oh, this is, it just decided to cost the piece of cake. i'm sure i won't be a new documentary to explore the desperate state of democracy and lebanon. oh no. through the eyes of those who are losing hope every day. oh, teams are becoming blue. democracy maybe democracy for sale on al jazeera. ah, us polls close in iraq. songs that turn out in the parliamentary elections could be one of the lowest. ah. along down jordan, this is al jazeera la from dough also coming up. a quote in poland, challenges the countries e u membership,

but many say they did not want to leave the blue bus. i've got hardly in thailand's deep south home to nearly 20 years of fighting between armed separatist and the army. we take a look at a proposed law of torture and how it's being received in eastern india, ah, iraq's parliamentary election appears to have had one of the lowest turn outs in years. it was supposed to be held next year, but was brought forward in response to mass anti government. protests. electoral commission is promising fairness and transparency as ballots accounted. alhashan reports from baghdad. the end of a long day in iraq, which so brought us trickle through polling stations to elect a new parliament. but longer days may lay ahead, does now be up to politicians and whoever boxed them outside iraq to agree on

a new prime minister. the balls have closed avenue out in iraq. the falling machines are now going to issue the detailed reports with who won, who lost the turnout. void votes. later on there will be a manual vote in manuel county in order to compare the papers with the reports of the falling machine so that they'll be details report that is going to be issued by the electoral commission that the nina amelia to lift the law. 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 voting system glitches on it. visibly for turn out, sure, iraq is aren't convinced the election will deliver the change. they want no matter who comes out on top. well, obviously the political, let's a choice. all the list of candidates hang was not sufficient. and i hope that the

politicians, the political lead 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 election 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. the article, 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 has on made this all the strip over the says,

believing it's going to love our go on the past. parliament didn't do anything for us, but we hauled this term there will serve. there are people in every election. there are winners and losers, but with most people not bothering to have a say, the selection might end up being more about the vote of no confidence in the rocks leaders or yeah, sure, my 0 or that well, as english staff, i was a pro democracy activist based on the bill in iraq's kurdish region and she spent the day trying to encourage people to vote. we were never talked about the importance of democracy. the importance of voting these where i think that we need to, to have in our educational system. but we did not have that. so one of the reasons why 2 years ago there was the protests, it was because young people wanted their basic right to just clean water electricity, better health conditions when they were not able to receive that. and not only that,

when they protested 600 people were killed and thousands were injured. and many journalist and activists went missing in science 3 days ago and, and journalists have gone missing in iraq. so these are also points that people are concerned about. some use like to me are scared to speak up because they do not know what will happen to them in baghdad. i mean, other parts of iraq is very stable. so the people there are really scared of speaking, not because they, they have their loved ones, their family and their friends go missing or deck. so this is also another factor that stops the youth from speaking up and from losing home. so you says the focus of its talks with the taliban in cat are, were security and terrorism concerns. the taliban says the 2 days of high level meetings were positive, the u. s. called them candid and professional. and while washington still refuses to recognize the taliban government, it's agreed to provide humanitarian aid directly to the afghan people. the taliban

will now meet with their delegation of from the european union. tens of thousands of people have rallied across poland, angry at a court ruling which said that parts of e you law are incompatible with a polish constitution. supporters of the you are worried that their government is pushing poland towards an exit from the block. or we challenge reports from also large crowds and e. you flags plenty in central, warsaw and real fears for the countries future. we would like to stay in the european union and we are very afraid that we are going to to the pol exit together with the government officer coaches. he and the others here. it's like, you know, a magician who is playing a young magician who is playing with fire and he doesn't know how to her, how to stop so it can explode. so i think he's the same here. they don't really

know what they did since the constitutional tribunal ruled on thursday. that foundational part of law don't apply in poland, thomas, opposition, politicians on and you, supporters of in mobilizing the turn out here reinforces a central point. support for the european union in poland is overwhelming, some 75 to 80 percent of the population, not even the ruling lauren justice party, really questions pollings membership of the european union. so begs the question, why is the government picking such a potentially dangerous fight with brussels? we did invite poland government and supporters in the media to explain their position, but none took the opportunity. so i put the question to adam bordner until being ousted by the same tribunal that ruled against the e. u. he was poland, human rights ombudsman. it seems to me that government would simply like to accept

ok. we can take the money, we can take all those benefits, but please leave us alone when it comes to and the pressure concerning the compliance with and the european standards. but it is impossible simply because you cannot be at the same time member of the european union and ignore basic rules of european integration. the you is thinking about its response. it neither wants to let this slide nor worse than the dispute. we will react of calls like we are like we have done in the last weeks or, and most you have seen that again, we already know false new decisions of the court of justice about the situation in colon also possible, a daily financial sanction the constitution now joins issues like judicial reform, abortion, and l g b t writes connected fronts in a power struggle between poland, government and the e. u. that's getting worse. not better laurie challenge, how to 0 also now in

a mood viewed as long overdue by human rights groups. thailand's parliament is expected to pass laws, making torture and abduction illegal issues gained renewed attention recently after a senior police officer was caught on cctv, appearing to torture suspect who later died. scott, hydra reports from patton, it paterny and thailand's deep south has the air of a sleepy town as people begin the day. but there is 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 and 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 co. oh, co, ala,

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 hell us. they welcomed the laws and torture and force 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 and 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 rumor 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. ongoing 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 allay suspicions of the local people. but ma seals 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. while sinay puzzled his from human rights watch . he says torture has long been a serious issue in thailand. un has recorded all. we're eddie key is this open forces appearances. none of them have been resolved. i humor, i watched believe the actual number caught up the much i and, and dad. but because. busy of the weekend and our family are too afraid to come forward and tell the truth. all one going on. busy to the little one, so that is on this on one side and then the other side of the coin order, which is commonly used by the police buys. you can read it for was a, is by and hydra units. and without any

law to recognize the he has practices as, as criminal offenses. it is, these roll off the shoes, continue to use torture for disappearance as they wish, without fear of being punished. and if they were caught, they are not punished for committing enforces appearances or order at best the work on weekdays for assault or holding someone against that wheel. and point force is appearance is there is no body. that's no good. so that is the basis of why barry sasha, the ruined it. impunity in thailand and why this is sharon, continue to talk for a short break here now to 0. when we come back. oh, people in australia's largest city celebrate along with 19 locked down is fine and

lifted. ah, tennesseans protest against the president's decision to suspend parliament and assume executive power on that statement. ah, it's another beautiful sunny day. 35000 feet with a sponsored by cattle airways voted world's best a line of 2021. thanks for checking in. hello everyone. we are going to begin your weather update in the middle east. we still got a bit of a slight shamal, so that's that north wind blowing down from the rock, picking up the sand in dust for eastern portions of saudi. some rain over the higher ground in yemen to be expected. on monday, speaking of rain, it will mostly be confined to the foothills of the himalayas as we head toward pakistan. but some of it could leak into islam about with a high of 34 degrees. some big storms in greece, that's going to throw a bit of cloud cover in the risk of a scattering of showers for is stumble,

more fine toward the south and you know, places in the la vance a few degrees above average. this includes for ramallah. we've got you up to 28, the average is 24. you lock in there for the next few days, but in north wind is going to dial back your temperature a few notches on wednesday, through the tropics of africa. usual suspects here where we would expect to see our storms, however, picking up in intensity gabon camera room rate into southern sections of nigeria. now for further south, it's cooler toward the east, but i'm going to put the colors on now the darker the color, the higher the temperature. and we can find them above average as we head toward the west. so then took at $33.00, that's a few above where you should be for this. i'm the year. that's it. so you soon? the weather sponsored by cattle airways voted world's best air line of 2021. question the narrative. you don't have ways to shake weight or d. c. information is real or not. you don't have any way to verify. identify who is

telling the story that most of these are multi national corporations that are interested in profit, anticipate the consequences. the media was complicit in perpetuating this myth. i'm here to tell you that i think that many people die because of the lifting pace, deconstruct the media on out to sarah. ah ah, welcome back. a quick reminder, top stories here on the al jazeera turn out was low in sundays, parliamentary elections in iraq. the electoral commission is promising fairness and transparency as pallets italian representatives of the taliban say they finished what they're calling positive talks with the u. s. in qatar that issued

a statement saying that while the u. s. to refuses to recognize the taliban government, it's agreed to provide humanitarian aid to help get it on. tens of thousands of people have rallied across poland, angry court ruling which said the parts of the law are incompatible with a polish constitution. supporters of the european union are worried that that government is pushing poland towards an exit from a block. not millions of people in australia's largest city sidney are celebrating . after months long cobit 19 lockdown was lifted. tough restrictions had been in place more than a 100 days to curb. the spread of the delta variant cafes, gyms and hairdressers have reopened for the fully backspace, while sarah clark joins us live now from brisbin in the state of queensland. sarah . so let's talk about sydney 1st, because people there must be relieved, but finally, at the locked downs been lifted that we've seen scenes and jubilation across a great, a, c. d. as of midnight tonight, which is i should say on monday,

the restaurants, the, jim's, the head dresses, and they've all been opened a but only to fully vaccinated residence. now the new south wales premier, he doesn't like lock downs, and this is the new new south wales premier. he's any elected a couple of weeks ago. he said on monday that they can't stay closed for ever and they must learn to live with cove it. so all these retail hospitality, venues have reopened, and he has ex consider, i should say, dominic purity the new south wells, premier that he does expect the coven numbers to increase and will find out what numbers are on the rise at a fortnight and hospitalizations. but as i said, he wants the state to move forward, and i look in the vaccination rights in sydney, 72 percent of people over the age of 16 have been fully vaccinated when they reach i percent, the premier says he'll ease those restrictions are even more in the numbers that i have covered cases in new south wales. busy and australia's biggest state, they're under 500. once again,

we've seen these numbers of type of cases dropping. and the vaccination right um has been on the rise. and at the new rules, as i mentioned, only apply at to those people who have been vaccinated over 16 years of age. you've still got masks being worn inside, but not outside. and people are now able to travel further than they have the boundary of 5 kilometers in what these areas are called at the local government areas. but not everyone has been able to react. and one, a criticism of complaint has been from the hospitality industries. i still can't get enough fully vaccinated staff to help them reopen. so some of these venues will be staggered with their opening of the coming month. yes sir. and what's the situation in other states around australia or we're still seeing very big numbers in victoria, which is south of, of new south wales. on monday we had 1612 cases and 8 deaths on sunday. they had 1819 and these numbers have been similar or the last couple of weeks you might recall that large street protests are those people complaining against the lockdown

since then we've seen the numbers on the rise again. so victoria, however, is too pushing ahead with what they're calling a regional trial for. i vaccinated economy, they've got venues and businesses, galleries, movie theaters, i hospitality, retail, trialing. i'm a high patron numbers for those people who have been fully vax, but the lockdown does continue across a much the state. 86 percent of victorians aged. i was 16, have received their 1st 1st data with had news associate that the 1st dose. i should statement one of the big days in sporting calendar in australia, the race days, the melbourne cup and the premier in victoria has said it will go ahead. but his limiting the numbers at to 10000 and of course those people who want to attend at the big melbourne, kept eye in november at they must be fully vaccinate. all right. or sarah clark lives there in brisbin in queens. and sarah, thank you now tens of thousands of protest as of taken to the streets of brussels ahead of the climate summit and glasgow in november the urging world leaders to

increase climate ambitions and caught more emissions. steadfast reports now from brussels, o brussels, the heart of the european union filled with protesters while organizes had predicted around 20000 would take part, police say 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 caused 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 brussels, from glasgow coming from jail run from family, from climate activists. they say the time for talking is gone. now i need some action. the e, you recently increase its climate ambitions. aiming to cut 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 love all these protests at the european level they lead to the european gree, nailed the lead to quite a lot of ambition and being of that. so any 30 emission started for example, which was a really big deal. something that we've been working were 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 crowd activities 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 foods, future generation. what is very important to me. my concern is about to the 7

following generations. what we're going to leave for them. so that's why i am here . just give me a little bit tougher noise from the amazon, with less than a month to go until word leaders gather in glasgow for the u. s. cop 26. summit. climate active is a calling for more protests in the weeks to come. steadfast an al jazeera in brussels. dozens of refugees and migrants, including 17 children, have been rescued in the mediterranean sea. a pregnant woman was among the 59 people, helped by an italian and g o ship operated by the rescue charity. there was sailing on a wooden boat that had left libya 24 hours earlier. a volcano on the canary islands is continuing to spew lava falling a series of tremors. it's been erupting on la palmer. almost 3 weeks. magma has been streaming down the sides of the volcano, destroying more than 1100 buildings. thousands of people have left their homes for the volcano erupted after being dormant for 50 years. it's happening

a small and relatively remote location has come out. santa maria, with some geographical context. the canary islands are of course, part of spain, but not necessarily close to spain. in fact, you've got ahead 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, or so top to bottom, and a population of $85000.00 people. and it's here right in the middle, we are looking at the company 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 love at the speed is anything between 30700 meters an hour at a temperature of over a 1000 degrees celsius. thousands of tennesseans are running against president chi psi, accusing him of a power grab demonstrations, had been taking place across the country inside, assumed executive authority and suspended parliament. 2 months ago, there are fears the growing protest could cause to him his, his political divisions, to spiral into civil unrest under chappelle report. 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 said, broke the law by suspending parliament and sacking the prime minister in july. and

they want him to step down. it's hugely, ginny, he's really skiing for now with nancy, i am really of 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 either 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 the public. so he is the president of or to news. yes. 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 coup. and while say ye 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 yet. 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 andrew shapell. i'll do. one person has died during protests by indigenous groups in chile to oppose the celebration of the spanish conquest. 500 years ago. many people across latin

america say the so called day of the race is racist. police and santiago use tear gas and water cannon to disperse protests from the map who che, community chillies in the process of drafting a new constitution. and many indigenous people hope it will be more respectful of their rights and eastern india. the government has succeeded in protecting salt water crocodiles and restoring their population in national parks. but as the numbers increase, if start to encroach on local villages, liada has more just a simple task of washing dishes can be dangerous here, doing laundry, catastrophic and a persona lives in the eastern indian state of odessa. she shows us her feet and she was once attacked by a salt water crocodile. her friend potter body remembers her brother who was pulled under normality, lagging a door village is started shouting when the crocodile took my brother. but it is such a powerful animal. what could we have done?

suffice streng, follow every one for delake. something. what happens is their numbers are rising. it took my breath away. i just don't understand why a nearby national park is known for having one of the highest number of salt water crocodiles in the world. after the government introduced conservation efforts in the 1970s, the number of crocodiles increased from fewer than a 100 to nearly 2000 during india's monsoon season. this river swells making it easier for the crocodiles to encroach on the villages nearby. but now when the water levels go down, the crocks don't leave. instead they stay and lay their eggs, hosing a serious threat to people. people have started boy distinguish saga, would i? but would need blood from kind of mitigation measures even with the predators looming in the water. daily chores must go on something mainly done by women and children. but everyone faces the threat. at some point. people come here to wash up

and cattle, wade and daily. as vividly lighting up, i lingered but to be on the road dipping, dipping we are completely dependent on this river for drinking water and other names for the past one and a half years. but the terror of crocodiles has seed going among the villagers. i believe that we are afraid to come near the river laraca grandmother got we have to go that because we are dependent on it from the nearly 200000 people who depend on this delta life now involves a constant fear of what's lurking underneath the muddy waters leah harding al jazeera ah tougher picture of a headline here on al jazeera turner was low in some days parliamentary election in iraq electoral commission as promising furnace and transparency as balanced accounted. the boat was supposed to be held next year, but was brought forward in response to mass anti government protests and results

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