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of the capitol and news, eden sets a 90 percent vaccination target for ending cove at 19 knocked out. ah, haiti's, national police chief has resigned off to protest over deteriorating security and gang violence. since monday work has happened on general strike following the abduction of a group of christian mysteries. belinda, if the haitian gang that's accused of kidnapping 16 americans and one canadian has threatened to kill them for ransom isn't paid manual. paula reports from puerto prince another day of protest in puerto prince la protesters, set up road blocks across the city, burning tires and other debris to prevent the freeflow traffic. oh, will protests in recent days have remained peace. tensions are clearly on the rise

. demonstrators called for the resignation of the country's national police to lay on shore. many claim haiti's, security forces have allowed, violent crime and kidnapping to reach unprecedented levels. i'm a different the are a lot of church that come to haiti to help people become to evangelize and under the direction of lee. oh, shall they get kidnapped? because long shall, doesn't have the capacity and leadership to direct the police to public layer shall, has to resign. well, with the current insecurity, americans and canadians, and not spirit from the kidnappers, doesn't matter which country you come from. you cannot live a normal life and haiti by thursday afternoon haiti's national police chief resigned from his post assigned, perhaps of the fast changing strategy by haitian authorities. working a close collaboration with u. s. federal agents as they seek to secure the release of the 17 hostages. mom and i'm dr. young tensions are high in the country.

following the release of the social media video, posted by $400.00 millions of the criminal gang responsible for the abduction of 16 american citizens. and one canadian in the video, the gangs leader vowed retaliation after authorities shot and killed at least one member of the gang on wednesday. protests and roadblocks have become a daily occurrence here in court, a prince, but the anger from demonstrators has grown beyond the worsening security situation there. calling for accountability over widespread fuel shortages, higher prices on communication services, and a lack of leadership from government officials. the case of the 17 hostages has brought international attention to what summer, calling a kidnapping crisis more than 100 kidnappings have taken place. so for this month and more than $700.00 since the start of the year. and a recent report by unicef says the were significantly more abductions of women and children in the 1st 8 months of 2021 than in all of last year. my move up

a little al jazeera hold prince. a cinematographer has been killed and a director injured off to the act to alec baldwin, fire to prop gun on a film set a new mexico. the accident happened during the filming. if in 19th century weston entitled rust went, baldwin is playing the lead. no charges have been filed and investigation is currently underway. the chinese property giant of the grounds has narrowly averted a formal default on its debts. the group reportedly wide funds to a trusty account on thursday for a bond interest payment days before deadline. it had missed payments during the past month at the ground as the wells most indebted property developer owing $300000000000.00. dozens of people have been injured during rival demonstrations in sudan as the crisis over the countries transition to democracy deepens. police use tear gas and live bullets to dispatch crowds just outside the

capital cartoon. the ministry house shared power with civilians and a transitional government since 2019, but they still disagree on the way forward. hipaa morgan has this report from cartoon a recitation of the national anthem before the chance on thursday, tens of thousands due to the streets, incidentally, capital cartoon, and other cities to mark 57 years since the country's 1st revolution against the military rule. but that's the only reason these people came out over with her. and so i came here for one reason, not part of any group, but against military rule against the former ruling party. i came here to show that we want to civilian government. i came here to support a democratic civilian transition. we want all the military away from power within you. the demonstrations were called by the forces of freedom and changed coalition . that's the coalition that signed a power sharing agreement with the military in 2019 following the ousting of

longtime president, alma al machine. it led to the formation of a transitional government with the executive power given to civilians that place to improve the economy and rebuild state institutions 2 years on some say many of the goals of the revolution haven't been achieved. because i don't know with here, it's not a complete civilian government yet. we want it to be a completely civilian government. and when we participated in the revolution, it was because of food or fuel. it was because we wanted justice to live in peace. there are some achievements, but we want the military to hand over power. an attempted coup in late september resulted in a rift between the 2 sides sharing power. it prompted the military to call for reforms within the forces of freedom and change. the forces of freedom and change wants to show it has a large support base among the population. it also wants to convey to military leaders despite the lack of political reforms and economic progress minister me so prefer a civilian government. it's also response to the sitting in front of the presidential

palace over the past week. supporters of a dissident coalition from the forces of freedom and change, known as the national charter alliance, has called on the government to be dissolved and a technocrat government replace it. it's supporters have called for a military, took over in the short term. i should not mind much of know how you would it also restricted the countries being run by a few political parties. while there are many other groups that are in the country, where are these other groups? we don't see dummy loaded into government. they are being marginalized. we want the military to take control until elections are held up. those in front of the presidential palace say they won't leave until the government is dissolved, while those who protested on 1st, they say they won't allow for a dissolution to dance. prime minister says those who came out on 1st. this protest should commitment to dance transition to civilian rule that is booked and you can assume you today you have proven your commitment to peacefulness and the path of freedom, democracy and civilian transitions. not the people have given their voice on past

their message that there will be no backing dam from the revolution done. he has called for dialogue, but each site is waiting for the other to compromise while to dance transition to democracy remains fragile courts between them. he but morgan august era cartoon in ethiopia, the government has carried out as strikes on the north and take ryan regions. the 3rd time this week, military training center in the capital mikella was also targeted. 3 people were killed and asked strikes on monday, rebels. integrity say there were civilians. the federal government denies this. thousands of people have been killed and more than 2000000 displaced since the fighting broke out almost a year ago. yes, house of representatives has voted to hold donald trump's former alloy. steve bannon, in contempt of congress. the attorney general will now decide whether to prosecute bannon for refusing to cooperate with an investigation into the storming of the

capital. in january. he has ignored a subpoena from the select committee investigating the attack. ivan fisher has the latest from washington was on the boat as far as the thinks of january committee is concerned, is getting to the bottom of what exactly happened, who knew what and when the democrats expected to win this, for they were pleasantly surprised that they managed to get 9 republicans to join them and voting for the contempt charge. 7 of them actually voted for don thompson, peach min way back in january to of them. probably a bit of a surprise, but then in tight districts. and so they probably didn't want to be those people who supported undefended steve band and given that that might alienate waters in the next couple of elections. so they were very careful about that. but that a federal has already been sent to the department of justice medic, garland who is the attorney general has said in the last day or so that they will

look at the facts and they will look at the evidence and then we will make a decision steep and in was of course, a very close advisor to donald trump. he fell out with them, but he was still friends with them and helped him up to the election in november last year. and in january the 1st, the day before the incident on capitol hill on his podcast, he said that all hell is going to break loose to morrow. just that phrase was enough for, for a less cheney a leading republican. and someone who's also on the 6th of january committee to tell congress that, and that alone means that steve bandy has questions to answer. let me as soon as he government how stressed it's commitment to a fees far as an international conference in tripoli. it's looking for support ahead of nationwide elections scheduled for december. while at china has this report from tripoli, delegates from over 30 countries and international organizations, including the un european union, and the arab league,

gathered in the libyan capital for libya stabilization conference. high on the agenda, the upcoming general election unifying state institutions, and the expulsion of foreign fighters and mercenaries, libya stability conferences with no doubt, a very important events and libya's history as the libya didn't hold such a big event where all neighboring and friends, countries are representing from the heart of the capital of libya, tripoli, and it shows that there is a bold statement that libya is going to work, the stability in a very strong and steady steps. also, it shows the solidity of the international community to load libya. stability, previous conferences on libya were held in berlin, geneva, paris, and italy is the 1st time in over 10 years that an international meeting on libya

is being held within the country. nationwide elections are scheduled in just over 2 months, but there are a few road blocks that macy's and postpone a constitutional framework to hold. elections has yet to be agreed upon, and there are an estimated $20000.00 foreign fighters and mercenaries in libya. a comprehensive action plan to expel them out of the country is one of the main topics being discussed here. the government of national unity hopes this conference can build international support and pressure to expel foreign fighters out of the country. but it's not likely to happen before the elections here looking at a very pragmatic approach of in phases. we're starting to withdraw foreign fighters mercenaries and foreign forces. some of that can happen before the election. some of it would happen after the election. i think the important thing is to try to continue our efforts together to, to start that process. many people here believe this conference is a step in the right direction. but they won't tell mom for this conference being

held in libya and attended by so many countries, is a sign that the international community are now convinced how important libya is for regional security and stability. the hope is that differences can be put aside, and consensus is made to move the country forward, all with political divisions emerging within the unity government. many libyans feared the elections would be postpone, and they see a return to the fighting. this show of international support may give some a glimmer of hope the country can move forward. my latrina al jazeera shipley fella had on al jazeera. ah, we'll look at why students in hong kong will have to start taking part in chinese flying, raising ceremonies and learn about national security and all i'm doing a roaring trade find out how much big job the try. so tar tops fetched as an auction in paris.

ah well, finally, the temperatures have dropped in iraq. we've got the seasonal blow, the shamal, which comes and goes, is getting dusty or in dusty annapolis easing. by the time we get the end of friday, give that a rock than towards you, a crossing katara and picking up the sound of the empty cartridge. saudi arabia baghdad is to say, is cool down the average the some years that 31. so we are that with that vicinity, with the breeze are the strong or not strong, but it doesn't really affect the temperature. now it's come down, it probably was stay down. no big shock in the temperature to the east this. so it afghanistan, the snow up in the real northeast in the mountains. otherwise it's sunshine. we were in the teens in tashkent and that's warmer still been trying to get further west tab reason, bucko both actually average for this time of the year. and the sun is out in turkey,

this dramatic flooding stories from greece and western turkey. but 5 days ago, that's all gone nozzle quiet and the wind is fairly light. the monsoons also light off the coast to somalia and canyon are but that doesn't mean that won't be a few shares. they will. the same is true. it is. yep. yeah. but in tropical laughter, it's the time of year where you look further west victoria, guinea, for example, or republic of congo. this is where the biggest showers are still growing and drifting around, but only slowly. ah, a small closed middle east and community is history goes back nearly 3000 years with a population under threat. when men out number women 3 to one out as they are well, the men have decided to break with tradition. and mary flooring, with samaritan weddings dined field delivered

analogies. era lou ah ah, you're watching out as a reminder of our top story is this, our haiti's police chief has resigned up off to protests over deteriorating security and gang violence. demonstrated happen coding for neil shawls to step down, failing to control armed gangs. a cinematographer has been killed and injured after an actor. alec baldwin fired to prop gun on a film set to new mexico yaks and happened during the filming of the 19th century western entitled rust,

where baldwin playing the lead. the chinese property john f. a ground has narrowly averted a formal default and its debts. the group of portly wine funds to a trustee account on thursday for bond interest payment days before deadline is $300000000000.00. these aliens prime ministers. this curve at 19 lockdown measures will be lifted once 90 percent of the countries for li, vaccinated so far about 70 percent of eligible people have had 2 jobs. the country has been grappling with an outbreak of the delta variance since august. way, hey, reports from tauranga, and you didn't. oakland is the economic center of new zealand. but for more than 2 months, it's been largely at a standstill. following hughes, ellen's 1st outbreak of the delta, very into of coven 19 keeping it locked down much longer is unsustainable. and the government has responded to growing calls for a plan to get back to normal. we cannot asphyxiated people to stay home for ever.

so now we need a new playbook to reflect the population protected from covet. the prime minister announced a traffic light system. we'll be introduced with different alert levels to manage outbreaks of the virus using fewer restrictions and no more nationwide locked downs . it signals an end to the elimination strategy and an acknowledgement that ye zealand is, will need to learn to live with the virus provided the vaccination rate reaches 90 percent. the arrival of the delta vary into new zealand, changed everything and is proved impossible to eliminate. but it did force the government and the public to speed up vaccinations. 86 percent of now had at least one dose. but getting to that key figure of 90 percent may take some time. the government says it will review the situation at the end of november, which may be too far away for those wanting a quicker end to coven locked downs. australia 2nd largest city has reopened,

despite new infections. continuing to rise. melvin has been accumulated 262 days locked down since the start of the pandemic, more than any other in the world. my brain sort of separated from characters so long as it serv enough to be back today. and it's a sunny day. perfect. it's 6th and probably last lockdown was lifted as the vaccination rate, past 70 percent. wayne, hey, al jazeera toner, new zealand, millions more americans are closer to getting a corona virus vaccine booster. in south dublin advisors signed off on mixed, and matched doses of 3 jobs. the centers for disease controls advisory panels, as people can choose a different vaccine from what they're previously received. the drug and the feed and drug administration authorized an expansion of the base to campaign on wednesday. schools in hong kong have been told to play the chinese national

anthem as part of an effort to forge place a bonds with mainland china. the critics, a, it marks a father erosion of the territories freedoms. rob mcbride has this report school life in hong kong has quickly come to reflect the changes taking place, city wide. from next year, schools will be required to hold national flag raising ceremonies like this one, at least once a week and play the chinese national anthem. and lessons about hong kong, national security law have become part of the curriculum with no one it seems too young to learn. now, what is national security aimed attending months of social unrest and riots? critic say the law has severely curbed free speech, but the probate gin camp says it's restored order and students must learn about it . you wanted to teach the younger generation to learn more about why we

need the national security. i think every country they must have their national security law, bigger port, have their people go to the country. so i've in hong kong is not a sensor at the height of the protest. some of the most violent clashes happened on college campuses and 40 percent of the people arrested were high school or college students. it means the cities classrooms are at the center of efforts to change how the youth think and act that the university of hong kong, one of the last memorials on chinese soil, to the 1989 tiana mon square crack down is under threat of being removed and most of the cities student unions are no longer functioning. critics say teaching about national security is part of a wider effort to curb all forms of descent. i think the goal is to change the

behavior of the people of hong kong, and they're doing this through intimidation there during this through telling them what they should do. they want the behavior change 2 years ago during the protests curry lead a boycott of classes at her high school and says, teaching the national security law will undermine critical thinking. first of all, i think that this has a limited what, how well our thoughts are in learning and studying. i think we do not have any freedom of our thoughts, freedom of speech in a fair chat. but this time, she won't be taking any action to do so, could cost her her freedom. robert bride al jazeera hong kong versus queen elizabeth has spent a night in hospital after counseling, a visit to northern ireland. this week i came palace as the queen went into hospital on wednesday for health jack on to being advised to rest for a few days. monarch returned to windsor castle on thursday,

and he said to be in good spirits. i saw in afghanistan has attacked to share most during the past fortnight, killing more than a 100 people taliban officials have promised to increase security. but members of the long persecuted has our minority say they're still worried. stephanie decker reports from campbell, oil solar mean. even in prayer law with them there is anees here. oh holy place seems to offer new sanctuary ref canister. she a community? no having missionary phone resume. when the taliban came, we felt safe. but after the toxin control system in kandahar we feel very much a chris on the taliban cannot insure security for us as they promised. despite that, we continued to come to pray, even in fear, or even if we have to die here gone when he had and is and is lost, we have witnessed a taxpayer dice who cited to slay dice. you feel afraid, are you?

i'm even gonna not only hear it due to being re go because we are written is because we already northville or fiercest yasamin and has our us out. it was the shia. last friday, iceland, afghanistan said it was behind this attack on a sheer mosque in kandahar. the province is the taliban stronghold. it was the 2nd attack on a sheer mosque in a week. the 1st in the northern province of conduce it's causing increased worry here in the capital among the she a community. they say no one feel safe. this is the majority here, area of cobble in the area has suffered numerous attacks over the last couple of years. mosques have been attacked, girl schools have been attacked. many buses have been attacked, weddings have been attacked, and even gunman entering the maternity ward, killing pregnant women in their bags. there is a constant, unpredictable fear here of when the next attack may come. most of these attacks were claimed by iso in afghanistan. the armed group attacked this moss to the

largest in dashed hibachi. taliban officials have said they will do more to protect the ship. immunity. but we didn't see any taliban presence in this area while we visited was a lemon law cobbler. we used to have 5 gars. they had salaries and weapons. now the taliban said they should return to work, but they haven't returned. there's no money. the risk is high, especially during friday's prayer. the taliban patrols on friday, but the risk remains high. the shia and particularly the his, our community has long been persecuted here in afghanistan. mohammed is a student at cobble university which remains closed. do you want a ton of money to do more to protect? because of course it is the visually cross with not only has are and share hoard the target of to just the talks. but all the people overgrown us on was firm called the one to do more. not only is in case of security, run and cause of economic thinkers or for trust between the thought. one of the people, ha, ha, ha ha. these are uncertain times for afghanistan. she

a community and for so many other afghans all tell us, they hope taliban leaders can deliver on their promise to protect minorities and provide security for everyone. across the country, stephanie decker, all jazeera, cobble, and ins. parliament has voted to legalize abortion and allows women to access the procedure within the 1st 3 months of pregnancy. previously was permitted under strict conditions, including if the mother's life was threatened. any $200.00 women died benign each year from complications falling unsafe abortions. law students and gone as capital are cra, happen, protesting outside the countries. only law school itself to more than a fad of applicants failed to get in by demanding a review of the admission process on an end to corruption. laura, bed and manning ports. i these people dream of becoming lawyers. now they're accusing the law school in god has kept to accra of being unlawful. that's because

the entrance exams changed by the legal council. it's now requires the minimum 50 percent mark on 2 papers instead of an average school. but the can, does it say. 7 they weren't informed, we wrote on exams, you set a pathmark, they're part of the exam. you come up with a new rule that they have to pass it in a particular way, which was not previously plumbing to get that to us. so we often not admit them, did not, they won't admit them. yes, often we put in a lot of work, a lot of time people put their lives on hold for this exam. people are families, you have children, you know, some people have to make a living from the 2824 africans from 17 law packages across the country lesson. the 3rd was successful. those missions into the law school has been a contentious issue for years. it's now reached parliament,

which is established a committee to look into the allegations. this was a res issues asked web back. indeed. that was the criteria use you in the past. yes . and as a business of the opposition, they also questioned whether they would be notified if this michael in new development. and some politicians along with the students are letting corruption in the admissions process at this twenty's 2 days. where at, with their last year on what they generally got constantly. so if you're calling on special admission, this was never such for their johnson nor boss. i mean, to have you, there was simply hon picked to come and join that $1045.00 though we add me there last year. the student say they want to review and review of the exam procedures and hope this will give them a fair route into working it. god is just the system,

nor about a badly al jazeera, more than a $180.00 people have now died in floods across parts of india and nepal. the flash flooding was caused by late monsoon rains and destroyed homes, crops, and infrastructure is a said people have been killed in india with northern which had con state affected the west a 66000000 year old dinosaurs skeleton nickname big john has sold for $7700000.00 at auction, and 8 meters long. it is the light largest triceratops ever discovered. the remains were sold in paris for about 6 times. the initial estimates, a laceration in the scars suggests that the dinosaur died in a fight is being acquired by an american collector. and that individual is absolutely thrilled with the idea of being able to bring a piece like this to his personal years. and it's

a piece that we saw and initially fell in love with it. the history behind this and be sure ation of it is absolutely impressive. so to be able to be a part of preserving something of this nature that was actually found us in south dakota is also something extremely special. ah, this is out, is there, these you top stories? haiti's police chief has resigned up to protest. i have a deteriorating security and gagged violence. demonstrators had been cooling financials, to step down, to failing to control armed gangs. since monday workers have been on a general strike falling, the abduction of group of christian missionaries. manual report has moved from porto prince. that video posted on social media by the gang of $400.00 mobile zone which.