tv News Al Jazeera August 20, 2023 8:00pm-8:31pm AST
8:00 pm
the carrying with them fungus bacteria and how do we can predict to that, that with increase of global temperature and the sea temperature, the number of the stuff do we always going to increase as well? what changes to our ecosystem become visible 40 to 50 years later, but it's already too late by then, and chances of reversing it nearly impossible. the voting is underway in ecuador, as presidential election days after one of the candidates was assassinated, the serial then yeah, it's great to have you with us. this is elsa 0. live from bill. also coming up the dutch confirmed they will supply ukraine with the f. 16 jets to help in the fight against russia. russians 1st move mission in almost 50 years,
8:01 pm
fails as it spacecraft crashes into the lunar surface and celebrations in sidney spain. beat england to win the women's world cup to the 1st time. the site security is in place across ecuador as the nation cast ballots. and the presidential election, the voting has taken place just days after one of the candidates was assassinated. the army was deployed to several cities, the head of the votes, and the president declared a state of emergency after a tax on several candidates. the increase in organized crime and gang violence dominated campaigning. the head of the pole about 50 percent of voters said that they were still undecided, making the selection one of the most unpredictable in decades. our latin america editor, lucy, a newman, has more now from quito. ahmed eco doors unprecedented political and
8:02 pm
security crisis, an unprecedented snap general election. a religious ceremony flanked by special forces served as the final campaign event, police down to the thought would replacing assassinated anti corruption and crime candidates. but not it will be said seal, because it is when the request of ecuador is now a knock of state. and otherwise, how can we explain what's happening? we are a country that exports the largest amount of drugs abroad that also consumes as many drugs at home. if he seems to pick up the reading of the polls by diminishing margin as lawyer lisa gonzales from the left wing citizen revolution party, still led by exiled former president bluff. i go to that. he was sentenced to 8 years and up sent you on corruption charges that he denies from abroad. he told ecuador, and set the good days will be back under lisa gonzales. you will 5 that i see
8:03 pm
a country on its knees for going to start to put it back on its feet so we can walk and then run in a year and a half were going to control security in the country, the prisons and the borders with the candidate who post to use an iron fist against crime is 40 year old jun topic, a kyra's method newcomer in politics. the millionaire economist and security impresario shows off his tattoos from recent military missions. he flashing the french foreign legion in somalia, syria and ukraine, and was trained as a sniper topic last off comparisons to ramble, but chose out to xerox. he admires el salvador is controversial president and i can i also get on with buddies and i don't agree with everything he does. but if that's something that i admire about el salvador is president of which we will implemented . my government is his clarity and determination. read a new form of leadership with energy. urgency is determined to do what is necessary now. although it's a door and have a lot of choice since the winter of won't have
8:04 pm
a lot of time. according to the constitution, the new president can only stay in office long enough to finish the outgoing president's administration. in other words, about 18 months after that, there will have to be a new presidential election, a situation many believe will increase instability and govern ability. here in ecuador, the see and human, i'll just here i clicked on. but let's see a new enjoys this now from kito lucy authorities and for a lot of security around this election for the vote to take place without any kind of problems. how is it going well, so far it seems to be going pretty calmly. we're in one of the largest pulling stations in the capital, a capital where there's a steady stream of voters coming in. people seem calm, but all is not normal. just over night. the can that it could be students who did that, who was replacing the can, who is rather replacing the can that if it was assassinated, received, he says
8:05 pm
a death threats from mexico's a highly skilled cartel. and the, the, the message was very short. it said, so did that tremble. so there is still a sense that whoever wins is they are serious about trying to secure a safety for forwarded every people and crack down on organized crime. their lives will be in danger as well. there's a, there is a sense that also that whoever wins may not be able to do very much in just a year and a half. so people are feeling that they're coming here to the, to the polls. but that there don't have great expectations that is going to make a huge amount of difference to their lives. it didn't explain to us earlier that this creates a demand for security among voters. which candidates benefit from this the most i'm sorry, could you repeat that once again?
8:06 pm
if you cut out just a tad, it's no, absolutely what i'm just wondering within the political field, who are the candidates who benefit the most from the situation where voters will obviously place a great emphasis on security. of course, well the, the candidates who would at least theoretically benefit the most would be those who have a very, very strong anti crime, anti corruption as slowly and, and, and, and the program, but until the, the assassination of, via visa. and so the only one who really spoke about is all the time, was this candidate thought, be close, been nicknamed the ecuadorian ramble wood. now they're all saying the same thing. so people say, well, okay, now they're all talking about it. everybody's promising to crack down to use a heavy hand does. and so just to the border to stop the drugs from coming in from neighboring peru and columbia. but. a there's put corruption in the police,
8:07 pm
they say of the going to, they're going to take out the corrupt elements from the police and the army. but it's a, it's like a face. i think that's the real problem. at least from the point of view of the voters. so when you ask them who are you going to vote for? if lack of security is your main problem, they say really, none of them seem to really be up to the challenge. that's what we're hearing. so far, but clearly they have to vote for someone and they will make a choice which could be may be described as the least as the, the best option out of a not very positive bunch from their option from their point to view. and that's really interesting context. latin america at it through lucy, a newman, thank you very much. reporting there from quito, a presidential run off is underway in guatemala voters or choosing between a progressive congressman, bernardo arvalo, and sandra torres, a former 1st lady and conservative candidate. and while were apollo is following events in guatemala city of the things id is brewing. over
8:08 pm
guatemala is national election. which county bank consent, guatemala city recent says she's trying to stay optimistic. i know that whatever happens, i feel that we should take it in a positive way and extract something good from it because there will always be something negative, sky, the sconce, echo the minds of many guatemalans as the nation prepares to cast its vote. the lead up to the election between center left candidates, the man what even in former 1st lady, some victories has been marked by smear campaigns, allegations of fraud and even concerns over the integrity of the democratic process of the upcoming national election. not only represents a critical test of guatemalan democracy, there's concerns over worsted in crime, food security and climate change. but it's the question over how to jumpstart the nation's economy. that resonates most among voters. one of the greatest challenges
8:09 pm
guatemala is next president will face is creating prosperity in a deeply, an equal country where over 60 percent of the population lives below the poverty line. i look forward a suffolk public is compounded by unemployment worse and which conditions and also the increasing price is between 20212022 the basic cost of living rooms by 12 percent. but salaries only increased by one. so these realities, generation, and immediate and daily concern among what the balance is, i mean, they don't know what economists say, a lack of job opportunities makes guatemala, one of the countries with the highest emigration rates in latin america. with them i looked into what you end up looking, what am i 80 percent of the economic, the active population disengaging for my labors. so therefore, when population can find formerly employment, they typically have 2 options of working in the form of sector, or migrating to the united states as good on the federal fund or not. i meant to say begin issue with the,
8:10 pm
the owner update goes coffee shop says despite voter anxiety, there is hope the winter of sundays election will have the necessary qualities to stir the nation toward a brighter economic future basic and fertilizer. but they're, the people will have their see. what we're going to do is try to continue working in the best way, fulfilling our obligations to the extent we can. because the situation is also complex. much like the intricate part of brewing the perfect cup of coffee, addressing the many economic challenges facing the country, will require a delicate balance of policy and strategy. but with the 0, guatemala city. let's take a look closer. look at guatemala as presidential candidates. you've got bernardo arvalo, who is now the front runner. he is expected to secure over 60 percent of the vote. he's a congressman. he's the son of guatemala. as 1st democratically elected president. essential left party is running on an antique corruption platform,
8:11 pm
and he is facing off with sandra torres, a former 1st lady in conservative candidate. she has unsuccessfully salt the presidency twice before her party is running on a campaign to bolster social programs to address poverty throughout the country. meanwhile, were paulo spoke to political enlist moriello chang for lex? yeah, today's election is a historical election for many reasons, but most importantly, because our democracy is at risk. on one hand, we have an option that symbolizes and represents the last 3 corrupt governments. on the other hand, we have a different option. the for many people that will choose that option, symbolizes hope symbolizes change. but most importantly, symbolizes the opportunity to stop the box lighting though we've had suffer for our democracy over the last 3 years. and in terms of the candidates themselves, you know, whoever is going to win the selection and be a guatemala, is the next president. certainly facing quite a few challenges. this question of malnutrition, the economy there's, there's
8:12 pm
a lot going on. what can you tell us in terms of the main difference between these 2 candidates in terms of policy, in terms of ideology and i, well i want you to imagine that this is like my little marvels and games moving like the last month on one side we have the citizens with their ballots, with their freedom to choose and ready to defend their democracy. on. on the other side, we have some of the doors, but also other the, the other political, traditional parties that had been in wanting to get the, the, the, the winning and this election. and they have the courts, they have the public ministry and they have every other exact dates that they will try to stop in this election for being a clean and transparent. so that's the thing that you can imagine. denmark is to donate 19 fighter jets to ukraine. for its ongoing war with russia finish prime minister and methyl frederick's and said that she hopes to deliver the 1st 6 f sixteens around the new year. showing. this is one more step and strengthening
8:13 pm
ukraine's air defenses. we will use f, 16 jets to keep russian terrace away from ukrainian cities and villages mock and i have agreed on the number of f sixteens that will be provided to you. crane. after our pilots and engineers have been trained, alexander of both have a, a is the editor in chief of the swiss military review, and he explains how the supply of f, 16 fighter jets will impact ukraine's war efforts. as you can imagine, that the situation is going to change in the coming weeks and coming months because russian air forces has become emboldened by the facts that's a less and less of ukrainian aircraft. we're able to take to the air and interest and fire ms files at that. so without a sufficient number of airplanes, ukrainian air force cannot maintain it's, it's a territorial,
8:14 pm
it's the air space integrity. we're going to see in the coming months, more ukrainian airplanes. and therefore, this will probably push back the russian air force strength. these airplanes are multi row and because they are stitches with a very comprehensive electronic sweets and even the older generation f sixteens that you're talking about now has been modernized repeatedly. they are capable of air defense. they are capable of recognizance including electronic suppression, jamming missions. and of course, a striking capabilities. so air to ground capabilities as well. rushes 1st mission to the moon in almost 50 years has failed. its luna, 25 spacecraft lost control and crashed while trying to land russian space agency
8:15 pm
says the craft moved in an unpredictable orbits before colliding with the surface of the moon. the failed attempt is a blow to moscow's ambitions and the global race to reach the lunar south pole. while earlier i spoke with amy lynn thompson, a science journalist about this, a miss was the 1st mission in 50 years for russia. it was also the 1st mission under the flag of just russia, because the last time they went to the moon, they were under the banner of the soviet union. so this was really a mission to prove themselves and say that they could, you know, handle interplanetary missions. they were originally supposed to do this mission with the european space agency. but after they invaded the ukraine and everything sort of fell apart with partnerships around the world. so this was an opportunity to stay relevant and you know, this versioning field of everyone wanting to go to the moon. china has
8:16 pm
a lander on the far side of the moon. the united states has been to the moon countless times and are planning missions to go back. but in terms of other countries, you know, access to space is more readily available than it's ever been in history. so now all of these countries are trying to do the impossible to do the great things of, of getting to the moon and they're realizing that it's more difficult than what they expected. still ahead on alpha 0 news. here's qu, leaders propose a 3 year transition to civilian rule, as they try to stave off military intervention by their neighbors. thousands more people leave their homes in the canadian province of british columbia as wildfires . rage across the country's west, the frank assessments parties of the day just started unequivocally with the teenagers who were shots, the policies of the rights who started on the clinic keys with the police so that
8:17 pm
they have some micro quote between a real kind of hot place inside story on al jazeera since its inception, in 1961, the quaint fund has been supporting people's livelihoods and over 100 countries, by funding projects in an array of sectors ranging from infrastructure to health and education. these initiatives ultimately helped eradicate poverty and promote sustainable development across young actor based and organizes around them of move to they to and politically engaged to southern just they face couldn't be more daunting here. and they, we were the ones who led lights on what was going on in the way the tools, me so media doesn't, there's nothing stuff that goes 7 or 7 on. there's always in
8:18 pm
a number sense permission. we have the agency to create the volume of the generation on al jazeera, the the thing else is 0 or headlines this. our voting is underway in ecuador as general election. it comes just weeks after presidential hopeful was assassinated. more than a 100000 police and soldiers have been deployed to pulling stations and people in guatemala or voting in a presidential run off. it's seen as a test of the country of democracy. the dutch confirmed that they will be supplying ukraine with the f. 16 fighter jets to help in the slide against russia. ukraine
8:19 pm
and president of the mirror zalesky welcome to the historic decision in these year now the military leader is proposing a 3 year transition to civilian rule. the statement from general johnny followed 12, so the delegation from the west african block eco was they also met new. here's the post president mohammed bassoon. because hack has more answering, the gent is called to mobilize. tens of thousands of volunteers gathered outside of new year's nationalist take him to join the armed forces to the agenda. this is a show popular support for last month's coo, inactive defiance, and the face of the threat of military reaction from the west african body eco box, which wants to reinstate the deposed elected president buses. and the crew leader general gianni delivered a message of his own after meeting an echo aust delegation in the capital in. yeah, me neither the national council for the safe guard of the homeland nor the people
8:20 pm
of new jersey war and remain open to dialogue. but let us be clear, if an attack were to buttons are taken against us, it will not be the walk in the park. some people seem to think of the cost of the gauge and also met with president, but assume he's being held with little access to food or electricity. his health is reportedly deteriorating. we met him, we heard from him what was done to him. she told us about the problems he's facing, that people take to the leaders that sent us here. they didn't take use him of treason for acting in the interest of a foreign state, alluding to france, the former colonial power. the tempe didn't even need many panama, the wheel tact, militarily, is to stop what could be seen as a contagion of cruise. there's been cruise in guinea burkina faso and molly countries would carry the echo. last mandate like send a goal and ivory coast wants to stop this, but these states are seen as to close to france. the former colonial power for part
8:21 pm
of the population echo was seen as the armed branch of the former colonial power. the gentle leaders and neighboring malia and burkina faso have sent their military plains in solidarity to new shares, coordinator general gianni and his supporters seem to be determined to cling onto power no matter the consequences. nicholas hawk algae 0. the 10s of thousands of people in weston, canada have been forced to leave their homes as to wildfires, threatened urban centers. one has destroyed several buildings in west colona and the province of british columbia. while further north crews are trying to keep the flames away from the yellow, nice the capital of the northwest territories. federico and reports this is why wild fires are so terrified in an instant, it shifts grows, consuming everything, and everyone in its wake. oh my god,
8:22 pm
this was nicky lawyers view from the passenger seat at the very ends you where the right to the right. that is where we felt the most intense heat in the car. you could feel a little bit of warm driving through it. but most of it, it was just the fear of all the rad. the read, the glow is all that lights up. the sky is here in west cologne and british columbia, where tens of thousands of people have evacuated or been told to, with a no numbers of homes and buildings already destroyed. we will start counting the number of houses when we stop fighting the fires that are burning today. soon as we know, we'll share the information with jeff and julie hoffman evacuated. but they said their community is keeping them updated on what they left behind, remotely. with doorbell cameras were on a facebook group, a community face for a group that just is posting constantly. here's how things look right now out the
8:23 pm
front door. it just gets piece. people some peace of mind, a reassuring glance at their past, and they hope their future after this experience that they say has only strengthened their love of this area. we were generously offered our friend's house while they're out of town. and we've heard again, just hundreds of people offering their places, offering their acreages to store all of their vehicles in their and their toys and their things. this has been a terrible wildfire season for many parts of canada. right now, the country is battling over 1000 wild fires, many of those classified out of control and headed toward new communities. every day, patty calling out to 0. spain has beaten england one mil to win the fee for women's world cup. for the 1st time.
8:24 pm
they become a 5th nation to hold the title. it's even more of an achievement since before this tournament. a lot also had never progressed beyond the last 16. how it's thomas was the game. instead. the, this is in a minute to swim means woke up a complete game changer for the sport, not just women's football in australia, and use even the host nations. but also, i believe in sports, in general, showing what it can achieve in terms of popularity. record attendance is ticket sales and also commercial valley for tv, broad cost, as and certainly this exceptional events going to find listed as of the 1st $2.00 time. first time we've had to 1st time find list in that total match since the local solomon back in 1991. this is only the 9th women's world cup. remember still a flight single band compared to the mens told him and the switches back to 1930 and yes, a new name on the trophy for the 1st time since 2011. 1 goal,
8:25 pm
despite they would technically superior in every sense to england, the reigning european champions, no european and well, comp double for them, spain, they don't need that. so they have a women's world cup, a champions of the world, houses yours for reason has more than the celebrations in madrid. a 3rd season is extraordinary, really given they they lost a lot of flyers before the world cup because about this function players unhappy with the resources being given to the the women's national team and apparently still problems with that coach who has been very much on the fringes of the team celebrations whenever they've won a gave it this, well, this will come in terms of the atmosphere, but right, well, it's the height of the summer head. it's the holiday season in madrid. and it's also very hot. so it's a bit of, it goes down to the moment that changed this morning when thousands made that way over to the venue way into a venue where the box was being screened. the next,
8:26 pm
as you can imagine, ecstatic seems that when the go went in last night when the penalty size, but then again, at the end, not where i mean now is the plaza disabilities, and which right, which is usually the venue for huge funds celebrations when relevant treadway orders punishment is national, say, when i was told by the police that they are expecting people here a bit later. again, those temperatures may be keeping people away for the moment, but i'm sure this place will be absolutely parked when the national take a ride back. we're expecting that to be lights on monday nights. and sonya agree, yeah, go now caught the contrasting emotions in london to this appointment is possible here at this park where england finds, have gathered to support the team, but nevertheless perhaps in a sense of flight coming together, unity to box, the line that says here a lot of anticipation for what turned out to be on lost,
8:27 pm
but nevertheless, the fact that they have finally managed to make it to the point of something which in england see in the walls have not been able to do since 1966 proves that the women's team has the potential to do this and so much more. it has in cars and in spite of home, you rock the guns and of course never the vessel. so inspiring a younger group of people to go into the sports itself. well, that has been criticism of how institutionally there is still this discrepancy between men spoke to on women spoke to particularly james out the president of the football association, who happens to be prince william his decision to stay in england while we, let's see if you have spain went all the way to australia with one of her daughters was seen as a sign that perhaps england still have so much more to do in order to encourage unimed best in the mail. and never the less. this is being taken as
8:28 pm
a when and that's women's football in england has a long way to go. sonya yeah, go out to sarah london. well, congratulations to spain. that's it for me. so then yay! weather is next announces 0. then you've got inside story asking if molly can win. it's baffle to security. state you the, the, the got a minute 15 to bring you up to speed with your whether this one will focus on the middle east and africa. we are seeing some storms of rep for western and saudi arabia, up against the foothills of the huge as mountains on monday. and if we go in for a closer look for the gold states, there's that winds coming off the goal. so it means another human day for us here in doha, with a top temperature of $42.00 degrees,
8:29 pm
temperature is running. bit above average, a person, profits and buckets done through punch drap as well, but of rain still falling in the north. otherwise, central asia pretty well where it should be this time of the year. temperatures are also slowly starting to creep up and assemble that when through the boss for us turns that touch lighter on monday. here we go for the weather story in africa right now in 10 spans of rain, northern benito, go gonna, that will push into burkina faso in these countries. we could see some flooding over the next little bit and some pretty good pockets of rain falling just to the south and the east of child's capital engine meet up. now for southern africa. got to talk about this heat for us a week disturbing spring. a few showers and waiting for cape town, but we've got this belts of huge johannesburg north. we're talking about potentially record breaking temperatures for august and lusaka. on wednesday, caesar, the
8:30 pm
huge reserves of lucio, used an electric battery, some fine to for reducing a reliance on fossil fuels. live, be nice to vast ideas, salt lake, a unique ecosystem that indigenous communities are desperate to protect from a mining people empower asks, is it possible to extract the metal without causing an environmental catastrophe? argentina's white go on. just a renewed fight in northern melody between the military and um, groups few and is speeding up the withdrawal of its peacekeepers, security situation to terrorists kind of molly, women's bathroom for stability and how to form play of shape the conflict. this is the inside story. the
8:31 pm
26 Views
Uploaded by TV Archive on