which would mean jokowi seats in the lower house.enda. again it depends on if he is getting what he wants out of that reform agenda. it is not saying concessions in terms of prints from the states, soil from the states it might not support some of the reform such as labour reforms thatjokowi has of the reform such as labour reforms that jokowi has been of the reform such as labour reforms thatjokowi has been talking about thatjokowi has been talking about that want to see. if not, who could be the best man for the job for this defence? probably a question for indonesians as opposed to me, but it does seem as though he will get the job. things could still change before the announcement, but what is really remarkable about this is that they have been long—time rivals. this is not a relationship that is built on trust or mutual respect. i don't expect it will be very stable relationship. if it would not be a sta ble relationship. if it would not be a stable relationship but if he is the defence minister, one of the main challenges would

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single women and lesbian couples to get state—funded fertility treatment has been approved by the lower houseestricted to heterosexual couples. political and religious conservatives plan to fight the bill in the senate. thousands protested against the legislation when it was proposed at the beginning of the month. a seven—storey residential building has collapsed in the city of fortaleza in north—east brazil. firefighters have rescued nine people and one body has been recovered from the rubble. it happened in the morning when most people would have been at work. brazilian media say residents had complained that the building was in need of repairs and restoration. the speaker of the us house of representatives has said the democrats won't yet call a full house vote authorising an impeachment inquiry into president donald trump. the white house has been arguing that, because democrats have not held a vote, the inquiry is "constitutionally invalid". in the past few hours the vice president and the pentagon have refused to comply with a demand for documents. this was nancy pelosi at her news conf

and italy's parliament has overwhelmingly voted to reduce the number of its members seats in the lower house will be cut from 632400 they'll now be 200 senators instead of 315 the government says the move will streamline parliament and save millions of dollars in salaries and expenses but critics say the changes could weaken democracy. now women are about to make history in tehran with thousands expected to attend iran's world cup qualifier with cambodia on thursday it will be the 1st time women will attend a match in decades pfieffer have sent a delegation to ensure that women can enter and watch they flee the decision to allow women into stadiums came after a female fan lit herself on fire when she was denied entry to a match last month he has more from the capital. estos law is one of the most popular football clubs in iran and the team's been in the international spotlight ever since a female fan committed suicide wanting to watch her favorite team place decided to try to enter a stadium dressed like a man and when police caught her they charged her with violating public order laws as we

this is the lower house of congress which has said that they wish to have a law that requires the uso—democracy activists and how they are being treated from a human rights perspective. an annual assessment by the us. you know how that will go down in china. it will not go down at all well in china. chinese foreign policy is interesting because it is all about economic power and influence and it is about not interfering in the affairs of other countries, and they see any influence or attempt to influence what is happening with hong kong as actually some kind of incursion on their own policies. china has said that they are going to retaliate, but this is probably going to happen through the trade talks, so there is already the case that hong kong was on the agenda for the trade talks. there was a loose agreement last week, but this is becoming politicised as well so it will be part and parcel of the types of agreements it will reach between the two powers. as ever, the financial markets don't know which way to turn right now. they have no clue as to what might happen during those talk

parliament has overwhelming overwhelmingly very sad to reduce the number of its members seats in the lower house will be cut from 672400 they'll now be 200 senators instead of 3 $115.00 the government says the naval streamlined parliament and save millions of dollars. now cobbles largest historic part has been reopened after lying around for almost 3 decades the gardens that chill sits in with the front line in afghanistan civil war now they are part of a larger restoration project that us reports from kabul. rubin are not people who got engaged in june teaches they come to chill sitting garden for dates 3 times a week. that i think it is nice for a picnic and a pleasant place for men and women to enjoy time together without any harassment she also turn is kabul's largest historic public garden it just reopened to the public this summer it had laid in ruins for 26 years after was heavily damaged in the civil war and you can still see signs of their conflict on the walls of the buildings. before the civil war it was peacefully but during the civil war they destroyed it it wasn't pieces still duri

polls gave the conservative nationalist party 44% of the vote — enough to take a majority in the lower houseld. we begin with the guardian, which leads on the queen‘s speech, which will set out the government‘s agenda later today. it will include proposals for tougher sentences forforeign offenders who try to return to the uk. city am has the details on the labour party‘s plan to renationalise. new analysis suggests this could cost nearly £200 billion. the ft takes a look at the latest on brexit negotiations, with the eu warning it might now be impossible for britain to leave the bloc with a deal. usa today focuses on facebook‘s embattled cryptocurrency project libra after major partners dropped out of the plans. and finally, the times asks is banning air miles the key to curbing flight emissions? that is what the climate change group is advising the uk government. mark is back, as honest. let‘s talk some more. the guardian is focusing on the queen‘s speech, on the element about criminals and foreign criminals in particular and how they are imprisoned and the fact released early. your though

of the vote with almost all votes now counted the parties expected to get a majority in both the lower house and the senate along just as party has clashed with the european union over judicial reforms and gay rights among other issues the opposition civic coalition came in 2nd with 27 percent of the. joining us now from warsaw live as the court has today to olivia what's behind this sweeping conservative victory. well we can see that the turnout is very very high it's more than 60 percent which means that the law and justice peace party could convince many voters which would usually not go for the vote for them and they could do that with a very strong election campaign and they promised and also delivered new social benefits and the social benefits are most people people told in the last years last 4 years peace introduced for example child benefits which give $130.00 u.s. dollars for charge to huge family and people just felt that with this party their life feels better and it's the living standard is increasing olivia will peace now be governing alone and what's going to be topping their

the country's really conservatives have secured enough votes to win a majority of seats in the lower house of parliament but have lost control of the senate and according to official results the nationalist law and justice party backed judicial and media reforms that drew criticism from brussels for eroding the rule of law in poland. riot police have been deployed in guinea capital conakry to try to stop the protests by opposition parties and activists it took to the streets to oppose changes to the constitution that would allow the country's present day to run for a 3rd presidential term. in britain a 30 year old man has been jailed for a minimum of 15 years for attempted murder in august. i deliberately drove his car at pedestrians cyclists and police officers in central london in an attempt to imitate previous terror attacks 7 people were injured. the head of the vatican police force on. the scene here on the left has resigned earlier this week the names of 5 vatican officials being investigated for financial irregularities relate to journalists the vatican said mr gilani was not respon

there are many maneuvers outside of parliament that will go on in the chamber in the e lower house of parliament t this afternoon, which we will be watching very carefully. can he get that all-important timetable through s so that if t were to get through the comments, it could make it through the house of lords by ththat october 31 deadline that has been granted by the eu countries. >> if the government fails to get its timetablble through, wht wiwill they doo nexext? we don't ultimately know. certainly, what might happen is thatathe government, seen it cannotot get the legislation then inby thursday and the house of lords, it could decide to pull the withdrawal onceeement bill and push again, which is what this prprie minister wants, a a generall elecection.. clarity arounde 7:0000 london time. can he push that through? will mps overcome their fury? it is a similar deal to theresa may. there are some fundamental bits of legislation they are unhappy at having regular time to read and analyze, let alone get an economic impact idea of. it looks like the government may be set for anothe

opened today the ceremonial opening it sees an official of parliament demanding members of the lower house the house of commons goods in the upper house to hear a speech by you guessed it the queen me speak out equating them all the honorable i have. to attend her majesty me to play and i have to say this. well that speech by the queen usually takes place every year to lay out the government's planned legislative agenda the queen's 1st words this monday were all about brics my government's priority has always been to secure the united kingdom's departure from the european union on the festival. my government intends to work towards a new partnership with the european union based on free trade and friendly cooperation. but the problem with that priority is that prime minister boris johnson faces too much opposition in parliament to make it happen the opposition leader here jeremy corben reminded johnson of that and he added that the british people should have their say with a 2nd breaks at referendum that is something that johnson refuses to consider mr speaker there is never been such a fu

control of the lower house gives the law and justice party a fresh mandate to continue were left off with policies rooted in catholic values set against what the party sees as a liberal or promoting minority interests against the wishes of people who have family lives. this is poland's main opposition cheering their leadership in defeat accusing the victors of polarizing society turning state media into a propaganda operation and encouraging homophobia by making out l g b t rights are an invasive foreign influence. it was not an even struggle and there were no rules in it we didn't have a feeling that we are taking part in a fair competition or that the opponent was using honest methods. at home in the outskirts of warsaw poland isn't perturbed by the political rift she believes in the ruling party's mantra pride in poland traditional family values and true simmons al-jazeera also. what's billed as the largest defense industry trade show in northeast asia has just opened in seoul rob bryant has more. the latest in military hardware and the perfect stage for south korea to showcase it

the door slammed in herface, the traditional expression of the lower house's primacy over the lords.rod had to knock. black rod! mr speaker, the queen commands this honourable house to attend her majesty immediately in the house of peers. and there was another further tradition to observe. the microphones didn't quite pick up dennis skinner, the labour mp for bolsover, whose signature quip at this point in the proceedings was a terse "i'm not going". and with that, mps filed towards the lords. boris johnson and jeremy corbyn leading the way, though with little chit—chat between the two. finally, before the speech got under way, a lost tradition was revived, as robert buckland, the lord chancellor and justice secretary, decided to deliver the speech to her majesty in full wig and gown. although having handed her the parchment, he decided not to walk backwards down the steps and instead turned his back on the monarch. and with that, the queen delivered the speech, written for her by government ministers. the first item on the menu, brexit. my government's priority has always been to se

ly, 338 seats in the lower house of parliament are up for grabs, but this areas n particularbattlegroundliberals currently hold the majority, but in ections past, the region has ping-ponged between parties. p kruze mising residents of this neighborhood the conservatives can make life mo affordable. >> we want to lower your personal taxes, which will be nice, that'll put more money back into your pockets at the tsd of the month. of the carbon tax.ng to get rid >> reporter: this morng, she has found a supporter. >> do you, how is your family leaning, do you think you might be voting conservative? >> reporte kruze's opponent in vaughan is incumbent francescorb a. he was elected in 2015 on a wave of liberal support. >> come stai! tutto bene? >> reporter: today, he's visiting an italian community center.ak italiansup the largest base of immigrants here. it's a community sorbara calls his own. but despite his being a familiar face, polls show the race between sorbara and teresa kruze is a toss-up. so he is out campaigning, too. raise e old age securityng to pension. >> reporte the race is clos

things, but i guess they might be tempted to deal with them to have an even bigger majority in the lower houseso much forjoining us and yes, like i say this has been an election that has been motivating so many people, incredibly and historically high turnout. we will be getting reaction from the spokesperson for the leader of the winning law and justice party in the next hour. 0k, kasia, thank you very much. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news. an exit poll in tunisia indicates that the independent candidate kais saied has won a resounding victory in the presidential run—off election. the poll showed mr saied with more than 70% of the vote against his rival — the media magnate nabil karoui. britain's prime minister borisjohnson says there is still a "significant amount of work" to do to reach a brexit deal before the uk is due to leave the eu at the end of this month. talks between both sides are ongoing. talks are taking place between ecuador‘s president and leaders of the violent anti—austerity demonstrations. the meeting comes after nearly two weeks of protests,

single women and lesbian couples to get state—funded fertility treatment has been approved by the lower house. ivf treatment in france is currently restricted to heterosexual couples. political and religious conservatives say they will fight the bill in the senate. thousands of people protested against the legislation when it was proposed at the beginning of the month. the parents of harry dunn, the motorcyclist killed in england in a crash involving an american woman, have arrived in washington and travelled on to the white house. charlotte charles and tim dunn have called on anne sacoolas, who went back to the us after the accident in august, to return to britain and cooperate with police. britain's prince william and his wife, catherine, are on the second of a five—day visit to pakistan. on tuesday they had lunch with the country's prime minister, imran khan, and travelled by auto—rickshaw to an event hosted by the british high commissioner to the country. the visit has been described by palace officials as the most complex trip the couple have undertaken, due to security issues. to hong k

well, once this vote is taken on thursday, it will pass because democrats hold the majority in the lower housejustification goes away stop you mentioned nancy pelosi, rico, in your introduction, she said this vote will eliminate any doubts, as she put it, as to whether the trump administration can continue to obstruct the impeachment inquiry. david, what does this say about the direction of the impeachment inquiry7 direction of the impeachment inquiry? well, it could mean, i think, rico, that we are heading from the behind closed doors part of the enquiry, the fact—finding part, if you like, to public proceedings, which is another thing republicans and president donald trump have called for. there's been a lot of concern on the part of republicans who don't know what sort of testimony‘s being put forward, what people are saying, what sort of allegations are emerging and with just a few more witnesses to be heard in private this week and into next week, it is possible that we could start to the start of public hearings and the release, of course, of previously private testimony. the chairman of

the speaker of britain's lower house of parliament, john bercow, is expected to reject an attempt by on its brexit deal on monday. it's understood that mr bercow believes allowing the vote to go ahead would defy parliamentary convention. lebanon's coalition government is reported to have agreed on wide—ranging economic reforms after the biggest protests in decades swept the country. the proposals involve privatising some companies, scrapping new taxes and halving the salaries of top officials. the protests had been triggered by a new tax on calls over the internet. after two weeks of relative calm in hong kong, hundreds of pro—democracy protesters have clashed with police, firing tear gas and using water canon. shops, banks and metro stations have been vandalised. mass protests began back injune, against proposals to allow extradition to mainland china. critics worried the move would undermine hong kong's autonomy. the city's chief executive put the plans on hold, but the protests developed into wider demonstrations forfull democracy, and an inquiry into alleged police brutality. the

party, law and justice, will win almost forty—four percent of the vote, giving it a majority in the lower housentrist civic coalition, has twenty—seven percent in the exit polls. an exit poll in tunisia indicates that the independent candidate kais saied has won a resounding victory in the presidential run—off election. the poll showed mr saied with more than 70% of the vote against his rival, the media magnate nabil karoui. emergency teams injapan have been working through the night as the true scale of the damage caused by typhoon hagibis becomes clearer. huge swathes of land in several prefectures remain under water, after record rainfall caused rivers to break their banks. more than thirty people have died, and many others are missing. 0ur correspondent rupert wingfield—hayes travelled north of tokyo, where rescue efforts are still underway. this is a town in the japanese alps, much of it enveloped by brown dirty floodwater. on saturday night the levees burst, unable to withstand the onslaught from typhoon hagibis. all day the military has been racing to pluck those stranded from rooves and

polls give the conservative nationalist party 44% of the vote, enough to take a majority in the lower houseolleague kasia madera is in warsaw for us. what is the latest? as you say, we are working off exit polls still but these are late exit polls so we're not expecting the situation to change. law and justice are calling this a victory and by all accounts, with 239 predicted seats, they have certainly got enough to form yet againa certainly got enough to form yet again a majority. is only the second time in polish history since the fall of communism that any party has formed a majority government, so justice should be feeling pleased with themselves, but the leader of that party in his press conferences throughout the night has been saying that he was disappointed because he didn't get the two—thirds majority that he needs to bring and full constitutional changes. let's discuss the implication of these results with my guest, the ambassador to the european union while poland was ascending to the bloc. what does this mean? because this is a victory for law and justice, but he is not happy qu

kevin mccarthy the house minority leader the republican leader in the house of representatives the lower house of the u.s. congress striking a very defiant tone rejecting the process that's been indorsed today and noting as he said no one should go through this again we believe in the rule of law but in nancy's house we don't let's go back to kimberly hellcat so if there was any if anyone had any expectations that perhaps some of the bipartisanship might decrease that's certainly not. on this play today. you know that's not the case now what could change that is the fact that these hearings now moving forward will be open to the public so what we were talking earlier as i mentioned that the latest polls show that a majority of americans do not want to see president trying out of office with increasing testimony being made public that could change and both parties are keenly aware of that and trying to frame this so you hear the republicans there talking about how the process itself has already been tainted sort other words whatever you hear moving forward you have to remember that there was al

this man, john bercow, the speaker of the lower house, will decide if mps have another vote. says he sees no reason to repeat debates was because the loser doesn't like losing that the government says it will win. he has divided doubters, got a deal. notwithstanding the shenanigans in parliament, we appear to have the numbers to get this through. the only question is, why aren't we getting on with it? parliament has forced boris johnson getting on with it? parliament has forced borisjohnson to request another brexit extension which the eu is currently considering. meanwhile, the opposition labour party says it is the public that should have another vote. whether it is this deal or any future deal, it has got to go back so the public can say do you want to leave on these terms, if so, then we do and if not, we remain. if the vote on the agreement does go ahead, politicians will debate the laws needed to make brexit happen but these might come with amendments and revisions which could triggerfurther with amendments and revisions which could trigger further delay, further debate

to see whether that deal at a very similar deal which has already failed 3 times in the in the lower house in the u.k. parliament will actually pass. let's come to you then there in london so before i ask you about the chances of this getting past the u.k. parliament what is different about this agreement than the one that boris johnson's predecessor theresa may was able to get. well looking at the document close least $64.00 pages of this revised withdrawal agreement it seems like there is actually not much difference between teresa mayes deal and boris johnson's deal but he was able to sell it in a different way and we've just heard from downing street that it is a better deal the best deal that it provides protects the union and removes the backstop but of course it just removes the backstop in part and this is what the northern irish union unionist party the d u p is still fearing and why they are still opposed to this deal because they don't want to be as close or closely aligned to dublin and brussels and they want to be much more closely aligned with the united kingdom and london so

the lower house of parliament voted to repeal the legislation a second time after a attempt was blocked by the upper chamber. the decision will now go directly to the king. the law was used to investigate him after he said an election campaign aircraft had been tampered with. the fallout from the protests in hong kong are threatening to spread to apple. the flagship mouthpiece of the people's daily, has blasted the company for approving an app that tracks police activity in hong kong. the paper said the app facilitates illegal activity. apple has also been criticized for allowing itunes to carry a song that has become a rallying cry for demonstrators. the u.s. security council is set to meet later thursday to discuss turkeys incursion into northern syria. ground troops have now crossed the border after hours of airstrikes against kurdish forces. president trump initially indicated he would oppose the attack on a traditional u.s. ally but has since threatened to ruin turkeys economy if it wipes out the kurds. and rugby world cup organizers in japan will hold a press conference in an hour

polls give the conservative nationalist party 44% of the vote, enough to take a majority in the lower house polish capital warsaw. an election that is being described as one of the most significant since the fall of communism hasn't really brought about any surprises. the ruling law and justice party was always doing very well in the opinion polls. the question was whether they would get a majority. according to the exit polls, they have. that could all change when the electoral committee finally brings out its official results. but regardless, there will be an awful lot of soul—searching amongst the opposition parties. this has been a really divisive election campaign with minority groups such as the lgbt community coming under attack from supporters of the ruling law and justice party. this election really matters in poland, the turnout speaks for itself — a historic high of 61%. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: the parents of harry dunn, the 19—year—old killed in a fatal car crash, take their search forjustice to america. parts of san francisco least affected by the earthquake ar

elected to the lower house in the last 2 general elections and the increase has been spectacular 201434 percent of them face declared criminal cases by 2019 has it increased by almost 10 percent to 43 percent the proportion of those facing serious charges have also shot up from 21 to 29 percent so you obviously are not aware of the loads no i am aware i think you are not aware of something else several employees have been disqualified from parliament because of getting convicted this was of the result of the campaign that many of us carried on now regarding those who have allegations against them you call them in day comments we have our system is a little more complex it's taken from the british for many decades the goal of the election commission has got tighter and tighter and forcing declarations earlier many of these facts were not being declared so i don't think there has been actually an increase of criminal m.p.'s it has in fact been a decrease well that's your supposition but that's not go it's not quite as it was not borne out are you not aware are you or not are you not aware

the house of representatives, the lower house of congress which is controlled by the democrats, has passedings, and for the release of transcripts from proceedings that have already happened behind closed doors. the chairman of the house intelligence committee, adam schiff, explained why. the founding fathers understood that a leader might take hold of the oval office who would sacrifice the national who would fail to defend the constitution, who would place his personal and political interests above the interests of the country. they understood that might happen. and they provided a mechanism to deal with it, and that mechanism is called impeachment. help me out here, is this simply the same process going on, but this time we find out everything about it? or is very big shifting gear?|j we find out everything about it? or is very big shifting gear? i think that it is very big shifting gear? i think thatitis is very big shifting gear? i think that it is the same process. what the democrats wanted to do by conducting the depositions behind closed doors was find out exactly what these witnes

single women and lesbian couples to get state—funded fertility treatment has been approved by the lower houseent in france is currently restricted to heterosexual couples. political and religious conservatives plan to fight the bill in the senate. thousands protested against the legislation when it was proposed at the beginning of the month. a 7—storey residential building has collapsed in the city of fortaleza in north—east brazil. firefighters have rescued nine people and one body has been recovered from the rubble. it happened in the morning when most people would have been at work. brazilian media say residents had complained that the building was in need of repairs and restoration. spain's acting government has criticised the clashes in the pro—independence protests in barcelona and other catalan cities. thousands have been demonstrating in barcelona over the long jail sentences for nine separatist leaders convicted for their role in the 2017 bid for independence. damian grammaticas is there for us. so the police are moving in now, as you can see. down in this street, they have justjumpe

single women and lesbian couples to get state—funded fertility treatment has been approved by the lower houset in france is currently restricted to heterosexual couples. political and religious conservatives plan to fight the bill in the senate. thousands protested against the legislation when it was proposed at the beginning of the month. premature birth — that's a birth before 37 weeks — is globally the biggest cause of death among newborns. while incubators can save the lives of some premature babies, they can also leave them with long—term disabilities. now scientists in the netherlands say they are within ten years of developing an alternative — an artificial womb that could save many more lives and reduce the risk of such disabilities. as part of our 100 women series, sofia bettiza reports. imaginea imagine a future where babies are born from machines. in 2017, researchers in the us successfully tested and artificial womb on lambs. and now a group of doctors in the netherlands are working on the first artificial womb for humans. after being born, a premature baby would being born, a pre

right still ahead on al-jazeera now we'll tell you why turkey is furious with politicians in the lower house of the u.s. congress plus. we are sorry deeply and truly sorry boeing c.e.o. admits mistakes were made as he was questioned about 2 deadly crashes. and there widespread rain throughout much of indonesia and some very heavy amounts of rain developing because of this this is the latest tropical storm very short lived as a tropical storm with those storm force winds that producing very heavy amounts of rain over the next few days throughout much of vietnam could be saying up to $300.00 millimeters meanwhile thursday on into friday widespread rains much of borneo across into the and also out across the western much as marcia and the mill a pencil and also some rain on the way into western australia so. certainly through thursday can see its massive cloud here that's all associated with the next system coming through cooler air behind this system 18 degrees in perth with those rain showers on thursday me wot ahead of the system the winds are coming from the north and coming through the hot

and italy's parliament has overwhelmingly voted to reduce the number of its members seats in the lower house will be cut from 632400 be $200.00 senators instead of $350.00 the government says the move will streamline parliament and save millions of dollars in salaries and expenses the critics say the changes could weaken democracy up to 30 homes have been destroyed in eastern australia as an out of control bushfire ripped through communities on tuesday more than 100000 hectares has been burnt with the town of rockville the worst affected although are teaser investigating whether it was deliberately set drought affected parts of eastern australia have enjoyed intense fires in september with dozens still burning. thoughts are with those who have lost a great deal overnight and fortunately we have there's been no loss of life which is something always to be thankful for but there are remaining very serious threats to die for those communities around to say no it's going to be a very tough day but know that it's friends with well staying in asia pacific pig farmers in south korea fair african sw

it is quite rare that a senate would actually block and all that is already been approved by the lower house of parliament if this nor does it go through would bring france into line with several other european countries including the u.k. and spain where treatment is available to all women. all right natasha butler live for us there in paris. north korea's chief nuclear negotiator is blaming the united states for another breakdown in denuclearization talks they met in sweden for the 1st time since febreze failed summit in vietnam north korea is accusing the u.s. of not bring anything anything new to the table the aim was for the u.s. to lift sanctions in exchange for north korea limiting its nuclear weapon technology while the kelley is a professor a percent national university he says donald trump needs to present some new ideas for north korea to consider giving up its weapons nuclear weapons are really valuable for a country like north korea right it's small it's isolated it's unloved and so if you're north korea right we surrounded by enemies nuclear weapons are great and so if they're

now it is parliament has voted overwhelmingly to reduce the number of its members seats in the lower house will be cut from 632400 there now be 200 senators instead of the current 315 the government says the move will streamline parliament and save millions of dollars in salaries and expenses the critics say the changes could weaken democracy. now there are fears that an outbreak of african swine fever in north korea is spreading south korea's reported 13 cases which of the disease is fatal to pigs but it's harmless to humans the government in cells says it's struggling to get the relevant information from pyongyang plain hey reports. south korea is on high alert for a possible threat coming across the border from north korea this time it's not a military threat but a biological one in the form of african swine fever and it may be an impossible one to defend against because of the 250 kilometer long demilitarized zone that separates the 2 countries from. we can control the spread of the virus from other countries like china airports or seaports however we have little information about nort

confidence but it could spark protests on the streets is a bit back in july when it passed the lower house would mean brazilian worried about across the board cuts to social programs the cement pad which the german i'm up to it always to raise the minimum wage it's natural but i don't think it's proportional to brazilian life expectancy in my case for example i don't know if i will be able to retire. for president this is an important political victory in an otherwise controversial tenure and it opens the door to his next target and over the whole of brazil's convoluted tax system i listen to them i'll just say you know . the taiwanese murder suspect to use cases linked to months of protests in hong kong has been released from prison there chung is wanted in taiwan over the killing of his girlfriend he'd fled to hong kong but was not sent back because there's no extradition agreement his case was used as an example by the territories government of the need for extradition laws for suspects to be sent to mainland china for trial china now says he will surrender the taiwanese officials but h

up 0 still to come on the program we'll tell you why turkey is furious with politicians in the lower house of the u.s. congress. and the sweet success for thai sugarcane farmers who are struggling to survive we'll tell you why. later in sport into line go top of the league in italy will bring you the best of the action. in the united states i learned that the 1st amendment is really key to being a freedom of the challenges going to be. men and women for the resources that are available but it's an al-jazeera story is that we just don't tell you what the subject of the story wants to know the government is not going to do the one thing the demonstrators want apologize for that's what al-jazeera does we ask the questions so that we can get closer to the truth. again this is al jazeera live from doha a very unforgiving with the news of the headlines lebanon's president can't take a prime minister saad honeybees a form of temporary government resigned on tuesday after 2 weeks of nationwide protests early on wednesday the army declared all major roads in the capital beirut open once again they'

control of the lower house gives the law and justice party a fresh mandate to continue were left offwith policies rooted in catholic values set against what the party sees as a liberal or promoting minority interests against the wishes of people who have family lives. this is poland's main opposition cheering their leadership in defeat accusing the victors of polarizing society turning state media into a propaganda operation and encouraging homophobia by making out l g b t rights are an invasive form influence. it was not an even struggle there were no rules in it we didn't have a feeling that we are taking part in the fair competition or that the opponent was using honest netflix. at home in the outskirts of warsaw polina lipinski isn't perturbed by the political rift she believes in the ruling party's mantra pride in poland traditional family values and. after a landslide victory as president elect. says he's committed to uniting his people and solving their economic problems his supporters are hailing his victory as a new revolution many are questioning how the political outsider