vote and the state of the national health service has been thrust to the forefront of the agenda paul brennan reports this is jacqueline barr 4 years old with suspected pneumonia he's been taken out of the hospital bed and placed on the floor of the infirmary in leeds with just a coach beneath him. published on the front page of the u.k.'s mirror newspaper it has caused widespread concern but it was the prime minister's reluctance to even look at the photograph which is elevated to a political storm a look at the very likely now probably the study of health really look at now this is just one of them they have it recently released a look at the photo you take my phone put it in your pocket prime minister his mother says the n.h.s. is in crisis what's your response right now i think it's a terrible terrible fate or i probably gys obviously to the families always you who have terrible experiences in the villages 103 organized visit to the infirmary by the conservative health secretary ended in an angry sendoff from protesters 3 periods one to listen. to what. the conservatives told journalists

do any of the potential candidates for leadership have the talents and the skills for that task paul brennan al-jazeera westminster. result 0 these are the top stories iraq's prime minister is warning of dangerous consequences after u.s. strikes in his country and in syria they targeted an iranian backed group killing $28.00 of its fighters and washington says it won't rule out further action so when a full team has more from baghdad we're hearing a lot of responses come out of the government but also the p.m.s. and we've also just heard a statement being released from the office of a grand ayatollah sistani who is the highest religious authority. religious authority in iraq and he condemned these attacks on quote iraq forces which is of course a very important statement because he's basically saying that. being part of the p.f. should be concert a state force and he called on the u.s. to respect iraq's sovereignty and not to further add to the burden on the government. rebel fighters are being blamed for killing at least 18 people and torching their homes and democratic republic of congo po

may be that actually enacting the new laws will be a bigger challenge than actually passing them paul brennan al-jazeera westminster. and you will find extended breaks of coverage along with all of the day's news on our websites at al-jazeera dot com. hello again all of the problem in doha with the headlines on al-jazeera libya's un recognized government has approved a military did with turkey which could see turkish troops deployed to defend tripoli from warlord. egypt which backs half that has rejected the agreement lebanon's president michel aoun has asked a former education minister to be the new prime minister has and the op is backed by hezbollah but protesters are rejecting his nomination. i extend my deep gratitude to the president and members of the parliament that at least trust in me i also extend gratitude to all members of parliament hoping that i'll be able to live up to the confidence they have placed in me when i form the government in consultation with the president and on the basis of the constitution so that the government will live up to the aspirations of the people our g

vote and the state of the national health service has been thrust of the forefront of the agenda paul brennan has more this is jacqueline 4 years old with suspected pneumonia he's been taken out of the hospital bed and placed on the floor of the infirmary in leeds with just a coat beneath them. published on the front page of the u.k.'s mirror newspaper it has caused widespread concern but it was the prime minister's reluctance to even look at the photograph which is elevated to a political storm but i look at what it took me now probably to study it hopefully look at it now this is just one of them they have everything we really need to look at the fight so you take my phone put it in your pocket prime minister his mother says the n.h.s. is in crisis what's your response right now i think that it's a terrible terrible fighter right in my politicized obviously to the families of all those who who have term experiences in the originals 103 organized visit to the infirmary by the conservative health secretary ended in an angry sendoff from protest us we're here and want to listen. to what. the c

2 main contenders for prime minister both have very different ideas about how to address that paul brennan al-jazeera makes them. france's government says it's sticking to its plans for pension reforms despite a nationwide strike that has brought nearly a 1000000 people out onto the streets prime minister philippe insisted change would be gradual but not brutal its biggest strike in 2 decades friday stations remained empty and schools shut for a 2nd day the roads clogged up with traffic that ashok lives in paris. well i'm outside one of the main train stations in paris and a lot busier than it was yesterday when all those train services were cut there also i'm trying to run about a 3rd of railway workers are actually at work today you can probably see behind me a poster now that's telling you about some of the metro services because several of the metro lines of also being caught so getting around in paris is very difficult indeed and you are seeing people on their bicycles and scooters is pouring with rain and that's making it a lot harder as well some schools also are shot next week ther

be that actually enacting the new laws would be a bigger challenge than actually passing them paul brennanal-jazeera westminster australia has sweltered through its hottest day ever breaking a record set just 24 hours earlier the average temperature cross the country on thursday reached 41.9 degrees celsius heat wave is expected to spiral intense bushfires especially in new south wales where a state of emergency has been declared jesica washington reports from sydney. a crisis has been raging for months millions of acres of land destroyed as hundreds of fires burned around the country bushfires are a normal part of the summer but not like this the ferocity of this is prompting authorities to take extreme measures in history as most populous states new south wales will be in a state of emergency from today for the next 7 days as you are away the 2nd state of emergency we've declared since the far as commenced in july was to die is going to be a very bad. here in new south wales the forecast says that sort of i will be a even worse so we're talking about some very serious and dangerous condi

prime minister boris johnson the pits take refuge in a fridge to escape media questions here's paul brennan. finally they started before dawn for the party leaders every hour vital as the campaigning draws to a close from north to south and in the other direction a frantic last push to get their core messages across to voters. prime minister began his day to day ari the metaphor of course based on delivering in his case delivering rex's exhaustion and tension are inevitable at this stage of the campaign and the hash tag fridge gate began trending on social media after one of johnson's aides swore in exasperating as a journalist or a participant to come on the good morning person prime minister. the prime minister appeared to retreat into a walk in fridge to escape the media but he warmed up enough by the time he reached his next stop at a party factory indaba to morrow for space in the country to get things done. during the local time to be. 2 years. into this economic policy uncle. tom. thank you choice. is jeremy corbyn the labor party leader who's been lagging behind in the opinion polls

bill his bill will become law in january paul brennan al-jazeera westminster the us president has signed into law sanctions which could affect the construction of a russian gas pipeline to europe donald trump ratified the defense policy bill while visiting troops in maryland it includes legislation targeting companies involved in building the nord stream to pipeline the project would allow russia to bypass ukraine and deliver gas to germany on to the baltic sea trump says the pipeline would give russia too much influence in europe. there's been another setback for boeing this time in space it's star one a capsule is designed to carry astronauts to the international space station but a problem with the international internal timing system that had failed to reach the required altitude needed to dock victoria guy can be has more to one and lift off the rides of starlight the atlas rocket carrying the on man stalin a capsule survived one of its biggest challenges only to run into problems minutes after liftoff it appears as though the mission elapsed time and system had an error in it and t

and when this center shuts next week many of the homeless guests here will be back outside again paul brennanon his iraq north london. this is al jazeera and these are the top stories. at least 8 people have been killed after a syrian government is strike targeted a school in the province tens of thousands of people have been fleeing their homes government forces and their russian allies are pushing deeper into the last rebel stronghold. i want to kill people before they escape here while we're packing the jet came and targeted us and killed a large number and others and a whole family is missing and syrian customs officials have seize the assets of the country's wealthiest businessman it's the 1st time an order has been issued for running back who is the cousin of president bashar al assad he's been accused of importing products including oil and gas without paying charges and fees the e.u. and u.s. have already imposed sanctions on back live who reportedly control 60 percent of syria's economy 4 people have been killed in libya in the latest airstrikes by the warlord who leave after his for

bill his bill will become law in january paul brennan to 0 westminster. meanwhile in poland the parliament that has defied a warning from the european union possible that would see judges punished if they are critical of controversial court reforms the judicial changes have spot protests in the country with allegations that are aimed at shutting down criticism of the government's european commission has written to publishing it is reminding them to stay within the laws the news from france the former head of the largest telecoms company orange has been found guilty of heresy meant that led to a series of workers suicides a decade ago the day long bug was convicted for his actions during the restructuring of the of the company then known as france telecom prosecutors listed 18 suicides and 13 suicide attempts between 20082010 bob will not go to jail as he's not deemed a danger to society. lawyers believe it could set a precedent for similar action against other large firms. i fear just don't use them or many it's been 10 years since we started this fight i

the bill his bill will become law in january paul brennan al-jazeera westminster right now numbers of people in india defying a police baton public gatherings to demonstrate against a controversial citizenship and all rallies are being held in new delhi and elsewhere against the law that opponents say is anti muslim violence has erupted in several cities in order pradesh state and lock now officers were seen hitting people with sticks after a police station was damaged a cafe remains in place in the southern coastal city of london a row where at least 2 protest as were shot and killed during confrontations with police on fast day and in new delhi thousands have gathered outside the jail and that's one of the country's largest mosques and they've also gathered outside a university which already saw violent clashes on the weekend students there are calling for the new law to be scrapped submenus russia has more from new delhi. i don't think the government anticipated the length and breadth of this kind of a protest initially it was only the students who were protesting but as the govern

bill his bill will become law in january paul brennan al-jazeera westminster. in france the former head of the country's largest telecoms company are and has been found guilty of charges of harrison that led to a series of workers suicides a decade ago that he alone bad was convicted for his actions during a restructuring of the company then known as france telecom prosecutors listed 18 suicides and 13 suicide attempts at in 20082010 will not go to jail as he's not deemed a danger to society lawyers believe it could set a president for a similar action against large fans. i fear the use of more minnie arkell it's been 10 years since we started this fight in court to come to the sentencing for institutional moral harassment of all the executives of the time of their accomplices the company we're there for extremely satisfied with the sentencing. and then it's the emotion of the sentencing won't bring our colleagues back. now the developments france's find us internet giant google $166000000.00 after accusing it of abusing its dominance in the marketplace for onl

the opinion polls still suggest a conservative victory but nothing is being taken for granted paul brennan al jazeera. now a huge sinkhole is opened up in brazil's capital brasilia at least 4 cars were swallowed up they'd been parked next to a building site when the ground started to collapse that one's been hurt there. is a look at the top stories here it is there the 1st official impeachment charges against president trump have been announced democrats say he's abused the power of his office and obstructed congress and its investigation the president has denied any wrongdoing in a rally in the battleground state of pennsylvania he called the 2 articles of impeachment against him flimsy and pathetic you saw their so-called articles of impeachment today people are saying they're not even a crime what happened all of these horrible things remember bribery and this is where are they they send these 2 things are not even a crime this is the lightest weakest impeachment you know our country said actually many appreciate you called judges and lots of many pages but it was on today everybody sai

built his bill will become law in january paul brennan al-jazeera westminster. the us president has held at a christian magazine which called for has removal from office and christianity today opinion piece called donald trump very lost and confused and said he isn't morally fit to be president transponder did a series of tweets accusing the magazine of being very far left exit poll found 80 percent of event jellicoe questions voted for trump and $26.00 team. there has been another setback for boeing this time and space it stahl on a capsule is designed to carry astronauts to the international space station but a problem with the internal timing system meant it failed to reach the required altitude needed to dock or a gate and b. has warm you one and lift off the rise of starlight the atlas rocket carrying the on man star line a capsule survived one of its biggest challenges only to run into problems minutes after liftoff it appears as. though the mission elapsed timing system had an error in it and that anomaly resulted in the vehicle believing that the time wa

and this year the charity is highlighting the hidden homelessness of so called so far surfing paul brennanreports. out of all schools have been breakfast. and for the past 20 years russell was one of the 1st arrivals when the doors opened at this center the street is no place to be at christmas or any other time to killed. and dangerous. drugs. it is a bit. for him this christmas center alleviates the loneliness and boredom of being homeless it means i won't be able to smokes. it means i might be able to watch television use a computer occasionally. we'll have a lot of arts and crafts activities in here for the 7 days that these centers are open they can be a lifeline for homeless guests can get medical checkups advice and counseling is one of the chance to wash and get a haircut and importantly to relax what you see on the last day is a group of transformed people leaving those that come in very suspicious of people from mainstream society and suspicious of the world in which they operate leave you know looking much better having showered having had haircuts had their feet looked at they

the opinion polls still suggest a conservative victory but nothing is being taken for granted paul brennan al-jazeera . now thousands of protesters are gathering in sydney to demand action on climate change after months of out of control bushfires across parts of australia demonstrators accuse the government of ignoring a climate of madge and see how the fires have been made worse by unseasonably hot conditions and traps. efforts to recover bodies from new zealand's wife's island have been put on hold as all kind of activity continues to increase there's mounting pressure from relatives to find the 9 people missing. say it's just not safe to look at all ruptured on monday killing at least 6 people and injuring 30 others jessica washington has more for a fact. this is a community in mourning and united in the most difficult circumstances the town of khatami has long been promoted as the gateway to white island from the shoreline it's possible to still see clouds of ash rising from the volcano this is. horrendous and while a large number of the people who have been. overseas visitors coming

paul brennan is live for us now in maidstone just outside london where the debate took place and it was course was billed as the final showdown between these 2 who came out on top form. difficult to say i think the early straw polls that have been conducted by some of the polling companies would suggest that boris johnson probably aged it certainly both men i can say was significantly more enthusiastic an animated than i've seen them in recent days jeremy corbyn in the past week has been a little bit tired i felt when i've been looking at him watching him campaign events but tonight he was he was very animated very enthusiastic they clashed on bricks it is as we heard there boris johnson challenge by jeremy corbin as to how he can say he can get it done when the reality is they'll be 7 more years of negotiating over trade and boris johnson challenging jeremy corwin to answer the question well how can you advocate a brics a deal that you yourself will remain neutral and you won't even say what your deal is or how you're going to negotiate it so that they were both going at each other. en

when this sent to shots next week many of the homeless guests here will be back outside again paul brennan on his iraq north london. still ahead here on al-jazeera malaysian researches go against the grain in their search for sustainable food production. people were interested and they cared and they said now we're not going to let you spend money to tear it down once described as a historic when the new york pavilion is getting an expensive make over all that more when we come back. hello again it's good to have you back well not looking too bad here across parts of china particular down towards the south we are seeing some clouds we are seeing some rain towards the central into the northern areas and here on wednesday that means for shanghai as well as will harm you can be seeing some chilly rain into the forecast on thursday that rain starts to make its way a little bit more towards the south and to the west so for greenland you're going to be seeing all the high temperature there of about 7 but for hong kong here on thursday things are looking quite nice with a temperature of 25 and we

arguments over the future direction of the party and how to win back voters has already begun paul brennan reports from london . december the 12th was a disaster for the labor party and the humiliation for its leader jeremy corbyn $42.00 parliamentary seats were lost its worst general election result since 1935 the concept of party candidate 17 was labor support in its traditional northern english constituencies evaporated the sorts of voters who abandoned labor at the election in next industrial seats have been moving away from the party for some time but the support really went off a cliff in this election and that's partly because of bracks it but it's important to remember that a lot of people who voted remain also rejected the labor party this election so it's more than just brick said they really didn't trust or have any connection with jeremy coleman is a candidate replacement will face an unenviable challenge it's not just the 123 seats labor would need to win back to get a parliamentary majority it's also the need for internal reflection particularly by momentum the grassroots gro

2 main contenders for prime minister both have very different ideas about how to address that paul brennan al-jazeera maidstone. or i'll try. arms or burundi have been considered sacred since ancient times and assemble and unity now young children are being taught the ritual dance to keep the culture of life out there and so as a story from. these are some of the rudest best dramas they leave english our home to the famous royal drums and a culture of drumming that dates back centuries the ritual of the royal drugs is known the good last call heritage least. lead drama he tells us this compound in the heart we're entering a significant wound is ancient king came here seeking refuge when belgian colonizers wanted to kill him at the time of the 19th century he later surrendered but the drumming he loved stayed on to mark the bravery of those who helped him. when people heard he was here they brought him a gift of. you slaughtered them for a feast and used to make 2 roll drums which exist to date in this century. this is a special hardware the most important drums are kept including this 2 we

paul brennan, al jazeera, north london. >> christian pilgrims and tourists around the world are marking holy christmas in the city of bethlehem, where many believe jesus christ was born. 2019 has been one of the holy city's busiest year with an estimated 1.5 million tourists making the trip. reporter: music and prayer, joy and reflection. from the church of the nativity, built over the grotto were christians believe jesus christ was born. this was the last night mass of the decade. planning brought this family from columbia to meijer square in bethlehem. every christian it is special to be in the place we believe jesus was born. reporter: these tourist joined a declining population of christians in the holy land. experts say in the last century, the christian population has decreased more than 15%. with 1.9 million visitors, bethlehem is having its best gear in two decades. according to the ministry of tourism and antiquities, that may be in part due to the relative calm in the area. saysmall business owners this is not a mary moneymaking christmas. >> i spent all week decorating and pr

for the next 20 years or more paul brennan al-jazeera london well let's get more with john hall he's joining us from our london broadcast center so the exit polls are suggesting a conservative majority john yes they are during this nail biting really unpredictable election that in the final days seem to have been seeing the 2 leading parties labor the conservative narrowing the gap between them is now exploded if the exit polls are to be believed into a landslide victory for control conservatives and boris johnson an 86 seat majority now that could of course change as the night wears on as the count goes on but not i think it's fair to say enough to change the simple fact of a conservative victory a conservative majority and a big big defeat for jeremy corbyn and the labor party plus of course other consequences besides now i'm joined this hour by guests chris hopkins is with me again from savannah commers the polling group folly mckenzie joins us a former advisor to nick clegg the former liberal democrat leader former deputy prime minister of course now chief executive of the think

when this sent to shots next week many of the homeless guests here will be back outside again paul brennan on his iraq north london. it is time now to support his son or thank you very much to stand bangladesh's cricket board insists that its national team won't play a test series impost on despite the successful visit by sri lanka that ended in karachi this week if. they will only play a saw t $26.00. safety conditions countries have avoided test matches in pakistan since the 2009 attack on the sri lankan team bus and the whole bangladesh system has agreed on a widespread criticism from pakistan cricket officials and players. the russian olympic team says a committee here says it will join with the country's anti doping agency to appeal its ban from major sporting events the ban means the russian athletes will only be able to compete at next year's summer games in tokyo on the day lympics flag you all the anti-doping agency wada handed russia 4 year ban for doping irregularities they ruled earlier this month that russia had manipulated doping aboard 3 dates to cover up past offenses. the

boy with suspected pneumonia and had to sleep on the floor of a hospital emergency department paul brennan reports this is jacqueline barr 4 years old with suspected pneumonia he's been taken out of the hospital bed and placed on the floor of the infirmary in leeds with just a coat beneath them. published on the front page of the u.k.'s mirror newspaper it has caused widespread concern but it was the prime minister's reluctance to even look at the photograph which is elevated to a political storm but i look at what in the clear now from the study of health really look at now this is just one of them they have every single release of the fight so you take my phone put it in your pocket prime minister his mother says the n.h.s. is in crisis what's your response right now i think it's a terrible terrible traitor right and i probably dies obviously to the families of all those who who have terrible experiences in the villages 103 organized visit to the infirmary by the conservative health secretary ended in an angry sendoff from protest has reached here and want to listen. to what. the conserv

do any of the potential candidates for leadership have the talents and the skills for that task paul brennan al-jazeera westminster. police in the united states have charged a suspected intruder with 5 attempted murders following a multiple stabbing during a jewish festival the governor of new york says saturday night's attack was an act of domestic terrorism roslyn jordan has more. 37 year old grafton thomas faces 5 counts of attempted murder after an attack at a hanukkah party in muncie new york a witness called the attack terrifying just swinging as is the word knife i don't know what it was back and forth that the people it is ending was crammed after me when they came out here is going to have to be hey you all got you but that's it that's about it so far thomas has not been charged with a hate crime the new york state governor says the suspect should get out and more i think this is an act of terrorism i think these are domestic terrorists they are trying to inflict fear they're motivated by hate. they are doing mass attacks these are. for since the muncie attack is the latest in a ser

for the next 20 years or more paul brennan al-jazeera london. right we can get to another our correspondents in london lawrence he's in westminster and it's not 6 o'clock in the morning lawrence is in the country still digesting no doubt these results. well yes and just to pick up on the on the final point that paul was making in that report you know people talk about historic moments and sometimes it's true and very often it's just reporters being pompous this is a genuine fork in the road moment in modern british history is one thing to talk about the scale of the conservative majority the biggest instance in one of margaret thatcher's wins in the in the one seen since 980 s. it's another thing to talk about the absolute catastrophe for the labor party but the biggest point is this is the moment when the u.k. as a whole and particularly the people of england absolutely killed off any chance that people who want to stay in the european union might have had of stopping breck sits on the scale of boris johnson's victory means he now has an absolu

on the 31st of january paul brennan our ports. minister to move 2nd leading prime minister to move 2nd reading. there is a new mood in the u.k. house of commons the knife edge bricks and votes of the autumn are now ancient history the tension replaced by political inevitability and in front of the newly expanded ranks of conservative m.p.'s boris johnson was enjoying the moment history will record the 1st act of this new parliament in its earliest days was to break the ice floes and find a new way through a new passage through the unsuspected oceans of opportunity his parliamentary majority means that prime minister boris johnson can now press ahead with his vision of bracks it the new law will prohibit any trade talks extension beyond december 2020 and it weakens parliamentary scrutiny of the executive clause on protecting workers' rights has been removed and a previous commitment to receive unaccompanied child refugees has also been watered down. critics and opponents say the changes show the prime minister can't be trusted for

sent us last year more than 4 and a half 1000 homeless guests were given shelter across britain paul brennan reports have been in and out of those tools and bed and breakfast over england for the past 20 years russell was one of the 1st arrivals when the doors opened at this center the street is no place to be at christmas or any other time to killed. and raised ages they're all. here all. drugs and bloody it gets a bit. gets me in the. for him this christmas center alleviates the loneliness and boredom of being homeless it means i will be able to spokes which means i will be a lot warmer it means that libya which watch television use a computer case. will have a load of arts and crafts activities in for the 7 days that these centers are open they can be a lifeline for homeless guests can get medical checkups advice and counseling as one of the chance to wash and get a haircut and importantly to relax what you see on the last day is a group of transformed people leaving those that come in very suspicious of people from mainstream society and suspicious of the world in which they operate leav

in his crushing defeat by boris johnson and the governing conservatives paul brennan is in london. december the 12th was a disaster for the labor party and the humiliation for its leader jeremy corbyn $42.00 parliamentary seats were lost its worst general election result since 1935 the concept of party candidate 17. labor support in its traditional northern english constituencies evaporated the sorts of voters abandoned labor at the election in next industrial seats have been moving away from the party for some time but the support really went off a cliff in disaffection and that's partly because of bracks it but it's important to remember that a lot of people who voted remain also rejected the labor party this election so it's more than just brick said they really didn't trust or have any connection with jeremy colvin as a candidate corbin's replacement will face an enviable challenge it's not just the $123.00 seats labor would need to win back to get a parliamentary majority it's also the need for internal reflection particularly by momentum the grassroots group formed in 2015 to

the bill his bill will become law in january paul brennan on $20.00 westminster. all now poland's parliament has defied a warning from the european union and passed a law that would see judges punished if they are critical of controversial court reforms that you dish out changes a spark protests in the country with allegations there and shutting down criticism of the government here paying commission has written to polish leaders aligning them to stay within easy laws let's discuss this and more with long bash who is a professor of european law at middlesex university and it would seem as though those warnings from the european union have fallen on death is i'm afraid so they were ignored just a couple of hours after the letter was actually leaked to the press this is not the 1st time the warnings from brussels have been ignored by pushed or it isn't in fact . british authorities have been under supervision or under monitoring from the use since to generate doesn't 16 so this is just the latest escalation of the role of the crisis exactly it's been a long running

this year the charity crisis is highlighting the hidden homelessness of so-called sofa surfing paul brennan reports have been a lot of those tools have been breakfast or over england for the past 20 years russell was one of the 1st arrivals when the doors opened at this center the street is no place to be at christmas or any other time to killed. the nearest dangerous you're all. here all put it in squabbling over drugs it will be it is a bit. it's with the state and. for him this christmas center alleviates the loneliness and boredom of being homeless it means i will be able to spokes will touch. 'd it means i might be able to watch television use a computer occasionally. we'll have a lot of arts and crafts activities in here for the 7 days that these centers are open they can be a lifeline for homeless guests can get medical checkups advice and counseling as well as a chance to wash and get a haircut and importantly to relax what you see on the last day is a group of transformed people leaving those that come in very suspicious of people from mainstream society and suspicious of the world

minister boris johnson appeared to take refuge inside a fridge to escape media questions here's paul brennan. the final day started before dawn for the party leaders every hour vital as the campaigning draws to a close from north to south and in the other direction a frantic last push to get their core messages across to vote this. prime minister began his day today ari the metaphor of course based on delivering in his case delivering this exhaustion and tension are inevitable at this stage of the campaign and the hash tag fridge gate began trending on social media after one of johnson's aides swore in exasperate us journalist one participant come on the good morning person prime minister. the prime minister appeared to retreat into a walk in fridge to escape the media but he warmed up enough by the time he reached his next stop at a party factory indaba to morrow for space in the country to get things done. during the long haul time to leave. the 2 years. of this policy article. talking by the. right choice. corbin is jeremy corbyn the labor party leader who's been lagging behind in the opi

be that actually enacting the new laws would be a bigger challenge than actually passing them paul brennan al-jazeera westminster. brazilian president jar balls and ours is a controversial burley allowing a mining project on indigenous land is ready for congressional approval the planned mines would be near the river where nearly 14000 indigenous people live in 112 villages also now or has promised to quote assimilate indigenous people into brazilian society and raise their living standards but rights groups say he's putting them at risk or sam cowie is a journalist based in brazil and he says the mining of indigenous land will only increase under brazil's current government. in the main at least the most visible indigenous voices from activists overall do not want mining and commercial production of castle or of a growing. corn on their lands many dishes period people know from very bitter experience in fact that when they let's not indigenous people into their hands for mining this is things tend to get out of control very very quickly mining tends to bring prostitution it and to bring d

do any of the potential candidates for leadership have the talents and the skills for that task paul brennan al-jazeera westminster. bernie sanders doctors say the democratic presidential hopeful is fit and healthy after suffering a heart attack in october despite suffering some heart muscle damage the 78 year old the successfully passed a treadmill test receiving a clean bill of health is reported to have a quote mental and physical stamina to face the campaign trail sanders is the oldest candidate in the 2020 presidential race. a chinese scientist who created the world's 1st genetically edited babies has been sentenced to 3 years in prison a chinese court has convicted had been of illegally practicing medicine and violating regulations last year heard declared he had used gene editing technology to protect twin girls who get infected with the aids virus but it outsprint set off an ethical firestorm with many scientists owning the jetting changes could have dangerous consequences for future generations. i mean the u.s. state closest to the north pole has its benefits like close knit communi

the opinion polls still suggest a conservative victory but nothing is being taken for granted paul brennan al-jazeera. around $600.00 migrants in bosnia are being moved from a makeshift camp to another shelter in the capital sarajevo it is growing pressure from aid agencies for authorities to close the facility which lacks basic services like running water and electricity trying to hold the fort. the conditions are appalling in the biting cold this was no way for already desperate people to be living on the doorstep of europe the buses brought no comfort the only way they'd hoped to leave camp was northwest border into croatia the so-called balkan route to the european union instead roughly 600 migrants from places like syria afghanistan and pakistan are being rehabbed in a former military barracks near the capital sarajevo better conditions perhaps but in the wrong direction this police want to take us there says that ever happened to other states because the evil forces us to. transfer there but there are people who want to disable because she wants a good deal to other countries they wa

bill his bill will become law in january paul brennan. westminster. russian investigators have named the man who opened fire on the headquarters of the country's security service as you have gagne manual of was shot dead on thursday after he attacked the f.s.b. main building in moscow killing a russian secret service agent another f.s.b. employee died of his injuries and hospital police have been searching minute robb's harm. poland's parliament has defied a warning from the european union and passed a law that would see judges punished if they're critical of courtroom forms the judicial changes have sparked protests in poland with allegations they aimed at shutting down criticism of the government the european commission has written to polish leaders reminding them to stay within the e.u. laws when early on my colleague maryam namazie spoke to iran parrish is a professor of european law at middlesex university and he says poland is moving further away from the e.u. north and the bloc itself this is not the 1st time the warnings from brussels have bee

al-jazeera of course that's not speak to another of our correspondents covering this election forest paul brennan in london so paul final day of campaigning one of the politicians doing in this last 4 holes. by the time that frantic very very busy on this final 24 hours before the polls open i'm down here in asia and walton where the liberal democrat leader joe swenson is just wrapping up and eventually just going on her bus and off to the next constituency around robin if you like constituency visits this morning jeremy corbyn the labor leader has been out supreme class go he's then going to going to move to the northwest of england later today on the promise of boris johnson was on. the morning milk around of all things up in west yorkshire all of the main leaders scrabbling for those final votes trying to win over the undecideds of which we believe there are somewhere around 13 percent of the voters still to make up their mind who they're going to vote for on thursday and as lawrence said in his report on this we have evidence of here in this particular constituency where i'm standing tactical

here on al-jazeera let's get more now from another of our correspondents covering this election paul brennan in london so the final day of campaigning paul what are the politicians doing in the last push for votes. frantically trying to persuade the undecideds to fall into their camp and frantically trying to bolster loyal supporters to prevent them from going elsewhere it's i mean it's couldn't be more tense frankly at the tensions been added to by a poll that came out last night saying that the races probably tightened the leaders have been out on the campaign trail since early today boris johnson up in west yorkshire and metaphors all over the show he was delivering milk and he made the metaphor that he was delivering breakfast he then went to a piii factory in darwin and reiterated his oven ready metaphor that he's been using for his bracks it deal since the start of the campaign jeremy corbyn started early up in glasgow he kind of channeled his in obama you'll remember obama saying they go low we go high will generally call him was commenting about how he'd run a positive campaign in st

for the next 20 years or more paul brennan al-jazeera london let's get an update so with john howard joining us from london new center john over to you. yes well the count goes on through the night here in the united kingdom thanks for coming to us in the london studio the most important election here in britain for years in a generation is how it's being billed in fact fought by parties seeking to take this country in radically different directions the key issue breaks at the dominant force according to the exit polls boris johnson and the conservative party with. their catch role a cultural campaign slogan get gregg's it done that seems to have captivated an electorate keen to do just that after 3 fraught years of indecision and uncertainty since the brig's it referendum and i'm joined in the studio here by a panel of guests let me introduce their mo hussein 1st of all a former advisor to david cameron worked in number 10 downing street with him. polly mckenzie work with nick clegg former leader of the liberal democrats now the chief executive of the think tank demos and john mcter

minister has clear the path in front of him he can drive his own agenda without fear of opposition paul brennan al-jazeera london. well let's cross live now to now honestly he's outside westminster and it was being called the most important election in a generation lawrence and i got the results you know match that given the transformation of british policy politics that we could see as a result. yeah you know it does bear repeating that this was a really significant moments in modern british history because you know since the referendum on the throne of years ago the country being completely powerless and fall apart at the seams and you know it looks like you know a maze with no exits sorting it out and the electorate now have spoken in england plainly more than where else the people across the country have said we absolutely can't do any more of this and they have agreed in toy with boris johnson's hold true. and his tactics and strategy of this is too much do the rain delay please can we just get on with it and do something and that simplicity to the point that paul was making the end of his

bill his bill will become law in january paul brennan al-jazeera westminster. to australia now where firefighters a bracing for catastrophic conditions on saturday with soaring temperatures and strong winds expected to fan bushfires more than a 100 fires are burning across new south wales and over half of them are out of control need 10000 emergency personnel will be working across the state and what would be the largest deployment ever seen where jessica washington is joining us from the blue mountains which are west office sydney new south wales jessica one of 3 states on high alert and authorities bracing for worsening conditions what they're calling catastrophic conditions. elizabeth that's right this situation is incredibly volatile and authorities say it is a dynamic one and people must be aware of their surrounding it's the combination of 3 factors today on saturday which makes the situation so dangerous for crews on the ground it's that. stream heat that's coming from the heat wave which is affecting not only new south wales but also the neighboring sta

the margin of error in those polls is big enough to mean that a result could still go either way paul brennan al-jazeera southwest london. ok let's go live to my colleague need parliament for us this neve it was something of a really bizarre kind of last day. but it certainly was particularly the scenes of course johnson appearing to hide in the fridge there to avoid some. shooting by quite a prominent figure on british television as we've seen over the course of this entire election campaigning over the past 5 weeks things have been bitters at times things have been intense but certain. they are being grueling for the likes of boris johnson and gerry corbin and their other political counterparts as well both leaders decided to start in the north of england germany corbyn going a step further starting in glasgow and there is a feeling perhaps to the entire election may be decided by that part of the country in areas that have been traditionally labor strongholds where the majority of people voted to leave the european union those are the constituencies that the conservative party want to pilf

2 main contenders for prime minister both have very different ideas about how to address that paul brennan al-jazeera makes them. the israeli army accusing the occupied west bank most prestigious university beers it being a recruitment center of what it calls terrorism dozens of students are currently in israeli jails the university denies the accusations but has told al-jazeera it's fearing more raids imran khan reports not from the occupied west bank. a 1st glance at present university looks like an ordinary campus that could be anywhere in the world that's because it is the university in the occupied west bank goes about its daily business but the israeli army says it's far from ordinary and that this campus is a recruitment center for what it calls a terrorism and incitement to violence according to his latest video. since the beginning of $2964.00 students have been arrested in total 80 students are in jail the vast majority have yet to be convicted this video from march 2018 shows israeli special forces arresting a student on campus at gunpoint the students currently awaiting trial o

paul brennan is live for us in maidstone just outside london where the debate took place and of courseas expected they clashed over brett's final arguments were made tonight did anyone come out on top. i don't think so i don't think it was a knockout blow for martin are the man in the seedings debate it was fascinating i have to say both men i think considerably more animated than they were in the previous leaders' debate i thought jeremy corbyn in particular seemed to be more energetic than i've seen him i've been watching him on the campaign trail this past month in the couple of times when he looked really tired not tonight but at the same time boris johnson was also particularly animated i'm perfectly willing to speak over the moderator nick robinson and the leader of the opposition jeremy corbin as well credit to the moderator who really kept the debate bouncing along moving quickly lots and lots of different questions not just about bret's it all breaks it jeremy called in trying to get across the point that as far as he was concerned getting breakfast done this slogan of boris j

the margin of error in those polls is big enough to mean that a result could still go either way paul brennan al-jazeera southwest london. now south african presidents of rum opposes the country's struggling state i don't trust that the company will be able to stabilize the power grid only by the end of march eskom has been accused of chronic mismanagement and is relying on the heavy dead and weak of heavy rains aggravated its problems and led to major blackouts and that's had a big impact on the economy with mining firms foods to cut production because of power shortages. the governor of nairobi has been granted bail after being arrested on suspicion of involvement in a multi-million dollar corruption scandal mike song called a member of the ruling jubilee party has denied accusations of money laundering forging documents and warning contracts to his close friends tackling corruption was a major part of president who kenyatta is 2017 reelection campaign and dozens of arrests have been made by his crackdown has not led to any high profile convictions. now greenland's ice sheet is melting at a

paul brennan was at the vigil and has more on how the victims are being and then that this was a brief but very dignified ceremony the v.i.p.'s over there in front of the guild hall observing a moment's silence and short speeches from the bishop of london before they went into this art gallery here a condolence book has been opened and they've been signing that away from the media away from this place though the political wrangling continues both labor and the conservatives the 2 main parties locked in battle for the upcoming election arguing over who exactly is to blame for the fact that the kill it was man can was released only half way through a prison sentence for a previous terrorist offense now into that fray the father of the victim jack marriott's has weighed it with a social media post on twitter in which he said the following don't use my son's death to promote your vile propaganda jack stood against everything you stand for hatred division and ignorance and it's important to say that mr merrett wasn't referring to those man can propaganda or his hatred he was referring to th