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a stop to the death penalty. as colds grow to end it worldwide. ah, talents president says her country will not bow to pressure from beijing speaking during national day celebrations, sighing when also said her government will continue to bolster its defenses. it comes a day after the chinese president chasing thing said there'll be a peaceful re unification with the island in the past week. nearly a $150.00 chinese warplanes approach tie one's a defense system. what rob mcbride has fallen developments from hong kong, rob, so this is a pretty defined performance from sighing when how important was this speech on national day? and what more did she have to say? yeah, it was a very defiant and i think it sort of reflects the current feeling at taiwan itself where you find, i think the majority of the people at the moment, at least, are equally resistance to all of this pressure that's being exerted from across the

taiwan strait from china and saying when roof or britain saying, when referred to that directly talking about to china exerting this precious, she said more and more that's tie. one could not relax. also referring to the a increasingly assertive at times aggressive posturing in the east china see where a taiwan is located. evidence this incursion by up to 150 war plain sat last weekend. so as she said, they had to resist that. they said kind of pressure that was being exerted by china and also referring directly to the example of hong kong where of course, we have seen in the recent months with the application of the national security law, various freedoms and rights, which had been enjoyed by people here for a number of years have simply been eroded away. china and the government here would argue that is not the case that it still enjoys certain freedoms that do not exist

on mainland china. but many people here would say that say it is, did they of not getting the kind of rights that they were guaranteed? and citing, when's warning to taiwan is that if we follow the same path as hong kong, we too will lose those freedom. so she wanted her hong kong to serve as a warning to taiwan. so when it comes to the whole point of re unification, the process. yes, the have been these renewed coals from ci, gym, ping of china that there should be a peaceful re unification sighing. when's a view is that the island of taiwan will determine what each future will be saying that the future of taiwan and our is in the tons of its people? this is what she had to say about the whole reification question. van j. well, yeah, the relationship between taiwan and china will be achieved by negotiation, which we will keep negotiating and show the world that we're committed to self

defense. however, no one can force us to go the pathway that is designed by china because that road will not lead to solidarity. and freedom for the people of taiwan, dean and robin were saying that china's president, she shouldn't ping yesterday saying he wants this peaceful reunification yet he's increasing the military component of the pressure. what calculation is beijing making hero? there is always an implied threat from a china that it would be it would be a take military action against taiwan. if taiwan took a route towards formally declaring independence, china's view is that taiwan is a renegade breakaway province. that one day will be re unified with the mainland. china has made threats of before now that it will be prepared to take military action in order to achieve that is she jumping in his speech saturday,

didn't use the word force, but he has spoken in such terms previously. and many people in taiwan woods simply look more at china's actions than what china says and the actions these increasing incursions the military build up, especially when it comes to the increased capability of china's navy with the addition of aircraft carriers. and so it really does a, i think, worry, worry taiwan and makes it look at it at its own defenses. and we did have this warning just in the past week from a ty, ones defense minister that within a few years will. so although the taiwan still operates and receives very sophisticated equipment from its allies, the united states, in just a few years, the chinese military would be in a position to completely overwhelm the islands and take it back by force. if it wants it. i'll write a rama bride life was there in hunger. rob, thank you. now,

voting is getting underway in iraq to elect a new parliament. and a poll brought forward in response to months of protests. demonstrators began taking to the streets in 2019 demanding, on overall and the political system. but some observers are predicting a low turnout. what alley hashem joined us live now from a polling station in the rocket capital bank that ali. so tell us what's happening at the polling stations today and also turn not been, are we expecting a setting up block? most of the holding pushing stations across the country. stop it opening during this day. iraq is, are going to relax $329.00. and then when hope scott this you fall in this grade and you favor the rate for reforms on the real change. because this is that these were the hopes requests for having an election was a duty to $3000.00 and that he profits, however, that it's a lot of skepticism among civil society have on the public on whether this election

is going to read it. you end up with a new situation in iraq, especially with most of the political parties. most of the main players in the law, iraqi politics are the same government, same ones who are running on 3000 candid it's out on the for the selections on the 700 out of them are independent. this is that the big questions that the big question. so today we are going to see whether that is a real turn out that's going to choose that u m p 's here in iraq. and whether this election is going to end up for and. busy i hope to do it. so i know that action started people. we can see a lot of people who for now, maybe during the day not bizarre,

have become better. and this is the, the read the question of the desk for the iraqi government. that's not funny. department isn't, is nothing for this election to minister. i'm not voting for this election. however, the private says one of the candidates, maybe after they'd actions to maybe be the new baby, be named as the new prime minister. and as you say, this election came as a result of huge pro democracy demonstrations against the government. so talk us through quickly what the main issues off of ordinary people, what a boat is concerned about in iraq. that on the main issue in iraq is corruption. this is, this is the pillar of problems of besides corruption, the security situation. there is also a very big a. busy demand among the public, which is stopping the forwarding, meddling and get off the politics. and as we know, iraq is

a place where several regional international players have real leguinn agenda and influence. so this is, this is the main, this is the main issue about this selection. however, is this selection going to end up with? read a me think these that's, this is, this is what people also the skeptic a lot while because they see that the blocks that are going to be ended parliament . i didn't really different from before and there is another issue which is the block stuck are going to be in depaul in pod and going to be able to have decisive decision decision on who is going to be the prime minister called the government. and this is going to add more to the influence on the lever to job and deduction on regional layers. however, nothing is going to be really changing the country. all right, to allie hash of life, or stay in baghdad. ali, thank you. now libya's treatment of migrants and asylum seekers has come under intense scrutiny in the past 24 hours on friday, god shot and killed 6 people at

a detention center and tripoli and around 2000 y grants escaped. and you, in refugee office, was also forced to close off being overwhelmed by hundreds of people seeking resettlement, many migrants and libya, and now in a holding pattern, unable to move on because of the suspension of humanitarian flights. almost a year ago, malik trina has more now, from tripoli. it's called the community day center of facility run by the united nations where those and need can access health care and can help with food and accommodation. hundreds of migrants, refugees and asylum seekers, including women and children, are gathered here. but the doors are close in the face of overwhelming crowds. where is the humanity? where are the countries we are refugees. we did not die of hunger and thirst, but we want our dignity because human dignity is the most important thing. the u. n . refugee agency told us they deeply regret suspending some services at this office . they say they are working with their partners to help people reach hospitals for

critical treatment. a security crackdown carried out by libyan security services. last week saw thousands of migrants and refugees arrested. they were put in detention centers and what a different un agency, international organization for migration calls, deplorable and overcrowded conditions. 2000 migrants broke out of the elma, barney detention center on friday. gunfire can be heard and video showing their escape. 6 migrants were reported killed in over 24 injured. there was chaos on the streets of tripoli. as those who escape ran to residential areas were absolutely devastated by the indiscriminate ah, use of live ammunition inside the perimeter of a detention center resulting in the 6 steps back in front of the you and building some tell us they spent years in detention adamant says he came to libya from sudan in 2017,

to attempt to travel to europe. then i tried to cross the sea in 2017 to sent year in august. but unfortunately, i didn't owe some men all brought has happened in the book. then they catch us. andy, return us back to triple eto detention place. and we say there for 2 years, they move out from director in data under organization. come, they are, unity are and they're yes, our names there. but unfortunately they didn't do anything to. i didn't find any solution i north evacuate as the you and hcr has us asylum seekers and refugees urgently needing assistance to use help lines and to avoid approaching its officers and person for the time being for their own safety. the ministry of interior has called for humanitarian flights to resume, but the un says its living authorities that are suspended the machining of flights for most of this year until the fights are operating normally. many migrants will be left worried about their fate. in the coming weeks and months malik,

trina al jazeera tripoli, suffer so break here in al jazeera when we come back, austria's chancellor says he stepping down is he's being investigated for corruption. plus i'm adamant as in zimbabwe, a country that has more elephant then he can handle a bit of wanting from language animals and humans, a finding it and challenge, living side by side. ah, it's another beautiful sunny day at 35000 feet. the weather, sponsored by cattle airways, voted world's best air line of 2021. hi again and away we go with your weather forecasts for the middle east. this one features when so right off the bat we've got a shamal. that's a wind out of the north coming down from iraq, great through to the gulf states. so what does this mean when gus of about 50 kilometers per hour for the gulf states that's enough to swirl round this sand and dust, and we get those hazy conditions in terms of the act of whether we've got some rain

over the higher ground in yemen, and there we go, look at that sand and dust there. q weights toward the eastern portion of saudi and right into cats are impacting places like doha, over to pakistan toward the north. it's unsettled, that's also into afghanistan as well. so is lama bad showers and births. of heavy rain can be expected here over to turkey, now a scattering of showers for is sample cloud cover for the black sea region and some big storms over western portions of grease on sunday, tropics of africa. look like this. we've got a pretty big line of storms bungie rate through add to the western portion of the democratic republic of congo. further toward the south temperatures of popped up in cape town, 25 degrees, some instability for southern sections of mozambie. and would you say cape town will keep this temperature going up to $27.00 degrees on monday? that's fall above average. see soon? the weather sponsored by cattle airways, voted will's best air line of 2021. when freedom of the press is under threat,

in all you just called to talk, genuinely about your thoughts towards the beijing government step outside the mainstream. there has been a policy implemented tiered system of access towards the internet shift, the focus, but pan down back turned out to be a handy little pretext. the prime minister to clamp down on the press covering the wave. the news is covered. the listening post on a just 0, ah ah, welcome back her program out of the top stories here. this tie one's president as he doubted china during national day celebrations, sighing when said the island will not bow to pressure from beijing. in the past

week, maybe a 150 chinese warplanes approach. ty, one's a defense of voting is getting underway in iraq to elect a new parliament. and a poll brought forward in response to months of protests, some observers of predicting alone, turnips un refugee office. and libya has been forced to close because it's overwhelmed with people seeking re settlement on friday. god shot and killed 6 people who try to free from a detention center in tripoli. but more now on that speech by taiwan president mocking national de scott harold is a senior political scientist at rammed corporation. he says, the pro democracy movement in hong kong has emboldened ty. one's leadership to stand up to beijing tong kong was the example that helped shift the entire electoral outcome of i want last election. president tie was actually feeling for rival, for the presidency until she gave a very, very harsh each threatening taiwan. but allow her to push back and stand up,

but i want democracy and over the following portion of the year. she's a good thing and bullying and pointed to what was happening in hong kong and as a result, president. now a few terms. she's very successfully use the front of mainland china, the threat or she just came in the way to wait people. if i want, after the press, if we are facing and to mobilize the population around. if i want to, i want democracy is with united way is we're struggling with chinese. some part of this is a part of the narrative of history that they have to taiwan is the last portion of last territories is corresponding on note. it also has enormous wealth and enormous geostrategic rotation sitting between japan and the philippines, exposed directly to the western pacific. taiwan has both historical residents for

the, for the chinese communist party and g o strategic value, i think. and i think she didn't been looking to find justification for why he is allowed to stay on the term, perhaps in perpetuity, and look into continually mobilized domestic chinese sentiment to regard the outside world as attract so as to justify the ccp hold on our janice towns taliban says it wants to send a new page. this relationship with washington during the 1st face to face talks with us officials in doha security was a key issue on the agenda. but aid evacuation flights and the rights of women were also discussed. the taliban ruled out cooperating with the u. s. in the fight against iso in afghanistan. it follows a series of attacks including fried his bombing of a sheer mosque and conduce that killed at least 60 people. natasha the name as more on the talks and o. the acting afghan foreign minister actually did make some comments on day

one of what's expected to be 2 days of talks. first time talks at such a high level since the american's pulled out in august, he says that he recognizes that security for in afghan assigned benefits, not only afghans but the international community. so he offered assurances he made please for assistance with regard to assurances the acting foreign minister. his name is mall, the american will talkie says that the taliban will do its part. bear in mind that the taliban has pledged to its people, that it would be the one to provide security. but in the last week, there had been 2 major bombings in afghanistan that have killed scores of people on the economic front regarding it please for assistance. the acting foreign minister says that it is looking to the international community to help solve its financial woes. you are looking at a country that is heavily dependent on international aid,

with an evolving humanitarian crisis on the ground. it is asking that the united states lifts economic sanctions freeze, unfreeze its assets, and reduce restrictions are lift restrictions at the, at the afghan national bank. it says it needs to be able to pay its employees as well as provide services to the afghan people. the you in refugee agency says the well should urgently provide the aid. it was promised to the afghan people, a number of international organizations of warned. but of gustavo, on the verge of a, she monitoring catastrophe. nearly 700. a 1000 other ones have been displaced just this year. and this kind of takes the total of displeased people that are only affected by conflict to $3500000.00. so we are now in a race against time to help and support walner rebel desperate our wants

and winter is just around the corner. our fear is if they are not helped as soon as possible for the consequences of this could do, could be really, really worrying and more problematic. austria, sebastian kurtz has announced his resignation as chancellor, but says he will stay on his leader of his party in parliament. curtis county, under investigation of a corruption allegations against them is accused of using public funds to gain favorable press. coverage is denied the charges, but it's been under pressure from his coalition partners opposition. parties had also been preparing a no confidence motion. alright, brooklyn is from stanford university in berlin. he says the chancellor's reservations show that a system of checks and balances is working in austria when the good thing is that this is not enough for repairing. ready regime apparently it's

a western type democratic system in which it has we can see now of the system of checks and balances work pretty well. otherwise this regime. ready quotes the old to make it have one person show one not of people's party. that fault. he used to be before he came the chancellor. this is still the good news that everything works according to the constitution. and there is a system off the separation of powers still kind of works that the traditional system does its job. and most importantly, the free media can do what we expect free media to do in a situation like this. in forces of launched a new round of air and ground strikes against to grow rebels. the attacks took place in the i'm harvard region, the to gray people's liberation front has been fighting pro government forces in the north the last 11 months. so i will get you as an independent journalist. he

says ethiopian troops have been planning attacks on trigger rebels for weeks. it's be reported by they reliable mainstream new sites or news agencies that and the yoga and side has really gone. what they've been saying from 4 weeks since they've been prime minister, went to turkey, for instance, trying to get some drones or some kind of military support that this action will happen. and it's, it seems it's happening now and, and some of us will have watched it from near us government forces. and now our forces are really mobilizing the support that they need to really move forward. and perhaps trying to claim while was taken by the t p. i left a few months ago, they said it was a negotiated, it was just announced by the job and side, they never accepted it. they called it a bad joke, quote,

unquote. so it was never accepted and the conflict really continued. and the t p left started moving from their region. that's a great region. moving to the fiery region, them higher region and really begun to be more engaged. military wise was friends that never has been explained. and they've started gaining towns and villages. and that really quick if you're in a very compromising position, and that's why perhaps the top and side trying to regroup and come back. and this is the option that has been anticipated for a while from them in malia colombia, none kidnapped back in 2017. but i'll kind of think group has been freed. gloria sicilian rise was kidnapped by them. are seen a liberation front near the border with bettina fastened. her release follows more than 4 years of negotiations. is not known with ransom was paid. friends present

ammonia, macro is launching a campaign for the world wide abolition of the death penalty. he made the announcement at france's 40th anniversary of its last execution describing the death penalty as an abomination. good afternoon or silicone bump or liberty soon, france will re launch the fight for universal abolition with the framework of the presidency of european union. we will organize in paris with the n cio together against the death penalty. a meeting at the highest level, bringing together civil society from states that still apply the death penalty in order to convince their leaders of the importance and urgency of abolishing at one more well and sierra leone has abolished its death penalty. the president julius mata vio, signed the bill. the ceremony in the capital free town would be replaced with a maximum penalty of life in prison. net executions have taken place in sierra leone since 1998, but there had been resistance to removing the death penalty completely with

one human mind. with re max and departure from the past to do as usual with matthew, my geena is an attorney in pennsylvania. he says, some governments are using the death penalty for political gain. i think it in a lot of ways. the death penalty is driven by politics. you know, people want to seem as though they're tough on crime and it's a way of getting your, your, your bon, a cds for being tough on crime by saying, you know, we support the death penalty. and so, so i think that's part of the reason why the death penalty hangs on. although the trend around the world is really seems to be that the death penalty is it is a fading a. it's not a certainly as popular as it has been in years gone by. it's, it's best exemplified in the united states where you see a number of read states,

you know, hang on to the death malady. because the politicians in those states, the members of the legislature, they don't want to be the ones who are perceived as soft on crime, who've done away with the death penalty. and then there's some horrific crime that occurs in their state. and the death penalty is not an option so, so at least in the u. s. and i think in other parts of the world, the death penalty is churned by politics. officials in zimbabwe, national parks receive more than a 1000 distress kohls last year from people whose vintages were being trampled by elephants. so far. this year, dozens of people have been killed in attacks as armor toss a report from hunger. national park communities have started relying on their own methods to keep the animals away. not one thing about pros, name isn't by escape of elephants. her husband was killed by one a few months ago when he was hurting cattle. you guys had any teeth. i'm

heartbroken. i still can't believe it. i had to identify his trampled body when they found him. not far away from her, gideon dubia is slowly getting used to walking on crutches. the 74 old was trampled by 2 elephants. that he said seemed to appear from no way. upon sierra closer, the 2 elephants knocked me down. i tried to get up, but saw my me was broken. when they left, i crawled for hours through the road to get help. the number of elephants in zimbabwe is estimated to be slightly more than 100000, up from 84000 in 2014. when the last census was done, the national parks authority says the country can only manage about $45000.00 elephant overpopulated. it's unsustainable. the animals are slowly becoming a danger unto themselves, their destroying their own happy talk to their destroying other animals. i'd be glad to bring down numbers. national parks,

a selling hunting licenses and considering culling. something's the bobby loss did in the late 19 eighties. another option for park officials is to move the animals to less populated parts of the country, but it's an expensive exercise. a few years ago, $100.00 elephants were moved at a cost of about $400000.00. the national parks authority says he doesn't have the funds to keep doing this. this area isn't the one get national park. the largest gamers of, in zimbabwe, across the road, farmers grow crops. that's how close people and animals are living to each other. here. to protect themselves, people here had made the so called chilly bombs. they say the pungent smell of a mixture of chilly and the leaves. garlic ginger and manual repels wild animals. this area did no to have even a single case of elephants come into the fields by dover. if you kilometers away from this place where there was,

there was no appellant where did number of elephant that were invading the fields to an extent that some of the elephants were short down to tie in, which was the number of elephants come to the fields. the repellant is hung up in villages and fields to water of animals looking for food and water as demand for space and farm and grows. areas where wild animals live are getting smaller. leading to a conflict between humans and wildlife, that can only wilson and it's the lasting solution is found harder matches algebra one, get them by way. oh, i can check the headlines here on al jazeera tie. ones president has hit out of china during national day celebrations, sighing when said the island will not bow to pressure from beijing. in the past week, nearly a 150 chinese warplanes approached high ones and defense them. i.