an ace needs a band of local heroes, every one of us able go to responsibility to change our person barshan for their suburban drake. point out to 0. ah, this is al jazeera, ah, hello, i'm emily anglin. this is the news. our line from doha, coming up in the next 16 minutes, iraq's prime minister chaise, an emergency meeting with a security chief, just hours after surviving an armed and drawn attack on his residence. a show of support for ethiopians. prime minister as federal forces battle advancing rebels from the north police in sudan, 5 t gas to disperse

t choose protesting against last month military takeover and nicaraguans go to the polls as president, daniel ortega runs for a full consecutive tim and his political opponents face a heavy handed crack down, but he december to the sport india and knocked out of the t 12. he woke up following new zealand when over afghanistan and mexican boxer come alvarez, make history, become the police lat from american undisputed champion of the world. ah, hello and welcome to the program. we begin in iraq where ladies have condemned what they're calling an assassination attempt on the prime minister as a heinous and cowardly attack. drones targeted mustafah alcott, he needs residents in the highly secured grains on, in the early hours of sunday, iran con reports it's been called and attempted assassination and explosion

followed by gunfire on prime minister must have alcorda him, his residence in the most secure part of europe. the heavily fortified green zone of baghdad. according to the prime minister's office, drones carrying explosives were used in the attack, caught him, he was unharmed and spoke to the nation shortly after. a time to all of those who were worried, my residence was targeted in a cowardly attack. thanks to god and his grace. all of those working with me and i are doing well. international condemnation, the attack was swift, the u. s. issued a statement of relief that the p. m. was unhurt, and called it an apparent act of terrorism. ron's top security official allie sham honie, condemned the attack, calling it a new sedition. rhonda slim is from the middle east institute. she says caught me as long had issues with paramilitary groups, backed by wrong. i had lots of resources and they have manpower. they have what

been re, they had lots of financially, sofas, resources. after all, you know, billions of dollars are allocated every year in the iraqi budget for the has the shabby which is the umbrella for a lot of these militias, in addition to whatever they get from in, on the iranian backed militia groups have been protesting, says your total 10th election, which they said was subject to fraud and corruption, the father lawrence lost a significant amount of seat. the supreme court has rejected most of the allegations of fraud. so far, no group has claimed responsibility for the attack. iran caught our dessert hours after the attack mustafah al kut, he me called a meeting with a heads of iraq security agencies, several members of the prime ministers personal protection unit. i reported to have been injured in the incident. my mode abdel why head is in baghdad and found this report according to the security national security cabinet. the

investigations are underway, the national security cabinets cause it a major to that not only to the prime minister but to the integrity and security of the whole country. was tending now in one of the areas near the green zone occupied by the protesters. and these protests, those we have been speaking to, many of them they deny. they deny that they have carried out that tact, but they say that it could be of course, treated by a 3rd party to ferment violence between them and security forces. you know that this is, this attack comes friday's violence between the protesters and the security forces. and now these protest says the blame called himself for a crack and for what they call, cracking down on the protest of $280.00

b. and now where hundreds of thousands of people have been rallying in several cities in support have government forces, baffling, a rebel advance. the largest demonstration was held in the capitol. ideas of concern is growing up. the long conflict against to brian rebels intensified the tpl. f has captured strategic towns along the road to the capitol and threatened to move on, addis ababa if he is prime minister, has recently had his social media post blocked by facebook and twitter for violating its policies against inciting, and supporting violence. but on sunday ivy on it took a different time and called for national unity. he tweeted, ethiopia, al beauty is in our unity. when we stand together, we can overcome anything. we stand on the shoulders of our ancestors. today we stand committed to laying a solid foundation for generations to come. mohammed a tao has more details from the capital. they very much to present the sentiment on

the streets of a suburb of most people. here i support the ship into friends forces and prime minister abbey. i meant it all again. they are those who feel that the whole war is pointless and ethical supporting them. tens of thousands of them took to the streets as early as 6 a. m local time here, and the protest ended up in a big square in the middle of the suburb known as miss kill square. that's where the national day celebrations often held. and those run as well address that's really that was addressed by the mayor of i just about a bit who among the think sent that huge pressure. if your p a is been put on from externally, is that not having any good seeing on the impact on the government and it's supposed to stop and as soon as possible,

saying that if you can't take care of its affairs, there was a sobering moment too when a police european singer, a big tardy, coo and q c, told the protest us that it was time to stop the war. he was cold to sing in praise of the if you have been defense poses. but of that to go off script and told them the protest us while we suffering, why are we always wearing block in sort of while we're fighting, he told young people will flocking to the front lines that they should not go on is that out? us should go not to fight the said, but to preach police. let's bring in bar hon, get bray. chris dos. he's the t gray at people's liberation, france, and government representative and joins as by scott from washington. they say hello there. hon. thanks for joining us. we've just seen images of hundreds of thousands of people protesting in supported the government. what makes you think the t p l f

has the backing of ethiopian? well, what happens to z? what is she in the streets of nuts her entirely was? are we lost the loser will of the demonstrators, but i think most of the demonstrators found very few good have come out willingly buck majority of them have been for city get out in bus 150 station. so it is a force it there when the station aforesaid, by the local administration and local law in issues of the government. sorry, i interrupted you saying that the government has forced hundreds of thousands of people to the straits. that's, i guess actually it has. it was the institutional comp ability to force every household to get out into the restrictions. that's what this is at what, what i can tell you is r a z. so then what attrition is called to hook a to d, nancy acquisition,

denouncing some national community and supports the war. but what has happened, he says, is an unprecedented or event took place here a celebrity wizard turner. so musician and a hero, i should say, i should call him to day stood up on the stage. he was invited to sing for him in support of the war. but he didn't answer to war. he said, this is a meaningless one. is destroyed, ethiopians is destroying our media. young people, it has to stop. this is carrie just this is a kind of just man, iraq who did just so and. busy there was a brush, rhythms or corporation. this is spontaneous, definitely a lot of people have the being taken, you know, by taken to see this by surprise. so it's under the stuff that we had applause as windsor population. so this is the name of the city international community, in particular to the u, as in boy who's in the region to show that i had missed

a fairly administration has socco from the people, but this is far from memory on this. okay, so let's move on from the protest then, and talk about the conflict to more broadly. what are the tpr life offering? the paypal of a, theo, p at the ethiopian government, has accused the tape your life of blocking aid from reaching the north. the un says more than 5000000 people are in dire native humanitarian assistance. how do you justify what happening? one, i should say. you have records from the you in have the boss from do you? it is she hugs law calling okay. to pan governance kind of a law who might need an access. it's a government who has brought the rope to greg, open his foot to the guy and the speech, not only to get on his time, but even partial. i'm had, i had a father as preparedness each nor, and at the city. no banking, no technical, nothing, no food, no medication. a large population of ethiopia in particular, incident,

had been put under siege for over 4 or 5 months. and this got it. the government had been the no supporters in the government has been using starvation as a weapon. rookie of medication and electricity and basic services has been used as a rip. and this is international crime. actually, this is identity information or no. and so the government is, brings us as a matter of fact, the guy is like in all the people of yoga or in general and to guy in but not is writing because you know, this is a forced air, a for cetera, situation of one song. and as outside, good, the to grounds and others are trying to, well break as a rookie does not say unofficially, as this is what's happening in new york. so what's the plan here to year the tpr

last plan to overthrow the democratically elected government? and if so, we do that by the force. no others up and as recently, that has been an announce that has been formed toward the united front european relisted forces this other party cellphone to call out to collaborate in. now overcoming the, the in pain div implosion or concealed the up and disaster of the legal and even she needs to be covered as soon as possible. so they are working toward dessert after removing. got this government is the government is not willing to address these problems, which is getting to live actually, but that in the government it wouldn't be a broader on inclusive political process where all political parties music art suzette, you want to follow a transitional arrangement where if you're just problems and all the problems that wouldn't be addressed based upon stitching. so as this is to, i'm,

whether it's the disastrous situations or the yoga in the region is fixing to how far away are or is they take their life from the capitol at this point where it's, it's making a lot of progress and you know, what is taking place or continuing because the i don't want to reject adamantly, rejecting this academy station. so all the worries continuing and d, as you know, recently the west on flank of the japan defense forces have been estimated. so there are significant progress that i'm thinking police are to completely unseat, see government as it is pointing on resort. so it's getting closer. and what would be your message to those hundreds of thousands of people supporting the government out protesting today. what's your message to them for you say thereby for i believe a strongly believes or to majority of them are brought by force,

us obviously known to every few of them. and secondly, what i would call upon everybody is we need to stop this disaster. the graham and other forces are desperately moved into the findings of selves from atrocities and from destruction of the machine. so what do you want to do is want to remove this government, want to have an all inclusive political pushes where no party will be excluded. would have shorter discussion showed only on, on how to address our problems. and we want to include everybody is of course us and former veterans, you know, ring ok. we have to move on a, sorry, bear hon. we have to move on. we appreciate your time. they perhaps get bray christa us from the t p l f. thank you. thank you. police in sudan have fired t gas to disperse, teaches rallying against last month paragraph by the military. trans teacher's

committee says dozens of its members were arrested during the season. the protests are part of an ongoing civil disobedience campaign by pro democracy activists. demonstrators have set up barricades and blocked streets. did announce any power sharing arrangement with the military. if morgan has the latest from cartoon, the professional association, the body that has spearheaded calls were protests, have called on people to participate in general strikes. and that the median. that is to say, the asked for people to stay at home and stay away from work to show the army that they don't want to be control. and they don't want to work under military rule. now we've been driving on the street of how to some of the main roads. i protested. have been asked to set the barricade to reduce the movement and sure they processed input, peaceful ways. but many of those main street are actually open. and what you can see going around, driving around, hard to me,

is just the remnant of those barricades which have been removed by the military. asked for some protested, but some have also been removed by civilians themselves. processes have reported that the police and security forces have used force to open those barricades that was set up concrete blocks rock breaks. people are using what they can to barricade the street to reduce the movements around the capital, hard tube. now they say this is therefore of resistance is how they show that they are against the military. most barricades are found on roads at residential neighborhoods protest to say that these barricades have become a symbol of their resistance to the military take over there now calling for a complete solution of the power sharing agreement that was signed in 2019 between the army and the civilian coalition that led to the formation of the transitional government, which was dissolved by the military on october 25th. the day of the peak over it. they say that they want to see the army returned back to their barracks and have ro, no role in governing the country and its politics. this all comes while prime

minister out the land remains under house arrest, as well as several other senior former government officials. now mediation efforts to try to bridge the gap between prime minister of the ham and the civilian coalition on one side and the army on the other side is yet to produce any result. plenty more head on this news, our including that libya is electoral commission announces candidates can register on monday, but next month, un backed elections will have more on why guys's main power plant is under threat of shut down. and the chase for the formula. one drivers, title takes an unexpected turn ahead of the mexico city. grand prix will have all that a more leisure in schools. ah, voters are heading to the polls in nicaragua is general elections that are being described as illegitimate,

both at home and abroad. president daniel ortega is set for a 4th consecutive term after many opposition figures were jailed or banned from running. international observers have also been prevented from overseeing the vote . a latin american, the editor lucio newman, joins us live now from san jose in neighboring costa rica. when nicaraguans in exile are protesting the election at lucy at what can you tell us about protest is in the mood of nicaraguans, where you are ah, well, they are certainly angry, but at the same time, feeling very emboldened, there are hundreds and hundreds of them here we have recognized quite a few because they come from the order the border, but very close to reagan and nicaragua, where they took buses overnight to get here to take part in this protest. some of them had actually crossed over into costa rica through illegal border passes so that they say they will not be forced to vote in today's elections,

which they don't call elections. they say that nicaraguans will only be able to both what not to have more suspect whom they would want as their next president because of the vast majority of the mainstream. what was it candidates? her are either imprison or i had been or have gone into exile a very, very consolation here in nicaragua. and so we are hearing that at least 8 position members were arrested overnight. and that a rather than supporters of president ben yellow tag, are going house to house to try to bring people out on october to the states and into the polling stations to vote. because the opposition campaign is stay at home and not as so as to not recognize what they call a fraudulent connection. as usual, dick rob was armed forces distributed and guarded ballots ahead of sunday's

presidential elections. but there's nothing usual about this one. most noteworthy is who is not on the ballot, not a single competitive candidate from nicaragua, mean opposition parties. in the lead up to the poll president, daniel ortega, who's running for a 4th consecutive term imprisoned 7 mainstream opposition candidates, and disqualified the rest, accusing them of everything from money laundering to treason. i thought he was gonna go what, who are doing is trying criminals with bloated again as the country the security of our country by trying to organize another uprising. another could deter it? no. nathan cracked down on opposition. candidates and activists ahead of the elections, forced architect maria ankle is still gallow to seek refuge in neighboring costa rica. conger lincoln, a man thought they ladder. basil matter that he went, the repression increased. i started receiving direct death threats while police surrounded my house and refused to let me leave

a manage to escape before we had corruption any regularities. but these elections ridiculed the wells electoral system of democracy. daniel is laughing at the entire world by holding this type of vote on the e. u and international human rights organizations are calling the election of farce . the biden administration has already announced it will impose new sanctions. but there are a handful of candidates on the ballot besides mr. and mrs. ortega, who is the vice president. some people are more disclosures in that they are very unknown figures in the country, very little known. and they run for parties that are widely perceived as collaborators. with the government, so i'm blaming this video posted on social media networks, calls on nicaraguans to protest against what is being described as a fraud by staying at home. the catholic church has also joined the campaign. banner in good. all city are so blessed they would be at bottom if necessary

conditions for every one blow participated in free, just transparent and competitive presidential elections within special operation and want to hold it. but president ortega is going ahead with the election overseen only by his close allies and in another unprecedented move. he has band foreign correspondents from entering the country while hundreds of his critics have gone into hiding or into exile here in neighbourhood costa rica. oh, there are reports that ortega loyalists to going house to house, to intimidate voters, to cast a ballot that could make a difference in the turnout, but not in the outcome, which is already a given, a largest starting. they are moving towards that nicaragua embassy here in costa rica as her, as part of the protest demand. what they call the gentlemen a pretty clear that president,

that the other is not really listening to them. but the hope is that the international community will, after these elections are over. and as i said before, the outcome is really not a mystery. the question is, what will happen after that after daniel ortega again is sworn in for a 4th term back to you. thank you for that update lucy newman life for us in costa rica. ok, let's bring in michael shifter. he is the president at into american dialogue. i think tank focused on latin america. he joins us from washington day say, hello there, michael. thanks for joining us. some observe is and what were heard from lucy? i say they haven't seen this level of repression in latin america since the 19 ninety's. would you agree with that description that ortega is a dictator and this election is a sham? well, absolutely. i think we have to go back even further, frankly, probably till the late 97980. since we've seen such a police state and such systematic repression and

a brutal crack down on the scale and with this intensity. so yes, i think this is the data ship, it can't be called democracy in any meaningful sense. and i don't think this is really an election. i agree with the opposition that this is really are, you know, just a vote and they're not selected because there's no competition. ortega hasn't allowed that. one of the ramifications the phone tag. it continues to be president. well, i think we'll have to see what happens the day after whether he's makes a move on to try to show that he's willing to talk whether he's moderating, he may release some political prisoners. i do think that the international community will not recognize the government. certainly the u. s. made that clear the united states made that clear. and i think members of the organization of american states in latin america have made that clear. i believe we can expect that was, as was mentioned in your report,

sanctions from the united states that are already individual sanctions. but you will be more economic sanctions. and we'll have to see how that use with diplomacy . what impact that has in nicaragua, we've already seen a worship humanitarian crisis. it's now in migration to costa rica as a report mentioned this migration, knowing north to the united states, which, which has intensified pressure on the border. there are now one nicaraguans coming to united states trying to get in then i'll stop then salvadorans. so this is a new phenomena that we've seen of the last few months. michael ortega and see if he's a victim of the campaign, funded by the u. s. to topple his government, what's your reaction to those claims? i think that this is really not a serious claim and he is he, he has or there are legitimate job candidates, opposition figures,

members of the press of these are essential elements of a real democracy. and he has completely repressed them, has used the army, and this is not a, this is not an attempt to overthrow him. this is an attempt to really establish conditions for a credible and legitimate election and to allow competition and allow one of the other he hasn't allowed that any at all. ah, this is what's called that election, which is part of a democracy and he lost the election. remember in 1990 and he doesn't want to lose another one. so he didn't want to leave anything to chance. instead he's cracked down, but this is an attempt over throw him. this is an attempt to have an election on a level playing field. you mentioned sanctions in earlier. and so what, what other avenues just the international community have to put pressure on ortega and will new a sanctions even make a difference? well, there are the, there is also

a nick where i was participation. what's called caster the central american for free trade agreement. and there's gonna be consideration here and are in suspending the membership of nicaragua to that free trade agreement. that's another measure. obviously, just very, very strong combination and diplomacy by different centers and banks. not only the multilateral banks, like in washington into american development bank, the world bank and the like, and the i m f, but also central american banks, which are now financing. ortega, they're going to have to make some decisions as well. the challenge, i think, as you mentioned is what effect of sanctions will actually have you. and the record, frankly, certainly in this hemisphere, hasn't been too encouraging sanctions the most, most the most striking cases, the embargo against cuba, which has been enforced for 60 years and more recent sanctions on venezuela and the

majority regime, which has really not had any real positive impact on the behavior of the, of the maduro government. and in fact has made the humanitarian prices were at worse. so we want to increase want to avoid increasing the suffering of the nicaraguan people by squeezing the economy. but at the same time we want to see if sanctions combined with diplomacy, can press ortega to open up and to take some steps like freeing political prisoners . it's not by any means certain that the sanctions will have a positive impact. but i think there's been an exhaustion of other other tools and other instruments and now the international community is coming around to seem with the sanctions might work in this case or thank you for your incense. we appreciate them. and michael shifted the president at into american dialogue. we appreciate your time on these our thank you to livia now where the electoral commission

says candidates for presidential impala, amend tree elections. there will be able to register from monday, the vote his schedule to take place on december 24th under a un back to plan. the presidential council earlier suspended, the foreign minister accusing her of administrative violations. she's also bought from traveling just days before an international conference on libya in paris, but the transitional government has rejected the decision. libya correspondent malik trina has this subject, this is where we start to see the divisions happen. you know the election, the presidential candidates will be starting to send in their applications starting tomorrow. who's gonna run for president were likely to see 15 percent is the western strong man, former minister of interior, prime minister up to me today. but now we're hearing that he intends to run for elections on eastern libya. it's likely that police have to, will run for elections and also give a follow. he's

a speaker of the eastern base parliament. and really this is where we're going to start to see divisions. i mean, it was a very long and difficult process for the united nation support mission to come up with this piece plan to try to bring in all the all the sides in order. and they brought in this unity government, which is leading the country to elections. now, we're going to see these divisions start to arise again, who can run what kind of powers of the president have are the legislative branches in libya have yet to agree on a framework, a constitutional framework. so what kind of president, what kind of powers of the president have, what kind of authority does you have? those are questions that are made to be answered. and we're going to have to wait and see what kind of implications this is going to have on the election scheduled to take place in just 6 weeks. still a head on out is.