probe into possible criminal offenses following the revelations of the protests outside the cypriot parliament against government corruption following our investigation crowds were shot in cyprus is not. the headlines u.s. supreme court nominee barrett is feeling tough questions on everything from abortion to gun ownership on the 2nd day of her confirmation hearing she said she would put aside her catholic beliefs while ruling as a supreme court judge which bar was questioned by dianne feinstein who is the most senior democrat on the senate judiciary committee on the issue of abortion is a contentious issue which is a no one reason why it would be comforting to you to have an answer but i can't express views on cases or pre-commit to approaching a case any particular way. well that makes it difficult for me and i think for other women also on this committee because this is a very important case and it affects a lot of people millions and millions of women and you could be a very important vote the government of the netherlands is shutting down bars and restaurants from weapons day and banning

but i think parliament and parliaments in the regional parliaments are going to insist that they be more respect of the parliamentary process be more respected and that some of the decisions that need to be taken should in future be taken in parliament there is concern from within the coalition itself that some of these measures will be challenged in court and will not stand up to legal tests is that a concern right now yes indeed that is a concern cultural challenges have already been announced by the hospitality industry for instance and in the past such measures have been thrown out in courts in various courts so there is a strong possibility that some of these measures will be counselled by the courts which again points to the road of parliament if laws need to be changed measures can be defended in court then parliaments need to change those rules you mentioned some of the protests that will be driving the legal challenges are related to the real legal challenges do you see the protests continuing after the announcement of these new measures yes indeed protests will continue ob

seem to fit would be some how some people would be upset if he does all the parliament calls for new elections that's what many people will want to see in the near future well it in essence still is quite popular overall in terms of general public but what we've seen in the last 2 weeks in particular has a real decline in his popularity in particular because of that the covert 1000 cases one has to understand that in the last 2 weeks one 3rd of the cases that have covered $1000.00 at a record it which is a now at around $700000.00 have actually come in the last 2 weeks and this government and under yet 1000000 yassin has chosen to use this is kind of a benchmark for his legitimacy so in a sense the king is in a difficult position not only in dealing with the political elites he's also in a difficult position in dealing with the problems that the country are facing not only the health crisis but the economic crisis and the end is preventing the option of the elections coming forward because malaysians really for worried about an election being held at this time because at least 2 perc

of the regional parliaments and the splendors talk the central german parliament have played. no role at 0 or a very very reduced row they have not really been consulted and they feel that this contravenes german practice the rights and the. how shall i say the powers that the separation of powers of the parliament should be involved as one of the cries we heard out there now early in her speech on the macro pointed out that these measures do curtail our freedoms and our rights and that they do harm the economy but she said they are nonetheless very necessary right now what did she lay out as in terms of the reasons for these measures well i think what she repeated about 4 or 5 times in her speech which i think for her. character was quite impassioned in fact and emotional. she repeated several times that it is no longer possible to trace the source of all the infections that are taking place in germany today we have a new record of close to $17000.00 cases in the last 24 hours under the circumstances the health authorities who are meant to track and trace these cases are no l

the 2nd is the king could still on the advice of the prime minister meet and yasin dissolve parliament and trigger snap elections now and some analysts say this may not go down well with many malaysians considering recently how state elections has been blamed for a 3rd wave of corona virus infections in this country there is another option for on my brain if he fails at this juncture he could wait for parliament to reopen in november and propose a motion of no confidence against the prime minister whether or not that motion is granted is another matter florence louis for inside story. there roller coaster journey through his political life in 1903 he became a heard there were hundreds deputy prime minister and was widely expected to succeed him. but following a power struggle he was instead sacked and imprisoned for sodomy and corruption in 1998 he was jailed again in 2014 and war and his feud with mahathir before the 2018 elections that asked of the 61 year ruling coalition who was freed from jail and became her tears there's a greater successor but my heart is failure to set a deadli

now on bbc news, the week in parliament. hello again and welcome to the week in parliament. confusion, rebellion and anger. we want to see this virus beaten — of course we do. but it would be nice, just nice, if this house was shown some respect! boris johnson told us to follow the rules but apologised for struggling to explain them. i cleared that matter as fast as i could. it's very clear you shouldn't mix indoors, either at home or in a hospitality setting. also in this programme, the distressing human cost of failings in the nhs. losing louis is something i'll never fully recover from. i feel his loss every day. but first: more and more of us are living under local lockdown restrictions as the pandemic goes on. borisjohnson says we are at a "critical moment" with rising numbers of cases and deaths. things are so serious he's resumed regular downing street briefings, flanked by professor chris whitty and sir patrick vallance, who became household names during lockdown. back in march, mps rushed through emergency legislation to give ministers across the uk sweeping powers

on the other hand we are now in the parliament on the parliament member from the likud party i want to change the laws so that we have better quality of life you want to change the answer to that was mayor of jerusalem that we want to bully the corps let me go to the 2 there are 2 things god forbid no use at the time is come to restore thought about power between the branches of government what's that mean another attempt to bully the court. god forbid no the answer is that we look at other democracies in the world and we see that the relationships are different then the balance is different in the united states the president of united states he chooses the high supreme court judges in other places there's not there's different balances and we learn from other democracies so let me just focus on the point you said. injured in some area anyway you put a shovel in the ground you find jewish roots and jews are allowed to live anywhere they want in the world in new york in germany in london in jerusalem anywhere in arab countries they can live anywhere they want especially in places that a

got to remember of course that these members of parliament. members of parliament 2016. they lack of the juice of the sea it's all many people here in this country a. this kind of crisis that he stands experiencing at the moment is to do with finding some sort of legitimate leadership as we go forward. to this announcement that the election results were void body election committee. is going to be very interesting what happens tomorrow. it's also important to say that in order for this session to go forward and happen there needs to be 61 members of parliament. for majority because courses 120 seats in parliament will not even because even with 6161 m.p.'s will be there. still there is so much in the balance here there is such a great sense of uncertainty in kyrgyzstan this evening. no doubt momentous events in his political history and we've seen scenes of jubilation obviously earlier today around the parliament building was taken over by protests we've seen former politicians who were released from jail but in the monks that you will ation there is this great sense of

its lucrative passports for investment scheme following an al-jazeera exposé the president of the parliamentis also stepping down our investigative unit found senior politicians willing to help a foreign criminal by a cypriot passport and access to e.u. citizenship are investigative reporter david harrison reports from nicosia. an emergency meeting of the cypriot cabinet was held at the presidential palace following the release of the al-jazeera investigation. of the some. bar on bush program. but if you go to the ball room. as a flurry of developments followed the cyprus attorney general said he was launching a full investigation into the evidence gathered by al-jazeera. what has been published in the last few hours by the al-jazeera news network is causing outrage anger and concern among the people i have given player instructions to the police leadership from the outset to conduct a full fora and in-depth investigation into the possibility of anyone committing criminal offenses the undercover reporters from al-jazeera as investigative unit posed as representatives of a fictional client a

it seems as if members of parliament to date the prime minister. who has a criminal record or indeed was a serving jail term is now being given a very powerful position in this country so again it's throws great doubt great questions over the future stability or stability or go kill. in the days ahead it certainly is a very fast moving situation there charles stratford and i thank you very much indeed for bringing us the latest on the political turmoil in pakistan. now a car bomb explosion at a bus stop in syria has killed at least 21 people children are among at least 40 others injured in bob the city is part of aleppo province is controlled by turkish backed armed groups so far been no claim of responsibility for the blast. west african leaders have lifted the nation sanctions on mali following the appointment of a civilian prime minister the ecowas bloc imposed the sanctions after president abraham boubacar kater was isolated by military leaders foreign officials had promised to lift the sanctions after a new civilian poll minister was appointed

and the speaker of the cypriot parliament quits after being implicated in a cash for passport scam exposed by al jazeera. coronavirus cases are surging across european countries are imposing new restrictions the world health organization has warned the death toll in the 2nd wave could be beef be 5 times the level of the 1st outbreak in the spring unless significant action is taken in the u.k. london is moving to the 2nd highest cove at 19 alert level charlie angela has the details. this city of 9000000 is moving into high gear to have a 3 tier system meaning no one can meet indoors with anyone outside their household it's the government's latest attempt to rein in a runaway infection rate which is doubling every 10 days we must act now delayed action means more deaths from coated it means more. deaths and it means more economic pain later because the virus comes down slower than it goes up but there are questions over whether this goes far enough with the opposition of many scientists instead advocating a short sharp nationwide lockdown not just regional restrictions. here in london the ne

on the other hand we are now in the parliament of the parliament member from the likud party i want to change the laws so that we have better quality of life you want to change the answer to her was mayor of jerusalem that we want to bully the colinear the 2 there are 2 things god forbid no use at the time is come to restore thought about power between the branches of government what's that mean another attempt to bully the court. god forbid no the answer is that we look at other democracies in the world and we see that the relationships are different then the balance is different in the united states the president of united states he chooses the high supreme court judges in other places there's no there's different balances and we learn from other democracies so let me just focus on the point you said. injured in some area anyway you put a shovel in the ground you find jewish roots and jews are allowed to live anywhere they want in the world in new york in germany in london in jerusalem anywhere in arab countries they can live anywhere they want especially in places that any way you p

the snp's margaret ferrier in parliament on monday. she was speaking ina parliament on monday.ate on coronavirus, but tonight she's been suspended by her party and is facing calls to quit parliament for breaking the rules around covid. 0n quit parliament for breaking the rules around covid. on saturday, margaret ferrier showed symptoms and took a test in scotland. she should have self isolated. but on monday she travelled to london, saying she felt better. 0n she travelled to london, saying she felt better. on monday evening in westminster her result came back positive hunt on tuesday morning, despite being required by law to self—isolate she travelled back to the west of scotland on a train. tonight, margaret ferrier tweeted a statement in which she said, i apologise unreservedly for breaching covid—19 restrictions by travelling this week when i shouldn't have. there is no excuse for my actions. there is no excuse for my actions. the snp say they only found out margaret ferrier had travelled whilst positive today, and tonight she was suspended by the party. scotland's first mi

than the parliament.the coming hours, i think parliament is going to wield the power over the president. phil: moscow is a supporter of the president. moscow has called for what they said was a legal resolution. what role is the kremlin playing in this? >> kgyzstan is an ally of russia. i do know that russia really h a huge vested interest in the domestic polits other than stabity. even claiming that really likes the president and he completely messed up the president's name. i think to him, from the kremlin's perspective, stability is all that matters, getting this back on track to the constitutional order, what is in the retrothe actual interplay as much of a concern, by russia's angle. phil: we have unrest in belarus and kyrgyzstan. two former soviet states. is that just coincidence, or is something going on that we should be paying more attention to? >> yes, georgia also has parliamentary elections in leer october. -- later october. aldo b is going to the polls in november. -- moldova is going to the

for parliament.ptian people have lost confidence and generally seizures elections and i am sure a lot of people who are cuts this elections. parliament itself does not have any legitimate the power to not question the government there is 60 sounds and people in prison right now of course thousands of them are processors doctors lawyers. political activist bloggers i think. it's just another fake parliament when i say it's a fake wrong and this is why why is this a fake parliament yes because have never question the government worked at the last parliament last 4 years. is there nothing for that your chin people you know it's really the most the people are handpicked by security to stand for elections. even the president appoints 13 members of this parliament i think and there's no we don't know who aren't the candidates seem. you not local to their people there's no campaigning i think it's really shambles ok well given this situation what sort of turn out say you expecting to see because if the parl

now on bbc news it's time for the week in parliament. and welcome to the week in parliament, where the government brings in a new three—tier approach to tackling coronoavirus in england. but the labour leader reckons it's time for a short sharp lockdown. having read and considered the sage advice, i have genuinely concluded that a circuit break is in the national interest. but borisjohnson accuses keir starmer of opportunism. i think at three o'clock, mr speaker, the shadow health spokesman said that a national lockdown would be disastrous. at five o'clock, he was calling for it. the first minister of wales says he's to ban people from coronavirus hotspots entering the country. also on this programme: why do children from some ethnic minority groups do better at school than white working class youngsters? they are desperate to make a new start and enable their children to succeed in the new system. and a plea to help lorry drivers caught short in channel—crossing queues. but first: with covid—19 rates rising, more hospitalisations and an

the corner virus the economics the medical challenges we have a 'd large government of over 70 parliament members supporting it in the coalition the issue you raised is not in the critical path of the challenges israel has right now. there are challenges on economics on the medical side and the trial 'd which is happening in parallel is not an issue for us israelis here mr barak at he's on trial on 3 serious counts of corruption and come january the court expects him to be there 3 days a week you really want a prime minister who is half in half out of the dark at the same time prime minister netanyahu was doing a very good job in managing israel and so i think he's got a very strong support by the public has a wide coalition and everyone understands that we prefer the best prime minister and he will manage the trial he will manage to you will no doubt in my mind he'll be hable to manage the country he's doing many many things simultaneously now he will continue doing that with the trial remind you that he's innocent until proven guilty and everyone we want everyone that goes to court to p

speaker of parliament in cyprus quite says job after not just your investigation uncovered a cash for passports scandal. we've got some rather heavy rain in the forecast for japan as we go through the next couple of days at the moment it is lossy fine and dry and i was saying some rather heavy rain into the far southwest of china thanks to a tropical storm which has now been downgraded to find a warning has been issued for that but it did produce some really heavy rainfall ahead of that and this is into the southwest of china $154.00 millimeters of rain here more heavy downpours coming in as we go through the next 24 hours or so sliding over the north of vietnam follow the cloud record back into central parts of china out into the east china sea as we go through friday into saturday this rain really peping up some bank downpours coming in across key issue when into that eastern side of japan 13 celsius in tokyo on a very soggy saturday a cold and wet day to come here get to warmer but just as wet into central parts of india meanwhile the same some very heavy rain around hyderabad over

that it's the 6th parliament the last parliament that was in power that is elected a new speaker is elected a new prime minister and this interim government is going to be the one to make the call on holding new elections and ultimately the decision on whether to impeach the president here because it is very carefully set up its executive branch to have balance between the president and parliament but always the parliament has more control than the president so in the coming hours even though. i think parliament is going to wield power over the president any more than him over that organ of power. let's turn now to some of the other stories making news around the world the global chemical weapons watchdog o.p.c. w. has confirmed the presence of a novice chalk a type of nerve agent in samples taken from alexei navalny the russian opposition leader has now given his 1st video interview since his poisoning in which he said he believed he was attacked because russian authorities see him as a threat head of elections. at least 14 people have been killed and dozens more wounded in an expl

get at the european parliament -- the since i got at the european parliament is to some extent they'rewe have been clear this european parliament works different from the house of commons. we need to involve committees, so if we get it done by the 21st of october, it should be able to get it through parliament until christmas. maria: everyone is waiting, including european leaders meeting today and tomorrow. what are the crucial details you would like to see? >> basically inform the european leaders and u.k. coordination in european parliament on friday. we still have three major obstacles in the negotiations. one is the level of the playing field. the second is fisheries. if 30 solid government structure. i hope we now actually move forward. the european union offer to the united kingdom is something we have never offered to a country before. goods, but access to this comes with a certain price. very important we have fair competition standards on both sides of the channel. maria: i often hear when you look at negotiations that 90% of the deal is ready or could be ready. it is the 10%

on the other hand we are now in the parliament in the parliament member from the likud party i want to change the laws so that we have better quality of life you want to change the answer to what was mayor of jerusalem that we want to bully the cool let me go to the. there are 2 things god forbid no you said that time has come to restore the things that allowance of power between the branches of government what's that mean another attempt to bully the court. god forbid know the answer is that we look at other democracies in the world and we see that the relationships are different then the balance is different in the united states the president of united states he chooses the high supreme court judges in other places there's not that there's different balances and we learn from other democracies so let me just focus on the point you said. interest in some area anyway you put a shovel in the ground you find jewish roots and jews are allowed to live anywhere they want in the world in new york in germany in london in jerusalem anywhere in arab countries they can live anywhere they want es

now on bbc news, wednesday in parliament. hello and welcome to wednesday in parliament.s agree emergency powers to tackle coronavirus, the speaker lays down the law to ministers. i want the government to rebuild the trust with this house and not with the contempt that it has shown. —— and not treat it with the contempt that it has shown. boris johnson dismisses claims of confusion about new rules in parts of england. i cleared that matter up as fast as i could. it is very clear that you shouldn't mix indoors either at home or in a hospitality setting and you should avoid socialising outdoors. and is this the future of immigration policy? sending asylum seekers 5000 miles from the uk to an island 1000 miles off the coast of africa. all that to come, and more. but first, the speaker of the commons has launched a stinging attack on the government over what he said was the "totally unsatisfactory" way it has introduced emergency measures to tackle the coronavirus pandemic. in an unusual statement to mps, sir lindsay hoyle accused ministers of treating parliament with "contem

unions have said parliament should ta ke unions have said parliament should take no action. at risk? we cannot allow for that. the fact is, we advise people what to do, how to behave if you show symptoms, please stay away. if you need a test, go and get a test, but whatever you do do, don't come into the house of commons. margaret ferrier has not made any public comment since her apology last night and for now, it remains an mp. an official survey of coronavirus infections in england has found some evidence that the steep rise in cases last month may be starting to level off, though it's too soon to be sure. the office for national statistics says nearly eight and a half thousand people are contracting covid—i9 every day. the data comes as restrictions in more areas of northern england come into force tomorrow. anna collinson reports. it has been a week of confusion for many. one in four people in the uk are now living under some form of extra coronavirus restrictions. but the picture varies depending where you are. and from tomorrow new strict measures will be introduced in

contacts and travel restrictions come as daily carona infection rates climax will address the german parliament on this in just a few hours. and even stricter measures in france president mccraw also owns the country they're back into lockdown people need written permission just leave their homes also on the show. 7 months after the shooting of a black woman in her home by police in kentucky will meet people pushing for a change in policing there. i'm brian thomas good to have you with us today germany closes down at least partially the german chancellor angela merkel has announced a limited national lockdown for most of november the goal is to stop an alarming rise in new corona virus infections they've now hit a new one day record of about 16000 beginning monday restaurants health clubs gyms bars theaters will all be shutting down schools shops and places of worship though will remain open. the deserted streets of the spring are about to become all too familiar again in germany for 4 weeks from november 2nd the entire country will be under a partial lockdown faced with another record high of

of this but said most of so observe us not very confident there will be a major breakthrough in parliament this is a special session or right now there will be no boat at the end of it so it means there will be no outcome that is binding for the governments the members of parliament they can only make such tests to government how to handle this crisis and also how many protest they are ready. they don't show much confidence in this process because they have seen that one of them made chopra's issue pot is in parliament was just dissolved earlier this year and also opposition politicians have been banned from politics so they don't really see that they have many reps and just element or 2 are actually the voice. you know right now i had thousands of the thai protestors went to the german embassy in bangkok what were they demanding what do they want berlin to do. yeah they have. and with quite some interest that the charm government and the german foreign minister earlier this month are ready set that he does not want king to conduct any kind of state affairs from german soil so they have no

that it's the 6th parliament the last parliament that was in power is elected a new speaker has elected a new prime minister and this interim government is going to be the one to make the call on holding new elections and ultimately the decision on whether to impeach the president here because it is very carefully set up its executive branch the house balance between the president and parliament but always the parliament has more control than the president so in the coming hours even though. i think parliament is going to wield the power over the president anymore than him over that we're going to. moscow has quite a supporter of the president and moscow's call for what they said was illegal resolution what role is the kremlin playing in this yet kyrgyzstan is definitely an ally of russia it's an area of the european economic union but i don't know that russia really has a huge vested interest in the domestic politics other than stability and even claiming that putin really likes the current president more than passed last week in a meeting and he completely messed up the president's na

you tube channel but to hear from the other side joined from in his cab of yerevan by a member of parliament and its committee on the protection of human rights and public affairs maria. thank you so much emory for coming on so they said we had the ambassador on he said it's your country that are solely to blame is that true and what are the numbers a your hearing of the numbers killed or injured as i'm watching all the interviews that the president and president by town and here in the state is a war that he has waged are never in accra in. the armenian stare i see every single one of his interviews as a confession of how he attacked now going to karbala and as an attempt to justify why he should attack they themselves are saying that i mean here is they're blaming iranians for being interested in cementing this that was quite right expressed their frustration with that as well and they themselves explain why any new has no interest in attacking 1st and trying to make the argument from their perspective showing that even 'd from that point of view that they're trying to present to the world

not the gulf parliaments. reckon because of the constitution and this hasn't happened so they've been going by the book the system has been unfolding as the laws of the country. are there the people are and this has been on the political side now on the social side you've seen a concrete push toward granting women political right to happen greater and there i mean it's been in the night 99 issued an edict granting them their growth but then that with turn down by parliament. and that's a good vibrancy of the system but when to provide became prime minister in 2000 and me precluded further which helped. both in security in 2005 and also remain the for women minister later and then with the various women and and they were vibrant inclusive the women in the political them and seeing the waimea then be accepted as part of the goal made that was a taboo in the process so i think that things really could see the book in the months that they're fired that i would like to focus on and that's it for must also engineer

that it's the 6 parliament the last parliament that was in power that is elected a new speaker is elected a new prime minister and this interim government is going to be the one to make the call on holding new elections and ultimately the decision on whether to impeach the president you're going to say is very carefully set up its executive branch to have balance between the president and parliament but always the parliament has more control than the president so in the coming hours even though. i think parliament is going to wield the power over the president any more than him over that organ of power. now to some of the other stories making news around the world the global chemical weapons watchdog o.p.c. w has confirmed the presence of another chalk a type of nerve agent in samples taken from alexei navalny the russian opposition leader has now given his 1st a video interview since his poisoning in which he said he believes he was attacked because russian authorities see him as a threat head of elections. at least 14 people have been killed and dozens more wounded in an explosion in th

lets talk about parliament for a bit. let's talk about parliament for a bit.lth secretary, to head off a bit of a rebellion in parliament the other day said any new national measures would be put to a debate and vote in parliament if possible. all of the stuff laura was talking about, the tiers or whatever they work out, do you think that is one of the things that should be put to parliament for a debate and vote before it comes in? i think ideally. but i would say that i think a traffic light, or a tiered system, when it comes to policies restricting the operation of the hospitality sector, i think it would be a better way of doing it, than the 10pm curfew. your town will be the one with all of the pubs open, easy for you to say! i would also say, as we discussed before we came on air, i have been on self isolation, so i have not picked up the gossip that there may have been in the tea rooms of parliament. but i come from this perspective that we have seen significant levels of increase in covid. we are comparatively low compared to the national average, but

and there have been protests outside the cypriot parliament against government corruption following thatal-jazeera and best occasion crowds shouted cyprus is not yours to sell and demanded a more just state has also outrage and social media with many calling for resignations. and there's the full program the suppressed papers on the cover the next screening is at a 100 hours g.m.t. on wednesday a little under an hour from now. still ahead on al-jazeera strict new measures to go into place in the netherlands after record number of coronavirus cases are reported there. and where in kurdistan the capital bishkek speaking to young people who are demanding an overhaul of the political system. carlos stairs already fallen asleep also. brought it start real winter yet is just giving you a taste much of the us a chance to relatively well say 30 minutes this is right in the tropical stuff is producing if you can see danka yet another tropical storm which is now affecting southwestern china but it really is going to do his worst damage from rain for i think in vietnam where it's already significan

now koga sounds parliament has to be asked to vote for a 2nd time on whether to approve as the new primeminister the president made the decision after politicians and activists challenge the legitimacy of south day's 1st vote in parliament shopper a was freed from prison by his supporters last week large protests have been held since a disputed election 9 days ago young people have joined calls to reform the political system in kurdistan out to save us charles reports from the capital bishkek. we just coffee cafe is a popular hangout for students artists and intellectuals in the cutest caption. we meet any day elmer's because she took part in the protests after the october 4th parliamentary election that one politician cooled the dirtiest in kyrgyzstan's history. of our 1st demand was for a rerun of the election that's all we wanted we had huge hopes on the 1st day of protests it's so sad how that day ended i feel like i was used. thousands of people protested in the main square before security forces moved in tear gas and stun grenades hundreds of people were injured and one person was

on the other hand we are now in the parliament on the parliament member from the likud party i want to change the laws so that we have better quality of life you want to change the answer to her was mayor of jerusalem that we want to bully the cool let me go to the. there are 2 things god forbid no you said that time has come to restore have thought about power between the branches of government what's that mean another attempt to bully the court. god forbid no the answer is that we look at other democracies in the world and we see that the relationships are different then the balance is different in the united states the president of united states he chooses the high supreme court judges in other places there's not there's different balances and we learn from other democracies so let me just focus on the point you said. interference an area any way you put a shovel in the ground you find jewish roots and jews are allowed to live anywhere they want in the world in new york in germany in london in jerusalem anywhere in arab countries they can live anywhere they want especially in places

citizenship president of the parliament is also stepping down.saudi arabia has failed to win reelection to the un human rights council but china and russia were among the 15 countries elected to the body for the next 3 years despite being accused of rights abuses james phases at the united nations he says human rights groups the calling for a change to the selection process. coming forth and not getting a seat was saudi arabia and i think that shows the way that saudi arabia's reputation with regard to human rights has been seriously dented in recent years since may have been someone has been infected effectively in charge of the country the detention of fellow members the royal family in the ritz carlton hotel in riyadh the long running war in yemen and 2 years ago the murder in a saudi consulate of jamal khashoggi clearly have affected how other members of the united nations view saudi arabia and they've decided it should be on the human rights council human rights groups say the whole process needs looking at you shouldn't have these uncontest

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welcome back in part one we spoke to a member i mean his parliament about the violence in a going tokarabakh that some see as the opening of another front in the new cold war just weeks after u.n. secretary general are joining the gerrards stress that the world faces a 1945 moment but i mean you know the way john aren't the only former soviet union countries currently facing up evil in kyrgyzstan this week a parliamentary election has been in the old the parliament building has been stalled in violent protests and the prime minister has resigned all in the wake of accusations of vote rigging and vote buying the pres. wouldn't sauron biogen because of has accused political forces of trying to any state power so what political force is he referring to that's because ambassador london in your battle of who joins me now ambassador thanks so much for going in there in the studio some people may know them carry us down as one of the most beautiful countries in central asia now they're seeing pictures of violence on the streets of the capital bishkek what are the political forces behind the

that it's the 6th parliament the last parliament that was in power he is elected a new speaker is elected a new prime minister and this interim government is going to be the one to make the call on holding new elections and ultimately the decision on whether to impeach the president says very carefully set up its executive branch the house balance between the president and parliament but always the parliament has more control than the president so in the coming hours even though. i think parliament is going to wield a power over the president any more than him over that are going to. moscow house is quite a supporter of the president and moscow's call for what they said was a legal resolution what role is the kremlin playing in this yeah kyrgyzstan is definitely an ally of russia it's an area of the european economic union but i don't know that russia really has a huge vested interest in the domestic politics other than stability and even claiming that putin really likes the current president more than passed last week in a meeting and he completely messed up the president's name calling

personal contacts and travel restrictions coming as delhi infection rates climb back will address parliament on these measures later this morning and then even stricter slate of measures in france president the call sends the country back into lockdown people need written permission to leave their homes will go live to paris also on our show. poland's pro-choice activists promise their protests will continue their taking to the streets for a 7th straight day against a near total ban on abortion. and 7 months after the shooting of a black woman in her home by police in kentucky we need people pushing for reforms in law enforcement. i'm brian thomas good to have you with us today germany is closing down at least partially the german chancellor all a macro has announced a limited national lockdown for most of november now the goal is to stop an alarming rise in new corona virus infections they've now hit a new one day record of about $17000.00 beginning monday restaurants gyms bars and theaters will be among the businesses shutting down schools shops and places of worship rules though remains o

that there was some very heated discussions held by him and the new prime minister and speaker of parliament last night trying to negotiate mr jeenbekov to punch journalists that we work with in bishkek where outside respect bishkek about 3 aus at the moment but those journalists were telling us that your pov supporters were threatening to storm the president's building if he hadn't resigned by 830 last night mr powell if the new prime minister then calm those supporters down and today we understand there were more discussions between the prime minister the speaker and the now resigned president and he has indeed yes said that he is going to sit down. an operation is underway to return more than 1000 prisoners home across the front lines of yemen civil war planes carrying who think fighters who'd been held by the saudi u.a.e. live coalition have been riding in the capital sana'a. is being seen as a trust building measure aimed at reviving peace talks. has more. a long awaited moment in yemen prisoners held in captivity for years read in the largest prisoner exchange between the warring facti

statements by party leaders to show that he's got the support of more than 120 members of parliament 112 is needed for a simple majority now and it's not clear though that on or has been able to convince the king that he does indeed have support of the majority in parliament shortly after our last press conference the palace issued a statement to say that yes indeed the meeting took place and yes i told the king that he has the support of the majority in parliament but i don't want to not give a king the king a list of the names of members of parliament who he says support him which would strengthen his claim now the prime minister's party as all show has also issued a statement to say that on one has once again failed to prove his claim because you remember that i make this claim last month and he's been seeking an audience with the king since then but he hasn't been able to do so until tuesday because the king was not well so this is the 1st hurdle for anwar it's not clear that he has been successful then there is a 2nd head of the king has the discretion to dissolve parliament whi

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