so tell us why the textile and fashion industry is a major polluters bring programs to inform and inspire. going on to see. thousands rally in iraq to revive the revolt against a ruling elite accused of widespread corruption. well again i'm just on the tape this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up. men armed with guns and machetes and at least 8 children during a raid on a school in southwest cameroon drawing widespread condemnation. an international ban on nuclear weapons is set to come into force but will a commitment by 15 nations translate into action. the 1st time in 40 years the

opposition and seychelles has won the presidential guard. now security forces in iraq have fired tear gas a protest as we're trying to get into baghdad's fortified green zone. as you can see thousands of anti-government protesters are back on the streets of the capital after suspending their demonstrations because of coronavirus restrictions the protests against corruption and unemployment 1st began a year ago and now hundreds of people have been killed since then of course wanted to mount a full term is following all those developments for us on the ground in baghdad. has been from violence just about a half an hour ago on the republican bridge which is if you go behind us to the left which crosses over to the green zone which houses

a federal government offices there was a group of protesters would price controls be concrete barricades there are several levels of property bear fruit. 3 i believe so they crossed the 1st barricade at which point the security forces the boys here gas to push them back in the protesters subsequently weave through we're we're not hearing at this point of any faith or any of the lethal violence of the 60 claimed lives of our protesters so far only here gas well less have been used to repel protesters were tried to penetrate the fortified green zone but just so far there are no casualties of course it remains to be seen what will happen once the evening from u.t.v. things escalate when the front goes down here in baghdad. the last year's protests in iraq with the largest anti-government movement since the fall of saddam hussein back in 2003 the capitals to risk where that you saw that with someone became its

epicenter hundreds of thousands demonstrated demanding a change in the way that iraq is run they accuse their leaders of corruption lack of jobs and of being too close to iran at least $600.00 protesters were killed thousands more injured in the months of unrest the movement lost momentum then came to a stop because of coronavirus restrictions boss it did force the resignation of prime minister monti in november iraq's new leaders however have yet to deliver a major reforms in a country where the well bank says one in 3 young people are unemployed but ali i spoke to zaid and he's a an analyst in research specializing identity politics in iraq he says even a year after the protest movement fast broke out it still remains powerful your rock are. the same. with you. they use is it's very well organized it's very they're very aware of you so the revolution

is a useless grassroots movement that is standing up against the political elite whether it is and the government and the militias or political parties that are governing or controlling or influencing the iraqi political arena and economics from beyond the government people activists peaceful activists where so far get the director there was still kidnapped and assassinated throughout the past month just as were the b. one year commemoration of the anniversary of the october revolution not much has changed maybe in the early stages of the 'd whole revolution last year we saw the resignation of the prime minister and the announcement of a possible as a nation by the president these are symbolic achievements of the youth whosis mobile home or revolution in iraq yet we don't have just the changes you saw over the lucian currently is not only focusing on are you seeing the committee go status

quo in iraq but it also demanding to get the justice of the children of the assassinated peace process there is the whole the 600 peaceful purposes was killed since last year prime minister most of us called the me promise to set up a committee to investigate the they're behind the assassinations of those peaceful protesters and nothing has been put forward to the public. when protesters have also gathered in the thai capital bangkok after their demand for the prime minister to resign by saturday was not met prime minister pride chano chest says he will not quit demonstrators say his hold on power as an adjustment after last chance disputed elections they've been holding mass protests to weeks now calling for the reform of the government and of the monarchy our correspondent tony chang has more on the ground from this protest in bangkok. the deadline for the promise to resign resign was last night at 10 pm he didn't say and as promised the protest is a come out again in large numbers but it has been rather

a different protest today if you wander around the protest site loss of different speeches going on not the central focus that we've seen in the build up to to the loss of that to the last couple of weeks in addition to which a lot of the tension that we saw particularly culminating in water cannons and riot police that's dissipated to the old guard is clearly taken the choice to move back there are police here but they're standing well back from the protest site and transport lines into the city haven't been tarred as they were last weekend people are coming and going in fact people are still shopping here this is the central shopping district and bank of people still going to the shopping malls and having a look at the speeches going on at the protest site but the message is still very clear they want the prime minister else they want reform of the monarchy and we've been hearing that echoed very strongly by the protesters all off and all calls are growing for the release of 12 hong kong activists arrested by chinese officials

over their involvement in the pro-democracy movement hundreds have been protesting in taipei the group was arrested at sea while trying to get there by boat or guest members of the group are accused of manufacturing explosives arson and rioting in hong kong and now protesters and valorous say the time is up for president alexander lukashenko to resign police have fired tear gas and arrested dozens of people in the western town of leda thousands are rallying ahead of a midnight deadline given by the opposition nearest atlanta to come skier she says a must step down or face a crippling general strike came to victory in a disputed election in august. now the united nations and the african union have both strongly condemned an attack on a school in cameroon at least 8 students were killed 13 seriously injured it happened in the southwest city of. a gruesome attack on

children who were only trying to get an education armed men carrying guns and machetes enters a bilingual school on saturday saw students in class and opened fire. on the students each 12 to 14 years didn't stand a chance isabel dion's daughter was shot in the stomach and fortunately survived when i run in there and i made my child she. said and i told him it is only a gun see if you know. this act of violence against a school and school children could constitute a crime against humanity no group has claimed responsibility the boy could i have always felt. it's unclear whether the attack was linked to separate the spiders active in the south west and northwest 2 english speaking provinces that have long complained of discrimination by the french speaking majority think. by the presidency and. being attacked and children ready being ready.

as ready. and live on separatists have boycotted public schools for the past 4 years as part of their protests against president paul b. as government leaving hundreds of thousands of children out of school earlier this month the boycotts eased and schools reopened only for students to fall victim to this attack and schapelle al-jazeera well earlier i spoke to her he's the president of the center for human rights and democracy in africa speaking in cameroon he says this attack is a horrific escalation and the country's long simmering divisions. it's clearly. part of the bigger conflict that us of the. english speaking region for the last 4 years going by the outcome of american society consults you started a part is that more. of his model and also as a result if he has to govern it one of the trademarks of the protests has been

schoolboy got on the last 3 years the kids were not really going to school if you were going in some of the if that's what is the most of the civil society does undergo events and those who are gone on the grounds call for. schools that gives that in conditions but also there were a few groups which were against kids going to school so these of given might fall within the jaw awful the fact that some group did not want kids to just school and also the flood that it might be some powerplay don't forget also of a few weeks ago your kid was yelling and his body was exposed in kumar's so he could also be something we all know that you know the giving of generality not who . sponsored it easy but if you cut that kid into from the lives. of us the

man of the people you know it would be one of the norms if but are responsible for these atrocities now an international treaty to ban nuclear weapons has been given the final ratification that me it's on saturday 158 countries are ratify that u.n. treaty and that sets off a 90 day countdown to take effect the lives been praised by activists but the u.s. and other nuclear powers remain strongly opposed to it and i spoke to rebecca johnson she is the founding president of the international campaign to abolish nuclear weapons which was awarded the nobel peace prize back in 2017 she says this treaty it will impact countries which had nuclear weapons. well the nonproliferation treaty only had 3 of the nuclear countries on it when it entered into force and it took some of them actually france and china in particular some 20 years and other nuclear states india pakistan israel never joined never signed and

north korea also as we know has been trying to to test and acquire nuclear weapons so we have 9 problems state as far as international security is concerned with the threats and the mate major risks and dangers from nuclear weapons now that the treaties and to enforce we have the legal and normative instrument and it's backed by a growing number of states not just the 84 who signed that but many more in the pipeline what we have to do is work together as happens with all treaties to build up and a verification and implementation system and to bring those additional states on board now i can has already been persuading cities all around the world including washington d.c. and los angeles and paris and and manchester and edinburgh here in the u.k. and many more around the world to sign support statements that they

want to get their governments to bring to sign and to bring into force of the treaty probe it prohibiting nuclear weapons now these are powerful important cities why they signed because cities a target in nuclear war and it would cause a massive humanitarian catastrophe if any nuclear weapon by accident or by intention were used in in any of our towns and cities around the world. well still ahead from here on out as they're hoping for change protesters in chile make a final push as polls open for a referendum that could rewrite the constitution. comedies comedy outdoors indoors and damage apocalypse. time when the. comedians and their audiences are coming together while social distancing.

from. the weather is lousy set fare across a good part of northern and eastern asia at the moment 60 clear skies for many a very active weather system has moved away from japan one or 2 showers little legacy of showers coming back in behind across the northern half of japan but nothing much to speak of so essentially plenty of or some sunshine coming through meanwhile we got more the way of autumn sunshine coming in across parts of south asia as well clear skies up towards bangladesh pushing over into the northeast of india things squatting down nicely here some showers down towards the the far south east want to show is more the where showers op across that western side of indian as you go on. wednesday tuesday wednesday a similar picture notice the winds starting to feed their way in from a northeasterly direction says signs of the summer raising but southwest the

monsoon the northeast the monsoon the respect to see this time of year now starting to show its hand and the indian met department are talking about that setting in sometime around about whedon's state officially across the south further north astroid it is settled it means we have got more fog and smoke problems across northern parts of india particularly into new delhi where the air quality remains particularly poor this week. dissecting the headlines in the midst of a pandemic let's start with some of the ground realities affecting the news coverage what's the lay of the land there stripping away the spam reaping story about presidential corruption it is real reporting it's not and you're challenging assumptions and the official line. we don't want to. get to and it's the listening post now to 0.

hello there i missed all the attack and let's remind you about top stories here this hour security forces in iraq have fired tear gas the protest of trying to get into baghdad's fortified green zone demonstrations against corruption and unemployment 1st began a year ago now hundreds of people have been killed since the. united nations and the african union have condemned an attack on school children in southwest camera at least 8 children have been killed 13 of the seriously injured the group has claimed responsibility. and international treaty to ban nuclear weapons has gone

the final russification that needs to come into force in 90 days on saturday on jurist became the 50th countries russia 5 the u.n. treaty the move has been strongly opposed by the u.s. . now the opposition candidate in seychelles has won the presidential election in an upset that the electoral commission says we've all run color one has gained more than 55 percent of total votes cost it's the 1st presidential win for the opposition in more than 40 years since independence from britain well yes but there's always bibi a former opposition member of parliament he says there's hope that a new government can bring about change in seychelles. it is a very important victory folo the opposition. it's been almost 43 years since the last. not the last bear we have we have had a one party state. and. president just the.

opposition has been standing for the presidency for the last 5 and we are happy that the situation us change and it is good for the se shows and its good will for the people but the shift has come not as a result of the youth because. of the high call old people but they passed and now we have the youth but it's significant in the sense that we i ness attrition today especially for the new government it's a situation where you are coming in where you have to live in 1000 and you have a ship which has lost its engine a ship which ones lost this rishon and it's moving towards the show it's how do we move forward this is a challenging time for the opposition but i am confident that the new government will be able to meet the challenges of the of the new era to bring say

shares into the to the show. now president anwar trumps when 4 years ago was partly down to a key creep of viruses white suburban women in the u.s. but as he bids for another time in office it's unclear whether he has what it takes to win the way that this time around wasn't gotten reports. it's the 1st rule of running for office ask the people for their vote but begging for support this close to a luncheon day that might be a sign of desperation shift bergrin women would you please like the. i say damn neighborhood ok donald trump's campaign is faced with a problem polls say the president is losing

a key part of his base suburban white women voters to his democratic rival joe biden in a recent washington post poll 62 percent said they were planning to vote for biden versus just 34 percent for trump you know instead of just being a candidate and having of the candidates record to run on we have 4 years of a trump record is women i think largely viewed as a failure on a number of levels and i think that's going to and of encourage them to show up make sure we don't have another 4 years of political experts say in 2016 republican women overlooked trumps massage any because they liked his conservative economic policy but this year these voters are alarmed by the collapse of the economy. as well as by trump's apparent stoking of racial tensions in the country they say what matters most is the president's handling of the covert 19 pandemic he has

really lost that group of women with their concerns over the coronavirus the health of their families women or more birth. by by the child care by the educational difficulties by their parents being in situations so he has lost a lot of this support and it may make the difference for him women's suffrage was born from a desire to the truck campaign strategy reminding women that the republican party fought for their right to vote 100 years ago and with one unified voice we will vote for freedom why do you say these caps and resurrecting the party's racially inflammatory law and order message of the 1970 s. and 1980 s. i'm sorry that there is no one here to answer your march to call if you were elected this guy the suburbs would be overwhelmed with violence and grime meantime supporters see their chance to win over republican women for you to grow

up proud and strong in an america that believes in you and do a return to civil political discourse and fight like hell on the floor and then they go eat lunch together because they mostly put their friendship and their country 1st the party that's going to win over these moderate voters and the suburban women voters is the party that able to prove that it's really going to unify the country and help us heal after all the trauma that we've been dealing with for the past 4 years the suburban housewife line is getting donald trump applause you know what women want more than anything else they want safety security and they want to be able to. have. whether that applause translates into votes where the president won't be known until election day rosalyn jordan al-jazeera washington and now the u.s. vice president's chief of staff mark short isn't quarantine after testing positive for the current virus mike pence and his wife are reportedly in good health and

both tested negative on saturday the vice president is planning to continue campaigning around the country despite his exposure to the virus. these 2 people have been killed in a bomb explosion and pakistan's a lot just on province dozens are said to be injured in the blast that took place in questa police say it was caused by an improvised explosive device that was fixed almost a cycle of opposition parties also holding a rally in the same city in pakistan the mass demonstration in block just on against prime minister in one khan is now the 3rd in a week kemal high the has more from islamabad imran khan the government obviously will be watching this very closely but this is a plan from the opposition party the lines that it's going to take several months to on forward they of course have been accusing the government of. north having the capability to run their state of affairs obviously doors allegations of corruption

but it should not be forgotten that this particular line said because they have a common enemy and ideas the present government that includes religious parties also include the progress on muslim league and the bugs on people's party who've ruled this country for over 30 years and some of the problems that you see today are also because of them and also because of the failure of the present government barred emraan tonge government of thought would be why did and watching where the opposition which is a lose the lines that should not be forgotten this does conclude political parties will be in bickering fighting and apart stick using each other so it will be important to see whether the opposition alliance is able to remain intact and read that they are going to be able to build up the momentum that date said they want to build up before their final marjon islamabad which would probably be by the end of the show we love to see what happens within the next few weeks and right as

a government great take this seriously or nah. now polling stations across chile have opened a historic referendum on their constitution presence about him pinera cast his voters in the capital santiago and follows mass protests that started last year 2 a latin america so you see a new man has more from the capital. a message impossible to mitch displayed in full each of these presidential palace approve a new constitution for a better future it says. on the other side of the street that the united is joined to the celebration so that her daughter she says could live in chile with dignity take care of whatever our constitution is our original sin it regulates all the laws what we can and cannot have and clearly it's no good. 40 years ago military dictator general pinochet called for a new constitution to be drafted it was all for terry and it also consecrated in

extreme free market economic model with almost no state oversight it was ratified in a widening contested referendum which is why all these people say that it was illegitimate from its conception over the years actually is that money has become known as an american success story the fact that the government has been forced to cave in to demands this new referendum seems to suggest that something was seriously wrong. chile's not the poorest country in latin america by a long shot but it has the highest income disparity the constitution does not guarantee many basic social rights as in most modern democracies. when millions of chileans took to the streets last year to demand better minimum wages education pensions and health care they pointed the finger at their politicians but also at their magna carta going to look at the silk us

a government that little notes our constitution basically recognize private property as the supreme right above all others the rights of an individual or private interests take predominance over those of society as a whole. but critics insist drawing up the current constitution and starting from scratch creates false expectations and economic instability not by police are not ultimately blames chillies. not change things to make this is a more inclusive there are 3 well bottom up reports that drastically transform. everyone and. that's the pessimistic view but right now the prospect of drafting a new constitution with popular input is seen as a major triumph by those who are hoping to set chile's democracy on a new more socially equal path. you see in human al-jazeera sente at will. now new york city has yet to fully reopen after the crime virus hit back in march

many of the city's entertainment venues remain closed but live comedy as back at least outside giving much needed laughs ok well as on the house the story i want to get if you could what am i going to get in a city where there has been little to laugh about this year finally some live stand up comedy and pandemic times what you are not that you'll work on a recent early evening dozens of people came to central park in new york to. laugh the reaction right away from comics. this i mean is amazing we haven't performed in 3 months there tara we're tired of doing the same shows because you don't get any audience reaction when the pandemic hit new york city in march everything's shut down overnight any place where people gathered was shut and locked including broadway theaters and comedy clubs they've yet to reopen while most actors and

musicians still don't have a place to perform in front of large crowds many comedians have found a way to adapt colonies comedy outdoors indoors pandemic apocalypse it's a simple arts mike crowd go it means nothing so that's why i guess we're the 1st thing in showbiz to come back up is because there's no production value it's just such a simple art that people like so i'm not surprised that we're here before broadway here before all the movies that's get back up that make sense to me i should make don't you know it's too much because new york has beaten back coronavirus at least for now city officials have been slow to reopen entertainment venues and you fear of a 2nd wave the outdoor shows certainly have a different feel but it appears to work for both the comedians and the audience now it's big it's open people are 6 feet apart from each other so like there's times

when there's also audience behind me because they're just trying to keep their distance but in a wild way it works i think the audience wants it as much as the comics want it and like somehow we're coming together and we're able to make a show. and make people laugh at a time when everyone seems to need it gabriel's hondo. new york. and this is al jazeera and these are the headlines security forces in iraq have fired tear gas at protesters who are trying to get into baghdad's fortified green zone the demonstrations against corruption and unemployment 1st began a year ago now hundreds of people have been killed since then so mona fulton is with the protesters in baghdad with me. there was a group of protesters would cry the concrete barricades there are several levels of probably very good through him.