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ah, until mccrae, this is al jazeera live from doha. also coming up. will italy be shifting further to the right at stephanie decker at ponied station in rome, where despite the rains, people continued to show up to have their boat a journey for a better life ins and tragedy, syrian stayed media se $97.00 people have now died out to their boat from lebanon sank of the syrian coast, ukraine and russia, blame each other for attacks on civilians and southern ukraine. the philippines rises to evacuate thousands of people in the path of a dangerous typhoon that set the north. ah, polling is well underway in italy's general election as voters and party leaders

cast their ballots. opinion polls predict a right wing coalition will rise to power with the far right leader for the 1st time since the 2nd world war. the st. lift democratic party is 2nd in the pals were the leader of the far right brothers of italy, party george maloney could be at least 1st female prime minister. her opponents say she wants to distance the country from the european union dance. the climb that she has denies, caretaker prime minister mario trog, he resigned after his coalition collapsed in july, triggering this election. well, let's go straight to stephanie decker, whose ad pulling station and rhyme. and so stephanie, we've had a lot about st. georgia maloney, but is this election of foregone conclusion, or is it really still quite tight? while according to the pollsters and the last time they had their say was 2 weeks ago, it looked like georgia moloney her party phony vitalia, and her coalition were set to win by

a majority. it has changed from some analysts over the last couple of weeks. a little bit, but every one you speak to still thinks that they will come out as a majority. having said that, there have been surprises in italian politics before us. i'm certainly not gonna i give you my own, say on that. but certainly from what we understand it does seem to be if the pollsters are correct, that georgia moloney and her right when coalition will perhaps be getting the majority. now we've been talking to people here at this putting station in rome. it's the largest here in the center. it's people have increased a little bit in this afternoon. it is raining out, but there's been a steady stream and no one really tells you who they voted for. but i think we can read between the lines and opinions seem to be quite strong. one woman saying that she was here as her right to vote, which is one of the few rights italians had left. and she wanted to pull italy out what she called the swamp. and there was another woman who said that the change

that seemed to be coming was terrifying. and she called it an earthquake. and i spoke to another young girl who told me she'd voted for the left. and i said, well, according to the polls, it looks like the right will win by a majority to said, well, if that happens, i'm actually considering leaving jackie said escaping the country. and i said why? she said, you know, issues like migration climate change. she has all these things are important to me . and if the right comes to power, that is something that would concern me again, would have to wait and see the polls close in about 7 hours from now we are expecting exit polls. so i think by the end of the day, by the early hours of monday morning, we will get a sense of in which direct, at which direction italy will be heading. and if the far right were able to form a coalition, what would that mean for italy's relationship with the european union or this is something that a lot of media speculation, lot of concerns, of course, because the rhetoric initially had been very much against the european union much

more about day italian independence said also voters that vote for the for, for the right say that you're, europe has some sort of diluted italy's identity. and this is something that they want back. however, this is a country that's very much a bondage to europe at best point in time. it is hugely dependent on billions of euro's, of european money that comes with attachments that comes with it. you know, that need guarantees and all the analysts we've been talking about. we'll tell you that regardless of perhaps there will of course be some shifts away from, you know, mario draggy, the previous prime minister was extremely close to europe if georgia maloney comes in. it will not be the same warm relationship, but there's only so much you can really maneuver away from the rhetoric because of these real economic ties into real issues. they're going to have to be ducked with . whoever comes to power in italy is going to have to deal with the severe economic craters. increased the cost of living that a really, you know, facing bankruptcy and closures of many family run businesses. businesses that may

got 90 percent of the backbone of the community. so very difficult issues to work with and real, you know, sort of cool heads need to be put in place to deal with that. so i think the rhetoric against europe it will be less warm than it has been before. but in terms of exiting the euro is owner exiting europe, which has been a right wing rhetoric if you will. i think certainly quoting the and lester is not going to happen. thank you for that update that is stephanie decker for us and rome . lebanon's worsening economic crisis is forcing many people to flee. syrian stowed media is reporting that 97 people have now died while trying to escape poverty and hunger and bridge europe. they were on board a boat that sank off serious coast on thursday. the vessel lift to lebanon's men a year of region, but went down near the port city of tartarus in syria. the group had hoped to reach italy. funeral school helps us some of those who dies. the liberties army says it's arrested,

a man in suspects was behind the humans smuggling operation. santa hot has more from a refugee camp in the 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, 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 a 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 of the boat set sail wednesday morning. 4 hours later, the engine stopped and they called the smuggler unsure. and he says if you come back, this is his course. according to abraham, 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 100 and a 110 people died. he saw bodies everywhere. those who survived were 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 shore. 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 a 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 in 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 to 24 hours near the boat, which was overturned, staying floating, it hadn't sunk. i managed to keep myself over the boat, and then i swam for 13 hours till i reached the syrian tortuous 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, telephone, 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, this is concerning palestinian refugees, syrian refugee is. 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 palestinian. and this is why people feel that they have nothing to lose. and they are ready to take this risk and try to reach the shores of europe in search for

a better life. a partial mobilization order announced by president vladimir putin has sparked protests across russia with as despite a government ban on unapproved rallies, rights groups say more than 730 people have been detained. last week put an announced plans to enlist 300000 reservists to reinforce troops fighting a new crime. but thousands of protesters have also been arrested in siberia. small demonstrations were held in several northern cities. and in ukraine, referendums are being held for a 3rd day and 4 areas occupied by russian forces and the separatists. allies. voting is being monitored by russian soldiers and parts of lo, hunter, don, it's cause f,

a risha and her san keeps. western allies have condemned the process as a sham for fighting continues in the east of ukraine, where russia has continued strikes against civilian infrastructure. these areas here in rid to are under russian and separatist control. russian missiles hit buildings and forced to power substation to shut down overnight and parisha you crime says what it calls russian kamikaze drones damaged buildings and central odessa on sunday morning, our team is tracking the war from both russia and ukraine. we live in moscow with mohammed val and a moment, but 1st we're going to go to keith. we're charles stratford joins me now. charles, plenty of developments today. what else can you tell us about this latest round of fighting? that's right. suddenly according to the ukrainians, at least a lot of moving parts, a lot of fighting along the front lines,

both in the east and the south to day. as these referendums continue in those occupied russian occupied areas. the craning authorities saying that though at least $35.00, what they describe as settlements that were hit by russian missiles and artillery strikes over round about the last 24 hours. were also hearing reports from russian. all sorts. is they saying that the ukraine is they are accusing the ukrainians of hitting a hotel in the occupied city of care of song. they're saying that at least 2 people were killed in that strike, including one full nuh pro russian ukranian law maker. as i say, all these reports very difficult, if not impossible, to verify both sides constantly saying that they're avoiding trying to hit says certainly civilian targets. we're also hearing reports, though, of explosions in some of these occupied areas. russian occupied areas to the south,

namely the city of bare dance. now bare dance is only as of sea coast. it is a ukrainian naval base, or it has a ukrainian naval base. that said was taken controller by the russians in the early stages of the wool. there are increasing reports on line that we cannot verify of 2 explosions in that russian occupied city. also, similar reports of another explosion inside the russian occupied city of minutes. a poll, which is actually west of baranski heading towards care san. what we do know, certainly according to the ukrainian government, is that they claim that they have what they describe as ukraine in parties and groups working behind their enemies, russian lines. there they are claiming a lot of success in recent weeks, but as i say, very difficult for us to get rid least solid, verifiable information on that. there's also in the last hour or so may subtraction on social media again, impossible to verify,

but some solid. a video photographic evidence of the annual knife ski bridge being hate again by ukrainian forces. now this bridge is a vital supply line for russian forces to get supplies up from occupied crimea and occupied areas to the north east of that across the river geneva into care of psalm. so as i say, certainly seemingly a lot of heavy fighting as these referendums and these vote in his referendums continue in the occupied territories. thanks that charles, strengthen for us live in cave lis aspect. now to mohammed val, who is in moscow for us, and we've seen russian soldiers going door to door to encourage people to vote. what has russia been saying about these referendums? the yes, tom asa is saying that this is a democratic. her process is to give

a chance to the communities, but feel alien and oppressed inside ukraine to express their views and their opinion freely about where they want to belong. and they say that the initiative for these are for under came from the local communities in those areas are now they are talking about a smooth process except for attacks that they say were staged by ukrainian army in order to disrupt this sir process. despite that, they talk about a good turnout, a since since day one. and they expected it to, to continue like that. this operation has 2 phases. the 1st ends on the 26th, which is as you mentioned, door to door voting and voting in small private spaces within those communities. on

the 27th, there will be an open day, a final open day of voting in a pallet in, in voting centers. and that there is also reports are reports of a good number of people voting in, in all those 4 areas. for instance, in sa, parisha, they say that 93 percent of those voted they chose to join russia. it took about 750 registered voters in the operation and an equal number in crafts on an intern yeske. at 1500000 ballot papers were printed, there is no clear figure of how many people were registered, but also talking about hundreds of thousands of people who are already voted. this process is going to be very quick or so here. russia once the results are announced on the 28th, on the 29th, the state is expected to meet the 2 chambers to endorse the results. and the

following day, on the 13th of the month, president vladimir putin is expected to deliver a speech in which he will officially announce the annexation of de yeske and the other areas to the russian federation mohammed val, for us in moscow. thank you very much. we'll super typhoon north has made landfall and the northern philippines, the psalms strengthen so quickly and lead to an extreme emergency warning that's forcing people to evacuate civil coastal villages and las own province, north, broad, heavy, rain and winds of up to 195 kilometers per hour and is the strongest typhoon to hit the country. this year. barnaby lo has more from an evacuation center. in manila, there is a probable, says, a fear here with all these people right behind me. they are lining up to enter this vac looted site. which is the school they're registering so that they can stay in

one of the classrooms here in this school. and they're going to stay here overnight because it's actually in this village. 13 years ago. exactly 13 years ago. and a day to day was course of people died because of flash floods that were and these by type one could sign up as well. they're not taking any chances, darrell pig to leave behind their property there. okay, to leave behind their belongings. what they want to do is to save their lives because it is a super typhoon. it is even stronger that type who gets honda? that typhoon that killed many of their friends and relatives here. just 24 hours ago. it was a severe tropical storm and it was expected to throw in too high food about 155 kilometers an hour. so there was preparation for that. but no one really expected it 24 hours ago via certified food to state weather bureau. described the

intensification as rapid and explosive goes through the 2 words that that they used. and they said that this was unprecedented. so there hasn't been much time to prepare for this type room. and as you can see now, they're just lining up. they're just about to enter this evacuation site. so, and, and impulse of villages, they've also only started evacuating earlier today. whereas if we do that, this was going to be a super cycle and they would have already been evacuating yesterday. the still ahead on al jazeera, we will recognize of palestinian state as soon as we take an ill jazeera investigation, funds, evidence that members of persons labor party worked to undermine formerly to jeremy corben plus i'm emily anguish in south africa where conservation is using innovative ways to control and protect the growing elephant population.

ah hello there, let's look to south asia and we saw some heavy rain on friday in the north west of india, and that led to flooding in one of the cities to the south of new delhi. but the skies have cleared the monsoon rains are in retreat, it's looking much finer and dryer. if we look at the 3 day for new delhi, there is going to be a lot of warmth coming back in. certainly by the mid week, with some sunny spells, it's looking a lot clearer across more central areas, down into the cell. a mix of cloud and scattered showers shall anchors scenes more is thunderstorms pop off, as well as some areas where the islands in the mall div, but a lot dryer for places like pakistan, lot of warms. coming back in here. temperature, the cross central asia, however, have started to come down in places like afghanistan for the wet weather. we have

to look to the east additional things and stronger rain as well as bangladesh and me and martin as we had for the east to east asia. so much dry a picture for japan. we got some more wet and windy weather. however, looking about approaching from the south. that could join up with this finger of rain to bring some heavy falls to southern western areas of han shoe. certainly by tuesday. but for northern areas of china, a lot finer dryer beijing coming in at 13 degrees celsius with sunshine. ah, this was the morbid likes of which we have never seen. this is important. this is true story from breaking down the headlines to exposing the powers attempting to silence reporting. we're seeing your freedom being threatened and attacked is basically criminalizing journalism. the listening post doesn't cover the news. it covers the way the news is covert. people have no idea what the source of uses back

to the game but rolled and that rolled blocked for the inquiry. on al jazeera lou. ah, you're watching l. j 0 reminder of our top stories, the sour italy votes and a general election that could see the far rise and power for the 1st time since world war 2 opinion polls predict georgia, maloney will become the country's 1st female. prime minister. syrian state media is reporting the number of people who have died after the boat carrying migrants from lebanon, capsized of syria, has risen to 97. the lebanese army says it's arrested

a man on suspicion of human smuggling. a partial mobilization order announced by president vladimir putin has trinket protests across russia. rights groups say more than 750 people have been detained. nationwide at least 24 people have drowned off to their boat, capsized sin of river and bangladesh. the boat was carrying more than 100 people along the co co, a river to a hindu temple. in the north. dozens are still missing. it's believed the boat was above capacity. in terms of the number of passengers hal jazeera is releasing the 2nd tranche of documents from the labor files, a substantial leak of internal papers, from britain's main opposition party. they reveal a concerted internal campaign from within the party to undermine formulated jeremy corbin, his that report by phil race from our investigative unit. when jeremy corbin was

elected leader of the labor party in 2015, he promised to shift in policy on the middle east. the continuing occupation dick, luncheon of illegal settlement and imprisonment of palestinian children, ah, an outrage. we will recognize a palestinian state as soon as we take of it. when jeremy corbin and the team leader we will so overdrawn. at last we have a western politician who actually sympathizes with the palestinians. oh said soon allegations emerged that he was a racist. the very existence of my party, the labor party is at stake. every race says anti same out out of the labor party. it's time for jeremy colbin that the labor files contain the

entire contents of the party's disciplinary folders since 2014. we can see real anti semitism. but then there is also a lot of information in these disciplinary files where there is clearly no anti semitism whatsoever. the file show the claims of anti semitism were repeatedly used to suspend corbin supporters and here's an example that says we demand that international criminal. ready caught in the un chance benjamin netanyahu and israel for war crimes against humanity to suggest that this is somehow anti semitic, is simply trying to avoid israel being called out for it's appalling abuses in the occupied territories for the 1st 2 and a half years of his leadership, it was the party general secretary who corbin inherited in mcnichol, who was ultimately in charge of dealing with anti semitism cases. in 2018. corbin replace mcnichol with an ally. jenny form

b analysis of the day 2 in the files tells a remarkable story. this graph shows the number of suspensions, investigations and expulsions from the labor party on grounds of anti semitism all through the kobinie era. and this is the moment when jenny phone be becomes general . secretary of the labor party enabling jeremy colbin to take control of the bureaucracy of her labor works. after they took control, the number of investigations, suspensions and expulsions went up exponentially. when you're under intense pressure, corbin then accepted the definition of anti semitism. that includes criticism of israel, pressure from pro israel support is continued until he was defeated in a general election in 2019 soon after new lead, a secure storm it takes over his team,

meet with leading pro israel groups in britain. the files include minutes of the meeting which included the board of deputies of british jews, the board of deputies, a keen to counter suppositions from labor m. p 's. that because they're nominally committed to combating anti semitism that it gives them carte blanche to say what they like about israel. steve read a senior opposition minister replies that the labor party will never accept attempts to exception allies and de, legitimize israel. phil reese, al jazeera london elephant populations across the african continent, plummeting that south africa is bucking the trend. 2 thirds of its roughly $30000.00 elephants are in the kruger, national park and surrounding areas but growing heard, supposing and economic threat to communities bordering the reserve. emily anglin has the story. huh. these elephants are being targeted,

degrading females attract down and shot, but not with a bullet with a vaccine. i think for me, the biggest thing is that it's a proactive, humane way of controlling elephant populations. j. j. f. in alternate 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 antibodies that prevent fertilization. when we started, everybody was looking, you know, contraception wow, that's very controversial. you'll never get to work to weigh in 2008. it was included in our national norms. the standards, while the number of elephants is plummeting across the continent. populations in southern africa are expanding. i think the perception is our peers that elephants are endangered and that they, you know, we going to lose them. they gotta go extinct stiffening off the coast. and it's not

just private reserves that have to navigate this. hedlam. elephants can consume up to 400 kilograms of vegetation in a day while foraging. they routinely destroyed crops and from infrastructure threatening the livelihoods of entire communities. with that idling 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 around? thompson, anger, man, a grows, melons, peanuts and mays in a small village, north of krogan, national park. one of our or this is when the elephants come in here, the damage everything, it almost everything amended, the put them and them everywhere on the ground. conservation is say, it's important to find sustainable ways to mitigate conflict between wild animals and people. or even let me grab one solution according to michelle henley,