andrew simmons, al jazeera, belfast.: let's bring in our guests today, joining us from belfast, owen reidy, assistant general secretary of the big -- irish congress of trade unions. nicholas whyte, senior director at apcp. -- apco. and we have graham gudgin, research associate at the university of cambridge, and a former special advisor to the former first minister of northern ireland, david trimble. welcome. the eu is offering some tweaks and changes for. . the du p, why isn't that enough? >> we don't know yet. we will have a look. it does look as if the eu has made a significant effort to cut down the number of checks on what is coming in from great britain to northern ireland. its internal within the u.k., which is obviously uncomfortable for unionists. it feels like northern ireland is a semi detached part of the united kingdom. my guess is it won't be enough, but we should recognize that the eu is moving in the right direction. peter: nicholas whyte in brussels, why should eu law have primacy in northern ireland? ni

andrew simmons, al jazeera, northern ireland. investigation into the beirut port explosion has been suspended after two politicians wanted for questioning filed a complaint against the judge. the former finance minister complained after an arrest warrant was issued for him. he is close to hezbollah, as is his public works minister, who is also wanted for questioning. however reporter faced many obstacles as he tried to talk to public figures about what they knew about the chemical stockpile which exploded, killing more than 200 people. early results from sunday's election in iraq show a coalition led by sheer cleric moqtada al-sadr 1, 73 out of 329 seats. but some political parties have rejected the results. our reporter reports from an opposition stronghold in the south of the country. reporter: for the first time in 20 years, the people of necessary have a voice in iraq's parliament. he is one of four candidates elected to represent the antigovernment movement known as "october," a referen to the nationwide mass protests that b

you case adamant that must change with andrew simmons joins us live now from belfast. andrew, so the u. k. making some very big demands of the e. u. was the response likely to be them from brussels? well it's like as a bait, in fact is almost certain to be very generous when it comes to the whole issue of border checks. of the customs areas are all on the ports here and also regulations on goods. and it's set to be something like half of the half of the customs checks will be lifted on on all of food products. not, not all food products, but most of them, and also apply products as well. and medicines will be free flowing, so that making major concessions, but the issue of the european judges, the european court of justice being, having the overarching role in this treaty. they say that's an immovable, immovable situation. it's a red line, whereas the u. k is pushing hard on it, but what's going on with the people on the ground business? people seem to be thinking, well, this is good news where we can look forward to this. but on the other hand, if that's now going to b

andrew simmons, al jazeera.hor: although un security council is calling on saddam's military leader restore the government, the council issued its first statement on the crisis expressing concern about the takeover that stopped short of condemnation. coup leader is -- has dismissed six ambassadors after they spoke out against the takeover. our reporter has more on the reaction from the u.n.. reporter: it is a fairly short statement, i have a copyright here, one page long. it expresses serious concern about the military takeover and the suspension of some transitional government institutions. it also expresses concern about the detention of prime minister abdullah home dock and other government officials. the release also does call for the release of those who have been detained, noting the prime minister has been returned to his home. it calls for respect for human rights, in particular, the rights of protesters to be out on the street. it is important to note the united nations integrated transition mission in

andrew simmons al jazeera. i know all the stories are following closely. burton will return to meeting its self imposed foreign aid spending targets in the next 4 years is comes after the government dish. the pledge during the course of the current of ours pandemic to criticism from might scripts. our improving fiscal situation means we will meet our obligations to the world. horace. i told the house, then we met our fiscal tasks. we would return to spend a 0.7 percent of our national income on overseas aid. some people said this was a trick or a device. i told this house, it was no such thing. i'm based on the tests i set out. today's for cross show that we are in fact, scheduled to return to point 7 in 2425. now there have been protests in the lebanese capital they were to after the leader at a christian political party refused to testify about recent mileage in a city. and he had a charger was due to a pair at lebanon's defense ministry, but says he won't until the leader of his butler has a natural. le is also summoned. 7 shia muslims were killed in fi

okay, let's go live to andrew simmons, his covering the story in london. hello there, andrew. what exactly has been happening and why? well, on the ground, not a great deal is happening, but on the, in the background, something much bigger is escalating and that's all to do with the post bricks at tray deal with france over fishing, a one british trula was seized by french, maritime police, and guided into the porter law of a judicial authorities then took over. apparently it is all about a fishing license, but the scottish owners of this vessel and say that they were fishing simply with all petitions necessary and that for scalp. and that they are not sure exactly what is going on here, but what is going on is as a basic intent on the part of the french to make things incredibly difficult for british fishermen. and for this reason, because the 2 sides are in major dispute over the 6 to 12 mile zone for fishing, it off the british coast. now at the moment, 15 out of 47 applications for licenses for french trawlers have been granted. that's all 15 out of 47 french are furious a

andrew simmons live for us in london. all right, let's bring in now would have a rahman and he's the managing direct. if so, europe at the political risk consultancy, great eurasia. great, thanks for joining us. em which? tabitha festival. can you give us a brief rundown of what the u. k and france are actually fighting about so i think the issue is a lot bigger than fish. frankly, i think this is the thin edge of the wedge. now it's an issue of this lead us been reported over the course of yesterday evening, but i think if you look back several weeks, there are big disagreements over immigration flows. and if you go back a little bit further, there's also disagreement. if you think about the orcus parks and how that came together and the extent to which the french felt that cuts across what it was trying to achieve in the pacific, some of its diplomatic outreach to china. i think that's also been a factor. and of course cit thing underneath are on top of all of these conflicts is a very difficult you, k e u relationship

andrew simmons has more now on the fish fight. a put is trula seized by french maritime police who say the crew was fishing for scallops without a permit denied by its owners. it may sound like a small incident, but it's symptomatic of something much bigger, a potential escalation and a post bricks. it fishing rights dispute was causing much more than a ripple in buquet, french relations. it sites for example, jersey. the british crown dependency only accepting a 3rd of the fishing permit applications from france. ab should he might unto felicity. it's time that we are respected as it's totally insufficient and totally unacceptable. so now we must talk of the language of force, and unfortunately, i fear that is the only thing that this british government understands. but no, the threats go beyond banning british trawlers from offloading their catches at french ports because this only amounts to a small proportion of exports without a settlement to the dispute before next tuesday, they'll be rigorous french customs checks on incomi

andrew simmons al jazeera belfast . ah. okay, let's bring in our guests today joining us from belfast, o. unready, assistant general, secretary of the irish congress of trades unions in brussels. we have nicholas white, senior director in brussels for co, worldwide. that's a global public affairs and strategic communications consultancy. and in cambridge, in the u. k, we have gram gudgusten research associate at the university of cambridge and formerly a special advisor to the former 1st minister of northern ireland. david trimble. gentlemen, welcome to all graham in cambridge coming to 1st, the e. you is offering some tweaks, some changes here for the d. u p. y isn't bad enough. oh, we don't know yet. we're gonna have to look at the footprint. it does look as if it was made a significant effort to a situation cut down the number of checks on goods going in from great britain to no violent internal customs trade in, within the u. k. which obviously it's very uncomfortable to you because it makes me feel like a 70 to touch o

andrew simmons al jazeera, the united states in the u. n. r, increasing the pressure on saddam's military as the death toll rises in khartoum. as confrontations between security forces and protests continue after the security council called the restoration of the civilian lead government president joe biden says his nation stood with the demonstrators. thousands of people have been protesting in recent days to reject the return of military rule. m. m. org is bait falling developments in khartoum and centers this update. people are still calling for a civil disobedience and general tries to stay away from work, both at state and federal level, but they've been political moves to try to mediate between the 2 side. that is to say between the civilian component of the, the post transition government and the military that took over on monday. now we've, we've heard statements from the you as well as from norway that they went to the residence of prime minister of the land and met with him and made sure that he was in good health. the, the united

andrew simmons has more from belfast. andrew: the british government is not happy. the main powers in northern ireland's assembly. the european union has gone all the way it can to try to smooth out this sea border crisis. this was the message. >> this robust package of imaginative solutions, we can implement to protocol in ireland, northern ireland, for the benefit of all communities on the ground. it not only cements the ability and predictability. it paves the way for enhanced opportunities. andrew: nevertheless, the leader of the main probe written party in the northern ireland c assembly said this. >> there will still be checks on the movement of goods within the united kingdom. that is not something we find acceptable. there will be intensive negotiations. let's see where we get to, but we do need to see more progress. this falls well short of what we require. andrew: what next /\european union official will be in london starting negotiations friday, and the u.k. government position is pretty outright. it is saying that it once the european court of justice re

andrew simmons has been following this story and joins his life from belfast. hello there, andrew. what has the e u been proposing as a solution to this protocol issue? will it's going all out. it would seem to try to smooth out this crisis over the sea borders you've explained. and what is happening is that there's a host of shacks as a host of formality that's been holding up goods coming in to northern ireland and causing massive problems. now, what we've been hearing from morris, seth greevich, the, the, the vice president of the european commission, or is that something like 80 percent off of the goods? mainly food at that sir? fresh meat sir, chilled meat, sir. dairy products, sir, they will go straight through without any checks or furthermore, something like 50 percent of the paperwork will be now completely cut out. so the reassurance to businesses is that there will be a much smoother process going on. so furthermore, there are assurances that the european union will, will take care of other matters as well. and there is though, with all of this, a red line is that the yo

let's bring in the al jazeera is andrew simmons who live for us in belfast. hello the andrew. what's the latest on the talks between the 2 on this you or these rather new proposals? well, for some people, particularly business people in northern ireland, its good news. the european union commission is going to announce within the next hour, a whole raft of concessions on these checks. and these formalities over this border in the sea. in other words, the customs controls at seaports in northern ireland. and this is, these are extensive and this is going to, it would seem solve all the major issues that have sat back. companies are business people, absolute chaos at times. and what we're hearing is that there will be, and in fact this is confirmed now by the irish foreign minister member of the you, the irish republic. and simon company has confirmed that there is a massive reduction or off of these checks. and they range right across the board, and there are identity goods such as chill meet sausages, traditional pies exempt from the checks. these have been a big issue in the

andrew simmons al jazeera, well in other news or following person will return to meeting itself and ppos foreign aid spending target in the next 4 years comes off to the government ditch. the pledge during the course of the corona virus pandemic, to criticism from rights groups. our improving fiscal situation. mean we will meet our obligation to the world port. i told the house, then we met our cisco tech. we would return to spending 0.7 percent of all national income on overseas age. some people said this was a trick or a device. i told this how it was no such thing. and based on the test i set out today for ca, show that we are in fact, scheduled to return to point 7 in 2425 will now to developments in lebanon, there have been protesting the capital bay route after the leader of a christian political party refused to testify about recent violence and necessity . the mere judge was due to appear at lebanon's defense ministry but says he won't do so until the leader of his bala has been. the thriller is also summoned. 7 she, unless limbs were killed in fighting this month, than a 100 rep

let's bring in andrew simmons in belfast. thank you for joining us, andrew. it's quite a complicated situation. but what has the u. k. bricks minister been saying to day he obviously wants his northern island protocol changed. he doesn't just want it changed more or less once it ripped up. it was a really caught an extraordinary sequence of, of events with his speech because he started off about talking about the differences between the you, you follow up with britain and saying, you know, it takes to, to actually do things and we want to improve relations and then a few minutes later he was talking about, basically changing a billing recognition. really this, tracy, this, this part of the treaty, or the more than all and protocol, which is a problem. there's no doubt about the major issues involved, which is the slowness of checks, the, the regulations which stop various products from being imported from the u. k. businesses having a really difficult time, especially in the relative christmas and getting their product, sir on really a major issues. but that

andrew simmons filed this report from belfast. it was, sir, really caught an extraordinary sequence of, of events with his speech because he started off about to talk about the differences between the you a follow up with britain and saying, you know, it takes 2 to actually do things and we want to prove relations and then a few minutes later he was talking about basically changing beyond recognition. really this, tracy, this, this part of the treaty of the northern ireland protocol, which is a problem. there's no doubt about the major issues involved, which is the slowness of checks, the, the regulations which stop various products from being imported from the u. k. businesses having a really difficult time, especially in the role up to christmas and getting their products on really a major issues. but, but the general consensus in nevada is though they're just wanting smooth though. but know what we're hearing from david frost is, is, is explicit. but expect a real fights over this, the supposed to be negotiations, but this is r

andrew simmons al jazeera in haiti, the poorest country in the western hemisphere. providing health care is difficult even in the best of times. but these are a times of crisis. gangs have located in ports creating a fuel shortage is a life or death situation for hospital patients. as ron reynolds reports from the capital, puerto face of all the places that are suffering in haiti to day. this may be one of the deepest wells of misery. port princes, general hospital, where patients receive bare bones treatment for chronic diseases, cove infections and traumatic injuries. this man says he was attacked by bandits with machetes, not by them when they tried to kill me, and i don't even know he was compounding conditions and haitian health care. a severe fuel shortage is crippling. many hospitals, the public electrical grid is unreliable, so hospitals are powered by generators without fuel for the generators. hospitals can't operate, kidney, dialysis machines, ventilators, incubators, for premature babies, and other equipment mastic your sanity when the hospital cannot provide properly because

andrew simmons al jazeera l phone . ah, this is all the 0. these are the top stories. the e u has placed a $1000000000.00 to have janice done, but the money will be given to international aid groups. not the taliban international funds. we've frozen as the groups take over and that's made the humanitarian crisis worse. chili's government has declared a state of emergency after armed members who indigenous marcio. people took control of forestry logging companies, demanding the preservation of ancestral lands. tens of thousands of governments, supporters of valley to cross bolivia, the fullest days of anti government protest against a proposed law. that could mean authorities, wouldn't it need to get a court order before investigating the assets of any citizen? banners formula has more on the valleys, the rallies are still going on. they been staggered throughout the day to allow president luis, are to say, to fly from coach obama in the center of the country to le pause. and then over to the east and city of santa cruz, where, where he is now bringing out tens of thous

andrew simmons reporting from london hunter moorehead on the al jazeera news hour, including how gangs in haiti are hurting the country's health care system. were in the carpathian mountains where illegal logging is destroying the forest. some consider the lungs of europe coming up and sport the south african crickets. harvey says he will now take the lean against racism after initially refusing to do so. ah. but 1st, the un security council has issued its 1st statement expressing serious concern about the military take over in su, don cooley dropped off at the hood, but han has dismissed at least 6 ambassadors after they spoke out against mondays. takeover, there is increasing opposition both at home and abroad. the usaa an un have called for the immediate release of civilian leaders. if a morgan has more from cartoon, people are still calling for civil disobedience and generals trying to stay away from work, both at state and federal level. but they've been political move to try to mediate between the 2 side. that is to say between the civilian component of the, the post transition g

andrew simmons line for us there in belfast. and the united nations, as recalls to senior officials working in ethiopia because of concerns about their safety. it comes after an unverified recording surface in which to you and workers say you an official, sympathize with rebels in te gray investigation into that recording comes days after ethiopia. expelled 7, un employees, accusing them of meddling. the un secretary general is calling on ethiopia to allow unrestricted access to deliver humanitarian aid to te gray, where the government is fighting rebels. live to markham way poor joining us from my ruby or kenya with an eye on that story for as there's been tension. we know malcolm recently between the u. n. n e t o p. and government. what more do we know 1st about these un officials of had to leave if you're here who, when the audio recording, which was published online to women, can be heard saying that they work for the un in ethiopia, speaking to a freelance journalist and saying that they believe senior global level, un off

andrew simmons al jazeera of the un security council has issued its 1st statement expressing serious concern about the military takeover and sir dunn, who later on for the headboard hon has dismissed at least 6 ambassadors after they spoke out against monday's takeover. there is increasing opposition both at home and abroad. us on un called for the immediate release of civilly and leaders. kristen salumi reports from the us. it's a fairly short statement. i have a copy of it right here, one page long, and it expresses serious concern about the military takeover in the suspension of some transitional government institutions. it also expresses concern about the detention of prime minister of dela hm, doc, and other government officials. the release also does call for the release of those who've been detained, noting that the prime minister has been returned to his home and get calls for respect for human rights. in particular, the rights of protesters to be out on the street. it's important to note that the united nations integrated transition mission in sudan has been working there ar

andrew simmons, al jazeera argentina's, former president, mauricio marquis has appeared in court on espionage charges, is a keys of ordering intelligence agencies to spy on the families of crew members of a submarine that sank 4 years ago. the case has been suspended on a legal technicality under swanner pals. ah, it was more like a political rally than a court case with several 100 supporters of the former president modi's geometry gathered in the small town of the lord is they believe he is innocent. that the charges against him politically motivated how law could yeah, he could never have spied on any one. what's the point of listening to the families, they should be looking for those responsible for the submarine tragedy. i had a mother, i'm disgusted. they even started this case. it's unbelievable. they would spy on people who had suffered such a terrible loss. many of his supporters urging him to stand again for the presidency in 2 years time. if he does this case hanging over him won't help. it was adjourned. the legal technicality, the prosecuting judge hadn't sought the permission ne

andrew simmons has moved from belfast. the british government isn't happy, nor are the main powers here in northern islands assembly. but the european union executive has gone all the way it can, it would seem to try and smooth out this seaboard a crisis. this was the message from brussels, the, this robust package of practical, imaginative solutions. we can continue to implement the protocols on ireland, northern ireland for the benefit of all communities on the grounds. it not only semen stability and sporadic stability, and in these festival ingredients for the local economy to flourish and also pays the way for and has the opportunities. but nevertheless, the leader of the main pro british unionist party here at the northern ireland assembly had this to say, it still leaves in place and i re see border. there will still be checks on the movement of goods within the united kingdom. and that's not something we find acceptable. now this is a welcome. first step, the will be intensive and focused negotiations. so let's see

andrew simmons al jazeera belfast . the us says it will open its land borders with canada and mexico next month for fully vaccinated foreign nationals. the restrictions for non essential travelers were put into place at the start of the kobe 19 pandemic. the economies of many border communities were badly hurt by closure. russia hit another record number of cobit 19 deaths in a single day with 973 on tuesday. but the government's refusing to consider a nation wide lockdown more than $28000.00 new cases all to reported another record in a spike of cases that began last month. the kremlin blames the slow progress of vaccinations . a court and algeria has sent him to the brother the late president abilities, but a flicker to 2 years in prison, prosecutors charge side, but a flicker and other former officials with obstruction of justice, abuse of office, and inciting the falsification of official documents. in september 2019, but if leeker was sentenced to 15 years in jail for plotting against the state. but he was later ac

andrew simmons al jazeera israel has approved plans for around 3 sizes, new, illegal settlement units in the occupied westbank. they'll be built their 1st to be built on to prime minister in of tale bennett and during president job biden's term . the university of the concerns about the plan saying it will hurt prospects for 2 state solution. settlements are legal under international law. the israel rejects this, the american use i tax uses reporting that secretary of state antony blinking, vocally opposed to israel's decision sources. told the sites there was a tense coal between blinkin and this really defense minister. any dance than can reportedly told cancels taking place was unacceptable. it abraham has more from nablus in the occupied west bank. what a number of units approved in wednesday's meeting might not be as large as it was during the era of the u. s. president. donald trump, for palestinians. one settlement unit is one unit too much. we're standing here in front of the legal israeli settlement of a lead has been here since the eighty's and it has been expanding, has bee

for many people living here, andrew simmons al jazeera belfast 15 people who were kidnapped in ne nigeria several months ago managed to escape. officials say the 6 women and 9 children had to walk for 6 days until i reached safety. they were abducted from villages in bruno state, escaped from an area known to be a strong hold of isolate groups. and here is government has brought in sweeping measures to contain attacks by om groups in the north. the restrictions include cutting communication services and a ban on markets and the transportation of certain goods and as amended. rece reports who can do net is leaving some people battling to cling on to their livelihoods. defiant traders display their goods at this weekly market. despite a government order to shut down, like many traders here, it's yucca, bella says is greens could be confiscated or may even lose his life. if gunmen strike what he asked to take the risk, i'm, i didn't any know what it was like if the markets remain closed. how to feed our families. what. what about those who have to go to work daily in order to buy food with l

andrew simmons there live for us in belfast. can years president says he will not recognize the ruling by the international court of justice. a judgement largely favors somalia in a long running maritime border. disputes at stake is control of the 100000 square kilometers section of the indian ocean. it's rich in oil and gas, kenya says it's maritime borders should be drawn in a straight line eastwards. parallel to the line of latitude in somalia says the borders should expand southwards, extending its land border. ma kenya should instead see the decision of the court as an opportunity to strengthen the relationship of the 2 countries and the collaboration of their neighboring people. somalia did not choose to be a neighbor with kenyana, but it was the willing of the almighty god. so that we're forced to live as peaceful neighbors. so mario was committed to that forever and welcomes it. now. this decision is in the circumstances, a 0 sum game, which will only strain the relations between our 2 countries. it will also reverse the

and andrew simmons has more on the spat from london. the threat from france. well it's, it's more than a single threat as a whole list of, of measures. they are threatening on the 2nd of november next tuesday if britain doesn't start grunting more fishing licenses. but france says that it will band all offloading of seafood, a british pull at france french ports. furthermore, because that is only a small amount of the exports to france. it will also increase customer checks on freight and not just with seafoods, but other goods as well, that will cause a lot of problems. furthermore, along with other measures, there is a 2nd wave of action planned. not too much is known of that, but they're not denying the french and not denying that they're seriously looking at the power supplies to the u. k. the export of electricity, particularly the channel islands, which is supplied in the submarine as a sub, bring a channel across the english channel. that is a threat. so we have here a situation that could easily get really quite serious unless the can be some com in th

appreciate it have is there, andrew simmons live rest in belfast? still ahead on out his ear, a pot of chili under a state of emergency. i made a wife of violence in the south between indigenous people and security forces. we made the syrian, the artisans living in jordan, who found a way to preserve their traditional would work and install with jama. the atlanta braves are on their way to the next round of playoffs. even at major play baseball . ah hello everyone. thanks for joining him. we still have temperature is above average across the middle east. come with me, let me show you, put the colors on here. so the darker the red, the higher the temperature, but they're getting up to 40 degrees on thursday. you're gonna lock your temperature in there for the next few days. this is while above average, and you've got full on sunshine in the forecast wall to wall sunshine can also be expected in pakistan. i'll take you there in one second, in terms of shower activity, we may see it over the higher ground in yemen, spilling into the hugest mountains in

andrew simmons, al jazeera indigenous communities and labor unions are protesting in ecuador for a 2nd day. they want the government to freeze the price of fuel, which has risen many times in recent months. there is also anger about pounds to double oil and mining exploration in the amazon region. theresa bo reports ah, be blocked the main highway outside quito. residents of san miguel lake, a lid on se precedent, yet more lesser who has been in office for 4 months, lie to them during the election campaign about fixing but troubled economy and improving their lives. well, they say he's with indecision to race. fuel prices proves it. this woman does not want to show her face. she is a nurse and says, we're dorians are struggling to survive. when i was young, i make $400.00 a month and i cannot make it to the end of the month. the president increases the price of fuel and this affects us in every possible way. it wasn't long before the police and armed forces marched in. the president declared a state of emergency a week ago to combat racing. crime, and protests are not tolerated. the po

andrew simmons al jazeera the united states and the we're not increasing the pressure on see don's military urging a return to civilian rule. j bought and says the us downs with the demonstrators who are angry about the military seizure of power on monday days of clashes between security forces and protesters in khartoum have left at least 11 people dead. kristen salome has the latest from the un. it's a fairly short statement, i have a copy of it right here, one page long, and it expresses serious concern about the military takeover in the suspension of some transitional government institutions. it also expresses concern about the detention of prime minister of dela hm, doc, and other government officials. a. the release also does call for the release of those who've been detained, noting that the prime minister has been returned to his home and get calls for respect for human rights. in particular, the rights of protesters to be out on the street. it's important to note that the united nations integrated transition mission in sudan has been working there are to support the transition to e

andrew simmons al jazeera they're united kingdom says it's seeking edge and clarification from france . i'm to paris threatened sanctions of progress isn't made on a post breaks at fishing, writes dispute france, one's person to grant more licenses to french fishermen to operate and u. k. waters. the proposed sanctions would come into effect on monday and include increased checks on british goods. france also says it will not rule out reviewing its power supply to the united kingdom. indigenous communities and labor unions are protesting in ecuador for a 2nd day. and while the government to freeze the price of fuel, which has risen many times in recent months, there is also anger about plants and double oil and mining exploration in the amazon region. theresa bo reports ah be blocked the main highway outside quito, residence of san miguel lake, a lid on se precedent. jetta, more lasso, who has been in office for 4 months, lie to them during the election campaign about fixing but troubled economy and improving their lives. wow, they say his recent decision to raise fuel prices proves i

andrew simmons al jazeera belfast investigation into the bay root port explosion has been suspended again after 2 politicians wanted for questioning, filed a complaint against the judge, former finance minister and he has on helene complained after an arrest warrant was issued for him. he's close to his bola as is it former public works mister garcia, zeta who's also wanted for questioning. judge tarik b t r has faced repeated obstacles as he tries to talk to some of lebanon's most powerful figures that what they knew about the poorly stored chemical stockpile which exploded, killing more than 200 people. 15 people who were kidnapped in ne in nigeria several months ago have managed to escape. officials that say the 6 women and 9 children had to walk for 6 days until they reached safety. they were abducted from villages in bore no state. they escaped from an area known to be a strong hold of isolate groups. tuesday is race, say in mexico, holiday, originally commemoration to rival and the explorer, christopher columbus. that now serves to recognize the nations mixed indigenous and european

andrew simmons al jazeera fennimore had many is our including attention and talk about groups threatened to march to the capitol after a day of violence. farmers ensure lanka, hol, protests against the government ban on chemical fertilizers, the cultivation. susan gets underway and in the south african crickets or who says he will now take the knee against racism after initially refusing to do so. ah. but 1st, the un security council has issued its 1st statement expressing serious concern about the military takeover and threw done coo leader of the han has dismissed at least 6 ambassadors after they spoke out against monday's take. over, there is increasing opposition both at home and abroad. us on us have called for the immediate release of civilian leaders here, but morgan has more from cartoon. people are still calling for civil disobedience and general trying to stay away from work, both at state and federal level. but they've been political moves to try to mediate between the 2 side that is to say, between the civilian component of the, the post transition government and the militar

andrew simmons lived there in belfast . protesters in peru have gathered around a statue of christopher columbus in the capital to call attention to the treatment of indigenous people. they say colonization create a deep inequities on the continent. protest comes during hispanic heritage month, which commemorates the arrival of columbus in the americas. a 2nd group gathered to protect the statute. tens of thousands of government supporters have been rallying in some of bolivia as big as cities. it follows days of anti government protest against a proposed law. the bail gives authority, is a power to investigate, says dean's office without a court order. daniel shanda has a report from when his size it was a show of strength for the socialist government at the rick response, the anti government protests across bolivia. on monday, president luis r. c. address crowds in bolivia is 3 main cities, coach of amber, santa cruz and la bus 13 or if they don't respect the election results, if they don't respect democracy, if they don't respect the popular vote than will make sure they respect us i

is adamant that must change, adams and andrew simmons reports from belfast. as the case, breakfast minister prepared to speak in portugal, karen sloane was taking a delivery from the irish republic. it says main supply line now and without it, his delicatessen in northern ireland will be out of business. his main supplies used to be in the u. k. but the trade board in the r c means he can't rely on them any more. karen had been hoping that you was about to smooth things out with concessions over regulations on food exports from the u. k. and streamlined custom checks, but the way the british government is now behaving leaves karen and business people all over northern ireland. how much of a her until now he along with many others, never realize the role of the european court of justice was an issue in the post bricks of crisis. no, i was thinking about it was bracket and you know, protocol and this is all you hear and you know and all, and you're just something new. and other thing to worry about. you know, i work harder than us personally. you know, for the

andrew simmons al jazeera l phone . lego is pledging to make it toys, gender neutral, the world's largest toymaker says it will no longer target different products. so girls and boys and 2 years agenda based marketing. the danish company says it made the decision after a survey found parents and children are still influenced by what it called ingrained gender stereotypes. madeline did not know is the president and chief executive officer of the gina davis institute on gender in the media that still granted ation that conducted the global survey on behalf of lego. she says her research shows girls are ready for gender neutral play. but boys one so convinced ways are one of the 1st things that children engage in, in addition to traditional popular culture that they may watch and it definitely nursing them your potential pathways into work or aspirations about creativity, though it has a tremendous amount of influence. now 82 percent of girls are ready and believe that sure i can play football and sure boys can do ballet. but we found that 74 percent of the boys were actually like now there

since that seems to be the only thing the british government understands that speak to andrew simmons is a processor for us from london. and you're reading, it's like it's getting increasingly hostile, just how serious are be effects when well, small beginnings comparatively, to the potential for a full scale or fish war if you will on this because there is an intent on the part of the french a to really show to britain, it means business over the issue of fishing licenses. now this applies to the 6 to 12 miles own on the shore lines of britain, and they're particularly annoyed with only 15 out of 47 applications for fishing licenses, getting through. now a british say that isn't the case, there's much more generosity on the part of britain, but know the french are intent on going through with, if there's no response from the british to placate them. a series of measures against britain banning a fishing vessels from the french coastline to offloading shall fish. now, whether that will have much effect is unclear because only around 5 percent of exports are actually landed. that way,

andrew simmons alger 0 seller has on al jazeera kidnappings. on the rise in haiti, we hear from a teenage girl who was snatched off the streets as she walked home from school. and the long journey home after nearly a 125 years, a bronze statue stolen from nigeria as ancient been n kingdom is being returned. ah hi there, good to be with you. here's our headlines for the americas. i put the colors on this 1st map. the darker the red, the higher the temperature, the blues and purples, are the southern andes and by jablonka matched a temperature record for october at $39.00 degrees will nyja down a bit on friday to $36.00. exceptional heat, santiago, 31 and commodore aretha davia. 25 degrees, it's also above average, still soggy for rio de janeiro. we've got bursts of rain through the amazon basin, but a cloudy day bogota and lima, overcast air should say, but i do think it will stay dry. central america heaviest rain will be relegated towards southern mexico at guatemala belize rate through into honduras. strong storms across the southeast of the

andrew simmons al jazeera now facebook has changed its name while the app on your phone will keep the name. the company is now officially called matter. chief executive mark zuckerberg made the announcement of virtual conference. he says it reflects the met of us a future world with far more online interaction from found it says it brings together the company's apps on the one brand, but it comes as the company, of course has been facing increasing scrutiny, which we can now get into with my guest, remish, serv, austin, he is a professor of information studies at the university of california, los angeles. so is this about to sort of avatar driven, futuristic, massive us or increasing p all crisis? i think it's a little bit of both. i mean, certainly we, we all are highly aware of the incredible crisis that facebook spacing right now. its effects on threatening democracy in different parts of the world. and even it's very harmful effects on the secret to, to grand people as we speak in ethiopia. and i know just 0 is one of the few networks that covers these sorts of important stories.

andrew simmons al jazeera belfast investigation into the bay root port explosion has been suspended again after 2 partitions. wanted for questioning, filed a complaint against the judge. former finance minister eli hassle helene complained after an arrest warrant was issued for him. he is close to his bala, as is that former public works mr. garcia. zeta is also wanting for questioning. judge derek b t r has faced repeated obstacles as he tries to talk to some lebanon's most powerful figures about what they knew about the poorly stored chemical stockpile, which exploded, killing more than 200 people. any results from sunday's election in iraq show a coalition lead by a shia cleric tundra center 173 out of 329 seats. but some political parties have rejected the results. what would happen? why had reports from nasiriyah, an opposition stronghold in the south of the country? for the 1st time in 20 years, the people over now 3 will have a voice in iraq's parliament. i la re can be is one of 4 candidates elected to represent the anti government movement known as to screen or october. that's a

andrew simmons al jazeera and a gas gal southern region is experiencing its worst route and decades pushing more than a 1000000 people to the brink of famine. for consecutive droughts of want out harvests with reports of people dying of hunger. and the recalls for richer nations to do more to combat the climate crisis in madagascar. frank a got to has more sudden, madagascar is facing its wa strout it 40 years. the level of hunger here is so severe the un wants it could. so lead to the world's 1st famine caused by climate change. the situation in the grand suit of madagascar is absolutely dire. right now we are entering the next lean season, which began in october. we have 1300000 people who are severely food insecure. that means they do not know where the food that they need each day to survive. it's going to come from of those $28000.00 people are facing catastrophic food insecurity. which is to say, famine like conditions. the tropical island country in the indian ocean that's used to cycles heavy rainfall and drought has seen an allow me decline and rainfall in recent years. affecting s

andrew simmons al jazeera still had here on out as in ecuador, indigenous communities and labor unions keep up the pressure on the president and report from south africa. when many are yet to be compensated for land. they were forcibly removed from it during passing. ah, ah, look forward to brighter skies the weather sponsored my cattle airways. hello, we've got more sundry down paws into central parts of mediterranean sea. the sil clutch a storm still rumbling away. deep area of low pressure here. it's been stuck with us for around. well, the best part of this week, and it's not moving too far too quickly. and if anything over the next couple of days it will intensify. further with increasing wind springs, some very heavy rain in across much of southern italy, sicily still seeing some lively showers. calabria still sinks in wet weather as we go on through the next day or so. much of europe is actually fine and dry with clear skies and some pleasant autumn sunshine, not so up towards the northwest in western parts. we'll see something of a change as we go on through the next couple of