authorities in april against another malaysian based plantation company florence louis al-jazeera now subway restaurants are famous for their savory sandwiches but island says they are too sweet country supreme court claims the rolls contain too much sugar to be legally considered bread the ruling was made in a case about how the bread is taxed in island it means the roles offered by the u.s. chain which has branches in more than $100.00 countries can't be deemed a staple food in ireland we're going to bring you much more in just a couple of minutes that's it for the news hour i will be back with a full roundup of the top stories very short including of course all the latest on that flare up in tensions between armenia and azerbaijan. 40 years ago on october the 6th when muslims were observing ramadan and jews were celebrating young composer egypt and syria going to surprise war against israel. carter's world promoter so to get into this situation of disaster now in the 1st of a 3 part series al-jazeera explores what really happened during the 1st week of the war in october on al-jaze

machinery of been deployed to help search for survivors let's go live now to kuala lumpur al-jazeera florence louis can tell us more florence about the situation in vietnam. that's right now this is to one of the strongest typhoons to hit the country in 20 years and before the typhoon hit the government had moved more about 40000 people to emergency shelters it also or told the factories offices and schools to shut to prevent casualties and even though the typhoon had weakened to a tropical depression after it made landfall on wednesday it still brought lots of heavy rain and that rain set of landslides in central vietnam that's buried dozens of people it's also many others are still missing now hundreds of soldiers have been deployed for search rescue and recovery work they're using bulldozers excavators to open up blocked roads they're trying to bring in more rescuers more heavy equipment to help in the search and rescue work but heavy rain is making their work more difficult now the 2 villages where the worst of the landslides took place is in a coastal province in central vietnam and this is a

resign lived out of kuala lumpur out of serious florence louis is there for us florence what happens next. well it's still not clear that anwar is able to prove his claims now said that during his meeting with the king it presented the king documents including statutory declarations and statements from party leaders to show that he has in his words got the support of more than 128 members of parliament now 112 is needed for a simple majority in parliament has been trying to meet the king since he said last month that he's got the support of the majority in parliament and that he would seek to be appointed prime minister he's only able to meet the king now because the monarch has been on well now and the 1st hurdle is for on want to convince the king that he does indeed have the majority support in parliament however we've also just received a press release from the palace saying that while on one says he has that he claims to have the numbers on what has been revealed the names of the members of parliament who support him to strengthen this claim of him this claim of hits so this is

confidence against the prime minister whether or not that motion is granted is another matter florence louis for inside story. and. had their roller coaster journey through his political life in 1903 he became how to mohammad deputy prime minister and was widely expected to succeed him but following a power struggle he was instead sacked and imprisoned for sodomy and corruption in 1998 he was jailed again in 2014 and war and his feud with mahathir before the 2018 elections that asked of the 61 year ruling coalition who was freed from jail and became her tears there's a greater successor but my heart is failure to set a deadline to hand over power and his resignation of february has split the alliance and bishan is worse set back again when we hid in the s.c. and became prime minister in march his renewed his bid for premiership in september announcing his secured a parliamentary majority. let's bring in our guest there or in kuala lumpur or tricia is c.e.o. of the institute for democracy and economic affairs ibrahim sofia is executive director of medical center a public opinion research orga

resign or the star from out of there as florence louis who's live for us in kuala lumpur so florence what happens next. well the opposition leader on my brain says that during his meeting with the king he presented the monarch with documents including statutory declarations and. statements by party leaders to show that he's got the support of more than 120 members of parliament 112 is needed for a simple majority now and it's not clear though that on or has been able to convince the king that he does indeed have support of the majority in parliament shortly after our last press conference the palace issued a statement to say that yes indeed the meeting took place and yes i told the king that he has the support of the majority in parliament but i don't want to not give a king the king a list of the names of members of parliament who he says support him which would strengthen his claim now the prime minister's party as all show has also issued a statement to say that on one has once again failed to prove his claim because you remember that i make this claim last month and he's been see

winds ripped the roofs off more than $50000.00 houses and millions have been left without power florence louis reports. typhoon malaria is one of the worst typhoons to hit vietnam in 20 years it lashed the central region with heavy rain causing floods and setting off landslides hundreds of soldiers have been deployed to the worst hit areas to help and search for missing people in the media we must reach the landslide the fastest way 1st sending more soldiers before we can get the big machinery that we have to reach there by all means including using helicopters this village is blocked off and bulldozers and excavators are being used to open a road to fishing boats also sank off the coast of vietnam as the typhoon approached this region is still recovering from floods that killed more than $130.00 people and destroyed hundreds of houses earlier this month in a series of storms aid agencies say relieve resources will be pushed to the limit the government says more than $50000.00 homes have been damaged and millions of people left without electricity and more heavy rain is forecast to fall in cen

authorities in april against another malaysian based plantation company florence louis al jazeera. just one bit of news to bring you about subway subway restaurants famous for their savory sandwiches but island says they are too sweet the country's supreme court claims the rolls contain too much sugar to be legally considered bread the ruling was made in a case about how the bread is taxed in ireland it means the roles offered by the u.s. chain which has branches in more than $100.00 countries can't be deemed a staple food an island. is a quick look at headlines now france and russia say they have evidence that syrian fighters have joined the battle of in a corner car back they believe the fight has traveled through turkey to join the fight on behalf of azerbaijan are going to care about his internationally recognized as part of azerbaijan but it's controlled by armenian separatists a flare up in fighting over the past week is the deadliest in decades there have been protests across india over the gang rapes and subsequent deaths of 2 women from the lodging line.

authorities in april against another malaysian based plantation company florence louis al-jazeera. for let's have a quick check of the headlines here in our desire and french president tomorrow macro's says the deployment of syrian fighters to the disputed you're going to occur back region is a serious new development france and russia say they have evidence the fight has traveled through turkey to join the battle on behalf of the by john france and russia have joined the u.s. in calling for an immediate end to the fighting though the warring parties say now is not the time to talk peace to a place you don't like we have information today that is very clear that indicates that fighters from syria have left today they are members of.

typhoon triggered landslides in some remote areas at least 12 fisherman have also been killed florence louis reports from kuala lumpur the 2 villages where the worst of the landslides took place is in a coastal province in central vietnam and this is a region that still recovering from floods earlier this month that killed about 130 people and destroyed hundreds of homes the government says this typhoon that hit has damaged 50000 homes and left millions of people without electricity and heavy rain is forecast to continue until at least saturday. u.s. secretary of state mike pump aoe has described the chinese communist party is the biggest threat to religious freedom he was speaking during a visit to indonesia he said the party had tried to justify its brutalization of muslims as necessary for counter terrorism on pavers visiting the world's biggest muslim majority nation as part of a regional trip to bolster trade and security ties they have slashed all red cross is condemning growing violence in the local conflicts the latest ceasefire between us about seanad armenia appears to failed docto

authorities in april against another malaysian based plantation company florence louis al-jazeera firefighters in northern california struggling to contain 2 fast moving wildfire one is threatening towns and wineries and vineyards in napa valley the other has killed 4 people in the cascade foothills close to the oregon border an estimated 75000 people are under evacuation orders the state has seen a record shattering fire season that's already scorched over 1500000 hectares. and in bolivia the military is helping fight wildfires that have destroyed more than a 1000000 hectares of forest and grass and some are still burning in the rural heartlands of santa cruz and benny but the government says the situation is under control the rainfall in some of the affected areas has helped. that's a little nudge in the direction of our website al jazeera dot com is the address all the stories we're covering there of course plenty of comment and analysis to al-jazeera. say this is out there these are the top stories in french president tomorrow macro's says the deployment of syrian fighters to the disputed

resign let's get more now from from florence louis who joins us live from kuala lumpur florence it'sa bit confusing this power struggle that we're seeing a malaysia usually if you have a majority in parliament you get to be in charge so what's different here why is is there this tussle between those 2 men at the top. well i brought him the opposition leader says he has the support of the majority in parliament now he says he's got the support of more than 120 members of parliament and 112 is needed for a simple majority but he hasn't been able to prove he has the support now when he 1st made his announcement last month the prime minister said well prove it now anwar today met with the king and he said he furnished documents including statutory declarations as well as statements from party leaders to show that he's got the support of the majority in parliament well shortly after his press conference the palace issued a statement saying that while anwar still inform the palace that he's got the support of the majority in parliament he did not name the members of parliament who backed h

winds ripped the roof off more than $50000.00 houses and millions have been left without power florence louis reports typhoon is one of the worst typhoons to hit vietnam in 20 years it lashed the central region with heavy rain causing floods and setting off landslides hundreds of soldiers have been deployed to the worst hit areas to help and search for missing people. we must reach the landslide the fastest way 1st sending more soldiers before we can get the big machinery that we have to reach there by all means including using helicopters this village is blocked off and bulldozers and excavators are being used to open a road to fishing boats also sank off the coast of vietnam as the typhoon approached this region is still recovering from floods that killed more than 130 people and destroyed hundreds of houses earlier this month in a series of storms aid agencies say relieve resources will be pushed to the limit the government says more than $50000.00 homes have been damaged and millions of people left without electricity and more heavy rain is forecast to fall in central vietnam in the comin

major restructuring with 6000 jobs will go and its regional subsidiary airline will be closed florence louishas more on cafe cafes survival plan. cathay pacific only recently began recovering from protests in hong kong that badly hit demand last year but the pandemics dealt a 2nd blow with international borders closed the hong kong based adeline saw its passengers drop by nearly 82 percent in the 1st 8 months of this year it's announced it will cut nearly a quarter of its stock and shut down its regional unit cathay dragon analysts say they're not surprised or. cathay pacific is not the only ally in the region to undergo a major restructuring last month singapore airlines announced the largest retrenchment in its history cutting more than 20 percent of its stock tie always fall for bankruptcy protection in may here in malaysia the national carrier is in talks to restructure its debts but the finance minister recently said the government will not provide any financial relief or debt guarantees raising questions about the fate and future of malaysia airlines. more gloomy days are predicted to

he'd handed over evidence that he has enough support but the palace disputed his account and as florence louisreports from kuala lumpur the prime minister may have little to worry about. 3 weeks after he 1st said he had the support of the majority in parliament malaysian opposition leader i know i brought him finally got to meet the king who was carrying what he says is proof he has a convincing majority to form a new government i would appeal to. listens to exercise. patience wisdom. and. the king to digest. decide. the. question i have is the response from the palace came quickly shortly after our noise news conference the palace issued a statement that seemed to contradict analysts assertion that he provided evidence of majority support in parliament the statement said and i want told the king how many members of parliament support him but did not provide their names it went on to say the king also known as the agong has advised on want to abide by and respect the constitutional process for the risk is that his credibility is under threat in order for it to reach the numbers that he's claim

soldiers and heavy machinery have been deployed to affected areas to help search for survivors florence louis reports. typhoon is one of the worst typhoons to hit vietnam in 20 years it lashed the central region with heavy rain causing floods and setting off landslides hundreds of soldiers have been deployed to the worst hit areas to help and search for missing people in the media we must reach the landslide the fastest why 1st sending more soldiers before we can get the big machinery that we have to reach there by all means including using helicopters this village is blocked off and bulldozers and excavators are being used to open a road to fishing boats also sank off the coast of vietnam as the typhoon approached this region is still recovering from floods that killed more than $130.00 people and destroyed hundreds of houses earlier this month in a series of storms aid agencies say relieve resources will be pushed to the limit the government says more than $50000.00 homes have been damaged and millions of people left without electricity and more heavy rain is forecast to fall in central vie

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