Transcripts For ALJAZ NEWSHOUR 20240713

A National Security adviser fails to appear before the impeachment inquiry john bolton says he will testify only if cleared by a court. And lessons on how to save nature italy becomes the 1st country to make comment change a compulsory subjects in Public Schools. We begin in iraq where police a fardon and see government protesters in the Southern City of basra killing at least 7 people demonstrators have been staging a sit in for days blocking the entrance to the ports of only cusser many iraqi cities have been gripped by weeks of Anti Government protests this anger over a lack of Public Services corruption and unemployments well in iraqs capital at least 6 more protesters were shot dead on thursday clashes broker. I told him she has a bridge for Security Forces used live fire against demonstrates his mama gemstone has more from baghdad. Security forces used live fire on protesters outside of government buildings there there are also reports that some protesters may have been trying to storm government buildings and bus are of course the main source of iraqs oil well demonstrations as you indicated have been going on there and not just port also you had thousands of demonstrators that are gathering around other Government Installations you had a group in the past few days to block the entrance the bus the provinces and also the oil refinery you had official to come out in the past few days saying that this type of activity is costing the government billions of dollars so attention continuing to rise about that we must stress so that we have not been able to get any type of government confirmation yet with regard to these latest reports be it did in basra the violence there for the violence that you spoke about in baghdad there are these reports now in baghdad that several antigovernment protesters have 24 hours have been shot all of this happening against this backdrop where you had iraqs military spokesman saying on wednesday that Security Forces had been ordered not to use live fire on demonstrators and Major General abizaid couldnt call that had told reporters at a press conference on wednesday he had said to avoid any confusion clear and strict instructions have been handed down but no live ammunition being used orders have also been given to not allow any live ammunition on the scene of protests. Well a crackdown against mostly unarmed protesters just kills more than 260 people since on my spoke last month the test again has more from the iraqi capital. Or says he came to Tucker Square with his brother abas ismail on october 1st ready to push for change carried him out that day after a tear gas canister sliced open his stomach the unemployed teacher died last week from complications related to his injury on a visit the thought when i hold his photo i feel like hes with me just like he came with me to the protest i want to avenge his death by playing the politics among the protesters there are people like nasir hashem trying to scrape together a living one shining shoe and one step on the scale at a time nasser says he supports the protesters but he cant afford to join them despite the crowds he says few are interested in perfectly polished shoes the father of 5 from basra has been forced to leave his family behind to work in the capital its a very difficult situation there are no jobs if you have money to bribe someone and you will get a job if you dont theyll tell you to go the oil rich province of basra has been the scene of violent protests people block the entrance to the port halting operations for days the government says thats cost iraq more than 6000000000. 00 protesters say that revenue is being looted by the government they are getting is for services pollution and cancer. Intact rear there is a congenial spirit as people bond over their love of iraq and their common cause to create a government that is responsive to their needs people are coming here to offer their Services Free of charge salem says he supports 3 families but he felt compelled to help in the one way he knew how now i want to head up on i came here with a group of my friends to look off to the protest outside the. Can continue to try to provide them with everything. So they dont go on friday Tahrir Square could see its largest crowds yet protesters are encouraging iraqis to call in memory of those whove been killed according to the u. N. About 300 people have been killed since the protests began on october 1st the talks are going to aim there of baghdad. Chileans have to find measures to clamp down on violence and cost with the Police Government demonstrations over inequality are continuing for a 3rd week president Sebastian Pinera proposed laws that would toughen penalties for looting and rioting in latin america editor the senior man reports from santiago. Its been 21 days of mass disturbances and demonstrations in chile and amid mounting criticism for not controlling the violence that often accompanies peaceful protests president s have us jumping it addressed the nation with a series of measures getting. We want to announce a public agenda to strengthen public order and better safeguard our Citizens Security weve lived days of tremendous violence vandalism and delinquency provoked in most cases by groups of organized crime. The temple and plan includes outlawing barricades and the use of masks and other methods to disguise ones face including Andrew Stevens the role of Intelligence Services and the use of helicopters during protests among others. Wednesday the uptown headquarters of the conservative party which is part of being it is governing coalition were attacked and ransacked. We are facing coordinated and organized groups who are acting in a directed way we need to investigate this so that we can find the leaders of these violent groups who are causing destruction are intelligent system wasnt prepared for this type of violence and the threat of higher penalties hasnt dissuaded protesters. Perhaps not surprisingly the president s new an outreach of security measures coincides with the mass demonstrations revving up down to an area that had been considered off limits a kind of always is a piece in the middle of 3 weeks of demonstrations because you can see this area which is the epicenter if you like the headquarters of the biggest businesses in the country are now being closed and surrounded by protesters. While most protest is insist they dont support violence some argue the current upheaval is a necessary evil. If it doesnt it Pacifica Piniella says he listens to peaceful protests but what about those who have been demonstrating for more than 4 years but better pensions if those who started those protests had written a letter to the president instead of rushing the metro with the president listened no. While the called for a rare emergency meeting of chiles National Security Council Opposition members and demonstrators accuse the president of trying to criminalize the protests while others lamented that he had not been so energetic about increasing penalties to curtail police brutality. The you see in human aljazeera santiago. Well lets get more on this from chuck walker hes a professor of history and the director of the hemispheric institutes on the americas at university of california davis he joins us now on skype from davis California Kids have you with us on aljazeera lets just start with the situation in chile it was regarded as one of the wealthiest most stable countries in latin america why do you think its come to this. I think its because the just deep breath ration but inequality its been years and years of smaller prose grotesque pacific efforts. Drive the change of constitution into attack inequality has happened so what seemed like a minor incident about that a small increase in affairs in the beloved metro system has sparked now 3 weeks of a variety of very creative and increasingly violent protests and these protests is have focused their ire somewhat so on president pinera they are demanding his resignation demands that have gone unanswered of course. How much of this is seen pierre is fault. Well hes very unpopular he has not handled this at all well its popularity is going down he answered a very tough hand you know what with the repression and middies are modern groups have just been horrified by seeing you know young young people beat on the streets reports of detentions violence and and rapes and such and Sexual Violence really gets women people recall the terrible years of you know chase and theres a lot of echoes there a lot of political humor about this so hes handled it on all fronts at a quite poorly he also i think now is trying to win over time thinking that people will get a tired of the protests and that the protests will go away if its proven wrong being stronger and stronger and the patients now is that the ira is going against him and but if the if the problems are really underlying economic a shes i mean have they soared in the past 2 years or or is the president some kind of scapegoat here. Well i think its partly a scapegoat or a symbol of the very rich man a very affluent americans but its what is now i mean you know today calling them organized crime and such but its also just a general protest against privatization there are people are saying the inequality is getting worse but also you know gauging Public Services all been privatized all are expensive or seemingly expensive. So its been building i feel that its been year to be certainly is the symbol ok corker a great sick at your thoughts thank you so much for joining us there from San Francisco thank you. Brazils top court sus decided to overturn a law requiring convicted criminals to go to jail after losing their 1st a pill that means thousands of prisoners including former president that the silver could be released he was children april last year is par for wide ranging corruption proved on thursday Supreme Court decision means those freed would stay out of jail until all their appeals have been exhausted. And of quake in northwestern iran has killed 3 people and injured 20 others the magnitude 5. 9 quake struck the town of his street in East Azerbaijan province thats just over 100 kilometers from the city of tire breeze irans press t. V. Is reporting 8 rescue teams have been deployed to the area around of course is prone to earthquakes. Theres plenty more still to come on the news hour including helpless and terrified by families of people who died in an attack on miners in picking a fossil fear of more violence well tell you why this mayor in bolivia was dragged through the streets. Is an effort to unify professional track and field athletes from around the world so it does have a voice. And calls from a mole salem began World Champion for athletes to unionize for a different triple jumper Christian Taylor about its his new initiative. That the former National Security advisor to donald trump has failed to appear before the impeachment inquiry into the president s john bolton was formally asked to testify on thursday but his lawyer says his client wants appear voluntarily bolton it was far by President Trump and septembers says he would all be willing to testify if a federal court back to congressional directive asking him to do so will impeachment inquiry senses on whether President Trump abused his power by pressure in ukraine to investigate his political rival joe biden. And the transcripts of the testimony of a state Department Official who appeared before the inquiry last month has also been released george kent says he was told to keep his head down on ukraine by senior colleagues as despite the country being parts of his portfolio he also criticized the apparent influence of the president s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani it shaping ukraine policy its the 4th transcripts to be released from the inquiry will lead to gallagher joins us now live from washington d. C. And to just talk us through the latest revelations to come out of the impeachment inquiry what have we learned. Oh well the fact that john bolton was a no show is not really much of a surprise to the democrats that was an expected move on his part despite the fact he would have been a fairly key witness given his senior position with president but essentially the democrats are now moving into a completely different phase of these impeachment proceedings next week 3 key witnesses will go to open public hearings now that gives the democrats a real chance to shape the narrative of the story talk to 3 people very closely attached to ukraine one of them being there the former ambassador maria you have one of each so this is a real opportunity for the democrats its a completely different game come next week because the American Public will be able to watch these people whose depositions weve already heard whove already been very critical of what President Trump is alleged to have tried to do in other words withholding military aid until the ukraine investigated political rivals so this is a whole new game come next wednesday when those 1st people appear in public because it will be on t. V. Across the world so john bolton is probably not going to appear in these proceedings but the 3 witnesses next week will be key in these proceedings meanwhile theres more pressure on President Trump after his foundation was fined 2000000. 00 tell us more. Well this is a Trump Foundation the judge essentially decided that President Trump was using his charity to further his own business and political needs they came up with a couple of examples they use money from the foundation to settle lawsuits at his golf course in florida he even had a portrait a 10000. 00 portrait painted using Charity Money and also his Campaign Team in 2016 was partnering up with that Charitable Foundation and the run up to the Iowa Caucuses those are all things that shouldnt happen charities are tightly regulated is for the 2000000. 00 fine i will go to an array of different charities in the foundation of course is now gone because of the political ties with the president and his family and i think this is a story that would be getting a lot more attention if not for these impeachment proceedings and to get out of here joining us live there from washington d. C. Thank you very much indeed. Well Michael Isikoff is such chief investigative correspondent for you he nice and he says john boltons absence isnt a surprise if youre john bolton to show up today for his testimony he had the same lawyer he has the same lawyer and his deputy his former Deputy Charles complement who actually sued went to court seeking a judicial order as to whether or not he has to testify in response to a subpoena when the white house has directed them not to because of executive privilege grounds that the committee the democrats have now withdrawn that subpoena because they did not see a favorable outcome coming from the judge who was assigned to that case he was a republican appointee a judge leon and they were afraid that the judge was not going to give the direct order for mr kopper men that they wanted so once they leave withdrew that they basically said were not going to force this in court right now that affects mr gold bolton who will almost certainly not be testifying before the house the real question though is what happens when this goes to a trial in the senate and. Whether i think its very likely that there will be a requests by the democrats to bring mr bolton as a witness before a senate trial and i think the calculus there changes and we could well end up hearing mr boltons testimony it will be quite dramatic in a trial before the u. S. Senate. French president tomorrow mccraw has criticized nato calling it brain dead in an interview with the economist magazine mccrone warned European Countries they can nor longer rely on the United States to defend the alliance he says the u. S. Under donald trump appears to be turning its back on its commitment to nato german chancellor Angela Merkel says she disagrees with macros quote drastic words alternative gourds ears a former Georgian Deputy foreign minister he says other nato Members Around likely to agree with my craw. Even we if we can agree on the currency analysis about the problematic issues inside nato such as the american and the man american president s attitudes towards this organization the problems with 30 i think his. Conclusions or any of the solutions hes proposing are quite radical and they chose to remain the most powerful Defense Alliance in the world. If you for just look at the military budgets and the military capacities of the countries that are involved in this Organization Organization they are still far far ahead. Had their their immediate competitors like china russia or some other countries if he wants to replace nato with the idea of European Defense our i think france will be almost alone in this in this project because most of the Member States are pretty much pretty much attached to nato and their membership especially the countries of eastern and Central Europe also the other proposals are for many one micron of being more close to russia and bring russia closer to europe and far away from china i think its also a mistake because its deeply underestimating the the the nature of the russian regime and the fact that russian regime has to share its shares much more with china than with europe. The u. K. s main Opposition Labor Party has suffered a setback with 2 of its former m. P. s kohl won the public to vote for the Ruling Conservative Party in december selection one of them was a minister in the last labor government says the partys current dates are Jeremy Corbyn is completely on fitz to be Prime Minister the comments follow the resignation of labors deputy leader told watson on wednesday. But universals president says a National Response is needed to improve security after 47 employees of a Canadian Mining Company were killed in an ambush 60 people were wounded and dozens more are feared missing this hack near who was the deadliest in brooklyn a facile in 5 years charlotte bellus reports. Its been 2 days since these peoples relatives employees of a Canadian Mining Company were killed in a remote ambush in bikini a government ministers tried to appease them as they waited to identify the date and understand what happened. I havent seen my husband for 2 days i came here today to see his body take it and leave what the minister is a saying here that doesnt work for me it wont bring back the dead. They gathered in the capital ouagadougou hundreds of kilometers from the site of the attack in the eastern corner of the cane a fast so in the border of benign and is year it happened on a public road 40 kilometers from the boom googled mine the victims were employees and contractors of sim of a Mining Company to get to work they travelled in a military convoy this time there were 5 buses the convoy struck an explosive device on the road then was ambushed by unidentified gunman in a remote area without cell phone reception there were no photos or videos of the attack the 3rd on a sim of a convoy in 15 months. We must remain dignified and courageous thats why i willing gauge the defense and Security Forces to track these terrorists and i call all of our people to mobilize against the terrorists. No group has claimed responsibility for the ambush but i sill and al qaeda have claimed dozens of attacks in the region in recent years the kenya fast so the groups have killed nearly 700 people since 2015 and forced half a 1000000 from their homes the. Attacks multiplied after april this year when the recently deceased isolator. Baghdadi welcomes new affiliates from the king of neighboring mali. A joint so held Security Force french and u. S. Forces have been unable to contain the violence. So lets you just show continue. If the situation continues that will really be very hard for us we are all worried we dont feel comfortable we really live in fear this is really a disaster for us similar folks says its been good mine is secure but operations are on hold out of respect for the victims the relatives now looking for not just respects but arts and security challenge ballasts aljazeera. Well lets get more on the situation and begin a fast so from Henry Wilkins a freelance journalist he joins us now by skype from the capital city ed henry whats behind the surge in violence. Well thats a very good question actually. Happening in kenya. Have not been a true tribute to the 2. Groups that are operating in the country. The government has a very difficult time working out who is responsible for them but we do know. That this groups are operating in the country including islamic states in the great. Islam but also some of these facts hoping for them to go on who are exploiting. The floor in particular ignored from the east of the country. And i meet the president there is calling for a National Response to this crisis but the they are clearly struggling to contain this violence what will that response link like. Again going to. Become clear over the coming. Coming weeks and months but. We do have some precedence here the idea of Popular Resistance against. Groups that are operating in became fast. Its been growing for some time now there are groups militias in the country which have taken control of the rule of law going to places where where it doesnt. The state is not able to project to project but a lot of these groups militias responsible for human rights abuses and a lot of people are questioning whether the government is going to be able to control these militias and Popular Resistance which seems to be supporting and encouraging and its not just the National Governments are trying to combat this violence or understand that france is also deploy more troops to the region is that likely to. Help or hinder efforts to contain this violence how will that go down with the people in picking a faster. So on monday the French Defense minister says it became a fact so in an answer they were going to carry out the 1st major deployment of french troops to begin in fact so. In terms of the reaction to that from the cannot be legal theres a lot of mistrust of french troops arriving in became a fact so a lot of people see it as a throwback to the colonial era in terms of whether it will actually do anything to stop the violence i think its being certain by analysts. Its. A lot of the. Addressing the causes of the violence. Absolutely serious option but. To discuss any wilkins there joining us from what could you get thank you very much indeed. Thank you. Well so sudans president and opposition they dont have been given another 100 days to reach an agreement over forming a unity government president salva kiir and his longtime rival react machines are met in the guns and capital kampala for talks brokered by uganda and sit on its human fell out in 2013 sparking a civil war that left hundreds of thousands of people dead. Still to come on aljazeera protesters keep up the pressure in lebanon as politicians begin closed door negotiations for a new government. And how the issue of catalonia is set to divide spaniards and their seconds general election this year boston sports phil hear from the player hes just signed the biggest deal in the history of rugby or rugby league. What its almost stopped raining now in china still cloud out in the west and still cloud in the east by satellite picture but in the forecast theres really not much there all the action is still over the water in fact you go circulation here and one behind me so thats still quite active but if youre in hong kong or shanghai its lotion miti temps is still reasonable coming down slowly for the most part on the skies cloudy or ensure we do but it is the king mostly dry now that spin is yet another Tropical Cyclone developing to the west the philippines it will most certainly drift towards the vietnamese coast following its brother or sister which he is or has reappeared in the bay of bengal now that is a rare event but thats where all the energy is so there are all that many showers further south through borneo to be a few maybe soloway see much of indonesia looks pretty dry through sumatra it looks cloudy was some rain blocking kalen and a pin in thailand as well maybe in myanmar but not much around at the moment however in the bay of bengal is a Tropical Cyclone has been renamed as bulbul and it might well become pretty nasty on its way study knolls was to make landfall bringing big waves and shoot amounts of rain by sunday. The weather sponsored by cats already has. A story 1400 years in the making. A story of succession and the leadership. Jersey that tells the story of dispute and division of the heart. Of the caliph episode to. Jersey. This is al jazeera the headlines this hour iraqi Security Forces have opened fire on antigovernment protesters in the Southern City of basra and the capital baghdad killing at least 10 people demonstrations over corruption unemployment and poor Public Services have gripped a rock for over a month this president tells honest new measures to clamp down on violence government demonstrations carry on for a 3rd week president Sebastian Pinera wants tougher penalties for looting and rioting. A series of concessions have failed to pacify the protesters and Donald Trumps former National Security advisor john bolton has failed to appear before the impeachment inquiry into the president says he will only testify if compelled to do so by a federal court. The u. N. Is calling for ocean frustrations in bolivia after a 3rd protester was killed demonstrators have been on the streets since a disputed election last month opposition activists say it was rigged center calling for president ever morales to resign to risible reports. To look at the seattle is the mayor of in the state of course. On thursday she was taken from her office and dragged through the streets. Coming to cut my hair left me like this my one mistake has been to work for my people those who attacked her i will polands of bolivias president evo morales who have been taking to the streets to denounce fraud. Last month ever more dallas won the presidency with a 10 point difference hes opponent catalog denounce fraud when the vote count was halted for at least 24 hours when the vault it showed a shift that favored abel morales. In sendai. The heart of livias Agricultural Industry a move is underway to disregard the presidency if there was a. Government we are symbolically taking over Public Institutions because that meetings nationally we have decided up a libyan are not in agreement with the frog this fraud that has been seen internationally we want the vote to be respected by all citizens from bolivia. Violent clashes have broken out between an time when i list protesters and those who support him an example of the deep divisions in this andean nation evo morales bolivias 1st indigenous president continues to enjoy support mostly in rural areas. His followers say more alice opponents are racists and they vow to defend their president. Were calling for justice prison for someone needs to pay for their crimes with a man look im a chill is the leader of the. Comedy a group that has consistently challengeable more or less since he won the presidency in 2006 he arrived in the capital a pass to take a Resignation Letter to a woman alice the runner up in octobers election said he supported cam i just move pursued the more we believe that we must do so through a new election but we deeply respect a decision that he has taken to present this proposal a Resignation Letter our position is that the president has to lead democratically through the popular vote and we have proposed a new election. I this would be more or less 4th term in office his critics say he has ignored a referendum in which we live in is voted to restrict precedence to 2 terms. The organization of american states is auditing the vote and it is expected to be completed before the middle of the month but until then tension is unlikely to end anytime soon that is how will. Another large process has taken place in guinea against the president s plans to change the coal situation at least 13 protesters have been killed in the last week this widespread anger at president alpha conde is planned to push through changes so he can run for a 3rd term in the next years election. But the. Regulations for the people of guinea if they are here because they did to take the risk the risk of getting killed the risk of being a risk to put in prison because when we go to a peaceful protest under the reign of this president we know that nothing can be ruled out as it was during the funeral of the victims. Lebanons Parliament Speaker says he will nominate saad hariri to be Prime Minister again a week after he resigned to come and see government protests ministers are negotiating the makeup of a new cabinet that the still no sign of a new administration and no end so the countrys economic crisis say 100. 00 reports from beiruts. Week 4 and protesters focus now is to paralyze the state theyre blocking entrances to government institutions and Companies Across lebanon and demanding a government independent of Political Parties they blame for the countrys economic crisis but the governing alliance is not budging from their opinion a purely technocratic government one function because everything is like 2 Political Parties governments in lebanon have always been a reflection of the parliaments composition the biggest block belongs to president michel ouds Free Patriotic Movement and along with its allies hezbollah and amal are the majority in parliament and government but that government collapsed last week when Prime Minister. Resigned he says he bowed to pressure from the street but his action also damaged the governing alliance in particular the iranian backed hezbollah which benefited from had ties with the west. On the u. S. Sanctions and they are becoming tougher its beautiful live in all of his outside power so we avoid the repercussions but if the majority of employees support their presence then hariri will decide if he wants to hit that kind of government and politicians are holding closed door discussions over a new government but many protesters feel they are pushing their own political agenda and they also feel opposition parties are trying to hijack their movement using the street in the talks to try and trace the balance of power that is not why protesters took to the streets in one of their. Some Political Parties like the progress of socialist party and the Lebanese Forces that use their supporters to block roads in order to impose their agendas and put political pressure to gain seats in the new government by blackmailing their partisan power politicians from across the divide all claim to support the demands of the people but many protesters say their voices are being ignored and they are demanding the entire Political Class leave office. Cambodian opposition leaders from a bands Political Party are being prevented from returning home they want slick protests on saturday against Prime Minister when sen or a bird mentally has more. From his home in paris sam rainsy says hes determined to return to cambodia hes been in exile for much of the past decade raese says he wants to gather other opposition politicians from the band Cambodian National rescue party to lead protests against Prime Minister. At the box office today and he told us he says its to restore democracy to the country but as he arrived as an airport in paris and an effort to return home this happened im not enough for me to. Im not allowed to vote in my international. Right for our visa to write our research they have received it from very high up in the structure not allowed to hold his deputy musak its one of several opposition leaders who fled from cambodia fearing arrest she to try to return to cambodia but was detained after landing in malaysia and since being released. A day before her News Conference in jakarta was interrupted by the come podium ambassador to indonesia so youre here then. What are you guys what a kind. But shes a really difficult here. Shes a criminal we have chosen to go back home to cambodia. We have high hopes that. That chair. Would be on the side of cambodia democrat. Partys acting leaders sam rainsy has been part of cambodias political fold for decades he was the finance minister under a unity government in the early 1990 s. The 400 senseis power in a coup in 1970 he says have his own Opposition Party but left cambodia many times to avoid government charges against him cambodia trying to bully all its neighbors. C. N. R. The exiled out or arrest them and send them back we dont think that anybody actually embodies dirty work to arrest people and actually. Argue c. N. R. Like all. Have the right to return to their country. Sam rainsy says hes ready to return home and bring an end to Prime Minister hun sens government and restore democracy in cambodia even if it means prison or worse laura has a manly aljazeera. On sunday voters in spain go to the polls for the 2nd time this year the election was called in september after the socialist party failed to gain enough parliamentary supports to form a government one of the key issues will be independence for catalonia a divisive issue that recently sparked a violent protests and barcelona joined a whole is there and sent this reports. When spain Supreme Court found 9 catalan separatist leaders guilty of sedition in the pursuit of independence shock quickly turned to anger on the streets of barcelona with satellite in a series of late night confrontations with police and the question of capital and independence came to dominate yet another Election Campaign spains 4th in 4 years. Its a very difficult moment an india and i can only speak for myself not for others because people have reacted in different ways. Husband joachim was catalonia interior minister when the region held its illegal referendum on independence in 2017 he was given a 9 year jail sentence. If you need the money and i think this ends any hope of reconciliation and also any confidence that people had to find a political solution there was a time for that but i think its over now. The clamor for independence that divides the country also divides catalans a greater proportion of whom according to the polls dont support the cause like Business Owner river do societies in order to to grow to develop they need stability stability is the main ground for confidence when this confidence and the Companies Investors consumers spend money everything its a whole everything its at this moment in stable so at this moment without we can say that we are society on whole it looks as if one so again a divided catalonia will not find comfort in the ballot box its true that the session is to question is the big issue in this election but thats mainly because the big parties are competing against one another over who takes the hardest line against Catalan Independence at the end and it has come to all this of benson other than last another level because it falls like. Silence of the status quo in this that reality of the of this theyd and its a challenge that nobody seems to have any answer for you know not so far i would say. My impression is that this is going to be enough sort of like us they made their situation for a few years the polls predict no majority when a socialist leader Pedro Sanchez is expected to score highest and will likely try again to form a coalition but no scenario offers hope to the separatist cause in catalonia so the scenes that followed the sentencing of its leaders in october may turn out to be among the last desperate throws of a movement with nowhere left to turn jonah how aljazeera barcelona. At least 9 people have drained trying to reach Spains Canary islands their boat capsized when it hit rock school salons a rossi early on when say 15 people were thought to be on board the dinghy when it set off from academia in. Morocco 4 were rescued and another 2 are still missing spain is one of the main european destinations for migrants and refugees you try to make the dangerous crossing from north africa but its the number of people entering spain illegally has dropped compared to last year. British police formally identified all 39. 00 bodies found in a truck last month theyve confirmed the 31. 00 men and 8 women discovered in the refrigerated container east of london were all vietnamese the truck driver has been charged with Manslaughter Police in vietnam have arrested 11 people in connection with the incident. For the. Crash. Thanks. Italy is introducing mandatory lessons on Climate Change an old Public Schools students will learn about the subject from primary 3 to high school is the 1st country in the world to make studying sustainability and Climate Change compulsory well monica facility is an italian politician and cochair of the European Green party she says making Climate Change a compulsory subjects in schools is a step in the right direction and needs in the as in many other countries we do have a lot of time abnegation people that think that change doesnt exist or at least is not well by human activity and therefore cannot be stopped but i believe that based ourselves on science and that mean its a very shrewd me. Discussion also to the agenda 2030 being the un goals and Sustainable Development which are accepted by everyone so i think that there are ways to reach at this possible are of course to present a discussion because not that there is not only one way to be a Good Government change but the fact that resenting what the issue is and what the consequences are really are of Climate Change i think that this is beyond doubt. New zealand has passed a Climate Change law and its reducing its net Carbon Emissions to 0 by 2050 the bill was passed with near unanimous support an independent Climate Change commission will be formed to monitor progress. Now the publishers of the collins dictionary have named their words of the year topping the list as climate strike paying testament to the actions of schoolgirl activists gratitude and the world by protests over Climate Change over the past 12 months the dictionaries also recognise the term nonbinary which it defines as a Sexual Identity that doesnt conform to male or female and also making the list is deep fake where the Computer Generated faces a figure such as politicians are superimposed on to videos to look like theyre saying something they didnt stab in the sport now heres andy. Thank you very much 2 time olympic triple jump champion Christian Taylor is urging athletes to unionize and demand a greater say in how their sport is run if follows a world athletics decision to drop several disciplines from its elite series of events the 200 meters 3000 meter steeplechase and triple jump and just 3 of the 8 disciplines being axed from next years Diamond League organizers have radically reshaped the format so it can fit into a 90 minute television window the 5 in 10000 meters along with the discuss also on the way out when a statement taylor a 7 time champion said our sport is about unity and diversity and separating the events can only damage the sport we all love im announcing the formation of the Athletics Association an association for all professional track and field athletes around the world we will fight for athletes rights and ultimately demand a seat at the table and the say in how all sports is run it is an effort to unify professional track and field athletes from around the world does have a boys have a presence with this is a remade win when this is even being thought about i wish athletes had more presents were a bit worse on the Decision Making and this is hopefully going to be their proof that the athletes who come together make a stand united united stand united front its a deliberate year its a very important year these dima the competitions really get you the exposure the experience they get the top athletes in the world but now the athletes will have to see other meats go to Different Countries go to different events to try to get that competition in preparation for the tokyo 20 twentieths the worlds 1st transatlantic professional sports same as signed Sonny Bill Williams in a record deal for either rugby union or rugby league williams to most recently pay for new zealand at the Rugby World Cup will now play for canadas toronto wolfpack who are part of the English Super League competition after signing its who year deal worth close to 7000000. 00. Just a quick misses to the to answer fans and see im looking forward to going over there i just want to say. That im not coming over for a holiday although my son might be coming over to do some work and god willing we cannot have a successful season on an open field. Clearly the guy comes with almost a branding himself mega high profile player but i went out to japan last week to meet on a bill and i just wanted to make sure that resigning for the right reasons and he made some. Very sincere commitments towards that is common to win trophies i want to win the trophy wants to be successful as do we grab this burden on britain to be successful ourselves so who is Sonny Bill Williams when he started out playing rugby league in australia where he won the domestic title twice playing for the bulldogs in 2004 and the roosters in 2014 he was widely criticised when he switched codes in the middle of the 2008 season to play for the french rugby side to lawn upon returning to new zealand he played 58 matches for the all blacks and want to Rugby World Cups has been there for olympic rugby sevens gold was short lived when he was injured in the opening game of the rio 2016 torment and then another unlikely career twist he won the w. P. A. International heavyweight boxing title in 2013 south africas world cup winning rugby team have started a 5 day with victory lap of their home country day one saw sickly team taking the trophy throughput soria johannesburg and so west so police is the 1st black caps in in the teams 127 year history and the cup travels to his hometown of sweden on sunday south africa beat england in japan last saturday to win this title for a 3rd time. This is actually be one of the most games in the future of south africa. You see there because it is pertinent in a device when you want to write. Because he was a junior brutal situation. Made sure that you know the mistress beat you that makes you the critics are trying to take over. This was. One of them. Like. Russia sports minister has denied that any of the data handed to the World Antidoping Agency was manipulated. Russia faces a fresh ban ahead of next years Tokyo Olympics if water finds the information from moscows anti doping lab had been edited. The experience consider that there were no deletions at all there its a purely technical issues related to how the system itself works at the next meeting between experts from wada the lowes and laboratory and from outside all of these issues will be discussed and im sure all of these issues will be explained i think you know. All of this people ringback ringback who work in russia who are responsible for sports the top. Know we hear from them youre all. Its impossible no no English Premier League team ever some believe that midfielder andre geim ice could play again this season the Portuguese International suffered a dislocated fracture of the tackle by tottenhams son young men on sunday its a manager mark i silva said sun had texted his apologies to gomes after that match the feedback. From our medical staff and is that possible they are playing again this season. Of course you know when. Or 1st we saw that in that moment and these are really seriously injured and looks who is serious of course after after the surgery and after all the exams the everything went really well to power boat crews were lucky to avoid serious injury after their boats crashed out at an event in florida the race was stopped after both fights flipped out of the water during a super stock price all 4. 00 crew members were able to escape from the overturned boats and no serious injuries were reported as a result of the accidents. And believe it or not this isnt real for me i want to this is a computer game its the latest events in the air for a sports pro series in london the grand finals in december with a prize fund of hoffa 1000000. 00 for grabs ok. Thanks andy and finally a new exhibition showcasing one of leonardo da vincis most important works the virgin of the rocks as opened at Londons National Gallery so you go went to take a look. The mind that crossed boundaries and a pall of us who mastered the worlds of both art and science know not to love him she may have been accused of being a heretic yet he produced some of the most iconic religious paintings. Masterpieces as mysterious as they are a noun intricate with a pond lair of secrets and symbolism here the virgin of the rocks wild yet immaculate dark and illuminating with discoveries to be found among the light and shade. The latest way of exploring this work of art experiencing the science and the techniques that created this icon what inspired it how it was painted and not least how to preserve it a journey that gradually reveals itself in all its glory the paintings are really important one for the in our joe the commission occupied him for 25 years this isnt and it gave people so much rich wonderful material that their experience of looking and engaging with the real leonardo is deeper and more memorable and more meaningful. Here is also a chance to play with darkness and light how the master would have seen the subject bright among the somber rocks. Davinci described water as the driving force of nature it is the architect of the grosser depicted in the off the rocks painting is also a testament to the all felt by the artist the Natural World and the desire he had to understand it. The version seen here is one of 2 that exist the other is in the louvre in paris both almost identical but created for different commissions yet what captivates is the mind behind the work and the genius that continues to unveil itself to those who gaze upon it sonia agel aljazeera london. Well that wraps up this new star do stay with us nothing is continuous with has a sequel after the shot break. Ups oldest muslim undertakers working here is a 7 days a week thats grown with the community my father purchased a black ambulance started to do the funerals in london and the family we saw stopping father and daughter and we can is this the stories we dont often hear told by the people who the very personal level. East and undertakers this is europe on aljazeera. The most incredible stories are often true. And sharing our experiences. Makes the unfamiliar for me. In this life no versity makes a difference understanding the importance of being part of something much greater than so much and the slaughter of what were told is freedom of expression. The right to moderate. Sean and to march into the dark. Because you dislike the desire to understand the world. Make sure she. And the human condition is universal. A story of blackmail. A lack of skill i have strength i have a story of current a lot of the fear is real. Passion. And its very serious just. At least 10 protesters a shot dead across iraq as anger against the government shows no sign of letting up. Has him seek it this is edges it out live from doha also coming up getting tough on protesters in chile the president introduces new measures to rein in violent demonstrations that have left at least 20 people dead. President former National Security adviser is a no show