move causing the cost is the world to dependence on toll and dollar invest is about to get a bailout. venezuela launch is digital volleyball, and attempt to revive its currency and back to the seventy's. and this diag place in making an unwelcome with counting the calls on al jazeera ah, a chance for electoral change in iraq. but his votes are counted. it's clear that many people stayed away. ah, hello, i'm barbara sarah. this is al jazeera life from london, also coming up, calling for the president to step down thousands of tennessee and speak to the streets of the capital. in doha talks between the taliban and us officials appear

to have forged agreement on the delivery of humanitarian aid. and a controversial court ruling brings thousands out in poland to rally in support of the countries membership of the european union. ah, hello, thank you for joining us. polls have closed in iraq's parliamentary election with officials saying the vote could have drawn one of the smallest turnouts on record. the election was supposed to be held next year, but was brought forward in response to 2009 teens mass anti government demonstrations. nearly 25000000 people were eligible to vote. but many iraqis say they don't think the election will change anything. and others have called for a boycott. speaking just moments after the polls close,

the head of iraq's electoral commission promised a fair election outcome come off on the yeoman, the phantom kasha. but to let you know, we have been open and honest with the public and counting the boats manually in line with the law. and we've been transparent and all aspects of the electoral process. all the measures have been taken. there is evidence for any fair mind person about the management of the electoral process to declare the final results of the declaration of results will take place within the next few hours. the next 24 hours. it's the 1st time that voters and headed to the polls since the us led invasion that toppled then president saddam hussein, in 2003 that i should in a complex multi party system, contested by groups that find largely bisect or ethnicity. the elections will beside the 329 members of the council of representatives. and once a parliament has formed it elect the president and prime minister, at least a $167.00 parties,

and more than $3200.00 candidates are competing for seats on the council. in addition to the larger, more traditional parties that are also groups formed of activists and protests, there is from mass demonstrations 2 years ago. a quarter of constituency seats are reserved for women, and 9 for minorities. ali hasha reports from back that for some of the people heading to vote here, am, but that this election may not change much. what for the government, and it's deeply divided political establishment. it's about legitimacy. the turnout will likely decide that. and that's why senior government officials and political leaders rushed to calling stations early in the morning to cast their votes, him and the som dameon, but the hero, and we all have to contribute to change our reality. i want to tell a rockies that we still have time ahead of us to day go out and vote change or reality for iraq and for the future. there are more than 3000. busy candidates

running for the selection on the quarter of them on independent. this is another reason why some voters say they are skeptical of the process despite take important election. what there are others who hope for real change. with the and 1000000 olivia issue, we look to vote to make the changes we're after. i hope it's going to be for the good of our people and beloved country. iraq's electronic voting system makes the process easier, but it doesn't always work in the southern city of basra on more than 20 pulling stations have reported technical issues that are going to commission wants to declare the results within 24 hours to prevent fraud. it might be possible with electron accounting and with such force, it's also possible that there will be many reasons for some candidates to cast doubt on the furnace of the election. i shall 0 by that polymer and con. meanwhile, ease in most sole, outside, a main pulling station in the city,

still recovering from years of war. despite this heavy security is been a very disappointing day here at the ballot box. now this pulling station behind me is one of the main ones in mosul. a 1000 people are registered to vote here. so fought just over a 1000 people have voted across new province. we're hearing that the vote turn out will be around 21 to 25 percent. that's incredibly, incredibly low. now what's the reason for that? well, they say that all politics is local. one of the driving issues of the anger and frustration that residents of mosul feel is the fact that they feel that central baghdad, the government that has completely ignored them. this was sent the scene of some the most intense fighting against iceland. 2017. i'll just give you an example. you can see just off in the distance there. that's one of the houses that was almost completely destroyed all along the street right. the way down for miles, you can see destroyed houses, bullet holes,

and just complete destruction the residence of very angry the central baghdad hasn't given them the money to rebuild their homes. a lot of people still living in displacement camps because they can't come back to mosul because there's nothing to come back to their houses, the and if the work, there's a running water, there's no gas, there's no electricity that's driving or the lack of voting, hey, what's most residents are saying is that actually what's the point? nothing ever changes and we're very angry. so that boy caught the vote movement that we've been talking about over the last few days does seem to have translated into a lack of action at the polling station. the head of the ease election observation mission says she hasn't noticed any irregularities so far more then 9 hours. so oh thing. 08 hours of voting. i've gone through out from our side. yeah. and back that nice myself. i've not observed any major incident until

now we could have seen, or we have seen a rather calm and peaceful. electra process election day. but surely, there were no major technology, technological problems. there were no problems with delivering the material and the equipment. so everything from the preparation side was well done. ah, thousands of to museums have rallied against their president, accusing k said of a power grab demonstrations, have been taking place across the country since they had assumed executive authority and suspended parliament 2 months ago. there were, fear is a that the growing protests, it could cost in easiest political divisions to spiral into civil unrest and chappelle reports. oh, on this sunny day in tunis,

thousands came out to protest against their president. they were responding to a call for action from a group known as citizens against the qu. they believe president case. so you broke the law by suspending parliament and sacking the prime minister in july and they want him to step down. the future continues. he's really skating for now. we don't know what are we gonna have? we don't have a problem. and with nancy, i am re protesters used to familiar chance the people want removal of the president. they also urge security forces to remain neutral in this constitutional crisis. many support and the largest block in the suspend parliament situation is very critical and it is time for miss of christ. i was taught listening to the people and sitting on the table. ready and getting on a dialogue with those who are living with him in this country. so i say is that

because he is the president of and isn't a public. so he's president of or to new orleans? not all of those who are there to support him. president, i say it is now ruling by decree. after assuming nearly all executive power, he's pledge to fight corruption and revive along stagnant economy. he's defended his move, saying it was to save the country, but his critics call it a coo. and while so he broke ground by appointing the 1st female prime minister. he's yet to provide a road map out of this crisis. and she's yet to name a government. a week ago it was the president supporters who were on this very st, endorsing the policies and power graphs. so many are against thousands rallied in tunis and other cities, according to interior ministry figures. yet seed was filmed, telling his prime minister, designate that 1800000 had turned out nationwide to back him. the discrepancy is perhaps a reflection of how divided tunisia has become inter chappelle. now dizzy representatives

of the taliban say that they've wrapped up when they're calling positive talks with the us in cat. in a statement they said the full implementation of the doha agreement was considered to be the best way of resolving their problems. and the u. s. delegation stated they will give humanitarian assistance, the afghans providing facilities for organizations to deliver aid unaffected by political issues. they're now sitting down with a delegation from the european union. and patrick, her name has more now on those talks indo. the 1st face to face meeting that the taliban has had the since it's taken over control of afghanistan in august is being characterized as positive. the afghan foreign ministry is saying that it hopes it pays the way for recognition of this transitional afghan government. not only by

the united states, but by the international community. this afghan delegation led by the acting foreign minister, came to doha with need of international recognition and, and perhaps a more urgent need of the financial assistance that accompanies it. the country is facing dual economic and humanitarian, who mandatory and crises, with a warning from the un refugee agency that if it does not get financial assistance, that there will be a quote catastrophe come winter. now the delegation appears to have covered a wide range of topics. the foreign minister has said they discussed humanitarian issues. the foreign minister says that it will do it's part to ease the flow of humanitarian aid of key interest to the americans. however, is that the americans and thousands of other african allies who remain in afghanistan and fearful of taliban reprisals be allowed

a safe path out of the country. all. meanwhile, women in afghanistan are urging people around the world to rally for their rights. ah, activists declared october 10th international day of women's solidarity with afghan women. the group has already imposed restrictions on women and girls, including limitations on employment and crucially education. but the taliban has promised to respect women's rights. women were banned from work and school when the group was last than government in the 19 ninety's. oh, not on the on the day. to day women from over, 100 nations should raise their voice and support us. women came under pressure soon after the taliban government came into power in afghanistan. we have gathered here to raise our voice and demand our rights. it's got

a lebanon now. the power is being restored across the country. following saturdays . total blackout. lebanon is struggling with a crippling economic crisis in it, so it's 2 biggest power stations shut down because of a fuel shortage. the energy ministry says it's received approval for a $100000000.00 in credit to secure fuel imports. santa holder has more from the look. the state electricity network has again collapse, a lack of fuel, forced lebanon's largest power stations to shut down. it's the 4th time in the past months. that shortage is caused a country wide blackout. a deep economic crisis means a cash strapped state is struggling to import energy resources. the sun got it again. we used to have electricity for an hour daily. now it is totally cut. we are spending our time out, sought out harms. so our children can have from the total power outage has practically been the case for months. state electricity in most places has been

available for an hour or 2 a day. the company is now trying to use the armies reserves to operate its power plants temporarily before the expected arrival of a fuel shipment. but the state run plants have run poorly for decades. well, hello murphy, there's been no electricity in beirut since yesterday, and private generators are too expensive. how can we survived? the energy sector has been a huge drain on the states finances for decades. it's annual losses reach $1500000000.00. successive governments have continued to sustain this system instead of fixing it. they've subsidized fuel and maintained the bloated workforce as part of the political parties, patronage networks. the international community has been demanding the restructuring of the sector before it approves financial assistance. there has been no political will and said the authorities made a deal with iraq to swap fuel for medical services. and the new government is

negotiating supplies of electricity from jordan and natural gas from egypt via syria. but those deals are likely to take months and it may help ease the crisis, but it won't resolve it. lebanese households have had to put up with daily power cuts to the end of the civil war in 1990. but now the local currency has lost 90 percent of its value. it means only a few are able to afford private generators, while hospitals bakeries and other essential services are in crisis mode. for many here the electricity company has come to symbolize the corruption and mismanagement blame for the economic collapse that has all but paralyzed the country. santa claus . their elk is eda mae boot still to come in this half hour a day after parliamentary elections check. president neosha zaman is admitted to intensive care and the organizers of next year, as a football woke up offer

a helping hand to young african refugees. ah thanks for checking in. hello everyone. here's your weather update for europe and africa. we have some potent cells, still southern parts of italy right through the balkans. and this energy has really been stalled out over this area for the last few days. so that's allowing the rain to pile up in the very real risk. i've seen some flash flooding, then there's temperature is belgrade, 9 degrees just a few days ago you were about 28. the storms are also pulsing across greece. so that's going to throw a bit more cloud cover and it stumble, the risk of its scattered shower as well. and then across the levant, some spots temperatures are above average. so ramallah high of 28 years should be about 24. we're going to lock your temperature in there, but then a northwind is gonna dial back your temperature a few notches,

other side of the mediterranean, also above average here madrid, 23, lisbon, a high of 27 degrees after the northwest slice of europe. right now, bris, when through the north sea wrapping around into the baltic sea and we've got some outbreaks of rain really wide spread across scandinavia. they stay in london with a sunshine and a high of 16, which is pretty well where you should be for this on the year old and this weather broadcasts in africa right now, where we've got our storms across the gulf of guinea, mostly hugging dot south coastline so what day in legos that sher update? bye for now. see you soon. ah! when afghan filmmaker has san for silly catches the taliban attention abound, healed his head forces him to flee with his family, desperately seeking sanctuary. they journey across continents chronicling them multi year saga on their phones. midnight traveler,

an odyssey of hope resilience and ultimately one family's love for each other. witness on al jazeera blue. ah, a reminder now of the top stories on al jazeera poles have closed in iraq's parliamentary election with officials saying the boat would have drawn one of the smallest turnouts on record. the election was brought forward in response to 2009 keens mass, anti government demonstrations, thousands of to museums that protested in tunis against president k said, who sees the near total power 2 months ago?

that was traitors accuse him of carrying out a coup. representatives of the taliban say they've wrapped up or they're calling positive tolts with the u. s. and catherine in a statement, the group said the u. s. agreed to provide facilities for organizations to deliver aid unaffected by political issues. ty, once president says, her government will not bow to pressure from bay ging, speaking during national day celebration sa young. when promised to increased high ones defenses. this comes a day after chinese president, she jim ping insisted that the will be a peaceful so called re unification. with the island, rob mcbride reports in the face of increasing pressure from china, including recent incursions by chinese warplanes. this was tie one's response ah, the 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. tie one's president saying when was typically resistance to china's renewed pledge the re unification will happen. thank j. 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 st. protests and riots should serve as a warning. thank many people in taiwan have looked on with alarm at the way hong kong. 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, either near the dance and we are faced with the 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 oh, here lay to achieve it by force fun. have rallied support for saying when's defines . 4 she's very successful, he used the mainland china are the threat of she, j, k, and the p o a to wake people and i one after the fact that they are facing and to mobilize that population round it's, i want consensus that i wants democracy is we're united or it is we're struggling to project it seems the more china pushes the more pushback it gets from an island,

determined to follow its own path. no. rum mcbride, al jazeera hong kong. thousands of people have protested in cities across poland in support of the country's membership of the european union. the rallies were prompted by a constitutional court ruling that the polish constitution oh drives a son in law's donald post, the former president of the european council was one of several opposition leaders defending the country's place in the block. the courts decision threatens colin's access to at least $42000000000.00 of pandemic aid and escalates conflict over judicial independence. l g, b, t rights and media. fidelis or a challenge has more now from the demonstrations in warsaw. a profusion of european flags here in central warsaw, a signal from the people who are gathering here, that whatever the fight is that the government says choosing to have with the

european union. it is not these peoples fights. they believe that they are europeans and would always b, b europeans. this demonstration has been coals by donald cisco, a former presidents of the former prime minister of poland. and now the leader of the main opposition party here in poland. it is an interesting question. this is a country that has 75 percent 80 percent popular support for membership of the european union. even the government itself led by the law, injustice party does not seriously consider a rupture in any serious sense with the european union. so why is it picking this fights and the analyst that i've spoken to suggested while it's perhaps about showing up it's basins, are wanting to look like it's standing up for polish sovereignty. perhaps also internal party schisms that are playing out as well. but it is raising the fear

that perhaps there is a danger of a polish exit, a poll exit from the european union. nobody is saying that is a likelihood yet. but it is certainly raising the political temperature and raising the political temperature and brussels as well. check president me luscious. amen has been admitted to intensive care in hospital a day after parliamentary elections. he was taken there shortly after he met prime minister andre babich, who was narrowly defeated by the centre vied alliance on saturday. despite the loss, the president offered by the sh, a chance to form a government 1st them and cast this ballot at his residence due to ill health. and the number is in london with more on the president's health. the director of the hospital has said that he is being treated for complications related to an undisclosed chronic condition. the director says, we know the diagnosis precisely which allows us to target treatments without

official saying that he hasn't got authorization to actually disclose what the president's diagnosis is. and he hasn't said how serious his condition is right now . or of course m mulash them m o spent 8 days in the hospital. last month and at the towing or his or aides. his entourage suggested it was simply that he was dehydrated and exhausted, but many people doubted that behind that is the common knowledge that he suffers from diabetes. and he has been recently using a wheelchair because of problems related to diabetes with his feet. a series of tremors, measuring up to magnitude 3.8 have shaken the spanish island of la paloma is eval. canny. corruption enters its 3rd week. large blocks of lava oozed down the combat of year volcano on sunday, destroying the last standing homes in

a nearby village. about 6000 people have been evacuated since the of russian began . hundreds of homes have been entombed in lava and ash, or combat of year ha on a small remote canary island has been dormant for around 50 years. now the volcanoes flow of lava is threatening to permanently alter its coastline. chemist, santa maria explains the canary islands. are of course part of spain, but not necessarily close to spain. in fact, you've got a head almost 2000 kilometers as the crow flies to get to the canary islands off the coast of africa. the weston most canary island is the one we are looking at the island of la palmer, 40 kilometers, also top to bottom, and a population of $85000.00 people. and it's here right in the middle, we are looking at the country via volcano, actually it's a ridge of volcanoes. that's just the fisher which is opened up here. and as we head down the hill side,

that's when you start to see all these houses and structures all in the path of that flow of lava, which we've illustrated in yellow there. and then it continues on down towards the beach. playa del perdido, where of course, all that oliver is hitting the water and now actually creating a new part of the le palma coastline. you know something to think about as we soon back out again, that yellow line that flow of the lava from the volcano down to the coast is only about 10 kilometers. and remember the flow of lava the speed is anything between 30700 meters an hour. at a temperature of over a 1000 degrees celsius. cut out has become a major transit point for refugees fleeing to taliban takeover of afghanistan. many who left the country on evacuation flights are now being assisted by the organizers of next year as a football world cup. and he richardson 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 doha 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, it has effects on everybody that who loves playing football. i was just playing football when the boys were here before that they were depressed, they were thinking about what will happen to us today and 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. you know that these trees grow in salt water in viet, holla, 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 that faith. but now that they know that we're here, every day, we 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 that 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 cut. so is providing these children with a safe place to play and learn. and the richardson al jazeera, though they can find out much more on that story and a lot more. besides, especially on the situation in afghanistan on our website, al jazeera dot com. ah, another top stories on al jazeera polls have closed in iraq's parliamentary election with officials saying the vote could have drawn one of the smallest turnouts on record. the election was supposed to be held next year but it was brought forward.