on al-jazeera. play an important role protecting it with. ringback the a. 2 man convicted one acquitted over kenya's westgate shopping mall attack that left almost 70 people dead. hello there i'm how market scene and this is al jazeera life and doha also coming out. violence in greece after an extreme far right party is ruled to be a criminal gang that brutally targeted migrants and opponents. cities come under heavy bombardments in fighting between armenia and azerbaijan. homeless and feeling

abandoned hundreds of thousands of people in pakistan struggling to recover after monsoon rains destroyed their homes. but 1st to kenya where a court has convicted 2 men for their role in a shopping center attack 7 years ago a 3rd was acquitted they were charged with helping al-shabaab pfizer's store nairobi's westgate mall in 2013 in a siege that lasted 4 days catherine soy reports. 7 years after the westgate mall attack trial happened chief magistrate francis and i read out his verdict over 3 and a half hours the prosecution's case he says follows. it was given by 4 to 6 witnesses prosecution lawyers used call logs of telephone conversations

between the 3 accused and the gunmen who were killed in the 4 day siege in 20132 men mohammed up to and hussein hussen were found guilty of conspiring to support their talk and having materials linked to terrorist activities in the prison is buying them there is a strong link. where the fans don't think it was in their communication to attack us but they weren't involved in the us. one of the accused lieben of dollars or maher was acquitted of all charges benmore has been waiting for the judgment he and a friend were driving into the basement parking of the mall when they hard the 1st blast then gunshots what's a little more ties is made to swear i was hiding there's a security guard was right next to me was shot in the head. and i didn't realize i was injured until. the rescue team arrived and as i was trying to get out that's

when i realized i had looked like that security guard was among the 67 people killed in that talk 4 gunmen stormed the up market morning and were surrounded and killed by security forces the armed group al-shabaab based in neighboring somalia sayed it's men carried out their talk some security analysts say this trial has a stake in too long if we have difficult laws the do more to allow us to it's been dyed to justice especially for to resume we need to amend to go small and make them conform with our times because the times we are ina become tourism times the magistrate will deliver a sentencing on the 22nd of october we did so. to the prosecutors right after this ruling and they say they're happy with the conviction and will be pushing for the maximum penalty of 20 years we also expect the survivors and those who lost their loved ones to give their testimonies ahead of that sentencing the westgate mall was reopened 5 years ago but some survivors and families of the dead remain too

traumatized to visit those we talked to say they wanted justice and hope the decision by the court will help them find some way to come to terms with what happened catherine. nairobi. in greece leaders of the far right golden dawn party have been found guilty of running a criminal gang police fired tear gas at their supporters who began attacking rival protesters and police after the verdicts wednesday's verdict effectively bans golden dawn which was once grace's 3rd largest political force where the marathon trial assessed 4 cases similar taney asli 1st the killing of rapper pav last ferris in 20 scene the golden dawn supporter was found guilty along with 15 accomplices then there was the attempted murder of immigrant fisherman $2125.00 colton's on members were convicted of that charge for more members refined guilty

over attacks on communist trade unionists that happened the same year and finally as he mentions the ruling that golden dawn itself is a criminal organization its leader and 18 former members of parliament were among those convicted grace's prime minister has welcomed the end of what he called a traumatic cycle of public life. to remember with today's decision by the remember criminal court of appeals on the actions of golden dawn it's from arctic circle in the public life of the country comes to a close his political dimension his fortunately been charged by the secret of the republic. to be not information from parliament now with the independent judiciary give its own answer. or petrus facilis as a political analyst on greece and european affairs explains why there's been a rise of white supremacist groups in greece. after almost 10 years or 4 stared at

the financial crises and in the context of the migration crises the country is currently facing in the government and other stakeholders in greece but only so goes the utopian you know must address those root causes the vast majority of greeks see the idea and made it about 63 percent of them see that there is rampant inequality and that their voice doesn't sound doesn't count 59 percent of greeks believe that politicians don't listen to that. 79 percent of greeks peeved that court option is strong in the country those kind of sentiments have been exploited by golden dawn and other far right movements and politicians to push and none to stop this moment the message that resonated with these people that's excluded and desperate and as it is out allowed the fosses movement of called them don't do it to gain prominence the same guy who works with migration

a lot of people feel agrees with you but they're all saying if it wasn't for migration over 60 percent of people you fucking single and as a result of the far right and gordon don't you particularly have used that sentiment to say is enough for big sentiment that has gained it a lot of votes until we address those that sense of idea nation and that sense of fear for migration that is felt by many greeks and the danger of fairly serious the seeing of fascism will always be there. in kyrgyzstan this confusion over who has taken over as prime minister following takes for an office resignation a replacement was named after parliamentary session on choose day but a group of opposition party says that choice is invalid and have nominated the room man for the job only uncertainty follows the enormity of sunday's parliamentary election results that many say were raked charles stratford reports from bishkek

a group of 13 opposition parties calling themselves the co-ordination council but council was formed yesterday they've come out with a statement this evening saying indeed that they parliamentary session that voted for the new prime minister. yesterday they described it as invalid they have put their own mind forward and they want of trying to organize a session of parliament to be held at the secret location so the vote will be taken on the issue. we've been standing outside the prime minister's quarters here in this case for a few hours quite dramatic scenes actually a lot of the new prime minister supporters here. the series is that we could be witnessing the beginnings of a standoff between the vast amount of supporters for the new prime minister and

opposition groups. that don't want to empower nominating their own person there and that is a concern as an indication of just how rather less this country feels at the moment the president has come out in the last. president jeenbekov he's given fairly on a giant statement he said he's called on all parties to come together for negotiations but he said i'm waiting for concrete action from all parties involved certainly speaking to people here that hasn't had much impact on the. foreign ministers of armenia and azerbaijan will be missing officials from russia france and the u.s. in the coming days international mediators have been trying to resolve the border fights over nagorno-karabakh which has forced half of its residents to flee their homes with armenian sends a series are accusing each other of targets in civilians these are pictures from

the are many inside that show damage from said city as sorry shelling in the city of step parent carrots this video shows a missile attack on azerbaijan 2nd largest city of ganja is areas say armenia has launched attacks on several of its cities resulting in more than 20 civilian deaths . russia's president vladimir putin is among those calling for a cease fire despite being a military ally of armenia he's ruled so it's answering the conflicts on their side . on the cumbria when the us is well known as a member of the collective security treaty organization we have certain commitments with armenia within the street military actions continue up to now much to our great but they are conducted on the territory of armenia concerning fulfillment of our treaty obligations we have always filled and always will fulfill our commitments within this treaty germany and france and i was plans to sanction

people they blame for the poisoning of russian opposition leader alexina volney the country's say foreign ministers the country's foreign ministers rather say moscow has failed to provide answers over the attempted murder of one of army who cervical critic of america written is not yet clear who will be sanctions but both countries say they'll share the list with other european union members when i from john mccain in berlin. for weeks the french and german governments have been pressing the russian government to investigate the circumstances that led to the poisoning of alex in avonlea on board a flight over siberia poisoning with the navi chuck nerve agent a chemical weapon they called also for the people who carried out to be prosecuted but the fact that that has not happened means that for the french and german governments their patience is running out this is how the foreign minister here in

berlin addressed the matter in the german parliament she had up what does for us it is a serious violation of civic rights committed with a chemical nerve agent who firmly believe that this cannot remain without consequence this is why we will be coordinating a joint response with our partners within the european union and also within the o.p.c. w of the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons over the next few days the 2 governments have put out a joint statement which is unequivocal in its condemnation of russia and why russia has failed to account for how a chemical weapon was used on a russian citizen on russian soil they equate what happened to mr nonny to what happened to russian citizens on british soil some years back and they say that sanctions is definitely an avenue they want to pursue but also they will be calling on other countries to look at what they are doing as an example perhaps to follow. fellow russian opposition leaders fetlar taken all skya has been poets on russia's

wanted list it's not clear when she was added to the database of exactly what she's wanted for the kremlin backs or opponents of the russian president alexander lukashenko who has been facing mass protests since being accused of rigging elections. there are reports more than 10 villages in russia have had to be evacuated after a blaze broke out as an ammunition depo that happens in the region of roisin footage on social media shows a far ball and fix smoke billowing into the air and a witness in one of the videos said shrapnel and ash were falling from the sky. still to come on al-jazeera italy makes it compulsory to wear masks in public after a surge in corona virus infections. that elicit to catch the d.n.a. where you want has driven lucia nice to life size. and say women are awarded the

nobel prize for chemistry for their work on genome edison. things remain pretty quiet across much of the middle east at the moment loss of hazy sunshine not quite a sunny up towards the caspian sea some think a cloud still in place here say we can still see a few showers just around the azerbaijan pushing down to wards northern parts of iran what the weather there for tomahawk rationally thin and break more in the west sunshine than showers but the shell is still there nevertheless nature still wind just picking up around the gulf so him in concert we could well see a little lifted dust and sand temperatures no higher than around $35.00 celsius lots of dry weather the showers set just towards the western end of the peninsula but the showers of course across central africa the quite nicely now sinking

a little further south with some pulses of heavy rain there coming into northern parts of the democratic republic of congo pushing across uganda some big downpours here once again central parts of angola also seeing some pretty wet weather and just notice some rain there now making their way into were a good part of zimbabwe we say some showers race in the into southern parts of botswana northern areas of south africa they're still there as you go on through friday but fewer and further between once again southern areas of south africa though turning a little colder and a whole wetter. cyprus a european island openly offering citizenship to those who can afford it in august al jazeera made global headlines with the cyprus papers confidential documents that reveal a murky passport by investment scheme thomas. says. now

al-jazeera is investigative unit goes undercover to expose further revelations that go to the heart of the cypriot state al jazeera investigations the cyberspace undercover. this is al-jazeera our minds are all of the headlines this hour 2 men have been found guilty for their role in the westgate shopping center attack in kenya 7 years ago 67 people were killed a 3rd man was acquitted leaders of the greek far right golden dawn party have been found guilty of running a criminal group thousands of protesters gathered outside the courts to hear the

verdict police fired tear gas to break up the process. and germany and france have a nice plans to sanction people they blame for the poisoning of russian opposition leader alexina valmy the country's foreign ministers say moscow has failed to provide answers over the attempted murder of not only is a vocal critic of lattimer putin. iran has registered the highest number of deaths from the corona virus since the outbreak began 239 people have died in the last 24 hours more than 4000 new cases have now been confirmed for the 2nd day in a row restrictions are being tightened across the country in france coronavirus patients no make up more than 40 percent of people in the intensive care units in the region surrounding paris some hospitals have started we shared chilling plans surgeries as those units fill up italy is also struggling with the resurgence of

cases the government has now made wearing masks outdoors mandatory to try and stop the spread of the virus it's also extending its covert 19 state of emergency until the end of january next year cases there have been increasing steadily but they do remain much lower than in other major european countries and u.s. president donald trump stocks or has released a statement a short while ago he says that donald trump has been without a fever for more than 4 days without symptoms for over 24 hours in his lab results showed detectable levels of antibodies donald trump of course has been recovering from covert 19 at the white house after being released from the hospital on monday . the 2 candidates vying to be the next vice presidents of the united states are preparing for a show in salt lake city that abate between mike pence and come on harris will

likely focus on president trump's health and his handling of covert 19 reynolds looks more closely at the scene candidates. amidst the head spinning events of the past week the vice presidential debate on wednesday takes on unprecedented significance this is going to be a critically important debate usually the debates are sideshows with the candidates earnestly discussing issues and tossing the occasional verbal zinger but his vice president mike pence and sen camel harris take to the stage in salt lake city the main issue is literally a matter of life or death i think there's going to be an enormous focus on the president's health mr biden's health as well frankly they are the 2 oldest presidential nominees in american history a book right now with the president ill and some questions swirling about how truly ill he is it really puts into stark contrast what this debate is actually about

it is making sure that a person is ready to become president at a moment's notice in terms of substance the debate will almost certainly focus on how the trumpet ministration has handled the pandemic that puts pince who chairs the white house coronavirus task force in a difficult spot he ran the task force he was chosen by the president to do it he was responsible for those early you know statements about just flattening the curbs i mean i imagine those that are working with kind of iris in preparation for this debate are spending a lot of their time coming up with creative ways to lay this all at the feet of the vice president and the president the style of the 2 candidates is quite different pence's stoic unflappable and unlikely to get rattled on stage he's a seasoned debate. and his experience as a radio talk show host in the 1990 s. prepared him to think on his feet harris a former courtroom prosecutor has shown her ability to disconcert administration

officials in senate hearings i wouldn't i wouldn't. yes or no trick question i will repeat it with great uncertainty over whether the 2 remaining presidential debates will take place at all the showdown in salt lake city may be the last debate before election day in a campaign full of unpredictable twists robert oulds al jazeera. and you can watch live coverage of the vice presidential debate right here on al-jazeera that's from a 100 g.m.c. on thursday morning. it has been almost 2 years since human rights organizations issued scathing reports of the bases by chillis security forces the un's high commissioner for human rights in the region the stopping shorts of accusing police of systematic of these suits against civilians but it says profound

reforms are urgently needed the syrian human reports now from santiago was it took only a 2nd a special forces policeman appearing to hurl a 16 year old student protest or over this bridge 7 and a half meters down into the river the youth survived but the alleged culprit has been charged with attempted homicide and other officers who were trying to cover it up but the timing couldn't have been worse. if someone did not respect i should of course be sanctioned accordingly but the support for our police force is key especially because we need peace in. the 25th. the interior minister is referring to this month's constitutional referendum but the protests are already heating up ahead of october 18th the day that marks the start of last year's social uprising. it's led to thousands of charges of brutality on the part of riot police this is

the bridge from where the demonstrator was hurled into the river last friday and despite a state of emergency that's been called because of a pandemic which forbids demonstrations there have been nearly daily protests ever since but the public outrage is also being fueled by what is widely regarded as sweeping impunity there. phillipa to get to me and will say a model or shouting democracy cannot survive with so much impunity. there among the $450.00 chileans who were injured in one or both eyes by riot police shooting pellets or tear gas canisters often at point blank range over that you know i'm. tells us he was trying to help a protest or who was being beaten by police when he was shot this july kalmus says many are now suffering from untreated depression and panic attacks it registered at us i suffered an eye injury and fracture of my skull and i was told. i was

a qualified welder now i can't support my family to stay as abandoned us in terms of promise health care and in terms of justice. chile's institute for human rights says that the vast majority of cases of violations committed by security forces remain unpunished of the $2500.00 cases of abuses presented by the institute including sexual assaults torture and murder only 32 officers have so far been officially charged. the government must take firm action to ensure effective reform of the police institution as well as substantially increase the budget of the deuce reprints so it can do its job unfortunately i don't see the political will. it's a vicious circle at a time when trust in chile's institutions is added historic low the on going abuses are likely to fuel get more social unrest you see illumine al jazeera sent out. tens of thousands of south african workers have taken parts in they symbolize

anti-government protests this anger over missing funds from the $26000000000.00 coronavirus relief package money was meant to be spent on protective equipment for frontline workers and help those who've lost their jobs for me the miller has this update from pretoria. this is the final gathering point for a few 100 protesters again with the area outside the national treasury and this is getting once the government's attention and the warmth and number of issues addressed one of the main concerns for people here are the number of trials of a loss in recent months between april and june about 2200000 jobs were lost and now statistics show that south africa has an unemployment rate of 30 point one percent people here also agri about corruption this has been a longstanding issue in south africa which has been further highlighted touring the

covert 19 pence a mix of government money that was supposed to be spent on the fighting the can they make money that was meant to be spent on personal protective equipment money that was meant to assist the health care services in this country instead is alleged to have been stolen the our child all of the. production we want our wages to convey this to one of our children but if you don't think we've been waiting for a long time and just get tired of like any child of the coming of the collective bargaining of the union or the hospital we've established and i know one thing it's a good incentive if a couple being told me but it is the fault of i'm not my fault old as we are at all to think about it and yet it's paid off to deceive.

him or her for her favor perversion or harms even for her with a perfect person projects that are frozen for her for this is some of his remarks. and a contributor to move on the property. increase the rhetoric about not giving a little puzzle we're here to greet people say enough not enough has been. optioned. and also economy one of the other issues here people wanted terrorist is that. teacher. and say. hey guys this year. old african peacekeeping that. many. people here say they're. racist. says scientists who won the nobel prize in chemistry have been awarded the gong for their growing break you

work in genome editing the prize has gone to 2 women emanuel sharp on ca from france and american jennifer didna their method of making changes says d.n.a. of cells is known as rewriting the code of life and pakistan more than 1000000 people are struggling to recover from 2 months of devastating floods the province of sindh has been worst hits charlotte ballasts reports. the rains began in august in the southern port city of karachi they were the heaviest in almost a seam tree they lashed the surrounding province of sindh for 2 months monsoon rains fell on already salt and ground resulting in devastating floods the wood food programme in sindh government believes that more than 1200000 people have lost more than 90 percent of their belongings and crops. that on the 20 families live here

and our village has been swept away we haven't received any tents or rations yet now we are under the open skies seeking mercy from god. residents in rule since say they feel abandoned by the government they have been worst hit most families have lost livestock nearly all their crops are ruined and 2 thirds of irrigation infrastructure is damaged does that mean for the baby i got. we lost everything in these flood waters our house our cattle and our belongings we hardly say anything there isn't any help from the government and we're faced with starvation and we don't have any money to rebuild a house this isn't a government declared a state of emergency in late august they say they're assessing the damage to infrastructure like roads and communications that are overwhelmed and for comfort i strongly protested with the federal government about their empathy towards this disaster i asked them several times to call international agencies and friendly

countries to help at this crucial time to reach out to these poor people but there was no response. hundreds of thousands of people have been displaced some have found safety on a bank means although there are widespread who had use of food and clean drinking water resistance lack basic amenities including toilets the wood food program says it is particularly concerned with winter approaching and the 3 of water borne diseases we expect to systems. new at least through to the end of november and perhaps into the middle of december a decent terms of relief support for those people who have lost their lost their homes this will be a critical. part of an ongoing effort right now in an area known as the breadbasket of sindh there is little to be harvested these people rely on the rain for their livelihoods but this year it took.