in power now that they're in the opposition then they need. to change so that they come into. a better position than parliament and now they're like a meeting invitation about it and they once the election to be held held according to this reform in 2020 but the public health authorities consider a confused how are they going to benefit from this change that the opposition in the minding it will make. politicians that they don't even know going to parliament this through parliament party list isn't it better they're offering to vote for the person who is actually presenting their community and then they are actually that person who would actually know what the problem of the community is and go into parliament to defend their rights but the right now position once many let's put as many people as possible into parliament so that the more hard these are part of the not just 2 or 3. and then there will be even more fractured parliament in the country and there will be even more fights between the politicians ran there were no achievements made t

i'm talking about how it divided the opposition. how could it divide the opposition? and this is something that was supposedly to kick their enemy out of power. a lot of people wrote about this and talked about this. whoever is against this, they say that you're a collaborator with the government. you don't have a right to dissent because a lot of people want to have a particular kind of democracy in which everybody -- people think they the democracy everyone has to agree with you. if you don't agree with me, then you're chavez supporter. so this is an extremist position. even extremists are useful and important in this kind of struggle. so what happened? if you look at this, the sanctions divided the opposition, why was this? first, some feel that you have to do whatever you can do to kick out today and as you sketch this out, you think that it's something that is attractive. they're going to lose their infrastructure, they don't have money. they can't sell the oil they live off of. they can't do transfers so you think that the government is going to have to explode.

you know i support the opposition. and then you hear incidents where women and girls are take a break. and it's very difficult to follow this obviously there's very little of how they're really on the ground. i'm i'm i'm utterly. the victims or the survivors of. this are really firing or henri's because obviously you know now enjoy the protection of the police and the state of the terror structures which are under you know relatively under the control of our all look all 3 of you have also mentioned this very big issue of refugees and there's a huge amount of them in tanzania particularly and a large number of them are now slowly starting to come back i want to take a look at some of these numbers so tens of thousands of people who fled political violence have now been slowly returning to burundi and most of them are coming back from cancer in tanzania rwanda uganda democratic republic of congo the u.n. is helping with the repair tradition of more than 300000 people who've fled since 2015 but there are concerns that br

georges opposition wants to say now this is a new tactic by opposition activists making lots of noise creating excitement raising attention popping up in different places around the city to show their governments that they're not going to go anywhere to get it continue to put pressure on them. that decision not to allow electoral reform to go ahead. i think the government insists nothing will change and that the opposition will have to take care to avoid breaking the criminal code and finding themselves behind bars steelworker al-jazeera tbilisi. many of sri lanka's minority tamils say they're worried about their future the new president got a buyer rajapaksa led the military operations which crossed the tamil tiger separatist movement in the last decade tens of thousands of tamils were killed or disappeared during the 26 years of war bernard smith met some of the families of the victims. to not see the former capital as for lanka's tamil separatists is sometimes called the land of the missing. their relatives fear it's a name that will never be shaken off now gotta buy rajapaksa is i

fear and intimidation and volunteer opposition figures accuse the governing party of cracking down on its critics ahead of next year's election so what are the chances of a free and fair vote and how can human rights be protected best is inside story. there and welcome to the program. now run d. has long been criticized for silencing dissent human rights watch has described the killing rape and intimidation of political opponents and with the presidential election set for next year are india's again coming under scrutiny opposition groups say the governing party is attacking them and creating a climate of fear but the government rejects those allegations and insists the vote will be free and fair or bring in our guests in a moment but 1st this report from catherine sawyer. protected by women a quarter you can to cross memories of what happened 4 years ago remain true for this man he tells us his young son was shot by police while on his way to buy bread . riots started in 215 when president. grant school and warned a 3rd tom that his opponents it was unconstitutional street protests a

a well organized event intended to maximize media coverage because the opposition want to show that they're still trying to persuade this government to do things differently based on that decision that happened last week in parliament where the government backtracked on a promise to reform the electrical codes that would have given a fully proportional representation in georgian elections that's what brought people out onto this streets on sunday and into monday where there was a tense encampment that was very quickly demolished crowds were dispersed on monday the government is saying it's has no intention of reintroducing those reforms given that parliament had declined them but we have to remember that the georgian parliament is led by the majority governing party that you watch and dream and the reason the crowds that we've seen this week and opposition movements are so frustrated it because the changes to the electrical code were promised back in june and it would have made for a much more democratic reflection of the popular with in georgia if they had gone ahead. right here is

cambodian opposition leader sam rainsy and other politicians a block from returning home. french police dismantle a migrant camp in paris that was home to thousands of people a day after the government announced tough new immigration law. springtime in tasmania suddenly got cold snowed it snowed in the victorian alps as well this came up from the antarctic when of course you get these big variations in temperature in spring searching as it slightly brightens up in melbourne 30 in hobart rain more likely than snow come friday it's $28.00 in sydney but it's warmest still in perth we're going to go to the highs thirty's next couple days a proper little heat wave in fact 44 seems likely bit further north and still west of australia in fact there's a contrast between this part and the southeast corner of day and night of about 50 degrees celsius just proper springtime variation we had rain in new south wales is no more significant rain to come in the next couple of days for the system is moving across the tasman sea and for the south are in that cloud will bring a little bit bu

in bolivia opposition protesters have been celebrating the resignation of president ever. after weeks of demonstrations against his reelection in a disputed felt he says his removal was a coup. and i judge in the hague has ordered the netherlands to repatriate more than 50 children of dutch women who joined i said in syria 23 women asked the court to allow their families to return due to deplorable conditions in syrian camps the court found only the children must be sent back to the netherlands. not just rain where after the 2nd general election this year the voting socialist workers party. he has won the knowledge a share of votes but fallen short of a majority acting prime minister petro sanchez this party 120 seats the far right fox party saw its support surge to almost double that in a forceful. protests protesters from casanova have been blocking a major highway that connects to spanish region with france stopping traffic in both direction. has more from the border this is the 1st act of a 3 days of civil disobedience campaign across lake of the land region called upo

and opposition leaders are dropped then the opposition party the only credible opposition party to see an r p must be reinstated and this is really the solution but so far there is no real solution because it do its current leaders again clear for the case of lusaka you will not return to cambodia and till the charges against your party and its members of drops and the parties reinstated correct. no dispute open the way open the way following pressure from the european union i think this is the object the we have to let the european union discuss with the unsigned government runs out of sight and most are very willing. to become bodi or before they drop charges against your members before your party is reinstated this is what we have we want to see in the short run but we will find with a means to go back to cambodia anyway ok what do you make of why. released him so car now it is and i am to ease the tension and to say that he makes a gesture in the right direction yes but it is a very small step these a long way to go so nobody is going to be fooled by his attempt to show a nice face

but the opposition says new elections are not enough. the main culprits of this fraud. but that has led to several tests of hundreds of wounded the president. and vice president al gore. who must be barred from being counted let's him a new election more alice had originally offered only to hold in 2nd round if the oas audit did not go his way something the opposition said was unacceptable the tipping point for reversing his decision may have been an indication that the army would no longer support him if he did not hold new elections. the new poll date and the composition of the new literal board are still to be determined over there while much of the opposition calls for more dallas's resignation arguing he is not fit to govern after overseeing would they call a massive fraud. you see in human are just santiago all turkey's defense ministry says at least 8 people have been killed in a car bombing in northeastern syria a tack took place in the village south of the border town of. turkey has blamed the attack on kurdish y.p. g. forces turkey launched a military incursio

doctors and nurses trying to help the wounded say they have now become targets and a prominent opposition politician is freed in cambodia but still faces charges of treason. now spain's 4th election in 4 years is underway in opinion polls indicate another fragmented result with a surge in support for the far right vox 40 the leftist the demos party is now vowing to help be incumbent socialists in hopes of forming a left wing coalition prime minister pedal sanchez call for the vote after failing to form a new government adding to the political divisions is a turmoil in catalonia which has seen weeks of protests by separatists hoda abdel-hamid is standing by for us in boss alone a 1st we go to join a whole in madrid spain is capital saw joan of the 4th election in 4 years how are things shaping up as a we likely to have a stable government in spain right. frankly on the basis of the pretty base going into the vote. is the most you need to keep the next. 48. but you stated that he. a pool but not crucially enough to form a majority government on their own so there will be inevitably somethin

now that crack down on the opposition cambodian national rescue party or see an r.p. intensified after it made gains in elections in 2002017 party co-founder sam rainsy went into self exile he's been convicted of several crimes in absentia charges his supporters say are all politically motivated fellow co-founder of the c. an r.p. cum soccer was arrested for treason more than 2 years ago the supreme court dissolved the national rescue party in the run up to last year's general election several independent media outlets have been forced to shut down and dozens of see an r.p. supporters have been arrested this year accused of plotting to overthrow prime minister hun sen. well let's bring in our guests now in kuala lumpur we are privileged to have sam rainsy acting president of the cambodian national rescue party on skype from singapore that is graham on the web he's a research fellow at the s. rajaratnam school of international studies and also on skype from bangkok benjamin's a wacky who is an independent southeast asia analyst and author welcome to you all mr randi i

but the opposition says new elections are not enough. was the main culprits of despite all that has led to several deaths and hundreds of wounded president evo morales and vice president. who must be barred from being kind of dates in the new election more alice had originally offered only to hold a 2nd round if the oas audit did not go his way something the opposition said was unacceptable the tipping point for reversing his decision may have been an indication that the army would no longer support him if he did not hold new elections. the new poll date and the composition of the new electoral board are still to be determined. while much of the opposition calls for more dallas's resignation arguing he is not fit to govern after overseeing what they call a massive fraud. still ahead on al jazeera hundreds of indian seeks make a pilgrimage to pakistan for the 1st time in more than 70 years last 50 years and counting we'll look at what's behind the global success of a children's show sesame street. we may well even see some rain across par

in a prominent camp odeon opposition leader is frustrated in his efforts to go home to campaign. former national security advisor to the us president donald trump says he's willing to testify in the impeachment inquiry john bolton says that he'll defy the white house and appear in federal court to testify is reportedly going to talk about his alarm at the ukraine pressure campaign if a federal court clears the way for his appearance let's go live now to washington as alan fischer can tell us how significant is this allan. i would think the chances of john bolton giving evidence in front of an impeachment inquiry are still very slim that if you put in right in the end if a federal judge gives his approval now if there is going to be a court battle over whether or not john bolton can speak to the impeachment inquiry it could well drag on into the new year that's not something that the democrats want to do and so they're not going to take it to the court which will then go to appeal and then expect the supreme court to weigh in this is going to be dealt with by many people on the co

thoughts of the opposition resorted to extreme violence. he had to get off you had a sad state mechanism responded cruelly and indiscriminately dozens were killed on both sides and many ended up in prison. when independent un experts alfred desireless visited caracas. he persuaded the government to release 80 prisoners are. just back he insists though that some should be in prison and should be considered political prisoners. on the subject of political prisoners he said we should look at europe as well. they are 4 persons. politicians who are. now these 4. politicians are clearly political prisoners. whereas in venezuela many of the detainees were detained because acts of violence. they were. detained because they were just expressing their. desire to be independent. to be sure that they're all political prisoners in spain i went to barcelona to visit a fellow journalist. public t.v. carlos put outs from which. he explained that even if the political prisoners he couldn't say so. at least not on a. big. and he called. who said what kinds o

but the opposition rejected the allegations are. in this moment of process this shouldn't be political khaled's official or opposition or there is an institutional responsibility to respond to the events we are facing . many critics of morales say the electoral fraud should be the focus of this political crisis. but model is his supporters are out in the streets they say the military pushed him out and they want to bring him back here in the center of the past tensions continue with police reinforcing barricades to prevent this to reach the presidential palace. the violence turned up a notch in the past businesses were wrecked political and civic leaders attacked and homes and buses were set on fire the army chief has ordered troops to be deployed in the capital to rein in what he called groups of vandals. the capitol remains nearly shut down schools and businesses are closed and international flights cancelled and he believes fear the tensions may rice. and he. will pray now this is enough to vision world brothers last i mean all o

believe years facing political uncertainty following president evo morales is resignation opposition protesters are celebrating morales quit after weeks of demonstrations against his reelection in a disputed vote the u.s. is calling for a civilian leadership during the transition and wants the organization of american states oversee new elections russia and leftist governments in latin america his claim that he is a victim of a call and the mexican government is among those denouncing the exit of morale is john heilemann is standing by for us in mexico city we'll have more with him in just a moment but 1st mariana sanchez is in believe u.s. capital apos you're in front of the presidential palace marianna tell us about what's been happening. well fully the situation here continues to be tense all the perimeter of the presidential palace and the national assembly behind me has been sealed by riot police there's also protesters from opposition that set up barricades since the october 20th election they are still there and we've been hearing a few explosions in the morning and some prote

if anything, the opposite has been true. it has created greater coherence and a sense of common threat. i do not deny there is planning for military options. i think the most benign is the one ambassador brownfield has mentioned, that we have enormous consequences, give enormous relief to the countries neighboring venezuela that are being overwhelmed by migrants. to treat people and give them the possibility for survival within venezuela. then my question is, if that seems simple, how is the colombian guerrilla force likely to respond to that? they are all over venezuela. most accounts are they are in control of the gold-mining and the gold trade. they are in border regions, involved in every aspect of the criminal economy along the border. some elements of the demobilized farc are there. people are going to sit back and allow u.s. troops to carve out a safe zone? without responding within columbia, in major cities, putting bombs like the kind we saw in january when the terrorist attack was staged against the police academy,

united nations has urged bolivia's government and opposition to restore dialogue and peace after a 3rd person was killed in the protests there parts of the capital or powers were lit up in the early hours of thursday as rival demonstrator groups clashed with each other am the are. sporadic and intense demonstrations have gripped the country since the disputed election last month opposition supporters say the result was rigged to allow president ever moralez to stay on for another 5 years he's already been in power for 13 years or as has accused the opposition of trying to stage a coup and the big intense clashes between rival protestors in the bolivian town of into the mayor of the town was attacked by opposition supporters of chair was dragged through the streets barefoot covered in red paint and activists forcibly cut her hair her office was set alight and the windows of the town hall were smashed the protestors accuse the mare of having bustin supporters of the president to try to break a blockade. a bolivian protest leader has become a symbol of opposition to president even more as

georges opposition wants to say now this is a new tactic by opposition activists making lots of noise creating excitement raising attention popping up in different places around the city to show the governments that they're not going to go anywhere to get it continue to put pressure on them. that decision not to allow electoral reform to go ahead. i think the government insists nothing will change and that the opposition will have to take care to avoid breaking the criminal code and finding themselves behind bars. al-jazeera tbilisi. in algeria thousands of people marched through the capital on friday calling for next month's election to be canceled have been many protests in recent weeks ahead of the presidential vote in response authorities appear to be making more arrests demonstrators. the vote cannot be free or fair if the military and senior officials from the old guard retained. candidates in guinea bissau presidential election have held their final rallies ahead of sunday's foes the incumbent president has a maria vance is running against 11 cap challenges including 2 of his f

yeah the opposition to the opposition leaders announced that they have not spoken out not yet but here we are in front of the headquarters of the government of ever morale is so we've been talking with deputies of the opposition they have been saying that the on the going to participate in this in this call for fresh elections they are supposed to to choose the new electoral commission and they have been saying to us that they are not going to do that they want the resignation of evermore others they keep firm in this in this they just want this out of power and we are awaiting an ounce of look at michael he is the leader of the coming to see because the this is the disappearance of this civil society we has been taking part of this opposition brought this on he is supposed to talk about 30 minutes on last mr who opposed this in the election he's going to talking about one hour so we don't know exactly what they're going to do is to say but it looks on likely that they want to participate in this for us elections announced for 2 evermore others and given what you just said i mean do yo

so i had an al-jazeera crush on palm until georgia mounting as opposition protesters try to force new reforms. it's almost voting day and getting the saudis the president goes up against a host of challenges including mrs he 5. hello again it's good to have you back well if you take a look at the levant map right here what you going to be seeing on our satellite image is a lot of gray across parts of iran as well as iraq this is actually not clouds as the cold air that the satellite sees in the morning watch as we put this into motion going to see a lot of this begin to dissipate with the heating of the day now we do have a system that is making its way across still parts of afghanistan and into india bring a lot of rain as well some snow in the higher elevations in terms of snow though we're going to be seeing on saturday still cross the caspian and for tehran it is going to be a chilly day for you where the temperature there of 9 getting very close to freezing by the time we go towards the overnight hours a little bit better more sun in the forecast there at 8 degrees by the time we

britain's labor opposition britain's opposition labor party promises few moments in the have of next month's general election despite training in opinion polls they believe the judgment call that has been called the most radical my friends from the day. i'm from welcome to the program the chances of israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu beginning another term in office looks lame the same evening the country's attorney general has announced that he is pressing corruption charges mr netanyahu is being indicted for bribery fraud and breach of trust in 3 separate cases the prime minister denies wrongdoing on this previously stated that he would not step down if indicted he's currently battling to stay after september parliamentary elections produced no clear winner. straight to correspondent to tania crime in jerusalem and welcome a target one of these charges relate to. every just heard the attorney general confirming that he will indict a prime minister netanyahu he said it's a sad day that he has to serve a serving prime minister with such a serious charges so we understand from

so 40% of the voters voted against the opposition.now, like in any country, even in western culture, the incumbents tend to lose votes if there is a riot, if there is violence, if there is a slowdown of the economy. exactly that is the causes, by these violent lawbreakers. they caused the big trouble in hong kong. but ifi may say so, hong kong, you and many other chinese officials have been saying to people like me for months that the silent majority of people in hong kong are not with the pro—democracy protesters and demonstrators. they are with beijing. that is not true, and we 110w beijing. that is not true, and we now know that is not true.” beijing. that is not true, and we now know that is not true. i think it is still too early to tell. i said 40%, ok, and according to some reports, a report, that the pro establishment candidates have also been harassed, interrupted, threatened. you know, some of them even assassinated, you know. so this violent —— these violent radicals, they create terror. i call it terror. so that really pre

cambodian opposition leader sam rainsy and other politicians are blocked from returning home . to the president has announced tough new measures in an effort to stop 3 weeks of anti-government protests descending into more rioting and looting president sebastian pinera is proposing laws to congress to toughen penalties for looting and acts of violence especially by people hiding their faces with hoods and mosques but a protest is attacked upscale areas of the capital santiago on wednesday a series of concession measures have failed to pacify the protesters who are angry at economic inequality with latin america at its newman is live from the capital santiago you see how significant these new measures. hello charlie well they are and they're clearly a response to growing pressure on the president not so much from the people who are out in the streets protesting clearly but rather from his own support base right behind me is the headquarters of a political party that is part of the ruling coalition and it was attacked by a group of people according to its leaders to the leaders o

media right space was there was a society and reinstate a real opposition party back. is still subject to severe restrictions and the treason case against him stands. by we still have questions about certain things mentioned in the court order and we will ask the court for clarification such as what limitations are there on his freedom what are the limitations on his political freedom kenny meet his supporters what degree of freedom does he have to meet with his supporters. analysts say so cause release is a tactical move by the cambodian government. if it comes a day after sam rainsy who co-founded the opposition party with a car arrived in the malaysian capital kuala lumpur from self-imposed exile in france he says he returned to cambodia to challenge prime minister who ruled for more than 3 decades. and on tuesday the european union will publish a report on the decline in democracy and human rights in the country it's threatened to withdraw cambodia's tariff free status on goods entering the e.u. or. facing a very very serious situation. looking at the potentially d

cambodian opposition leaders face regional political roadblocks as they try to return to their country. french police dismantle a migrant camp in paris a day after the government introduced tough new immigration rules. and then ultimatum from bolivia's opposition that anger against the president spreads to rural areas. for mcconville is rebel leader has been sentenced to 30 years in prison by the international criminal court basco and 10 gander was convicted of 18 war crimes including murder rape and conscripting child soldiers the atrocities happened in the democratic republic of congo's northeastern the tory region between 20022003 the ganders jail time is the longest handed down by the hague court to date well has the moment the judges read the sentencing. for conscripts think and analysts think children under the age of 15 years into an armed group and using them to participate actively in hostilities is a war crime for 18 years for rape of civilians is a crime against humanity and there's a war crime fent the atheist for a manager and that attempted murder as a crime against human

was it to some of the opposition parties are upset and they. have the right but those rights have limits and if they try to disrupt parliamentary business the government will have to respond in a done in way to 3 interactions see if the opposition comes back to doing. this is what the opposition boycotting this like empty seats instead of a piece for the government of course it's business as usual but with no opposition they'll be no debate no compromise and therefore at least in this chamber no way out of this political crisis is. outside in the cold the opposition admit there's another barrier to a break through a skeptical and through one of the main reasons is that there is a huge segment in georgia says how it is it is it is everywhere it's this current government they are liars and they are incompetent but they are afraid of the return of the previous government. because because they failed to secure. during said time and they don't want the same feeling to come back the opposition isn't just comprised of the form of government it's a bro

opposition activists and opposition leaders are dropped then the opposition party the only credible opposition party the c.n.r. p. must be reinstated and this is really dissolution but so far there is no real solution because since it's come too little and too late for the case of them sicker we asked the us to implement personally sanctions against a number of individuals who have been identified. having undermined democracy in cambodia dos personal sanctions will be very effective because those leaders they think they under thing of their personal interests when the country's interests are heard they do not care but when their personal interests are hurt they they do care and they will react or. a state of emergency has been declared in the australian state of new south wales as firefighters battle wildfires authorities have warned of a catastrophic threat 10 people living on the outskirts of sydney are being urged to leave their homes emergency crews say high temperatures and strong winds are fueling the flames at least 3 people have died and thousands have been left homeless health workers

opposition activists and opposition leaders are dropped then the opposition party the only credible opposition party to see an r.p. must be reinstated this is really dissolution but so far there is no real solution because it is it's come too little and too late for the case of them sicker bank staff in lebanon have been urged to stay away from work on tuesday as the country's economic and political crisis continues the bank workers' union says staff or risk from customers the man doing to withdraw their deposits the call for a strike comes after weeks of anti-government protests forced the banks to shop at the central bank says it's working to secure the posits and stabilize the lebanese pound after fears of a rush to take hard currency out of the country 82 migrants have been found in the back of a single truck in turkey the vehicle was stopped by soldiers from the turkish mary near the western town of i vy jacque it's thought that they were going to attempt to cross to europe by sea that migrants were sent to a repatriation center to be deported. i document leaked from the egyptian foreign

week media rights base was there was a society and reinstate a real opposition party back. is still subject to severe restrictions and the treason case against him stands. by we still have questions about certain things mentioned in the court order and we will ask the court for clarification such as what limitations are there on his freedom what are the limitations on his political freedom kennie meet his supporters what degree of freedom does he have to meet with his supporters. analysts say so cause release is a tactical move by the cambodian government. it comes a day after sam rainsy who co-founded the opposition party with a car arrived in the malaysian capital kuala lumpur from self-imposed exile in france he says he returned to cambodia to challenge prime minister hussein who's ruled for more than 3 decades. and on tuesday the european union will publish a report on the decline in democracy and human rights in the country it's threaten to withdraw cambodia's tariff free status on goods entering the e.u. or. facing a very very serious situation. looking at the potenti

i resign my presidency why did i decide to resign so that opposition leaders mr. do not continue to persecute my brothers union leaders i mean that all of us. reenters in the colonies was miraculous announcement followed a tumultuous 24 hours saw support for him falling away fast 1st bolivia's police abandoning their posts and joining the protests and then a call from the chief of the military for him to go quote for the good of the country. the levee has been rocked by instability and rioting since the election on october the 20 s even morale has declared himself the winner of the ballot but critics say it was marred by fraud. i now anger has been replaced. by optimism. that you know. we're free we finally been able to get rid of the stick to it or i believe we are free now we can say that the people are more united than that or. are you there really is a god and after doing so much harm to the country ever more alice has left we have to believe in a new believe we are in a way. but with an entire generation he's no no other president it's far from clear what tha