displaced by the war to a refugee camp in syria's last rebel stronghold also coming up brazil's workers' party declares its candidate for october's presidential election and it's not lula da silva instead former mayor of cell paolo. takes the reins from the political i go off and hurricane florence on a collision course with the east coast of the united states presidents from virginia to south carolina are moving inland bracing for the wrath of a category four storm. gough it's good to have you with us tonight turkey is calling on the world to wake up to what is about to happen in syria in the u.s. newspaper the wall street journal turkish president. writes that the entire world stands to pay the price. a ban of salt on syria's if province and he adds the consequences of inaction will be immense president everyone's warning comes as tens of thousands of people flee to escape the syrian and russian forces preparing to take the final rebel stronghold the u.n. says scores of people have been killed more than thirty thousand displaced in northwest syria in the past week alone many fear that the as

another top leading members of the workers' party including former president. also expected to be here but this was supposed to have been announced more than an hour ago and people are beginning to wonder why it hasn't happened yet there is an injunction request that still in place but we understand that there has been no response to that and so the party did forward or at least announced that they would be making. their presidential candidate but for these people. it is really rule out who is still their candidate and in fact the slogan they're shouting isn't had that prince either. is innocent and lives so he's basically a stand in a substitute for lula when they still regard as their leader and he says he will continue to fight for his innocence continue to appeal the sentence but the time has run out for registering a candidate that intra day and so had bad as it is now going to be the workers' party candidate and so how is this likely to impact the election given newness continued popularity in the country because. that is the fifty million dollar question

candidate sometime today but that is not so clear anymore it seems that the top brass of the workers' party will be meeting on tuesday to make that formal announcement this according to party insiders still the meeting continues we understand that they are discussing the terms under which this change changing of the guard would take place what exactly would be said to the brazilian people a less her possibly from lula to the workers' party to his supporters and to the rest of brazilians now that he has apparently lost all of his attempts to appeal his conviction that will prevent him from running in this presidential election on the seventh of october. a former cambodian opposition leader has been released from prison and placed under house arrest was arrested a year ago for treason but is yet to go on trial when he has more from bangkok. after spending a year in a remote prison camp was finally able to return home but he's not free as cambodians awoke to news the opposition leader was released on bail and placed under house arrest a small number of supporters and media gathered outside his

it's a race against time for former president lula da silva and his workers party this is the federal police facility where the former president is serving out a twelve year prison sentence and it's here that the would be presidential candidate spent the day meeting with his running mates for a number had that it was widely expected that lula would give him a letter naming him as his successor to allow him to register in his stead as the party's candidate before a tuesday evening deadline for doing so runs out. outside supporters who've been camped out in front of the prison facility remained on vigil. made them . we vote for lula's ideals we have a program for our country. it's the same thing for us because we are voting for a program but instead of a new candidate what they got was the message there is still not giving up hoping against the odds that one of two supreme court appeals that he still has open will overturn an electoral court decision barring from running experts say it's highly unlikely that this will happen although legally lula still has options unless there's a favor

still followers remain optimistic that the workers' party can still win. dismissed. the surveys show that president lula is capable of transferring votes to someone else. we're voting for even if the picture on the ballot shows fernandez. with elections just weeks away it looks like brazil's political crisis isn't going to end anytime soon. while the brazilian workers party's new presidential candidate is not doing too well in the polls the latest survey shows how with only eight percent support the country's far right candidate. who you might remember was stabbed during a campaign rally last week while he leads the polls taking twenty six percent of first round votes in simulated runoff scenarios both was in a technical tie with all major rivals. now across to nigeria where navigating the waters of the nation's ports can be a perilous undertaking for a fisherman because of shipwrecks flying just below the surface. to lagos to meet some of the people affected by the maritime garbage and to find out why nigeria has become a dumping ground for disused ships. one of the

it's a race against time for former president lula da silva and his workers party this is the federal police facility where the former president is serving out a twelve year prison sentence and it's here that the would be presidential candidate spent the day meeting with his running mate for the hard that it was widely expected that lula would give him a letter naming him as his successor to allow him to register in his stead as the party's candidate before a tuesday evening deadline for doing so runs out. outside supporters who've been camped out in front of the prison facility remained on vigil. made them . we vote for lula's ideals we have a program for our country. it's the same thing for us because we are voting for a program but instead of a new candidate what they got was the message that is still not giving up hope against the odds that one of two supreme court appeals that he still has open will overturn an electoral court decision barring from running experts say it's highly unlikely that this will happen although legally lula still has options unless there's a favorable dec

well now to brazil where the former president was a nasty to silver has been replaced as the workers' party candidate in the october elections is running mate in form of. doug will take his place instead let's get more on this now from our last in america at least in human who joins us from could it why lula is currently in jail you see a we finally have confirmation that will not be participating in the presidential race what's been the reaction there that's right mariama took several hours hundreds and hundreds of supporters of president of the former president lula and members high ranking members of the workers' party including former president rousseff or out here to read the letter written to the people of brazil by lula he sounded as defiant very very much in his character maryam and he said that he repeated rather that he was innocent that he has been unjustly imprisoned and charged for a crime he did not commit and then he said if they think that they are going to silence me they are very very much mistaken my voice for social justice would continue now my name is had died referrin

brazil's jailed former president louis ignacio lula da silva has been replaced as the workers' party candidate for next month's presidential election the former mayor of san paolo fernando her dad will now represent the party lula was topping the opinion polls but has been barred from contesting because of a corruption conviction but he's vowing to continue legal efforts to get on to the ballot paper you see in human reports from. was it was choreographed for maximum political and emotional impact in front of the detention center where former president lula da silva is serving a twelve year sentence for corruption a defiant message from him to the brazilian people was read out by a member of his workers' party. i am asking the party that fernando had dug who until now was my lord running mate substitute me as a presidential candidate he'll be my representative in this battle if they think they have silenced my voice for social justice they are very mistaken now our name is a dud. in actual fact it's the nunda had that will have to try to fill the shoes of brazil still most popular pol

brazil's workers party has replaced a candidate to take over from the jailed lula da silva.ormer sao paulo mayor fernando haddad. he now takes the reins from the ex-president who reportedly made the decision from his prison cell. lula hopes a groundswell of support following his incarceration will carry haddad to success. he remains very popular. reporter: every morning at 9:00 it is the same routine. followers say good morning to da silva. they had been turning up here for the past five months, convinced the former president has been wrongly imprisoned. they say it is all part of a political plan. >> the judiciary and parliament have carried out a coup against brazil. they remove the president from office you have been legitimately elected with 54 million votes. their goal was only to remove her, but also to keep resident lula away from these elections. reporter: the other 20 campers share this conviction. they take turns at the vigil here at camp lula outside the prison where they former president is being held. ironically, it is a threat -- prison lula himself inaugurated

it started when the middle class that traditionally supported lula's workers' party became increasingly disillusioned with his leadership. this research get that balance the. people who work like i do don't support lula. the will vote on the he subsidizes families cooking gas and whatever else he's simply buying the poor equal that was published by barring loon off from running as presidential candidate brazil's top electoral court has forced his party onto the back foot still lula's followers remain optimistic that the workers' party can still win. this one was to kill the surveys show that president lula is capable of transferring votes to someone else or you lost the most. we're voting for lula even if the picture on the ballot shows fernando had. a series of. with elections just weeks away it looks like brazil's political crisis isn't going to end anytime soon. now to nigeria or navigating the waters of the nation's ports can be a perilous undertaking for a fisherman because of shipwrecks lying just below the surface. went to lagos to meet some of the people affected by the maritime

are some breaking news out of brazil this way the workers' party has announced that fernando had diedthe vice president of the party will be its candidates for october's presidential election former president releasing a silver had been hoping to run as a body scan is it but had been barred by the top court because of corruption crimes that he was facing a corruption conviction against hope. to run for the presidency but now the workers' party has decided to appoint fernando adat the vice president of the workers' party as its candidate for next month's election we'll have more on this story when we speak to our latin america jealousy and human in the next hour here on al-jazeera moving on and rallies are being held across catalonia in spain to mark the region's national day hundreds of thousands of people are on the streets of buffalo now calling for a binding independence referendum catalonia sparked a constitutional crisis last year when a majority of citizens there voted to separate from spain but that referendum was non-binding the central government refused to accept the result

as the presidential candidate of the workers' party he called on the brazilian people to support him in his name he said that from now on all brazilians are. clearly had. the kind of standing for the former president who still has immense popular support but now cannot run he has been barred from doing so because he he is in prison another interesting point is that i had said that the people of brazil will of course be very very sad there were many people cry. in fact that he himself was very very upset but that he will do everything he can to fill the shoes of the bigger than life. the rain celebrations offer the reopening of a joint border crossing on the road which links the capitals of ethiopia and eritrea that had been close for twenty years since of war between the two countries the conflict that in one thousand nine hundred eight all of a dispute in the same border area well those are the headlines on al jazeera death by design continues next. to my grandpa who dies and companies in the system is youngest about to do it has died and fifteen others were injured after an explosi

will be the workers' party candidates in next month's vote. bracing for hurricane florence more than a million people are ordered to move away from the u.s. east coast. expressing through him oh jeez a new exhibition in london looks at how the symbols could be used in the fight against malaria. the u.n. secretary general is warning of a full scale military offensive in syria's province that could unleash a humanitarian disaster of a scale not previously seen during the war. says that it could become a bloodbath the united nations security council has been meeting to discuss the issue meanwhile in geneva the u.n. special envoy to syria staffan de mistura has been holding talks with representatives from turkey russia and iran our diplomatic editor james bays reports from the u.n. headquarters in new york these were the strongest comments yet by the secretary general on the situation in he warned that if there was an all out assault it would be the worst thing to happen in the syrian war which is already lost more than seventy. is the last so-cal

it started when the middle class that traditionally supported lula's workers' party became increasinglydisillusioned with his leadership. this research get that balance people. who work like i do don't support lula. he subsidized his family's cooking gas and whatever else he simply buying the poor equal that was bobby's by boring lou not from running as presidential candidate brazil's top electoral court has forced his party onto the back foot still lose followers remain optimistic that the workers' party can still win. dismissed. this survey show that president lula is capable of transferring votes to someone else. you know. we're voting for a little even if the picture on the ballot shows fernandez. fault. with elections just weeks away it looks like brazil's political crisis isn't going to end anytime soon. oh well you're watching t w news live from berlin still to come hurricane florence is speeding towards the east coast of the united states and authorities are warning it's going to hit the region head on . big headaches for folks there but first we're going to talk about business

from there, the workers party was born.y three times before eventually being elected in 2002. committed to prioritise in the poon 2002. committed to prioritise in the poor, he led brazil during a period of unprecedented economic growth, that gave him money to spend on social programmes, lifting millions out of poverty. that helps to explain his enduring popularity. they identify with him because he is one of them. coming from the poor section and then a metalworker and then all the way to the presidency. without departing from his origin. but the good times that of last forever, the economy slowed and protest over dirty politics grew. politicians of all stripes in brazil have been accused of corruption in operation car wash, the country ‘s largest ever investigation of its kind, including a man who said he was different from all the rest. in 2018, he was sentenced to 12 years in prison. from the metal workers union where he began his career, he gave his last speech. translation: union where he began his career, he gave his

settlements brazil's jailed former president luiz inacio lula da silva has been replaced as the workers' party candidate in next month's presidential election the former mayor of san paolo often and her dad will now represent the party on the ballot was barred from contesting because of a corruption conviction a latin america editor lucien newman has more from could achieve when lula's in prison. the emotional announcement was made in front of the detention center where lula da silva is serving out his twelve year prison sentence for corruption it came in the form of a letter that lula had given to a member of his political party the workers' party addressed to the people of brazil in it he repeated that he was in a sense that he was a victim of the travesty of justice and that he would continue to fight for his freedom but that right now there was no other option than to name his until now a running mate for the had that as the presidential candidate of the workers' party he called on the brazilian people to support him in his name he said that from now on all brazilians are had died that is

brazil's former president always an ass only with the silver has been replaced as the workers' partycandidate in the all tobar elections his running mate and former south palin mayor fernando dad will take his place instead and asked america at its release in human has more from credit tiba where the former president is being held in prison. but took several hours hundreds and hundreds of supporters of president of the former president lula and members of high ranking members of the workers' party including former president rousseff or out here to read the letter written to the people of brazil by lula he sounded as saying gree defiant very very much in his character when he said that he repeated rather that he was innocent that he has been unjustly imprisoned and charged for a crime he did not commit and then he said if they think that they are going to silence me they are very very much mistaken my voice for social justice would continue now my name is had died referring of course to the number had died who had been until just a few hours ago his vice presidential candidate people

as the presidential candidate of the workers' party he called on the brazilian people to support him in his name he said that from now on all brazilians are had died that. clearly had died it is the kind standing now for the former president who still has immense popular support but who now cannot run he has been barred from doing so because he is in prison another interesting point is that had said that the people of brazil will of course be very very sad there were many people crying in fact that he himself was very very upset but that he will do everything he can to fill the shoes of the bigger than life. the number of people killed in tuesday's suicide bomb attack in afghanistan has risen to sixty eight more than one hundred others were injured in the blast needed to learn about the couple of province the attack targeted protesters who gathered to demand the resignation of a local police commander for those that have more news for you after the people's health next. seven billion people live on planet earth and every year six point five trillion dollars is spent keeping them heal

will be the workers' party candidate in next month's vote bracing for more than a million people are ordered to evacuate the u.s. east coast and expressing through him oh jeez a new exhibition in london looks at how the symbols could be used in the fight against malaria. and efforts to avert a full scale military assault on syria's last rebel held province are underway in new york and geneva the united nations secretary general is warning that it could become a bloodbath. says an expected offensive by government and russian forces could cause a humanitarian disaster on the scale not previously seen during the seven year war meanwhile in geneva the u.n. special envoy to syria has to fond of a stew or has been in talks with representatives from turkey russia and iran as against an attack but moscow and pay it on said the province must be cleared of what they call the terror groups an adlib itself syrians fleeing the looming assault have begun arriving in villages near the turkish border we'll hear more on that shortly but first our diplomatic editor james bays has more on the talks in

the workers' party will have to make they may delay this decision until the very end they may decide ok tomorrow they are after to replace wit didn't we do we know who will replace him as the head of the ticket is the former mayor of bottle fed alone to have that but this is a decision of the former president and his political party have to make so what happens to lula now is this the end of his political career paula. well we don't know that he what happens now is that he's going to continue to serve twelve years sent as. he was. was returned to guess him we're here to sear whether disses day and offer his career we don't know for he says his replacement former mayor also paul fed another will have died good very well when little action and try to commute his sentence this would go through the courts again. it does not have the power of pardon and it's a political calculation on their part but it shows that brazil for all its flaws is a country where the rule of law applies ok paul a final quick thought from you i mean luna has a huge amount of grassroots support across brazil how h

he was a founding member of brazil's workers' party he fought and lost three presidential elections before finally winning the presidency in two thousand and two says an economic boom in brazil hope fuel his leftist reforms over two terms he's credited with lifting at least thirty million brazilians out of poverty when he was constitutionally barred from running for a third consecutive term new lohan picked his chief of staff. as his successor. and left office in two thousand and eleven with record approval ratings above eighty percent but his popularity wasn't enough to protect him in two thousand and seventeen he was convicted of receiving a seaside apartment from a construction company part of a sprawling bribe scheme connected to a state owned oil company petrobras and. he became the biggest figure to fall in the us nicknamed operation carwash an investigation into money laundering i . own. taint he is innocent and a victim of a campaign he says is meant to prevent him from standing in presidential elections that many believe he would have won his supporters hold a religious like faith

brazil's jailed former presidential reason arceo lula da silva has been replaced as the workers' party candidate for next month's presidential election the former mayor of south paulo fernando huddled has the difficult task of taking over from him. topping opinion polls and says he'll continue legal efforts to get on the ballot paper he's been barred from entering the race because of a corruption conviction let's go to our latin america editor lucien human now she is joining us live from could achieve at the southern city where there's been jailed so he's out of the race but it would be uncharacteristically sea of blue letter just fade away. you are absolutely right the announcement that you just mentioned was made at a very emotional kind of ceremony held exactly in front of the detention center where lula is serving out his twelve year sentence for corruption in it he a member of his party wrote out a letter that lula had sent a defiant letter that was read out to the brazilian people in which he repeated that his sentence had been a travesty of justice that he was innocent but that

it's a race against time for former president lula da silva and his workers party this is the federal police facility where the former president is serving out a twelve year prison sentence and it's here that the would be presidential candidate spent the day meeting with his running mate fernando had that it was widely expected that lula would give him a letter naming him as his successor to allow him to register in his stead as the party's candidate before a tuesday evening deadline for doing so runs out. outside supporters who've been camped out in front of the prison facility remained on vigil. oh the man made them. we vote for lula's ideals we have a program for our country voting had. it's the same thing for us because we are voting for a program but instead of a new candidate but they got was the message there is still not giving up hoping against the odds that one of two superior court appeals that he still has open will overturn an.

brazil's workers' party replaces the founder and former president always a nasty over as that presidential candidate. in doha with sport sets all racism a call to. the u.s. open calls are proof that and more coming up later in the program. the european parliament has been debating whether to strip hungry of its european union voting rights ad of a vote on wednesday there are major concerns over the direction the government has been taking particularly on immigration issues but as natasha now reports from strasburg on garrion prime minister is strongly defending his position. victor oban arrived in strasburg to defend himself and his far right policies as any piece debated punishing hungary for breaching evaluates the prime minister accused the european parliament of blackmail or doesn't of hungry does not give in to blackmail hungry will defend its borders stop illegal migration and will defend its rights that can be no compromise some enemy peace say that obama's anti immigration an anti e.u. government is violating the rule of law and human rights at the height of europe's migration cris

time for former president lula da silva and his workers party this is the federal police facility where the former president is serving out a twelve year prison sentence and it's here that the would be presidential candidate spent the day meeting with his running mate fernando had that it was widely expected that lula would give him a letter naming him as his successor to allow him to register in his stead as the party's candidate before a tuesday evening deadline for doing so runs out. outside supporters who've been camped out in front of the prison facility remained on vigil. oh the man made them. we vote for liz ideals we have a program for our country voting had died it's the same thing for us because we are voting for a program but instead of a new candidate but they got was the message that lula is still not giving up hoping against the odds that one of two superior court appeals that he still has open will overturn an electoral court decision barring from running experts say it's highly unlikely that this will happen although legally lula still has options unless there's a favora

corruption a defiant message from him to the brazilian people was read out by a member of his workers' party who own the lives. i am the party that fernando had dug who until now was one lol running mate substitute me as a presidential candidate he'll be my representative in this battle if they think they have silenced my voice to social justice they are very mistaken now our name is a dud. i in actual fact it's the none to hide that paul would have to try to fill the shoes of brazil still most popular politician many flip back their tears as he was named. we all share the same pain but not time to go home downtrodden it's time to go with our heads held high and win this election when does a lection end. there. but it's unclear how much of lula's popularity can be transferred to her dad former mayor who is now being investigated for electoral corruption allegedly committed in two thousand and twelve he denies the charges for the superstitious was jinxed from the onset his party's number on the ballot is thirteen i'm lucky or not. to continue. in what's left of this campaign i can play no lon

. : wereto the workers party dissatisfied with his -- some of his policies. was a mane saying he within the workers party that was very much inclined to talk with the middle class and to serve more with the middle classes and attention. psychopaths, culture, he was very strong on this. paths, culture, he was very strong on this. he's leaning more towards the middle classes that other people be thee in the race to shadow. them mosts one of popular is not the most popular politicians in brazil. replace any way he can him? hero, aula is a popular man of the people, whose history is very strong and the hearts of many brazilians, he is not replaceable. god has less charisma, but i think he is going to capitalize on the charisma of lula and at the same time, try not to appear as a puppet and to man,that he is his own that he has differences and in that way trying to appeal to different sectors of the electorate to be able to win this race. at the very least, to reach the second round, second to the actual leader in the polls, who is on the extreme right of politics

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the workers' party and lula himself are still hoping against all the odds that the court will pick up a united nations appeal to brazil to allow the president former president to a run but that is a long could take the court weeks or months even debate that united nations and in the meantime there are a liberal calendars that have to be respected that means that her dad would have to be would have to be registered as an alternative candidate by late tuesday and if he is not then himself would have to be accepted as the candidate on the seventeenth of september that means that this is a very very high stakes bet that's taking place right now the party the workers' party is going to be meeting on wednesday on tuesday rather to decide exactly what its strategy will be russia and japan say that working toward signing a peace treaty should formally end second world war hostilities russian president vladimir putin the japanese prime minister shinzo army made the comments after meeting in vladivostok on the sidelines of the east an economic forum a decades long dispute over an island chain b

it's a race against time for former president lula da silva and his workers party this is the federal police facility where the former president is serving out a twelve year prison sentence and it's here that the would be presidential candidate spent the day meeting with his running mate fernando had that it was widely expected that lula would give him a letter naming him as his successor to allow him to register in his stead as the party's candidate before a tuesday evening deadline for doing so runs out. outside supporters who've been camped out in front of the prison facility remained on vigil. oh the man made them. we vote for lula's ideals we have a program for our country voting for dot voting it's the same thing for us because we are voting for a program but instead of a new candidate but they got was the message that is still not giving up hoping against the odds that one of two superior court appeals that he still has open will overturn an electoral court decision. ringing from running experts say it's highly unlikely that this will happen although legally lula still has opti

i think there will also be discussions about the kurdish workers party the p.k. k. those discussions will take place between mr. frohman but i don't think they're going to disclose the outcome of those discussions to the public at this point in time ok the p.k. k. the band kurdish workers party very much involved in protests today here in berlin let's go to our correspondent rupert devolved covering those protests right now. rupert if we could ask you what's happening where you are as the protesters prepare to take to the streets of berlin with the turkish president about to arrive at bellevue palace which we're seeing in our are live pictures there as well. yes we are here at bellevue played at palace or as close as normal people can get right now because this place here has been completely sealed off by billin police on this.

the band of kurdish workers party very much involved in protests today here in berlin let's go to our correspondent. covering those protests are right now. rupert's if we can ask you what's happening where you are as the protesters prepare to take to the streets of berlin with the turkish president about to arrive at bellevue palace which we're seeing in our are live pictures there as well yes we are here palace or as close as normal people can get right now because this place here has been completely sealed off by bulletin police and some protesters have made it here to the to this place here looks about like twenty or thirty people from the society for threatened people which is a small human rights group who are protesting against this visit of president out on this is just the beginning of all the protests we're going to see in berlin today that several protests marches which have been set to take place today one of them has been organized by journalists groups german journalist group which is going to take place this midday and then there's going to be a very big march in the aft

it's a race against time for former president lula da silva and his workers party this is the federal police facility where the former president is serving out a twelve year prison sentence and it's here that the would be presidential candidate spent the day meeting with his running mate for the hard that it was widely expected that lula would give him a letter naming him as his successor to allow him to register in his stead as the party's candidate before a tuesday evening deadline for doing so runs out o. . outside supporters who've been camped out in front of the prison facility remained on vigil below them and made them. we vote for lula's ideals we have a program for our country voting had. it's the same thing for us because we are voting for a program. to break into that for poor chief negotiator saeb erekat speaking now regarding the u.s. closure of the washington p.l.o. mission office let's take a listen. criminal exposure to the israeli leadership occupation forces and officials who seek to betray it for their war crimes and crimes against humanity through the forcible trans

candidate sometime today but that is not so clear anymore it seems that the top brass of the workers' party will be meeting on tuesday to make that formal announcement this according to party insiders still the meeting continues we understand that they are discussing the terms under which this change changing of the guard would take place what exactly would be said to the brazilian people a letter of possibly from to the workers' party to his supporters and to the rest of brazilians now that he has apparently lost all of his attempts to appeal his conviction that will prevent him from running in this presidential election on the seventh of october. more than one child is dying every minute from hunger in war zones startling conclusion is at the heart of a new report by the charity save the children it warns that starvation is being increasingly used as a weapon of war victoria geisha reports. in towns and cities across syria loyal to president bush on. a surrender all stop strategy against civilians in rebel held areas eastern ghouta is now under government control but earlier this year fou

values brazil's workers' party has agreed to court orders and replace the former president and he's an asshole lunatic silver with these sour powder for nanda her dad as it's candidate for the october elections serving a twelve year sentence for corruption. and the situation in ad lib is under the spotlight at the united nations where russia requested a meeting to brief members of syrian forces backed by russia and iran are preparing for an all out military assault on the last rebel held province. in other stories we're watching at least thirty two civilians have been killed in a suicide attack in eastern afghanistan this happened during a large protest against the local police in the province of manga more than a hundred twenty people were injured the taliban has denied any involvement. now to zimbabwe where a cholera emergency has been declared in the capital after twenty people died and a further two thousand were infected with the disease it's led to many fairing a repeat of the outbreak that killed thousands in two thousand and eight armor toss as more from harare patients who are

eight hours brazil's jailed former president louis ignacio lula da silva has been replaced as the workers' party candidate for next month's presidential election before mare of sao paolo fun and her dad will now represent the party on the ballot who that was topping the opinion polls but was barred from contesting because of a corruption conviction at least sixty eight people have been killed in a suicide bomb attack on a large crowd of protesters in afghanistan one hundred others were injured in the blast near jalalabad which is the capital of province the protesters had gathered to demand the resignation of a local police commander. as the headlines i'll be back with more news for you in a little over twenty five but it's on al-jazeera after this week's edition of listening post. millions of dollars has been stolen in a scam that starts in the philippines and stretches across the globe. exclusive access to this country underworld to a criminal turned whistleblower on al-jazeera. a court has sentenced to turn once for four years to. work out. a strike to. make twenty two point archie i say. hel

eight hours brazil's jailed former president luis ignacio lula da silva has been replaced as the workers' party candidate for next month's presidential election a former mare of sao paolo founder her dad will now represent the party on the ballot lula was topping the opinion polls but was barred from contesting because of a corruption conviction. at least thirty two people have been killed in a suicide bomb attack on a large crowd of protesters in afghanistan more than one hundred others were injured in the blast near jalalabad the capital of the province the protesters have gathered to demand the resignation of a local police commander. activists are holding a city to try to prevent the demolition of the bedouin village in the occupied west bank israel's top court approved the destruction of col amar village last week it's expected that the land will be used to expand israeli settlements. as the headlines i'll be back with more news for you a little over twenty five but it's what i have to talk to just zero with bobby wine next. an instantly shifting news cycle of the regime change in america

they are discussing just what will be said at a meeting on tuesday with the top brass of the workers' party where apparently and this we're getting from party insiders apparently they will make the official announcement that will be stepping down and ceding his presidential candidacy to the vice presidential candidate this is being dragged out very slowly there seems to be a great reluctance to get this moving forward but that's just the way it is right now a lot of you know a lot of not suspicion but a lot of. questions about why this is taking so long that was going to make my next question do you as you see they're dragging this out i mean has lost every single appeal so far why doesn't he just pass on the baton before it's too late or they're losing time here are they not. exactly well you know this exactly the campaign is underway they've already lost so much time with lula here he hasn't been able to campaign in public unlike his the other presidential candidates one of the reasons could be that lula is a fighter he is very reluctant to give up until until he's absolutely tried every

presidential race his running mate former mayor fernando dungey will now take place at the top of the workers' partyticket had been campaigning for the presidency from behind bars despite facing several corruption trial says hundreds of thousands of catalans have taken to the streets of barcelona to demand it. pendants from spain the protests is time to market catalonia as national day protesters are also calling for regional separatist leaders to be freed from prison they're currently awaiting trial for their part in catalonia has failed bid to break away from madrid last year. the people of ghana are paying their final respects to former u.n. secretary general kofi anon his coffin is lying in state in the capital that nobel peace laureate who grew up in ghana will be given a state funeral on saturday he died in switzerland last month at the age of eight. well tonight hungary's prime minister viktor orban is accusing the european union of trying to blackmail his country over its treatment of migrants the european parliament is debating whether or not to sink should hungary for what it calls the ero