sick man, my son bob boyd. oh, now just the era. ah, al jazeera, as a you ah, all, ah, political turmoil in tune is yeah. rival, 5 whole demonstrations after the president imposes a freeze on parliament and this, this is the prime minister. ah, hello, i'm sammy's a them, this is al jazeera alive from dell hall. so coming up the human cost of the afghan conflict, the un says a record number of women and children are dying in the fighting. they call the

students those who are trying to learn knowledge. they killed in protests in the philippines as president rodrigo just had to make a final state of the nation beach. ah, news is military is blocking the speaker of parliament, russia that i know she from entering the building. that's after the president froze parliament for 30 days. president chi psi does also sac prime minister, his sham, she, she the biggest political party or not calling it a coup. it's supporters and those backing the president of gathered out fine comment. the move follows nationwide anti government protest over the mishandling of the crime virus and demick struggling economy and a political stalemate. felt

a hierarchy begins coverage. the celebrations on the streets of tennessee as capital soonest. in the hours after the president dismisses the prime minister and freezes parliament for 30 days. is the 1st time in my life, i've heard the head of the staid, make a wide decision. we've taken our country back. the 1st time we are out on the streets to celebrate the president quite side support is made their way through the street welcoming news of political change earlier. thousands and protested in several cities about government failures. encrypting corona virus rate, the shouted snowden against the ruling and the policy and prime minister has shown she, she calling for the dissolution of parliament and chomping down with the regime. the partner. when we have come down today to resist this regime,

they take our money and curse us. they have not done anything to the people, always fighting. it is enough. how can 9 ministers rule an entire country? we have starved and the people are loss. so the police look through the streets leading to the city's main thoroughfare using t gas to break up the crowds. it was a key sight citizen resolution a decade ago. that top was a long time president then and i've been been alley and on the the are spring up finding the soon after the president called an emergency meeting, saying the measures were needed to save the country. i warn you after the 1st decision is to freeze all the powers of the parliament. the constitution does not allow the parliament to be dissolved, but it does not stand in the way of freezing all the word and said, the 2nd decision is to lift the immunity of all members of parliament. and for

those of whom a case related says, suddenly i will take care over the public prosecution. the bond critics, including the speaker of parliament, have called the president's actions. a qu, cut out, sent me not decisions have no basis in the constitution, nor in the law, and we are against them. because in short, it is against the constitution against the revolution and who against public and private liberties in the country. the president meet misinterpretations that actually clashes with reality about call you that has been a rivalry between the president prime minister and speaker that's prevented action to tackle surging unemployment and crumbling state services. the news is also been overwhelmed by the corona. virus pandemic, facing one of africa's worst outbreaks. hospitals are overcrowded and under resort and on saturday for the reported

a record 317 deaths from the virus. so many the countries deepening, economic and social problems have undermined support for democracy. some critics say that very democracy is now in danger. so to have to, i'll just 0. well, i deny lee joins us now by skype from tune. it was the situation on the streets now . i met okay for well, for the support of the canadian president i gathered in front of the bottom in the early morning hours and then following the call, the meters through the media and who the facebook page it another supported gather as well. and then they had been a small, small classroom between the 2 groups, but the, the police was always in the mid disbursing them. i mean,

they were only threatening each other, but the other. we didn't see the president as well. i think yesterday night when he did it that the main capital had the cubic feet and he meant we need supporters for us. but she had another speaker. he was in the lower. ready in the bottom and last night and now he's in the parliament we menu is 4 years and many others. we are waiting for the point. an interim prime minister mentioned yesterday, and for the prime minister in the former one patient machine, she, we didn't, he didn't show up today why and why he was visiting a vaccination center. he was reportedly detained in the presidential policy one

when, when the perceived in different speech. but now no one knows where it is being reaction from different parties, 2nd largest block in the parliament, down the president decision. why some of the government on that decision, but i will, and it's like a decision also being remote that shut down, but you know, in operating normally and then our student. all right, thanks so much. i heard a lot there during an interview with al jazeera former to new jersey and president months, if not a silky said the freezing apollo was a qu, which must not be accepted. the fisher mobile, my modem is actually, i mean,

the whole system is a big failure. you can't blame a single element for such a failure. 3 different elements are to blame for this catastrophe. let's suppose that this cou will succeed, and i hope it won't. it would take us back to square one because those people have nothing in hand to sort out the social, economic and political problems. and she says, yeah, this will take us back to the pre revolution era with way less capabilities. the only solution is to a boat and floor this coo and that unity and people, but not accept and acknowledge it. that's go to mohammed valve, he's covered 10 as extensively for us and as we heard them, month of month zilkey saying this is a qu, start with a question of does the constitution allow the president to either freeze or dissolve parliament? yes, i mean, i have article 80 of the constitution, it is interesting that yes and no for your your question. the constitution allows the president an emergency to take emergency provisions. in the event of imminent

danger, threatening the nation's institutions off security or independence and happening the normal functioning of the state. so he has the right to take some measures. but also the same article stipulates that he has to do that off the consultation with the head of government, and to speak of the assembly of the representatives of the people and informing the president of the constitutional court here lies the problem. now, instead of consulting with these branches of government, he has dismissed them, so nobody saw it. now we have one man who is rolling. everything was doing everything. was a host, assuming the responsibilities of all the other branches of the government. and this is why his opponents say, you know, that she has made a coup so that executive government is no more. how could the counselor could consult to also the same article stipulates that the parliament should be in continuous session during this particular type of circumstances. and where is the parliament now it's frozen these problems when they are eyes, also according to the same article, should be brought to a constitutional court to,

to resolve them. but there is no constitutional court. so this is why it's, it's a very difficult situation and the president is now, isn't, is, is taking everything in his hands and his opponents are angry with us. he has the only the only support he has now is like we can say something that is probably outside outside everything we have been talking about. it's the sovereignty of the people. yes, the constitution has talked about people, the people of tunisia, of the, the one component of the one entity that has the, the, the upper most sovereignty. he, he is resulting throughout probably. and he's being accused of being populous. he's been accused of being outside of, you know, being victor told him in this regard and his opponents are saying this is very dangerous and it could lead to, to complete deterioration of the security situation. and the political situation in the country does it to a certain extent. now do what happens next? does it depend on the posture taken by the security forces?

many people are saying this because now we have a parliament that is frozen. we have a government that is normal. we have a president who has promised to appoint a new government, but a new governor should be appointed according to the results of elections according to consultations with the parties. but all of that is not happening. he is once again justice in the same manner he did last year when he appointed prime minister machine from no, no political base and not based on any consultations with other party the disease trying to do the same now. so everyone is pinning hope on a position of the army. the, the army should be, should step in, not, you know, in them in the manner of a call, but to prevent escalation, to prevent clashes between the opponents and between the support of the president and his opponents. because by the way, his supporters are industries because he's appealing to the general public, not to any party. and he has many people who support many people who think the government is corrupt. the government hasn't done anything for the,

for the country, and it should be dismissed. so everyone, every hope has been on the army to maintain the security and not allow any one of these parties to transgress. all right, thanks so much. mohammed val a record number of women and children have been killed or injured in afghanistan in the 1st 6 months of this year. the un says nearly $1700.00 civilians died during that period. it says scanning fan is on cost to see the most civilian since it started keeping records in 2009 shall about us reports now from cobble its been less than 3 months since mohammed ne daughter re 100 dykes. she was 16 and an identical triplet with his sisters in yellow or bray her wanted to be a doctor, but she was killed in an attack at his school. and may, i didn't know if i'm putting on the issue that i was the 1st one to get to the

bombing was really horrible. it's always on my mind. when i got there, it was chaos. there was screams, cries, and morning. there were father's picking up the daughter's brother's picking up the sisters. the attack on say it or she had a high school was cited as the worst incident in a new you in report, tallying civilian casualties. and the 1st 6 months of this year. no group has claimed responsibility for it, but very hon. assisted has a message for her killers. don't told your brothers or sisters. because sir, you are also from this country. the bowman here and may killed 85, mostly young school girls and injured about 150. they are among 783 civilians killed in afghanistan, interest may and june. it is the highest number for those months since the us started keeping records 12 years ago. the you, it also says

a record number of women and children were killed or injured in afghanistan in the 1st 6 months of this year in dusty, but she, the victims names have been painted and murals on the schools perimeter, where they dies. they call the students those who are trying to learn knowledge. they killed in my message or in this part is dave, that the students the just have one pin hand and no no. another thing, sir, in our hand to fight with veins. i asked her in the unit, do you think the pain will be stronger than the gun? course course. i believe in this the you in says if the dentist on its own course to witness its highest number of civilian casualties in a single year. but we need the parties to step back and away from the battlefield.

because otherwise we do think based on the data that and the figures and the record levels that we've seen of the 1st 6 months of this year. that these will just keep increasing the number of the family emphasize with the thousands of vaskins who's also buried in love one this year. but they cannot empathize with the perpetrators never show the limit on that mobile russian. no, i cannot forgive them. my wife cannot re hon as sisters cannot forgive. it's something unforgivable. he says, after re hon, his death and his security worsens. the families looking to leave s canister, the you in is also worried, saying is fighting loose rule areas into cities. the result could be catastrophic. charlotte bellis al jazeera cobble. i'll fill ahead now just there are 10 talks in

beijing. china blames washington's strained relations during a visit by high level us envoy. ah ah. as you probably know, the south response soon doesn't justifacts in dears. it's affecting lose on at the moment. it's also affecting me and man, thailand. the breeze surface level tends to induce a lot of rain in the western side of the philippines. miller seem flooding that southern heading further north, i think in the next day or so. and me, and massively on the coast very well for next day. the same is true for thailand, income video company. it's not true any longer for malaysia into these young the whole, this is very dry either scattering the showers. and so the ways he has an example winters really bitten down the victorian out about half me to

a meter of snow sitting on the ground. the air still coming through fatty cold and quite windy in fact 1st got likely dangerous winds blowing through day on monday nettie choose to them. they tend to die down, but the same strength when could catch adelaide western side of victoria again, that'll be 2nd day. this week or last few days anyway. now apart from that, it's standard stuff been re running through when i felt the systems snow again for the victorian outs. fine weather further north, 25 in the car. in new zealand, it's a better picture now. yes. just a bit of rain, but a breeze around on tuesday is better than monday and on wednesday it's probably dr . still. the weather bag in energy and change to every part of our universe or small to continue the change all

around the shape, my technology and human ingenuity. we can make it work for you and your business. ah, the me welcome back. here watching out is there a time to recap? headlines supposes opportunity as routing. another policy are demonstrating outside parliament. the president has dismissed 5 minutes to his shot and she she and frozen palm minutes 30 days. the opposition is called to move a cou 2021 and said to be the bloody is here on record in afghan than the

one says natty 1700 civilians were killed in the 1st 6 months of the year as the highest at home since it started keeping records in 2009 back to our top story, the political turmoil into nicea. sharon gree wall is a professor at the college of william and mary joins us now on skype from palomo. it's really good to have you with us. so let's start 1st of all with a question of what will happen ultimately now, to parliament, do you expect the opposition is going to try sickly, the another bother going to try and reconvene parliament despite the president's order to freeze it. thank you for having me. i think they will, they have condemned president fades actions as a coo, as a power grab. and they seem determined to, to stop that attempt. new she had the speaker of parliament as well as other

political courses, already staging a sit in outside of parliament, hoping that it can stage a session as is mandated by the constitution where the parliament is not to be frozen, but instead allowed to be in the continuous session for 30 days and the ultimate goal of holding a session of parliament, or at least one possibility would be to invoke another article in the constitution article, 88. that could end of the term of the president for a grade violation of the constitution. as the political forces are arguing so the parliament is a key question and critical. there is the position or reaction of the military and security forces. will they allow the speaker of the parliament and the other politician to hold, to enter the parliament and all the session or not?

all right, and that was that segue is nice thing to my next point ultimately doesn't now come down to forces like the security forces whose side they join, which way do you think they're going to go? they already leaning towards the president by blocking russia. there are no she the leader of the launch critical party from entering parliament. at this point, it seems like that, but i think what we need to remember is that the military and to nisha is highly professional. it tends to follow orders, but not if that requires force or violence, again, unarmed civilians as in this case. and so i think if push came to shove, the tunisian military as it often does, would stay neutral. and instead, the whole civil society actors, the national labor, you and other organization will step in and said, to find

a way through dialogue as occurred back in one being rather than through force. what does the constitution say? because both sides are claiming an interpretation of certain provisions in the constitution to justify freezing the parliament or as you are explaining about article 88 perhaps getting rid of the president. so the article that the president invoked, the president, by the way is the constitutional law professor is article 80, which says that for 30 days he can take exceptional power. but that same article stipulate that he has to 1st consult with the speaker of the parliament and the prime minister, which a theme did not. but more importantly, it says that the parliament have to remain and continue with session. for those 30 is not that it can be frozen. and so by any lay man's reading of the constitution

that appears to be a violation of that article. but what's important is that to need it doesn't have a constitutional court to adjudicate between these 2 interpretation. that is the result of the fracture of the political landscape. but tunisia has had for the past couple of years where political forces cannot come to an agreement on who should be part of this court to the justices should be. and it's that frustration with the inability of the political forces to get anything done that has given the president this opportunity now to come in and say, we need to clean up the politicians. we need to empower the presidency so that we can actually get something down. thank you very much for your thoughts on that one . great, thank you for having me. the philippine president is delivering his last day to the

nation address. the, the live pictures from manila go to tell you that the podium, small demonstrations ahead of his speech. people have been unhappy about current advice, restrictions and deterred a so called war on drugs. gem alan doug is in and then and now with the latest join them. so once they've been saying so far, jamila well sammy, he's actually gone overtime as expected just like a previous state of the nation speech. and he talks about the achievement of his presidency. the commitment that he has for with less than a year and office and, you know, and as expected he veered off quit making jokes about, you know, the low ness of his cell prompts are using the ability to catch up with the teleprompter. talking about the war and drugs, again, talking about drug lords, killing jugglers, and those who are importing arms. i mean, this type of speech of the precedent is quince essentially, that there's it and it's been the hallmark of his faith of the nation. speech is

over the last few years, but what is barking? leave missing in this speech, is that he has been talking for over an hour. and there has been no mention of the government coven, 19 response, especially as the government, as announced, basically that their local transmissions of that dell so far, you know, this is a president, was one, overwhelmingly, in 2016, promising unprecedented change. we're talking about ending the presence of crime and corruption within the 1st 6 months of office and the social injustice within the 1st 2 months in office. and even changing the parliamentary at the form of government from the current farley amend $31.00. none of these promises have been made and that is because as mentioned by others, this is a bit these have been unrealistic promises by president in fact. now in that he holds the distinction of being the only president facing fitting philip in

president facing examination in the international criminal court. his own family implicated allegations of corruption and abuse. and lastly, sammy, he talks about possibly running for the vice presidency and admitting that the hope that this will meet. he will be immune from the go cases one to step down from office. all right, jemma, thank you so much. now separate this leader nigeria is going on trial for treason and, and i'm the account who is the leader of a succession is group called the indigenous people of the afro. it wants independence for the southeast and region. the government blames count for inciting violence. there, through social media posts and radio broadcasts. it was previously jailed on criminal conspiracy charges, but skipped failed in 2017. it was arrested in kenya last month. taken back to nigeria, canada is a jewel nigerian british citizen, and both in kenya on is u. k. passport is supposed to say he was illegally,

abducted by nigerian authorities. get more now this from average races live for us from a bu just so what's happening in cause well basically, i mean this probably supposed to off the top in one and a half hours ago and seems like it's yet to start. but we understand that the judge and the accused are also in does not stop. and so basically what's happening today is a continuation of trial for monday panel. he's been charged with 11 child. he's been slapped with 11 charges by the nigerian government amongst them. treason or treasonable felony, which of course, in 2017, he skipped the bail after he was going to bail by the same court. now he's brought back to the same court today for the continuation of trial of the, of the trial. now what's going to complicate the case for him probably was how he jumped to bail. his lawyer said he did not jump bill, but if my was striking,

that's the reason why enough to nigeria to go and find peace elsewhere. however, i mean, i didn't get that while he was away. he continued to incite violence against your security pauses and ordinary citizens on the streets of niger. so that's nice vacation right now. and a lot of people, especially government lawyers, i expected to find in more charges on top of the 1190 counties being accused off before the court. here i did re, there almost 10000 families have been evacuated in sudan as floods continued to devastate the get out of the region. it's the only state currently affected, but officials expect of areas to be hitting the coming weeks, including the northern state of river nile because of heavy rains in the field in highlands. thailand counsel is running out of hospital beds for new copays 19 cases. hospitals in bangkok,

having the discharge patients before they completely recovered that freeze up space for more severe cases. people have been reported the dying in their homes because there's no space to treat them all the 15000 cases were reported on monday. the highest figures since the pandemic began malaysia. parliament is holding a special session to discuss the government's corona, virus plans. countries facing a new wave of infections fueled by the delta variant. health workers say the system is near breaking point. thousands of going on strike across the country and the protest against pay and conditions. china is blaming the us for a stalemate in relations accusing as of creating an imaginary enemy. that's as the u. s. deputy secretary of state needs to count the parts in town gin, when they sherman is the highest ranking official to visit from the bible ministration. the us presidents is largely kept sanctions on china that were placed

by a st. assess of donald trump. china asked us to remove these restrictions on chinese students and communist party members. seventies president michelle island has begun meetings to try and form a new government. if confirm that mccarthy will become prime minister, designate a reply side, you had a lady who stepped aside last week when the government wasn't approved. levin has not had a functioning administration for almost a year. it's people are struggling under an economic crisis. ah, i think you through some of the headlines here now just now there are demonstrations and turn it off to the president dismissed. the private assume froze parliament for 30 days. the biggest political group among the party is calling it a qu, supporters of both the.