and deep on certainty that kyrgyzstan has suffered in recent weeks is not over yet charles trafford al-jazeera bishkek. thousands of protesters in thailand have defied a ban on public gatherings filling the streets of one of bangkok's busiest districts they're demanding the prime minister's resignation and reforms to the monarchy but the government says the movement threatens national security it's called tipler has more from bangkok police leave a long night out in front of thailand's seat of power government house as street cleaners wash away what was left behind by the thousands of anti-government protesters from the night before several 100 protesters camped out overnight and just before 5 am they were pushed out with calls from protest leaders for calm they left peacefully but later in the day some of the most high profile protest leaders were arrested the protester clearing operation was given the green light when an emergency decree was announced at 4 am saying that gatherings of more than 5 people it was now illegal. the decree cited that the protests were illegal public gatherings cau

elections in the promised rerun of the parliamentary poll crim hopes his vote will count chance trafford al-jazeera. presidential elections in the self declared republic of northern cyprus have produced no clear winner with the vote now progressing to a runoff it will see a face off between incumbent president most. who supports they really unification of cyprus and the nationalist candidate. who is backed by turkey the island of cyprus has been divided since 974 into the turkish speaking north and the greek cypriot south that has more. he's the leader of a country that nobody but turkey recognizes and now turkey's leaders have turned against him to. is hoping to be reelected as president of the self declared republic of northern cyprus with a population of no more than half a 1000000 people i can choose supports a federal solution for the divided island and he's keen for stalled talks involving the government in the south of cyprus as well as greece turkey and britain to resume. but many people here in the north favor a 2 state solution including the prime minister s. in touch who's backed by turk

and deep on certainty that kyrgyzstan has suffered in recent weeks is not over yet charles trafford al-jazeera bishkek israel has approved the construction of thousands more illegal homes in the occupied west bank that brings the total number of homes approved to almost 5000 over the past 2 days the palestinian leadership has condemned the move and so far as time settler homes have been authorized since israel suspended plans to unexposed in the land as part of a deal with the u.a.e. . saudi arabia's foreign minister has suggested the normalization of ties between the kingdom and israel is unlikely any time soon there's been speculation about whether saudi arabia will follow in the footsteps of fellow gulf countries the u.a.e. and bahrain speak he's a washington based think tank prince faisal bin for handouts wood said the main focus of peace efforts should be to restart talks between israel and the palestinians. i believe that the focus now needs to be on getting the palestinians and israelis back to the negotiating table in the end the only thing that can deliver a lasting peace and lasting

elections in the promised rerun of the parliamentary poll crim hopes his vote will count chance trafford al-jazeerastands president has won more than 90 percent of the vote in sunday's election victory extends a. 28 year rule making him one of the world's longest serving leaders independent election monitors highlighted a lack of genuine political competition. anti-government demonstrators in belarus are keeping the pressure on president alexander lukashenko to stand down they protested in the capital for a 10th consecutive sunday despite a crackdown by police alexander bio's reports. bleeding from tear gas and stun grenades similar scenes of chaos and panic across the capital scores of people detained in the most violent police crackdown seen in weeks several 1000 protesters dodge police who used water cannon and stun grenades tackled and beaten with batons by masked officers others seen injured and dazed on the ground. more than 13000 people have been detained in weeks of protests they say the presidential election in early august was rigged they're risking it all to demand president alexander lu

elections in the promised rerun of the parliamentary poll crim hopes his vote will count chance trafford al-jazeera. president has won re-election we had 90.92 percent of the votes and is one of the world's longest serving leaders the country has no term limits and rahman has been in power since independence in 1992 the 68 year old now has another 7 year term election monitors say there's a lack of genuine political competition. as late as postpone the annual policy address for the 1st time until off she travels to mainland china kerry had been jus to deliver the speech on wednesday it will now be held in november says the territory's economic recovery needs beijing's support. the reason to delay the delivery of the policy address is because of the pandemic people wish to revive economic activity as well as protecting employment but economy to revive we need the support of the mainland we have to better integrate into china's national development plan particularly in the greater bay area in search for economic growth . singapore and indonesia have agreed to partially open their borders to each othe

elections in the promised rerun of the parliamentary poll crim hopes his vote will count chance trafford al-jazeera. thing is underway in one of the world's longest serving leaders is expected to extend his 28 year old president. is running against 4 other candidates but he's widely expected to win another 7 year. election monitors say there's a lack of genuine political competition the country has no term limits and has been in power since independence in 1900. hong kong's latest postponed the annual policy address for the 1st time until off she travels to mainland china kerry had been due to deliver the speech on wednesday it will now be held in november says the territories economic recovery needs beijing support singapore and indonesia have agreed to partially open their borders to each other the countries had closed them to stop the spread of coronavirus now people on essential or official business will be allowed to cross over in an easier has one of the highest coated 19 case rates in the entire region for the 1st time israel's army has deployed its medical corps to help treat civilians a pa

and deep on certainty that kyrgyzstan has suffered in recent weeks is not over yet charles trafford al-jazeera bishkek israel has approved the construction of thousands more illegal settler homes in the occupied west bank and brings the total number of homes approved to almost $5000.00 over the past 2 days the palestinian leadership has condemned the move as of us time settlers homes have been authorized since israel suspended plans to annex palestinian land as part of a deal with the u.a.e. made abraham has moved from bethlehem in the occupied west bank. the number of illegal israeli settlement units promoted this year is the largest in nearly a decade both students say that the israeli government is emboldened by the trump administration settlement activity has increased by 25 percent since trump took office one of the largest expansions and the latest israeli decision is in this supplement over here built over the lands of delaware as a village near bethlehem over 950 new units will establish a neighborhood that is larger than the settlement itself they moved. to build this certainly but. a

country deeply oppose the political crisis and uncertainty in kyrgyzstan is not over yet charles trafford al-jazeera bishkek. the been scuffles between type police and anti-government protesters who have defied a ban on public gatherings. the demonstrations in central bangkok come a day after time's government announced the ban through an emergency decree but failed to quell the growing protest movement which is calling for the prime minister's resignation and reforms to the monarchy will provide a minimum is a time a political commentator she says the growing anger goes beyond disappointment with the government. there has been boiling sentiment on how the situation have been handled so i think that the protests have shown that the deep the depth of the anger and frustration of people in bangkok particularly the protest or the youth sentiments have been going on since before the cause it struck back in earlier this year. and the reason that it's growing more i think it partly reflects the frustration that the economic impact of corbett has also affected their economic wellbeing of the student and al

kyrgyzstan areas that experts say have repeatedly been ignored by governments in the past charles trafford al-jazeera you see cool kyrgyzstan. still to come on the news hour including tension in guinea head of sunday's presidential election got a live update from our correspondent in senegal i suppose former defense minister has been arrested in the u.s. we'll be live in mexico city. and installed the atlanta braves as one win away from the world series back story. live. more than a 1000 prisoners who have been on the frontlines of yemen civil war have returned to the capital in the past 2 days the last 2 planes carrying her thief i think is being held by the saudi television arrived in some way on friday another plane carrying coalition fighters arrived from the southern port city of aden after leaving some swap is seen as a trust building measure aimed at reviving peace talks from the latter airport where the phrase how things have been arriving. this plane has just touched down on the runway of some international. borders 100. just returned from prison tonight. also just being backed by the saudi

and deep on certainty that kyrgyzstan has suffered in recent weeks is not over yet charles trafford al-jazeera bishkek. the coal for a herd immunity approach to tackling the corona virus has been dividing opinions lately there have been open letters published on both sides of the debate but what is herd immunity well it's the idea that a population can be protected from a virus if enough people in the community develop in unity either through vaccination or exposure the immune members of the herd protect those who have not yet been exposed proponents argue that because most people who are infected by the corona virus suffer no symptoms let alone become ill or die the virus should be allowed to run through the community and checked while vulnerable people are protected critics and that includes the world health organization argued that with the death rate of about 2.6 percent encouraging the virus to spread would lead to an enormous number of deaths well let's get more on this now with dr tom frieden he's president and chief executive of the u.s. group resolve to save lives and former head of t

again the majority so a bit of criticism around that well trafford great to get your thoughts thank you very much indeed for talking to al jazeera will now aid workers say dozens of people have died in central vietnam in landslides triggered by typhoon mullard the army has been deployed in affected areas to help search for survivors it's one of the most powerful storms to hit the country in 2 decades millions of people have been left without electricity more than 50000 homes have been badly damaged from snowy reports. typhoon larvae is one of the worst type foods to hit to be in 20 years it lashed the central region with heavy rain causing floods and setting off landslides hundreds of soldiers have been deployed to the worst hit areas to help and search for missing people in the we must reach the landslide the fastest way 1st sending more soldiers before we can get the big machinery that we have to reach there by all means including using helicopters this village is blocked off and bulldozers and excavators are being used to open a road. 2 fishing boats also sank off the coast of vietnam as the typhoon approached this region is