smoke and mirrors the shocking truth about how the climate debate has been systematically so furtive, the oil industry was a made bank roller or opposition to contact the campaign against the climate. do you think that's a bad thing? more shooting did was fears. a good thing. absolutely. on of 0 ah to. ready oh, is for to us brush against the currents to dawn. international pressure is mounting on the military. ah, hello, melinda, this is al jazeera ally from dough hall. so coming up, israel defies american objection?

san approved plans for thousands of new illegal settlements. the occupied west bank . europe's top court finds pollen $1200000.00 a day off to a dispute over judicial independence. i'm charlotte bellis, in the maternity ward of dusty bassetti state hospital in cobble. we don't to say the suspension of foreign aid is putting these woman's lives. ah, we begin with su dawn and the mounting demands at home on abroad for the military to walk backwards. the un assistance mission to sir john has treated that envoys from several western countries have met with the ousted prime minister, abdullah ham dock at his residence and us secretary of state antony blank and has spoken to his foreign minister $2.00 neighbors. the also showing disapproval,

the african union has suspended call to me until civilian rule is restored and the world bank has put a deliveries on hold. anger within the country is also growing. state will company, workers and doctors have joined protests against the power grab. meanwhile, the military's cracked on continues more politicians and activists happen, arrested, sick sudanese ambassadors happens, fact heb morgan has this report from call to these road blocks on the streets and neighborhoods around to dance. capital 2 are now a common sight once used to keep out security for says during anti government protests against then president obama will be here in 2019. they've become a symbol of rejection. of monday's military. cool. and on the 3rd day of the military takeover in the city weather revolution that overthrew us year thought that people were back on the street the out in hard to protest. those have called

for a general strike and civil disobedience, state oil workers, doctors, businesses and other sectors have responded to that call. i'm going to move banks, government institutions and private companies are all closed. this is a full civil strike and people are preparing for the main event on october 30th. and i know these people were elected because we saw that they had to know how, but the military didn't give them the space to do their jobs right now. because the military has power, they have halted the past and taken us back to square one. but that doesn't work for us. well, this is why it's better than we're hungry versus his decisions. the who has already had an economic and political impact on to them. the u. s. has a now and it will hold back a $700000000.00 assistance package that was meant for the transitional government that has been deposed. the african union suspended to dance membership on wednesday . and the world bank, which provided financial assistance, has withheld back to us and the tenant general, i've been put, the hon said he took power and dissolved the cabinets to avoid sliding into civil

war. his promise, a cabinet of professionals. but some analysts say forming a government accepted by all will not be easy if they manage to come up with an acceptable government government that is formed with real exhibit, one independent from political affiliations. who can be trusted to pick the country into election in 2020 city or 20 for us. it was a stipulated before. i think that would be the key, these demonstrators, they, they'll continue to build their momentum for more protests calling for an end to the military rule. several people have been killed since the crew on monday, and many more injured, but protested they, they'll go on until their aims are achieved. he bow morgan, alta 0. what a tomb! all the united nations has weird to raise and calls for all the 10 government officials to be released. the situation incident was discussed at the you and for

a 2nd day in a row, kristen salome has more. several council members took the opportunity to day to condemn what's happened, the u. s. called the military takeover, completely unacceptable. kenya, african member of the council before the meeting, i called on the security council to follow the lead of the african union, which is suspended sudan temporarily, and speak with one voice, but so far the counsel has been unable to speak with one voice negotiations on a statement are ongoing that we did also here today from su dan's representative at the united nations and he did not speak directly about the takeover, but he did call on the international community to help a little bodily food. don, cut up some delegations have expressed their concerns as to what is currently happening in sudan. and while understanding their concerns, we would reiterate the need for the international community and the security

council. more specifically, to continue providing that support to the people of sudan at this very important moment, which is a cross road in order to bring together the positions of the different sudanese parties, civilian or military so that the country can continue with its transition office, which is in keeping with the sacrifice of the women and the sudanese young people and what has been achieved in the last 2 years in order to preserve the stability as expressed by the sudanese people and in keeping with the juba agreement for peace and the constitutional document. at this time, it's very important to bring the different points of view of the parties and sudan together and ask for that security council statements. we are told by diplomatic sources that 3 draft statements have been put forward by the united kingdom. the 1st 2 were objected to by russia over language condemning the military's takeover were told that that language has been softened to express serious concern. we may

on thursday at last have the counsel way in on this issue. sterling and farmers on gathering to protest against a lack of 1st eliza as a new cultivation sees and gets on the way. the shortage follows a government decision to bond or agro chemicals. the bond is part of a government clock down and what a called non in central import searing a foreign currency crisis. the president announced the move in may saying he wanted to make the country farming 100 percent organic as cross live. now to all correspond manila fernandez, who's in colombo? so talk us through the details of these protests. what are they all bout? so the brought us malia have been going on for many weeks, not even to day by the way, i'm in humbler, which is actually in the south lot in columbia. and as you can see, just over my shoulder, the latest group of farmers coming together,

you can probably see black flags in their hands. they're just getting ready for a demonstration march, which they will do from this point to the administrative sort of point of hum bumper to very much the heartland of the roger puckers president. gotta be a roger boxer, his brother, the former president, mind the raj boxer. now the protest are all about demands by the farmers for some sort of fertilizer are seeing that they don't have any of the chemicals. they have been a essentially used to using for decades. almost 60 years. the sri lankan agricultural sector has literally been fed on a steady stream of agricultural products. these include chemical fertilizers, we decides pesticides, and all of a sudden in a matter of a month or 2, they've been told as a complete ban. so they don't really know how to do things differently. yes,

that is traditional knowledge. we are a civilization that goes back hundreds of years and we have been in agriculture for all that period of time. there are traditional methods, but having sort of fed them are forced these guys and having got got them used to growing with all of these chemical products overnight to tell them go ahead and stop growing. i, they say it's not feasible. what they said they will come a step to phase out all toxins, all poisons and chemicals. but they do urge that this has to be done in a planned and unorganized manner that they can come up with a proper harvest. an essentially e called a proper living if they can't group and reaper prop a hava. so as you can see, this momentum has been building right throughout the country. every day that a number of brought us hundreds of farmers are joining the rallying cry. give us

the fertilizer we are coming past the cotton planting season, and it is very sort of dependent on times the supply of water. obviously the weather, all of these have certain milestones which pharmacy they come on to go past their order. the delayed, in terms of getting into that planting season, which is called a maha cultivation season. and they are urging the authorities that if they want to stop a major disaster and potential food shortages that they need to do something and give them their fertilizer. and the are the products that they have been used to using many thanks for that me now for landers there for us, in sher lanka, pakistan's government is threatening to crack down on a bond group of to 4. policemen were killed at a rally near the whole. dozens were injured demonstrators and blocking one of pakistan's busiest highways since last week. the vaughan is broke out after the

government rejected protest as demands. they want the release of their leader and the expulsion of the french ambassador of the 2017 charley, epo cartoons, and the lives of pregnant women. afghanistan are increasingly at risk. the wild help organization says the country's health system is on the brink of collapse. infant mortality rates have been dropping for decades, but now an economic crisis is putting mothers on their babies in a precarious situation. charlotte bellis reports from cobble news seem coolest. 20 years old and this is her 1st baby. she's just 3. 0. will be named by the family when she goes home. likely later tonight. in this maternity ward and western cobble, there are 4 new mothers, all younger than 25. to midwives and a doctor deliver an average of 15 babies here each day. last year they delivered 5

times that with 10 times more stuff thanks to support from the humanitarian organization, doctors without borders. oh, but i still attached the hospital in may 2020 bombing installing the compound 24 people were killed including 2 newborns soon after doctors without borders, lived with its staff, medicine, and funding. the afghan government never filled the void. these rooms used to be full with sometimes her women to were bed, but after doctors without borders left, they couldn't provide for the dozens of pregnant woman showing up here every day. now they refer them to other clinics for the few women they can accommodate. they offer love advice and tabs of piracy to mo, they say, even that will run out next month. and the remaining staff have become volunteers

as the taliban struggles with cash flow. so last reminds them, an olive on cow. there is no salary and no money. and just to be more clear or free, there are $37.00 public maternity clinics in afghanistan. many say they lacked funding and support long before the taliban came to power. i was in one came. we need a 100 bed children's hospital and professional medical staff to significantly reduce maternal and new born deaths 2 months into his new job as deputy health minister, doctor abdel barry omar says everything comes down to money. he is asking for the united states to unfreeze afghan funds held and banks there and for aid organizations to return. it was about the other. i say, i am calling upon the international aid organizations not to leave the afghan people alone. they should fulfill their promises. the afghan people need their help . the taliban has

a very open policy in this regard. we don't want the health sector to be political . that were shortly after our interview, the room went dark, a power cut. the hospital is also plagued by them. there's not enough money to fuel the generators. the barren hallways still welcome new life, but doctors wonder how much longer they can last model will mean if the lights go out for good. charlotte bellis al jazeera couple still has on al jazeera a twist in iraq selection process. my authority's a recounting balance from last month and i mentioned on the fire fuel patients. justice minister is attacks. wow. promising public safety ah

hi there. good to see. we are tracking sim, shower is moving across parts of the middle east. let me show you nice to see it by the way. so this is more for northern areas of syria on thursday over the higher ground in oman as well. and you know, so huh. we may see some showers, there is a chance, it will evaporate before it hits the ground, but one thing is certain. we will see an increase in humidity on friday, so the air will certainly be more saturated. let's go to pakistan right now and not much to report. plenty of sun are right across the country. karachi. 32 degrees is lama bob. 26. so that's slightly below average for this type of the year. as we go to war turkey, we still got that breeze through the boss for a system bowl 15 degrees and we've got some showers for turkeys, black sea coast, also through central parts of the country there. and there is some of that. what, whether hanging around northern areas of syria, i do think that aleppo will stay dry. you've seen a lot of rain in gap on libra, villa 109 millimeters over the past, right? 4 hours. so that's about a quarter of what you should get for the month in such

a short span. and it's still coming out on thursday a through cameroon, and southern sections of nigeria. and it also remains unsettled as we had a war botswana rate through a parts central parts of south africa on thursday, a in 1958 charles to go made a famous speech and algeria. oh, i could, don't hold back the tide about jerry and independence. oh, pete frances colonies in africa and the pacific. in the final episode of the series out there explores how the long a bit to fight for the french empire still resonates today. reluctant is french, the colonization on al jazeera no. lou.

lou. welcome back. he watching al jazeera mind on top stories this hour. 60 denise in boston happened, sags by the military as international pressure grows against mondays, through the african union has suspended call to on the world bank house, put 8 on hold. pakistan's government is threatening to crank down on a bond group all to 4. policemen were killed at raleigh, near the full demonstration, 7 blocking wanna pop songs, busiest highway since last week. sherland conform is gathered to protest against a lack of fertilizer as the new cultivation season. gets on the way, the shortage follows a government decision to bounce some imports to east currency crisis. the

european court of justice has ordered poland to pay a daily fallen if more than a $1000000.00 in a row over judicial reforms. use angry about a chamber within the polish supreme court, which is meant to discipline judges, idea polish court ruling challenge the supremacy of you know, in the country under simmons reports from the calmness of the european union's court of justice in luxembourg comes with amounts to a bombshell in this crisis involving poland and the you. the text is brief. e. c, j, vice president, orders, poland to pay a fine of 1000000 euros a day. because it's failed to suspend a disciplinary chamber of its supreme court. that order was made in july. in a country where the vast majority of people support membership of the european union, it's government has been defying legal reforms ordered by the u. poland stands accused by brussels of political interference with a new disciplinary system for judges. polish judges have declared that some

e u laws clash with their constitution. even before the latest action, the governing party of poland, accused the e. u. of blackmail. the $1200000.00 fine from brussels coincided with a harsh warning from belgium's prime minister, aimed at polish leaders. you are playing with fire when waging war with our european colleagues for internal political reasons. this is about the overwhelming majority of members days from the baltic supported gal who agree our union is a union of values, not a cash machine. you cannot pocket all the money, but refused the values that attack contrast it. with the diplomatic approach, the french president emanuel micron had been taking with the polish leader andre duda. however, macro had said, well ahead of this meeting that poland needed to make concrete proposals. the

question now is whether poland will be compliant or defiant. what's next? it's hard to say you could expect. now the ball is government to say, well, sorry, we're not able to pay this fine because it or own boldest constitutional court has said that this would not be in line with the polish constitution. can the polish government afford to keep going against the majority view of polish people who value you membership that is unclear. andrew simmons al jazeera in haiti, the poorest country in the western hemisphere. providing health care is difficult even in the best of times. but these are a times of crisis. gangs have located in ports creating a fuel shortage is a life or death situation for hospital patients. as ron reynolds reports from the capital, puerto face of all the places that are suffering in haiti to day. this may be one

of the deepest wells of misery. port princes, general hospital, where patients receive bare bones treatment for chronic diseases, cove infections and traumatic injuries. this man says he was attacked by bandits with machetes, not by them when they tried to kill me, and i don't even know he was compounding conditions and haitian health care. a severe fuel shortage is crippling. many hospitals, the public electrical grid is unreliable, so hospitals are powered by generators without fuel for the generators. hospitals can't operate, kidney, dialysis machines, ventilators, incubators, for premature babies, and other equipment mastic your sanity when the hospital cannot provide properly because of the fuel problem, it could be that affects other things. so if they can't provide the right services for the kids, the pregnant women and cult patients, when even many hospitals are now near the end of their supplies,

some 40 hospitals have sent a method. the units of thing that they may have to close immediately is it, is, is through what's the situation there we saw saw effects of mo hospitals carries anything flip please or a little bit. there are a lot of hospitals, double clothes because they can't find a fuel escape for the camp. fortune occasion of the majority of them are publicly and private. i value the fuel crisis is largely due to gang said of hijacked tanker trucks and blockaded the port where fuel depots are located. dozens of hospitals have warned that they may have to shut their doors in the coming days as a result of the fuel shortage. and that would leave thousands of people in need of medical care with no place to go mill n b n. m a has come to the hospital, bringing food and clothing for her 20 year old nephew who is suffering from severe diabetes. i'm. is it just a club? well yeah, but you have to buy everything for them. garcia, my nephew is a diabetic, so he needs indication,

but everything is shut down if you and agencies and haitian authorities are trying to create a sort of humanitarian corridor or to get fuel to hospitals. but unless there's a break through, the consequences may be dire. masses suggests sol court if the situation continue the data this weekend, coming up with hundreds of complications outside in a country full of suffering with a government that has virtually ceased to function. the prospects for these patients and many other haitians is bleak. rob reynolds al jazeera, puerto prince, and an effort by haiti's justice minister to try and prove it safe to go to petrol stations amid the field crossed his house bark, fired as that kit towel was heading for a photo. when his vicar was shot and seen him speaking just after the incident is not yet clear who find shorts? the u. s. ministry's most senior officer has called

a hypersonic missile test by china. very concerning. general mark many is the 1st pentagon official to confirm the nature of the test. earlier this year, the hypersonic weapon launched into orbit has the potential to evade america's missile defenses. the u. s. is working on its own hypersonic technology, but it's behind both china and russia. israel has improved plans for about $3000.00 new illegal settlement units in the occupied westbank will be the fast to be built on the prime minister and of tale bennett. am during president jo biden's term. the u. s. is deeply concerned about the plan saying it will hot prospects for a 2 state solution. settlement are illegal under international law though israel rejects this or the american new site actually also reporting that the secretary of state antony, blank and vocally opposed. israel's decision. so says told the site there was a tense, cold between blank and honest railey defense minister benny ganz. lincoln reportedly

told gowns what was taking place was unacceptable then to abraham has moved from nobliss in the occupant. 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 illegals. israeli settlements an israel with a network of roads, transportation, it 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 the new settlement building and said that all supplements are considered illegal under international law, urging the international community to intervene. wrong select. so commission has begun and manual recount of some of the votes from the spawns parliamentary elections. it's in response to claims a vote. rigging, by parties who lost badly law made abdur rahim reports from baghdad. it to 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 with your num overlooked vol. today we've re counted over a 100 stations. we are comparing current and old results to see if there is a difference between manual in electronic numbers. in this case, we go by my, your count to then will honestly your results day by day. there is more than 50 observers 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 looked at a souther, $173.00 seats the most of any party. however, the pro, iranian multi party and fed alliance security only 17 seat down from

48. in the last election. several previously dominant political parties have rejected the election results, accusing the electoral commission of vote frigging. 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 blues and parties have been protesting near the entrance to baghdad green zone. most of these protesters are members of the iran backed popular mobilization forces. the military arm 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 all votes in all provinces. in the presence of mutual international observers, otherwise there will be escalation and will demand a re let shovel. many people also say that he count will not change march. supporters of the popular mobilization forces have organized sporadic protest 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. would up through it algebra bothered spanish football giant barcelona, has sacked its coach,

ronald comin. he was dismissed, amped, a series of defeats left, a club in 9th place in line niga. the team needs to finish in the top 4 to qualify for next seasons champions league old face a deeper financial crisis. asana a $1500000000.00 in debt and counting jobby hernandez, a former midfielder current in charge of b katara club. i'll sand is favorite to replace, comin ah, this is al serra, these, your top stories. sick, sidney's ambassadors have been sacked by the military's international pressure grows against mondays to the african union has suspended cartoon around the world bank has put aide on hold. what's important for the secretary general and for all

of us is to see the immediate, an unconditional release of all other government officials who continue to be on on.