still remains quite a divide between the protesters and the government protesters say after 16 years of empty what they call empty promises by the government as conditions they simply do not trust the current government to implement real reform prime minister i don't have to in my head he has said that he would resign but he can't find anyone to replace him yet he says he's only been in term been in office for one year and that these issues are so deep rooted it will take time to address them so what we have is a political stalemate i spoke to a former member of parliament who resigned as the. show of unity with protestors he says maybe is a symbol yes but a very important one and by stepping down he would send a clear message to protesters that their demands are being heard he also says if the government thinks that it can ride this out and that the protesters interest will wane and they'll simply go home that they're making a gross miscalculation the kind of determination even among protesters who have been attacked and injured. in. the tech drivers of tahrir square have attained a

we just saw the protesters have been breaking the glass, so there are protesters inside the station.ir accusations that the network is enabling police violence. the police response might be happy on ordinary protesters, time for them to be water, and withdraw. the government eventually withdrew the extradition bill but protesters feel the authorities have not sufficiently engaged with their demands. i think frustration and anger over the police's use of force means the crowds keep coming onto the street. and as darkness falls, the chances of violent confrontation increase. frontline is our preparing molotov cocktails. and he has his brick at the ready. 0ne cocktails. and he has his brick at the ready. one of many prepared by the ready. one of many prepared by the crowd to throw at the police. but, for many protesters, resulting to violence is a moral dilemma. the protesters moved out from the commercial city centre. there has been sporadic violence across the city. we are heading out to a district further east. there has been trouble between the protesters and local residents. northp

and clashes between police and protesters and the protests have often been peaceful but of times have also descended into violent clashes between police and protesters and actually brides is back on the line for us rob what are you hearing about the situation at the campus now. same with the lungs threatened. by the police trying to break through and it's a case that the protestors that had a permit to reinforce as finally got under way i think there was during the evening a big build up of police of a number of different campus entrances where they were facing off when angry angry more violent clashes with protesters. have been happening throughout sunday according to the thing i don't what happened the case if i can. test the strength of the defense coming up again looking for an opportunity to be up when the time is right to try to. really enforce and to carry out a final clearance it does seem is now in the early hours of monday morning we're just hearing it's just after 6 am local time where the police have seemed to think that the time is like to try to move in the last one we h

another assault on the voices of protest police fire tear gas at protesters occupying hong kong's polytechnic university and blocking nearby roads massed demonstrators hurl molotov cocktails in response to the street battle pits water cannon against fire bombs and armored trucks against umbrellas and police claim protesters shot arrows at them injuring one officer in the leg. the protesters are showing themselves to be skillful tacticians this week they moved away from flash mob demos to occupying universities and blocking the city's key traffic arteries the polytechnic is the last university held by protesters by barricading themselves in they have succeeded in closing down the city's cross harbor tunnel connecting the mainland and the hong kong island. we want the city to go on strike at the hong kong polytechnic university we can occupy the cross harbor tunnel so it can help to achieve this goal and we could also block highways and other major roads in the area the roads around the hong kong polytechnic university our major roads and they could be blocked to help us achieve the strike. the

protesters demands later on monday. spain's ruling socialist workers party has won the largest share of the vote in the country's 2nd general election this year but it's again fallen short of a majority that will find it difficult to form a stable governments the far right vox. party saw its support surged to almost double april's results meanwhile unrest continues in catalonia out with separatist protesters blocking a major road link between france and spain jonah hill reports from madrid. muted celebrations for the socialists in spain who win once again the largest share of the vote but not a majority forming a government will be fraught with difficulty he does not believe that the socialist party has won the elections for the 3rd time this year i would like to thank the millions of spaniards who were summoned and took part in these elections because this is good for our democracy. caretaker prime minister pedro sanchez called this election after earlier coalition talks failed and believing the socialists would improv

massive crowds gather again in chile to protest against the government for a 2nd my. son's a maria with the world news from al-jazeera. they have been chaotic scenes in colombia as well as run police move in to break up crowds in the capital. and millions prepared to vote in hong kong in one of the most significant elections in decades. if you missed it last out the launch of tesla's futuristic cyber truck shatters expectations along with the group's glass windows. with stunning the south america where protests in several countries of crippled major cities bringing many of them to a standstill this chilly 1st of all protests initially started going back to last month when students in santiago demonstrated against a subway fare increase since then it's grown with demands for political and economic reform and you've got colombia a proposal to change the minimum wage as well as introduce possible pension tax reforms led to a strike at huge rallies in bogota and in bolivia protests was sparked by that disputed presidential election president evo morales denied any elector

sanctions money he says nothing justifies the response from protest. searching a bank it's not done by the people this is what dogs do. these woods were indicative of a strong line being taken by the government in the face of the young wrist police of threatened more tough measures and the communications minister announced that the internet has been shut down for 24 hours to reimpose control. now to some other news making headlines around the world in paris fresh clashes have erupted between police and yellow vest protesters it comes a day after violent protests in the capital marred the one year anniversary of their movement for economic justice bill that's protesters and other french cities have staged peaceful demonstrations. brazil's president lula da silva has denounced the country's social and racial inequalities at a rally of his workers' party in receipt lula walked free from jail earlier this month after brazil's supreme court overturned his jail sentence for alleged corruption he's vowed to lead brazil's left back to power. sri lanka's former

would satisfy the protesters. was an event as you mentioned they did offer him and it's amazing yesterday they basically said look give up your conflict of interest by the end of the year resign or we will increase protests they basically accusing him of learning isn't pockets where his business interests see owns the or he's put the conglomerate i prefer that an accurate chemicals conglomerate into a trust fund but that hasn't satisfied his critics it also doesn't satisfy the e.u. necessarily they are investigating a conflict of interest the czech republic may have to return several e.u. subsidies as a result of these protesters are upset about that and not just that they're worried about losing democracy eroding that erosion of democracy that was for so hard for 30 years ago. and crane reporting for us from prague we appreciate it. to. authorities in iran have blocked internet access and say they'll respond forcefully to quell protests across the country at least one person has been killed and many injured in cl

but i trust that my fellow students will keep the protests going. many of us here are exhausted just like i am. i was sprayed by water cannon and i just still very painful but i keep going through. hong kong authorities and the university called for an end to the confrontation confort deescalation. but the situation remains tense. the protests which have become a broadly antti government and police violence movement popping raging for 5 months now and. people in hong kong are split on the matter but many continue to support the predominantly student led protests it all started with protesters wanting to safeguard hong kong's autonomy but beijing showing no sign of changing its stance towards the territory. charlock one of these latest developments mean in terms of the big picture of the protests and hong kong it is this violence that we're seeing this new escalation a new normal. for this week really has been extremely chaotic there have been a bit of a lull the week before way it seemed like the the number of violent clashes that were taking place

this is day to every news live from berlin protesters 5 bow and arrows at protests police in hong kong offices gas and water cannons against the demonstrators who occupy and set up barricades that he university campus also coming out. gotten by out rajapaksa is set to become sri lanka's next president the former defense minister has been declared the winner of saturday's election there in the capital colombo the celebrations and concerns for the future. and in iran traffic francois hope in the capital tehran and people there protest at 50 percent hike in fuel prices iran's supreme leader says he backs the decision despite rest. i'm rebecca ritter's welcome to the program we begin in hong kong where they've been fresh clashes between pro-democracy demonstrators and police chinese troops have been deployed for the 1st time since they protests began in june activists have dug into hong kong's polytechnic university and value to defend it from police is part of a week long campaign aimed at disrupting traffic and hitting the local economy. another assault on the voices of protest police fi

oh i did i did made a crime against the peaceful and innocent protesters inside. and they'll just want to abridge who shot the 2 bombs the forces shot the 2 bombs against the people inside the innocent people inside that are square and many many people thousands of people wounded hundreds of people killed says beginning of this protests make you so much for joining us be safe i do want to mention he mentioned that death toll the most recent death toll from the u.n. is a total of about $300.00 people have been killed foley since these protests began on october 1st at ashoka name in baghdad thank you. chile's president has announced new measures to clamp down on violence as demonstrations continue for the 3rd week sebastian pinera has proposed laws would toughen penalties for noting and writing a lot america at its end to see in human reports from santiago. it's been 21 days of mass disturbances and demonstrations in chile and amid mounting criticism for not controlling the violence that often accompanies peaceful protests president of us jumping into address the na

you have protests all over the place but what i think turns these these current protests into larger social movements and the laws or mass uprisings if you will is that there's a there's a frustration basically with the mechanisms or visit with the with the lack of responsivity of the political systems where these protest takes place of so people on the street and there's a parallel actually with with movements like the extinction rebellion in germany where the people on the street they have no trust anymore that the political systems that are in place to govern them basically can provide solutions for the probe problems that they see untoward i think climate change to what extent when you talk about that kind of frustration to what extent. can violence even deeds a way to bring about change to what extent is that acceptable after all we're sitting here in germany the countries that is so proud of its peaceful revolution the removed the building wall. i mean. i mean 1st of all i think it's necessary to differ basically what kind of violence we're talking about if we're talking about

to be coming to an end it's thought about a 100 protesters are still inside the campus 1000 protesters have been arrested since monday. police in malta have arrested a man in connection with the murder of journalist a deaf in galatea who was found dead on the island last year you're going fenech a prominent businessman was apprehended when police intercepted his your. pulled francis has been greeted by adoring crowds in bangkok as he arrived for a weeklong tour of thailand and japan the pontiff hopes his visit will boost the faith of catholics in both countries and address pressing recent issues like human trafficking. this is really is from berlin for more you can follow some twitter that's at did or you can also visit our website that. you're watching the news coming up ahead. just floods inundating of venice the city's going to lawmakers trying to stay afloat. not any more coming up on business news with kris kobach shortly do say we do w. if you get of that. if it's big it's called. the biggest the biggest aircraft the biggest the biggest car and so on. made in germany wants to fin

reporting more than 100 people have been killed during protests over sharp pipes and fuel prices also on the show. dozens of protesters spent another night under siege in hong kong university with food and water when learning how much longer can they hold out against police. and prison tropics out of the impeachment hearings in congress calling them a disgrace and an embarrassment to senior officials who listened in on his phone call with his ukrainian counterpart call the conversation inappropriate and improper. i've brought in thomas great to have you with us and as the international is reporting that more than 100 people have been killed in a government crackdown on protests in iran the unrest erupting after sharp hikes and fuel prices now authorities responded by shutting down the internet supreme leader ayatollah ali khamenei has described the protests as a security matter. very little information reaches the outside world from iran authorities have shut down the internet whether there are still protests there and where they may be taking place it's difficult to verify. videos fr

time and again you go out you speak to the protesters in baghdad you hear from protesters in other provinces and they say that the government here is ineffective and they want to complete overhaul of the political system and one of the things they want to see is an into the influence of not just eat on but they want to see an end of the influence by the united states and into the influence by saudi arabia by other countries that are allies of it up this is a problem that is going to continue to persist in the fact that you have these protesters last night this fight the threat of reprisals despite how unsafe it might have been going actually attacking the compound actually burning the consulate building that is a major escalation let me just read to you one sentence from the statement that was issued by the iranian government in which they condemned this attack they said the government is responsible to secure safety excuse me of diplomatic missions and diplomats in there it up to her own strongly condemns the attack and demands of their off the government's firm response to the aggressor so

thank you for joining us protesters in hong kong are calling for a citywide vigil after a student died students gathered at a memorial to mourn child who fell from a building during a protest on monday he died in hospital on friday on thai government protests have been ongoing in hong kong for 5 months said speak to sour who's live for us now in hong kong sar what more do we know about the circumstances of this student's death what are police or the government saying about. this with hospital here in hong kong confirmed his death this morning which is friday here that he had a brain injury underwent to a corrections since. full on monday morning very early on monday morning from that cop hock at the smalling on friday he had a cardiac arrest and died now as you mentioned some the circumstances of how he fell you mention this earlier but he fell from the 3rd floor to the 2nd floor in a cop park in this was during a particular protest and during the dispersal operation by police at the angle here from these students and from the protest movement that they're accusing the police of failin

this is would have triggered protests around the country has some rouhani also condemned the protests in which at least 2 people have been killed in clashes with police youth or it is a shut down the internet in an effort to thwart the protests or more than 87000 people have taken part in demonstrations across the country since friday that's according to security officials quoted by the fars news agency around a 1000 of those were arrested and in one province more than 100 banks and 57 shops were damaged or set on fire. having more that we have witnessed how some people have gone to the streets after the implementation of the decision to increase the price of petrol people have the right to protest but we will not allow the targeting of security or the spread of chaos and riots in the country the decision to increase the price of petrol belongs to the regime and not only to the government the people should not worry about the implementation because its revenue will be distributed back to the people. more now from toronto from our correspondent ari president has time rouhani has been m

but i trust that my fellow students will keep the protests going. many of us here are exhausted just like i am. i was sprayed by water cannon and i just still very painful but i keep going. hong kong authorities and the university have called for an end to the confrontation and for deescalation but the standoff remains tense. these protests which have become a broadly anti government and police violence movement have been raging for 5 months now people in hong kong are split on the matter but many continue to publicly support the predominately student led protests this all started with protesters wanting to safeguard hong kong's autonomy but despite these scenes beijing shows absolutely no sign of changing its stance towards hong kong. for more let's go to mathias berlinger who's there in hong kong for us. right now looks quite calm behind you but take us through some of these very terrifying scenes we've seen over the last several hours. yes so the protesters they have barricaded themselves in this university i'm standing now just in front of this

protests and france who are those people who are protesting a lot of them were people from the bone who are of immigrant descents or algerians who went to paris i mean if you go to paris now and you cross the you cross the volga in the metro and the underground you immediately know that you arrive to the wall do it because i mean you can tell when you walk on the street that it's the volga because it's been left to you know to to decay i mean it's collapsing you can tell that people are unemployed people don't know what to do it's the social inequality is massive there and where the same goes and lebanon and iraq those are 2 countries that don't have electricity i mean iraq is an order rich country that people don't have electricity now and the same and lebanon i mean it's yeah the level of you know difference between rich and poor is widening and it's kerry and poor people cannot put up with it even if you tell them it's $0.20 on the phone call when you are the country that pays the you know the one of the highest bills on satellite phones and you know you come and strip them the strid

facebook live video filmed by one of the protesters. was 18 years old and was shot in the stomach while filming the clashes live. he was killed that day. militarizing this because they want to believe. they shot at us from everywhere and they can do it because. the actions of security forces are being investigated they're accused of using live ammunition and. at least 9 people were killed and over 130 were injured. man says the response by the military was disproportionate to what happened was a massacre in this country they want to say it was a confrontation on friday the government issued a decree that exonerates the armed forces of any killing and one hour after that decree the police and the military started using live ammunition against protesters . the government says the protesters were infiltrated by foreigners and were using improvised weapons it will be the real i have asked the attorney general to investigate what happened he told me the delay was because the rule it of did not want to view the bodies we have asked the attorn

today head off to protest to storm a u.n. camp and the eastern democratic republic of congo accusing peacekeepers of failing to stop away. oh i maryam namazie in london you're with al-jazeera also coming up on the program i. protest as emboldened after a landslide victory for pro-democracy parties in district council elections. position activists marched to join just capital demanding the government resign and cold snap elections. and fields break into a museum in germany stealing priceless jewels from one of europe's biggest treasure collections. a very warm welcome to the program top story this hour the united nations is calling for calm in the democratic republic of congo after hundreds of protesters in the eastern town of benny stormed un buildings and set fire to the mayor's office at least 2 people were killed by gunfire during the clashes the u.n. denies that its peacekeepers shot at demonstrators people say they're angry at the government and the u.n. mission for their failure to stop the rise in deadly rebel attacks

from piñera rejected by the protesters we've seen a crackdown an investigation.t's abuses and still we see this momentum and more and more people on the streets how is this going to play out. i don't know i can't answer that but what i can tell you is that the human rights charges continue in fact the health minister for the 1st time conceded today that many of the injuries that we're seeing would can be classified as abuses of human rights are a lot of people injured tonight from bullets fired by the riot police shotguns and rubber coated. bullets as well pellets but there also there's also a lot of vandalism a lot of looting and nobody knows how to stop that there is a moment of movement calling for people to get together to propose much deeper more profound reforms than the ones that the president has offered so far today a very significant one was announced by the minister of finance who signed an agreement with the opposition parties or most of them at least to raise taxes on the richest 2 percent of chileans this is quite significant but not enough clearly

medical association is comparable only to protesting gaza over a 6 year period. this is say the 18 year old university student was demonstrating monday night with a group of friends when a riot policemen shot him with a pellet gun at point blank range. after what they've done to him he is obviously very angry his life has been permanently altered but his position is to keep protesting for social change so that the loss of his left eye will not have been in vain. at least 3 more people have been shot in the face and eyes in less than 48 hours prompting some lawmakers to demand that rubber bullets and pellets be banned as a form of crowd control india domingo on sunday night the director of police promise to restrict the use of weapons of this kind to a minimum ofter another protester lost both eyes instead this into was shot at 2 meters distance. human rights watch and the interim eric and commission of human rights are investigating the charges of police brutality which appear to be only increasing the level of anger and violence on the streets the sea and human

well the government reacted to the protest they. withdrew the you know this controversial few tax bills introduced some other measures for example they increased the minimum wage but it looked like you know they could do whatever they wanted the purchases would never really be happy because what this protest is about what these protests are about is really about a model of society that they don't like they don't want all these reforms but the government is just you know continuing to do them for example just a few weeks ago they implemented the government implemented a new reform to reform the unemployment benefit system quite a tough reform really they've just done that they're about to reform the pension system they're just continuing their reform plan as you know is they had as ever not called the president had announced before the elections and that hasn't really changed and that's also why people you know continue to be unhappy and dissatisfied with the government. is lisa lewis reporting for us from paris thank you very much .

s of the department welcome to the studio about him how significant are these protests so these protests they can will they have the chance to look at them from 2 ways if you look at them like how they are right now without any history or any context you see that they are like vice bread in several cities of iran which is new because even though they are happening in some cities that for me the name of those cities are not very familiar you know i i see i know the area like i know this if i frankly so i mean and you see the reaction the reaction is huge from the government and security system of iran and you see that they are killing people they are suppressing people so i mean it's easy in person right now but. then we can look at them life but the he story of what is happening in iran like they had protests the same nature furthest 2 years ago that poor kind of poor people came to the street to ask for their rights especially they wanted to be look like to be considered as citizens like to be to have a normal life and and they had a back in 2009 again protests that it was it had a diff

as volunteer medics who say they saw last year one of the major protests here in baghdad. where security forces the blood both tear gas as well as live ammunition to discourse disperse protesters around and i also spoke to one of the volunteer medics in one of those makeshift clinics without bread. he had treated several injured protesters had received i mean it's not it's important to say that some of the violence also coming from the protesters there for one molotov cocktails in the direction of the security forces and also spoke to one protester was actually part of a group who had actually tried to capture and one of the members of the the riot forces here now we're also seeing a lot of funeral processions today a lot of caskets being carried through to here square with people company building a final farewell to those who have passed away yesterday in the marshes and of course these funerals for to galvanize the crowds the mule for anger and as the crowd surged here in tahrir square we're likely to see more confrontations. military parades have given way to protest ma

calls protesters selfish after one of the most violent days in months of anti-government protests. bushfires reach australia's biggest city as emergency workers warned they've already exceeded catastrophic for cops. and when the smallest planet puts on a big show the rare sight of not presuming between the sun and the. even more all is expected to arrive in mexico in the next few hours just a day after resigning as bolivia's president he's been granted asylum by mexico's government meanwhile the country he leaves behind is bracing for more violence as thousands of mirali supporters march towards the capital as the army is conducting joint operations with police against what they call vandals lawless his resignation followed weeks of protests as international monitors pointed to regularities in last month's election while mana sanchez joins us live now from la paz in bolivia marianna so what will the details do we know about iran is accepting political asylum in mexico. well deron it is confirmed as you were saying that he is on his way to mexico. the foreign minister of mexico said

s i know you've been protesting was the last time you were out on the streets protesting i wasn't just these yes there they have to clear i'm from concepts. just so you know. we may. at least performance in the streets and then we walk around the streets. with fines making songs where. born. again we were. programs with you when we were just walking how would you explain the atmosphere the mood where you are protesting like. very unsafe everything i know my house my farming is concerned i'm protesting and this concern from the police is not like another protest and it's going to hurt me the police that. they. were also ruler will it real will it looking some of those pictures there right now i mean when you see that how do you explain that to an international audience watching. so we had to make a difference between the massive protests that have been like very peacefully. another number or 4 brought this have been like very violent so this is started. 3 weeks ago when 6 stations of the subway were burned at the same time you know coordinated way but after that it happens that 29 other

at least 7 protest as a killed in iraq the security forces break up a sit in to 4 demonstrations were shot dead in the capital baghdad. this is al jazeera live from london also coming up chile's president announces tougher penalties for hooded vandals and looters after weeks riots and protests. a former congo warlord known as the terminator is sentenced to 30 years in prison for murder rape and conscripting child soldiers and donald trump is ordered to pay $2000000.00 for misusing his foundation to advance his election campaign. we begin in iraq credit least 7 protesters have been killed the security forces broke up a sit in in the southern city of basra another $150.00 have been injured it comes off or at least anti-government protests as was shot dead by security forces in baghdad clashes broke out in the capital when demonstrators tried to remove barriers leading to 2 bridges ahead of baghdad security forces says that is now a ban on the use of military grade take aspirin a day on demonstrators off the amnesty international said they were used to kill protest is not dispersed them

bigs bill and snowballed into a protest over chinese rule over hong kong in general because protestsre like arguments in relationships, you say it's about the dishes but it's about something bigger, like you continue communicate well or you hooked up with your mother-in-law, you know. yeah, you said i should get along with her! ( laughter ) if we had more time, we could talk more about the difficulty they had reintegrating post-colonial hong kong into china but we don't have time haws hong kong is not the only region trying to move out of its parents' house. >> bars loania spain, half a million protesters last week frustrated oarcht jailing of nine politicians for their role in the catalonia independence movement two years ago. >> they don't speak for the majority because the support for independents is not majority. >> trevor: spain is in turmoil because the region of catalonia is demanding its independence and the chaos has been non-stop, though it is spain so they take a little siesta in the middle of the fight. i'll be protesting in my dreams! aaahhh! ( snoring ) aaahhh! ( laught

called police shoot a protester is set on fire. as president resigns after weeks of post-election protests welcome back to his allegation his removal was a coup. of a majority in spain's general election. and support for the far right. president xi jinping arrived in that chinese investment by greece's biggest. sports including trouble. for the 2nd time in a week and meets the stadium. from. a man that's been set on fire in hong kong and a protest shot by police during one of the most violent days since demonstrations for greater autonomy began over 5 months ago police say anti-government protesters set the man alight. probably the most incidence some writers port frame of all a click onto a person and set him on fire in lands on demand is now at me to your hospital in critical condition and the case is under investigation by regional crime unit of new territory solve. a protester is in critical condition after being shot by police during demonstrators attempts to stop traffic going into the city center the footage was broadcast li

for the search on life not a protest. if it goes well and if joe biden well i think the protests will just go down like his saudi otherwise you're just going to go off base all depends on how to cause me going to provide. election is already the de facto referendum to. free election when more than 70 almost 80 percent of people vote in action why can't people get back to right to our government we are not satisfy only that this or consulate. so as we heard there much is riding on what the hong kong government does next let's hear what the leader of the embattled kerry lamb had to say following the election we have for fisherman formally pushed on the bill which was of course awful and he says so so i missed the next step to go forward is really as you have put it to engage the people and we have started a public dialogue with the community but unfortunately with the unstable and vironment and a chaotic situation i could not do more of that sort of engagement i hope that the environment will allow me to do it now. kerry la

can and until gas to disperse protesters rallying outside parliament to demand an early election . and as food and fuel run short in bolivia the interim government uses planes to bypass road blockades by moron his supporters. follow saudi arabia says yemen's who fees have hijacked a ship towing a south korean drilling rig in the red sea the rebels say they've captured military vessels hoofy official has told al-jazeera they were least the drilling rig once they can confirm it belongs to south korea the saudi government is calling the incident a terrorist operation who thieves have targeted vessels off yemen the southern mouth of the red sea in the past. joins us live from the yemeni capital sanaa what further details of you managed to gather about this. yes the whole visibility confirm that they have can be skated the 2 vessels as the coast guards were carrying out their regular patrols and the red sea and that they have found out that the 2 vessels. they hope these. sources that the military vessels bought more details we will receive. within just 5 to 10 minutes as the whole of t

protesters. another or not. what is interesting, i got a chance to sit in meetings with strategists in a coalition in dc and members of parliament, they were in agreement that this is not the time to engage baghdad this is not the time to get a lifeline to his government this is a chance to support the protesters by putting a spotlight on it with international media we know what the protesters want they want anderson cooper in tahrir square it is simple they want international media their complaint is a should not be ok to kill 326 iraqis in baghdad and have the world not care because there was a benchmark that you can kill 500 he cannot kill iranians without losing iran but he can kill arabs in other places using iraqi militias some reports say the afghan militia are now in iraq and iran. they were cultivated by the forces to deploy there were 20,000 deployed to syria and they have had almost a thousand casualties, and now we are reports that the group are in baghdad fatah mayun. they are in sma

troops stationed in afghanistan plus taking action against climate change a new grind of global protests kick off ahead of a u.n. climate conference. and we begin in iraq where prime minister addle of the math he says he will resign in the face of growing protests against his government's ability who took charge last year says he will submit his resignation to parliament's protesters who have been calling for political change in iraq have begun celebrating more than 400 people have died in 2 months of anti government protests well it's a lot is an assessment scum suggest shortly after iraq's top shia cleric ayatollah ali sistani condemned the use of lethal force against protesters and cold for change in the other ship saying. the parliament from which this current government is drawn is asked to reconsider its choice in this regard. and to act according to iraq's interest and preserve the blood evidence children to prevent the country from slipping into violence chaos and destruction we confirm again that attacks against peaceful protesters are forbidden as well as them being prevented f

when i'm come on santa maria this is the world news from al jazeera iran's president condemns protests over the rise of petrol prices but says poor families will start to see some benefits also protests outside of a court in barcelona as the regional leader goes on trial. i'm from a dumbbell and i'm in the kalahari desert in south africa with the world's fastest cars being tested to break the land speed record. so hong kong's high court has ruled an emergency law which banned face masks worn by the pro-democracy protesters is in fact unconstitutional remember chief executive carol announced the ban back in october she tried to stem the violence the law that dates back to british colonial era and this court has now ruled that's actually incompatible with the basic law of today the ban on facemask didn't really work that would only inflame the situation there was an escalation in the protests and the violence and the destruction most recently monday here they were right police surrounding a university campus after protesters who were holed up inside threw petrol bombs and also fired arro

so as alexei mentioned the protest has spread to. the city of goma katherine sawyer is there and tells us more about what's going on the situation is still extremely tense in beni and temple richie's a neighboring city in the temple we are told protesters banged a u.n. vehicle in a government office in many angry young men on the street all morning through the afternoon they were trying to get to a military base that is very close to the airport it's also a major logistics hub but they were appalled by. this also a lot of concern about what's going to happen on wednesday because there's going to be a burial of one of the process this was killed on saturday he was very popular and one of the organizers of the protest was shot dead by a police officer who himself was killed on the same day ban and you lord so there's concern that his burial is going to just escalate the tensions protestants are saying they're going to march around the sifi of. tributes here in golmaal are there was also part test this morning protestors were trying to

why the protest movement. probably many people do not think it's right what they do but the protest movement has a rule and this is no group criticizes the others in order to avoid division among the protest movement this might be one of the reasons why the radicals waybill to set the again agenda throughout these last few days from. opinion polls however we see that about still the majority of almost hong kong is blame the government and the police for the escalation and not the protesters all right thank you mathias burning in hong kong and stay safe. now protesters are also out on the streets in iran angry over a sharp rise in gas prices iran's supreme leader won't back down saying the hike is for financing social welfare programs some of the demonstrations turned violent with at least sue dead and more injured the government has hinted at a crackdown saying protest is a right but not if it leads to what iran's president has called insecurity. iranians have taken to the streets in the capital tehran and a n

dozens more as the latest surge in violence and stem to government protests began in october. i'm ian use of welcome to the program vote counting is underway in hong kong after municipal elections and already pro-democracy candidates have made massive gains they have secured a majority with over $340.00 seats compared to nearly 40 seats for the probation camp election is seen as a chance for hong kong has to have a direct say about the city's direction after nearly 6 months of protests. as polls closed and results started to trickle in celebrations erupted among pro-democracy voters on the streets of hong kong activists urged people to go to the ballot boxes and the record turnout of hard around 70 percent searched out call . if there are more hong kong is casting their ballots it means that back to democracy so if this year's voter turnout is higher than the previous election i think that's quite positive. many voters wanted to make their voices heard following nearly half a year of unrest in hong kong it had left many feeling that enough is enough. people have been long thou

police and protesters have clashed in hong kong as protests in the city enter their 6th month the demonstrators barricaded themselves in hong kong's polytechnic university dozens of pro-government supporters tried to clear the area. sri lanka's former defense minister got up by rajapaksa has won the country's presidential election that comes after his main opponent conceded defeat results have yet to be formally announced. don't forget you can always get news on the go just download our app from google play or from the app store give you access to all the latest news from around the world as well as push notifications for any breaking news you can also use the d w app to send us your photos and videos. you're up to date now on d w news coming up next is the world of stories the week in reports american evan stand in for me and the entire news team here in berlin thanks for watching. and now going affectionately but as affectionately as you can. put him in the middle of his election campaign in the year 2000 the documentary was filmed for russian television. to turn the camera back on of course

well it started this morning with these shots fired on the protester the protester is in the i.c.u. at the moment that has all of course brought a lot of people to the street it's a strike that many people were called to come out today and it happened when protesters tried to block or wrote in this policeman who was a traffic police not a riot police then got into a scuffle with them he was talking tackling one protester and another one approached and then he shot at him later there were other incidents where protesters have become very violent against people who disagreed with them on woud some kind of verbal standoff with them one very dramatic incident food which was shared on the internet of a protest josey a man in a liquid and then setting him a place that man is also in critical condition in the hospital these 2 events of course are very likely to end. late violence for those so far we have seen clashes in many parts of hong kong including here this is one off the hotspots of the protests we have seen many many many clashes in this area we have just seen protesters setting up

fires and explosions as hong kong police storm lee university occupied by protesters. below amounting to an issue with al-jazeera live from doha also coming out food and fuel shortages in bolivia's main city as supporters of former president morales block growth and stop supplies. return of the rajapaksa former defense chief winds sri lanka's presidency promising strong leadership after the easter attacks plus. i'm from either mill and i'm in the kalahari desert in south africa with the world's fastest cars being tested to break the land speed record. a tense standoff between protesters and police is continuing at a hong kong university the hours long siege came to an explosive end just before dawn as police a police moved in but a group of demonstrators a still holed up inside and police want them out they've used tear gas and water cannon but some protests as are refusing to leave sara klug reports from hong kong . with parts of the polytechnic university a blaze police moved in to clear the protesters they barricaded themselves on campus students fled as riot police