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Offered him asylum. Also ahead out of control bushfires now threaten australias largest city. And sport chinas National Football team looks abroad for how to how the country plans to naturalize more foreign players as they bid to qualify for and even the world cup. At least 4 people have been killed in renewed fighting over the israel gaza border following the assassination of a Palestinian Islamic jihad commander. And his wife were killed in an israeli airstrike on his home in gaza overnight israeli airstrikes have also hit apartment buildings and a hamas facility in gaza. Its really war planes have fired missiles towards damascus into the mazhar neighborhood to hit a house belonging to a jury another commander of Islamic Jihad its unclear whats happened to him but his son and granddaughter have been killed the Israeli Military says around 50 rockets have been fired from gaza prompting the closure of schools and some Transportation Services video released by the Roads Authority shows what appears to be a rocket exploding on a busy road narrowly missing cars and buses right matheson is our correspondent in west jerusalem rob just take us through this original incident what happened. Well earlier on this morning weve seen the aerial bombardment by israeli planes as you said carrying out attacks in open fields in gaza but also hitting several buildings but thats was preceded by a targeted attack on this Islamic Jihad leader. And now he is the man that israel blames for having launched several rockets from gaza into israel about 10 days ago the time israel has responded by firing rockets back and a 27 year old palestinian man was killed at the time but it was interesting at that point because israel singled out this. Leader for being responsible for this attack it did not put blame on hamas or any of the other groups that are within gaza now israeli president but not in the netanyahu has described. As saying he was poised to launch attacks against israel and that he was a ticking time bomb and that is why this targeted attack took place now the other significant think peter is that this is the 1st time that israel has carried out targeted attacks on such a senior figure since about 2014 that was the end of the gaza crisis at that point and israel is now saying that it is no intention to return to the policy of making targeted attacks but it wanted it to be clear that they blamed this individual for firing those rockets into israel about 10 days ago there has been a certain amount of support that from some of the other local groups within gaza as well from us or come out and said that it will offer a unified response but were not entirely sure what response that is likely to be in at the moment the number of rockets that are currently being fired in from gaza seem to be a ridge an 18 from Islamic Jihads fighters as opposed to any other group at the moment but we are seeing definite signs of retaliation. Absolutely there are already certainly in the last couple of hours as you as you mentioned before the Israeli Military had said that at least 50 rockets have been fired from gaza into israel about 20 of them the Israeli Military said had been done by the iron dome Aerial Defense system but since that time we have seen a succession of rockets again being fired from gaza at a variety of points one of which was just south of jerusalem what i am now another one was as you mentioned before it hit a set of hit a freeway that which is in southern israel just the near the border with gaza interestingly there are schools and workplaces between gaza all the way up to tell of reeves have been are at one point were ordered to be closed and sirens were sounding in tel aviv as well this is a very tense situation peter the problem is that whilst israel has made it a point to say it is no longer carrying out targeted attacks it is not yet clear what the other players in gaza going to do rob thanks very much ok lets talk. Professor of Political Science at the university he joins us from gaza mr welcome to the news how big an escalation does this represent. Well our litany said that this is the most serious escalation over the past 6 months. And thames of its intensity on till this moment the last time israel launched an escalation against gaza was mid may of this year but it does also as it was reported by your correspondent in jerusalem that this is the fair start to get it assassination by israel in 5 years since the as wedo offensive against gaza and the summit of 20 f. 14 since that time is where refrained from killing palestinian commanders or Palestinian Militants and this is the 1st time israel has approved the s. S. A nation of a top military commander here in the gaza strip which opens the door for further escalation between israel and the Palestinian Resistance in the coming few hours and days ok its the 1st time theyve done this in a long time is it linked to the appointment of the announcement of the appointment of a relatively hardline new defense minister. Well is what any sources are saying that the decision to assassinate bob a lot the the Islamic Jihad commander was taken about 10 days ago before the appointment of the family bennett as minister of the israeli army or the i. D. F. And this operation was approved by the israeli ship by these way the joint chiefs of staff and the Prime Minister himself so it doesnt have to do in my opinion and according to his way to sources to the appointment of an if tony bennett as minister of defense it has to do with israel claim that the launching of rockets from gaza about 10 days ago against the israeli city of sideroad in which one of those rockets it directly on his way to house in the city of city or as the as a result or as the cause of this israeli decision to go after the Islamic Jihad commander this morning. Difficult to predict im sure but do you get the sense where you are that this will lead to a relatively short dangerous spasm of violence or something that will last longer than that. I think it depends on a number of factors but let me say that now the funeral the funeral of the Islamic Jihad commander is underway right now and this is going to get had has threatened that once they are finished with the funeral of their commander they will launch further rockets against his way to towns and villages and as we have seen since this morning some of these rockets reach the center of israel in tel aviv or goes down area and other other israeli cities i think we are going to witness further escalation in the coming few hours and days but it all depends on the behavior of hundreds who is the de facto government here in gaza and sort of the responsible for the gaza strip if hamas is going to join this time again had we are going to approach a further escalation or a more us collision with israel but if hamas is able to contain the Islamic Jihad with the help of the egyptians this situation might be quintin order of brought under control within 2 or 3 days otherwise hamas will decide what will happen in the coming few hours and days very briefly the relationship between Islamic Jihad and hamas not exactly the best relationship in the region will have mass try to keep a lid on Islamic Jihad or give them free rein do you think. That is that an out there very important question let me say that this kind of job is just the 2nd Strongest Military organization in gaza off to a mass and they have is a lot of competition between the 2 military groups here in gaza its not done is it to say that hamas will be able to control or to contain this the mcjob i think the egyptians will also another International Media those like the u. N. Would probably have to be brought in to try to contain this cycle of violence. But generally speaking of these them gadd is funded and supported minute deadly and politically by iran so maybe iran will. Play out 1 on with out with out of this cycle of violence will be extended or will be brought to an end of any time soon so i. Thank you very much lets bring in mitchell but hes c. E. O. Of key Global Research and advised formally the israeli president shimon peres he joins us from west jerusalem welcome to the news why is this happening now for you thank you. 1 well i think where we are seeing an escalation which isnt it coming on an interesting time when left ali bennett is starting his 1st day as minister of defense. You know a lot of israelis it only gets serious here in israel when there are rockets in the missiles hit that tell of a were jerusalem area so as long as the rockets were contained in the gaza area. A little bit further you know there was a low intensity conflict the idea for spawn that there were more missiles and so forth once the 1st missile hits the glitched on the tell of the region they gained the rules of the game change and israel will respond ok previous guest im not sure if you were able to hear a conversation hes in gaza he was saying it doesnt have anything to do with the the announcement of the appointment of a new defense minister his line is or his sources are telling him this decision to mount this operation of the night was taken 10 days ago if hes right could what were seeing be a reaction to what other people listening is going on and its iran cultivating Islamic Jihad could that be a component of the explanation as to the timing. It could be very well it could be the assassination of the the leader yesterday it could be a lot of things i dont think that its because of the taliban it is the 1st day it just works out as a coincidence and it works out that the government of israel is not really formed and that theyre doing that so i think this is something that will unite israelis and there will be a push towards a unity government i think from hearing your previous guest where he says that the hamas has to rein in the Islamic Jihad i think they will do that because they do not want an escalation meaning Islamic Jihad has shown that they have the capability to reach tel aviv theyve done that theyve scared israelis they can do that and now its time to stop because if they continue to do that then the i. D. F. Is going to go israel is going to go in there very strong and very hard and theyre going to stop the missile fire theyre going to stop the rocket fire and they will decimate hamas and Islamic Jihad targets the people of gaza will suffer and im not convinced that the hamas is ready for that kind of fight although they do have fire power they do not want to start an escalation like this where israel will absolutely crush them and especially now when its and you know has to show that hes the boss this is the wrong time to play with israel ok and also intriguingly given you know the Election Results of the inconclusive election result weve got netanyahu and benny gantz on exactly the same page and if israel is tilting back towards perhaps pure speculation granted perhaps back towards targeted operations such as this one that brings a lot of force into the arena of course of of this becomes. Yeah but i think that if theyre if their israel will not tolerate missile fire to tell of even jerusalem up until now it can go a half an obstacle on a notch tode generally the iron dome knocks out any missiles that are going to do damage there most of the missiles fired go into empty fields are there knocked out you know destroyed in the air once you have missiles landing on the streets of tel aviv and where the real Population Centers are and where the airports are its over the i. D. F. Whos ever the defense minister weathers of telly bennett the Prime Minister and its any out and many gods who could be that the incoming Prime Minister theyre all united in this its got to stop and they will take the full force of the i. D. F. In there to gaza whatever it takes to knock that out to make sure that there are no more missiles so i think hamas realizes that the Islamic Jihad with the backing of iran may want to kind of test israel and show that they have the capability theyve done that and now theyre going to have to retreat and theyre going to have to stop otherwise its really going to be game over for the hamas and for the people of gaza unfortunately who are just the points here and also the victims of lousy Political Leadership that really doesnt have their best interests at heart ok well leave it there mitchell but out in west jerusalem thank you so much good to talk. Still to come for you here on the news hour including former u. S. President ial candidate Hillary Clinton is criticizing the u. K. Government. Also ahead stargazers around the world witnessed the rare sight of mercury passing between the sun. And in sport canadas most famous ice hockey broadcaster is fired over an anti immigrant. Will be here with the details on that story in about 30 minutes. Running battles have been taking place between protesters and the Police Across hong kong today antigovernment demonstrators set up barricades paralyzing streets and public transport the hong kong leader called the protests quote a very selfish act now that follows some of the most violent demonstrations seen in months on monday with a protester being shot and the government supporter set on fire of course we are in what 4 months of trouble on the streets of hong kong we have seen the relevant authorities using live fire and no reports of live fire being used today will stay with those recent pictures for you just as long as we can and will bring in a guest here on the news Chinas Foreign Ministry saying stop in the violence the most important thing in hong kong lets talk to back to god hes Vice President of the center for china and globalization he joins us from beijing welcome back to the news was the direction of travel here because you got the authorities using live fire occasionally that must be signed off by somebody higher up. Now 1st of all whats happening in hong kong in terms of escalation of violence is very regrettable and highly deplorable now i think we need to call. Jack a jag and call a spade a spade while there are still peaceful demonstrators in hong kong we should not deny that there are criminals and holy girls and there are people who commit violence and he knows crime setting people on fire and setting up all kinds of asses now this is very very dangerous and i think the Hong Kong Government and the Hong Kong Police force are urged to do whatever they care within the law to restore law and order to Hong Kong Policemen firing live shots is always regrettable but it really depends on the level of violence committed and whether there are people who want to grab a gun from a Police Officer for example or want to physically attack Police Officers all these criminal activities should not be tolerated and should be condemned by all the peace loving people throughout the world hong kong is not an exception hong kong is not a jungle hong kong need to make sure that law and order prevail ok we need to make sure beijing needs to make sure i guess thats what youre saying as well that law and order prevails how far down this road are the authorities prepared to go. No i think president xi jinping of china has already expressed their full support for kerry land the chief executive of hong kong and the mainland Chinese Government to the Central Government has also expressed their full support to the Hong Kong Government and the Hong Kong Police force and i think the overwhelming majority of the mainland Chinese People 1400000000 of them in total express for solidarity with the Hong Kong Police officers and want to see that the. Government do their utmost to restore law and order the Central Government is not directly stepping into the situation in hong kong why because according to the one country 2 systems principle the primary responsibility of maintaining law and order in hong kong rests squarely on the shoulder of the hong kong as our government and this is the game plan right now so i think the expectation is that the hong kong as our government including its police force need to do whatever that is allowed in law to bring out all the instruments within the laws of hong kong to make sure that these crimes need to be brought to justice criminals need to be prosecuted and law and order should be restored now despite all of the complexities of the situation in hong kong let us really acknowledge one simple fact that is it is mainly a Law Enforcement exercise the Hong Kong Police officers need to do whatever hard the job they are faced with is to restore law and order to just to interrupt you just to push for a 2nd but to go one of the complexities that youre talking about can i suggest to you is the composite makeup of those big demonstrations the big demonstrations where its sometimes tens of thousands of people weve seen over the past what 1617 sunday 16 or 17 weeks it is not rabble rousing it is not people who proved ominously and in the main want to cause trouble want to vandalize want to break the law they just want to protest and they come from all over the different demographics that make up hong kong. Well allow me to say that if the demonstrations are law for illegal and peaceful you can have up to 8000000 people demonstrated in hong kong and that should still be law for illegal demonstrations and in that case everything should be protected and the sky were not to collapse now if you are talking about criminals one single criminal would be one single criminal too many and the he or she or they should not be tolerated therefore lets really make a very crucial differentiation that is lawful demonstrators and protesters on the ground who need to be protected and criminals and holligan zx and other kids for example and those teen years people who commit heinous crimes and i think we are at a cross rolled and the rest of the world including the very distinguished aljazeera news media should have the courage to make this crucial differentiation we cannot get these 2 completely different groups of people to vilest because we need to have the decency of identifying crimes as they are and identify criminals as they are and we need to give support and solidarity to the Hong Kong Police to do their job to restore law and order back to Hong Kong Hong kong as a Financial Center cannot afford to be prayed to with the crimes an awesome and i am a kid is for example or this will really push into this but to go thank you very much lets bring in the legal parlance of our correspondent in hong kong to be just take us through what youve been seeing and hearing. Peter right now im at Chinese University its one of the main universities in hong kong it seems to be. Now the focal point of the days protests they started earlier in the day there been running battles here with riot police a sense that the police have retreated in the far edges of the university while more students are gathering the vice chancellor has been trying to negotiate with the students but that hasnt done much to quell their anger call their protests have been calling out on social media for more people to come and they have been coming with supplies with reinforcements looking in looking like theyre digging their heels said for a long night here now this is just one of the many protests we have seen throughout the day many of the protests were concentrated in universities the. Students calling for an investigation into police so i cant ability police who are there calling Police Brutality of using Excessive Force and. To to back this point to a certain extent today police have said in their press conference that already arrested 284 people 190 of them students from the age ranges of 12 to 98 so are the students are calling for a bit more transparency in what is going on with the police and them trying to what they say is enforcing the law and order and it looks like theyre just digging their heels in this evening for for a confrontation against the police barricading more roads setting up. On the front lines just waiting for some kind of action to view things very much. A large area of eastern australia has been given one of the countrys most serious wildfire warnings the sydney region has been given a cause cancer struck danger level for the 1st time winds and rising temperatures are fanning flames closer to sydneys outskirts the rest of New South Wales and queensland are also under a warning. Under those sorts of conditions there is a significant amount of unpredictability instability and aggressive far behind you and far spread you we know that under under dies of catastrophic if a far starts and takes hold if we are not there so quickly that we can bring it under control if it takes hold we are not going to stop it we are not going to control far as im the kind of conditions i have the ability to develop and grow extremely quickly well our correspondent under thomas is at one of those fires on the outskirts of sydney they spot fighters are looking for any remaining flames because if ive put out all of them it wouldnt take much for a gust of wind to spread this far out it reignites i went out in the middle of the countryside here this is 18 kilometers away from sydneys harbor bridge very much within the city limits and its that extensive the planes the media well lots and lots of people live that make this far emergency in australia very different from others that have come before the authorities have cooled conditions on tuesday trying to stop it and what that relates to is the High Temperature combined with high wind combined with a very high what they call fuel like very dry shrubs and trees with a drought in this part of australia and it means that theres no militia in anything so when planes take hold they travel very very fast to todd to be more than 70 set fires burning across the state of New South Wales alone on tuesday well this spot was right opposite sean murphy and sean you were here when its a cult it all happened very very fast and to tell you about that in about 5 minutes there were sirens and then walked out the front door fames 34 metres high out of the chase right of my doorstep pretty much. But quite quickly the planes and helicopters in the air bombing it helicopters there far east were here before i saw the fire and then there was a plane within 5 to 10 minutes and. Helicopters dropping what i. Just put out a window in the middle of nowhere this is close to 20 minute drive to the center of sydney yet almost yes definitely in sydney. When thinking what happened to that ive said sean thank you very much many of the fires that have been running cross New South Wales on in the queensland and Western Australia on tuesday have been a what they call emergency level that means authorities have been telling people that at that point its too likely theft lines they need to hunker down and wait for whats called the fire front to possible because if i try and escape if i tried to get in the causing trouble i put themselves writes a risk is the 1st time this much of australia has been under what life called i catastrophic level of fire danger and it wont be for some hours before we know where the lives being lost. Now i just say a few moments well have the very latest weather for you with rob kelly but also still ahead here on aljazeera how doctors in the democratic republic of congo are trying to eliminate ebola by the end of the year plus. One battle won the celebrations in chile it plans to rewrite a constitution the dates back to its military dictatorship. And in the sports tennis action from the tour finals in london last ramadan struggles to stay at the top of the world rugby. Theres been a lot of rain in western europe in the last few days flooding in the river donna major has burst its banks and its still in fat and tough to say it is still raining but i want to particularly focus on this part of europe want to follow the cloud down its coming in from the northwest down the air drive it is clearly cold meeting the still warm waters of the mediterranean the result of that sort of thing is almost always you develop an area of low pressure sometimes a fairly story one and this one is no exception the wooden swirling around this thing here would charge a fee when its really in tunisia or of gale force a little bit to the east and Eastern Europe is still representing really late summer 23 degrees book prices still well above where it should be this is more typical 8 to 17 be the case so lets focus a bit more all in this area the Central Mediterranean has been swirling with these storms to me in the west for the last couple of weeks this ones fairly vicious is bringing showers into tunisia and i say that suddenly or more last saturday Gale Force Wind running over the open water but look you can see italy and you cant see albanian you cant see much of greece. Over the next 24 hours this storm will move in that general direction and although things will improve for tunisia and italy after potential floods today thats not true on the adriatic coast for example in dubrovnik shunk thunderstorm got to be the case of a both wednesday and thursday a drop in temperature 3 days of persistent rain. The weather sponsored by cattle read. A story 1400 years in the making. A story of succession and the leadership. Of jersey that tells the story of dispute and division at the heart of an empire. The caliph episode to. Russia has jeopardized the United States security interests we know what you are doing and you will not succeed perceptions from the outside looking in. The box the picture from the inside. I think russias Foreign Policy is too soft becky a russian goals help me achieve. Peace and to be full on aljazeera. November on aljazeera planet s. O. S. 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The police on call and have been firing tear gas and engaging in running battles with protesters across several parts of the city antigovernment protesters also set up barricades paralyzing streets and public transport. And a big area of eastern australia has been given one of the countrys most serious wildfire warnings the sydney region has been given a catastrophic danger level for the 1st time i winds and dry conditions helping the flames to spread. A flight. Carrying the former bolivian president evo morales to mexico has been diverted to paraguayan mexico has offered him asylum but his plane has landed innocently on for whats been described as a technical stop mr morale is resigned on sunday after weeks of protests following his disputed reelection. As has more from the bolivian capital la paz. It will more or less left after requesting asylum in mexico he thanked mexico for protecting his life and city he was her to leave for political reasons. What ellis was departing thousands protested on the streets of us. At the National Assembly an emergency meeting of the senates 3rd Vice President jenny agreed to be sworn in as interim president to fill the power vacuum. And his is likely to be sworn in on tuesday if members of what alice is party filled a quorum she said the country must move forward with him yes and that we have a timetable to have a new president by the 22nd of january. Opposition legislators and politicians hope the call for elections will help restore stability in the andean nation. Backed by regional allies like un when a sweet little model is characterized his downfall as a result of a coup detat. But the opposition rejected the allegations are not. In this moment of process this shouldnt be political khaleds official or opposition or there is an institutional responsibility to respond to the events we are facing. Many critics of morales say the electoral fraud should be the focus of this political crisis. But model is his supporters are out in the streets they say the military pushed him out and they want to bring him back here in the center of the past tensions continue with police reinforcing barricades to prevent the 1st to reach the president ial palace. The violence turned up a notch in the past businesses were wrecked political and Civic Leaders attacked and homes and buses were set on fire the army chief has ordered troops to be deployed in the capital to rein in what he called groups of vandals. The capitol remains nearly shut down schools and businesses are closed and International Flights canceled he believes fear the tensions may rise no longer valid he. Will pray now this is enough division were all brothers you must have you. But believe us today are more divided than ever the 1st indigenous president has left suspected of committing electoral fraud the country is in turmoil but morales promised to return with more energy and strength but the. Us. Doctors in the democratic republic of congo told al jazeera they hope to reduce the number of the boehner cases to 0 by the end of the year more than 2000 people including 160 Health Workers have died since the most recent outbreak began last year Catherine Sawyer has that story now from money but its where the 1st case was diagnosed a seam about why is what is known as an airborne Contact Trace are from the North Eastern city of benghazi in the democratic republic of congo she looks for people who have come in contact with a ball of patience and mourn and has their health put 21 days but that equals fast morning stop is the home of a woman whos they but died of the disease this month and then another neighbor tender the burial this is not an easy job if you go in and out sometimes people are hostile others go into hiding or dont get their proper address but we explain to them that what were doing is for their own good the number of people becoming sick has reduced in auburn towns and cities like benny but doctors are still struggling to contain the disease in the villages father out as we had to monkey in a town the number of stops on the road for people to wash their hands and have the temperature checked tells us approaching ground 0 its in villages in this area where the fast cases of the ball of i discovered nearly a year and a half ago. Lost that and relatives including his mother and william im on my out got sick fish relatives nursed her until she died when we buried her and thats how more people got sick. Some communities have been hostile to Health Visitors resisting attempts to get help several Treatment Centers and thousands of Health Workers have been attacked educating people about the airball issue is a big priority oh come on in the lobby of the well loved her family yeah theyre like theyre the time theyre not getting on my nerves and movies and i believe her you remember mom how did you know them or not respond as a whole to working in volatile areas where rebel fighters ambush villages at will while Health Organization Officials Say despite this problems they are hoping to have 0 ebola cases by the end of the 2 is important to make sure the suggestion i talked about is under control. Ok you 2 are cons the term loses a 1000000 term of security but also making sure that you dont have. Big cities going. At the market in beni as kittys performed simulating a death and face burial its a serious story told in a simple way the performers hope it will drive the point home that it is real and dangerous can be treated if detected early Catherine Story aljazeera mangina eastern democratic republic of congo. The Afghan Government has announced it will release 3 top taliban leaders in exchange for 2 hostages american kevin king and australian timothy weeks were kidnapped from kabul outside the American University in 2016 the taliban prisoners include carney who was seized in 2014 and whose older brother is the deputy taliban leader the president ashraf ghani said the release of the taliban fighters was a hard decision made quotes in the interest of the Afghan People ok as you probably know there is a general election shuttle for december the 12th in the u. K. Is it really an election or is it another referendum on bricks it thats the big talking point of course weve got both of the main parties labor the conservatives and indeed the lib dems campaigning hard bracks it is the main talking point although the top line on that particular story with the Election Campaign up and running well and truly up and running is that the labor party is saying theyve been the subject of a big scale cyber attack our correspondent is paul brennan in london paul did anyone get away with any data. Not as far as the labor party are saying no they say that they have as far as theyre aware not had any data loss as a result of this the statement which has been issued in the past hour by the labor party says that there was a sophisticated a large scale cyber attack but they took swift action and the attempts failed due to their robust Security Systems the integrity of platforms was maintained and were confident that no data breach occurred Campaign Activities were slowed down but theyre now back up to speed and i have to say though that early indications are that this was actually a d. D. O. S. A denial of Service Attack where the target website is bombarded with traffic and slows it down and perhaps even paralyzes it and worst Case Scenarios and that is a fairly crude type of attack so lets not put any. Supposition as to who might be behind it but its probably not accurate to say its sophisticated it wasnt clinical if its true that this was a d. D. O. S. Attack thats a fairly simple crude type of an internet attack that sort of internet vandal would be capable of as opposed to needing the the input of a large scale state involvement understood thanks that clarity for do sit tight because meanwhile the former us president ial candidate Hillary Clinton has accused the u. K. Government of shameful behavior for failing to release a report on alleged Russian Election interference mrs clinton says every voter has a right to read the report had become for december election the middle of December December the 12th the probe reportedly details russian dissin from ation campaigns into influence both the forthcoming and previous votes Boris Johnsons conservative government denies is trying to suppress the report to avoid a scandal paul brennan of course is following that aspect as well so this would be an all quick thing maybe for number 10 to deal with paul. Well number 10 has been fending off serious questions about this for over a week now in fact nearly 2 weeks the reality is that the Parliament Intelligence committee which was looking at allegations of russian involvement and interference in both the 2016 referendum on the 27000 general election here had taken evidence from all the Security Services and had compiled this report and submitted it to number 10 downing street to the Prime Ministers office by the 17th of october and was expecting that report then to be simply published within about 10 days they say that that would be the normal procedure for this there was no security concerns the Security Services have said that they are happy for the contents of that report to be published and yet downing street is sitting on it and have said that they wont publish the report until after the election now that is creating real serious questions as to why is it because there is something damaging and suspicious in that report that would be pertinent to this election that were going through at the moment Hillary Clinton whos on a book tour of the u. K. Publishing her latest book said in interviews that it was inexplicable that the British Government would not release a government report about russian influence in explicable and shameful she said because theres no doubt we know it from our country the us and weve seen as in europe weve seen it that russia in particular is determined to try to shape the politics of western democracies not to our benefit but so very strong words there from Hillary Clinton and very person and as we just mentioned a moment ago in regards to the labor party cyber attack concerns about the integrity of democracies in the cyber age paul thanks very much. A prominent cambodian opposition politician has met germanys ambassador a day off being released from house arrest chems welcomed Christian Burka to his home in the pen so hostile faces Treason Charges and is banned from politics and leaving the country become bloody and government has been facing increasing International Pressure over its crackdown on the opposition and the tire position figure of the Cambodian National rescue party acting leaders sam rainsy says he will remain in malaysia where he is in exile no weve been to find another way to go back to cambodia i will be staying in the region because the situation can change very quickly and i will go back in cambodia. When days say much yearly physical possibility to do so with my colleagues. Protests have once again broken out in chile with riot Police Firing tear gas and water cannon and demonstrators in santiago it comes after the president Sebastian Pinera offer to rewrite the current constitution which dates back to the era of pinochet once we return the documents will be put to a public referendum but opposition figures have criticized the move saying the vote should be held 1st so the peoples views can be considered in america at ascendancy in human is in santiago. The unmistakable sight and sound of the quick Chinese National dance. In the same plaza where some travelers largest protests are taking place these people came to remind chileans that there are things that unite them all they feel like this is a decisive time its making us reflect on what we are and what we want to become we need to feel empowered and also take responsibility for the solutions to our demand this. One of them is a new constitution in nearly 4 weeks of unrelenting protests its widely being seen as indispensable to pave the way for structural changes to chiles free market system. The current constitution was imposed in 1900 under the pinochet dictatorship and. The model of the 1980 constitution hands Education Health Social Security and Labor Relations over to the private sector the state plays a minimal role so people are feeling abused by a constitution that instead of benefiting the collective needs tends to concentrate resources in a few hands without providing the necessary services. But other experts argue that the current constitution is not to blame rather the laws and Public Policies that have failed to meet peoples needs. Im not saying this is a new constitution cant improve the magna carta but i fear that will be a huge question. Peoples expectations and the reality of what the constitution came and cant do. After nearly 4 weeks of unrelenting protests its widely being seen as a necessary step to pave the way for structural changes to chiles free market system. But for many thats no longer enough former president ial candidate alexandra de year says ping it out must call for early general elections but fortunately can tackle a new national charter. Discredited but we need to legitimize social changes by turning to our citizens they inevitably and unnecessarily must be consulted actively and that starts by letting them choose who will represent them. The undemocratic origin of chilies current to magna carta is a disputable like e. U. One will not rectify all the countrys wrongs but it may be a good way to start over to boost the tarnish legitimacy of the countrys democracy you see in human aljazeera santiago. Stargazers around the world have witnessed a rare show as Macquarie Pass directly between the earth and the some the smallest planets in the solar system could be seen as a tiny black disk as it traveled across the glowing orb and is john hendren in chicago. Around the globe in fair weather and foul astronomers turned their telescopes to the sun. Right here on monday the sun shone a little less brightly as mercury transited across it leaving a freckle of darkness on the massive star for a small planet thats a pretty big deal it turns into mercury is cool because it just doesnt happen all that often. A transit occurs when a planet like mercury arenas crosses the face of the sun as seen from earth. Every century it only occurs for mercury 13 times there are only 2 planets between the earth and sun the last time. Mercury was visible crossing the solar face was in 2016 the next in 2032 transits a venus or even rarer if you missed it in 2012 and want to see it live healthfully it wont happen again till 2117 for centuries when mercury transit of the sun nobody noticed because its so small by comparison to give you an idea how small if this is the size of mercury that is the size of the sun. By watching the way planets cross the sun in our solar system scientists are able to identify new planets or exile planets in others more than 4000 exoplanets have been discovered since 1992 universes billions of years own this like human life is only so short and theres only so many things we can see in our share amount of time so for me its like being able to see as much as bad our universe as possible and learning more about the universe by watching a pinprick of darkness crawl across the sun helps those of us here on earth understand a little better how we fit into it john hendren aljazeera chicago. From the n. B. A. Including a shot from the utah jazz. I. Claras here with this most news peter thank you so much china is planning to naturalize more foreign footballers as they try to qualify for the 2022 world cup possibly host the tournaments in 2030 june foreign players have already made it into the National Team but fans are divided about whether using outside talent is the right way to go Florence Louis reports from beijing. Born in london playing for a team in beijing not unusual in an age when buying and selling players has become the norm among football clubs but nick is also the 1st foreign born footballer to represent china thats as the country steams ahead with its submission to become a force in world football. Chinese president xi jinping has said he wants to china to not only host the world cup but one day to lift the trophy the National Team has a long way to go chinas only world cup appearance was in 2002 but the move to grant citizenship to foreigners as a way to lift standards has divided fans. Out there what if all the players on the pitch a match realize these are the real chinese Political Team look at allison does he have any chinese blood he has nothing to do with china nothing at all the more because. It could encourage competition whoever is the better footballer she gets to play this will force local players to compete its a good thing. Its a sensitive topic football officials turned down aljazeera is request to speak to foreign born players the rising number of foreigners in football clubs here in recent years has led to the Chinese Football Association introducing a quota teams in the Chinese Super league out only allowed to buy 4 foreign players and only 3 are allowed on the pitch at any one time during a match a move seen as a way to ensure chinese footballers get enough playing time. China doesnt have a strong football culture but its trying to change that football academies have sprung up across the country clubs have set up more youth teams this one in beijing has 5. My dream is to playful beijing then chinas National Team maybe one day i can play major leagues in europe too until chinas homegrown talent is ready to shine on the world stage its happy to look abroad Florence Louis aljazeera beijing. Now what im most recognized figures in canadian ice hockey the veteran commentator don cherry was fired on monday following an anti immigrant a poppy reference you people loved you come here whatever it is you love our way of life you love our milk and honey at least you could pay a couple of bucks for poppies or Something Like that 85 year old made the comments during his Program Coaches corner sparking a backlash across the country the n. H. L. Called his remarks offensive jerry is known for being outspoken hes been a hockey commentator for over 30 years says he doesnt regret his comments but president of jerrys now former employer sports and said in a statement following further discussions with don cherry after saturday nights broadcast it has been decided is the right time for him to immediately step down during the broadcast he made divison remarks that do not represent our values or what we stand for. They wont say warriors were star to an n. B. A. Season continues with their 9th defeat in 11 games with steph curry and other big names out injured nothings going right for the map the moments the deal that could break down the other. States although i with my colleagues thinking a huge 3 pointer for the utah jazz just before the shot clock ran out on him perfect and that was a sign of things to come the job ran away with the victory by 14. 17 and lost 3 so far this season. Where the Houston Rockets won their 4 straight game against new Orleans Pelicans Russell Westbrook had 26 points but it was james harden who stole the show with 39 including 13 straight in the 4th quarter profits winning by 6. Now to a blow for rough nadal in his bid to keep hold of the tennis world number one ranking hes lost his opening match of the 18th he tore finals in london and he lost badly the spaniard thrashed 6264 by the defending champion alexanders of threads which never beaten him in 5 previous matches del has been struggling with and dont know injury and hasnt finished tournaments since winnie the u. S. Open in august the defeat a strong his lead in the rankings over chocolate chip could really take top spot if for example to go his way this week. This week so much playing here again after winning my biggest seller so far my career here last year this means everything to me and you know the atmosphere is the reason why everybody is trying to you know the goal of the beginning of the season is to make london because playing here playing in front of your guys playing in the old 2 is something you know that we dont have doing the year and this is so special. And it was angered after the match when asked if hed been distracted by getting married recently the big surprise for me us me days after being with the same girl for 15 years and having a very stable and normal life doesnt matter if you put the ring on your finger or not. In my in my personal way in a very normal day may be for you was a big compliment how many years you have been with you. And before the after maybe you were not sure thats way. Number 6 stuff no sense of has made his tour finals debut and finally david weigel day that the death of the 6 time about the 21 year old is the youngest player in the band and lead to victory in straight sets winning 766. This race to athletics coach Alberto Salazar has appealed his 4 year battle with the court of arbitration for sport the 61 year old was suspended back in september after an investigation by the u. S. Antidoping agency salazar was allegedly involved with trafficking testosterone as well as tampering with the doping control process during his time as head of the nike organ project hearings are not expected before next march now its an ongoing debate as to whether video referee technology is good for football a group of fans in brazil made it clear what they think. Tell ase us supporters have been upset by decisions recently so they displayed a banner saying stop enough with the a. A. R. Referee suspended player refused to continue until it was removed by the fans just showed more of the banner and actually though after pleas from 4 to laze our coach and players it was renewed and they won 10. 00. And that is all your support for now peter back to you thanks very much for cells here and a couple minutes i will see you very soon about. An inspiring quest for knowledge that led to remarkable achievements aljazeera wells meets the algerian entrepreneur. Who helped pioneer computing in the arabic language and the egyptian islamic scholar honored for his contribution to arab culture both building successful lives abroad but never forgetting their roots arabs abroad the translator and the innovator on aljazeera its a tough time for the Afghan Security forces taliban attacks have increased their suffering heavy casualties and the prospect of a withdrawal of u. S. Forces hangs over them yet young men are still joining up some for patchy arctic reasons for others its the only way to get a job despite the risks midways curry b. Was an Army Bomb Disposal engineer in Helmand Province he knew the risks he was blinded in both eyes and lost a leg when a roadside device exploded as you try to defuse it i was aware. Friends wounded while working on mines i wasnt scared to lose and. We have to like this country. Through a whole new way the planet but somebody to do it where do you go to the. Voice here promoting clean safe sanitation for a world with a 3rd of the world lacking basic facilities can his unique style really help clean up the mess. The pop culture is the fastest way those softest any problem mr toilet eyewitness documentary on aljazeera. After a Senior Commander is assassinated in an israeli air strike. Im Richelle Carey this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up. Tensions on the streets of hong kong as police again clash with protesters. Libyas former president evo morales stops in paraguay away to mexico which has offered him asylum. Out of control bushfires now threaten australias largest city