is dangerous and exhausting work. we're trying to give whatever with the hope is the fire will stop when it runs out of fuel. but for the moment, the fuel is everything in sight. ah, millions of iraq is a voting in parliamentary elections under tight security coming up an update from baghdad. ah, hello again, i'm come all santa maria here and joe, how with the world news from alger zebra? ah thousands fill the streets often is these capital protesting against what they see is a power grab by the presidents. iran on the agenda, the german chancellor, anglo merkel meets israel's set,

prime minister. she proposed to leave office. and abdul cody, at a con, a controversial pakistani nuclear scientist died at the age of $85.00 ah, over on the starting in iraq voting eas underway to elect to new parliament there. this pole brought forward in response to mass protests. now, rocks prime minister must offer academy cost his ballot in baghdad. shortly after the polling stations opened, there are nearly 25000000 people eligible to vote. and authorities are deployed hundreds of thousands of security personnel across the country for the boat man made up bill why had an update from you in baghdad? 25000000 eligible, but how is the turnout looking very low so far? command of well then let me just give you

a sense of what is happening here. we're now standing in one of the pulling centers . enough, some he a neighborhood, a density populated neighborhood in the iraqi capital above that, as you can see behind me, it is a very low as you can see, let me show you some pulling at his stations and it here for example, in this putting the station it is it, as you can see, it is that there are no voters at this moment as you know that it started early in the morning. it was low turn out and now we were expecting the turn now to increase by mid day. now it's now 11, g m t. this is a 2 p m 2 p m. baghdad. local time. this is supposed to be a rush hour, but yet there is no high turnout as we can see. and now at people here, i speculate those who are be cutting the election say that they do not trust the political parties running up for this election. as you know,

this election is very special. it is, what is new about this election is that it has gained, it has gained a lot of concern from, from regional and international institutions. in fact, about $8000.00 observers are monitoring this election that includes around $900.00 international international observers that they belong to. the, the united nations and that european at noon. and as you know, despite the fact that there have been a lot of procedures, security measures are on high alert as you know, airports and both. those have been closed or movement between a govern rates has been restricted, and it at many thing is here, have been prepared, as you know that the air force has been taken part in securing at this election. but yet the turn now it is tara, is till, as we can see at very low. what is also new about this election is that the election commission has been huge,

is scrutiny just because the people have brought a rock is abroad for the 1st time. they do not have opportunity to cast their votes . the votes in this election because as the election commission says that because it did not have enough time, it did not have enough logistics to the gist of iraq is abroad ahead of the election today early in the morning. a state officials on top of them. the president of iraq, but hm. solid and the prime minister. most of us count the me along with many other officials. they cast their votes early in the morning as a kind of a, a message that trying to convey a message to the people, to encourage them to go and cast their votes. but we have been hearing about also about some minute irregularities in sampling stations. for example, in this putting station up, some technical issues have been reported in and that was in the biometric verification machine. these machines,

some of them were lakia expediency had some technical issues. but other than that security wise, everything is going normally. but only the turnout is still very low, as i just said. and this is the mid day. this is at 2 pm local time. that's the 11 g m t cheer. and yet the turnout is still very low. okay, thank you for those updates. that is matt madame de la, in baghdad. and now emron khan with more from mosul in the north. busy this is one of the main polling stations here in mosul by a 1000 people are registered to vote, not supposing station there. as you can see, there is a very heavy security presence head. if i just show you just down there, you can see a 2 checkpoints, one at the bottom of the road, that's where they're checking all the ideas and the equipment. and then just another checkpoint here allows people to go in to the polling station. like i said

about a 1000 people are registered to vote here. the 10 out has been very slowed so far. but so there's a real issue for the voters of mosul. what they say is that there's a very bad relationship that the politicians and the people of most lab with baghdad. they say that baghdad ignores the mosul, is a sunni muslim majority city. and they say they simply been ignored when it comes to reconstruction off to the war against iso. there is still a lot of damage or from, ah, even here, actually from a very intense fight. just over there, you can probably see some of the pock marks in the building from so in the intense fighting. but really where the most damage is it is in the old city of mosul and people are telling us that they can't return home there. so not only do you have residents of mosul, who are complaining about that relationship with baghdad, and the fact that baghdad hasn't actually begun rebuilding yourself. people who've

been displaced who come to places like this to vote. they say that they haven't been able to get voting cards because the fear aki federal government insist they go back home. there's no homes for them to go back to. so the voting is slowly continued to take place here in mosul. what kind of numbers we won't know until the polls close at the end of the day. on to other news and talks between us and taliban officials of entered their 2nd day hearing cutter. it is the 1st in person meeting since the arm groups seized power in afghanistan. back in august. now security aid evacuation blinds the rights of women. they were all discussed on day one. the taliban, there was also ruled out cooperating with the united states in its fight against i saw in afghanistan as after a series of attacks including fridays bombing of a sheer mosque in condos that killed at least 60 people. natasha can aim with more from dr. members of this out scan delegation are here in doha to get

international recognition. and more importantly, the aid money that comes with it, they are facing the challenges. the acting foreign minister said yesterday, facing challenges of paying government employees and providing services to the afghans and dueling crisis, economic and humanitarian, humana korean crises, in addition to mounting threats by iso in afghanistan. so the acting foreign minister came with assurances has said i is offered please for assistance as well as warnings. the acting foreign minister says that he knows that a stability in afghanistan is paramount and is good for not only afghans but for the international community. he says that they want positive relations and mutual commitments, not only with the united states, but other countries. and he did reference on saturday, the need to get humanitarian. flo going, the afghan,

acting foreign minister also though issued warning, say do not de, stabilize our government. don't meddle in our affairs respect, afghans wishes the afghan delegation is really in a tough spot with the americans. as far as these con talks are concerned, having the leverage, the u. s. has frozen about $10000000000.00 in afghan assets. groups like the international monetary fund and the world bank have also halted lending programs an aide. at least 4 people have been killed by a car bomb in yemen, southern pulled city of aiden. the governor, red lum, la sound, the environment minister both survived the bloss, which happened as the convoy was pausing. aiden is the seat of humans. internationally recognized thousands of tin is in the bank on the streets of the capital, protesting against the president. there have been several demonstrations since sky side seized near total power. 2 months ago, i dismissed the government,

suspended the parliament and assumed executive authority. back in july. here is sam kimball for us into a sam. what exactly is brought the people out to day and such big numbers? well, oh, what we're seeing no down town i in tune. his son tenants, his name thoroughfare avenue. have you go to cuba is what looks to be a few 1000 protesters are likely from different parts of tunisia and they've been saying chance when i went down there, i heard chance such as the people want the removal of the president and no fear power belongs to the people that there was a heavy police presence and it was, will quite tightly controlled, both entry and exit, to the protests. there have been no reports of blockage of entry to the protest. and, and, and as you can see, it's raining behind me,

which is likely to decrease the number of those people attending the protests. and it should also be mentioned that there was, according to some protesters, there was a sudden decision by the authorities this morning to move the location of the protest from the agreed upon location, which was a more open, larger space and more tightly constrained avenue vba. this purchase was called last sunday by opposition politicians. joe had been embarked and as a response to the president's exceptional measures that he has taken on july 25th. and since then, why is there any best sort of political process at the moment? in tennessee, a salmon with parliament suspended light bad as there is this older still in stalemate. that's an excellent question and about whether there is any political process as you

said. and as i mentioned just earlier since july 25th, when the president took his 3rd and managers like prison, parliament stripping parliamentary immunity, 2nd, the prime minister. and it, which he has done in the name of a fighting corruption as well as i mean and to political dysfunction and putting into a political dysfunction and fighting and out of control cove. it crisis. and there have been several arrests um lawmakers of members of parliament and journalists, many of them put under house arrest a couple were released just today and but since july 25th we seen oh, more or less of a greater and greater concentration of, of powers in the hands of the president in what critics have have called a crew. and via on,

in late september the president made an announcement that the president would begin essentially ruling by decree. i'm the president would be extending the fries on parliament and, and also ignoring parts of the constitution that contradicted his powers, as well as reviewing and reforming the constitution with the help of a committee that he would appoint. and now there has been what looks to be some progress in that the prime minister, the president has named the, the country's prime minister just at the end of september, i'd say to needs his 1st female prime minister knows the board then an but questions remain about how much power this prime minister will have to for a new government, the tasks she is charged with in the face of legislative and executive powers concentrated in the hands of the president. now it should be said that there have

been demonstrations in support of the president k sayed and numerous times since july 25th, notably last sunday with large protests and multiple cities in the country and, and, but it was also last sunday that this protest was called for and as a response with saying that it was now the turn for the opposition to show it so discontent with the president's actions. ok that sound. kimble up to having us with the situation in tennessee. i think sam chicken the world worth is coming next. and then thousands march through belgium's capital demanding action the says on climate change. getting back into her routine child refugees from afghanistan find a safe place to play and learn in cutter. ah,

it's another beautiful sunny day at 35000 feet. the weather sponsored by cattle airways, voted will's best air line of 2021. hello there, let's look to east asian. it's looking very wet. indeed, in southern parts of china, you can see the intense cloud cover behind me. that thanks to these tropical systems that are pulling in. but let's start in the north where it's looking lot finer. lots of sunshine coming in for beijing. the temperature sitting in the high teens and it's a similar story for the korean peninsula, is going to dry up even more as that band of rain sweeps across into japan's. a very wet for the south and the north. it's dry honshu on monday, but come tuesday, you can see there tokyo is going to get a bit of a soaking. the temperature coming down to 24 degrees celsius. now, eastern and southern areas of china are going to see the arrival of more wet and windy weather thanks to tropical storm campus or as it works its way across highland island. it is to rent that we're talking winds of up to a 120 kilometers per hour. so we are going to see some rough seas and a bit of

a storm surge. if we take a closer look at that system, it's following a tropical system that moved into the north of vietnam. this one is likely to follow, we'll keep an eye on this system now is move to south asia. the monsoons retreated from the north, its springs and very heavy rain to the south. however, we have got an amber warning out for heavy rain for carola and we could see localized flooding with that. the weather, sponsored by cattle airways, voted world's best air line of 2021, indonesia, the country with an abundance of results. trade, byron walk, indonesia whose turns forming. we moved full to grow and frock. we balance for green economy, blue economy, and the digital economy. with the new job creation law, indonesia is progressively ensuring the policy reform to create quality jobs investment. let me pop linda. this is rose and progress. invest indonesia now,

ah ah, you with al jazeera and these are our top stories. voting is underway in iraq to would like to new parliament in a poll brought forward in response to mass purchased. prime minister was the fro called to me, was among the 1st to council ballot and attempt to encourage turn out these 4 people been killed in a car bomb and germans pulled city of aidan, the government and environment minister, but survived the blast, which happened as they convoy was passing through and thousands of tin is ins, back on the streets of the capital tunis, protesting against the president. the accused fund side of orchestrating occurs

after he suspended parliament and assumed near total power in july to brussels. we're thousands of people holding a climate march ahead of next month's climate summits. that event will this event based organized by the climate coalition. a non profit group of around 85 organizations in november the u. k. together with italy will host the un climate change conference known as cop $26.00. that'll be happening in glasgow, scotland step boston's, at today's protests, what's expected step yes, thousands of people are already on the streets here. lots of music here in front of us. north, a railway station in brussels, it's actually the 1st time since that's been damaged that such a large climate protest is being held here in brussels, in belgium, just a month ago, people were really badly affected by slots. tens of people died. thousands of

houses were destroyed, so people, he really feels that the climate urgency is hitting people here, back home. and also i had of up 26 as you sat in glasgow there. really hope to send a strong message, but also ahead of us eve summit is being held in sundays from south and they are energy prices are high on the agenda. and that's, of course, a very interesting debate because the energy prices are really dominating this fashion here in europe. and also how will this affect climate policies? i'm choice now by the spokesman of the climate coalition plan style, who will make more sense of all this. welcome to the program as soon state so that you most badly affected right afloat. so you feel really this is a good momentum to have this climate for. absolutely. now that that gov is nearly under control. it's time to move our heads towards the climate crisis,

which is the biggest prices that humanities faced. and up till now government response has been highly appropriate and not enough. and also in belgium, we've seen the effects now with the terrible floods that are costing billions that are causing a lot of hardship and many people, even. so we need to address this. now that's the message of this march. as i said, energy prices are very high. people are really struggling to fade their bill, so that could mean less support among the population. strong climate action because that from make license even though up even more. not necessarily. i think it is. most of all, it's pretty important to make sure that people who can't afford their bills to day are being supported. this is very important because the transition that we need to do is should be a just transition. that's very important. but otherwise, you can also help people by helping insulating their homes or by helping

transferring their energy to renewables, which is a far more intelligent way of doing this transition than just giving them the money to pay their gas bills. just so much we have to leave here. unfortunately, the next hour says the whole march here of people will go to the city of the process, will keep you posted on that and also the public transport and it's free for everybody today that's of contribution that the public guest services are doing to the climate for the past this year. okay. talk to again later in step burleson, at the climate protests in brussels. this sunday to taiwan, where the president says her government will not bow to pressure from badging speaking during national day celebrations, sighing when promised to increase towns, defenses. as, as just a day after the chinese president gigi pe insisted there would be a peaceful reunification with the ireland or in this report. and rob mcbride in the face of increasing pressure from china,

including recent incursions by chinese war planes. this was ty, ones, response, a national day celebration, intended to show to its mighty neighbour and the world that it continues to be a vibrant democracy, determined to maintain its freedoms, with sophisticated military hardware of its own. including you types of missiles being put on show for the 1st time. ty, once president saying, when was typically resistance to china's renewed pledge, the re unification will happen. thank j day, well, the relationship between taiwan and china will be achieved by negotiation. we will keep negotiate in and will show the world that we are committed to self defense. no one can force us to go to the pathway that is designed by china, because that road will not lead to solidarity and freedom for the people of taiwan . and it's, i also said hong kong where tough restrictions have been introduced to quell months of scream, protests and riots should serve as

a warning. many people in taiwan have looked on with alarm at the way hong kong is national security law has been implemented quickly, eroding many of the freedoms and rights. the city had enjoyed fearing their island would suffer. a similar fate if it was reunited with china making donkey, we are faced with a complex or severe challenge. beijing authorities have shown what they have done to hong kong and suppressed hong kong. china's presidency. jim ping has made re unification. his mission to achieve what none of his predecessors have done. his latest coal promises re unification can come peacefully. but threats in the past to use the people's liberation army or lay to achieve it by force. one have rallied support, the sy in when's defined. 4 she's very successful, he used the mainland china, the threat of she didn't pay him the p l a to wake people. and i want,

after the fact that they are facing and to mobilize that population around a taiwan consensus tie wants democracy is we're uniting for it is we're struggling to protect. it seems, the more china pushes the more pushback it gets from an island, determined to follow its own path. rob mcbride, al jazeera hong kong. they are going german. chancellor. anglo merkel is meeting is ready, prime minister natalie bennett in west jerusalem. this is her last official visit to the country, been appraised, merkel and germany for what he called uncompromising support, but his opposition to palestinian statehood. and the 2015 iran nuclear deal have put him at odds with germany and other western allies. married full sit in west jerusalem because of the key issues for germany and israel. there are all these efforts to try to restart the stalled talks on a, on a renewed or, or a new version of the j. c, p, o, a, the iran nuclear deal. so, so yes, both these leaders addressed that issue of the german chancellor talking about this

being a critical few weeks in terms of trying to get that deal. restarted. the israeli prime minister natalie bennett, talking about the fact that israel was continuing to take action as well as speak in terms of trying to interdict iranian activity in various ways. and so that the nuclear program had reached a stage that required leadership. and that there was no point in trying to appease the irradiance as for the, the other side of this issue, the palestinians. there hasn't really been much of an opportunity even to talk about that. i mean, chancellor merkel did say that she continued to support a to see the 2 state solution as she has of course, criticized israel on settlement construction and other things. but from any palestinian leaders for human rights groups. and cios, for instance, human rights watch to day. it was talking about the fact that beyond just

criticizing settlement construction, she should be calling out what human rights watched defines as a part 8 in terms of israeli actions in the occupied west bank and gaza. a bill had a hand known as the father of pakistan's nuclear bomb has died at the age of 85 and passed away after being admitted to hospital for a long problem. the scientist was hailed as a national hero, but was accused by western countries of smuggling nuclear technology to so called rogue states his thereby to fail. who is a businessman, a long time person, a friend of a q can't. a says pakistan is safe because of the contributions made by the scientist is the most lower person in buckets on our country. and he has done great services to buckets. he has been heading the physics department, or i would say exactly, he was the end of the physics and nuclear technology department. and he was the

person who was held focused on develop nuclear technology in buckets on. and he made really good theme of for young scientists and engineers who are now getting, getting all the jobs which he has started. and now the 2nd bind of engineers and scientists taking or, and i, he's remembered because he has made pockets on a safe country because we went through difficult sciences, i should be from our eastern neighbors. so we consider that these are developments of the nuclear weapons, at least out, and please see and not be attacked by the strong funded this half hour cutter has become a major transit point for refugees fleeing the taliban takeover of afghanistan. many who left the country on evacuation fights and now being assisted by the organizes of next year's football woke up as anti richardson now reports.

football is providing some much needed rest might for african refugees in qatar. hundreds have found a temporary home and accommodation built for next year's world cup it last month. fee for president johnny and francine. i was a guest player at a coaching session. had been organized by cattle, 2020 two's generation. amazing legacy projects. 23 year old. so he'd worked in afghanistan for an american tv network. he rocked in toe hall in august, but had to leave his parents and younger brother behind cornwall has always had this effect on me. i don't, i know it has a fix on everybody that who loves playing footballs, just playing football. when the boys were here before that they were depressed, they were thinking about what will happen to, to them, what are they going to do? and then we played football for a couple of hours actually for myself, for me. i thought everything is fine. i'm back home. i'm playing football since it

began over a decade ago, cats are 2022 generation amazing projects has reached more than half a 1000000 people in countries all over the world. and it's not just football facilities being provided here, setting up a routine for the children involving informal schooling was just as important. did you know that these trees grow in salt water in b o? a lot of these children and families are their final destination is an english speaking country, which is totally understandable. so we started by offering english classes and different art and music activities. the fact that they're in such a chaotic time in their lives, we'd like to offer them some sort of routine. it took a few days to establish this faith. but now that they know that we're here every day, care about them and we're meeting their needs. we're listening to them. step one, i feel with all of the kids as come in, sit with me let to draw something. that's why you have find so much artwork. because that's sort of like the most prime oh, form of self expression, right?

almost every one who sits down to draw for me, their 1st drawing is a drawing of a house or a home, or some sort of structure. so i think that speaks to the idea that they're looking for home, that they're in a transitional state. this may not be a permanent home but for now. what so is providing these children with a safe place to play and learn on the richardson algae, sarah dough. oh, the top of the hour on al jazeera, the to the top stories bushings begun and iraq to elect a new parliament. and paul brought ford in response to mass protests. prime minister must fall cloud them. he was among the 1st to cost.