voters came early to cast their ballots at this polling station in the curious capital bishkek kyrgyzstan is often described as much more democratic than neighboring more thorough tarion post soviet states in central asia opposition parties are free to criticize the government there's been reliably open debate in the run up to this poll but widespread allegations of vote buying by pro-government and opposition parties alike means these parliamentary elections are seen as a test of how sustainable the country's democratic development is i thought i want these elections to be fair despite all the violations we see on social media this election is good for our country. others we spoke to at this polling station said many people have been transported there by a pro-government political party in accordance with the so-called form 2 ruling that form 2 is a legal loophole that allows a voter to change the precinct to which he or she casts a ballot it means parties who feel they may lack support in a given area of a transport and money to voters if they agree to be moved and vote for them. it's e

bishkek the capital of kyrgyzstan a country often described as being more democratic than its neighbors which were also part of the soviet union before it collapsed. 16 parties with more than 1500 candidates competing in these parliamentary elections but there is little trust in many of the faces that adorn campaign posters who michael was a of works on a farm on the outskirts of the city he's angry about mounting allegations of parties trying to buy votes in the run up to the poll. what was up when i found. people who sell their vote or selling their hope selling their country selling their memories of their ancestors and selling their future. this man who didn't want to be identified said in recent days people working for a pro-government political party have twice offered him money if he promises to vote for them all citizens who work for a given party are involved in vote buying he tells me your party gives a person $50.00 to buy a vote they will buy it for $25.00 and pocket the rest the system happens every election and it's happening again he says. kyrgyzstan's post soviet politic

voters came early to cast their ballots at this polling station in the curious capital bishkek kyrgyzstan is often described as much more democratic than neighboring more thorough tarion post soviet states in central asia opposition parties are free to criticize the government has been lively open debate in the run up to this poll but widespread allegations of vote buying by pro-government and opposition parties alike means these parliamentary elections are seen as a test of how sustainable the country's democratic development is i thought i want these elections to be fair have despite all the violations we see on social media this election is good for our country others we spoke to at this polling station said many people have been transported there by a pro-government political party in accordance with the so-called form to ruling through 2 is a legal loophole that allows a voter to change the precinct to which he or she casts a ballot it means parties who feel they may lack support in a given area of a transport and money to voters if they agree to be moved and vote for them. it's esti

system the journey towards true democracy and development must go on trial started al-jazeera bishkek kyrgyzstan. still ahead here on al-jazeera our triumphant announcement for the republicans turned into a coronavirus super spreader a vent. and it's back to the beaches en brazil in defiance of coronavirus orders to keep off the latest from a generic. hello the weather looks pretty settled for the korean peninsula not looking too bad but it's. babbit a cloud across much of central china some wetter weather coming through here at present slow moving weather system this sinks a little further south was sliding down towards the southeast core hong kong could see some clouds and rain as a result of that let's push further north where we got the dry weather i'd say 900 . or so for so fierce. japan once again sheltered by the mount since tokyo getting up to 25 celsius should stay largely dry some of the patterns we don't want to choose day not spy chief just some wet weather coming back into central parts of china but it does look a little dry down towards the south may well kind of dry weather now in

some of the other stories making the news at this hour new clashes have broken out in kyrgyzstan's capital bishkek sunday's contested parliamentary elections officials nullify the results of the poll overnight agreed to nominate a new prime minister opposition groups to control of most of the government's buildings on tuesday after storming the compound. prosecutors have searched the offices of the german football association as well as homes of current and former dea f.b.i. officials that on suspicion of tax evasion 6 people are suspected of falsely declaring income leading to an invasion of 4700000 euros worth of taxes. facebook is banned from its platforms all accounts that support to cuban on conspiracy movements social media company says the move is part of efforts to clamp down on misinformation ahead of the u.s. election on promote stories alleging that president trump is waging a secret war against an international pedophile ring or u.s. president trump as abruptly ended talks on a new congressional democrat leave package which was likely to include aid for unemployed workers airlines and

a state of emergency has been extended in kyrgyzstan's capital bishkek it was declared by the presidentast week following days of unrest over the election which the opposition says was raked child strafford has more from bishkek . the crime only john off runs a small bakery on the outskirts of the curate's capsule be skank. he says he's never really been interested in politics but the chaos of last week following the wreaked parliamentary election has changed everything. but. i didn't vote in the elections because i could see they were not going to be fair but i definitely vote in the next election we cannot give up hope for our future we owe it to our children to. japan are seen here being greeted by supporters after they freed from jail during post-election protests serving 11 year jail term kidnapping . now he's prime minister so many lawyers and some members of parliament say there were not enough m.p.'s present during the emergency's parliamentary session to make voting shapovalov into power legal a state of emergency came into effect on saturday night which showed the president so

to some of the other stories making the news this hour new clashes have broken out in kyrgyzstan's capital bishkek following sunday's contested elections officials nullified the results of the poll overnight and agreed to nominate a new prime minister opposition groups took control of most government buildings tuesday after storming the area. at least 14 people have been killed dozens more wounded in an explosion in the town of bob in northwestern syria witnesses say a large truck bomb went off in a crowded area near a bus station the blast also damaged a number of buildings. facebook has banned from its platforms all accounts that support the q and on conspiracy movement the social media company says the move is part of its efforts to clamp down on misinformation ahead of the u.s. election huon on promotes stories alleging u.s. president trump is waging a secret war against an international pedophile ring. while staying in the u.s. president trump says he's ending negotiations for a new congressional pandemic relief package which was likely to include aid for unemployed workers airlines and small

new clashes have broken out in kyrgyzstan's capital bishkek following sunday's contested parliamentary elections officials nullified the results of the poll overnight and agreed to nominate a new prime minister opposition groups took control of most of the government apparatus on tuesday after storming key buildings. i've least 14 people have been killed and dozens more wounded in an explosion in the town of all bob in northwestern syria witnesses say a large truck bomb went off in a crowded area near a bus station the blast also damaged several buildings. now to a case as straining relations between berlin and moscow a long awaited trial is opening in berlin today of a russian man the taint in alleged contract killing ordered by the kremlin the 55 year olds accused of gunning down a former chechen militia commander in a park in the capital last year in a case that's gripped the popular imagination. welcome to the capital of spice the german spy museum in berlin recently and it is so cool to god mode and to its exits the man in the advertisement is still at it contract killer classic o

i'm rob matheson in doha the top stories on al-jazeera there are reports of gunshots in kyrgyzstan's capital bishkek after the president declared a state of emergency and ordered the deployment of troops there's been growing unrest following a disputed election supporters of the new self-proclaimed prime minister said the example of gathered near the house of government on friday protesters forced the resignation of the government in tuesday and the results of the election have since been an old charles stratford is live for us in bishkek just bring us up to date woods with what's happening now charles. you.

bishkek. the capital of kyrgyzstan a country often described as being more democratic than its neighbors which were also part of the soviet union before it collapsed. 16 parties with more than 1500 candidates competing in these parliamentary elections but there is little trust in many of the faces did it dawn campaign posters. well mike works on a farm on the outskirts of the city he's angry about mounting allegations of parties trying to buy votes in the run up to the poll what was up when i found i don't people who sell their vote a selling their hope selling their country selling their memories of their ancestors and selling their future. this man who didn't want to be identified said in recent days people working for a pro-government political party have twice offered him money if he promises to vote for them all citizens who work for a given party are involved in vote buying details make it a party gives a person $50.00 to buy a vote they will buy it for $25.00 and pocket the rest the system happens every election and it's happening again he says. kyrgyzstan's post soviet political experi

russia says it is a blind by a security treaty to prevent a total breakdown in kyrgyzstan stratford is in the capital bishkek he says moscow is playing a key role in kyrgyzstan. it seems like russia is very concerned about the situation here it seems that it is indorsed a man as head of security here a man that. basically took over the position himself only a couple of days ago in all this chaos but it's an indication traditionally just how serious russia is taking the situation and let's not forget that russia has big interests in kyrgyzstan geo politically and in terms of investments as well russia has a big military base here as well which we understand security was losing cristiano in recent days around there also has interests in the gold industry a gold mine that is trying to be set up by the russians seem to say flooded by putin is a very concerned about how this situation could deteriorate and it seems as if he's ranged jeenbekov in the president here in and said look you've got to play by the law him to play by the constitution in order to have a further chaos and it seems like being back over is th

kyrgyzstan. fed has more from the capital bishkek. seems a flood to me putin isn't very concerned about how this situation could deteriorate and it seems as if he's range jeenbekov in the president. and said look you've got to play by the law him play by the constitution in order to have a further chaos and it seems like going back over this thing. russia has invited the foreign ministers of armenia and azerbaijan to moscow for talks in the foot saying and they're increasingly violent conflict mediators from the u.s. russia and france have met in geneva to find a resolution at least 30 more soldiers have been reported to have been killed on thursday 6 people have been charged with trying to kidnap the governor of the u.s. state of michigan the f.b.i. says the men were planning to take gretchen which from her vacation home whitman was by praise and criticized for her response so the crying of virus pandemic protesters gathered at the state's capitol building after restrictions were imposed those are the headlines the news continues her

yuri can you fill us in on this with some details and who's in charge in kyrgyzstan right now well yesterday in the capital bishkek support us of the parties that the last of the parliamentary elections came out rather which later escalated into riots special forces used tear gas rubber bullets and water cannons the protesters to respond with the molotov cocktails and to build barricades are both of them more than 100 people were injured in the clashes demonstrate a story into the parliament building where the president's office is located that they demanded a 2nd vote president of kurdistan john beck of called what is happening a coup attempt he is still in charge today the demonstrators as part of the building of the care of his government and refused to let employees into it and finally today just a few minutes ago the central election commission has an old the results of the vote so now oppose the opposition wants to see their candidate as prime minister ok you know what what's driving the protests we're seeing in bishkek is just these election results. well brian this is not the 1st time that there has been a

kyrgyzstan. from the capital bishkek seems to me. about how this situation could deteriorate and it seems as if. the president. and said look you've got to play. by the constitution. and it seems like. russia has invited the foreign ministers of amenia and azerbaijan to moscow for talks in an effort to end the increasingly violent conflict now mediators from the u.s. russia and france have met in geneva to find a resolution at least 30 more soldiers are reported to have been killed on thursday the organizers of next week's u.s. presidential debate have refused to overturn their decision to hold the event virtually that's despite donald trump's doctor stating in a letter that he would be cleared to resume public activities from saturday his challenger joe biden says the debate should be delayed by a week and held in person something the trump campaign agreed to 6 people have been charged with trying to kidnap the governor of the u.s. state of michigan the f.b.i. says the men were planning to take gretchen whitmer from her vacation hom

matheson in doha the top stories on al-jazeera there are reports of gunshots in kyrgyzstan's capital bishkek after the president declared a state of emergency and ordered the deployment of troops there's been growing on the rest following a disputed election supporters of the new self-proclaimed prime minister said the example of gathered near the house of government on friday protesters forced the resignation of the government tuesday and the results of the election have since been an old charles stratford is live for us in bishkek just bring us up to date woods with what's happening now charles. very worrying scenes in the last hour or so this was a lot fuller than than it is now a lot of the protesters a lot of who were supporting various different opposition groups that it's a very peacefully gathering here showing some sort of unity. basically left because a group of rival opposition supporters from maine who support the new prime minister a man that was voted in by an emergency parliamentary session. last week who was freed from jail by those protesters a group of them came into the sq

gun shots will be inheriting kyrgyzstan's capital bishkek after the president declared a state of emergency and ordered the deployment of troops. demonstrations against the president of being held in a city square while a separate drop in supporting a new self-proclaimed prime minister was also held protesters forced the resignation of the government on tuesday the results of the election have since been. a list of look at the key players here kurdistan's president sort of in biogen because of insists he is in control of the country sadly as jeff put it all does the new prime minister protesters freed him from jail earlier this week the veteran politician had been serving an 11 and a half year jail term for kidnapping also freed on tuesday it was former president . he was close to president gen book off but they fell low to fall in the $27000.00 presidential election opposition groups have failed to agree on a common counted it so far but 2 of them say they will want together in a power sharing deal. well john stratford is live for us in charles 1st of all let's talk about those gunshots th

well just like all countries in central asia rebecca kyrgyzstan is a poor country which can cause its instability and unrest in bishkek may have a domino effect to duty and result problems to that of the country has with the neighbors recently in may of this year for example on the border of kurdistan and had just done there was a shoot out because of a disputed territory on the border last year in the fall that will also arm clashes clashes with the biggest and that of course the poverty interest and also makes it and the breeding ground for the so-called islamic state like other countries in central asia. what do we know about what's happening on the ground now and what's expected in the coming hours. well it's quite difficult to say what is exactly going on in the streets of bishkek i would sit summarize on one worth callous after a night of protests the lido off one of the losing party is south of that and people's government would be convened in kurdistan instead of the current government and a new prime minister would be appointed at the same time government representatives in 3 other regions of kyrgyzstan have

in his country deeply oppose the political crisis and uncertainty in kyrgyzstan is not over yet charles trafford al-jazeera bishkek. the been scuffles between type police and anti-government protesters who have defied a ban on public gatherings. the demonstrations in central bangkok come a day after time's government announced the ban through an emergency decree but failed to quell the growing protest movement which is calling for the prime minister's resignation and reforms to the monarchy will provide a minimum is a time a political commentator she says the growing anger goes beyond disappointment with the government. there has been boiling sentiment on how the situation have been handled so i think that the protests have shown that the deep the depth of the anger and frustration of people in bangkok particularly the protest or the youth sentiments have been going on since before the cause it struck back in earlier this year. and the reason that it's growing more i think it partly reflects the frustration that the economic impact of corbett has also affected their economic wellbeing of the student and also the i

the president of kyrgyzstan has declared a state of emergency in the capital bishkek in a bid to end on the west following disputed elections moment will vote on the measure in the coming hours the military has been ordered to deploy troops to. and the 2nd u.s. presidential debate between donald trump and his democratic rival joe biden has been canceled and we're told to take place next week organizers wanted to hold the president refused. taiwan's president says he's willing to hold talks with china if they're on an equal basis speaking at national day celebrations when said she's open to meaningful dialogue with beijing and hopes regional tensions can be resolved peacefully and speech comes at a time of increased tension with china which has ramped up force activity near the island in the past few weeks has been angered by growing u.s. support for the self-governed island. yeah. but as long as the beijing authorities are willing to resolve and tighten isms and improve relations while parity and dignity are maintained we are willing to work together to facilitate meaningful dialogue

bishkek. we spoke to the new prime minister and acting president of kyrgyzstan for the age of power for a man3 weeks ago was serving an 11 year jail term for kidnapping a crime that he says he never committed but he recognizes that he is yet to win the trust of many people in this country their justice is out of power there is a kurd saying that falsehoods travel faster than through those people who are saying i'm a bad person that i'm connected with criminals and negative forces are saying that because they are scared the truth is that i'm going to fight against these corrupted schemes and i can say in the next 3 months there will be a lot of changes there will be presidential and parliamentary elections i will prove nothing by words but by real interventions that we are going to change and provide open and transparent elections will fair elections depend not only on the central election committee but on the corrupted interest of president or prime ministers of the past we are looking for new ways to break this institutionalized corrupted system we will fight against those who buy or sell th

have been killed since fighting flared up last month the president of kyrgyzstan has declared a state of emergency in the capital bishkek to and rest going to speeches elections will vote on the measure in the coming hours military has been ordered to deploy troops. taiwan's president says she's willing to hold talks with china if they're held on an equal basis speaking at national day celebrations when says she's open to meaningful dialogue with beijing and hopes regional tensions can be resolved peacefully a speech comes at a time of increased tensions with china which has ramped up force activity near the islands in the past few weeks aging has been angered by growing u.s. support for the self-governed island. yeah. but as long as the beijing authorities are willing to resolve an attack in isms and improve relations parity and dignity are maintained we are willing to work together to facilitate meaningful dialogue we are committed to upholding regional stability but this is not something taiwan can show to alone it is the joint responsibility of both sides . a 2nd u.s. presidential debate between donald trump and dem

was an attempt on his life when his call was shot in the capital bishkek leaders on the key players in the crisis right now kyrgyzstan's president by birth and says that he is in control of the country but says he'll resign when a new cabinet is appointed solder is the new prime minister off to protest his freedom from jail earlier this week it's been serving 11 and a half years for kidnapping. also freed on tuesday was former president back at him by if he was close to president jim because but they found out after the 27000 presidential election opposition groups have failed to agree on a common cancer itself ah but 2 of them have said they will work together in a power sharing deal charles traffic reports now from a check. out this video appears to show the moment a gunman tried to assassinate cuba storms former president almost back at them by of. only hours before he'd appear for the 1st time in public since being freed from jail by supporters during protests over last week's parliamentary election results . and somebody who was jailed last year for corruption was on her in the attack the central election committe

the resignation of kyrgyzstan's president after a disputed elections has sparked celebrations the capital bishkek prime minister says he'll assume the presidency he was named prime minister on wednesday just days after supporters freed him from prison. europe is scrambling to bring a resurgence of the coronavirus under control as infections reached levels not seen since the beginning of the pandemic now some of that is due to more testing than back then but it's clear the virus remains a serious threat even at the highest levels of european politics where covert disrupted the 1st day of the e.u. leaders summit. we may never find out what prompted angela merkel to make this gesture when talking to a french president in mind when the call masks make it impossible to read lips but it's not only the mast that are a reminder that they're coronaviruses casting a shadow at this e.u. leaders meeting in brussels you commission chief funder line left the talks early one of her staffers tested positive for corbett 19 and final and chose to self isolate a separate caution so she was no longer present when th

the president of kyrgyzstan has declared a state of emergency in the capital bishkek to end on the rest following speeches elections parliament will vote on the measure in the coming hour as the minute she has been ordered to deploy troops. on the 2nd u.s. presidential debate between donald trump and his democratic rival joe biden has been canceled or says will take place next week open eyes as wanted to hold eventually but the president refused. at least 4 people have died and dozens were injured including children when a fuel tank exploded in lebanon's capital on friday night happened in one of the most densely populated districts in beirut cause. taiwan's president says she's willing to hold talks with china if they are held on an equal basis speaking at national day celebrations citing when said she's open to meaningful dialogue with beijing and hopes regional tensions can be resolved peacefully as speech comes a time of increased tension with china has boosted air force activity near the island in the past few weeks has been angered by growing u.s. support for the self governed cou

have been killed since fighting flared up last month the president of kyrgyzstan has declared a state of emergency in the capsule bishkek to end unrest following to speak to the elections hall and will vote on the measure in the coming hours has been ordered to deploy troops taiwan's president says she's willing to hold talks with china if they're held on an equal basis speaking at national day celebrations when says she's open to meeting full dialogue with beijing and hopes recent tensions can be resolved peacefully as speech comes at a time of increased tensions with china which of. activity near the island in the past few weeks has been angered by growing u.s. support for the self-governed island. so you know if you don't. watch as long as the beijing authorities are willing to solve and tackle isms and improve relations parity and dignity are maintained we are willing to work together to facilitate meaningful dialogue we are committed to upholding regional stability but this is not something taiwan can show to alone it is the joint responsibility of both sides. the 2nd u.s. presidential debate between donald trump a

has little faith in politicians promising to build a better economy in kyrgyzstan so he can reach and find work closer to home. bishkek. human rights groups say they're increasingly concerned at the number of civilians in northern mozambique who've been beaten tortured and even beheaded government forces have confronted armed groups fighting to create an islamic state in kabul delgado province for the past 3 years both sides are accused of targeting civilians in their battle for control as malcolm webb now reports so. we're calling him to protect his identity he says he was on his way to the market in northern mozambique when military police stopped him and beat him. and later filmed it on a mobile phone government security forces are fighting armed groups in taba delgado province. loses one of a growing number of civilians who complain of uses by police and soldiers. 81 of them called me hey come here he had a gun on me he asked me about my id. and at that moment i didn't have it he told me to lie on the floor and he told his colleague to hit me with a baton he hit me 14 times on the head and the buttocks before i wa

speak to you charles stafford there in the capital bishkek in front of one of the firsts opposition protests against those early results in kyrgyzstan's parliamentary elections for the 9th week tens of thousands of people have marched through the center of capital demanding the resignation of president alexander lukashenko demonstrators in minsk calling for political prisoners to be freed police use water cannon to disperse them and cordon off the streets lower birds and manly reports. charlotte with water cannon. up against bruises to police and understood oh it was very chilling. tens of thousands of people remained undeterred i have continued protests for more than 2 months that since the opposition says the election on the 9th of august when president alexander lukashenko claimed a landslide victory was really i presently shank it is known as electoral food and was inaugurated last month by your standards those advances seriously and i think that having been in power for 26 years look at shankar has completely departed from the reality you cannot understand that his time is over he's afraid of the new leaders who can take power an

the resignation of kyrgyzstan's president 2 weeks after disputed elections has sparked celebrations in the capital bishkek prime minister. says that he will assume the presidency he was named prime minister on wednesday just days after supporters freed him from prison. heavy rains have drenched a camp housing almost 8000 refugees on the greek island of lesbos it's the 2nd time this month that the tent city has been hit by flooding many of the people living in the camp came from the overcrowded away a camp that was destroyed by fire last month. yemen's warring sides are exchanging more than a 1000 prisoners captured during years of conflict the trade as part of a deal reached in switzerland back in september yemen has been at war since 2014 causing a humanitarian crisis and the deaths of more than 100000 people. a wave of protests my young pro-democracy activists in thailand is gathering momentum today thousands defied a government ban on gatherings of more than 4 people in the capital to again take their grievances to the streets of bangkok they say too much power is concentrated in the hands of the gover

kyrgyzstan. we seem to have lost connection to charles traffic speaking to us from bishkek actually i think we may happen let's see if we can return back to bishkek and charles trafford. so charles you were talking to us about the un happiness i think protesters. what's also interesting is there actually a number of pro-government parties that are in the lead could there be any rivalry between those parties. yeah that's what a lot of people are asking a very interesting question here i mean just to give you some idea. one of the most powerful pro-government parties a party called manichean kyrgyzstan is believed to be backed by a clan leader here who is very powerful in the south a man called. of now he's some. his or his son is a candidate in this party. this is a clan that is very powerful is very wealthy the leader of the clan is the former head of deputy head of customs here. and he actually is rumored to have burnt the presidential campaign of the current president because in 2017 there are people who now. may well be looking for some sort of payback from the president he also has very powerf

oppose the political crisis and deep on certainty that kyrgyzstan has suffered in recent weeks is not over yet charles trafford al-jazeera bishkek israel has approved the construction of thousands more illegal homes in the occupied west bank that brings the total number of homes approved to almost 5000 over the past 2 days the palestinian leadership has condemned the move and so far as time settler homes have been authorized since israel suspended plans to unexposed in the land as part of a deal with the u.a.e. . saudi arabia's foreign minister has suggested the normalization of ties between the kingdom and israel is unlikely any time soon there's been speculation about whether saudi arabia will follow in the footsteps of fellow gulf countries the u.a.e. and bahrain speak he's a washington based think tank prince faisal bin for handouts wood said the main focus of peace efforts should be to restart talks between israel and the palestinians. i believe that the focus now needs to be on getting the palestinians and israelis back to the negotiating table in the end the only thing that can deliver a lasting peace and lasting stabilit

and the resignation of kyrgyzstan's president 2 weeks after the disputed elections has forked celebrations in the capital bishkekprime minister. said he's he'll assume the presidency he was named prime minister on wednesday just days after supporters pretium from prison. many movie theaters india have begun reopening after being forced to close because of the pandemic the country's multi-million dollar bawly would film industry has welcomed the move as much of its income comes from local cinema screenings but used an era choudhary reports for the many extras and day laborers the future is anything but bright. bomb. elaborate song and dance routine. that's how most of the world knows. it. but behind the glitzy facade are thousands of the leverage workers who form the backbone of the film industry. yet they remain anonymous and live at its margins. under she is one of them. he lives in a wondrous flat and is the soon breadwinner in his family of 4. you. put 35 years under worked as a background dancer in countless movies. but his work completely dried up as the call with 1000 pounds on me forced the film industry

oppose the political crisis and deep on certainty that kyrgyzstan has suffered in recent weeks is not over yet charles trafford al-jazeera bishkek. thousands of protesters in thailand have defied a ban on public gatherings filling the streets of one of bangkok's busiest districts they're demanding the prime minister's resignation and reforms to the monarchy but the government says the movement threatens national security it's called tipler has more from bangkok police leave a long night out in front of thailand's seat of power government house as street cleaners wash away what was left behind by the thousands of anti-government protesters from the night before several 100 protesters camped out overnight and just before 5 am they were pushed out with calls from protest leaders for calm they left peacefully but later in the day some of the most high profile protest leaders were arrested the protester clearing operation was given the green light when an emergency decree was announced at 4 am saying that gatherings of more than 5 people it was now illegal. the decree cited that the protests were illegal public gatherings causing cha

oppose the political crisis and deep on certainty that kyrgyzstan has suffered in recent weeks is not over yet charles trafford al-jazeera bishkek israel has approved the construction of thousands more illegal settler homes in the occupied west bank and brings the total number of homes approved to almost $5000.00 over the past 2 days the palestinian leadership has condemned the move as of us time settlers homes have been authorized since israel suspended plans to annex palestinian land as part of a deal with the u.a.e. made abraham has moved from bethlehem in the occupied west bank. the number of illegal israeli settlement units promoted this year is the largest in nearly a decade both students say that the israeli government is emboldened by the trump administration settlement activity has increased by 25 percent since trump took office one of the largest expansions and the latest israeli decision is in this supplement over here built over the lands of delaware as a village near bethlehem over 950 new units will establish a neighborhood that is larger than the settlement itself they moved. to build this certainly but. anyway th

faith in politicians promising to build a better economy in kyrgyzstan so he can return and find work closer to home john started out as arab bishkek. and one of the top stories on al-jazeera u.s. president donald trump has tweeted that he's feeling well in hospital after testing positive for corona virus the president's doctors say he hasn't had a fever for 24 hours and a happy with his progress but minutes after the doctor spoke an official close to trump said his vital signs had caused concern and the next 48 hours of care critical trumps medical team when say when he could be released from hospital. at this time the team and i are extremely happy with the progress the president has made there is a he had a mild cough and some nasal congestion fatigue all of which are now resolving an improving support to note the president's been fever free for over 24 hours we remain cautiously optimistic but he's doing great india spiralling corona virus outbreak has now killed more than 100000 people that's new 10 percent of global deaths from the disease it's only the 3rd country to record that number after the united states and brazil the

the prime minister of kyrgyzstan kubatbek boronov has resigned as opposition groups have taken control of key buildings offices in the capital bishkekoccupied the parliament building early on tuesday following disputed elections on sunday. the election commission has now annulled the election results. in an interview with the bbc, armenia's prime minister has said that ethnic armenians living in the disputed region of nagorno—karabakh are facing genocide. the two countries are clashing over the enclave, which is officially part of azerbaijan but is run by ethnic armenians. the fighting between the two former soviet republics is the worst seen in decades. both countries blame each other for the violence. our correspondentjonah fisher filed this report from yerevan. sirens wail. explosions. ten days in, there is no sign of either armenia or azerbaijan easing up. in and around the disputed region of nagorno—karabakh, shells are falling on cities and on civilians. with people fleeing and having lost territory, armenia's prime minister is on the defensive. under international law, armenia has been illegally occupying nagorno—kara bakh an

supported the measure 13 did not the resignation of kyrgyzstan's president 2 weeks after disputed elections has sparked celebrations in the capital bishkek prime minister saad says he'll assume the presidency now he was named prime minister just on wednesday just days after supporters freed him from prison. heavy rains have drenched a camp housing almost $8000.00 refugees on the greek island of less books it's the 2nd time this month the tent city has been hit by flooding and many of the people living in the camp came from the overcrowded maría camp that was destroyed by fire last month. yemen's warring sides are exchanging more than a 1000 prisoners captured during years of conflict the trade is part of the deal reached in switzerland in september yemen has been that worse since 2014 causing a humanitarian crisis and the deaths of more than 100000 people. the global rights group human rights watch says russian and syrian air strikes on the rebel held city of it live last year may constitute crimes against humanity the group has released a report that looks into dozens of what it says were unlawful strikes on civilian targets over a peri

the resignation of kyrgyzstan's president xi weeks after disputed elections has sparked celebrations in the capital bishkek prime minister. says he'll assume the presidency he was named prime minister on wednesday just days after supporters freed him from prison. every rains have drenched a camp housing almost 80000 refugees on the greek island of lesbos it's the 2nd time this month the tent city has been hit by flooding many of the people living in the camps came from overcrowded overcrowded maria a camp that was destroyed by fire last month. president donald trump and democratic challenger joe biden are set to hold live televised events tonight at the same time on different channels biden scheduled his town hall in place of the 2nd debate which was set for today but then canceled after trump refused to do it online the debate organizers made that change after trump was hospitalized for coronavirus now not to be outdone trump has planned his own event taking place at the same exact time as biden's so with just 3 weeks until election day polls show by that with a strong lead and millions of people have alr

faith in politicians promising to build a better economy in kyrgyzstan so he can return and find work closer to home john started out as a hero bishkek. and one of the top stories on al-jazeera u.s. president donald trump has tweeted that he's feeling well in hospital after testing positive for corona virus the president's doctors say he hasn't had a fever for 24 hours and a happy with his progress but minutes after the doctor spoke an official close to trump said his vital signs had caused concern and the next 48 hours of care critical trumps medical team when say well.