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will italy be shifting firmly to the right, deb stephanie decker in rome and will know when about 10 hours from now, whether conservative right wing government will come to power entities 1st since the 2nd world war ah, i'm carry johnson. mrs. al jazeera live from dough. so coming up the journey for a better life ends in tragedy, at least 95 people, including children, has now died off. they're both from the evidence sank of the coast of syria. hundreds are detained across russia. during protests, against a decree to enlist civilians into military service. and i'm emily anglin, in south africa where conservation is using innovative ways to control and protect the growing elephant population. ah,

italians are voting in a general election being closely watched by the rest of europe. some of the candidates have already cast their votes. opinion polls predict a right wing coalition rising to power with the far right leader for the 1st time since the 2nd world war with the poles are correct, georgia maloney would become the country's 1st female prime minister. the center left a democratic party is 2nd in the pose. let's go straight to stephanie decker, whose at the apartment building in the ram. so were stephanie voting has begun. what's the turn out looking like so far? who the latest figures is around 19 percent as of mid day, but usually italians do show up later in the afternoon. it is indicative with the turnout in, out of election in the past. i think we're just going to get

a better idea of turn out much later in the day. but italians are voting as you mentioned there at the poles, the poles that you couldn't have any more predictions as of 2 weeks now. so there's been that silence but all indicating that the right ga maloney's party thought that he vitalia brothers of italy will be coming up ahead with her right when coalition with 2 other parties, matthew was solving these la gotten also silvio berlusconi. you might remember him . also his party 40 tanya, as part of this coalition, we're going to have to wait and seen around 10 hours. the polls will close at the same time. we are expecting exit polls, which will then give us an indication if those predictions were correct. and stephanie, what could all this mean for it to me and its dealings with you? while particular, when it comes to the european union, natalie is pretty much tied to it in the sense that does, you know, it's part of the recipient of billions of dollars over $200000000000.00 euros of an

age package. that mario draggy, the previous technocratic prime minister, managed to, to, to get, which is essential when it comes to recovering from the pandemic. and also, italy is facing a severe economic crisis. a soaring cost of living, something that is very much needs to be immediately addressed. whoever comes to power. so analysts will say that even though georgia milani's rhetoric has been in the past very until you more about italian independence and nationalism. if you look at the bigger framework, it's very difficult to make major shifts within that. i'm but i think we'll have to wait and see certainly when it comes to that also policies when it comes to immigration migration. she's talking about a naval blockade when it comes to stopping migrants crossing the seas and landing here. and also when it comes internally, much more conservative, her message is one of god and the nation and the traditional family, which is why many on the left also concerned about the ideas of like, you know, the family rights of having children for gay couples. for example. and things like

that, but all of this very much up in the air, i think also important when it comes to elections separating the rhetoric of a campaign to what actually gets implemented when you come to power. so again, we'll have to wait and see around 10 or 11 hours from now. i think we'll get a much better sense of where this country will be headed. indeed, we will. stephanie deca live 1st in rome. thank you. lebanon's worsening economic crisis is forcing many people to flee 95 people who now die while trying to escape poverty and hunger and reach europe. they were on board a boat that sank off serious coast on thursday. the vessel left lebanon's mini ain't region but went down there. the port city of tortoise in syria, the group had hoped to reach italy. funeralish were held for some of those who died . the lebanese army says it's arrested a man. it suspects was behind that human smuggling operation. center holder has it

more from a refugee camp. lebanese city of tripoli talked to anybody here in the day we refugee camp in northern lebanon, and they'll tell you, we know the risks. give us a boat and we want to leave. people are tired, they're frustrated. these people have been here for decades. they live in a country which doesn't give them basic basic rights. they have no access to health care. they have no access to education. the only organization that helps them is the un relief agency for palestinian refugees. but that agency is a, has been begging really for money for years. that doesn't have enough money to help this people. many of those who were on the boat were palestinian 9595 bodies have been found at 20, have been rescued. we just managed to speak to a survivor. he's in a hospital here, abraham months or he's 29 years old. he's still in shock. he tells me that he still hasn't forgiven himself because he couldn't help others on the boat set sail

wednesday morning. 4 hours later, the engine stopped and they called the smuggler on shore. and he says if you come back, this is of course, according to a br. him, we will shoot to, and so the, due to the high waves, the boat capsized for him, says in a matter of mid moments, really 10110 people died. he saw bodies everywhere. those who survived are clinging on to the boat that overturned. he was close to a child and another man, but then he lost them and he eventually swam to shore to the syrian sure he tells me i still cannot forgive myself that i couldn't help that child. he later found out that child died. many children were on that boat, that's the story of one survivor, another survivor told his story in an ambulance as he made his way back from syria to lebanon. this wasn't a journey, there was nothing but a nightmare. it's impossible to forget what has happened and the scenes i've been through. we suffered an engine failure. waves tampered with the boat,

we lost control and we ended up in a cap sized boat. automatically people on board were pushed by waves to all directions, left and right under and above the water. no one came to rescue us. as i stayed almost 24 hours near the boat, which was overturned, staying floating at hadn't sunk. i managed to keep myself over the boat, and then i swam for 13 hours till i reached the syrian tuft was coast. i've been told that some survivors were saved and rescued by russian and syrian boats. but i've seen nothing till i reached the shore. the lebanese economy began to collapse 3 years ago in the past. that was basically the palestinian and syrian refugees making this journey. as of late, there was an uptick in the number of lebanese, according to the united nations. there are you and hcr, approximately $3500.00 individuals attempted to make the journey this year alone. but security sources tell a fatter, conservative figure,

just look around you and you can see how people live here. they live in camps. they are barred from many professions. according according to the lebanese law that says concerning palestinian refugees, syrian refugees are they receive little help from you and hcr. but they cannot return home to syria. the guns may have fallen silent in many areas, but some will tell you we are still wanted by the authorities because we were engaged in opposition activities. others will say we can't go back because of the economy is so bad. 90 percent of people in syria are poor and 90 percent of syrian refugees in lebanon live below the poverty line. and the political class in lebanon has really done nothing to try to alleviate the dire living conditions, weather for the lebanese syrians and palace finance. and this is why people feel that they have nothing to lose and they are ready to take this risk and try to, to reach the shores of europe in search for a better life. a

partial mobilization order announced by preston that emma putin, her spot protests across russia. that's despite a government ban on unapproved valley's rights group, say it more than 730 people have been detained. last week, wooten announced plans to enlist at 300000 reservists to reinforce troops fighting in korea. with thousands of protests as have also been arrested in siberia. small demonstrations were held in several northern cities in ukraine at referendums are being held for a 3rd day in 4 areas occupied by russian forces and their separatist allies. voting is being monitored by russian soldiers and parts of the hands on the exquisite parisha and cast sun. caves at western allies have condemned the process as a sham. we're fighting continues in the east of ukraine where russia has kept up

strikes against civilian infrastructure. or these areas in that red are under russian and separatist control, russian, that missiles hit buildings and forced a power substation to shut down overnight in operation. ukraine says when it cools russian kamikaze drones damaged buildings in essential odessa on sunday morning. now with more in this sir, were alive in moscow and cave. at 1st let sir talk to al jazeera as charles stratford in the ukrainian capital. so, charles, what more can you tell us about the latest to fighting in the east overnight? suddenly the ukrainian authorities is saying that there was a heavy fighting in various locations in the east and the south along that contact line throughout about a 1000 kilometers long. and specifically, they talk about at least 35,

what they describe as settlements being hit by russian missiles and artillery strikes. we have no way of independently confirming these kind of statements, similar statements being my body ukrainians, as you alluded to their about what they describe as iranian drones being used to target in an administrative building in the southern port city of odessa. no reports of casualties there, of course this sir, these accusations by the ukrainians of russians now you using iranian drones in their assault on these areas of huge controversy. and the iranians denying. ready this but the ukrainians now having downgraded their relations at diplomatic relations with iran. they have withdrawn the accreditation from the rain and ambassador. they are insisting that sir, iranian diplomats and diplomatic staff in that embassy leave the country. so well, yes, that control was he ongoing and as i say still, we have no independent way of verifying these claims. interestingly,

also the russians or russian media all claiming that a hotel in the occupied city of kent san was hit by a ukrainian strike. they are reporting that there are casualties in that strike is believed. it's a pro russia media was staying in that hotel when it was hates. of course, both russia and ukraine continues to deny that they are targeting civilian infrastructure. but what we do know is that in areas along that contact line areas that sir, they see that a lot of the population have left that all civilian pieces of infrastructure that are used by the military on both sides. so were, as i say, certainly according to the ukrainians, as this, as the west calls it, an illegal illegitimate vote goes on in those occupied areas. the fighting continues. okay, charles are in the here for us there. thank you, but let so speak to a 100 avow. now, who's in moscow?

what has russia been saying about these referendums? well, it's a rosy picture here and russia about that a front on basically the media talking about a smooth process across those 4 regions. talking about a, a turn out of about between 23 and 26 percent yesterday, saturday, and expectations that it will pick up as the process goes on. remember the 1st few days until monday, our phase one where people are voting by door to door process or in small private community spaces or on the 27th. that's when all of voting centers will open and it will look like a normal operation. in normal peace time is the expectation is that more people

will turn out, or probably it might be, it might be the opposite depending on the security situation. and it is going to be a very quick operation here. russia when that process ends and when the results are announced on the 28th. the following day, the 29th, the state duma. here in moscow is, is expected to meet the 2 chambers to endorse those results. and on the 13th, the expectations from their russian media here are that president vladimir putin will deliver speech in which he will officially announce the annexation of those 4 regions into the russian federation. live forests in moscow, them a 100 while thank you was said a heads hair on al jazeera. ah, ron's president balance to act decisively against nationwide protest of the death of a woman, custody of so called morality. police. people ordered to evacuate parts of eastern

canada, a storm fiona rings. how for winds ah, the journey has begun the faithful world copies on its way to the castle. book your travel package today. hello there. let's look to east asia and japan were more wet and windy weather from talis, but it's wet through leaving behind a much clearer picture. certainly for tokyo, we are set to the sunshine here through to tuesday, but we've got another wet and windy system that's pulling its way up towards the northwest. it's likely to join not with this band of rain stretching out from the east of china. we are expecting to see some very heavy falls on tuesday across most central areas of han shoe working their way in from the west. it's much dryer in the north of china and that east coast,

much of the moisture being sucked down into the south. still some wet weather edging across from western areas to more central areas by tuesday. and it is really the super typhoon north that's dealing the show. it's bringing some really, exceptionally powerful winds and heavy rain. moving across the north of the philippines, news on bearing the brunt of that storm. it is set to sit in the south china sea swirling its way towards vietnam. we are expecting to see some very heavy downpours here, flooding rains too. and we seem floods in the very north of south asia for india, but it has to wide up my see the monsoon retreating. lots of sunshine in deli, 31 degrees celsius on monday. that should weather official airline of the journey out as the real world tells the story of the british italian man experiencing life in a palestinian refugee camp a route coming face to face with the daily lives of its residence. some of whom

have lived here for more than 70 years has been a refugee almost all his life. it's not my normal life wishful for decades after the suffer. telemarketers. 7 days in beirut on al jazeera, ah ah, watching al jazeera reminder of our top stores now it's leave votes in the general election that could see the far right and power for the 1st time since world war 2 opinion polls predict georgia and then even become the countries, the 1st female prime minister, number of people who have died after a boat carrying migrants from lebanon, capsized off the coast of syria,

has risen to 94 lebanese army says it's arrested the man, the suspects was behind human smuggling operation. a partial mobilization order announced by president of hootin has triggered protests across russia rights group say more than 730 people have been detained nationwide. at least 6 people have been killed in somalia in a suicide bomb attack at a military base in the capitol. mogadishu, the bomber is believed to disguise himself as a soldier to enter the base. iranian at present, abraham racy, says that protests against the government will be dealt with decisively. demonstrations have been held for days following the death of a 22 year old women in police custody. iran has restricted internet services and access to apps. the target can be reports. ah, the 8 consecutive nights people in to run have to fight authorities to protest over

the death of master armine. the 22 year old died in custody last week after being arrested by so called morality police sheed allegedly violated the country's policy on head scarves. oh, similar protest to spreading across iran in the northwestern city of ocean of a demonstrators defied a warning by the reigning army that it would confront what it cooled enemies of the state. similar protests were held in the western city of kurama, but he ran his limited internet services to climb down on the growing descent. the problem is if they switch off, they're the access to international networks or to the global internet. then with the national internet or the national internet, it's really hard to use those vpn services and saves a messenger apps such as signal the u. s. government has eased export restrictions on software and some technology to iran to widen online access. but analysts say it's unlikely to have an immediate impact several demonstrations in support of the

government of also taking place in iran. president abraham, where he see says, immediate death must be investigated. but it's called the protests acts of chaos. behind celebration. they want to ride a wave and create riots and disturbances by think with such moves, they can stop the nation. we've announced many times that of any one has a fair comment and we will listen to it. but anarchy disturbing national security is the security of people. no one was to come to this so far though, the protest showed no sign of dying down. ah, victoria gate and be al jazeera, a group of right wing israeli also, nationalists have entered the alexa compound. it occupies east jerusalem at the beginning of the jewish new year. non muslims are allowed to visit the compound within a specific period on sunday. holy site has been a flashpoint between palestinian wisdoms and israeli jews in groups have warned

about what they say is an israeli incursion into the holy site. for 30 posting and prisoners have started a hunger strike to protest against their detention without charged by israeli forces. more than $700.00 palestinians are being held without charge or trial in israeli jails. several have held hunger strikes in recent years to protest against israel's policy of what it calls administrative detention. the, the abraham is in the occupied westbank. she explains what's led to these protest. the prisoners say that there is an increase in the israeli practice of administrative detention, which is withholding palestinians in jailed indefinitely without charges. that was a roll says it has secret evidence against some of those palestinians, but palestinians say that this increase in using this practice is not only being used as a punitive measure, but also as revenge some of the palestinian prison there's undergoing the strike

said in the last or that some of the interrogators told them that they aim to prevent them from celebrating life from morning a loved one with their families. so we've spoken to one of the families, mother of a prison, the named rami, she says, out of the 10 years he spent in jail for more than 7 years. that all me didn't have any charges to didn't know why you're being held. so that husband an increase in that use of this policy, prompting palestinian prisoners to announce that they will be refusing food on water until their demands are mass south korea and japan say north korea has fight a short range, ballistic miss out towards the sea of japan. or so earlier said he had detected signs, north korea could be preparing for launch. south korea, as military says, massage was applied from the th on area. it comes 2 days after nuclear power us

aircraft carrier arrived in the south korean city of the sun to take part in joint drills. japan says north korea's missile fell outside it's exclusive economics and nobody was you any whom moral disuse of actions by north korea, including superior launches of ballistic missiles or threat to the peace and security chapin and region as well as the international community. it's also an acceptable to launch massage. consequently, while the invasion of ukraine is still ongoing, it violates the united nations security council resolution and strong to condemn it to canada has experienced its worst storm in any 50 years. after the remnants of her confusion to hit the east coast, time being downgraded to a post tropical cycling before it made land for 100 customer forms. already considered one of the strongest storms canada has ever experienced. fiona made landfall in nova scotia early saturday morning, bringing

a 150 kilometers per hour winds and heavy rainfall. the canadian hurricane center says the storms preliminary bare a metric pressure. reading was the lowest on record for canada. the lower the pressure, the more powerful the storm were thinking. first and foremost of the peoples of had a terrifying past 12 hours. people have seen their homes washed away in the winds ripped schools, roofs off. but as canadian, as we always do in times of difficulty, we will be there for each other. about a 100 people were evacuated in halifax, the provincial capital, nearly 3 quarters of nova scotia was left without power, as crews raised to restore electricity and missed widespread reports of down trees and power lines. the mayor of halifax told al jazeera he had no doubt climate change made the storm worse with climate change in particular,

and the volatility of weather these days. we've been getting more of these hurricanes, feel much northward pass then took it through the newfoundland town of portal basks . a woman was rescued from the sea after her house collapse. according to police, widespread damage lead the mayor to declare a state of emergency, posting this video to facebook. actually hi, i'm going live here again and going to be pretty direct now with people. we're in the process here of calling a state of emergency. our tone is, and all tents purposes, we are already in a state of emergency. no serious injuries or fatalities were reported in the hours after fiona came ashore. those already cautioned the danger is not yet over. fiona has weakened but may pick up energy again as it continues to move north. heidi jo, castro al jazeera in the philippines super typhoon. nora has made lun, fallen in north. the storm strengthen so quickly. and it caused an extreme

emergency morning for several coastal villages. don't wait. it's already lashing the air with heavy rain and wind up to $100.00. 95 kilometers per hour is the strongest price to hit the country. this elephant populations across the continent of africa plummeting. but south africa is bucking the trend. 2 thirds of its roughly $30000.00 elephants are in the creek and national park in surrounding areas . the growing herds are threatening the livelihoods of communities bordering the reserve, and the angry not reports. these elephants are being targeted. the breeding females attract down then shot, but not with a bullet with a vaccine. a thing for me, the biggest thing is that it's a proactive, humane way of controlling elephant populations. j. j phenomena is part of a team from humane society, international africa,

administering immunity contraception. it's an approach often used by private reserves in this part of south africa to stop the elephants from breeding. the vaccine causes the immune system to produce anti bodies that prevent fertilization . that's absolutely not what we would use as humans for contraception because it's non homo and it's nonsteroidal. and so this is the beauty of this methodology. it actually works on the animals own immunity. the program has been a success with almost 1400 females treated since it was launched more than 2 decades ago. when we started, everybody was like, you know, contraception. wow, that's very controversial. you will never get to work to way in 2008. it was included in our national norms and standards, while the number of elephants is plummeting across the continent. populations in southern africa are expanding. i think the perception is our peers up elephants or endangered and that they feel are we going to lose them again? they go extinct stepping off the coast. so lottie, game reserve, general manager,

brian haldeman says, all hocks are required by law to have an elephant management plan or the group had really good conservation practices and so africa. and as a result, we've been able to increase their population and are we actually don't though it put elephants. and it's not just private reserves that have to navigate this problem. elephants can consume up to 400 kilograms of vegetation in a day while foraging. they routinely destroy crops and farm infrastructure, threatening the livelihoods of entire communities. with that, i 1000000 with elephants time and again. now we crying because the elephants are damaging their crops, but you never know in the near future. what kind of incident are we going to get? thompson, anger, man, a grows, melons, peanuts, and mays in a small village, north of krogan, national park or job. this isn't when the elephants come in here, the damage, everything, they eat almost everything and mainly the the,

i'll put them and them everywhere on the ground. conservation is say, it's important to find sustainable ways to mitigate conflicts between wild animals and people. that damage to crops can be substantial because a lot of people living around these protected areas are impoverished. and that's the food source. lemongrass. one solution, according to michelle henley, who's been studying elephants for 25 years, is growing aromatic herbs, such as chile or lemon grass. and so if you plant those crops in abroad, barrier around your, your palatable crops. if you want to use as a food source, that's another way to, to, to elephants and to get income. another is installing, hives these giant animals the scared of bays. the hives have the jewel benefit of protecting farmers, as well as the trays elephants destroy while searching for food. the debate will continue about how best to manage the growing numbers of these b.