That proposed safety zone. As to forces have moved out from that area when you have threats from president heard of one saying that effectively in 48 hours this temporary cease fire. Aims and if those s. T. s forces havent been havent left that area in full military operations will resume draws great great attention to the concerns of United Nations and aid agencies for the work in this area the pension potentially hundreds of thousands more civilians that will be trapped in another conflict zone. A weather update bank stay on that will tell you why most of the front pages of a strain has newspapers look like this on monday morning. And into the sea a stroke away is sworn in for a 2nd and presents an ambitious plan to address antigovernment protests. Hello there we have some rain showers across sections of the middle east you can see the cloud in the last few hours weve seen since got of thunderstorms as well that continue to work their way eastwards over the next couple of days now monday some fairly widespread rain through central and eastern turkey pushing eastwards into Northern Iraq all of it towards iran as well temperatures a little bit lower because of this rain and this cloud and then choose day it sings for the south was all there is unlike youll get a shower across into baghdad but a high time to the 34 celsius and again itll actually clear away from the eastern and of the mediterranean 21 in kabul and the same fairly clear cloudy skies now across the Arabian Peninsula weve got temperatures had generally in the mid to low thirtys and again things beginning to fill back to the limited levels have been coming down steadily so very little change monday into tuesday 31 celsius in moscow 35 over in doha and then we had down into Southern Africa a dry couple of days ahead into madagascar also mozambique dry as we go through monday maybe just a few showers really on that fall south coast of south africa but staying dry in cape town at 20 celsius durban a bit of an unsettled flow for the next couple days so the chance to some showers cooler on choose day and thunderstorms and john is the 32. The weather sponsored by qatar and. Every weekly news cycle brings a series of breaking stories during the listening palin city as we turn the cameras on the media when the Intelligence Services control much of egyptian media it becomes an extension of the arm of the president and focus on how they would call it on the stories that matter the most getting an accurate informative story out of there is not easy they pose it too late we already had the information theyre listening pounced on aljazeera. Hello again this is aljazeera the 2nd mother to remind you of the main news this hour protests in lebanon continue to grow despite reports that the main Political Parties are close to agreeing on a package of Economic Reforms so they saw the largest rally a substantial stray sions began 4 days ago. Government has extended a nighttime curfew to cities across the country its in response to violent protests against the cost of living at least 8. 00 people have died in the rest of the early results of bolivias president ial election showing come but everyone alice ahead of rival carlos massa but it appears that neither has secured an outright win which means theyll likely be a runoff in december. Britains government is expected to try to put its new brigs that deal before parliament for a vote this week could happen as early as monday on sunday the European Union said it had received u. K. Prime minister Boris Johnsons lessa asking for a 3 month extension. To the brigs that deadline of october 31st he was forced to send the letter after losing a crucial vote in parliament the future of Northern Ireland remains at the heart of the brigs of debates the Democratic Unionist Party is against the governments new plan the unionists unionists say that johnsons deal leaves Northern Ireland closely aligned to the republic of ireland something that they see as a threat to their identity as barca reports now from belfast. Police are investigating a bomb threat in a nationalist Neighborhood Homes are evacuated roads blocked Northern Irelands enjoyed 20 years of reconciliation between nationalists who identify as mainly Catholic Irish and unionists who define themselves as mainly protestant british but bracks it has put pressure on keeping the peace researchers have found that breaks it uncertainty is affecting peoples lives when asking about the prospect of a hard border has revealed that people are increasingly anxious in these terms and they use language such as heartbreaking appalling devastating disastrous not just because of their direct impact on their personal daily experience but also because they think its going to be enormously consequential for the stability of the Peace Process here. The irish border remains the central Sticking Point of brics it it separates Northern Ireland a part of the u. K. With the republic of ireland and e. U. Member its been opened and without checkpoints for 20 years both sides have benefited politically and economically. Part of brechts it means a return to the socalled hard border of the past with security barriers and watchtowers the armed Republican Group the new ira says it will attack the Prime Minister here. Prime minister Boyce Johnston says hes removed the need for a hard border by keeping Northern Ireland economically aligned with the e. U. And also the rest of the u. K. Some customs checks however will now be needed between mainland britain and Northern Ireland there are forms. That details and raise unionists any defense to the rest of the u. K. Is seen as a threat to their british identity the Democratic Unionist Party intend to vote against the deal in parliament while what are described as hardline unionists known as loyalists are threatening civil disobedience on a large scale if the deal goes through all she heads of unionism are opposed to this even though those who would be described as more moderate chance of unionism are opposed to us so i dont think any of us could ever accept us and what it means as it means an economically a United Ireland that means we are have to offer in the last of the united kingdom. Not only has brakes it put pressure on peace its put pressure on politics Northern Irelands power sharing government at stormont collapsed 2 and a half years ago over an alleged Corruption Scandal but uncertainty over breaks it has kept its politicians away despite its flaws the power sharing government remains hugely symbolic it was meant to be a chance for people from different walks of life from different political affiliations to Work Together to shape their futures together but it isnt working as it should be a reminder of how fragile peace can be nieve parker out jazeera belfast. Pro independence supporters in catalonia have protested for a 7th night theyre angry over the jailing of a separate set of separatist leaders who organized a band independence referendum 2 years ago the mayor of barcelona the regional capital has appeared calm hundreds of counterprotests is also out in force they want catalonia to remain a part of spain Charlie Absalom reports now from bosler these Pro Independence demonstrators have spent the last 6 hours marching through the city of basra not occupying various points south saying along the way to catalonia against fascism free the Political Prisoners and singing the council and not. The police have flung back the presence of the u. S. Securities compared to other nights and the protests come to a standstill here outside the National Police headquarters in barcelona and thats because they want to express that anger against the National Police who they blame for the violence the barcelona has seen over the last 2 days for those injuries sustained by protesters for the 3 blind in one eye by a rubber bullet. You can hear the crowd is still buoyant and this is the 7th day of demonstrations in support of independence but there is another side to the story and we were peaceful rally for the prounion this side spaniards who believe passionately in the unity of spain which is of you held by 48 percent of consular indians and both sides tell me they feel like this issue of independence is really driving a wedge between them what they want to see is that this is a leader coming together sitting down and finding an end to this crisis in astronomy a people work to striking sides on monday morning the front page of every daily newspaper blacked out its part of a campaign to highlight government plans to penalize whistleblowers and silence some journalists and the fight for Media Freedom intensified in june after police raided this trainee of Broadcasting Corporation the home of a News Corp Journalist they were searching for leaked government documents that have been used in critical ports aljazeera as Andrew Thomas reports from sydney. This is a joined up campaign by all the Big Media Companies in australia this is the australian the nation my paper a stylus front page a secret stamp their unalterable made to look as though the whole things been redacted the rival Sydney Morning Herald looks very similar again are adapted out school that secret stamp theyre the tabloid Daily Telegraph and its the same with these papers all over the country and indeed with the t. V. News as well all the Media Companies are trying to mount a unified concerted effort to show what they say government interference in the media is doing they point to 75 pieces of legislation passed since 2001 a sensibly to do with National Security but laws that they say in fact straits the access of the people to information journalists rights to report this all came to a head in june with raids on 2 media organizations and individual journalists who work for the australia and the offices of the main a. B. C. The National Broadcaster both could publish stories about australias involvement in afghanistan stories the government didnt like and the Australian Federal police braided the offices and the home of a journalist to try and find out where those stories come from thats an a real chill through australias media same of journalists saying that they couldnt expect whistleblowers to come forward with information in the Public Interest if those whistleblowers feared that they could be prosecuted indeed the journalists themselves prosecuted for upholding what they were told what the News Organizations in australia calling for is reform of the laws so that they are able to report things when theyre in the Public Interest free of the threat of prosecution by australias place the government has consistently said that no one in australia is above the law that seems to be their mantra and thats what worries journalists as well they say that the should be some exceptions National Security laws when the Public Interest is at stake indonesias president has been sworn in for a 2nd joko widodo easily won reelection in april but since then theyve been violent protests over several issues right mcbride reports. Swearing in for a 2nd term indonesias president joko widodo and his Vice President my how to fight mean in his Reelection Campaign earlier this year jerko a as he is more popularly known increased his margin a victory over his rival as the inauguration was happening inside the Parliament Building his supporters were celebrating outside and you know i really loved because he is the perfect leader for us he is the president of the people but only has so much responsibility we have to appreciate what he has done for the scanty plans for a larger rally by his followers were scrapped because of security concerns Police Arrested what they say was a group of suspected suicide bombers in the run up to the ceremony thousands of security personnel were on duty in the capital. Despite remaining relatively popular recent weeks have been marred by violent protests. They were provoked by new laws including limiting the powers of indonesias Anti Corruption body in a country where corruption is regarded as an demick as well as limit some personal freedoms critics accuse jacoby of siding with indonesias elite at the expense of the people who elected him now people are asking him to act again demand people demand a whole indonesian in general because what option has been considered one of the biggest problem that we have other problems include air pollution from forest fires burning across indonesia and in the rest of provinces of papua and west papua police and protesters have been killed and injured in riots triggered by allegations of racial discrimination. While the president s credited with restoring stability the economy remains sluggish with a growing young population looking for jobs. But we have to transform the economy from depending on Natural Resources to compete in manufacturing and services that have higher folly in the name of social justice for all indonesians. Jacoby avoided any mention of the Anti Corruption protests and the violence in papua but he knows that if he cant improve peoples livelihoods then dissatisfaction could feed into further unrest bride al jazeera one of the natural wonders of the world is in the hills of north west and iran alley saga is the largest water filled cave anywhere it once could have been a candidate to become a unesco World Heritage site but not anymore a same as robbie reports villages say that commercialization is to blame dinosaurs still walked the earth when spring water began cutting through rock to create what is today the largest water filled cave in the world in the heart of hama down province elise other cave is an estimated 150000000 years old local historian say shepherds from a nearby village began using it for water and shelter around 900 years ago its been open to visitors since the 1970 s. Roughly the length of 280 olympic sized pool most of it is only accessible by boats in some places the water is so deep it could fit a 3 Story Building they got to the visitor numbers are controlled to protect the caves ecosystem bring food in is not allowed algae that gradually grows inside the cave due to body heat and light is controlled as well the 1st priority is preserving the cane then providing services to visitors provincial government has spent the last decade cashing in on the case pulling power with hopes of attracting even more visitors this is the largest part of a lease other cave that is open to the Public People that are mapping these caverns know that the network of tunnels keep going but much of this cave remains unexplored and inaccessible to preserve the delicate ecosystem some sections are off limits 3 restaurants that were once inside the cave were shut down to control pollution but using the cave as an economic engine to drive the local economy has led to the in evitable clash of humans and nature despite the best efforts of its caretakers there is evidence of commercial interests leading to environmental consequences thats. Almost 1000000 people visited the cave one of the items we look at the tourist sites is business to know as there was a naturally the government took some measures welcomed by tourists and open air mall souvenir shops cafes theme park rides a hotel even a celestial observatory all the 1st things visitors see when they step out of the car the entrance once you get to it looks less like the mouth of an ancient cave and more like an airport complete with ads for other attractions theres a nearby zoo visitors can go see next. People living in the village of say commercialization is what cost the community a chance at unesco World Heritage status. Last year a group came here from unesco but unfortunately they raised 2 shortcomings the entrance of the cave is ugly and needs to be. And the steps built inside the cave should have been made from the original materials to preserve its original form at the edge of the villages the original entrance to the cave abandoned buildings once a market now falling down while the village has experienced economic progress you know status is something that would have been a game changer for this Small Community the rush to replace the old with the new for those living here is a door that is now closed and an opportunity missed. Their village in Hama Province iran. The headlines on aljazeera protests in lebanon are growing despite reports that the main Political Parties are close to agreeing a package of Economic Reforms many people say the reforms simply arent enough Stephanie Decker reports from beirut. To be honest all people about it tonight. That it wasnt and that no we dont we dont care about their reforms we have a problem with the people who are running this country want them to change they lie to us who are they going to lie to i think its too little too late these protests are all very. And you know with a Party Atmosphere it certainly was on friday night night when the army came down hard used tear gas and also what you can and we were there so again with these things anything can change in a 2nd. Government has extended the nighttime curfew to cities across the country its in response to bot of protests against the living at least 8 people have died. Early results in bolivias president ial election show incumbent. But it appears that neither has secured an outright win which means theyll face a 2nd round of voting in december. In Syria Kurdish fighters and civilians are being evacuated from a strategic town near the border with turkey opening the way for Turkish Backed rebels to take over the kurds departure from ein is a major condition of a cease fire deal ankara wants to establish a socalled safe zone in the area trying to peddle supporters in catalonia protested for a 7th night theyre angry about the jailing of separatist leaders and their boss lerner the regional capital has appeared calm hundreds of counter protesters also arsen force they want catalonia to remain part of spain theres the headlines the news continues here on aljazeera after this weeks listening post next. Told to no jews there are. They dont believe in the 2 state solution the deal you still believe in the 2 state solution we listen what i said was that pakistan would never start a war im anti war we meet with global news makers and talk about the stories that matter on the edges their own. Border where Turkish Military action. Now. Caught by. Surprise with trolls or serious currents taking as a reply to. Hello im Richard Burton youre at the listening post here are some of the stories that were covering this week turkey launches a military offensive against kurds in syria. And a media offensive designed to justify it 2 years after the birth of the me too movement the stories keep coming in the us the suits at n. B. C. News have a lot of explaining to the media and the troubling depiction of skin color black face is a racist entertainment device still used across the middle east and in india dark faces are few and far between on the air or on the Silver Screen in the. Cease fire or no cease fire turkeys decision to change the military equation in syria to send fresh troops in to take on Kurdish Forces there just as the kurds American Allies and protectors pull out is a geo political game changer but its an extraordinarily complex story for journalists to unpick the talk in the western Media Outlets like n. B. C. Your own news the Washington Post has been of americans Double Crossing the kurds kurdish fears of a possible ethnic cleansing even a looming genocide the narrative that the heir to one government in on correct has tried to get out there that Kurdish Forces on its southern border pose a mortal threat. Been a lost on the western commentary president air towards messaging is far better received at home thanks in large part to domestic Media Outlets that learned long ago they criticize this government at their own peril even reporting or posting on this story online can be dangerous dozens of turks have been arrested for doing just that our starting point this week is the turkish syrian border. Throughout syrias civil war the countrys borders have not changed but the demographics within those borders have drastic. When the war began in 2011 serious kurdish minority was spread in pockets along the border with turkey over the 8 and a half years of fighting kurdish militias have gradually taken control of almost 400 kilometers of territory along that border the turkish government now looks at its Southern Front and sees potential enemies at the gates what it calls a terror block at its border it says it wants to turn that area d into a safe so a place refugees currently in turkey can relocate to in syria the turkish offensive has a lot to do specifically with turkeys policy regarding this one Kurdish Group known as Peoples Protection units thats also known as y p g a y p g is an offshoot of another Kurdish Group that is known as the p. K. K p k k is a designated terror entity theater as such not just by turkey but United States and all other nato allies so this was in turkeys attempt. To go after this group that did not just sit on supporters but many turks view as a sworn enemy of turkey starting from 2014 the syrian Kurdish Forces and marched on a project off establishing an autonomous kurdish region and. And from a turkish point of view there is the 1st step to establishing a kurdish state along turkeys border which is very frightening to turkey so in the turkish mind western Media Coverage of turkeys military incursion which is largely a pro kurdish is just delayed this indication that the western world does not understand turkeys security concerns. We conducted 4 interviews on the narratives driving the coverage of this story with turkish academics based in washington both are frequent critics of the early one government although one of them says the incursion into syria is justifiable we also spoke with an iranian american journalist working out of this town ball for a british newspaper and journalist academic and iraqi kurd now based in pennsylvania. The turkish government has really had a very Monumental Task crafting a narrative that would be convincing to the world Public Opinion and also to the International Sort of power circles the narrative is really focused on fighting terrorism we said we would never allow a terror corridor or to form on our border the other element of this narrative is really centered on the refugee crisis governments are really worried about a major influx of Syrian Refugees into europe are you prepared for what might in fact be a massacre a senior president ial aide. Was on c. N. N. Explaining why it is necessary for turkey to launch this intrusion this is not an operation against syria and the white equal to the which is the terrorist organization but she was still not as effective as the turkish government wish because this is a part of a larger problem and that problem. And is present i do on lost his credibility and the rising tour in the image and International Media is making things even harder well you know the kurds are theyre good fighters theyre great people and they have a lot of pride for their land where they are they are seen as Freedom Fighters in the western media so i think its making it very difficult for the turkish government to convince the International Community that this is a just war the thing is northeast syria was mostly stable until a couple weeks ago yeah there was a little bit of trouble theres some questions about the administration of northeast syria but it wasnt like an imminent crisis and when you start a war like that it becomes a sort of a war of choice and so i think the turks are discovering what the israelis discover every time they make an incursion into gaza or 11 on when you launch a full scale operation like this and theres no imminent dire threat youre the burden of kind of explaining it to the world is on you and not the people that youre at war with. In its dealings with the International Media the heir to one government is also dealing with a case of journalistic blowback. According to the new york based committee to protect journalists turkey has jailed more media workers than any country on the planet a failed coup 4 years ago accelerated a crackdown on journalism that was already well underway the online space offers no real refuge dozens of turks have been arrested for posting criticisms of this military operation. And the turkish government that has treated its own journalists unjustly says it is now failing to get a fair hearing from international Media Outlets. That are suspicious of just about anything on caressa says or does. The biggest challenge for turkey is that because the limitations inside the country and freedom of expression and freedom of media are so severe outside observers often dismiss any story that comes out turkey as spin as unreliable as fabricated by the government turkish correspondents when theyre on air whenever they refer to the p. K. K. Or the y p g they have to refer to it as a terrorist organization. Not just on the 1st reference not just on the 2nd reference. But on every single reference. That its almost soviet in that respect while the turks the turkish Media Outlets are very good at covering civilian casualties and suffering turkish side in these counterattacks they dont seem to be interested or able to report at all on the suffering of civilians on the other side doesnt seem like any of that is allowed into the broadcast media. Then theres the online misinformation factor is a Fact Checking site based in istanbul among the posts it has exposed this fake this past week a video allegedly showing kurds killed in turkish air strikes that was actually shot in egypt 2 years ago this video of missile attacks again allegedly by Turkish Forces shot in siberia in 2010. This military offensive is barely a week old and the truth is already amongst the casualties between the restrictions on turkish media crackdown on criticism online the broad brush approach of the International MediaRegional News outlets at odds with each other not to mention the age old fog of war what chance do audiences really have of understanding this. Given the fast pace of developments on the ground the western media jumps on stories and if you do footage is without a properly vetting them recently there was an incident with the a. B. C. News which ran a story this video obtained by a. B. C. About a turkish assault on on the kurds using a video footage which turned out to have been shot in the United States last year and the leg off credible coverage by International Media which is making it even more difficult for the people who are trying to understand what is going on on the ground the syrian situation has been a very complicated a story its not very easy to get it right when it comes to the political actors the coverage has not been really event but i think the the focus on the civilian aspect is really what counts here is its about telling the stories of those human beings on the ground and what is happening to them the more aired on cracks on our media the more turkey loses a narrative we have to be honest about this or that is because the people look at turkey as a cold encode autocratic regime and therefore de dismiss any information coming out of turkey spin and propaganda so if turkey wants to regain their narrative regarding the p. K. K. And the broader kurdish issue it is in turkeys interests to have a free and flourishing media. Were discussing other media stories that are on our radar this week with one of our producers flo phillips outflow this past week we saw one of those rare spectacles in the media a journalist on the air calling out his networks own bosses the story happened in the u. S. And it was related to the Harvey Weinstein meet to movement walk us through it thats right richard so chris hayes is the host of a Current Affairs show on m. S. N. B c thats a Cable Network owned by n. B. C. Universal and its n. B. C. And some of its executives in particular but hayes has a bone to pick with the insidious Destructive Force of the path of least resistance is everywhere you look back and i feel the tug of it myself as my own News Organization is embroiled in a very public controversy over its conduct now hayes was talking about the allegations made in a new book by own and fire you remember that far as the journalist that had the story of hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein sexually assaulting and exploiting numerous women but the story was actually 1st published in the New York Times because fire is bosses at n. B. C. Refused to go with his version now for i did end up getting his workout in the new yorker magazine and the me too movement was born in fire is new book titled catch and kill lies spies and a conspiracy to protect predators he says that his former bosses at n. B. C. Ordered him to halt his weinstein reporting because they were intimidated by weinsteins power and specifically because weinstein himself had threatened to expose Sexual Assault allegations against one of n. B. C. s own high profile presented allow. When those allegations against lauer did eventually come out and 2017 n. B. C. Finally its him but according to fire theyve been working to cover up the alleged assaults by both lauer and weinstein his has again if there is you he was unable to break through what was effectively a conspiracy of silence from n. B. C. News management time and again the path of least resistance for those of power was to not cross weinstein or his army of friends and lawyers so whats n. B. C. News is response to all of this been the president of n. B. C. News no oppenheimer sent employees a memo describing fires allegations as a Conspiracy Theory and fries but contained another bombshell Sexual Harassment allegations against the companys chairman andrew lack who denies he did anything wrong and lack as the head of the News Division just happens to be in a position to decide whether chris hayes will pay a price for putting on the story on emmis n. B. C. s ok thanks for turning now to a practice a problematic anachronistic one that keeps cropping up in modern media black face white or light skinned people caricaturing those of african descent by darkening their faces with the actual makeup its a supposedly entertainment device from a bygone era and while across much of the western world it no longer features in mainstream art or entertainment in the middle east you dont have to go back in time to find this stuff blackface and caricature depictions of black people still go out on the air and in most cases they are not even seen as offensive particularly in egypt which is home to a sizable newbie and minority black a gypsy and who originated from the southern end of the country or from Northern Sudan the listening posts tarakan often now in the persisting troubling use of blackface and the stain that leaves on Media Outlets in the arab world. It is crude i love a song. Negatives it is offensive. And its ugly. In the arab world racist depictions of black people are rampant in the senate. And the use of blackface is rife. Black people are routinely cast into subservience playing servants prostitutes or by showing a straight up object of ridicule. And then at the crowd oh mother how have you sort of when we watch t. V. Shows all movies black people are always inferior and black faces an inferior negative and racist concept which should not belong in the arab world we almost never speak about this segment of out of Society Black people firstly because they never get to speak in public spaces the black person is a citizen in the arab world but an invisible citizen why because power made him invisible in. The arab world is entirely selfrighteous we would never admit that racist lebanese would never agree with the races libyans they would never admit the races in people from so then they would never admit that the us is against their own black people and so it was only through your creating the explosive maybe. Once or realizing ok something. Really awful going on in. Blackface is a practice rooted in the 19th century United States white black and asking to mimic enslaved africans on further plantations creating a stereotype of lazy ignorant black people how black race and the arab mainstream is now. Certain british colonizes a thought to have brought it to egypt in the 1880. 00 s. Its in the middle east or in the west blackface is rooted in flavor and racism reinforcing a toxic notion that blackness be the best a joke. From western politicians to media personalities i mean truly Political Correctness has gone amuck to even a jumper designed by gucci blackface scandals all over the news social norms have moved slowly by comparison in the middle east things are changing however take the case of shame out say a star on the arab worlds most widely watched Media Network n. B. C. A skit she performed live this year caused a story online shame a safe is sitting in the front of a van and shes speaking just its not comprehensible arabic its not concept principle anything. This awful overly sexualized nonsense dialect that is an attempt i think to represent the sudanese dialect and its very offensive in the other video there is shame how without a purportedly her little boy. Who constantly has to go to the bathroom and she has him urinate in a jar and when he does so people are horrified at what. I cannot imagine a woman wiping the urine off of her hands on to other passengers is it just wouldnt happen so this idea that the sudanese are unclearly and they dont care and that they have no hygiene is also quite racist im not sure that we do them on these which i saw the video and i dont have a problem with it to be honest art uses these things this doesnt mean people shouldnt be bothered by it but as long as the intent behind it isnt to refer. And then its ok directors producers and actors use blackface to entertain audiences but thats because society already disregards these people so in the eyes of the director or producer they look at what makes people laugh and what they respond to and they use it theyre not concerned with improving public taste they just want to make money fast and how do they make quick money by making people laugh. They i mean its the pressure that. Underpinning this racist form of comedy is a deep social amnesia a denial of a history of slavery between the 7th the 19th century arab traders captured millions of african slaves and shipped them out of the continent slavery was not formally abolished in the arab gulf countries until 970 many contend the modern form of slavery still exists there today. The arabic word for slave are it is commonly used as a racial slur the middle is history of slavery the casual racism particularly against sidney the movie and people from the south of egypt and the depictions of black arabs on screen are interwoven but as many arabs often say the context is different if it really fair to compare our slavery and blackface with their western counterparts. I am sure that when people object to the idea that blackface is offensive in the middle east theyre saying were not talking about the American South were not talking about plantation slavery were not talking about the same kind of abuses or the same scale that happened in the southern United States. For a couple however the slave trade in the middle east was huge and the Cultural Impact of this slave trade has everything to do with black face in the middle east nobody has ever discussed any of that and nobody has ever acknowledged this very dark and shameful history so like we keep shaming americans and the europeans for when they really do like anything racist but at least the somewhat common terms with their dark history at least theyre trying to confront it and face it head on where is there is no acknowledgement whatsoever of. Shameful. Of what happened to africans in the entries and just on commentary defense of black face and our media that goes Something Like this. This is just totally harmless. The holes in the argument are too numerous to list what leaves the black people on and on the jerk not represented on screen and the misrepresentation of black people as a consequence of screening in the real world and i love a lot of us that we are less affected the inequity that in the arab world we have a range of skin colors from black to very pale white. Our preferences of arabs which align with the standards around the world is that the whiter someone is the more attractive they are i have personally received a lot of comments like the night has come early or i get called she karbala she is a black footballer and i shouldnt be offended but the name is used in a derogatory manner to offend me there are lots of sexual remarks related to black stereotypes people have pulled my hair spit on me and thrown things at me people talk about me as though i dont understand arabic as though i dont know they are commenting about me to be our new people because of the amendment. And Mainstream Media no i do not see a conscious decision or like a conscious measure that has been implemented to change the perception of blacks and i do not remember seeing an african character being even in there for a role in any. Mainstream t. V. Or film i think that is very effective because any culture acknowledge its minorities and how small the or and i think it also stems from the fact that we have more writers we almost have more critics who actually continue with these issues so what would be. The black persons image in the media and in the arab world psyche wont change for the better as long as black people themselves keep being silent nothing will change because the people who create these images are the ones who are in power leaving the black people on the sidelines i see that the black man needs to fully participate in the change like whats happening in the United States when the black community realized they were under represented in white t. V. They made their own chiles the impost change on society which is far from being the case in the arab world in the arab world this image will never change as long as i read peoples mindsets and perceptions of black people dont cheat. Finally another place where having a dark complection can work against you is india for a country with such a racial mix the media the talking heads on all those indian news channels the models and the ad campaigns the actors on television and the big screen are disproportionately lighter skinned this past week unesco launched and indias got Color Campaign it rolled out a music video created by an actor director named nandita das a woman whos made it in bollywood despite the color of her skin this video features musicians as well as actors representing diverse shades of indian skin color some of whom would not normally get this kind of exposure or air time on any screen well see you next hour here at the listening post. Need a. Good. Job. Maybe better and i got the magazine. And. They. Got it very hard. Culture of dance thrives here every day generations of tibetans continue to embrace and theyd take their Cultural Heritage its a reminder of who they are and whether rob this is a suburb of the india capital new delhi tibet so the refugees here since 1964 buttons here have been defined as migrants are not refugees because india hasnt signed up to the 1951 Un Convention on refugees so tibetans here have been able to access the Indian Welfare system so they become selfsufficient setting up their own businesses and looking for work independently but for some its not enough. A chance for reunion after decades of separation caused by a war. One i want to use joins a mother to break unite with the son she lost more than 60 years ago in the korean war on al jazeera. A few reforms arent enough protests grow across lebanon as the government tries to find a political solution to an economic crisis. Im adrian for again this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up bolivias longest serving leader is ahead in the president ial election but hell likely face a run off with the former president. More deaths extended curfews and growing anger in chile despite the president s decision to suspend the rise in metro for. That australias newspapers blackout their front pages to protest against government plans to penalize whistleblowers and silence journalists. Protests are spreading across lebanon as politicians try to come up with a way to quell the anger thousands of people have stayed out all night chanting and waving the lebanese flag the protest movement has unified people across the sectarian and religious divide there are reports that the countrys main parties have agreed to measures proposed by Prime Minister saad hariri to ease an economic crisis but many people say the reforms dont go far enough aljazeera Stephanie Decker reports now from beirut. Day 4 and more came out the streets so packed in places it was hard to move estimates but the numbers of over a 1000000 people across the entire country this fractured society defined by sectarian allegiances but now People United under the lebanese flag or pointing the finger at their politicians. The leaders are liars they promise us reforms and change but they did nothing the only benefit of themselves and didnt do anything for the people president has shown promise reform but he didnt do anything at all liars its been 30 years of this. These protests are the result of years of political infighting and political stalemate people accuse their leaders of being too preoccupied with their own games resulting in an economy on its deathbed lebanons debt is the 3rd highest in the world attempts to tax the people increasingly poor and hit a nerve ingrained corruption they tell us has made life impossible. At the feet and expand this week and we have to bring them on and they will be why would they have to work a lot of their. Living. Because. They like. The government must do something for the people the people are chanting the people want the fool of the regime theyve been calling for a revolution theyve been singing songs all night long there may be a real Party Atmosphere here but there are real serious issues at stake there are reports that the government has reached a deal including reforming the Electricity Sector injecting cash to curb public debt and cutting politicians salaries that will go to a vote on monday. Reforms we want to change their faces. We want educated people to change the country and we dont want them to be affiliated to any party. Lebannon has never seen anything like this the 72 hour deadline imposed by the Prime Ministers sad how did he expires on monday most people have told us that the reforms are not enough they will stay on the streets until the government resigns but the question is the government refuses to go while they let hundreds of thousands of people continue to call for its full Stephanie Decker aljazeera the route him out hobbist director of research and says that the arab center in washington he says the proposed reforms dont go to the root of lebanons problems this is only a bandaid the original problem is structured problems and they can be a structural problems and the political system has been doing them it corruption corruption everywhere. Not no matter what the bank they are now in their debt wont make a dent and they make 90000000000. 00 and public that. Lebanon is relevant there is a 150 percent of its g. D. P. Income. You know things cannot go on like this these these are cosmetic changes because medical reforms and the needed reforms d should be im already got a more structural bend the Prime Minister proposed right now. I dont think the government is in the arena 130 designed specifically the people who are in power hezbollah hariri moment the president michel aoun they do not want to give up as well as it beautifully controlled through all of these people and does not want the government to go away but the problem is the government is in effect that what counts as far as im concerned i mean what comes after it they put a technocratic government. In place and they put people who are not necessarily interested in political allegiances but only then the jensens of lifting this country from that i have situation and i think that is possible. Protests and civil unrest are spreading through in chile theres already a state of emergency in the capital thats now being extended to other parts of the country the military is struggling to keep control and at least 8 people have been killed as buildings and train stations have been such a blaze zerosum is about reports now from santiago. It all started as a fight against a rise in the subway fare but it has escalated into this. A major crisis that has the south American Country in chaos look my vocal over social injustice is everywhere the minority concentrates all the wealth this is about how they rob us in supermarkets in health care how they profit without pensions protests like this one happened in many areas around the capital one p. R. I. The government declared a state of emergency on friday and put the military on the streets for the 1st time since the end of. 1990 but that did not deter people. So this is how the clashes have been ongoing mostly young people coming here to protest against the government and clashing with the police that is responding mostly with that tear gas and rubber bullets people are using then i think to protect themselves most of those we have spoken to say but angry because they are fighting against this that if perpetrating inequality. He says has been protesting peacefully and was shot by the police with a rubber bullet. In the air and this is how they responded we were main on the streets and we want respect a curfew we are in a democracy they can prevent us from being on the streets. On the other side of town families banging pots and pans supported the protests. We are tired of prices going up politicians making money. I dont want to live in a bubble we have to protest peacefully so they listen to us people cannot make it until the end of the month and that needs to change you thing has been ongoing in several cities some supermarkets and shops were set on fire on sunday there was transport deadlocking santiago and kills had the International Airport the government was forced to impose a new 11 hour curfew president. Has been meeting with his cabinet to try to address the discontent but all source says its chile is economic model that needs to be revised i dont think any you will buy the part of the over the ruling class so to say of changing the model and the problem is the model and the model is. Based on the constitution the essence is the model which is completely unfair and gives all power to the private sector. Has gone from being one of the poorest countries in latin america to one with the highest per capita income the problem is that the economic boom has not benefited everyone. And thats what these people would like to see change. Bolivias incumbent president is leading in the election but it looks like hell have to face a one off in december ever morales is ahead of his rival. But he didnt get enough loads to keep the top job right the winner needed 50 percent for a win. A 4th term but has been criticized for refusing to respect president ial term limits. One more troy we want once again for consecutive elections we want to bolivia historical unprecedented once again the commitment to bolivia has not been of a character so many lines in the bolivian people have committed themselves to continuing to up hold the process of change from. On sunday night we were meant to learn if one candidate inevitably president evermore ollies was going to win the bolivian elections outright or if this was going to go into a 2nd round but as it stands were still not entirely sure this is the situation Carlos Messer the nearest challenger to the president has 38 percent of the vote president ever more or less has 45 percent of the vote as it stands thats enough to take this into a 2nd round but president morales hasnt accepted that he said that he wants to wait for votes to come in from rural areas at the moment 83 percent of the vote has been counted and he thinks you can swing it for him so that he can get enough votes to win outright so this election has already been much closer than those in the past the last one president marleys one and he got 64 percent of the vote so this is seen as an election in which the president s popularity has gone down his opponents say that he hasnt had the commitment to democracy that they should have had in particular there was he wanted to change the constitution so he could run in this election and he put that to a referendum the people never really said no we dont want that and he did it anyway so this is an election that has been closer than in the past now that rural vote for thats come in that could take up to 7 days the electoral food is telling us so this round is far from over and its far from completely defined and weather update next here on aljazeera then we report from the province of the heart of the u. K. Is breaks it divide. And we go on the ground to the worlds biggest was the case for a look at whats keeping it from receiving a prestigious u. N. Recognition. Hello there we have some rain showers across sections of the middle east you can see the clouds in the last few hours weve seen out of thunderstorms as well that continue to work their way eastwards over the next couple of days now monday some fairly widespread rain through central and eastern turkey pushing eastwards into Northern Iraq all of it towards iran as well temperatures a little bit lower because of this rain and this cloud and then she chews day it sings for the south was all there is unlike youll get a shot across into baghdad but a high time to the 34 celsius and again itll clear away from the eastern end of the mediterranean 21 in kabul and a fairly clear cloudy skies