of the house 5 some carrying placards howling in protest somewhere in blackshaw as a play on the rajapaksa. basically protesting these changes and the impact it will have on democracy how much of a push back is there against this. well like demonstrated 9 a short while ago by the opposition. concerns and they are demonstrating that but to be quite frank with you even if you look in the parliament you're talking about a massive majority for the rajapakse as for the president go to bed rajapaksa his brother the prime minister so it's almost approval of this amendment and the proposed changes it will bring is just a matter of time they have $149.00 seats that just one short centrally want to short of a 2 thirds majority and that they will get it's almost a given power however having said that there were concerns expressed even within the government camp obviously that a different constituent partners and initially when the draft was gathered and it was announced we did see differing opinions some kind of dissenting voices talking about some issues the government then reacted by saying they wo

good by the rajapaksa family all protesting the changes being proposed in the 20th amendment now they're all trying to drown each other out even the justice minister who tabled officially informally that draft 20th amendment a short while ago literally had to do it amidst the kind of coals and protests of the opposition even the parliamentary feed that were showing the proceedings in parliament didn't as much have him on camera making his presentation other than a few seconds and even the scenes of the opposition m.p.'s essentially the cameras caught very quickly to the speaker who is trying to maintain some sense of decorum so overall there is disquiet there is concern i spoke to one constitutional expert who said the 20th amendment removes all constitutional checks and balances against a very powerful executive president and this is at the heart of the concern but for the people of sri lanka people one must remember that. 9 they have gone through a number of political experiments in recent times we had a government the rajapaksa regime voted out in 2014 and it just took one toe of the

who've gone through several political experiments they voted out the rajapaksa just over one term ago when they thought they were abusing their power but b. successive government was such a shambles they didn't deliver it's just taken that one term for the rajapakse is to be in the driving seat once again and this time they're ensuring that they have all the powers that be need to take sri lanka forward so for the people of this country some that you speak to even though there are misgivings again by human rights defenders constitutional experts the people say let's wait and see maybe they'd lose something different molly is marking the 60th anniversary of its independence from france the celebrations have been muted following last month's crew soldiers laid a wreath at the palace of independence in the capital bamako on monday the jump to appointed defense minister bomb door as an interim president diplomats from the regional bloc echo once have been pressuring the army to return power to civilians since president ibrahim boubacar kater was removed from office last month live out of

president extra powers has been put to the parliament if passed it will allow the president go to buy rajapaksa to dissolve parliament and give him full immunity against prosecution it's set to replace a bill from 2015 that strengthened the role of parliament mel fernandez has more for us from colombo. in the building behind me the sri lankan parliament is where it's all happening at a when the justice minister. table that draft with the 1st reading he did it to howls of protest by the opposition obviously the amendment seeks to kind of close back all the sweeping powers the executive president lost in the last amendment of the constitution brought by the previous government now this is once again creates an all powerful presidency and that is an issue that many quarters have expressed concern with talks about the removal of any monitoring in the checks and balances against the executive president he's able to sack the parliament after a year he's able to me to hire a officers very sensitive officers the chief justice the heads of armed forces the heads of independent commission which was the f

the party that brought president gore tabi rajapaksa to power i mean they've seen an experiment gone wrong with the last government so it's almost look we've seen previous attempts let's see how this goes so there is a sort of a mixed reaction to this change in the constitution you know finances for that update from colombo thank you may know the number of people killed after a building collapsed in india has now risen to 20 rescuers have been digging through the rubble of a 3 story apartment block in mumbai and crushing down on monday morning at least 20 survivors have been pulled out but some residents are still trapped and it's still not clear what caused the building to collapse although incidents like this are common jury in the monsoon season. the indonesians cosigns they are home to more mangrove forests than anywhere else they protect the land from erosion they absorb carbon emissions and now is just a washington reports from the governments promising to do even more to protect them . thousands of trees boarded this coastal region but this is more than just a visual spectacle

lankan constitution to give the president extra pause before parliament if passed it will president rajapaksa to dissolve parliament and give him full immunity against prosecution it sets replace a bill from 2015 that strengthened the role of parliament but this reports from colombo. in the building behind me the sri lankan parliament is where it's all happening at when the justice minister. table that draft with the 1st reading he did it to howls of protest by the opposition obviously the amendment seeks to kind of close back all the sweeping powers the executive president lost in the last amendment to the constitution brought by the previous government now this is once again creates an all powerful presidency and that is an issue that many quarters have expressed concern with it talks about the removal of any monitoring any checks and balances against the executive president he's able to sack the parliament after a year he's able to make appointments to high officers very sensitive officers the chief justice the heads of. the heads of independent commissions which was the fruit of sort of t

amendment builds been tabled before parliament is passed into law if that happens president got the buy rajapaksa will be able to dissolve parliament before the end of its term and he will have full immunity from prosecution live pictures there from the sri lankan parliament there you go you're up to date with the headlines al-jazeera world is next. south africa today is often known as the rainbow nation a multi-racial society whose 1st black president in 1994 nansen mandela encouraged tolerance equality and harmony among a previously heavily divided people mandela's policy was at sharp odds with the country's past a nation in which state sponsored racism in the form of apartheid touched every corner of society leaving a stain of injustice that endured for decades. while the world is familiar with mandela's remarkable story from prisoner to president relatively little is known about some of the other campaigners of the period including one a muslim a preacher and a family man. i grew up with many stories about that my grandfather worked in the many stories of him as a hero as a mater of people wh

give the president extra powers has been put before parliament if passed it will allow president by rajapaksa to dissolve parliament and give him for immunity against prosecution it's said to replace a bill from 2015 that strengthened the role of parliament but often as reports from colombo. in the building behind me this along can parliament is where it's all happening at a when the justice minister. table that draft with the 1st reading he did it to howls of protest by the opposition obviously the amendment seeks a kind of cruel back all the sweeping powers the executive president lost in the last amendment of the constitution brought by the previous government now this is once again creates an all powerful presidency and that is an issue that many quarters have expressed concern with talks about the removal of any monitoring any checks and balances against the executive president he's able to sack the parliament after a year he's able to make a point to high offices very sensitive offices the chief justice the heads of. the heads of independent commission which was the fruit of sort of the

president extra powers has been put before parliament so if passed it will our president go to buy rajapaksa to dissolve parliament and give him full immunity against prosecution. and the u.k. government has advised people to work from home as coronavirus cases spikelet says schools will stay open the prime minister boris johnson with us the house of commons today in his chief medical officer says there's a risk of $50000.00 infections per day by the middle of next month up next here on al-jazeera it's inside story i will see you very soon for the moment. it was snapped back to show that i am the united states reimpose its nuclear sanctions on iran but all other permanent members of the un security council including close allies are rejecting the action so will this help iran strengthen its case and is donald trump's strategy of maximum pressure against iran achieving its goals this is inside story through my . hello and welcome to the program i'm how i'm here dean it's a measure that threatens to leave the u.s. more isolated and raise international tensions the trumpet ministration has brou

extra power as has been put before the parliament if it's passed it will allow president got to by rajapaksa to dissolve the parliament and then give him full immunity against prosecution it would replace a bill from 2015 that strengthened the role of the parliament. is a political analyst executive director of the center for policy alternatives he says rajapakse his government is in a strong position to push this through. the government has a 2 thirds majority in parliament the question is as to whether. the titians that may well be filed in the supreme court with anything it does succeed that means that the government but also have to go to random in the country if allowed on balance i would say that the government does have a majority but that has set rumblings within the 2 thirds majority that are certain aspects of this amendment which people within their own majority are concerned about and so at the very least it's incumbent to make it difficult for the government to get this through that to me and that they may well succeed all of the checks and balances that took place on the exerci