al jazeera explorer, how the long and bitter fight for the french empire still resonates today. blood and his french tea colonization on al jazeera, emergency services across bank hope are receiving 60000 a snake related calls a year. the reason why we found a more snacks in house is just because the aggressive expansion of the city, they don't have a choice because their natural habitat isn't there anymore. there's one place in the homes of the city where they're welcome. they're coming out now with a king cobra, which is the largest venomous snakes in the world. this is one of the few places where they milk them, that have been this is the red cross snake bomb, a regional hub, the anti been in production. hello. this center produces enough anti venom to most of south east asia. there are some parts of the world which supplies a desperately showed. ah.

a standoff in the mediterranean, the captain of a migrant rescue ship allowed to dock honestly refuses to leave until all on board are allowed to disembark. ah, hello moline site, this is alan, just they're alive from dive, also coming up millions of ukrainians, living in the dob president, zalinski warns people might need to leave keith 8 bratia hits more power incentives, these economy and future democracy, ways on the minds of u. s. virgin as candidates, make that final push a day before the midterm elections and at least 10 people a missing a day off, a building collapse due to fire in iraq's captain. ah,

i welcome to the program. we begin in southern italy, where there is a standoff between officials and a rescue ship carrying migrants and refugees that was allowed to dock on sunday humanity. one has been ordered to leave the sicilian ports of katana, but its captain has refused to do so until every one on board is allowed to disembark. some including miners in those needing medical treatment, were able to leave the ship. a 2nd rescue ship carrying 572 people has also docked in sicily. but only $357.00 have disembarked from the norwegian flag, jerry barents. and there are another to rescue ships in the area that haven't been allowed to dock anyway. as the german run rise above an over crowded vessel with 93 people on board and the ocean viking, which is operated by the european charity s o s mediterranean italy's minister

infrastructure as cold for an end of india led rescue operations in italian waters . as here, saline described them as organized trips linked to the smuggling of arms and drugs into the country. well, italy's only black m p clemons lead were, has this to say. yeah, i want to talk to alex gotch, elephant. we're seeing a witch hunt, jews know a lot about this. whole blacks know a lot about this. but all to those who lived through this type of discrimination, know a lot about it. what are stuck in there? the migrants fault is to speak under the language and to have a difference king color. my grants are at fault for being human. this is shameful. that even bullet or clarence lead were, is actually the head of the mission on the german vessel. rise above which is still at sea with $89.00 people on board. it's operated by the humanitarian group mission lifeline. he says many people on board a sick and in need of medical help. on the 3rd of november,

we are able to take our people on got o wester, from boats and distress. and we immediately requested a port of safety and you were on today the 7th of november, and we still have people on board so that no request for no request of us was on swords. and due to the stress of the situation with heavy see the weather and also injury and illness of the people they already have during that you need the overall condition of august not. and in the last 2 days, we had to evacuate the 6th of august. you. ready 2 critical medical conditions, we are not able to treat all small ship more than half of all people on board. our

children and women, the children are between 7 months and 17 years old. we found them on a boat in distress and they are on a move and they are in small, overcrowded wooden boats, which are not able to cross a notion. so dad, severe states off condition ukraine must brace the more russian attacks on energy facilities. some be prepared for assistant power blackouts across the country. that was a message for president of a lot of residents getting his nightly address on sunday. one energy company says there was a 32 percent short for wind power supplies nationwide. on monday, the mayor key vitality kitch go, has worn people in the capital to prepare for worst case scenario. where

electricity, i'm a completely cut off. that passage is i expected across 7 regions. i said bank has moved from cavity and central ukraine. we understand that are taking place across the country schedule because the company say, hey inquiry, for example, the already preparing for the event, you know, we went, we went to visit to the bunker yesterday with a set up a generator blankets for people. food, i mean, were told by the authorities here is around 300 set up in this city alone. and just to give you an idea of quivery, this is the home time of your pregnant bridge venti. and before the war with the country for 110th of the country, g d p. now also the mayor of keep vitality which cope has one people that they may have to leave the capital and go say relatives and friends in the event of an old black house. he said that he should, they shouldn't be pessimistic,

but they should prepare for these events relative on these circumstances. he's told people to buy power bank some blanket. you can, your presence has addressed a nation. this is what he had to say. in this evening stabilization power outages continue and keep and 6 regions more than 4 and a half 1000000 consumers without alec tricity most of them. and now in kiva the key region, it's really difficult or not talking of back out on the sides for some reason has been out with has been without water electricity. now the rest of them the ukrainians, were striking about damage causing that problem, but the ukrainians, in fact, it was the russian forces that have done that their response to the ukrainian advance and the russians have told the residents of cities and has the right person to evacuate the u. s. is just about a day wave miss midterm elections and final campaign rallies have taken place in

several states. president joe biden came out to support the democrats and new york state, where his policy is facing unexpectedly tight contests. biden warranted republican success could threaten us democracy. today's is the most important election in our life. tribes is going to take shape in this country for decades to come world laws inflection point. i'm innocent, shirley, where what's gonna happen the next couple years is going to have more to do with what this country looks like 20 years from now. then anything else? meanwhile, former president donald trump has been campaigning in florida. he's blamed biden, and the democrats, the high inflation saying the u. s. is struggling to compete globally, biden, and the far left lunatics are waging war in your jobs, your safety, your values, and your freedom. they're strangling fraud or families. they're hitting florida. very hard. with soaring brushes and devastating what they're doing to tourism. if

you think about a tourism and hospitality service industries with crippling inflation at a dollar. and nobody talks about this, that is value at a level that makes our country unable to compete with other countries, especially in tourism and in manufacturing, and says and wash sent a say with more on the campaigning. no, donald trump and joe biden went to states where they knew they would get a good reception. they want to make sure that they can put forward a positive message in these final. busy hours of the mid term campaign, donald trump, in florida, there to support marco rubio, who is in a tight senate race against val, demons are democratic congresswoman and he spent a lot of the time talking about the possibility of launching his own presidential campaign very soon. and how he was wronged in the 2020 election. but doug managed

to mention michael review a few times as for joe biden. then things in new york are a lot tighter than he would expect. particularly in the battle for the governor's race. kathy herschel is in a very tight race with lisa alden, who has been endorsed by donald trump. so he's going there to add his support. but it's clear that as we get closer to election day, both parties really want to put their best face forward to the electorate. are they sure to tune in a $2100.00 g m t on monday for our previous us, midterms will have an hour long special. what's at stake in this vase and our coverage on pulling day begins at one g m t on wednesday. we'll have correspondence across the u. s. plus reaction to the results from a wide range of analysts. nicaragua, governing party, looked set to win in municipal elections, giving a near total control of local governments at despite cost. and we called the vait,

which many have described as illegitimate as under ram here to reports even improved government television, puny, correct ones, were seen voting and sundays. municipal elections voting day arrived after a campaign without rallies electoral events or any real position in olds. that observers say we're a force exiled opposition. leaders called for a boycott. i remember again that there is a spring since a family, the people. these are possibly the worst elections we've had in recent years. there is no competition and no freedom when more than 300000 nicaraguans were forced to flee the country. but some who did vote in the capital my now were think otherwise . for the longer i went era for us nicaraguans, these are true elections. here we are demonstrating that we have the right to vote . president danielle ortega sandinista. national liberation front already controls 141 of the countries, 153 municipalities. it could govern all of them after sunday.

and in the past 2 years, most opposition parties have been outlawed in their candidates jailed on friday, they enter american commission on human rights denounced nicaragua, seeing it lacked quote, the minimum necessary conditions to hold free and fair elections. it called on the government to re establish democratic guarantees and stop the crack down that is only resource. and since the police and paramilitary groups repressed citizen protest in 2019 he got our in nicaragua, government forces killed more than 500 people. it is prohibited to display a national flag in the street. there are more than 250 political prisoners and horrible conditions. 13000 injures have been closed, even priests are being arrested. and in nicaragua, the possibility of citizen participation in free and transparent elections has gone

. we need international help at all of your present or dig in his wife, vice president to rosario moody. you said sundays was a boat for peace, but a couple has increasingly employ deltore, terry, and tactics to keep their grip on power. o exiled nicaraguans took to the streets in neighboring costa rica to protest the boat. the i own or a samar money. we are demonstrating against the electoral fraud that ortega is trying to impose on the citizens to day. another, a 100 civil society organizations were forcibly closed on friday before the vote. as the government gets every day closer to a single party control of the country. allison gonna be at the ambassador? still head on out. is there a campaign in hong kong? raleigh, to save the cities famous neon signs. ah .

hello, weather doesn't let see bad across much of china at the moment, sir. lastly, fine, and dry bits and pieces of mr. vogul ways going to be an issue at this time of year cause the high pressure does dominate. so that does keep it largely settled. light winds as well. a few showers there into western northern parts of japan. for a time tokyo should be largely dried around $21.00. so she's cleaned parishioner, essentially pretty settle here as well. we got some showers coming into were western parts, central areas, norm parts of bird china to go through the next couple of days, attending to pete route. as they bumped into our hi, they'll be a few showers down towards a se one a to shout. they're just coming into taiwan. should be fighting dry still warmer in hong kong temperatures, around $26.00 celsius. meanwhile, across south asia is natal hoffer showers to the south showers to the north. we got

some more wet, whether they're just being driven in on the or ne lehman see where to whether coming back into tumble nato and corolla into sri lanka, and western disturbance across northern parts of pakistan. bringing some rather heavy rain for a time just running away towards the far north west of pakistan through northern parts of india. to the south. that is lottie fine and settled. ah. in the light of the open sea hides a dark secret. men forced to work without paying inflate for years, but a glimmer of hope remain for the forgotten fisherman. as a group of activists dev deep into the illegal fishing industry, demanding justice and freedom. go sleet. a witness documentary on al jazeera

lou. ah welcome back to watching out. as a reminder, our top story to south in italy, a rescue ship the docs in sicily on sunday has been ordered to leave the course of catania. the captain has refused to do so, and to all refugees in margaret's have just involved ukraine's president has wound up more russian attacks on energy facilities. lots of miss zalinski says cities need to be prepared for long running power outages. and the u. s. is about a day away from its crucial midterm elections. president joe biden, on his predecessor, donald trump, have been running support various camp a top prisons official in the

philippines has been charged with the murder of a journalist. post of alma vasa was shot and killed near his home in manila on october. the 3rd. he had been a vocal critic of the bureau of corrections chief geral ballantine, as well as other officials, accusing them of corruption, anti allegedly pressured imprison gang leaders to hire a gunman to kill my bossa. the philippines is one of the wells most dangerous countries for jonas. on below is in milan. manila, yes. more in pest. but my boss is murder. he was gone down in a gated village in a suburb of the philippine capital manila. by bask gunmen in motorcycles. now i'm in the days after the murder politicians as well as private businessmen pulled together reward money that amounted to more than a $100000.00. and because of this on october 18th, or partly because of this on october 18th,

a man claiming to be one of the gun men turned up and he confessed to or being one of the gunmen. and he said this is because he feared for his life. and he also claimed that the order came directly from the national penitentiary. but also on that day, a few hours after that confession, an inmate died in the new billy big prison. now this inmate was allegedly one of the middle men in, in the murder of the off broadcast journalist per se, about my bossa. but we did not know about this, this death until october 20th that they were trying to apparently cover up the death of this inmate. now, in the 1st autopsy, the finding was that there was no foul play, but in the 2nd independent autopsy, the finding was that this inmate died of asphyxia or that that he was like lee, his head was slightly covered by a plastic bag and he suffocated to to his death. so having now established this

link between the border and the new bill bit prison, which is the local name for the national penitentiary. police and other investigators from the national bureau of investigation. they went full scale into investigating cramped criminal activities within the nation. of deliberated prison . the opening ceremony, the un climate conference is taking place in the egyptian city of shamu shake. artist spends have a busy 2 weeks ahead with the reports by the well mature political organization finding the last 8 years have been just on record. delegates and cop $27.00 have already agreed to include the issue of climate change compensation for developing nations. french president, manny mackerel, says about nations. me to pay that fast share. how's it difficult it is. it doesn't, it that we need the united states and china to really be on board. if i were to simplify things on emissions, are backless for the richest to be present, ready to pay their fair share. on this point, i want to be clear. europeans will pay,

but we can't be the only ones. we also need to put pressure on the rich non european countries to say you have to pay your share oral bazzi plans to officially ask the international court of justice to clarify who is responsible for the climate crisis. the pacific island nation is one of 16 countries who will table a draft resolution of the next un general assembly to make the request. any opinion would be non binding, but it would hold immense legal authority. some pacific islands could be entirely underwater by the end of the century. if sea level rises go on, checked my only pill as a research fellow, the australian national universities institute climate energy and disaster solutions. she says for many pacific nations, the situation is now desperate. climate change mean some an existential threat for some of some of the countries there. but it, it goes way beyond just providing finance for

a whole lot of the damages that are course the climate change which will be a big topic of cult $27.00. it remains to be seen whether there will be a finance being made available that is then labeled compensation or whether this is going to be a financial mechanism that really helps to address loss and damage. so maybe we won't say something that is labeled compensation, but the financial assistance will be there in moving forward. this is an existential crisis, and it is really high on the agenda. 27. it is. it is actually on the official gender for the 1st time. so it is a high priority because that is really what developing countries need in order to address the impact of climate change that has been caused by historical emissions by rich nations. it would be incredibly complex to decide who gets what, who's more vulnerable, who gets at what point in time would be really complex to negotiate.

and these are all questions that are probably going to be on the table at cop 27. and you will see some c, s, nicole negotiations around at least 10 people are still missing in iraq today. also building cool fire and collapsed risky crews on the scene and say the cause of place is not clear. rog, civil defense direction. several firefighters are among the injured for mobile materials, such as puffy, reportedly stored at the property heavy rains, northern columbia, target mud signs that destroyed at least 70 homes, the village of po, whole husband, lashed by heavy down power. dan paused since saturday night around 80 families were forced to move to safety. 5 percent of palestinians in the occupied westbank have learning or physical disabilities. they have a stigma and have limited opportunities to lead a full life. and the government has scant or sources to help, but

a bethlehem based organization is helping some of those with disabilities. i am i here on the side of the river. i am at responsible for reminding hire an organization. we are a day program for people with intellectual disabilities. actually when we 1st started in 2009, we had no idea or about opening a hotel, but am due to the difficult financial situation where we had the idea that we have this beautiful building. why not to have an income generating project? and this, the profit that comes from the, this project is going to help with the sustainability of the organization. we believe that each person is unique, each person has an ability is there,

learns that can be trained to do better and better. first of all, they are very, very happy to be part of this team. it is obvious when we tell them or we have guests, we need your help. let's go to the hotel. it also raises their self esteem. our goal is not just to hire a few people with disabilities or at the hotel, but also to change the idea and the whole society and the families as well. many of the families a hide their children. they don't want to speak about them. we can be an example we can be assigned in the society and this sure. people that the people with disabilities are able to be part of their working team.

if you think about hong kong, you're likely to picture the neon signs lining its streets in the 19 seventies and estimated 80000 of them less of the city and now only a few 100. a laughed and community groups of pushing to preserve hong kong famous glow. jessica washington reports and collin, is known as one of the world's brightest cities. a reputation earned due to the glow of its distinct neon life. somewhat crafted by this man, would she kite? he learned the trade as a teenager case had put hom dog olga eighty's and ninety's of the golden age for me on lights when the economy was prosperous. um, when i started working as a neon sign maker, i foresaw that they would banish one day. yeah. yeah. no flower can blossom for a 100 years. good times cannot last forever guy. some community groups estimate there were about $80000.00 neon signs around hong kong in the 19 seventy's. to day

it's estimated only a few 100 on left. the government is removing old and oversized science. it considers a threat to the public around the city community groups have set up displays like this showcasing some of the old meal science that have been taken down in the hope that this part of hong kong identity won't be forgotten. some volunteers have been storing old neon signs and a learning to repair them to they have endured like different kinds of like weather conditions in the streets for decades. 20 or 30 years easily. of course they look like rough around the edges but they are not rubbish. to me like, by studying them very closely or broadly, you could actually tell a lot of stories about hong kong city and hong kong people. academic brian coke has been recording neon signs since 2016. you could tell that a lovely, almost like a has been disappearing with don't trace with dull mock austin or leon. i

was there. but on the day after they disappear, if no one tried to document it, our culture or racial cultural, we were disappearing to the few noon sign makers left many anal focusing on smaller products or installations for art exhibitions. i'm told you i will try my best to make good me on silent b o long. so people believed they deserve to be preserved, although to the whole year. despite the challenges, woo says he will continue making signs as his father did before him. jessica washington out as hero hong kong. because in hong kong has upheld the conviction of a veteran journalist accused of making false statements for story on attacks against pro democracy protesters in 2019 by choi, was found guilty of deceiving the government in applying for access to license plate information. she was investigating who attacked protesters than a subway station in 2019. maybe professionals say her conviction is another example

of eroding press freedoms. ah oh fans and argentina getting ready to travel to cas, are to watch that scene. play in the fif of world cup out there as theresa by a caught up with them in buenos aires. oh, it seems like the world cup has already started in this blas him when a site is there all travelling to cut out for the well couple. and this is the last barbecue, before their trips. i really narrow that he says, most of them have become expert in finding the most affordable way to accompany argentina's team in doha. for those on yucca no thing a lot. i finished. i haven't gone on holiday for 2 years, saving every pay so to by dollars to be able to make this trip. i'll dollar is devalued so it costs more and i will travel with civil stop overs. we stay in the cheapest place but we will be there. ah,

i . 7 because of the taxes that have been a me with the what every time i go to lemme indiana, my friend more law says that doing the last well cup he travelled to russia but had to pay 3 times more on his credit card when he returned. because of differences in the exchange rate, when it was on a positive, anyone lit up on the, in russia, it happened that we left with a dollar at 14. and then there was a devaluation to $21.00. and i spent everything and had to re plan everything like we managed, we're argentines, and we used to crisis like we had damage to the data. but i, he really had lung cancer 3 years ago. he was a professional football player and had to change his life. and cindy miller and i both decided i had pain in my chest and took ibuprofen. i went to the doctor and

there was a spot they thought it was pneumonia. in the end i had cancer when i had surgery and woke up, i looked at my father and see if i survive this, we're going to the world cup. father and son have tickets to watch other countries, but not argentina. they say living this well come together is their biggest gift, are leveraging our whole lives change. we have a new calendar which are his controls that happen every month and living. this has been a challenge on the economic side. on the personal side, we still don't have tickets to see argentina, but i'm hoping we will get them. oh, passion for food boy and unit macy runs. hi here. fans traveling to cat are, are leaving all their troubles behind with one thing in common. their support for the team they love. that is i will, i'll just see that when a site is ah.