exposing the powers attempting to silence reporting, we're seeing media freedom being threatened and attacked is basically criminalizing journalism. the listening post doesn't cover the news. it covers the way the news is covered. people have no idea what the source of news is. that the game, the growth and that brought with the latest news as it breaks for many, this is a referendum on your bike and 1st 2 years in the white house. and if the polls are to be believe it wouldn't be good news for the democrats. we detailed coverage to where it says the flood that level fine it's receiving, but that's not the only concern here from around the world. but the situation is far from stable in this region. and ukrainian military forces are saying that they're dealing with a potential renewed, russian evolves ah,

consolidating power china is gigi ping as a point and communist party leader for an unprecedented 3rd term. and he promotes loyalists to us in a circle. ah, hello, i marleen say, this is our desert alive from doe howls. are coming up. widespread power outages across ukraine, after more russian missiles target energy facilities. the races on for the top job in the u. k. boris johnson and richey soon i called face to face talks with both men seen as top contenders and has cut our past host. the woke up we look at how the role of women in football is changing. ah,

chinese president, gigi ping has secured an unprecedented 3rd term as head of the communist party is also announced. 6 other members of the party senior leadership group is dominated by the president's loyalists. comes a day after the party concluded it's week long. congress, which solidify gigi pings, grip on power shoes. your father? yes, she also wore justice. china can't develop in isolation from the world, it needs china for its development. through over 40 years of relentless reform and opening up. we have created the twin miracles of fast economic growth and social stability. the china will open at stores if a wider, we will be steadfast and deepening reform and opening up across the board. a prosperous, china will create many more opportunities for the world. we share a patrick fox has been following the announcements from beijing. well, this was

a combination of a week of deliberations behind closed doors here in beijing. and there was always an expectation. the president, she would pack his in a circle with loyalists, giving him unfettered control over the party and country all along the way. he has shown a willingness to cast aside party traditions including age caps and term limits, and that was no different with the appointment of new faces on to the politburo standing committee, including the appointments of lee chang, chide she and lee c. none of whom have previously had central government experienced the appointment of lee chan in particular was noteworthy because he is set to become chinese new premier. and that was another break with tradition in that he has never served as vice premier. and we also saw the downsizing of the wider politburo from 25 members to 24 members, and there was no place for any women on that top advisory body for the 1st time in

25 years. at the unveiling today also present, she talked about how china could not develop isolated from the rest of the world and the world lead china's development as well. that was an important thing for him to have said at a time when the whole world really is a grappling with a slow damn. but it was in stark contrast. one might argue with the focus last week and the opening dress where he talked about the need for china's self sufficiency. but whatever direction china takes in the years to come will no doubt be under president. she's terms particularly with the make up of this new government. as we heard from patrick, the $63.00 o lead chang is now china's 2nd highest official behind president, and she, he's expected to become premier in march and take charge of china's economy. unlike his predecessors, he hassan served as a vice premier,

all worked in the central government in any capacity. lee has also bounced back from his miss handling of a corona virus outbreak in shanghai where he led the local branch of the communist party or the rest of the new senior party members. lee is also close to president. she andre lung is an international independent, china's justice. he explains how people rise to the policies highest levels. all the people that make it to the top have got this gone through so many layers of very fears. competition is a kind of go to talking to see and people who have risen to the, even to the central committee of 200 people with any kind of same chance to get it already. a mass, huge experience running cities and. busy full conferences and you can reach the very top in the voting bureau. they would have done the rounds of some of the

problems is, are bigger than countries. for example, the whole economy of russia is equivalent who only been. busy economy of won't do problems. so all of these people are hiding. and of course of the decisions is made as a drop of a hat. there are i work in, including experts and of course at the ground level, there is also a lot of mechanism for. ready getting feedback from the from citizens so. busy this is all. busy and the mechanics but of course the. busy has got to make at the top and then with the powerful meter, this could take country the country and do face the elements that the standing, the way of tardies cheating in all the time. dream t v like he contenders in the race to become the u. k next, prime minister have held face to face late night talks, but neither boris johnson nor his full my ally my she cynic, have declared that they are running. in fact only seen

a cabinet member penny more than has confirmed. she's in the race, and a mother explains back in britain off to cutting short his stay in the dominican republic his 3rd holiday since he resigned in july for my prime minister boys johnson's considering going for the top job again after liz trust, his government collapsed. but to say that prospect is divisive would be an understatement. i currently former chancellor richie sooner he resigned during the last days of the johnson publish. it has the most supporters among conservative m. p 's when he's not spoken yet. i've done some amazing things in my life. i've had a seat at the table at the world bank and they take the leader of the commons. penny morton's is also trying again after losing out to trust in last month's leadership contest pulse. if more than one candidate has the backing of at least a 100 and p's or monday, the decision then goes to around a $150000.00 conservative party members. they could well back johnson who quit off to doesn't have his m p. 's resigned following scandals including rule breaking

parties in downing street during covered 19 locked towns. but one well known figure who served under johnson says it's not time for him to return with a parliamentary inquiry still looming at the job of any cabinet and the let alone, the prime minister, justice relentlessly, consistently be concentrated with a laser like focus on the british people from the economy through to the n h s. schools crime regression. it's difficult to see how you could do that if at the same time you're getting evidence giving test me will be called back in the groundhog day. the political, a soap opera of party gate, some conservative m p. 's have already said they'd leave the party if johnson became prime minister again. there is a question mark about whether or not mister johnson could create a stable and effective government. and to be honest, the same question has to be asked about mr. sooner there are people who are in the id body, but mister, so not count. they blamed him for mister johnson's done for much of the public,

so that tired of the instability and government and one opinion polls suggests merely 2 thirds one. whoever emerges this new conservative leader and hence prime minister to call an early general election. of course events could always force them to do so. nadine, bob, al jazeera london susie boniface is a political often daily mirror economist. she explains why she thinks johnson and sooner have not yet officially declared the countenances, both these men of failures, sumac lost over the sullen leadership race. and johnson was deposed very gloriously in a few weeks ago. so neither of them wants to announce their running unless they're certainly going to win. and the problem is that none of them really is certain they're going to win. there is lots of talk about possible meeting between them. but we need to remember these 2 men, actually to test each other. they do not get on. they don't see why johnson blamed soon act for his defense duration and seeing that explains bars. johnson for

basically collapsing the government around him. almost. what's interesting is there are lots of talk about whether it should be bars, whether it shouldn't be bars, but most people in this country don't want bars, children to be prime minister. most people in this country, according to the surveys and the polls, will not be a change of government. they want a general election, they've had enough. i think there are also a lot of people in the conservative party, both normal members and member who public and in the parliamentary party who have failed to grasp this fact. and they are talking about how picking up someone who can win the next election for them. there is no chance there is no world there is no root in which the surveys can be wrong enough for kiss thelma to do anything. but when the next election, the equations president has urged people to save electricity in the face of russian

attacks on power facilities. ukrainians are experiencing blackouts off to a wave of strikes in the last 2 weeks. keeps as attacking civilian facilities ahead of winter amounts to terrorism. as much as 40 percent of ukraine's energy related facilities have been seriously damaged in the strikes. the government has implemented rolling power outages of up to 4 hours across the country and people have been urged not to use appliances during paint periods in the morning and evening to prepare for the blackouts. the national energy company has aust ukrainians to stock up or water and clothes. let's go to a correspond harry faucets, who joins us live from keith where, where already looks incredibly cold. harry, what is the latest in the situation that particularly when it comes to the energy situation? well, that's right. as you're saying, there are requests going out to the general public to do what they can to conserve

energy. and again, there was another round a strikes overnight the ukrainians saying that they shut down some 16 of these loitering drones that have been used the suicide drones in recent days. 14 of them around the mc alive area in the south. 2 of them in the north and east of ukraine, but they come in swarms. these things that's the way they are designed to operate. in previous such rounds, there's been talk of maybe 60 percent or 80 percent of the being shut down. so given that there is an assumption that some of those will have got through the reports of a, of an munition factory having been hit over night. but as you say, the, the message coming from the ukrainians is that there has been a shift in the russian tactics that they are deliberately targeting civilian and particularly energy infrastructure ahead of the coming winter. and among the meshes some of them you already outlined that are being talked about, the switching on here and key of the centralized water heating system to the city

as a whole. that's a way to try to avoid and tricity usage. it in least in terms of trying to heat homes and businesses and they're talking about the potential ability, the potential for that rather to be attacked as well and be targeted. and so there is talk of using mobile truck born heating units, the can plug into buildings, schools, apartment buildings, if those are restricted from that heating supply as well. so it's a wide range of preparatory measures being taken ahead of this winter. and harry, what can you tell us about the fighting that's been ongoing in the castle region? well, we know that the russians are evacuating civilians. they are calling for an immediate evacuation. there have been images of large numbers is being taken out to carry on across the river, south and east into deeper into the russian occupied area there in southern

ukraine. there have been various attempts over a very long time to the cuttings to take cash on. which so far have not been successful, but the, the messaging coming from the russians is that there is a withdrawal both of civilians and military from that area. each side is accusing the other, preparing to blow the damn just up river from harris on the nova. hold cut down, which holds back a vast reservoir, use the hydro electric power generation. the credit say that the russians have minded and planned to blow it to try to swamp any further ukraine in advance. the russians are saying that the craniums i'm planning to blow it up, but if that were to happen, that would be devastating. there is also messaging coming from the head of the wagner private military group, the russian mercenary group. he is saying that there is a wagner line, so the backend husk in the, for the north and to the east of her son. that that would be a sort of a,

a further defensive measure. so that would suggest that the russians are preparing for. so the ukranian advances in that area as well, long behind where the current frontline is that is being reported as further sort of very divisive messaging coming from the the russian official military messaging on one hand and the messaging coming from europe. can the head of wagner on the other. okay, thank you for that update. harry, for that for us in keys still ahead on al jazeera ah anger against economic reforms in columbia's thousands say no to a tax increase in search of water and drought head canyon. the story of one woman who makes a long and dangerous journey every day. ah,

anticipation is rising. and so is the, as with most of my cattle anyways. it's sunday october, the 23rd. here's your forecast for europe and africa has to have you long. so getting stroked with some solid bands of rain to the north west of spain, northern portugal. at in here some blustery winds will see wind gusts about 80 kilometers per hour. so some pretty nasty weather in the forecast on sunday. now this same disturbances chuck and rain into the west of france, england, wales, and eventually scotland. and in this area here we could see some severe thunderstorms bubble up. different story across central europe, high temperatures, plenty of sun. in fact, rate across serbia. there's a weather alert in play, a for just how high these temperatures are for this year. then there's been some poor air quality in skokie and sophia bulgaria after turkey. we go plenty of sun in the forecast for is stumble with a hive. 20 degrees, few showers drifting around the eastern mediterranean,

finding their way into the ban. so showers for bay roots and ramallah. we did set some record temperatures for coastal cities in morocco, about 3637 degrees. there's been more flooding in nigeria and the rain is still falling here on sunday. now for south africa, those rains are pepin up again and especially around as white, teeny, and southern most in big or the next 24 to 48 hours. that's it from be i'll catch up with the next hour to with sponsored by catch all day ways and talk to al jessie. we also do you believe women of afghanistan were somehow abandoned by the international community? we listen, we have a huge price for the role. i've been a terrorist that's going on and so money we meet with global news makers. i'm talk about the story stuck on al jazeera. we understand the differences and similarities of cultures across the world. so no matter what and when use and current for that

matter to you with a welcome back here watching al jazeera mind, if our top stories, as our chinese president gene paying has clinched a historic 3rd term is head of the communist party deals are now 6 all the new members of the party senior leadership group is dominated by jean loyalists 2 of the likely runners in the race to become the case. next. prime minister, have held face to face talks by force, johnson and richie c knox say they have the support of at least a 100 m. p. 's. the number needed in tip to raise ukraine's president has urged people to save electricity in the face of russian attacks on pal vicinities.

several strikes in the past 2 weeks have caused rolling blackouts and ukrainian cities out there has gained exclusive access to one of ukraine's military posts in the north eastern khaki province, just a few 100 meters from russia's border and until recently was under the control of moscow's forces i'll just eras to have a loss that reports the uncertainty is overwhelming. despite the uninterrupted shilling ukrainian troops wait, ready for what will unfold, name. they stand by vigilant as ours turned to days near the border of khaki proven . instead of cause barricades now cover roads that lead into the main city. the sound of shelling has become so familiar. it is now part of the soldier's daily routine. but the russians are attacking us on

a daily basis that we're holding our own and defending our ground. we won't let anyone here again fall green for months. the russians controlled this territory along the border. they eventually left, overpowered by ukrainian forces. much of the area now bears the signs of war. abandoned villages now military zones, surrounded by the aftermath of fear fighting, al jazeera, managed to go inside, one of ukraine's barricades, where attack felt always the threat. the military posts were built by russian troops before they withdrew. now they used by ukrainian who also make use of the weapons left behind by their enemy arrows case on your printer. we are on the defensive but were also in total control. we had defending our skies and our land. this here is an anti aircraft defense system. we use to hunt them down. we are

given access tony some of these trenches where ukrainians are developing new strategy. but beyond a certain point, where told filming must stop throwing william lizzy thought and so we dig ditches to hide from the enemy, and for protection from the winters cold trenches all warmer, especially if we set a fire digging ditches is exhausting work, but they have very useful military tools, friendship is fullness to hope over. most civilians have decided to stay away from the area even after rushes withdraw. had he not that then because this post is so close to russia's border, ukrainian troops are in a constant state of alert innocence, expecting the unexpected. they know their russian counterpart for likely carrying out the same orders just a few 100 meters away from them out of shape. and as to who island journey been to have alaska al jazeera, along the ukrainian russian border. people in columbia have protested against

economic reforms proposed by the president, gustavo petro wants to increase taxes on people earning more than $2300.00 a month was under empathy reports from bonita dressing, wiping displaying patriarchy symbols. a 1000, colombians marched through the capital rubica with a long list of grievances against the 2 months old governments of gustavo pay through it all. my. we are very worried by what's happening in the country, the crime and economic insecurity. the uncertainty with the tax, political, and electoral reforms, that's why entrepreneurs fleeing the country. that's why the dollar is now almost $5000.00 pesos. most of them are middle and upper middle income colombians that could directly be affected by the government's ambitious tax reform that aims to race almost $6000000000.00 to find social programs. oh, others are workers of the oil in mining sector,

the fear pinterest promise to accelerate the transition towards clean energy and go yeah, not bad at all. petros government has a totally irresponsible, ultra environmentalist position a protest to prematurely. and one of the sectors contributes the most to the controls economy. that generates hundreds of thousands of jobs, like these people came into office following a wave of discontent in the means for change in a country deeply defined by social and economic inequality. is ambitious agenda goes from seeking total peace, 100 deals with rebel groups and crime gangs to a series of reforms to change the traditionally market friendly policies in the country from health to pensions, to land reform. this sarah owning when my recent polls shows petra's approval, fell from 56 to 46 percent. you're mostly due to concerns about the difficult economic situation. the honeymoon period has ended, but that not means that we are going to see a separate or even

a salary of the relationship between the cds and re and the korean government. i still thing the big korean gorman has a large political capital. do that will allow him to operate, at least for a year. more organizers are calling for another demonstration a week from now to keep pressure on the government, but to have any chance to stop the reform from going forward. and congress there will need to mobilize a much larger number of protesters. allison that i'm a jersey double. gotta say we're in media reporting, an unidentified drone has attacked a u. s. military base near the eastern city of dead us all drone is believed to have fired several missiles of the facility and comes a day off to serious defense ministry said it had intercepted an israeli miss all over damascus. is there any forces have shot and wounded

a palestinian teenager who they suspect of stabbing and israeli man? the 16 year old was shot in the shape to ra neighbourhood of hokey parties, to re slim on saturday. and he say the teen fled the scene off to the attack. the victim has been critically wounded. a senior member of the palestinian armed group. the lions den has been killed that he 3 old tamara kalani is a prominent member of the group. the lions den has claimed responsibility for a number of attacks on illegal settlements and military checkpoints in the occupied west bank. over the past few weeks. they've blamed israeli forces for colonies killing the horn of africa is facing one of his worst droughts in 4 decades. it's putting the lives of 3000000 pastora and northern can yet risk. as the men leave home to her, their animals, the women are left behind. but the children are now being forced to such for water and increasingly dangerous conditions. we spoke to one of those women. yes,

i was in the window. i was going to tell you, my name is selena paula honey, i am from to con or county in northern virginia. i have 6 children and a husband and i am his 2nd wife ive been charcoal and make rooms. that's how i make my living. i mean, yeah, like dead. i mean i get on every morning i go to the river to feed the water. it's a long distance away. i take the water from shallow welds alongside the woman. sometimes the wolves of the well collapse and it can be dangerous. the water is also usually very dirty about in the united coming out. now the 1st thing you do when you go to the well is removed the dirty water until it is clean. we use these containers to drag the water home. it's a long process. it takes me hours to do several trips to my home. when i arrive home, it's already late and i'm tired, all the money out. now when i get back on,

i have to do all the choice. i have to go to the market. the money i get from the market is what i use to buy some food for my family. to day i don't know what my children will. 8. there is no money for breakfast, lunch or dinner on the broom and chuckle. business is not doing well. people have no money. if i don't get money, my children will sleep hungry and every one has been affected by the drought. the rains have failed. my family have been hit hard. the children are not eating low, load and unload. it won't let them know when you move it. i and they can, i had forgot. 3, have died as the result of the trout. sometime back, i heard that food was being distributed in some villages. but these areas of fi i could not get the bottom of the line. i can get them out as the one that i need. i hope we will soon get help from the government. we are hungry and how can we survive under these circumstances?

thousands of people have gathered in several cities across here to whole rallies against the west on saturday. ah, demonstrate to said they were against interference by western nations in the conflict in the northern region of to grey. their accusing the u. s. supporting rebels and the conflict and undermining the government's efforts and fighting. tens of thousands of people in berlin have marched in solidarity without a government protest. as in iran, the german demonstration on saturday follows wide spread protests across iran. spoked by the death of masa many 22 year old, died in the custody of the countries. morality police back in september. ah, i was castle proposed to host the well cup in just 28 days. anticipation is growing for the women's world cup next year. for a smile reports from dough on the surgeon,

popularity for the women's game. one of the world's best players are coming to katara this year, aspiring boys and girls, so like 8 year old dream i'll funny is just one of the young players defying stereotypes about the region. i started paying for both from watching matches and i started to beat that can better say i continued to play. when you told your parents you want to play football, what did they say? they're encouraging to play more and more and get better level. the coaches hearsay women's footballing cutter is still at work in progress. but believe the country is heading in the right direction. yeah, i didn't really know what to expect, and i've never really been out here before. and but when i arrived and i saw the girls play in that was already a lot since me coming in and the programs that we've been running, we've like triple the amount of numbers since to start. so that can only keep growing and grow and, and it's a positive impact that we can make on, on the future goes home. hope all is governing by you see faces at 160000000 women

across the globe playing the game by 2020 sakes. now that's a double the number that were involved in football less than a decade ago. danish international nadia nadeem is an ambassador for the cats are 2022 world cup. born in afghanistan, her family fled to denmark after her father was executed by the taliban. 2 decades ago, football was always my savior. i would say it has fault me. everything that i know and it kind of integrated me in the society right away quick. it helped me to learn the language called danish friends. understand the, you know, the differences. similarities of these 2 cultures code. there are different. i at this training session in doha football has brought together girls from at least 30 different countries. i was born in manchester and football. it's a big part of the local culture was allowed me to be like sort of free on the pitch . it also dis.