on august 6th president ouattara announced he's running for 13. his decision followed the sudden death of his chosen successor former prime minister i want to conclude by the opposition says it's unconstitutional his supporters say a 2016 constitutional amendment approved by 60 percent of the population peeve the way for his candidacy in this as election this. new one. ilads.

and i think people must live by the way actions mr ouattara speak. is placing not released but who. are friends of russian opposition leader alexina valley say traces of a nerve agent from the novacek family were found on an empty water bottle in his hotel room last month and was fast thought he'd been poisoned in a siberian airport the 4 catching a flight to moscow and bound he was a to airlifted to jamey for hospital treatment and is now out of a kind of the kremlin deny is poisoning the question of russia's president having a person charlie and to has more from london. this team originally thought that he had ingested poison in a cup of tea that he had at the port but they now say he was poisoned even back in his hotel room in the siberian city of tomes with a video has emerged of his supporters sweeping the hotel room using protective gloves hours after they found out the valley had fallen ill in the scene collecting a number of water bottles now they say that they wanted to bag up as much evidence as they could to ship it out of the country before russian f.s.b. agents could ta

candidacy is irrevocable irrevocable and he's also called for protests against president allison ouattara. meant dinu settle it soon madame the monsieur mentoring this election of 2 with 31st makes no sense that's obvious even participating in the selection would mean support from the shore tara detached that's why a call for unity of action from opposition to stop mr ouattara and his my adventure but a legal and legitimate means. out of there is a trade to be has this report. there's a tense atmosphere in the city of goma fighting between supporters of president allison with tyra and opposition activists has left people frightened and resulted in the death of a 22 year old who'd gone to buy something and. we decided to demonstrate like any ivorian in relation to the 3rd term of the current president a young brother had gone to the shop and when he came back people shot him in his stomach judy not says he was also injured by supporters of the president. in memphis is that our youths were demonstrating i stopped and told them to come down suddenly our source i'm a link a kids who were very

term that's why a call for unity of action from opposition to stop mr ouattara and his murder venture are legal and legitimate means. reports. there's a tense atmosphere in the city of fighting between supporters of president allison what tara and opposition activists has left people frightened resulted in the death of a 22 year old who'd gone to buy something and. we decided to demonstrate like any ivorian in relation to the 3rd term of the current president a young brother had gone to the shop and when he came back people shot him in the stomach judy not boost says he was also injured by supporters of the president. in memphis is that our youths were demonstrating i stopped and told them to come down suddenly i saw some a link a kids who were very excited coming to get me with their cars they broke my leg. protests have intensified after the country's top court cleared the president to run for a 3rd term even though the legal limit is only 2 the court also rejected 40 of the $44.00 candidates the next month's election including former president laurent gbagbo and one time rebel lead

on august 6th president ouattara announced he's running for 30. his decision followed the sudden death of his chosen successor former prime minister i want to conclude while the opposition says it's unconstitutional his supporters say a 2016 constitutional amendment approved by 60 percent of the population peeve the way for his candidacy in this election this. one. is allowed. to be it because. of the fact of the. need of it. off and. a lot. want to be easy. creature area because. that's already made too many did do in the next. 10 years. also to shall do so. now is that a lot of what that. because you. are rich are dozens of people have died in protest across ivory cost since that constitutional amendment of 2060 there are fears of more violence as to what the 21 presidential election grows in iraq i'm with you al jazeera thousands of opposition supporters have rallied in montenegro capital for a 2nd night claiming victory in sunday's parliamentary vote the crowds gathered outside the main serbian orthodox church in the capital had greta the chur

of alassane ouattara. the opposition in three is the key in my michael x. kind stand this and- opposition is even here in paris like kelam sorrow but i must say- when we speak of the opposition there are so many older actors center s stil. dangling around i mean the bibible has gone down since he was released from the international criminal court he's not allowed to run but he's a political force henri konan bedieie e eight. i donon'w what the vieiewers u understandt this is the man with the whole crisis started windows were born he died in recording in baby a. made himself president and then c came the so war. afterwards andnd he's running so the office might not be happy but there's failed to be a transfusion of blood to a new generation. in some ways what we're seeing are the flowers of the- tate stay there the interim does seem to resolve. the fundamental underlying issusues. douglas. of course. here in paris machine have been the rather tense c. in. . s. ary coast eight try t to be array. actorr i in the crew and in the new mill regime and its co that

there is and i think that mr ouattara to please his country's citizens and all of this i'm bringing in potential danger isn't was it responsible to do more disturbingly is is the loudest silence from was the economic community of west african states and the african union on whose protocols mr ouattara deliberately 6 to flout and even more contradictory is that mr ouattara was just this week seeking to resolve the crisis in maryland. and i think people must move by the west and that absence mr one terrorist. is placing not only his country but a whole and as. well looking at this specific election this whole debate that we're having now is really being sold as a fight for this open presidential race a democratic one but ultimately this is about these various men and that they have quite the contentious history can you talk us through that. well i mean the tremendous. one and baby. elephant are tara and mr blair who have had probably a pretty face their t.v.'s but extremely contentious on the right and this trip mr quinn and baby you know talk about how i immediately. missed that where y

on august 6th president ouattara announced he's running for 13. his decision followed the sudden death of his chosen successor former prime minister i want to conclude by the opposition says it's unconstitutional his supporters say a 2016 constitutional amendment approved by 60 percent of the population peeve the way for his candidacy in this election this. new one. is allowed. to be needed. for the fact of. the union of 8 as in. office and. a lot. want to be counted and each. creature area. has already laid 2 men did during the next. 2 shall do so. now. that that's what. our election dozens of people have died in protest across ivory coast since that constitutional amendment of 2060 that our fears of more violence as a tool but the 21 presidential election grows near a comedy grease al-jazeera. gillies ruling party has confirmed the present alpha condé will run for a 3rd term despite months of violent protests against him from the push through constitutional change in march that critics say was designed to allow him to run against next month prev

coast opposition leaders calling for nationwide civil disobedience to protest president alassane ouattara as controversial quest for a 3rd term former president already condemned betty is challenging his rival and incumbent in october 31st election what tara was cleared by the constitutional court to stand again despite serving his maximum 2 terms but his declaration now raises the specter of further unrest but mike imo is from the london school of economics and political science he says as long as ouattara runs for office the outcome of the vote will be highly contested. well i mean merriment beauty has the most spots i mean by ghost party has the most support the last man who is currently . disqualified it looks like a big year really is the next person with the most votes so it's quite significant he used a significant candidate in this particular election and one of the reasons why what our us kind of the city so contentious is actually that he originally didn't really want to leave the sea he deliberately introduced even the vice presidency into this new question he shouldn't just sa

to tell that's why a call for unity of action from opposition to stop mr ouattara and his marred venture by all legal and legitimate means. while jazeera is following the story from nigeria he says sort of wants people to keep up the pressure on president allison what other who's running for a 3rd term opponent say he's violating a 2 term limit but tara argues the clock begins from the 2016 constitution. gillum solar rays done lots of issues in his press conference 1st of all he said there will not be a presidential elections in ivory coast on 31st of october he said when he was asked whether he will boycott the election he said no they would be no election and that they would the question of him being a candidate or no candidate doesn't even rise so what he's saying that is that there will be if there is no war on himself on the ballot there would be an election there and whether asked if he will participate alongside what in the elections he said president ouattara candidacy is illegal and unconstitutional and therefore you would participate what he wants immediately is the dissolution

and also of the people of the ivory coast to block the forfeiture and dictatorship of mr our son ouattara. and they refused to concede defeat to atar after the 2010 election triggering a civil war his supporters say his continued exclusion from politics and ouattara is bad for a 3rd term and is further destabilizing ivory coast. is there were nominators is following the story from the nigerian couple of a big he has more on the reaction from one of the ousted presidential candidates. gillum solar rays done a lot of issues in his press conference 1st of all he said there will not be a presidential elections in ivory coast on 31st of october he said when he was asked whether he will boycott the election he said no they would be no election and that they would the question of him being a candidate or no candidate doesn't even rise so what he's saying that is that there will be if there is no by war and himself on the ballot there would be an election there and whether asked if he will participate alongside what in the elections he said president ouattara candidacy is illegal and unconstituti

and also of the people of the ivory coast to block the forfeiture and dictatorship of mr our son ouattara. that bill refused to concede defeat to retire after the 2010 election triggering a civil war his supporters say his continued exclusion from politics and retiree's bid for a 3rd term is further destabilizing ivory coast victoria gating be there. saudi arabia's energy minister has condemned other opec members for cheating on their own oil production quotas the criticism was made during a conference call of member states the international energy agency says the united arab emirates widely disregard of commitments to cutting its quota last month abu dhabi says it will compensate for over production in october and november the saudis have led the drive to cut production in an effort to boost crude prices as the coronavirus curtails them around. alexina valleys colleagues say they found traces of the toxic nerve agent not the chalk on a bottle of water in the siberian hotel room where he stayed before falling ill his team says a german lab and 3 other labs have confirmed the finding the r

and also of the people of the ivory coast to block the forfeiture and dictatorship of mr our son ouattara. and they refused to concede defeat to retire after the 2010 election triggering a civil war his supporters say his continued exclusion from politics and retiree's bid for a 3rd term is destabilising ivory coast. is their. mob attacks on migrant communities in south africa have been documented by human rights watch based on dozens of interviews foreigners are often subjected to discrimination and violence the human rights group says foreign businesses are disproportionately targeted and police raids and police often respond with indifference describing xenophobia crimes as routine the head if libya's internationally recognized government says he'll resign at the end of next month until then prime minister. will oversee the selection of a new leadership his talks are due to start in geneva this week the tripoli based governments will be negotiating with the rival administration in the east which is allied towards the have. the iraq government has launched a campaign to reduce the numbe

there have been protests in ivory coast after a top court cleared the way for president alassane ouattara run for a 3rd term demonstrators are angry that several high profile candidates have been barred from taking part in next month's presidential election they include a former prime minister again sorow who insists his candidacy is irrevocable victoria gate and the reports. there's a tense atmosphere in the city have gone were fighting between supporters of president allison with tyra and opposition activists has left people frightened and resulted in the death of a 22 year old who had gone to buy something and then. we decided to demonstrate like any ivorian in relation to the 3rd term of the current president a young brother had gone to the shop and when he came back people shot him in his stomach judea not boost says he was also injured by supporters of the president. going to the fountains in memphis and our youths were demonstrating i stopped and told them to calm down suddenly i saw some a link a kids who were very excited coming to get me with their cause they broke my leg. prote

and also of the people of the ivory coast to block the forfeiture and dictatorship of mr our son ouattara. that they refused to concede defeat to a time. after the 2010 election triggering a civil war his supporters say his continued exclusion from politics which tire is dead for a 3rd term is further destabilizing ivory coast victoria gate in the. protestors in pakistan are demanding the arrest of controversial shia cleric. the angry over his recent remarks which were regarded as blasphemous come out hi there has more details i don't know of thousands of people are protesting in the federal capital islamabad as you can see powdered of people have been coming into the protests around you there protesting against the controversial remark made by a shiite cleric raise the flag for america now all the phony religious party would have come together to demand just their worn exemplary punishment for their shiite cleric who had disappeared already by had he been left the country and there warned the government to come down hard just by the botany. demand the arrest of the cleric whether he's in

and also of the people of the ivory coast to block the forfeiture and dictatorship of mr our son ouattara. and they refused to concede defeat to atar after the 2010 election triggering a civil war his supporters say his continued exclusion from politics and ouattara is bad for a 3rd term is further destabilizing ivory coast victoria gate and there iraq's government has launched a campaign to reduce the number of. legal weapons the aim is to reduce crime but some tribes say disarming them goes against their traditions there are reports from baghdad. these are members of iraq's special task force looking for illegal guns in the south eastern province of miss son they're eager to find them so they search of people's homes and commercial sites like this factory trying to uncover any where people could hide weapons they've set up extra checkpoints here to make sure unregistered guns are not smuggled out and this is what they say they've confiscated so far from the dea just on the we've seized more than 30 weapons made 6 arrests and confiscated 4 vehicles without license plate this operation is

opposition leaders calling for nationwide civil disobedience to protest against president alassane ouattara as quest for a 3rd term former president. is also running in the october 31st election and a sudanese delegations visiting the united arab emirates to discuss taking sudan off the u.s. list of state sponsors of terror they will be meeting directly with u.s. officials in abu dhabi. but tonight with the headlines here on al-jazeera the latest edition of the listening post is next but there is no channel that covers world news like legion the scale of this camp is like nothing you've ever seen and . what we want to know is how do these things affect people we revisit me and stay even when they're no international headline. al-jazeera really invests in that and that's a privilege as a journalist. a surprise announcement from the oval office i think is still the time frame is right i bought a stock i was like i was shocked by that just as true but now i just wait it out eric changed as somebody said tommy and others call it election nearing for trump and that ya. know i mean actually to be

and also of the people of the ivory coast to block the forfeiture and dictatorship of mr our son ouattara. and they refused to concede defeat to atar after the 2010 election triggering a civil war his supporters say his continued exclusion from politics and ouattara is dead for a 3rd term and is further destabilizing ivory coast. is their. interest is following the story from the nigerian capital abuja news got more on the reaction from one of the ousted presidential candidates that's sort of. gillum solar rays done a lot of issues in his press conference 1st of all he said there will not be a presidential elections in ivory coast on 31st of october he said when he was asked whether he will boycott the election he said no they would be no election and that they would the question of him being a candidate or no candidate doesn't even rise so what he's saying that is that there will be if there is no by war and himself on the ballot there would be an election there and whether asked if he will participate alongside what in the elections he said president ouattara candidacy is illegal and un

and also of the people of the ivory coast to block the forfeiture and dictatorship of mr our son ouattara. and they refused to concede defeat to atar after the 2010 election triggering a civil war his supporters say his continued exclusion from politics and were taras bid for a 3rd term is the destabilising ivory coast. is there. mali's new military ruler say they've started the process of naming an interim president after west african leaders threatened a total embargo on the landlocked country members of the 15 strong economic community of west african states gave the coup leaders 18 months to hand over power to a civilian government and exchange sanctions will be lifted but only if the military puts together a transition team within a week. reports from jakarta neighboring senegal. well they have just a few days to try to find a president a prime minister and so they said just just as we heard that they're going to appoint a committee now that will decide on who will be the president and who will be the prime minister and who will be the vice president now who will be members of that c

on august 6th president ouattara announced he's running for 30. his decision followed the sudden death of his chosen successor former prime minister i want to conclude by the opposition says it's unconstitutional his supporters say a coup $1016.00 constitutional amendment approved by 60 percent of the population peeve the way for his candidacy in this as election this. new one. is allowed. to be needed. for the fact of. the union of 8 as in. office and. a lot. want to be in it and easy. creature area. or in the mid to late. next. and. also additional to so. now. that that's somewhat. because it won't give him the right to be our election dozens of people have died in protest across ivory coast since that constitutional amendment of 2060 that our fears of more violence as a tool but the 2 in presidential election grows in iraq with the grease al-jazeera . brazil has imposed new rules for rape victims seeking an abortion requiring them to look at the fetus before the procedure doctors also have to report their cases to the place this comes to weeks

opposition leader is calling for nationwide civil disobedience to protest against president alassane ouattara his quest for a 3rd term the former president on the economy betty is challenging whether in the coming election the constitutional court cleared what's about to run again even though he's reached a 2 term limits though the headlines on al-jazeera rewind is next. hi i'm steve clements i put together these days it's hard to filter out the noise and keep track of what's really important if the bottom line tackles the big issues this is shaping the united states its people its economy and the way it deals with the rest of the well the bottom line only on al-jazeera. hello and welcome again to remind i'm elizabeth purana since we launched al-jazeera english over a decade ago we haven't been afraid of tackling difficult and sensitive stories through powerful award winning documentary he's today we rewinding to 2010 and a film that examines an unintended consequence of the continuing israeli blockade of gaza is growing opioid problem the gaza strip at points just 10 kilometers wide is an ho

fact the ambassador of cote d'ivoire ivory coast is introducing its president president al assad ouattara is going to speak now to the u.n. general assembly an important speech given that that country has elections and they are now disputed elections as he is planning to run for another term he wasn't going to use that back in march but then when he can take success decided. that his home picks a successor died suddenly he said he would run he speaking now i see that mr vulcan on. his you know president some can't simply 5th session of the united nations general assembly it's eareckson and says heads of state and government. your excellency mr and to a new a good finish secretary general of the united nations ladies and gentleman distinguished delegates mr president. i wish to begin by congratulating you on your brilliant election as president of this him to 5th session of the united nations general assembly and pay a heartfelt tribute to your predecessor professor to johnny muhammad bind day of nigeria. who was able to adapt the operations of the general assembly to the constraints impos

and also of the people of the ivory coast to block the forfeiture and dictatorship of mr our son ouattara. that they refused to concede defeat to atar after the 2010 election triggering a civil war his supporters say his continued exclusion from politics and what tara's did for a 3rd term is further destabilizing ivory coast victoria gate and be out there. un investigators are warning of rampant human rights abuses in burundi despite a change in government they say security forces and the ruling party's youth wing carry out kidnappings beatings and other violence with almost total impunity alexey o'brien reports. when president ever raced and was sworn in in june he vowed to ensure national unity pace and social justice but u.n. investigators say that's not happening dashing hopes of change under a new government what is really striking is that he has appointed to high positions in his cabinet 3 people who are under sanction from the e.u. and us well the alleged participation in human rights violations since 2015 it's a strange act for someone who's keen on reconciliation the opposition s

and also of the people of the ivory coast to block the forfeiture and dictatorship of mr our son ouattara. and they refused to concede defeat to what tara after the 2010 election triggering a civil war his supporters say his continued exclusion from politics and were tyreese bid for a 3rd term is the destabilising ivory coast. is there well let's get the very latest on this we can go to what interests is following the story from the nigerian capital of abuja. the former prime minister who as i said earlier has been banned from running he's been holding a press conference in paris tell us what he said and how it may affect the situation on the ground. well given solar rays done a lot of issues in his press conference 1st of all he said there will not be a presidential elections in ivory coast on 31st of october he said when he was asked whether he will boycott the election he said no they would be no election and that they would the question of him being a candidate or no candidate doesn't even rise so what he's saying that is that there will be if there is no war on himself on the ballot

opposition leaders calling for nationwide civil disobedience to protest against president alassane ouattara as quest for a 3rd term former president. is also running in the october 31st election and a sudanese delegations visiting the united arab emirates to discuss taking sudan off the u.s. list of state sponsors of terror they will be meeting directly with u.s. officials in upper darby but tonight with the headlines here in al-jazeera the latest edition of the listening post is next there is no channel that covers world news like legions of this camp is like nothing you've ever seen. but we want to know how do these things affect people we revisit make day even when they're no international headline. al-jazeera really invests in them and that's a privilege as a journalist. a surprise announcement from. israel. that the. united arab. emirates. i know others call an election for. sitting in for richard and you are watching the listening post working from home here are the media stories we're covering this week the abraham accords behind all the talk about peace between israel and the gulf s

cleared the president to run for a 3rd term even though the legal limit is set or to president assad ouattara successfully argued that a 262016 amendment to the cost of the number the court rejected 40 of the 44 candidates for next month's election including former president law well those are the headlines coming up next on al-jazeera the string. talk to old to 0. is the government not taking the necessary action to really address some of the structural issues we listen i still think that trouble is the safest mode of travel and to spend that we meet with global newsmakers and talk about the stories that matter to 0. i am fairly ok look into history today we're looking at activists in iraq being in danger is simply protesting some headlines couper i which is why we're looking at today's story how we look here only not till there's some high profile assassinations of activists to siena summer in france or according to the workers against terrorism was q who political reasons. prominent female activists killed by unknown gunmen ambassador we got to you're going to hear more about in just a mom

opposition leader is calling for nationwide civil disobedience in protest of the president alassane ouattara as attempts to secure a 3rd term the former president's only kronk is challenging his rival in next month's elections was cleared by the constitutional court to stand again despite serving his maximum 2 terms. michael moore is from the london school of economics and political sciences he says tensions are being hyped by reports that the watter camp is planning to rig the vote. well i mean merriment beauty has the most supports i mean by the ghost party has the most support the last man who is currently. disqualified it looks like a big year really is the next person with the most votes say it's quite significant he used a significant candidate in this particular election and one of the reasons why what terrorists kind of the city so contentious is actually that he originally didn't really want to leave the sea he deliberately introduced even the vice presidency into this new questions he shouldn't just salamis he can plan and read different meds video if who team sleeps at the very le

cleared the president to run for inferring term even though a legal limit is set at 2 president alison ouattara successfully argued that a 2016 amendment to the constitution reset the number the court rejected 40 of the $44.00 candidates for next month's election including the former president laurent gbagbo and one time rebel leader turned prime minister sorow. the man who story inspired the film hotel rwanda has been charged with terrorism complicity in murder and forming an armed rebel group paul recess of been declined to respond to all 13 charges and denies any criminal wrongdoing he's been credited with saving more than a 1000 lives during the 1994 genocide malcolm webb reports from nairobi. full recess a beginning appeared in one car in a courtroom in rwanda's capital kigali amid tight security prosecutors say that he's responsible for terrorism and involvement in an armed group that carried out attacks inside rwanda he's facing about 12 charges relating to the alleged offenses he declined to plead to the charges he said he wants to face and separately but his family say he's been denied

toast opposition leaders calling for a nationwide civil disobedience to protest president ouattara as controversial quest for a 3rd former president betty is challenging his rival and incumbent in the october 31st election for tara was cleared by the constitutional court to stand again despite serving his maximum 2. so those were the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after inside story thank you that's watching by foot. we're march against the monarchy in thailand and it's amounts for political reform the protests have been the biggest in years so what can the government do to quell this growing anger and what does this mean for thailand's king this is inside story . hello and welcome to the program i'm how he had seen a wave of protests as gripped thailand since february it's been led by the young mostly 1st time voters who say they want to modernize them want to keep over the weekends tens of thousands of people in the park used for want to ceremonies and they cemented a plug in the grand palace that expresses what they say is the people's will the protesters also hand

your own alongside with the president of the money tree union for west africa as well as president ouattara of ivory coast we grieve or have briefed the summit on this issue remember already there are 5 countries at least 5 west african countries that jumped the gun and said they were going to introduce taiko a currency a common currency that was agreed by the whole of the region that would be introduced at some point although this discussion has been on for more than a decade so they will also they will also be talking or they have also been talking about political issues in countries that have elections this year parliamentary and presidential elections in the fossil. guinea ivory coast is up these are some of the things they are looking at or they have been looking at since morning hours and they are about wrapping up on their discussions right now we expect a communique shortly ahmed thank you very much indeed that's our digits in the nigerian capital abuja russian foreign minister sergey lavrov is calling for international help to rebuild syria's economy after he held talks with presid

opposition leader is calling for nationwide civil disobedience to protest against president alassane ouattara his quest for a 3rd term the former president on the economy betty is challenging whether in the coming election the constitutional court cleared what's about to run again even though he's reached a 2 term limits though the headlines on al-jazeera rewind is next. i am sequences i put these days it's hard to filter out the newly single track of what's really important in the bottom line tackles the big issues this is shaping the united states its people its economy and the way it deals with the rest of the world the bottom line only on al-jazeera. hello and welcome again to remind i'm elizabeth purana since we don't want to al-jazeera english over a decade ago we haven't been afraid of tackling difficult and sensitive stories through a powerful award winning documentary today we rewinding to 2010 and a film that examines an unintended consequence of the continuing israeli blockade of gaza.

opposition leaders calling for nationwide civil disobedience to protest against president alassane ouattara his quest for a 3rd term the former president on record and by the is also running in the october 31st election the constitutional court cleared what's right to run again even though he's reached the 2 term limits that's well up today thanks for your company peter dhabi has your next news bulletin in about half an hour's time. the inquiry's the core. of a nato. they inquired local mixed martial arts fighter jesse is only 3 weeks from the biggest fight of his life right it's not going well i want to hear the case again you're boring me for stock in size the board just for you and the money and the rest of me it's. the new single mom month after school of on the. i mean did not want to persuade that ending up but he's still nursing a knee injury. on the sofa or going to stand up because he will not be enough made up of a gold mine soget animal days of the soul and muscle people can honestly say but one of the dog members of the hell am i so good can and will be like ok despite the injur

cleared the president to run for a 3rd term even though the legal limit is set to president assad ouattara successfully argue that a 2016th amendment to the constitution reset the number of court rejected 40 of the 44 candidates for next month's election including former president back 4 and one time rebel leader turned prime minister. and aide to former nissan boss carlos colon is used to go on trial in japan for financial misconduct greg kelly was arrested in 2018 he denies under reporting tens of millions of dollars in pay that go and was allegedly promise after his retirement own was arrested but escaped 11 on and is wanted by japanese police. and still ahead on the program protests capital to mock 2000 days since the start of a saudi made offensive and the man portrayed and the hollywood film hotel rwanda is in force on terror charges and you know. we have got signs of some cool and wet weather coming into the northwestern corner of the u.s. not exactly fire drenching rain but we have got a little more cloud coming through nevertheless so that western side of oregon western parts of w

cleared the president to run for a 3rd term even though the legal limit is sara to president assad ouattarasuccessfully argued that a 262016 amendment to the cost of the number the court rejected 40 of the 44 candidates for next month's election including former president law well those are the headlines coming up next on al-jazeera the string. talk to 0. is the government not taking the necessary action to really address some of the structural issues we listen i still think that travel is the safest mode of travel and to spend that we meet with global newsmakers and talk about the stories that matter to 0. i am fairly ok local industry today we're looking at activists in iran being in danger is simply protesting some headlines couper i which is why we're looking at today's story how look here on my laptop there is some high profile assassinations of activists to see a summer in according to the workers against terrorism was kewl who political reasons. female activists cured by unknown gunmen in badger we too you can hear more about her in just a moment even a high profile.

says it denied his application because of criminal convictions now the current president allison ouattara is hoping to be reelected for a 3rd term despite protests calling his candidacy unconstitutional. afghan women have achieved a political milestone getting their names on their children's identity cards not previously only the father's name was documented which meant women find it difficult to prove they were a mother or assert rights over the children has charlotte ballasts. dr who america re is divorced and c. washes her only son but on his national afghan identification cards are nearly her husband's name a show in leaving her guardianship unrecorded now prison gunny has signed a decree that a mother's name must also be included. that it's symbolic but i'm happy that step by step we're getting out of the stage where there was no identity for us we have taken initial steps and they're excellent but there are still some women who are nameless and who will die nameless and all their children are called by their father's name none of them are called by their mother's name it has kara ca

cleared the president to run for a 3rd term even though the legal limited set out to president assad ouattara successfully argued that a 2016 amendment to the constitution we set the number the court rejected 40 of the 44 candidates for next month's polls including former president bush an aide to former nissan boss carlos colon is due to go on trial in japan for financial misconduct greg kelly was arrested in 2018 he denies under reporting tens of millions of dollars in pay that goal was allegedly promised after his retirement goal and was arrested by the way he's wanted by japanese police those are the headlines during obligato have more news for you in under 30 minutes time al-jazeera world continues next stay with us. born in amsterdam from brooklyn father mother. my father was an artist and yeah he just tried to find a better life in europe and also he was very free spirits so he could not really live in this moral can political climates a lot of things were like forbidden for for people to talk about to write about and he just wanted to be free and yeah i just tried to search is his lif

coast opposition leaders calling for nationwide civil disobedience to protest president allison ouattara as controversial quest for a 3rd term former president already conan bedi is challenging his rival an incumbent in the october election but tara was cleared by the constitutional court to stand again despite serving his maximum 2. so those are the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after al-jazeera world stage thanks for watching by foot. ready for. south africa today is often known as the rainbow nation a multi-racial society whose 1st black president in 1904 announcing mandela encouraged tolerance equality and harmony among a previously heavily divided people mandela's policy was at sharp odds with the country's past a nation in which state sponsored racism in the form of apartheid touched every corner of society leaving a stain of injustice that endured for decades. while the world is familiar with mandela's remarkable story from prisoner to president relatively little is known about some of the other campaigners of the period including one a muslim a preacher and a fa

president will be allowed to run for a 3rd term even though the legal limit is sets to president allison ouattara successfully argued that a 2016 amendment to the constitution reset the limits of the constitutional council rejected 40 of the $44.00 candidates the next month's election including the former president laurent gbagbo and one time rebel leader turned prime minister. there's been an ongoing unrest in many areas of the country with concerns that political tensions could trigger another civil war. still ahead on this news hour after president trump blamed wildfires sweeping the west coast of the u.s. on forest management look at what is actually behind the blazes plus one is after popular in the frame jobs where the government hundreds that are successful to order from also proves america is wrong despite the coronavirus deadly. i mean for the footballer who lost his cool off an insult in the sun. we got some colder weather pushing into western europe over the next couple days with a chance of rights to some is a fair amount of cloud just sliding in here or so the temperature in the sout

presidential election the gathering was held in the commercial capital abidjan incumbent allison are ouattara his decision to run for 30 sparks violent protests in the country which have killed more than 12 people. roger below is an africa affairs analyst she says some figures are encouraging violence for their own gain. one of these main motivation was 1st to maintain sort of a conclusion we've been his own party which would be we would probably explode under the ambitions are possible successors risk of violence for sure because a deal with all the ones that have been excluded and cannot run is the former rebel leaders and you have sort of a collection back. but a but i would say the counter shockey that. i worry in people are. fed up with. you know he's not very likable that the. likelihood that they would follow through and that the enter into the cycle of violence just because there's politicians one can separate accounts because that's what is the author about the. city is not really running deep in the ground to address. brain marked the leaders wanting to take over after one. trip dri

chairing or leading the west africa fight against covered 19 on the other hand president alassane ouattara is going to present a report on monetary union remember the single currency for west africa is in the process of being launched such and countries in the region jumped the gun and said they are going ahead whether or not the rest of the region is ready so they are also going to talk about all these and they want to talk about parliamentary and presidential elections in countries such as. so guinea ivory coast gonna and the rest including by the way so these are some of the issues they're trying to round up on they've been not at this for a very long time now so we expect just statement at the end of the day about what has been achieved people will be looking very closely to see what will be their position about money so far there is no word coming out of the summit or mallets of about whether or not they have agreed on a single authority a transition that it in the country certainly if we do hear anything about that of course we're going to be coming back to talk to you on a different

of laurent gbagbo from contesting the poll president alassane ouattara is seeking a 3rd term in office even though the constitution forbids it without a says he has no choice following the certain death of his chosen successor in july let's bring in money russia below up from cameroon she's in africa affairs analyst and president of the african international media group good to have you with us how credible is the president's claim that he has no other choice here. well you know it's a matter of interpretation and also what we consume bodybags is not not she knew he had one short of his a comeback to a back to the new under the new competition he's allowed to run it did that before running for the 2nd. so i ask that he run for the perfect job he say's you know actually i'm allowed to run but i don't i'm not sure i want to do that because i want to hand over power to a new generation but i could do that if this were like. the former president calderon but he wants to because he's all of a generation is and he supposed to we withdraw like i will do. now i think one of these men which is