Transcripts For ALJAZ NEWSHOUR 20240713

In beirut in support south africas world cup winning rugby team arrived home to a heros welcome led by captain. The squad is set for a 5 day victory parade around the country. Irans taking more steps away from the 2050 nuclear deal and will soon start activating its uranium enrichment facility now some time on weapons day its expected to start pumping gas into centrifuges at an underground area near the city of qom the u. S. Has called the move a quote big step in the wrong direction and the e. U. Says its concerned too lets go live now to aljazeera store such a body whos in toronto also any clarity on when this will actually start happening today. Well peter weve just been hearing from the spokesperson of Irans Atomic Energy Organization whos camel of andy has been speaking on state t. V. He said that as of midnight teheran time iran will start injecting this uranium gas into the centrifuges ad for joe Nuclear Facility over a 1000 centrifuges will become operational this facility has been very important in this Nuclear Agreement of 2015 because it is the only place where iran has the ability to produce to raney im up to 20 percent enriched uranium that is has been a point of contention between the International Powers and iran the iranian signed this nuclear deal in 2015 and under that deal this facility became soley a research one as of january of 2016 when they. Became active the iranians shut down all activity at fordo and made it a Research Facility but as of today that is not the case we know that just a few hours ago 2000 kilograms of enrich uranium gas rather was transferred from the towns Nuclear Facility to 4 joe and they are now preparing these centrifuges to be injected with this gas later tonight speculates there are still so what do you think the broader ramifications of this. Well peter a lot of people here are speculating the fact that the next phase could be iran opting its enrichment levels to 20 percent in the next 60 days thats the 60 day period that the president has been giving the european signatories of the nuclear deal thats britain france and germany that are left in it after the United States withdrew from it last year they rainiest have said theyre not upholding their end of the deal and they need to take it seriously because iran is not going to stay in this Nuclear Agreement by itself and they had this the agreed to limit their Nuclear Program because they were going to get relief from sanctions that were imposed on them from the United Nations and the International Community prior to the agreement that was signed now the iranians have said this will continue every 60 days but the president who announced this on tuesday was adamant that all these measures theyre taking are reversible as soon as the europeans uphold their end of the deal under this Nuclear Agreement thanks very much well the process to enrich uranium is complex mentally breaks down how it works. Iran is moving away from the 2015 nuclear deal and further enriching uranium now lets take a look at just how this is done youre radium is a mind metal that contains 2 isotopes 99. 3 percent is uranium 238 and the rest you raney m 235 and its that much smaller isotope the can release enough energy to fuel a Nuclear Reactor or a bomb but for that it needs to be enrich and this is done in centrifuges that spin the element forcing your anian to 35. 00 into the center but thats time consuming and difficult but it becomes easier as uranium is further refined now before the nuclear deal came into effect iran was a rich in uranium at 20 percent now its 5 percent which is enough for the moment to meet its nuclear fuel needs but it would need between 85 and 90 percent to make a Nuclear Weapon its also using more advanced i r 6 centrifuges to enrich uranium faster now the countrys leaders say the Nuclear Program is for peaceful purposes. Now were getting reports of confrontations between Iraqi Security forces and antigovernment protesters in baghdad overnight in karbala one person was killed and 7 were injured there are been weeks of demonstrations calling on the government to step down the Prime Minister. Has denied hes trying to stay in power repeating his call for politicians to find a replacement in a statement the u. S. Embassy in baghdad condemned the violence saying it is increasingly clear that the governments of iraq and the countrys political leaders must engage seriously and gently with iraqi citizens who are demanding reform we deplore the killing and the kidnapping of unarmed protesters threats to freedom of expression and the cycle of violence taking place iraqis must be free to make their own choices about the future of the nation meanwhile a un report says Iraqi Security forces are committing severe Human Rights Violations the latest report indicates a demonstration related violence from the 25th of october november 4th caused at least 97. 00 further deaths and thousands of injuries or the Iraqi Security officials can displayed more restraint than any previous protest earlier in october particularly in baghdad the unlawful use of lethal and less lethal weapons by Security Forces and armed people requires urgent attention. Live not. Respond to such a good time the pm made another speech last night with the protestors reacting to that. Given the fact that Prime Minister i dont know maybe did not cover any new terrain there is nothing to respond to as far as protesters are concerned what were dealing with is a huge issue of trust they simply do not trust the current political system or the political players to oversee any substantive change this is what the government says so that its doing right now it says d that a Constitutional Committee is meeting to look at amending the constitution some of those amendments include transforming iraqs political system from a parliamentary system to a president ial system he limited 18 provincial councils that are reviled by protesters several of these provincial Council Buildings have actually been torched by protesters since the protests began in october but really peter people want change quickly and theres an understanding among the protesters that perhaps the piece of change needs to be gradual but theyre saying theyre not seeing any indications from this government that theyre serious about their demand that the Prime Minister step down that the parliament be dissolved and that the election process be overhauled the president has said that a draft of a new election law. More is going to be handed over to the parliament sometime this week he also says that there will be a new Election Committee and the members will be prioritized based on credentials and not Party Affiliations he says those things need to happen before elections could be held but again protesters are not hearing of any kind of timetable when you consider that protesters have been in the streets in iraq for about a decade on and off and. That time they have seen nothing but their economic prospects dim the infrastructure around them crumbling the educational system deteriorating and not a single high level 8 Government Official held to account for corruption and you can begin to understand why protesters say protestors are saying they feel these are just more empty promises from the government and they simply do not trust the current people in place to oversee what they believe needs to be substantive change in the political system in this country the talks of thanks very much. Russianness drugs have killed at least 4 people including 3 children in syrias province a hospital for women and children was among the targets several medical staff were also injured more details now from. In gaza on the turkey syria border. Strikes have targeted many medical facilities over the last few weeks in those areas weve just been in touch with the director of that hospital that was targeted basically he said that many people were injured mostly evacuated to other hospitals and that the hospital is now out of service which means that many people who live in the in the area wont have access to any medical facility any time soon and this poses enormous challenges for the medical stuff in the area what is happening now is that the russian government backed by russian fighter jets are targeting rebel positions in the desk deescalation so these are areas that we would not supposed to be targeting following the 2018 agreement russia signed with turkey now that after rebel positions in bad thats another man in chief what will stop in a minute it is just south of it and it seems they are trying to push all the population north towards was the city of it for them to be able to contain the area of the seas here to paving the way for what they say could be a final push to take over there which is the rebels last stronghold in syria. This 11 people have been killed in the democratic republic of congo close to the border with uganda a military spokesman said the attacks. Were carried out by an isolate phillie eightys a. D. F. Rebel group at least 15 people have been killed in an overnight attack in Southern Thailand the gunman stormed a checkpoint in the province of yala believed to be part of a separatist Movement Groups of carried out attacks in the predominantly muslim region since 2004 a security official described his attack as one of the biggest in recent years as it was when he has more from bangkok. This attack took place at around 1120 on tuesday evening in yala province one of the 3 southernmost provinces in thailand bordering malaysia where several armed groups have been fighting for years for independence or autonomy from thailand which is a predominantly buddhist country the target of this attack appears to have been Defense Force volunteers these are people from local communities who are recruited by the Thai Military they are armed and trained by the thai army to act as exactly what theyre called Defense Force volunteers they do things like man checkpoints and they are often targeted by the separatist groups even though many of them are muslim themselves because they are seen as traitors theyre seen as symbols of the state that they are fighting against highly unlikely that well get a claim of responsibility for the this attack we never really get them in the deep south but we know that the group that is responsible for most of the violence is believed to be be our ran barry son revolution the national or the National Revolutionary front interestingly the timing of this could be to do with the stored Peace Process when peace talks have taken place over the last few years the key faction within be our friend that is believed to be responsible for most of the violence in the deep south has not been involved in the. Those talks it refused to take place because the conditions werent right what were hearing now is that that faction of b. Are in may want to talk now that we have a new government in place in thailand after the election in march so this attack in yala province on tuesday evening may have been a signal to the government that it is ready to talk and if the government is not willing to get back around the table and have negotiations then the attacks may well continue ok quick bit of developing news and theyre off what youre looking at right now u. K. Prime minister Boris Johnson going into Buckingham Palace to meet her majesty Queen Elizabeth the 2nd to say theres going to be an election on december the 12th officially parliament will be dissolved today for the snap general election halfway through december more on bricks that a little later in the Program China and france of same trade deals worth 15000000000. 00 president s emanuel macro and she jinping amends the agreements after meeting in beijing deals cover it or not its energy and agriculture including approval for 20 French Companies to export poultry beef and pork to china. However some have called on president to use this trip to press china on the issue of human rights Human Rights Watch has written a letter to the french president urging him to consider the plight of Chinas Muslim weekers and to defend hong kongs protesters well have more on that in about 15 minutes also still to come here on the news 9 members of one American Family a shot and killed in mexico well have reaction from both sides of the border. Also ahead find out why thousands of scientists to come together to issue a warning over Climate Change. And on the sports news details of a landmark deal in australia that will see women footballers paid the same as the men. Protesters in lebanon back on the streets for a 3rd week theyre gathering outside government buildings in a bid to force the entire governing ruling elite to step down demonstrators want a new government that is not divided along religious lines theyre also angry over delays in forming a new cabinets after the Prime Minister resigned aljazeera Stephanie Decker has been covering the story now of what the best part of 3 weeks i guess staff so the government still completely off the radar on this one. Yeah were waiting for those that date set until theyre going to announce a Prime Minister whether its going to be the same saddam had to do or someone else in the formation of the government here where we are now this is the voice of the student so there outside the ministry of education this morning we were outside the judiciary there were people there whats happening now is that the protesters are taking their voices outside government buildings rather than go. So this is really the boys of the future not students. But students here are telling us is that they want to say they complain about the public the Public Education system there is no investment they say the government has come. It is way to a. Camera but they sang and. I have. This is that what i said to you and they have a very Important Message to tell just as frustrated saying that even the Education System is sectarian it is corrupt so theyve been looking up at the ministry and saying they want change we its a revolving situation or some students are going back to school and universities others are coming here to join and telling us that are going to come back tomorrow and they say even the history books havent changed over the decades one of them told me my grandfathers been learning from the same history books as we have and we are here now to change our history to make new history and to change our future of course we know there are massive challenges ahead but it just shows you the range of people that are giving their voices to this protest its across divides of sectarianism of claws of young and old and what youre seeing here today is the voice of the. Briefly staff is there a sense there or is there a calculation perhaps on the parts of the government theyre thinking might be well the protesters will get hungry or theyll just have to go back to work and theyre waiting for the protests just to fizzle out. Ive been talking to people behind the scenes about this and its incredible people of all connected to all kinds of elements of the elite will tell you that all of them dont know how this is going to play out they are concerned with this change here peter is that the elite realizes that something has changed when it comes to the people that need they need to change what theyre doing now behind the scenes trying to cut out the new cabinet theyre negotiating whos going to be Prime Minister what the cabinet is going to look like before the president announces his consultations so i think there is a feeling of that that perhaps. They feel if the longer this goes out the people are going to get tired but were not getting that indication at the moment and the problem is if they do announce a cabinet that is acceptable to the street were going to have to wait and see what that turnout is then going to mean on the streets of beirut entropy in the north to the south because it really is across the entirety of this country but again i think significantly peter everyone we have spoken to whats right you know that nobody knows how this is going to play out these are very unpredictable times that one has never been here before but certainly dismantling the system here and dismantling the political elite that has been in tribes for decades is going to be something that people will say is very very difficult one man summed it up very well to me earlier today saying this is not a sprint its going to be a marathon stephanie thanks very much. A central figure in the u. S. Impeachment inquiry has changed his testimony appearing to further implicates the u. S. President bush will trump washingtons ambassador to the e. U. Gordon sound has claimed that mr trump did use military aid as a way to force ukraine to investigate his political rival joe biden cast for reports now from washington. The only witness to have explicitly defended President Trump on the central question of the impeachment inquiry has reversed himself that question is whether trump withheld Security Assistance from ukraine in exchange for help with his reElection Campaign. Bassett or gordon solomon at 1st says there was no quid pro quo but after being implicated by other witnesses he says his memory has sharpened insulins amended testimony released tuesday the Ambassador Says he now remembers telling ukrainian officials that the security money wasnt coming unless you cranes president publicly announced investigations into trumps political rivals all of the witnesses. Agree that the president engineer a shakedown of the Ukrainian Government some one was a wealthy trump donor and was rewarded the top european job despite having no experience in diplomacy analysts say his change in testimony strengthens the case against trump i think the president if it can be shown that he directed his subordinates to withhold congressionally funded military assistance until the state of ukraine was prepared to issue a public announcement that they were investigating joe biden and a firm connected to his son i think thats right down the middle line of abuse of power investigators also released the testimony of former ukraine envoy kurt volker he said he knew security 80 ukraine was vital and that trumps shadow policy directed by his private attorney was wrong but im appalled by these developments theres no other word for it were in a moment of history when republicans over only a few weeks have shifted from saying that no laws were broken to saying that laws were broken but its not impeachable to outright advocating that laws be broken the white house says the witness testimonies released tuesday do more to exonerate the president than to condemn him a spokeswoman points to a line in someones testimony in which she says he quote did not know and still does not know when why or by whom the aide was suspended but those are the very questions that investigators want answered and the white house itself is keeping the witnesses who may have those answers from testifying. Castro aljazeera washington. And donald trump has offered to help mexico quotes wipe out drug cartels blamed for an attack that killed 9 americans 3 women and 6 children were targeted near the northern town of spain after members of the cartel opened fire on their vehicles Security Officials say the gunman may have mistaken them for a rival gang a warning the u. S. May find some of the content in john holmes report disturbing. This burnt up car a mute witness to a tragedy this is for the record. Need and for my grandchildren far. Shot up. Right on the road. 3 women and 6 children from the liberal family mormons originally from the us who settled in mexico decades ago was shot dead on a motorway in nor the mits co this was one of the relatives said trevor i used to live and also dead twins 6 months old the survivors a baby found by the side of his dead mother and children who fled into the mountains alex labor on a relative told us. What. Was the lead but owns a well known emits code for the anti violence activism of some of their members because they u. S. Citizens that meant President Donald Trump got involved he tweeted that it was time to wage war on the cartels president Lopez Obrador while he welcomed u. S. Corporation rejected that now. The worst that could happen is war those who have read about it all suffered it know they. Past experience says that president Lopez Obrador is probably right more than a decade ago but its kerry started an all out confrontation with the cartels and all that happened with murders but hes in a tight spot now about 3 weeks ago his security minister said that his government was getting on top of the violence but since then its been hit by crisis after crisis 1st of all 14 policemen ambushed and killed in the Western State of michoacan then and the alleged Cartel Leader who met going coolly well the city. And now this and although this case is attracted more published the its not a lawyer you know this unfortunately part off sort of the mutation of criminal warfare and off mexican organized crime scene over the past years is that family members Children Women innocent bystanders in general regular civilians are not off limits anymore for this kind of violence neither the police no president will preside goodalls new National Guard seemed to have been enough to set those boundaries and theres a continuing cost john home and how does it a city. Theres been violence in bolivia between supporters and opponents of the president in the capital the police fired tear gas to disperse the crowds as thousands marched against last months disputed Election Results a lot more losses of rivals are accusing him of fraud and want him to step down the president has denied the allegations. 11000 scientists have issued a warning to date saying our Climate Crisis is getting worse the Research Shows rich countries are doing far more to destroy the planet than poor countries and Greenhouse Gas emissions well they are increasing as well the report warns that going beyond certain irreversible climate tipping points could lead to large areas in which people wont be able to live but they say its not too late they recommend urgent changes including stopping deforestation and population growth taxes on carbon and leaving fossil fuels in the ground Thomas Newsome is one of the lead authors on that report hes a lecturer at the school of life and Environmental Sciences at the university of sydney he joins us from that city right now Thomas Newsome how much trouble are we in well wait tracked the causes and effects linked to Climate Change over the last 40 years since some of the most prominent early warnings were given that we have an issue with with Climate Change when we look at the causes of Climate Change we look at all the human impacts the impacts that humans are having in their day to day lives or through Energy Consumption air traffic transport. Make consumption forests lost and things like that the trends out great and theyre all heading in the wrong direction and then as a consequence were seeing increased Greenhouse Gas emissions and then were seeing other things like increase in the frequency of extreme weather events oceans warming all those trends are looking great and under a business as usual approach its only going to get worse. Ok your lead intro into your report im going to read it out loud and kind of quote it back to you if i may scientists have a moral obligation to clearly one humanity of any catastrophic threat to the planet and to quote tell it like it is we declare the planet earth is facing a Climate Emergency whats the time scale look at the time scale is difficult difficult to predict and its probably a topic of divide as well however we feel like even though some of the impacts of Climate Change are already evident and Climate Change impacts appear to be accelerating and happening at a faster rate than predicted we still feel like there is time to reduce Greenhouse Gas emissions and hopefully change the trajectory of the graphical indicators that we presented in the paper ok youre kind of echoing a report that came out i think about sue months ago which was written a lot about in the european and the north American Press basically saying we should all go on to a plant based diet we should stop eating meat and we should all stop flying around the world it to be a very brave politician even an environment still politician who would say to voters actually see that cheap and cheerful charter flight you want to take forget it not going to happen and you going to have to go vegan save the planet how do you do it. Well i think lots of small individual changes that that people make in the data they lives in terms of what theyre eating in terms of reducing made consumption reducing air travel air travel using renewable sources of energy all of those small changes i going to make larger scale impacts and its also going to influence policy makers the business communities and governments that touch that to really start taking the much bigger steps that are native at a global scale to tackle this problem of Climate Change all of the indicators in a heading in the wrong direction and we are clear in advocating for Global Action against what we are calling a Climate Emergency ok do you have another problem though when it comes to getting this message across and getting people to act on it when it comes to saving the planet i think its fair to say that we all assume that perhaps somebody else should take the 1st steps if you live in a very hot part of the world why should i go with my air conditioning if i live in a strong meat eating country why should i go without my chicken or my steak at lunch time theres always this assumption that somebody else will be at the cutting edge but doesnt have to be my self as an individual that takes that 1st step. Sure so in the in the paper that we presented today which was published in via science we presented a clear set of human activities that are impacting Climate Change weve proved presented the data in a clear and open and transparent and easily accessible format which will hopefully educate people governments Business Community and policymakers to take the necessary steps we believe that individual actions can create a broader scale change but like i said tackling the issue of Climate Change will take global and big changes at a global level. In sydney thank you. In a few moments well have the weather with kevin but also still to come here on the al jazeera news out yemens internationally recognized government reached a power sharing deal with separatists to end the conflict in the suburbs. As pollution worsens in india one of the 7 wonders of the world could face the very real threat of collapse. And in sports to some trash talk from the world heavyweight champion Deonte Wilder ahead of his next fight. I do want to take you to somalia this hour because we are dealing with a severe flooding situation has been going on since last week now we have the remnants of a Tropical Cyclone that have come on board across much of the country you can see the clouds right there but this is the flooding situation that we are seeing this is came out this weekend but were still dealing with the flooding not only for parts of somalia but also into is not right now as well they have seen well over their Monthly Average rain for november already and we have lou were now looking at 250000. 00 people that are being evacuated across the region now we do expect to see more rain today across this area as well as into tomorrow so that is going to be something we watch as we go through the next couple of days in terms of the amount of moisture though still it is not over yet we do expect to see quite a bit of rain across much of somalia as well as into ethiopia over 100 millimeters of rain still could be seen in the next 3 days well speaking of the tropics where i wanted to you over here toward the arabian sea we are watching one storm here this is a small storm making its way towards but we do have a new storm out here in the band beguile now this storm is not so new this was Tropical Cyclone matt mo when it was in the South China Sea and over the next few days were going to be watching this very carefully because this storm here in the South China Sea as. Me in the bad been gall is going to be intensifying and making its way towards the north you can see we do expect to see some very heavy rain from in mar as well as bangladesh so flooding is going to be a big concern and over here towards the west well for. Were going to see some very heavy rainfall parts of missouri back to you. The weather sponsored by town and. The story of black man. And. Youll have to kill i have strangled you have a story of carnage a lot of the fear is real. Passion. And very serious just. From the london Broadcast Center to special guests and composition they only want to protect life for 9 months i want to make is more your your old unprompted uninterrupted black people for as long as weve been fighting back has been labeled as terrorist intimately reflecting on the issues of our time people like to think that their nationalism is not as old as someone elses National Studio be unscripted coming soon on aljazeera. Youre watching aljazeera my names piece of your headlines so far today irans taking further steps away from the 2050 nuclear deal and will soon start activating its uranium enrichment facility sometime on weapons day its expected to start pumping gas into centrifuges as an underground area near the city of qom. Protesters and 11 on a gathering outside government buildings in a attempt to force politicians to step down they say they want a new government thats not based on sectarian power sharing. Russian air strikes have killed at least 3 children in Serious Problems a hospital for women and children was among the targets several medical staff have been injured. As we were reporting earlier here on the news the french president emanuel macro is in china hes been meeting his chinese counterpart president xi jinping they signed trade deals worth billions of dollars but Human Rights Watch has called on mr macro to demand china close camps engine jan province where a 1000000 Muslim Leaders are being detained the french president was also asked to speak in defense of people in hong kong protesting against beijings influence and. Pushed for the release of Chinese Government critics lets talk now to bruno stark no hes deputy executive director for advocacy at Human Rights Watch he joins us from paris been a stock now should trade deals always be morally linked to a countrys record on human rights. Yes 1st and foremost because many trade deals actually have built in obligations and requirements with regards not only labor standards Environmental Standards but at times even human rights standards and secondly this is certainly something that applies to china where one sees that from a labor environmental and certainly from a human rights point of view it obviously has a lot to account for and the fact that you have a french president who is very good at providing very lofty speeches about commitment to human rights and to move to alyson being in beijing being in china and basically remaining silent on the very serious Human Rights Concerns in china is in many regards a dereliction of duty were not talking about just common Human Rights Violations were talking about the mass arbitrary detention of upwards of 1000000 people the desire to basically destroy the culture the language of the oig who are and other minorities that basically reside in sings and region but also obviously to suppress the civil and Political Liberties that were in trying to in the one country 2 systems agreement that led to the devolution of hong kong to china but also a mass Surveillance System that is akin to the big brother that orwell wrote about in 1904 where through very intrusive technological systems china is basically intruding into a persons faults and lives in ways that basically undermine the most basic fundamental human rights imaginable ok so let me just stop you there for a 2nd because youve come up with a a long on so that my initial question lets unpack that just in the next couple of minutes when it comes to doing a deal is beijing may be right in as much as the official line if anyone can corner them. Officially their response it might just be a trickle down but the response to was the same saying this is look this is a domestic situation we are sorting it and its about people that we do not trust to do the wrong thing with in our sovereign country. Well 1st of all thats quite fascinating to see that many leaders travel to china and they actually want to put pressure on china with regards to say its currency or with regards to it opening its market so if by that very same logic then they should also feel comfortable not only to raise Human Rights Concerns that are not only of concern to china but obviously are of a concern to the Chinese People so this false divide that the Chinese Government wants to generate that somehow that people in china are not interested about these matters is a false one and we see it every day in the streets of hong kong and we would see it in seems wrong to where there are any liberties and singe wrong and we would probably see it in many other parts of china were it not for the very intrusive and aggressive oppression that the Chinese Communist party exerts over people. Secondly as i mentioned were talking about Human Rights Violations that are so serious that they are of International Concern these are not just minor domestic matters these are crimes these are abuses that warrant International Scrutiny and accountability and therefore many many leaders actually have an International Obligation to speak to them and to speak to them publicly as well as private ok with chinese leaders heres the pushback how much genuine leverage does emanuel macro have with beijing in as much as kerry lamb who as of 36 hours ago now has got the fulsome complete support of president xi cause they met on the sidelines of that trade summit taking place in shanghai before mr mccollum went to beijing she was signaling very clearly about a month ago now so the people of hong kong be careful what you push for because you might not like the reaction you get if you keep on going with the demonstrations that have taken place every sunday for the past 43 and a half months now against what they see as government control in different facets of their lives in hong kong. Yes but president mcauliffe certainly has an opportunity in our responsibility to speak about these matters. China committed itself to respecting civil and Political Liberties in hong kong so that is something that certainly china cannot revisit on its own without any proper scrutiny and accountability by mccrone by other leaders same thing in seeing john that the crimes and abuses that are happening there are so dire so abusive that to just gloss over them because presumably they are just a domestic concern and secondly under the argument the fossil argument that even if i were to raise my voice it really wont make a difference that actually has not proven true let me give you one example ok back and we have to leave it there in a stack no in paris but thank you so much for joining us ok just wondering if i can show you some live pictures coming to us of london or certainly the most recent pictures that weve got Boris Johnson the u. K. Prime minister there we go leaving Buckingham Palace that means the green light to start his pistol has been fired parliament imminently has been dissolved there we go the u. K. Parliament because old wine because theres a general election shuttled for december the 12th paul brennan is our correspondent so paul this is going to be a nasty Nasty Campaign do we think. Well Perfect Timing of course with Boris Johnson just leaving Buckingham Palace having visited the queen she has now signed that proclamation confirming that parliament has been dissolved and as you say effectively starting the gun on the Election Campaign proper is going to be a dirty campaign well the. Indicative of the that it could be certainly the conservative party has had a few issues to firefights over the past 48 hours what with 2 senior members of that party including the leader of the house jake a very small very prominent conservative being criticized very heavily and having to apologize for comments he made about the grand fell fire tragedy also theres the well secretary on kansas who is being questioned severely about what he knew about the actions of one of his aides in relation to a collapsed rape trial and perhaps in the era of fake news one of the most relevant stories is one from the smalling where the 3 conservative party put out a social media tweet doctoring a video of d the labor bricks it shadow rex it spokesman kissed ahmed in a Television Interview and the conservatives doctored that to make it appear the kiss donna was stumped for an answer as to exactly what labors brecks of policy was and they conservatives have been called out on this but bit of an apologetic saying oh it was just a bit of light fun so you can see that the conventions of fact and propriety already appear to be out of the window in the indications are it could be a very tough battle the Prime Minister will come out of downing street or go back now after having visited the queen but will come out and launch the conservative Party Campaign at 1 oclock with a short speech on the steps of downing street before he heads off to the midlands of the u. K. To start full campaigning. Campaign events but labor Opposition Leader Jeremy Corbyn is also out campaigning today hes going to be in tel 3rd the green party launched their manifesto in campaign the smalling pledging nearly 130000000000. 00 worth of climate measures and of course we know that the labor party actually formally launched its campaign late last week late last week so yes the starting gun has been fired now with the dissolution of parliament and the prospect is for a fascinating a vitally important and frankly a highly unpredictable 5 weeks ahead and larry katz done a runner from outside number 10 i notice looking at the live shot there as well paul many thanks to you later. The u. A. E. Is integrating more than 2 dozen Defense Companies to form one of the middle easts biggest defense conglomerates the new group is going to be called edge it will invest in technological investments including Artificial Intelligence as well as research and development it will target Cyber Security and drone threats the u. A. E. Is one of the top bias of western arms and Defense Systems mostly from the United States yemens internationally recognized government signed a power sharing deal with southern separatists the agreement was brokered by saudi arabia and aims to end months of violence between Government Forces and u. S. Backed fighters as our diplomatic editor james bates. A deal is signed that its hoped may bring peace to one part of the violent war in yemen presiding at a ceremony Saudi Crown Prince mohammed bin so man those signing the government of yemen president had he a key saudi ally was among those present and the Sovereign Transitional Council which was strongly backed by the United Arab Emirates even though all the while theyve remained part of the Saudi Led Coalition in yemen the real war in yemen is obviously between the hard Government Coalition and the who are these so this is just a sideshow and this is kind of a small breakthrough in the sideshow that only occurred very recently at the u. N. In new york the deal was welcomed by the u. K. Ambassador the current president of the u. N. Security council and this is a good step forward. That brings the satin Transitional Council into the government and we hope that the agreement will last and will be the 1st step if you like on to increase momentum at to get across yemen political process yemens conflict is complex and multidimensional southerners of long had grievances the south was a separate country for much of the cold war but its worth noting that the last time a yemen peace deal was signed in stockholm almost a year ago the south was relatively quiet. The most recent clashes there only broke out this summer and in part this was linked to the u. A. E. Which had the Main International force in the south pulling most of its troops from the Saudi Led Coalition the latest developments are important but they dont mean an end to the wider war and in particular the conflict between saudi arabia and the who thiis who still control a large portion of the country including the capital sanaa james pays out jazeera of the United Nations. One of the worlds biggest Tourist Attractions indias taj mahal is under threat it was built more than 400 years ago on blocks of wood but experts now fear they are drying out and pollution is damaging the monuments famous white marble and shell for reports now from our calls. Having your photo taken in front of the taj mahal is on the to do list for millions of tourist visiting india as most painless landmark. But just a few steps away is the young one are over joked with rubbish and sewage and both the pollution and the reduced amount of water in the river because of barrages upstream attracts to the monument of. This it was built almost 400 years ago on a network of wooden blocks polluted river could corrode them and if the wooden blocks dry out they may break up causing the taj to collapse or structurally it has been designed in a manner that. Is important both qualitatively and quantitatively for survival number one it gives. It didnt then the formations of the dollars mill resting on roads they need water. The polluted waters of the river pose another problem a breeding ground for insects some experts say insects crawling up the barge leave yellow patches which need regular cleaning. And pollution from vehicle exhaust is also discoloring and attacking the white marble now back in the 1990 s. The Supreme Court of india in order nearly 300. 00 industries to be moved out of the city but activists say its the government that needs to do more to say the famous heritage site. The india governments representative in our grass says many projects are planned to ensure the city does its bit to save the young and the taj he says all of the citys sewage will be treated in Treatment Plants soon as soon as all these schemes are implemented. In all produce the all the games will be linked. Will go to the. British and his friends gather on the banks of the young every day and pray that the government delivers before its too late archibald aljazeera agra india. So obvious whats his role thank you very much south africas world cup winning captain has told the young people of his country to keep dreaming and believing he was speaking after arriving back in johannesburg following the springboks world cup triumph in japan police he became the 1st black captain to lift the trophy after the winner of the england on saturday and south africa 1st won the tartly 995 there was just one black player in the lineup lacy had this message for aspiring rugby players the most important thing is that you never listen to some of those you can make if youre not going to make it its up to you and you alone and all the people that we have all do you. Most important thing and just one of them was just keep dreaming and keeping believing in people pushing well our correspondent for made was with the fans who welcomed the team hard. Thousands of people gathered at the o. R. Tombo International Air force all the wrongs that the Rugby World Cup trophy has wreaked to south africa in the hands of springbok captain sia katie see he along with vice captain andre palagi have arrived in johannesburg there addressing the media and people feel a waiting to get a glimpse of someone they consider a hero a very very exciting weve waited 12 years for this so this is an amazing amazing opportunity to be at stake im very proud of the speed walks and though champions im so proud of im proud to be sought after in the world cup win for the springboks is regarded as a triumph of the underdogs many members of the squad coming from difficult conditions and backgrounds in south africa really the story of south africa and overcoming the odds making it possible for South Africans to dream big they say this is the time to celebrate see a police ian of the springboks watch members people who are representing the story of unity in south africa today. Now this is a landmark pay deal that means the australian womens Football Team will now get paid the same as the men sorry the matildas and the socceroos will each take an equal split of revenue generated by the National Teams and a new contract system guarantees the top womens player as well and the same as the top men traditionally the men have had a greater share and have been paid mall despite being ranked 44th in the world compared to the women who are. This new deal is enormous as a female footballer its kind of what weve always dreamed of weve always wanted to be treated equally want to. Step out on that pitch with a call that she will facilities that the men have been exposed to a new c. B. S. Show is signs of respect now going to be completely included i think. Having these facilities that the men have been exposed to is now going to set us up for success well the australia deal will give hope to the u. S. Womens team who are the current world champions every member of the squad is engaged in a lawsuit against the u. S. Soccer federation over alleged gender discrimination when it comes to pay a Court Date Set for may 2027 rest in chile as foldes forced the final of south americas top Club Competition the cup are limited doras to be moved to peru the game between brazils flamenco and river plate of argentina was to have taken place at the study on nothing in the capital santiago later this month but the recent antigovernment protest which resulted in the deaths of several people forced to switch their game will now be played at the monumental stadium in lima on november the 23rd. We deeply regret not to go to such well also sort of for all argentineans and brazilians who push just flight tickets the game tickets will be refunded and we hope we can find a solution its a pity that will not go to santiago its a part of reality no welcome lima lets enjoy it and leave this unique final. Liverpool manager gaghan club has come up with that well novel solution for his teams fixture congestion next month the club are due to buy aston villa in the English League cup on the 17th of december then a different lineup will play in the Club World Cup here in doha the following day i asked. To come to qatar we can play the game there. No we dont know exactly yet we have an idea how we do it but its too early to speak had to make a decision we made a decision because all the other alternatives were more problems and solutions and didnt didnt work out so we said ok thats how we how we can do it as good as its possible for us and all the rest we have now a bit of time to think about. Football club had asked for and i will have to close part of the stadium for one guy and following the racist abuse of Mario Balotelli he brushed a strike about sally kicked the ball into the crowd after being targeted by fans on sunday have also banned the head of the ultras found a group for 11 years and italy is just the latest player to be racially abused in syria this season and its prompted the manager of the italian champions eventis to call for a change in the law he says saw no net interest it would soon as i dont know if we have laws available to arrest them but if they dont exist i suggest creating a round table with the government to create those laws its unacceptable that in 2019 someone can get insulted because of the country they come from or the color of their skin because it would also makes me laugh when they speak about race there is only one race and that is the human one. Lebron james inspired the l. A. Lakers to come back from 19 points down to as they beat the Chicago Bulls on wednesday the 34 year old became the oldest player in n. B. A. History to record 3 straight triple doubles with 30 points 10 rebounds and 11 assists like his making it 6 wins in a row as they ran out 1002112 winners. Miami were looking for their 4th win in a row as they took on the nuggets in denver but 21. 00 points and jamal murray along with 158. 00 from will boston jeremy grant seeing them to win this one i want to 89. Well heavyweight champion the on tight wireless says tyson fury cant run away from their rematch forever wilder takes on louis ortiz later this month but he still wants to face fury after their fight last year ended in a draw fairies had to fight since and has been wrestling even the wrestling in the water thinks fieri is scared to face him again i dont understand how running you know you get around as far as you care you know me but you got to remember he signed the contract you know me and when you sign something anybody i know to the pen is a silent warrior you know i mean you have to pay consequences to get out of there so the fight will happen unless they give us the money. Britains 2 time Olympic Boxing champion nicola adams has the target because shes worried about her site she says any more impact would likely lead to permanent vision loss. 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