tonight, heavy clashes are reportedly continuing near the green zone.ho knows how much blood will be spilled in baghdad tonight. brent: here are some of the other stories that are making headlines around the world. iran has announced new violations of the nuclear deal it signed with the world powers in 2015. tehran's nuclear chief says it is developing a new generation of advanced centrifuges, which can enrich uranium up to 50 times more quickly. i ran began violating limitations on uranium enrichment after u.s. president donald trump pulled out of the nuclear deal last year. a u.s. appeals court has ruled donald's accounting firm must hand over eight years of his tax returns to new york prosecutors. manhattan's district attorney is seeking the returns as part of a criminal probe into the u.s. president and his real estate business. trump is expected to ask the supreme court of the u.s. to overturn the ruling. cia backed afghan paramilitary forces have killed civilians in night raids, kidnapped people, and bobbed villages. that is according to the lates

traffic since protests protesters attempted to march across again the goal is always the fortified green zone that's when they encountered security forces and witnesses are telling us that live ammunition was used and at least 5 people were killed although the spokesman for the prime minister's office continues to deny that anyone was killed protesters also went to the ministry of justice they lit a fire at a building next door they also tried to gather 'd around one of the prime minister's offices they had to be dispersed with tear gas and water canyons today schools remain closed as do the courts in baghdad 'd both the teachers union and the attorneys union are on strike the prime minister is threatening legal action against the teacher's union so it's unclear exactly what crime it could be. the teachers could be charged with one attorney says they are simply exercising their right. to protest as you mentioned the gridlock in the capital remains here 40 roads have been blocked by protesters and the authorities have taken the steps of closing 4 main bridges there was an internet blackout ove

been the epicenter of the protests they were trying to cross this bridge to get into the fortified green zone attempted to topple barricades and that's when witnesses say security forces responded with live ammunition witnesses are saying that there are people who have been killed the prime minister spokesman is saying that is not true medical sources say dozens of people are injured and most of the injuries are from god and shot wounds to the face and head and that the wounded includes security forces from there there were reports that there were protesters who gathered around one of the prime minister's office is near the green zone and they had to be dispersed with tear gas and water cannons and also a spokesman with the prime minister's office says the protesters attempted to reach the ministry of justice they lit a fire near of building nearby spokesman says that protesters were beaten back with sticks so what you're seeing is a new evolution in these protests where they're no longer just confined to tahrir square but protesters are going to major intersection at intersections to prevent

say they were hit in the head by a tear gas canister as police try to retake the crossing to the green zone by government buildings and ok to 32 others were wounded as police use stun grenades to stop demonstrators from reaching the other side of the bridge sunday school demonstrations across the country off the influential character in total sunder hold for a national strike social going to name has more from baghdad. other roads were quite card coming into tahrir square we're seeing a lot of students in the numbers do seem to be bigger than we would typically see this time of day on a sunday if you look behind me you can see pretty significant plume of black smoke you mentioned that the prominent shiite cleric what else thought are called for an issue know why the strike in iraq it's probably because his followers comprise the largest bloc in parliament they are the primary opposition they are united with the protesters in calling for the resignation of prime minister maliki and calling for elections in baghdad as i said we're expecting more people in tahrir square than we would typically

wednesday police used tear gas to disperse the crowds getting too close to the capital city of green zone houses government buildings demonstrators are occupying the main bridge leading to the area as well as to other bridges in baghdad. they go you up to date with the headlines on al-jazeera the latest edition of inside story is coming up next. who's to govern israel another deadline to agree a government has come and gone after benny gantz gave up trying the mandate is now with the knesset but will it be able to move things forward and what's causing this breakdown in israeli politics this is inside story. or welcome to the program. israel is facing an unprecedented 3rd selection in under a year that's after opposition leader benny gantz was unable to form a coalition government at a 10.

again since the protests began the protesters were on a bridge that would lead to the fortified green zone there are barricades that have set up on that bridge the attempt to topple the barricades and it's high riot police responded with this is tell us that this time again this is what witness at least one witness is telling us is high right police responded with wide in you nation not hearing gas and witnesses saying as many as 5 people may have been killed a medical source tells us that about 30 people have been injured in saying that these injuries many of them are from gunshot wounds to the head and feet. oh and food security forces not just protesters peter we're being told that the injured include security forces both protesters understood it seems like a very fluid combustible situation on the ground. it is and it sounds the last 2 days have been i think a little bit more time peter because what we've seen is of course you can see the epicenter here in tahrir where a large number of protesters have been congregating for going on a 2nd week but what happened beginning sunday and con

people now on weapons day the police used tear gas to disperse people getting too close to the green zone which is home to government buildings demonstrators a still occupying the main bridge leading to the area and 2 other bridges also in back that up next it's faultlines adrian's here with the news from 10 g. i'll see you from 11 gee if. you stand the differences. and the similarities of cultures across the world. al-jazeera. going on. in less than a year the united states has seen 2 of the deadliest white supremacist attacks in its recent history. were born. in october of 2018 a gunman murdered 11 jewish worshipers at the tree of life synagogue in pittsburgh pennsylvania. then in august 22 people were shot dead in an attempt to kill as many latinos as possible in el paso texas. just 9 months apart the.

forces in the capital baghdad the police used tear gas to disperse people getting too close to the green zone which is home to government buildings demonstrators are still occupying the main bridge leading to the area and 2 other key bridges also in the capital there also disrupting access to the southern port of little 300 people have been killed since protests began 7 weeks ago. iraqi women have turned out in huge numbers at the recent demonstrations a significant difference from past years mohammed met some of them at a protest in fact that. this is a moment the could not be missed. as she accompanies her 3 daughters to freedom square the epicenter of anti-government demonstrations in baghdad and tells us how it was a sense of patriotism the compelled her to come out and show her support but not see him next to syria my daughter's feel exactly the same and i say mom we have to go out this is our country while we staying home or going to school while the other a rockies a sacrificing themselves this is the 4th time they've visited it likely won't be the last in my it will spoil our generati

people power was stopped before it could cross a bridge from tahrir square toward a well fortified green zone where government is housed and it's a lot of it. i've been here for 8 days since last thursday we've been here until now they said on friday there will be demonstrations we took part in peaceful demonstrations they threw tear gas and sound for nates at us it is the president bar him sally says prime. minister abdul mahdi will step down but only when a successor has been identified a potentially months long process when iraqis want action measured in days. when we don't have an honest government not only a muddy is corrupt all politicians who have been ruling iraq are corrupt we don't want to also beloved we want all corrupt politicians to be uprooted. but if he was fired the next one will be worse. to clear timelines for reform have emerged the slower constitutional route to newly promised elections proposed by a government accused of deep seated corruption and the fastest street by street self-determination by an impatient people shitting and meeting their own standards of living in

are struggling for control of the crossings of the tigris river approaches says one to reach the green zone on the other side while security forces want to stop them from getting there. the now there's a strategic style made on the straits but it's one that's paralyzing the city and increasing pressure on the authorities. on the model that you politicians have destroyed the country for years have taken what's ours get out we don't want you paralysis to outside the capital protests is resuming a blockade of one of the country's main ports from here food imports into the country and oil laves that. political crisis that's already heating the economy threatening any remaining stability in this country still has. now to all special coverage of the 30th anniversary of the fall of the bell in wall during the existence of the german democratic republic of east germany some $3000000.00 of its citizens fled to west germany as refugees. most have remained in the west as that's where they built new lives for themselves but the experience of being an exile is something they've never forgotten and in th

crowd there i to push demonstrators back away from government ministries in the city's fortified green zone might know that the leader i think it's what they're using a pip see in bandages i would like to thank the volunteers who are getting us protective vests helmets and gloves we just need to keep protesting a bit. and it seems demonstrators are determined to stay on this. straits no matter whether the government responds to them with a carrot or clenched fist. heavy clashes continued into the night in baghdad more blood spilt in a country the same little pace for decades. germany wants to shift gears and have more low emission cars on the roads politicians and executives of the country's auto industry have agreed to increase the existing subsidies for electric vehicles this comes as europe's top common factor a volkswagen begins production of the i d 3 its 1st electric vehicle for the mass market both the government on the call makers are under pressure to do more to bring germany closer to achieving its climate goals. here comes the car volkswagen has spent 3 years getting ready for ma

crowd there i to push demonstrators back away from government ministries in the cities fortified green zone might know that the leaders i think it's one day using a pepsi in bandages we'd like to thank the volunteers who are getting us protective vests helmets and gloves we just need to keep. protesting. that it seems demonstrators that determined to stay on the streets no matter whether the government response of them with a carrot or a clenched fist tonight heavy clashes are reportedly continuing me the grains are on. who knows how much blood will be spilled in baghdad tonight. well here's some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world the u.k. parliament has elected a new house of commons speaker lindsay hoyle of the opposition labor party promising to be neutral and transparent in his new role running the daily business of the commons he takes over from conservative john bercow who some accused of breaks it by use a grenade blast has killed one and injured dozens in indian administered kashmir it is the bloody as incident since india's stripped the region of it

wounded when security forces used live rounds and tear gas on protesters moving towards the fortified green zone where the government is headquarters more than 250 people have died since anti-government protests erupted last month's. iran's announced new violations of the landmark nuclear deal it signed with wall towers in 2050 tech trends new kitschy says it's developing a new generation of advanced centrifuges which can enrich uranium option 50 times faster show around began violating limitations on uranium enrichment after u.s. president donald trump pulled out of the nuclear deal last. protesters demanding political reform in lebanon have blocked roads across the capital beirut demanding an end to corruption and calling for president michel i want to step down the protests have been going hold more than 2 weeks and led to the resignation of the government last week but now supporters the president have also taken to the streets. a human roadblock to help our allies a country they say just isn't working these protesters have little confidence in the future accusing the government of not only

there i mean to push demonstrators back away from government ministries in the city's fortified green zone why now that they leave i think it's what they're using a pip see in bandages it would like to thank the volunteers who are getting as protective vests helmets and gloves we just need to keep protesting about the law and it seems demonstrators a determined to. on the streets no matter whether the government responds to them with a carrot or clenched fist. heavy clashes continued into the night in baghdad more blood spilt in the country the decision little pace for decades. now to turkey where authorities have recently started work on a controversial dam project to generate electricity for the country's south east that in the sudan has been built on the tigris river causing waters to rise and eventually flood a huge area thousands of people living in the region have been forced to resettle and dozens of towns villages and historical sites are expected to disappear soon among these is the town of has one cave one of the oldest human settlements in the world. people have lived in haasan

wounded when security forces used live rounds and gas on protesters moving towards the fortified green zone where the government's headquarters more than $250.00 people have died since anti-government protests erupted last month. that means police say they've arrested 8 more suspects in connection with the deaths of $39.00 b. and me citizens found in a refrigerated truck in southeast england last month the suspects are accused of organizing people smuggling overseas british police have charged 2 men with manslaughter over that deaths. every breath we take he's killing us that was the message of leading environmentalist in the letter to the indian prime minister narendra modi pollution daddy reached its worst levels so far this year and officials have to create a public health emergency shutting schools and even rolling out an even numbered license plate scheme to take calls the road well one user tweeted this pollution levels also high in the indian capital the literally off the charts particular matter per cubic meter is maxing out pos $999.00 across the city well just the context for you

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crowd there i'm to push demonstrators back away from government ministries in the cities fortified green zone might know that legal i think it's what they're using a pip see in advantages would like to thank the volunteers who are getting as protective vests helmets and gloves as we just need to keep protesting. and it seems demonstrators that deter. and just stay on the straight no matter whether the government responds to them with a carrot or a clenched fist. heavy clashes continued into the night in baghdad more blood spilt in a country that the same little pace for decades. clashes have broken out in chile's capital santiago after tens of thousands of people marched in anti-government protests police have used tear gas and water cannon against protesters rallying over education health services and growing economic inequality monday's demonstration marks the beginning of a 3rd week of public protests. and joining us now from the chilean capital santiago is correspondent john bottle it john to further add to the troubles in chile and earthquake has just struck the country while people were

say they were hit in the head by a tear gas canister as police try to retake the crossing to the green zone where there are government buildings and thousands of people have been marching in greece's capital to mark the 46th anniversary of the student uprising that helped topple the country's military dictatorship hughes carried a blood stained flag along to the students who took part in the revolt in 1973 the former prime minister alexis tsipras was also among the protesters there are you more on that story in the news hour that's at 2100 g.m.t. now it's time for trust w.h.o. looking at who really controls the world health organization. well. how many of you. have family or close friends with cancer or if experience cancer perhaps. what about diabetes. about infertility family or close friends now i want those of you who put your hand up at least once. to put it up again for any of those questions and look around. ses the sauce from david and i thought i knew that she. would have a face lift which will give she feel just will still be just lost long words to describe a little of the good o

rest of the commute is in the green zone and that is great. >>> a live look at capitol hill. first of three days of impeachment testimony begins a short time from now. nine witnesses are expected to testify between today and thursday. >> today top state department adviser is expected to answer questions from congress. jennifer williams on the july phone call involving president trump and ukraine president. o exper is als testify and they believe he will bolster that ukraine never kw military might be withheld. democrats disagree. >> no quid pro quo and nothing wrong but now you'll hear it fromhing like kurt volker. defend but they don't have something. >> president trump said he would consider testifying himself and following a request from democrats to do so but they doubt he'll do it or it will happen. we will carry today's hearing from the start which may begin as soon as 6:00 a.m. and we will stream that hour of our today on our app and at nbcbayarea.com. we will break things down this morning at 5:45 and 6:45 during our "checks and balances" segment. >>> not only is pg&e

arrest him right after the green zone had republished a story about showed that. and his team were receiving funding from usa id now and his team were receiving funding from usa id now are those 2 things related it certainly would seem like this is some form of return are those 2 things related it certainly would seem like this is some form of retaliation if you sit in a court for arraignment you'll see 3040 people come up if you sit in a court for arraignment you'll see 3040 people come up and their cases if it's a simple assault allegedly are and their cases if it's the same. full of salt allegedly. will be what's called no paper the prosecution won't bring a case here we have will be what's called no paper the prosecution won't bring a case here we have a dynamic where one individual was arrested in may and now a dynamic where one individual was arrested in may and now 6 months later. they're now bringing a case that 6 months later. they're now bringing a case against max blumenthal on the same matter i do believe that there were political motives against max b

forced the closure of arak's central bank and occupied the bridge reading to the -- leading to the green zonethe largest wave of protests in iraq in decades. at least 300 people have been killed in the unrest. in --ndoned billing building in central bank that has been turned into a library, popular with protesters. much of what is driving their anger is the lack of public services, including access to education. as popularity of the library grows, so does its range of titles. there is a saying here. the egyptians right, the lebanese publish, and the iraqis read. they are doing just that in tahrir square, the epicenter of protests in baghdad. iraqis are stopping by a library open last month in an abandoned building that has become a landmark during weeks of antigovernment demonstrations. >> there are people who did not finish their studies or they have a low educational level. this will motivate them, when they see people reading here. there are educating people encouraging them to succeed and return to school. correspondent: this library is a gift to protesters, operated by the well-known ama

wednesday police used tear gas to disperse disperse people who were getting too close to the city's green zone you're up to date with the headlines here on al-jazeera one hour when east starts right now. talk to old is there a. greater believe in the 2 state solution the do you still believe in the 2 state solution we listen to what i just said it was that pakistan would never start a war i'm anti war we meet with global news makers and talk about the stories that matter on the show to 0. this man is a drug smuggler he's a back to board a flight from delhi to beijing a forceful fall of 2 of. our group. the peace corps people face he's in prison but the drugs he's smuggling out her when trying to. devise new medicines desperately needed to keep cancer patients along. for 12 other we're down to your perfect paul darvill mailbox one a one a stick spalls healthy balance of chinese citizens depend on smog to survive. every day across china in hospitals like this 10000 people diagnosed with cancer. rate here is 17 percent higher than the world average. here in china's capital cheap cancer hotels giv

police used tear gas to disperse the crowd getting too close to the green zone that houses governmentgs. demonstrators are occupying a bridge leading into the area and two other bridges. more than 300 people have been killed since protests bbgan..6 1 thousands of people in india's forests are protesting a government decision that could see them evicted. the government is trying to amend laws meant to protect their right to their land. many indigenous people have no legal documents to prove ownership. >> 2000 indian people have gathered in the ational capital today. many more have been protesting across the country over the last few months demanding they are not thrown out of their homeland. people who live in forests or near forests say these are their ancestral lands. in 2000, the indian government passed the for its rights -- forest rights act tooprotect people. a recent petition claimed or rather alleges these people are -- so the supreme court is saying those who cannot prove their ownership should be evicted. the supreme court of india sooo after said the state governments have n

been the epicenter of the protests they were trying to cross this bridge to get into the fortified green zone attempted to topple barricades and that's when witnesses say security forces responded with live ammunition witnesses are saying that there are people who have been killed the prime minister spokesman is saying that is not true medical sources say dozens of people are injured and most of the injuries are from god and shot wounds to the face and head and that the wounded includes security forces from there there were reports that there were protesters who gathered around one of the prime minister's office is near the green zone and they had to be dispersed with tear gas and water cannons and also a spokesman with the prime minister's office says the protesters attempted to reach the ministry of justice they lit a fire near a building nearby a spokesman says that protesters were beaten back with sticks so what you're seeing is a new evolution in these protests where they're no longer just confined to tahrir square but protesters are going to major intersection at intersections to preven

most of the affected areas can be recognized by the green zones on the buildings this is where the water rises and falls with the time. it's not major floods that are causing the greatest damage to the city but tried to change. the look we're looking at the water comes and goes incessantly. with each me time the salt water is now also reaching the bricks another fine the architect centuries old preventative measure has the ring of history in stone can no longer protect the palaces from the roofs and. the water is always against the break and the bricks are very hot and. leaving behind this so which crystallise and as salts crystallize they expand in the body and 12 times and that is a very kind of slow way you can say exploding brick what. the sun towards here is also attacking the line most have between the bricks loosening them and weakening the entire building structure. to provide more stability more and more steel barry is hoping the wrecked it in the city's canals. today one in 3 venetian finance is damaged and to meet a friend of a ship. and that is not only the result of the dail

when the green. zone tour it usually gets on lot of attention today going to vision is used in buffy both 20 kilometers from the capital. after them we're. explaining to the crowd that these solar panels need to be cleaned and they can also learn how. the young entrepreneur wants to help other women become acquainted with green technology. a group of muslim got approached to me telling me that yes we had good. but enough. so i realize that. the list on. the specific solution so when i. wrote the solution provider the problem the green girls have been touring commit on for 3 years now traveling to places that are or suffer frequent power outages. renewable energies can help improve people's lives doing away with the need to gather and cut firewood. lighted a spark of hope. this is really going to help our lives because in times of money electricity is a bit expensive in coming on. which we are not buying will not have to pay a fee to light up our homes. and if possible to see. today and how to install sola

much focused on one bridge that moves into the green zone.of iraqi security forces, army, and elite counter-terrorist forces, cts, saw them with barricade after barricade across the bridge stopping people from trying to move into the green zone. early on a small group of 50 to 75, a little over a week ago, actually able to get, tried to get across the bridge. they were met with water cannons, tear gas canisters and were pushed back. since then no whaun actually made their way towards the green zone but it's not for lack of trying and also not for lack of tens of thousands of people there applying pressure on the security forces. one of the big points of contention we've seen here are these tear gas canisters. there have been several protesters killed when they've been hit in the head with the canisters and very gruesome deaths. photos are floating around the internet and in some media here. the protesters and now some human rights groups are complaining that, in fact, the security forces are firing the canisters directly into the crowd instea

is done it's extremely good extrema look at some of the work that the green zone is done it's extremely good extremely professional and it pushes back against narratives that were fully professional. and it pushes back against narratives that we're just fed every single day i mean the work he's done on venezuela for exist fed every single day i mean the work he's done on venezuela for example he goes down there all the while c.n.n. is say there is no toothpaste in the supermarket example he goes down there all the while c.n.n. is say there is no toothpaste in the supermarket there's no washing powder there's nose shampoo people are reading their pads and then maybe there's no washing powder there's nose shampoo people are reading their pets and then max goes into a grocery store and says well there's a lot of stuff here a lot of varieties here defrags goes into a grocery store and says well there's a lot of stuff here a lot of varieties here different prices and i don't know what i mean i mean what he did he did we did as it was i was going to touch him unique and it was very with the f

africa are affected or the emergency assistance has now begun to arrive the heavier than normal green zone affecting the country's if you appeal and boss of northern kenya but somalia and south sudan have been hardest hit in south sudan a civil war had already devastated the country and more recent days been recovering from a prolonged drought now the rains are making things and focus to see this more rain to come. water to the horizon entire villages have been submerged aid workers say they're among the worst floods in the areas history south sudan has declared a state of emergency rising waters have pushed out more than 400000 people but not everyone can leave easily. though this is so hard for disabled people like me that everyone is trying to save themselves 1st. but are not all of the water is getting deeper every day and i can't fall in it. we need help to improve the situation here. for the u.n. and aid groups providing relief in south sudan poses a huge challenge a brutal civil war has already worn down the country's infrastructure and health system and as waters rise so does the r

them their goal is to hurt people in baghdad bridges leading from tahrir square to the fortified green zone have become deadly standoff between protesters and security forces and amnesty international report says security forces in the capital are using military grade tear gas grenades 10 times more potent than typical tear gas canisters and they're intended to kill not disperse protesters the group says it has documented 5 cases of the canisters imbedded in protesters skulls in the last week and there is no crowd control need to fire to engine or to ground coming. into coles which wins it doesn't matter if you're buying a bullet or you frank. kind of. the truth as you know protesters are being killed in baghdad prime minister study was going to be recorded. and passed tried to weapons experts say earlier this week the chief of police did baghdad said this security forces are being attacked and yet not a single bullet has been fired he says excessive force has not been. protester after the 1st wave of protests in early october the iraqi government vowed to hold those responsible for killing