ah, play an important role in protecting human life. doctor trace, ah, ah. the leader of a haitian gang accused of kidnapping 17 missionaries threatens to kill them and vows to make the prime minister cry blood's. ah, your watching al jazeera light from headquarters ins, ohio daddy navigator also ahead. new zealand unveils plans to end its corona virus locked down, but not before 90 percent of the population is fully vaccinated. i wanted to see a time where i live. we'd be better than this. one is swati new where the fight for

democracy cos post protest are his leg, but he's prepared to risk his life and tragedy on a film set in the u. s. one. crew member was killed and another injured after hollywood. actor alley baldwin fires a prop gun. ah, hello. haiti is national police chief as resigned after protest against deteriorating security and gang violence. workers have been on a general strike since monday, following the abduction of a group of christian missionaries. a gang is suspected of kidnapping 16 americans and one canadian, it's leader has threatened to kill them if a ransom isn't paid. when will rapid reports from porto prince. another day of protest in puerto prince, i protestors set up road blocks across the city, burning tires and other debris to prevent the freeflow traffic ah,

will protest in recent days have remained peaceful tensions are clearly on the rise . demonstrators called for the resignation of the country's national police to leon . many claim haiti's, security forces have allowed violent crime and kidnapping to reach unprecedented levels. i did the are a lot of tours that come to haiti to help people become to evangelize and under the direction of lee. oh, shall they get kidnapped? because laying shall doesn't have the capacity and leadership to direct the police to pollute layer shall, has to resign. 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. madame de leon intentions are high in the country. following the release of the social media video posted by 400 mobiles. 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 there were significantly more abductions of women

and children in the 1st 8 months of 2021 than in all of last year. manuel revenue al jazeera for the prince. at least 7 people have been killed in a row hinge camp and bangladesh gun min talked a religious school and cox's bazaar. one person husband arrested. last month they were a hinge, a leader was shot dead in the camp. the government has pledged to step up security at the facilities. resilience prime minister, strict coven, 19 locked l measures, will be listed once 90 percent of the population is fully vaccinated. so far about 70 percent of eligible people have had 2 jobs. the country's been grappling with an outbreak of the delta vary and since august wayne, hey, reports from toronto in new zealand. 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 diesel and 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 orator for so long as it's serv, enough to be back today. and it's a sunny day. so heavy, it's 6th and probably last lockdown was lifted as the vaccination rate, past 70 percent. wayne, hey, al jazeera toner. new zealand indians prime minister, has called for vigilance against coven, 19 levins remote a war, and that the war is not over and recommended law, squaring job. thank you. the done to the high, we should not lay down weapons as long as the war is own. i request that everyone's celebrate festivals with caution. as far as masks are concerned,

the way it is become habitual to wear shoes when stepping out. the same has to become habitual of masks. while the belgian prime minister has called on a new member states to work together to tackle an increase in migration. alexander to cro, made the comments on the final day of the european union leader summit in brussels . the block accuses belarus of allowing migrants to cross its borders into the you the move as soon as a retaliation against european sanctions imposed on the belly russian government. natasha butler as at that summer joining us from brussel. so tell us more about what's expected to be discussed, natasha. yes. see you leaders turning their attention to migration and really focusing on beller road. in fact, we heard from this way new lead a short while ago, who accused the government all present. alexandra le cushing co weaponized migration. on thursday, on her arrival,

the german chancellor angler merkel said the lucas inc. i was effectively running a human trafficking systems, a very strong words from a some you leaders who accused minsk of enabling a illegal migrants to cross from belarus. into the e. u over the a borders with poland and with lithuania at times even flying them into minced form 3rd countries and helping them to reach the border will that is infuriated many you need as a whole group of them at least 10 say that they would perhaps like the you to offer them money to salt, building a fence, a crawl along that border, but that is seen by others as an extremely controversial measure. some leaders, according to sanctions on belarus, that had been discussed earlier in the week at a meeting over e foreign ministers. the possibility, opening sanctions on bill avia better versus national carrier and making it more difficult for the national airline to lease planes from other countries,

particularly those in the european union. we have heard voices though, raising another issue in this crisis, not is the fact that many of the migrants have been find themselves on this border with poland and lithuania, then left in the most extreme, inhumane conditions really fighting for their survival. in fact, one syrian man died on thursday. he's the 8th person to dial, not buddha, since the european summer here a summer and the luxembourg. a prime minister, exactly a battle he raised that's a short while ago. he said, look, of course it is very important that we are very tough on bed rest, but at the same time we must make sure that we are humane when it comes to the treatments of people who are many and many occasions have a right also to try and ask for asylum, but at least should be granted basic or human care. thank you so much. natasha butler reporting from brussels. at least 16 people have died after

a fire broke out at a russian factory that happened at a chemical plant in a town 300 kilometers from moscow. several others have been injured. more than a 170 firefighters are searching for 9 people who are still missing. the us house of representatives has voted to hold donald trump's former allies, the bannon in contempt of congress. the attorney general now decide whether to prosecute ban in for refusing to cooperate with an investigation and to the storming of the capital in january and is ignored a subpoena from the investigating committee. alan fisher has more from washington dc, 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 boy, they were pleasantly surprised that they managed to get 9 republicans to join them in voting for the contempt charge. 7 of them actually voted for don thompson, peach min way back in january to 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. thought 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 bannon has questions to answer a richard good stein as a democratic political consult. and he's also a former advisor to bill clinton. and he says that balance popularity won't save him from being charged. most of the republicans who voted, and there were only 9 out of over $200.00 had voted to impeach donald from the 2nd time around. so the really only 2 who actually voted today to proceed with this action against bad and who had not voted to the injury. there were kind of the usual back for the most part among the republicans would decide whether one goes to jail is whether the prosecutors can prove beyond a reasonable doubt that he's committed a crime. and we know here that is totally thumbs, you know, at a lawfully issued a subpoena. and that's why the congress is recommending to the u. s. department of

justice that they proceed to bring this action criminal action against bad. and so it really doesn't him so much on his popularity among anybody it has to do with what the facts are, what the law is. i think we know exactly who steve band and sees as his audience. it has not, it's not democrat, it's not people. frankly, we weren't particularly tuned into politics. he's a rabble rouser among very active trump supporting republicans. they love this. they say someone there knows a democrat is, is a great time. but that was not how our system work. donald trump felt that way too . and it came to be that law ultimately took precedence over his feeling that he took precedence over law. and i think banned in, we'll see a less, he's able to drag this out in court long enough. that may be the republicans take

control of the house of representatives next november. and drop this entirely. that's his play. still ahead on al jazeera families, reunited israel approved the status of 4000 palestinians, living in the occupied west bank. cleaning up after a volcano will tell you how ash is making a mess of the tourist season on la palm. ah . hi there. welcome to your world weather update. we're going to begin in australia, where we have sets a new record temperature for october, and windham $45.00 degrees. that nudged out the old record of $45.00. so that's the temperature story. let's focus on acts of weather on friday we had a tornado and brisbin still seen some action there along that coast of new south

wales and throughout victoria on saturday. next stop new zealand. we do have rainfall warnings in play for the western tip of the north islands. so we'll see potentially upwards of a 120 millimeters of rain. and we could see that rain falling at about $10.00 to $15.00 millimeters per hour as we check in on indo china. right now, we're just going to get dowse with heavy rain for central areas of vietnam. so this includes african denying and also eastern portions of cambodia. you'll see some heavy rain roll through there on saturday. temperatures still fresh in hong kong, below average at 22 degrees. a mix of sun in cloud in shanghai. and you're gonna get up to 20 degrees on saturday that weather front that was producing some showers for tokyo, it's pushed out toward the north pacific. so we'll seen improvement in conditions here. and also temperatures have shot up and tokyo all the way to 20 degrees on saturday. that's it. that's all season ah,

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has resigned after protests, against deteriorating security anne's gang violence. workers have been on general strike since monday, following the abduction of a group of christian missionaries. the belgian prime minister has called on e u. member states to work together to tackling an increase in migration. a block accuses belarus if allowing migrants on refugees to cross its borders into the e u. the u. s. house of representatives as vote as a whole. donald trump's former ally steve bannon and contempt of congress. the attorney general now decide whether to prosecute him for refusing to cooperate with an investigation and to january storming of the capital a cinematographer has been killed and the director injured after acts or alec baldwin fired a prop gun on a film set in new mexico. police say baldwin came involuntarily for questioning. an investigation is underway, but so far, no charges have been filed, victoria gate and be reports. the shooting happened here to populate,

filming location in santa fe and his re serious questions in hollywood about how something like this could possibly occur. police say a prop gum was fired during filming for the movie rust and 19th century weston in which alec baldwin placed the lead. they're investigating how it was fired and what project all came out of it. she people were hit helena hutchins, who was the cinematographer. she was airlifted to hospital, but pronounced dead. the director joe sousa was also injured, but has since been released from hospital. the production company has said this was a theme being filled with blanks in the prop gone. the police haven't confirmed that, but a spokesman for the santa fe county sheriff's office confirmed offices interviewed alec baldwin, shortly after the shooting saying he provided statements and answered that questions. he came in voluntarily and he left the building after he finished his interviews. no charges have been filed. a no arrests have been made. helena

hutchins has been described by colleagues as a brilliant talent who was committed to aught into film. she was named as a rising star by the american society of cinematographers 2 years ago. the company making the movie say that providing counseling services to every one connected with it, victoria gate and be al jazeera, pro democracy protested ascertaining, have been banned as envoys from other south african countries begin mediation. people have been demonstrating against the monarchy since june, a delegation from the southern african developments community mets, when the king, dozens of demonstrators have been injured or killed in the latest cracked on on protesters. natasha my name reports from the capital mach zabel zab lou, who not a recognized the police officer who shot him in the leg during our protest in june . he says the officer knew him too, because he has a long time community and h. i. v activist. the self employed father of 5 is now an amputee. i

am fighting. oh, i wanted to see a time where our life will be better than these when i am sitting. i feel like crying and victor is throwing me because i know what happened to me. i mean, i know if dad needs protesters in a sweat, teeny, have been on the street since june, calling for democratic reforms in africa's last absolute monarchy. they accuse king mas swati of living lavishly while ignoring the poverty in this country. at 1100000 people, amnesty international says more than 80 people had been killed and more than a 1000 arrested, including children and 2 members of parliament who remain in jail. the government says 37 people have died. the deputy prime minister says the protests have caused $68000000.00 in damages and economic losses. people haven't been able to go to

work. businesses have been shuttered. schools have been closed indefinitely. the government says it hasn't been able to deliver food to the needy or mental health services due to the unrest deputy prime minister them. but ma suca says king, miss swati will have a dialogue with all sectors of society. once the violence ends. and cobit 19 is over, we ah, ready to engage. but it is important to note that an engagement must be the environment of calm. you must be in an environment of peace. but protesters, including kootenay are showing no sign of ending their unprecedented push for democracy. 35 years after gaining independence, i will fight until it is possible. they cut another leg and if i still have him,

had them until they cut my hat because that is new as built, leave me will be the. so i would, most of the government says it will continue to restrict access to social media and ban protests. it sees as a security threat in order to restore the p. natasha game else's era. but bonnie hundreds of school children have stormed a democratic republic of congo, parliament building so they're demanding, the government's res teacher is paid to and to strike that stop lessons for more than 2 weeks. the teachers went on strike at the start of the month to protest against not being paid and the retirement age voter plus. so me personally, you'll place isn't in the street so you belong at school. and if you're not at school, you should be at home. so i'd like to say here that the teachers who are demanding

an improvement of their living conditions to better a they must make those demands themselves. instead of using you, student nigeria has killed the newly appointed leader of an armed group affiliated with iso that operates in west africa. milan backhoe was named just a week ago after nigeria and soldiers killed his predecessor, the islamic state. west africa province also known as ice w, a p with a splinter group of boca hard on and recent years its influence has grown and nigeria is northeast and lake china region. they is really government's approved, the status of 4000 palestinians living in the occupied west bank. many of them were undocumented, meaning they'd been separated from their families. since israel controls all access to the area that he reports after 23 years of waiting, his room has allowed mate headless to change his address from the gaza strip to the occupied west. back. now he can move freely in the west bank without fearing he

could be sent back to gossip. although he was born and raised in the west bank, his father is originally from god. so that means his official documents list garza as his plate of residence. he needed that israeli approval to change that his wife layla is also from gaza. but she has not yet received an approval to change her residency to the west bank. and if she crosses to garza, she won't be able to return to her husband in the west bank. they did that. i was very happy for him, but was sad for myself. it's been 6 years since i last saw my family and gaza. i don't know how i can now travel outside the west bank. i want to go see my mother. she lives in jordan and we haven't been able to see each other and all of the palestinian interior ministry processes request for ideas and passport. but israel control of the population registry and decide who can get the palestinian identification cards and a passport. it also controls who can travel across the occupied region. it was

government says it's approved for 1000 such requests on a humanitarian basis. you know this, these really defense minister said israel will approve thousands of new past in united to strengthen the palestinian authority. but palestinian officials say they've been tricked. since the majority of the recent approval were changes of residency only. they want the u. s. the pressure israel to approve more identification cards that will make it easier for people to move around. even though this idea will mean living under his really military rule. it's still a dream for tens of thousands of people here. it allows them to be near their families without here on the quotation. this is the fear center, awesome news. all too well holy out of. she hasn't been able to see her family and jordan since she got married and moved to the west bank 25 years ago. that has ever had them. i want to hug my brothers and sisters nieces and nephews. i want to see

my family's house, my neighborhood. i miss all my memories there. just a few months ago senate came to this border area by the river jordan, to see her family. she can now cross to the other side, but many others will remain stuck on the west side of the river. d deborah he elijah's eda, the occupied westbank. the united nations is blaming south sedans, worse floods, and 60 years on climate change. some areas are experiencing the 3rd straight year of extreme flooding, endangering livelihoods and the world's youngest nation. entire villages have been swept away. new and refugee agents usa has more than half a 1000000 people have been affected. as unit c, i was seeing these as intensifying effects of climate change. so today has been very prone to cyclical drugs and floods, sometimes happening the same time in, in, in a year. and this is nothing but just the effects of attention climate. so structures

like roads and bridges have been washed away or have been destroyed by the floods. and so we found ourselves in a situation where we have limited access to affected communities. which means that these affected communities are therefore cut off from vital humanitarian assistance . they ran secretary general so as carbon pollution in several countries is an alarming rates. he expressed concern i had been you and climate change summit and glasgow the progress in the recent 2 weeks as not been enough. we are getting closer and closer. oh, i hope that's because we have key moments from now or to glasgow. the most important is a g 20 meeting. i hope that we, we are still on time to avoid a failure in glasgow, but time is running short and sings are getting more difficult and that is why i am

very, very what it i am afraid. sinks might get drunk. it's tara susan, on the spanish islands of the panama, but it's being disrupted by ass from a volcano that's been erecting for weeks. and that's cause almost daily disruption and chaos since the erection began last month. alexander it's reports ah, the start of a new day in la palmer, like many of the islands residence, manuel pintos morning, now begins with cleaning. the volcanic ash from his shop gave recommend with her every day are cleaning and shattered everywhere. and we can let our products get dirty at a nearby cafe lanka, assario says it makes it harder to keep customers happy. i can indicate that a tourists who want to use the terrace because they like it better. but because there is so much ash it's difficult, we clean it immediately, but the ash falls again. the debris from camry beckers month long eruption is

relentless. but people are finding their own ways to get through the day. the air is filled with small pieces of pumice or panic, rock as sharp as broken glass. the wind is carrying it right across la pana, for the people living on the island that's becoming a normal part of daily life. around the volcano authorities continuously measured the hair quality checking for any signs of toxic gas. they even make sure it's safe to guard the many roadblocks. they're worried. some people are trying to cross into the exclusion zone to take photographs opened up. and so it's very concerning, some people are coming to close to the cone and lubbock waco center on, on a massive thing. your gas can leak concentrated, which can effect a long term health, or even made them pass out completely out of my elbows and theatre columbia.

despite the danger, people are still coming to the island. some drawn to the foot of the volcano. i am only exciting because i do fast boston i grew came. we stay here here until 4 o'clock in the morning. it's a different atmosphere in the capital. santa cruz, the beaches are still open. many here don't seem to care about the volcano. they just want to enjoy their holiday. alexander lurch al jazeera, la palmer, fane, blue. hello again. the headlines on al jazeera haiti's national police chief has resigned after protests. again.