the office of ayatollah sistani, one of the most senior clerics in shia islam tells us these are crimest should be punished. in iraq today, conservative shia clerics have huge influence. after years of sectarian conflict, they've gained political leverage often with the backing of armed militias. activists say they are pushing women's rights back decades. we spoke to a campaigner who runs a network of women's shelters across iraq. there were laws that protected women, some protection for us in our marriages. it seems that all the things that we gained in decades of hard work of the generation of our mothers were just lost. once the islamic clerics rule, the first loser is the women. to try to understand what's happening, i've come to the courthouse in sadr city. just outside, clerics are conducting marriages and divorces but under islamic law, sharia. he is doing a sharia divorce. it only takes five minutes. divorce under sharia law is easier than under iraqi civil law and leaves women with fewer rights. sharia also allows child marriage. what is the youngest age that you will marry? un

he said he was a follower of grand ayatollah ali al—sistani, iraq's most senior shia cleric.at if a child under nine was promised in marriage or temporary marriage, sexual touching was religiously permitted. we approached the ayatollah‘s office to clarify his religious advice on this matter. in a statement he said times had changed, and this had been erased from his current books. to continue our investigation, we've come to the most important site for shia muslims. this is the biggest shia pilgrimage site in the world, tens of millions of pilgrims come here every year. we'd already seen how clerics helped men break the law and even do pleasure marriages with minors. we wanted to see if the religious authorities in this holy city condemned the practise. we've heard about pleasure marriages, muta'a marriages, do you do them here? but in the streets around the shine, some clerics were giving very different advice. this man said he was a member of one of iraq's powerful and well armed shia militias. our reporter pretended he'd met a young girl who was still a virgin. we showed t

. —— grand ayatollah sistani. he said the abuses we'd seen were happening...ld bbc arabic if women don't go to the police against clerics, it is difficult for the authorities to act. but for many young women across iraq, there is no hope of justice. young women across iraq, there is no hope ofjustice. she is still being picked out by a cleric. she feels she has no other choice. the other escape the cleric. she is still traumatised. hello there. already some parts of the country has seen about half a months worth of rain in just a day oi’ months worth of rain in just a day or two. and the outlook is very mixed. it will not be raining all the time however there will be some spells of rain with the ground very wet, there is risk of further flooding. most of the rain we are seeing at the moment at least across southern areas is coming from this conveyor belt, this ribbon of cloud here, very wet air keeping rain going. that will be around throughout the weekend. as far as saturday is concerned, it is mainly raining across southern parts of england. the rain could a

we received is response from cleric.ay bothhey are followers of grand ayatollah sistani, one of the most senior figures in shia islam. we put our findings to his office, which released the following statement, "if these thetices are happenin way you are saying, then weem condemn nreservedly. temporary marriage is not allowed to sell sex in a way humanity of women. dignity and countless years of war have left millions of women and girls vuln as long as theeligious clerics operate with impunity, they will aqntinue to be victims of's secret sex trade. laura: les shattered by that abuse. america." watching "bbd news still to come on tonight's program, the quiet man in the white use. we look at the role mike pence plays in the turbulent trump administration. laur scotland has become the first nation in theak u.k. to it a criminal offense for rents to smack their children. across the rest of the u.k., parents are still allowed to use what is called reasonable physical force. smacking has been outlawed in many cntries around the world, but it remains a controversial issue even in scotland, with

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iraq's most senior shiite cleric ayatollah sistani has condemnedn the violence ld to protests over corruptionjoblessness, and poor public servic. he criticized security forces and demonsators. at least 44 people have been killed across the country during ur days of unrest.four hong kong's public transport system was suspended for the first time tonight to try to quell increasing violence pro-democracy demonstrationsce taking p people are banned from wearing maats while protesting, but did not stop thousands from showing up on the streets again. rupert wingfield-hayes reports from hong kong. rupert: hong kong's chief executive made her whole cabinet stand with her to face the cameras together, visually dramatic steshe was about toe take. ms. lam: we believe the new law will create a deterrent effect against masked rioters, and will assispolice in law forcement. the objective of this regulation is to end violence a restore order, and i believe this is now the broad consensus ofleong kong pe rupert: that is certainly not what it looked like on the streets outside. hong kong's central business di

the office of ayatollah sistani, one of the most senior clerics in shia islam tells us these are crimesave huge influence. after years of sectarian conflict, they've gained political leverage often with the backing of armed militias. activists say they are pushing women's rights back decades. we spoke to a campaigner who runs a network of women's shelters across iraq. there were laws that protected women, some protection for us in our marriages. it seems that all the things that we gained in decades of hard work of the generation of our mothers were just lost. once the islamic clerics rule, the first loser is the women. to try to understand what's happening, i've come to the courthouse in sadr city. just outside, clerics are conducting marriages and divorces but under islamic law, sharia. he is doing a sharia divorce. it only takes five minutes.

country well the leading cleric in iraq has joined calls for calm through his representative grand ayatollah sistani warned the violence could tip iraq into chaos but that's another talk on the we call them protesters and security forces alike to fully abide by the peaceful nature of the demonstrations and not let them slide into violent acts of riot and havoc let's bring in a touch of the name she's joining us from to how do you do square that's really the epicenter of the protests on a talk show on friday was very much deadly what are you hearing and seeing today. there are. definitely deadly the last death toll we have from the iraqi human rights commission is 42 iraqis across the country were killed in protests that began on friday there is a sit in i don't know if you can see the tents behind me here in tahrir square in baghdad overnight several 100 people probably maximum spent the night here in the square and they say they will to stun grenades and tear gas they say that they were not part of the contingent of people who have been attempting to the return of barrier leading to a bridge that w

people have been killed during 4 days of clashes the country's most influential shia cleric ayatollah ali sistani has urged the government to listen to the protesters demands it. mahler's defense minister has visited 2 military camps veggie hardest attacks killed at least $38.00 soldiers out of this week another $33.00 missing officials behaved behest believe jihad is linked to al qaeda carried out the attacks militants also made off with large quantities of weapons. on the painting called devolved parliament by the british street artist banksy has sold for more than 11000000 enormous was the highest price ever paid for a back seat original 10 years ago with the brits a crisis has given it fresh relevance. this is d.w. news from but you can find out more on d w dot com or follow us on twitter at news. up next here on day w.b. environment magazine. and i'll be back at the top of the hour i myself good day. e-coli in the. charge of keeping cool. conventional air conditioners users much about advantage. but the signers in delhi have come up with a new spin on a centuries old system players like. rea

this the most senior religious cleric a shia muslim religious cleric in the country grand ayatollah ali sistani actually gave him a 2 week deadline and said this investigation must take place within 2 weeks and so the protesters been speaking to say well that's a great deadline for us will give him the 2 weeks but if he doesn't come up with a credible investigation where the results are plain and clear for everybody to see will be back out in the streets again so there's a lot of pressure here and the government and it's building very very slowly you know i need to we have the senior muslim cleric ayatollah ali sistani but we also have 3 major political blocs in iraq calling for new elections we have the speaker of the parliament. also talking about elections but certainly putting pressure on the government before we start something that i want to check in with you about that as we have covered we have seen protests in iraq before what characterizes these latest. well for the 1st time. many of the journalists i speak to many of the political analysts of soon to say that these protests are diffe

this the most senior religious cleric a shia muslim religious cleric in the country grand ayatollah ali sistani actually gave him a 2 week deadline and said this investigation must take place within 2 weeks and so the protesters been speaking to say well that's a great deadline for us we'll give him the 2 weeks but if he doesn't come up with a credible investigation with a result so plain and clear for everybody to see will be back out on the streets again so there's a lot of pressure here and the government and it's building very very slowly you know i need to we have the senior muslim cleric ayatollah ali sistani but we also have 3 major political blocs in iraq calling for new elections we have the speaker of the parliament. also talking about elections but certainly putting pressure on the government before we start i just question is something that i want to check in with you about that as we have covered we have seen protests in iraq before what surprises. well for the 1st time. many of the journalists i speak to many of the political analysts of soon to say that these protests a different

also the system so to them i want to play you a sound bite from the spokesperson of grand ayatollah al sistaniis reaction to a very powerful cleric in iraq and let's listen to his reaction thank you when you come off the back of it go ahead that plane. and not a compliment what is that the head of amnesia that aka government and its security authorities are fully responsible for the blood which has been shed and the demonstrations of the past few days the bloodshed was either from then us interested and or from security elements which were entrusted with dealing with them. the government is no longer able to shy away from betting such a big responsibility upon us to do our. eric making at that question about the politics of what's going on in iraq quite how significant is that well the shiite clerics they always get involved into and into politics i mean some of them and in the parliament some of them actually they're active and the and the government so the mix between religion and politics these days it became a fashion but it's good that the marjayoun presented by agreeing that the last tim

this the most senior religious cleric a shia muslim religious cleric in the country grand ayatollah ali sistani actually gave him a 2 week deadline and said this investigation must take place within 2 weeks and so the protesters been speaking to say well that's a great deadline for us will give him the 2 weeks but if he doesn't come up with a credible investigation where the results are plain and clear for everybody to see will be back out in the streets again so there's a lot of pressure here and the government and it's building very very slowly you know i need to we have the senior muslim cleric ayatollah ali sistani but we also have 3 major political blocs in iraq calling for new elections we have the speaker of the parliament. also talking about elections but certainly putting pressure on the government before we start i just caution is something that i want to check in with you about that as we have covered we have seen protests in iraq before what surprises. well for the 1st time. many of the journalists i speak to many of the political analysts of soon to say that these protests a differ

defying the curfew so to step up to moments with iraq's highest religious authority the grand ayatollah sistani has a huge purchases and secure she's not to use violence. and. we hope that the voices of reason and logic can prevail for the best interests of the country all the officials have the responsibility to make the right decisions to move forward everyone should be aware of the danger of excessive violence before it is too late of headlines a ban on wearing face masks during illegal protests came into effect in hong kong an hour ago chief executive carol lam said the ban was designed to deter people from demonstrating but it's had little impact so far with people lighting fires and blockading roads ukraine's top prosecutor says he will re-examine criminal cases including the company at the center of donald trump's impeachment inquiry it comes as the u.s. state department is facing a deadline set by the house intelligence committee to hand over all documents in the case israeli soldiers have opened fire on protesters in gaza killing one of them and injuring at least 18 others the friday p

is being dismissed completely by the protesters they actually take grand ayatollah ali sistani much more seriously than they take in the lobby and that's a significant challenge to his leadership many thanks i was there as imran khan there live in baghdad this is the news from al-jazeera still to come on the program cameroon's president attempts to reassure separatists in english speaking regions but a report on why it may not be enough. 2 years on from the last very good hotel shootings which only $1800.00 is on the way for the reeves families and in sport but just united find the going tough again in the europa league soccer here with all the details on a. leading democrats of the u.s. are accusing president donald trump of breaching his oath of office after asking ukraine to investigate his political rival trump's now called on china to do the same the request to ukraine's president in july is already triggered an impeachment inquiry and white house correspondent kimberly health reports now from washington.

is a leaderless movement seemingly a leaderless movement so whether they actually listen to ayatollah sistani is unclear because they don't have that kind of an isolation and iran how how is the iraqi people likely can use this when they their prime minister on television trying to calm tensions and assuring them that their demands are being heard and yet once again this friday reports of police firing on on protesters again. well the nature of the protest movement is changing yes. more job to do more but unity we want. the much we want and then to corruption and as the prime minister of the money can say that you would have been heard we are going to try and introduce a basic income for the poorest of the society we're going to make changes within the government but until the something concrete. that change but the other thing is that people are very angry about the amount of debt taken place on streets across iraq the latest figures 31 people have been killed that's also fueling the protest movement because they are now very angry the fact that the iraqi security the using very heavy handed

the last hour we've been hearing from the highest shia muslim cleric in the country grand ayatollah ali sistani he's been speaking through his spokesman after friday prayer and he's been delivering a message to the protesters saying he sympathizes with the protest movement you understand why they're out on the streets but he is very worried that there could be an escalation let's take a look at one of the things he had to say now. we hope that the voices of reason and logic can prevail for the best interests of the country all the officials have the responsibility to make the right decisions to move forward everyone should be aware of the danger of excessive violence before it is too late. now the question is will any of the protesters actually listen to this very influential the highest authority muslim in the country or whether they will simply carry on with their protest movement the government is certainly hoping that this might quo things showing sympathy and saying that they need to corrupt tackle corruption may well quote things let's see what happens in the coming days imran khan live f

both say they're followers of grand ayatollah al—sistani, one of the most senior figures in shia islams office, which released the following statement. countless years of war have left millions of women and girls vulnerable and destitute. as long as the religious clerics operate with impunity, they will continue to be victims of iraq's secret sex trade. nawalal—maghafi, bbc news, iraq. if you would like to know more, have a look online. bbc.com/news for a special feature on the iraqi teenager married too many times to count. stay with us on bbc world news, still to come: 12 million seahorses illegally trawled and destined for markets abroad are seized — peru says it's a crime against the environment. in all russia's turmoil, it has never quite come to this. president yeltsin said the day would decide the nation's destiny. the nightmare that so many people have feared for so long is playing out its final act here. russians are killing russians in front of a grandstand audience. it was his humility which produced affection from catholics throughout the world. but his departure is a trage

both say they're followers of grand ayatollah al—sistani, one of the most senior figures in shia islamich released the following statement... countless years of war have left millions of women and girls vulnerable and destitute. as long as the religious clerics operate with impunity, they will continue to be victims of iraq's secret sex trade. nawalal—maghafi, bbc news, iraq. you are watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: we report from a region in the philippines hit by one of the worst dengue fever outbreaks in years. in all russia's turmoil, it has never quite come to this. president yeltsin said the day would decide the nation's destiny. the nightmare that so many people have feared for so long is playing out its final act here. russians are killing russians in front of a grandstand audience. it was his humility which produced affection from catholics throughout the world. but his departure is a tragedy for the catholic church. this man, israel's right—winger ariel sharon, visited the religious compound and that started the trouble. he wants israel alone to ha

both say they're followers of grand ayatollah al—sistani, one of the most senior figures in shia islamwing statement... countless years of war have left millions of women and girls vulnerable and destitute. as long as the religious clerics operate with impunity, they will continue to be victims of iraq's secret sex trade. nawalal—maghafi, bbc news, iraq. a painting by the mysterious british street artist banksy has sold for a record amount for one of his works. gareth barlow has more. the uk parliament, but not as you know it. cheering politicians replaced by a troop of chimpanzees, howling instead of hear, hear. painted a decade ago, the artwork could be considered particularly pertinent in an increasingly polarised political world. pertinent in an increasingly polarised politicalworld. this pertinent in an increasingly polarised political world. this is one of our oldest democracies, and within it we see the regression towards tribal, animalistic behaviour, that regardless of which side you stand on the brexit debate, there is no question that over the last few weeks we've seen incre

in the southern city of karbala a spokesman for the highest shia muslim authority in iraq ayatollah ali sistani warned the government to listen before it was too late now and. we hope that the voices of reason and logic can prevail for the best interests of the country all the officials have the responsibility to make the right decisions to move forward everyone should be aware of the danger of excessive violence before it is too late . in the holy city of najaf in southern iraq mourners for one of the protesters who died in childbirth is no god but allah shave with he was martyred in a protest he was calling for the rights of the people he was 23 years old. the protests similar to others earlier this year aimed at government corruption the lack of jobs and basic services as well as religious discrimination the government say it's listening to the protesters demands and will hold an emergency session saturday the age of the protesters has surprised many in iraq but with a young and often unemployed generation it's perhaps unsurprising that frustration has turned to anger and anger into violence

corruption in a televised speech to one of his representatives iraq's most influential shia cleric ayatollah ali sistani has urged the government to listen to the protesters demands. that's been our bring you up to date with some other stories making news around the world british prime minister boris johnson plans to break the bratz a deadlock has been rejected by e.u. lawmakers the european parliament's vegs of group says it cannot accept. border arrangements on between the public and northern ireland the times newspaper says brussels has given johnson to be a better offer. in france prosecutors have opened a murder. investigation after police employees stabbed 4 colleagues to death at paris's police headquarters official said there is no indication of a terrorist motive or that he had been radicalized the attacker was an i.t. employee of the police department. to greece now where the arrival of refugees has risen sharply the un refugee agency says more than 10000 people mostly afghans and syrians landed on the greek islands in september by the way off turkey a one woman was killed and 17 people were i

demonstrators a defined curfews to step up their demands iraq's highest religious of thor he the grand ayatollah ali sistani has urged purchases and security forces not to use violence his representative read out his appeal. now and. we hope that the voices of reason logic can prevail for the best interests of the country all the officials have the responsibility to make the right decisions to move forward everyone should be aware of the danger of excessive violence before it is too late and the headlines a ban on wearing face masks during illegal protests came into effect in hong kong about half an hour ago chief executive of the band is designed to deter people from demonstration but as you see it has had little impact so far people lighting fires and blockading roads. ukraine's top prosecutor says he will reexamined criminal cases including a company at the center of donald trump's impeachment inquiry that says the u.s. state department is facing a deadline set by the house intelligence committee conducting the inquiry to hand over all documents in the case. a former colleague of the slain saudi journali

both say they're followers of grand ayatollah al—sistani, one of the most senior figures in shia islamollowing statement... "if these practises are happening in the way you are saying, then we condemn them unreservedly. temporary marriage is not allowed as a tool to sell sex in a way that belittles the dignity and humanity of women." countless years of war have left millions of women and girls vulnerable and destitute. as long as the religious clerics operate with impunity, they will continue to be victims of iraq's secret sex trade. nawalal—maghafi, bbc news, iraq. and you can watch the full film — undercover with the clerics, iraq's secret six trade. it'll be available on the bbc iplayer at the end of this programme. scotland has become the first part of the uk to ban the smacking of children. msps voted almost three to one for the legislation. the new law is expected to come into force in a year's time. at the world athletics championships in doha, britain's athletes were in with a chance of a second gold medal in two days. natalie pirks has the latest. gold medallist and world cham

a televised speech they'll want the representatives of iraq's most influential shia cleric ayatollah ali sistani the governments to listen to the protesters demands. joining me on the line from baghdad is journalist john davis and john what is the situation like there on the streets today have there been no protests. no protests to going to the aristide or earlier in the day they were refused throughout the day clashes with police firing bullets the protesters took it out it seems rescuer to be carried off to the speech. very. good at least want to people are free to chill the seafaring. which is ready to be stopped in the streets particular to the last through last through there is a special report 24 hours. and jump the line is a bit bullet to bandung but let me just try one more question and see if it's any better tell us about the kind of people who are coming out on the streets one of the calling for. well you did not i mean the story job. is to run an enterprise server to the modern servers are not american it's a little. political. experience of the governments and the current system whic

also the system itself because i want to play you a sound bite from the spokesperson of grand ayatollah al sistani his reaction t.s. a very powerful cleric in iraq and let's listen to his reaction thank you i want you to come with the back up and go ahead that plane. none. there are government and its security authorities are fully responsible for the blood which has been shed in the demonstrations over the past few days the bloodshed was either from the innocent residents or from security elements which were entrusted with dealing with them the government is no longer able to shy away from bearing such a big responsibility to go on eric making at that question about the politics of what's going on in iraq quite how significant is that well the shia clerics they always get involved into and into politics i mean some of them and in the parliament some of them actually there they're active and the and the government so the mix between religion and politics these days it became a fashion but it's good that the marjayoun presented by agreeing that the loss is obvious is tiny and show you care. but i w

grand ayatollah ali al sistani said in a letter read out by his representative. now and. we hope that the voices of reason and logic can prevail for the best interests of the country all the officials have the responsibility to make the right decisions to move forward everyone should be aware of the danger of excessive violence before it is to late. in the holy city of najaf in southern iraq mourners for one of the protesters who died a child there's no god but a lot of shade when he was martyred in a protest he was calling for the rights of the people he was 23 years old. the protest similar to others earlier this year aimed at government corruption the lack of jobs and basic services as well as religious discrimination the pollen says it's listening to protesters demands and will hold an emergency session on saturday at. the age of the protesters surprised many in iraq but with a young and often unemployed generation it's perhaps unsurprising that frustration has turned to anger and anger into violence a lot of the protesters have reached a conclusion that the road is b

fire to disperse those defying a curfew in baghdad iraq's highest religious authority grand ayatollah ali sistani has urged protesters and security forces not to use violence is representative read out his appeal now and. we hope that the voices of reason and logic can prevail for the best interests of the country all the officials have the responsibility to make the right decisions to move forward everyone should be aware of the danger of excessive violence before it is too late and you dam in ethiopia is threatening the supply of water to countries downstream representatives from sudan ethiopia in egypt are holding an emergency meeting in heart to discuss how the water can be shared roos president has sworn in a new team of government ministers as martin discarded prepares to govern without political opposition his supporters marched in the capital lima to show their approval for the shutdown of the opposition controlled congress on monday opponents accuse him of staging a coup and a long running battle for power is expected hundreds of facebook and instagram accounts have been removed for what

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iraq's most senior shia cleric, ayatollah ali al—sistani, has urged the government to respond to theareth barlow reports. funerals for some of those killed during iraq's protests. increasing anger against the government is proving deadly. the violence in majority shia regions is the worst in recent years. for days, crowds have defied the authorities and curfews to challenge corruption and unemployment, which is at i6% among young people. over one fifth of iraqis live on less than $2 a day. the government hasn't stood up for me. i am only living with the help of god. no housing, no salaries, and i am a graduate with five languages. this is a country of nepotism. the poor have no link to the parties. who speaks on behalf of all those people? as the violence attracts international concern, the influential cleric and political figure muqtada al—sadr called for fresh elections. the government promised reform. tomorrow, parliament will meet, and these committees will start work. we won't wait long to approve these reforms which will come from the council of the government and from the parl

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disperse those who are defying a curfew in baghdad where iraq's highest religious authority grand ayatollah ali sistani has urged protesters and security forces not to use violence his representative read out his appeal. now and. we hope that the voices of reason and logic can prevail for the best interests of the country all the officials have the responsibility to make the right decisions to move forward everyone should be aware of the danger of excessive violence before it is too late the government of hong kong as an acting emergency laws including a ban on face masks a protest rallies chief executive kerry has been unable to stop 4 months of increasingly violent demonstrations home call it's not in a state of emergency and we are not proclaiming that hong kong is entering a state of emergency but we are indeed in an ok sion of serious danger which is a state a condition in emergency regulations ordinance by the chief executive council to exercise certain powers and i would say that we are now in rather extensive and serious public danger a new dam in ethiopia is threatening the supply of water to

both say they are followers of grand ayatollah al—sistani, one of the most senior figures in shia islam following statement... "if these practices are happening in the way you are saying, then we condemn them unreservedly. temporary marriage is not allowed as a tool to sell sex in a way that belittles the dignity and humanity of women. countless years of war have left millions of women and girls vulnerable and destitute. as long as the religious clerics operate with impunity, they will continue to be victims of iraq's secret sex trade. nawalal—maghafi, bbc news, iraq. and we can talk to nawal who did this investigation. and again, the discussion and the clips we'll show contain descriptions of child abuse and exploitation which are distressing. this is a shocking investigation. tell us more about the investigation you have done. we went there and we randomly picked these marriage offices. we approached ten offices, and eight of them said they were willing to facilitate these so called pleasure marriages. over the course of the year, we focused on three of the clerics, two of the ones yo

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the country's leading shiite cleric, grand ayatollah ali al-sistani, called today for an end to the violencefore it is too late. today after the gomentong kong banned protesters from wearing face masks. thousands of demonstrs turned out, wearing masks. they protested into the night, vandalizing storefronts, setting fires at subway stations-- and defying a rning from thecu city's chief eve. >> if there's no vio if there's no protests, we do not need to have all these instruments with us er toth deal with this violence. of course, if the situation worsens, i suppose that's your question. then, as a responsible w government, l continue to have to identify other means situation.uld tackle the >> woodruff: the protesters wear masks to avoid being identified y,d punished. but, as of saturiolations could mean a year in jail. greece is demanding that turkey re-impose controls on the out-flow of migrants. turkey had agreed in 2016 to seal off the route to greece. but, in the last two months, a new wave of migrantsrrived at jam-packed refugee camps on the greek islands of lesbos d samos. greece says t

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