profit consequences, agent orange, was the most destructive chemical warfare a decade later, the same happened in the us state of oregon. these helicopters flying over the ridge braying something and they didn't even see the kids foot. 2 women are still fighting for justice against some of the most powerful forces in the world. the people versus agent orange coming soon on al jazeera. ah, the african union suspends you don and the world bank stops aid in response to monday's military coup. ah, whether i'm given al, this is alto they're alive from doha. also coming up. israel approves plans for nearly 3000 new illegal settlement units in the occupied west bank. the use talk

court funds. poland, $1200000.00 a day in their basic dispute over judicial independence. and hong kong passes and you know, that imposes heavy fines on any film that highlights pro democracy activity. ah, we begin with saddam and the mounting demands at home and abroad for the military to walk back and scoop. the african union has suspended sudan from all activities until the villian rule is restored and the world bank has put hold on apes. there's economic pressure internally to stay toil, company workers, and doctors are among the latest to join strikes and protests against the crew. and the military crackdown goes on with politicians and activists arrested on wednesday . general abdel father, albert han says he thinks power to stop sudan sliding into civil war. the un

security council has been meeting to discuss the un mission in a contested region between saddam and south through dawn. ahead of those talks we heard from the ambassador from kenya, which holds the rotating presidency of the security council. he said he hopes leaders will back the african union in its actions against the cuz i am more optimistic. not that the piece of security council has made this position clear because our colleagues, everyone on the council speaks very often about bucking africa positions. so now we shall see which delegation actually, but the african union position. and so this shall make it very clear by the end of today or tomorrow. have a morgan has the latest from call to. and we've been around various parts of hartaman. we've seen many businesses still remaining shut that because when we spoke to the few business owners who were hanging around their shelf, they say they're not sure that would impact the military take over by the army take

over, will have on their businesses. they say that they've been monitoring the situation over the past few days, but they said that the reason why they haven't opened the main reason why they have an open is because of the call for civil disobedience. processes have been setting up road blocks and barricades and on main street and neighborhoods to show the military that they do not want to be bid. they don't want them to be in charge. protests, say they've been demanding a return for civilian la transitional government. and they want to see the politicians and activists who have been arrested since monday, who released and brought back to their positions of power. so most of the street that we've been around on, we've seen barricades, we've seen people using blocks using trees to basically form barriers on, on the tree to prevent movement of security forces. but also to prevent people from going out. they say they want a general strike conducted at both federal and state levels to should the military, that state and state institutions and businesses don't want the army to be in

control. israel has approved plans for about 3000 new illegal settlement units in the occupied westbank. they'll be the 1st to be built on the prime minister natalie bennett. sand during president jo biden's term. the u. s. is deeply concerned about the plan st. will hurt prospects for 2 state solution. settlements are legal and international law though israel rejects this and the american new side acts else is reporting bad secretary of state antony blinking, vocally opposed. israel's decision sources told, besides, there was a tense call between lincoln and israeli defense minister bennett gans lincoln reportedly told gans the number of units in the location were unacceptable. navy abraham has more from nablus and the occupied westbank was a number of units approved. and wednesdays meeting may not be as large as it was during the era of the u. s. president. donald trump for palestinians. one settlement unit is one unit too much. we're standing here in front of the legal

israeli settlement of a lead has been here since the eighty's and it has been expanding, has been connected to other illegal israeli settlements. an israel with a network of roads, transportation that has access to electricity and water. and it has also prevented past indians from accessing their lands. we're not just talking about the built up area, but the whole mountain has been off limits to palestinians who own agricultural lands there. now in wednesday, the meeting there are 2. it is really outposts that have been approved by this meeting. it means that sometimes settlers decide to put up caravans, but they are not approved by the government. but many of them we've seen across the years were did through actively, later on, approved and recognized by the government. although in the meantime they are acts as they have access to infrastructure and services. when it comes to the

palestinian authority, it condemned it. new is settlement building and said that all settlements are considered illegal under international law, urging the international community to intervene. and israel is continuing to raise and historic muslim cemetery in the occupied east. jerusalem. officials say the construction won't affect the graves, but it exposed human remains buried in a section where jordanian soldiers late they were killed during the 1967 war. the jerusalem municipality seeks to turn the cemetery until park i mid 2022. the european union's top court has ordered poland to pay a fine of more than $1000000.00 a day. it's part of a deepening dispute between the you and its members state about poland stu, dish re, it has to do with the chamber, and the polish supreme court, which the uses breaches and laws on judicial impartiality and independence. another recent polish court ruling challenged the supremacy of

e you law of the country. here to claim here is the editor of brussels report dot e you and you cite covering european politics. he says the find further threatens and already fragile relationship. the european commission took this particular concern to the top you court in luxembourg, european court of justice, which has now rules that this a specific judicial arrangement in pollens of violates your law and has imposed a fine on poland. poland is already expected to pay a fine over, i think, a whole 1000000 euro a day. for another condemnation, which is about the refusal, the polish refusal who shut down a coal mine near the new to check border. the poor government has a few weeks ago asked its own constitutional court whether you law is

superior to national law. and the fullest constitutional court has said that it is, but only if certain conditions are fulfilled, meaning it's not always superior. one of the conditions, according to the polish top court, where you law is not superior, is when you would be trying to intervene into how the polish judicial system is being organized. which is actually the case. now with this that you find because it is being find because of this disciplinary chamber that the polar governments and parliament half have a create it. now, what's next? it's hard to say you could expect. now the poor government to say, well, sorry, we're not able to pay this fine because it or own boat is constitutional court has said that this would not be in line with the polish constitution.

when a gas gauze southern region is experiencing as worst drought and decades pushing more than a 1000000 people to the brink of famine, for consecutive droughts of wiped out harvests with reports of people dying of hunger. and there are calls for rich in nations to do more to combat climate crisis in madagascar. prag gupta with this report, southern madagascar is facing its worth drought in 40 years. the level of hunger here is so severe the un wants it could. so lead to the world's 1st famine caused by climate change. the situation in the ground sort of madagascar is absolutely dia right now. we are entering the next lean season, which began in october. we have 1300000 people who has severely food insecure. that means they do not know where the food that they need each day to survive. it's going to come from. of those 28000 people are facing catastrophic food insecurity.

which is to say, famine like conditions. the tropical island country in the indian ocean that's used to psych loans, heavy rainfall and drought has seen an allow me decline and rainfall in recent years. affecting small farmers and cattle heard us. people have southern madagascar has seen their incomes decline even more. water is scarce, fields have dried up, crops have died, and there is little food. some are eating locus cactus and even mud just to survive. some of those years it's a drought seems to be related to the el nino system in the pacific. one of those years it seems to be related to what's happening in the eastern indian ocean. and over all of those years, there tends to be a increase in the pressure systems. the atmospheric pressure just south of madagascar. madagascar is extremely vulnerable to climate change,

even though it's carbon emissions are some of the lowest. i love her, so c o 2, then why not less? that government is faulty, responsible because that can't she asked, con, haunted deacons of neglect. i have a pretty cool establishment, but the people who are sort of 18. so bio nations committed by the international community that has failed to take the necessary measures to cut in shops and with pledges of the world's leading polluters. not nearly enough to do use the effects of a warming planet. it's devastating impact is already being felt by those who can do little to fight it. bianca gupta, i'll to 0. iraq's electro commission has begun a manual recount to some of the results from this month's parliamentary elections. it's a response to claims a vote rigging by parties who lost their seats. a hotel though i had reports from baghdad. it's labor intensive process counting by hand bullets

from nearly 2000 pulling stations across several iraq to provinces. this came about after supporters of political parties that last seats demanded ari count. the representatives have been monitoring the process along the denim hobbled with the ball to day with re countered over a 100 stations. we are comparing current in old results to see if there is a difference between ma, yolande, electronic numbers. in this case we go by my, your county, then we'll honestly you results day by date, there is more than 50. observe us here. iraq's parliamentary election earlier this month, which was moved up to meet the demands of protesters. so a turn out of 41 percent. that's the lowest figure in the post saddam hussein era. the blog affiliated with the influential she alida remarked that a souther 173 seats the most of any party. however,

the prearranged and multi party and fed a lions security on the 17th heat down from 48 in the last election several previously dominant political parties have rejected the election results, accusing the electoral commission of vote rigging. the commission says it has received more than 1400 appeals so far, but it says it has turn it down most of them because they're not supported by evidence. ha, for more than a week. supporters of losing parties have been protesting near to the entrance to baghdad green soon. most of these protesters are members of the iran backed popular mobilization forces. the military are of the shia alpha to alliance security measures have been tightened around the area which is home to the u. s. embassy.

other international diplomatic missions and government offices that followed threats made by the protesters to storm into the green soon. they have denounced due and mission which monitored the election. and he was did of facilitating fraud, or the la, la ya, 2000 pulling stations will not change much. shall we want a manual recount of old votes in old provinces in the presence of neutral international observers. otherwise, there will be escalation and will demand the reelection, but many people also say that he count will not change. march. supporters of the popular mobilization forces have organized sporadic protest as across the country. in recent days, they burn tires, unblocked roads, north and south of baghdad. for them, the election result is crucial for their future. and if their political parties can't get into parliament, they fear they'll have nobody to look out for their interests. madame dwight elder

0, but that still i had on al jazeera, one of haiti's, most powerful gang leaders, lays out his conditions for easing the latest crisis to great the country and more demonstrations in ecuador with people angry at the government's economic policies. look forward to brighter skies the weather sponsored by cattle airways. hello, we have a developing typhoon in the northwest, a civic. i'm pleased to say that it will not make landfall. there we go. mallows, making its way up towards japan, but it will stay off shore in the process. what a brisk winds developing across northern parts, but it will be largely dry with the majority of the energy staying out into the open water. so thursday going on into friday. there you go,

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ah ah, yours out, is there a reminder of our top stories? this our, the african union has suspended sudan from all of the blocks activities until civilian hulu is restored. and workers from sedan, state and oil company of joint a growing civil disobedience movement against monday's military. coup. israel has approved plans for 3000 new illegal settlement units in the occupied west bank. according to ex house news. cy c u. s. secretary of state vocally opposed the plans in a tense phone call with the israeli defense minister therapy in unions. talk court has ordered poland to pay a fine as more than $1000000.00 a day. it's part of

a deepening dispute between you and it's my mistake. about polish judiciary. al jazeera has spoken exclusively to one of haiti's, most powerful gang leaders. armed groups like the one run by jimmy shall as a control, large parts of the country violently enforcing their authority. there also causing a severe fuel shortage chose they had told rob reynolds what it will take to end the blockade after philip. his name is jimmy shell, say we're commonly known by his childhood nickname, barbecue once a haitian police officer. he is now the leader of a powerful confederation of gangs called g 9, which controls much quarter prince in its suburbs. with an automatic rifle strapped to his chest shells a took us through the garbage strewn alley ways of la celine, a sprawling slum. he urged us to show the world the desperate poverty in which

millions of haitians live out their lives without basic sanitation, healthcare education, or hopes for a better future. although he is the feared leader of a violent criminal gang cheryl z a appears to be trying to reinvent himself as a leader, a man of the people battling a corrupt system. and the current government led by prime minister aria henri, who shares a condemned. no ma'am, god, we will proceed. also see that we are fighting for another society with another haiti. that is not only for the 5 percent of the people who keep older, well figured, but a new hater where everyone can have food, clean water. so they can have a decent house to live in another haiti where we don't have to leave the country. we could have a cheryl's, a also stands accused of masterminding, numerous assassinations and massacres, including one in 2018 that killed up to 25 people. he denies all the allegations

you buy gun bombs, young. i'm not a gangster. i never booby a gangster is the system i'm fighting against today? the system has a lot of money. they own the media. now they try to maybe look like a gangster was ample enough, shall z a condemned the kidnapping of 17 us and canadian missionaries who are being held for ransom by a rival gang look. or danny did zach kid not be? we condemn old kidnappings. that happened in this country. the special one is the missionary set me soon. there americans, when we talk about missionaries and they came to this country to help us here today, we cannot support any gangs who kids that people can, you know, fuss if you a severe fuel shortage as practically shut down haiti's capital, the result of gangs hijacking fuel trucks and blockading depos shells a says he can get the petrol flowing again, but says haiti's prime minister must go debbie if ariel on re resigns at 8 o'clock . then at 8 o, 5, remove all the barricades so that the trucks can come to the fuel depot and fill up,

and then the crisis will stop. cheryl's a says he wants to tear up haiti's political and oligarchic system by its roots. his system sac, this system is criminal. the revolution we're preaching to day. we cannot do this without guns because we have our own guns. this gun is a symbol of our revolution. the revolution against the 5 percent of those who hold all the wealth of our nation. as he walked the streets of la celine barbecue was greeted warmly by many so does this gang leader have ambitions to one day rule, haiti? he certainly talks like a politician. comparing himself to one of haiti's most revered leaders in its struggle for independence from france in the 18th century. hey, this is cynthia jones, jak. desolate was a great man. the father of the nation who fought hard to free haiti. today i am doing the same fighting at the salon. did i am following his dream? the dream of de salaam was to see the wealth of his country. we shed equally li,

pattaya. outlaw would be revolutionary leader of men in arms. the man they call barbecue is one of the most powerful and enigmatic figures in haiti to day rob reynolds al jazeera for the prince. thousands of ecuadorian continue their demonstrations against the government's economic policies that demanding president scam. what i saw reverse his decision to increase fuel prices. protest as are also angry about plans to double oil and mining exploration in the amazon. it's bring in that is about who is in kito. theresa, what's happening? well, we're here in san me. illegal lead on this is just outside quito and most of the highways across the country are blocked by indigenous communities. labor unions and communities like this ones that have taken to the streets to protest. i a, against what they say are the government's attempts to hurt them. there's like

dozens and dozens of road looks just like this. when people here are demanding a freeze after fuel prices, the seeing that this is something that hurts them. indigenous communities in the country are opposing a government plan to increase mining and own production all across the country, including in the amazon rain forest. it's, it is something that has angered many people. many of those here today are extremely worried about legal reforms that they say would get them fire or would make it easier for employers to fire their employees. that's why people are taken to the streets today. he's ever more last or the president came to power, or 4 months ago, with a promise to jumpstart this country's economy. to do so, i propose a tax reform to increase oil in mining exploitation. it promised this people are credit one percent credits that would help them are to generate jobs. among many other things. they're saying that he's not doing that, the government is hurting them up like that's when that's why there's lots of

anxiousness right here. people are waiting for the police to come. we have already seen in many areas across the country. several flashes that police using tier guard, among other things are people here are saying that they remain on the road until the government meets their demands. of the line is breaking up a little bit, but we can still hear you from now. tell us a little bit more about how long protests is plan on doing this once the sort of longer term plan. well, this protest began with what indigenous communities here that are very, very powerful in ecuador to the court. now you, they're seeing that the started this because they have the right to resist, that. this is something that exist in the constitution and that they have to the right to reserve that my apologies, we seem to have lost theresa there. that was terrible reporting from the outskirts

of quito. living on the u. s. government is trying again to extradite. wikileaks found their julian assault from the u. k. protest is denouncing the extradition or outside the high court in london, where the to day hearing is being held. a lower court previously ruled the sans not to be sent to the us on mental health grounds. the de barbara has more from outside the court in london that lower court ruling in january of this year. i was based on the the judge. they're saying that given us prison conditions, there would be a severe risk of julian assange taking his own life. that was why she said that he should not be expedited to the us. now, in the last few hours, lawyers representing the u. s. government have argued against against him. any suggestion that julian assigns would face harsh treatment that you have said

they've told the judges here, that if he served and he jail sentence that could be served in australia, they've said that it would be a matter of perhaps a number of years in terms of sentencing, even though all of those charges, mainly espionage that he faces. in theory, i'm carry a total length of a 175 years. they've also said he wouldn't be in solitary confinement, but they couldn't rule out what they call special administrative measures, which do play severe restrictions on people's rights to, to meet others and to communicate. so the message from the u. s. government is that we are giving you assurances and in their words, they are pointing with julian assigned your supporters, say that nonsense and that they are not legally binding. there is nothing to stop

the u. s. government going back on their word if he does get sent to the us on putting him in solitary confinement for us, for a considerable length of time, france or threatening to start sanctions against the u. k. from monday, if the dispute has a post breaks at fishing rights is not resolved. harris once on tend to grant more licenses to french fishermen to operation u. k. watches. the measures include stepping on board checks on goods from bridge. it is not yet clear where the customs controls will affect commercial imports, and travelers entering france from the u. k. frances, returning a trove of artifacts looted from beneath him during the colonial area, president emanuel corn attended the restitution ceremony in paris. 26 objects will be shipped to the west african nation in just a few days. a france museum has been exhibiting the artifacts one last time. hong kong is past a toughened film that sense a shipped all that benz movies,

running concrete in the interests of beijing, of a beijing drafted national security law rather fair to offer i his challenge. it will be fine to up to $175000.00 and can be sent to jail pro max activists. the hong kong is new cinema ban as an extension of beijing's crackdown or freedom of expression and assembly. it's not known how the law will apply to streaming services, like netflix and amazon prime. kate richberg is the director of journalism and media studies at the university of hong kong. he says, there's worry that bureaucrats who interpret than you know, will be overly cautious. it definitely will mean that independent filmmakers who had made many kind of films that were shown here, aren't house type films, films, about of the protest movement films about the 2014 umbrella movement here. i mean, those will have been difficult times being made here in hong kong, and certainly will not be able to be shown here in hong kong anymore. but don't forget, the other thing you have to think about now is a lot of films work. you're from hollywood, worth soap, sensory,

and that's the other problem. going to have people now deciding, film released in china and hong kong. now maybe i'd better take out this reference or that reference or another reference. so, you know, you're going to start seeing, you know, china is a big market on cons of smaller market, but it's still, you know, it's a major film going up population year. and if you're a hollywood film maker, you know, you probably would rather just scratch a few lines or scratch a few references out of a film you're going to make. so i think soap censorship is going to be a huge problem going forward. some members of the legislative council were actually telling the government, hey, we have to apply this to the streaming services amazon, netflix, et cetera. the government, to its credit here, the commerce of the show was in charge here. basically said, yeah, we, we, we know that, but that's going to be a lot more complicated because it involves technologies. it involves other things. and so let's not go there yet. but basic the dover. now they've got the law that they need for censorship. and now they have to implemented the regulation and we

have to see now when they implemented the regulation, i'm going to continue to take this cautious approach. but the problem with that, again, is you're going to have some voices there in the legislative council, some of the pro china voices are going to say, why are you not applying it to to amazon? why are you not applying it to netflix? so again, i mean the pressure will be mounting from the outside because people are, and everybody's kind of bending over backwards not approve, are loyal. they are to the national security. ah, i give it al, this is al jazeera and these are the top stories. the african union has suspended sudan from all of the blocks activities, until civilian rule is restored. and workers from saddam state owned oil company have joined a growing movement against monday's military. israel has approved plans for 3000 new illegal settlement units in the occupied west bank according to access the new

site. the u. s. secretary of state vocally opposed. the plans and a tense phone call with the israeli defense minutes minister.