oh ah disillusioned those his eyes holes close in iraq signs turn out in the parliamentary elections could be one of the lowest on record. ah. my money inside the sound is there a life? doha also coming on. talks between the taliban and u. s. officials appear to have reached an agreement on guessing aid to afghanistan . more evidence of vaccine and equality. many fewer women than men are getting coven 19 jobs in the world's poorest countries. i'm scott,

hardly in thailand's deep south home to nearly 20 years of fighting between arm, separatist and the army. we take a look at a proposed law in torture and how it's being received. ah, iraq's parliamentary elections seems to have had one of the lowest turnouts in years. it was supposed to be hell next year, but was brought forward in response to mass anti government. protests. electoral commission is promising fairness and transparency is ballot. so now tight alhashan reports now from baghdad at the end of a long day in iraq, which so brought us strictly through polling stations to elect a new parliament. what longer days mainly ahead does now be up to politicians and whoever boxed them outside iraq, to agree on a new prime minister. the polls have closed everywhere in iraq. the falling

machines are now going to issue the report with one who dos turns out. void votes that on there will be a man will vote a manuel count in order to compare the papers with the reports of the falling machine so that they'll be a detailed report that is going to be issued by the electoral commission. god and hannah. i'm a little fella, the voting process was over at 6 p. m. and now we're getting results from the 2 devices, the verification device and the optical scan with god's will, we will distribute the results with multiple copies to the agents of the political entities. but warping system glitches and visibly for turn out, sure, iraq is, are convinced the election will deliver the change, the want, no matter who comes out on top. well, obviously the political, let's a choice. all the list of candidates hung was not sufficient. and i hope that the politicians,

the political elite might draw the consequences found of this. the vote was held early in response to mass protests that began in 2019. the remains deep distrust in a political class. why the accused of corruption and of failing to address high unemployment and crumbling public services electron while the hash, there's discontent among the people to watch everything that's happening in the country. they're upset. and this is an opportunity for the political parties to assess their previous policies. there are no matter how it's laura. i did not vote to be honest. it's not worth it. there's nothing that could benefit me or others. i see youth have degrees with low jobs before the elections. they all came to them after the elections, who knows? that's a dominant view among many young people. what some older iraqis still have hope. if you one years old cousin, made this odd to strip over the stairs, believing it's worth it, i don't remember i'd go on the past poem and didn't do anything for us,

but we hauled these. tim, there will serve the people in every election. there are winners and losers, but with most people not bothering to have is say the selection might end up being more about the vote of no confidence in you walks. leaders are yakima 0 or that representatives of the taliban say they finish what they're calling positive talks with the u. s. in qatar of issued a statement saying that while the u. s. still refuses to recognize the taliban government. it's agreed to provide humanitarian aid to help its people. the u. s. has said the talks were candid and professional, and taliban will now meet with a delegation from the european union. the sasha name has the latest from doha. the afghan ministry of information characterized the to day talks as quote, positive and says, the hope is this will pay the way for recognition of this transitional afghan

government, not only by the united states, but by the international community. the afghan delegation led by the acting foreign minister, came to doha, seeking international recognition and the much needed financial assistance that accompanies it. the country is in the midst of economic and humanitarian crises with un refugee agency warning that if the country doesn't get that much needed assistance come winter, there will be a quote catastrophe. the acting un ambassadors to hail shaheen says the 2 sides dulled into political issues. and came to the consensus that the full implementation of the doha agreement is the only way to resolve political differences going forward. he says the us vow to provide humanitarian assistance to the afghans will work with nonprofit organizations and helping to facilitate the delivery of that aid. and that humanitarian assistance will be decoupled from

political issues. the afghan delegation says that it will cooperate with humanitarian groups to get that humanitarian aid to the afghans, and that it will continue to normalize diplomatic relations. it did say that future meetings with the american delegation might take place if warranted. thus far, the united states is not commenting on these 1st ever to day talks. tens of thousands of people have rallied across poland angry at a court ruling, which said that parts of e law are incompatible with the punish concentration. supporters of the e, you are worried that their government is pushing poland towards an exit from the block. now, in a move, viewed as long overdue by human rights groups, thailand's parliament is expected to pass laws making torture an abduction illegal

. the issue is gained renewed attention recently after since senior police officer was caught on c. c t v footage, appearing to torture a suspect, who later died. sca jaila has report patrone and thailand deep south has the air of a sleepy town as people begin the day. but there's something more here, something the officials an army want to keep in the shadows. for nearly 2 decades along with 2 other provinces. the military has been fighting an armed separatist movement. the deep south used to be a muslim sultan. it today, it has a population of 80 percent malay speaking muslims, some who have been detained by security forces, say they were tortured activists. ismael tate says he was forced at gunpoint to confess to being separatist. the army denies ever using torture. whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, colleen lamb, they want to protect themselves. they don't really care about the victims. they deliberately deny all torture allegations had the human rights groups of solid

information about torture cases of her mind. me, me, you live. but he sees some good news coming. even though thailand is a signatory of an international convention against torture, enforced disappearance, as it has no laws against it, but a bill will be tabled in parliament next month, proposing such regulation, military leadership here in the deep south hellas. they welcomed the laws and torture enforced disappearances, but they think it's mainly to reassure the public. they say that there have been no abuses by the army because their soldiers are trained to respect human rights pan man amendment. we have been operating based on a good moral compass. it doesn't matter if we have this law, not. in fact, we have been accused of crimes. we did not commit, but according to mar, these are not just rumors. he says his abductors were careful not to leave marks on him to hide their actions. oh well ma'am, one of the offices said,

why won't you confess? later they told me that i was part of violence incense, but i told him that i was not remember until i was kick and slap, but i didn't say anything. they stripped me naked and tied me up. they put a blind for on. did they use a rubber band to had my testicles also heart attacks by separatists are still taking place, but the frequency has decreased on going p. stocks have started and stopped several times over the years. never fully taken hold. the army has a big footprint in the deep south to combat the separatists and conduct humanitarian missions to help a lay suspicions of the local people. you but ma, feels that for some the damage is already done. it's more of the people who are wrongfully torches suffer ongoing consequences. young people can return to school the can't get a job. pet song, birds are commonplace here, displayed in small, ornate cages on show for all to see. it's hope that thailand's anti torture bill will afford the well being of it's prisoners. that same transparency. it's got

either al jazeera patrone thailand. joining us by skype from bangkok as soon as possible, a senior was such a human rights watch. many thanks for joining us on the program. thailand has a dark history of torture and enforced disappearance. give us a bit of context here as to why that is a case and how this law can make a difference. well, it has long been recognized that enforces appearance and order a serious problem in thailand, the un as recorded over eddie care is enforced appearances. none of them have been resolved. vacuum or i watched. believe the actual number could have been much i and, and dad but because. busy of the weekend and that family had to afraid to come forward and tell the truth of what's going on with the loved one. so that is on this on one side and then the other side of the coin. taja,

which is commonly used by the police buys, he can read it for was a, is by and hydra units, and without any law to recognize d, as in he and he has practice is as, as criminal offenses. it is. these roll off issues continue to use torture and enforce disappearance as they wish, without fear of being punished. and that if that will cause they are not punished for committing invoices appearances or torture at best. they work on weak that fall assault or holding someone against that wheel. and foreign forces appearances, there is no body and that's no murder. so that is the basis of why barry's sasha, the ruined it. impunity in thailand and why call gen 4 in foster care and continue

to excess? how confident are you that this fail will pass previous attempts to get it through have failed? well, i am. to be honest, i will say that i cautiously welcome the move by the parliament waste unanimously proved to 1st waiting off the draft law. but the drop is sale as proposed by the government is still very weak and not in compliance with international stand. so i hope that they, we just thought that last week that will improve the language of the draft to make it live. it just stand out. that is one thing. but equally important is why the law has them being in effect, yet that tire already is the pike of

a man should demonstrate that commitment and sincerity in ending in forces or parents and torture by stop. all practice is that lead to target and forces appear in. so abby toria reyes secret engine in common candle detention. all these practices need to stop now. but on the contrary, know, the government has not listen to calls made by international and domestic groups, that police unit security for say as back out. and so i can see in the deep south all and hydro units, they can no longer a hole in the one will in secret company can do. okay. is, this is the public dobbs to where the government is serious about ending towards the end in forces to pay or not. they simply want to have the law that will

be sure to the community that i land has already is going to criminalize college. it forces to parents, but the practice will continue to be the opposite. ok, thank you for your thoughts and a passion, a senior research at human rights watch. speaking from bangkok, thank you. ahead on al jazeera ah conditions protests against the president's decision to suspend parliament exit power and belgium's capital. demanding on ah, it's another beautiful sunny day at 35000 feet. the weather sponsored by cattle

airways voted world's best air line of 2021. thank you for checking in. hello, everyone, good to see you. we're going to begin with an update in asia and the southwest monsoon has withdrawn from the north, but still some heavy pockets of rain toward the south. so we'll call it maharaj straw. karnataka care la rate into tamela do, and the reins going to hang out here for a few days. so the very real risk of seeing some flooding, some tropical activity to speak of. we've got line rock, it's going to dissipate, but still throwing some heavy rain toward vietnam and compas, we will get into in a 2nd. but for hanoi on monday about another 40 millimeters of rain and those wind gusts, 40 kilometers per hour. ok. tropical storm compa sue skirting over lose on island on monday. it's also going to throw some to rental rain toward taiwan. the east coast of taiwan looking to pick up about a 100 millimeters of rain, but for northern most portions of lose on island. more than $200.00 millimeters and wind gusts of about 80 kilometers per hour. so where is it going?

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ah, welcome back to watching al jazeera mike thought top stories this hour to not was low in sundays, parliamentary elections in iraq. the vote was supposed to be held next year, but was brought forward in response to mass anti government protest. electoral commission is promising fantasy. i'm transparency is pallets on tallied wraps and says this hull about say they're finished, what they're calling positive talks with the u. s. in council. they issued a statement saying that while the u. s. still refuses to recognize the taliban government. it's agreed to provide humanitarian aid to help a chemist on tens of thousands of people have rallied across poland, angry at a court worley, which said that parts of the new law are incompatible with the punish constitution

. supporters of the european union are worried that the government is pushing colon 2 as an exit from the block. a new report is warning of a stalk. imbalance, the number of women guessing the coven 19 vaccine compared to men. the research by the care international aid organization shows that in some countries, just one woman is vaccinated for every 3 men. and they found a number of reasons from not being able to get to clinics to not getting permission from husbands or male relatives. women also less likely to trust the vaccine safety as also striking gap between high and low income countries. with more women getting the vaccine in wealthier nations care says it's critical to do more. to address the imbalance alley for to him is a vaccine ologist and an adjunct professor at the university of michigan. he joins us why skype from alba in michigan. many thanks for joining us this morning. why do

you do whistling this imbalance between women and men? when it comes to getting the coven vaccine, i think there are many a reasons or some of that is that a, the intrinsic to the different countries and different cultures. and also the economic a little are structured around those countries and some related also to outside or external law effects like the propaganda and anti vac center ah propaganda that started in the west and it trickled in and actually was us spread into the rest of the world, so in those countries up possibly the, one of the issues is really that the masculine society, which means the man is the everything. and the man is the bread winner. and therefore, that is a priority for poor men to get the vaccine to keep going out to work and so forth. but also there are other things that like like for instance,

if you are talking about now woman not unless indicated in many of those countries are also they are, women are staying hall. and so, and also this issues with the propaganda like in fertility and, and effects of the virus and the safety of the virus. while these things are not happening in the and the west, especially in the united states, for instance, you see more women are than men are vaccinated. and that's because the 4th of the workforce, ah, many of those women are in health care in schools and in other our services are that on the m, comprise the mind, the majority of the people in those areas. while in the low income countries, women must probably m r and b perception their stay home, they have kids and so forth. so the out of mortar, our issues, they are social issues and political issues. more than the west. is this trend we

are seeing that applies to just the coven vaccine, or is this all vaccines in general? new issue date countries, for instance, for to be a material for via pediatric vaccination appear. many countries, even poor countries on getting toward the ninety's. so it's not really a there that is short city that covered it, came with a price, it came with a baggage and that baggage. you know that there was issues or, or selling points for anti vac servers. you know, like it was develop fastly, the safety is not enough as if everybody's an expert in safety. and that can evaluate safety and processes and also, you know, working with, it's not only as simple as propaganda. you're talking about the even people in the, in the medical field and, and incentive it feel going out with all of these are a, you know,

rick conspiracy theories like the chip in your on like, if you will not be able to, you'll be buying it to me 2 years i, you know, everybody is predicting something and this really i create a file and not fair to the ground in some countries and areas where education and, and access to information. and i think a major issue in detailed with the low income countries is the access to the access to vaccines. you are okay, what the scarce supply of vaccine to these countries, and therefore the priorities are out of different. and also the a, b, a health policies in these countries are really at fault because they were and did not work hard to get the vaccine. they, we did not work of processes, accessibility in a platform. i know many people in those countries don't have laptops and computers

to get into the, into the op platforms to, to resist that. so basically, all of this together really created a situation where you have this inequality, and that's going to be here to everybody. money. thanks for your thoughts, adding that to him. vaccine ologist from the university of michigan. thank. thank you very much. millions of people in australia's largest city sidney are celebrating. after months long coven 19 lockdown was lifted. tough restrictions had been in place for more than a 100 days to curb the spread of the delta variance, cafes, gyms and hair dresses have reopened to the fully vaccinated. infections have been falling in sidney and more than 70 percent of those age over 16. have now had 2 doses of the vaccine. the city is still recording hundreds of new cases. a day. thousands of tennesseans have rallied against president, ty said, accusing him of

a power grab demonstrations, have been taking place across the country since fight assumed executive authority and suspended parliament. 2 months ago, there fears that the growing protest could cause to, in his years political divisions, to spiral into civil unrest and a shapell repulse. 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 sucking the prime minister in july and they want him to step down the future. it's, you know, he's really skating for now. we don't know what are we gonna have? we don't have a problem with them. okay. you know, i am re protestors 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 promise 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. as i say, is that because he is the president of and isn't a public. so he's a president of, or to news years, not all of those who are there to support him. president high seat is now ruling by decree. after assuming nearly all executive power, he's pledged 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 say 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 minister 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 andrew shapell. i'll desert a car bomb in yet in yemen, southern poor cities aiden has killed at least 6 people. the governor and the agriculture minister by survived the blast, which happened as they convoys passing by. aiden is sees of humans internationally recognized government. one person has died during protest by indigenous groups in chile to oppose the celebration of the spanish conquest. 500 years ago. many people across latin america say the cycle day of the race east. racist ellison santiago

used to gas in water cannon to disperse protesters from them. approach a community chile is in the process of drafting a new constitution. on many indigenous people, hope it will be more respectful of their rights. tens of thousands of protesters have taken to the streets in brussels ahead of the climate summit in glasgow in november, edging well ladies to increase climate ambitions and cut more emissions. step fastened reports from brussels, o brussels, the heart of the european union filled with protesters, while organizers had predicted around 20000 would take part policy at least 50000 turned up. we see that the effects of climate change are already among us. not only in the south of the world, but also in europe. we've seen terrible floods in belgium and in germany. and there are many, many people ever got the effects and the, and are seeing now what, what the effects of climate change are. last july,

days of torrential rain cause severe flooding in western parts of europe, including in belgium. with dozens of people died. the government was criticized for its late response. this is the message from brussel school glasgow coming from child room from families from climate activists. they say the time for talking is gone. now i need some action. the you recently increased its climate ambitions. aiming to cut the emissions by 55 percent by 2030 instead of 40 percent, but protects the same setting goals as one thing. implementing them is another we've already achieved the lot. all these protests. 6 at a european level, they lead to the european gree, nailed the lead to quite a lot of ambition and being upset. so any 30 emission story is for example, which was a really big deal, something that we've been working with for for years. and this is where we come out on the streets and especially tell our belgian leaders who are not as ambitious. you need to get back to work. oh wow. i came as a student because it's important to let our voice be heard. and if we're given the

possibility to express ourselves, we need to take it among the crowds. activists from the amazon and brazil. i am so thrilled to be here with this people. what they are giving their voice probably saying what they want for their a fruit future generation. what is very important to me. my concern is about the 7 following generations. what we're going to leave for them. so that's why i'm here. just give me a little you suffer noise from the amazon with less than a month to go until word leaders gutter in glasgow for the u. n. cop 26 summit. climate active is are calling for more protest in the weeks to come. stop. fasten al jazeera in brussels. algeria is presidents as the return of the countries ambassador to paris is conditional on france, showing it fully, respects algeria, the north african country, recalled it's envoy last week sizing comments in

a french newspaper report claim that the french president believed algiers rulers have re written the history of its colonization based on its hatred of france. the following day, algeria closed its air space, 2 french ministry, plains lots more on all our stories on our website. the address is out is eric dot com to check it. ah, this is our desire, these, your top stories turn out was low in sundays, parliamentary election in iraq. the vase was supposed to be held next year, but was brought forward and response to mass anti government. protests electoral commission is promising fairness and transparency is pallets all tallied, come off on the yeoman. mm hm. gosh, if i can let you know, we have been open and honest with the public and counting the boats manually.