instead of the thousands of amateur and charity runners that usually take part in the runners who are also wear special devices to prevent them getting too close to each other in the lead up to sunday's race we leave it there for now most sports news

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government not to take the necessary action to really address some of the structural issues we listen i still think that air travel is the safest mode of travel and to spend that we meet with global news makers and talk about the stories that matter so does their own. the leaders of armenia and azerbaijan ignore international appeals to end their intensifying battle over the disputed now gorno karabakh region. barbara starr you're watching al-jazeera life and then also coming up. he's putin's

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