At least 4 people have been killed in exchanges of fire over the israel gaza border following the assassination of a Palestinian Islamic jihad commander baha. His wife were killed in an israeli air strike on his home in gaza overnight its really are strikes have also hit apartment buildings and a hamas facility in gaza and israeli warplanes have fired missiles towards damascus targeting another commander of Islamic Jihad it is unclear whats happened to him but his son and granddaughter had been killed by others in gaza have retaliated firing more than 50 rockets into israel unexploded she can see there on a busy highway narrowly missed narrowly that is missing cars and buses matheson joins us live from west jerusalem so rob get us up to speed on what happened over night. Ok let me just mention for quickly richelle the israeli Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu has been speaking in the last half hour or so and hes been saying that this fighting that has been going on could take some time it could be a protracted level of fighting but hes also calling for cool headed ness and saying that israel is not interested in an escalation but of course this follows reports as you mentioned earlier by the Israeli Military just this morning that at least 50 rockets have been fired from gaza into israel 20 of those the Israeli Military says have been brought down by their ire and dome system which is their Aerial Defense system and that followed an aerial bombardment by by fighter jets by israeli and the Israeli Military over gaza which hit several buildings and also some open fields in gaza this followed a targeted attack on the leader of an Islamic Jihad cell within gaza known as. He is the man that israel blames for a rocket attack about 10 days ago which fired rockets from gaza into israel israel responded with rockets were talking about only several rockets at this point on either side but in that in that. There was a 27 year old palestinian man who was killed not at the time this will had made a point of issuing a statement saying that it specifically laid the blame for the rocket attack at the feet of the top and said it did not blame hamas it did not blame any of the other factions and groups within gaza it named this individual at the time there was an impression that israel was attempting to to a centrally in any possible retaliation or uprising by hamas and other groups but now it looks as though that after 10 days they decided to take this retaliate a reaction were now hearing as you say that 4 people have died including and. Me. And his wife 2 other individuals were killed when israeli Israeli Soldiers stopped a motorbike which they believed were going to was going to be used in to to launch rockets from gaza into israel but the situation is very significant also because this is the 1st time since the end of the gaza war in 2014 that israel has used a targeted attack on such a senior figure it has carried out targeted attacks on other individuals but not at this level of seniority earlier. Israeli president been human ness and you know that anyone who said that it was intending to carry out more attacks in israel and described him as a ticking bomb so since the israeli statement that went out earlier this morning about the number of rockets being fired into israel we know that there is a continuation of that rocket fire there is no there are no reports that the Israeli Military forces may be taking some sort of retaliate a reaction. Map of some of the latest from leicester thank you but marble without as professor of Political Science at university he says the attacks could prompt days of fighting. 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 the hamas has to rein in the Islamic Jihad i think they will do that because they do not want an escalation meaning the 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 or though they do have fire power they do not want to start an escalation like this where israel will absolutely crushed 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 and just updated that was actually Mitchell Brock that we were listening to the c. E. O. Of keep on Global Research and he also advised the former president shimon peres now lets play a little bit of what nuclear site of the Professor University had to say. This is the most serious escalation over the past 6 months. In terms of its intensity until 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 2014 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. Police have been firing tear gas and engaging in running battles with protesters across several parts of the city antigovernment demonstrators set up barricades paralyzing streets and public transport consular carolan calls the protests a very selfish act that follow some of the most violent demonstration seen in months on monday a protester was shot and a government supporter set on fire Chinas Foreign Ministry says stopping the violence is the most important thing in hong kong earlier we spoke to victor go by surprise at the center for china and globalization he says that police in hong kong have used appropriate levels of force against protesters 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 jack 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 fire and setting up all kinds of asas 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 the order to Hong Kong Policeman or live shots is always regrettable but it really depends on the level of violence committed and whether there are people all want to grab a gun from a Police Officer for example who 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 president xi jinping of china has already. Expressed the full support for kerry the chief executive of hong kong and the mainland Chinese Government of the Central Government has also expressed their full support to the home call our government to the home police force and i see the overwhelming majority of the mainland Chinese People 1400000000 of them being told all express for solidarity with the Hong Kong Police officers and want to see that the Hong Kong Government do their utmost to restore law and order a flight carrying the former bolivian president evo morales to mexico has been diverted to paraguay mexico has offered him asylum but its plain his land innocency on for whats being described as a technical stop rouse resigned on sunday after weeks of protests following his to spirit reelection are an essential says more from the bolivian capital of. It will more or less left to requesting asylum in mexico he thanked mexico for protecting his life and city he was her to leave for political reasons was. What alice was departing thousands protested on the streets of us. At the National Assembly an emergency meeting of the senates 3rd Vice President jennie agreed to be sworn in as into repress it and to feel the power vacuum. And use is likely to be sworn in on tuesday if members of what alice is party feel the quorum she said the country must move forward with him here 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. 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 this 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 cancelled and he believes fear the tensions may rice. And he. Will pray now this is enough to vision world brothers last i mean all of it only 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. A lead on al jazeera a former u. S. President ial candidate Hillary Clinton is criticizing the u. K. Government. And how doctors in the democratic republic of congo are trying to eliminate ebola by the end of the year. Hello we should be watching for winter at the moment in this part of asia. And the great evidence a severe cold weather is coming out of the west a city getting colder in northern china so temperatures a system 15 degrees in beijing but clearly very cold up in mongolia minus 14 in this contrast does produce some snow in la i was just coming into the border with north korea here so the pyongyangs in the rain atoll degrees im going to go fairly far away so far and some snow forming in japan the sun is shining similar temperature temperature regime but i think it will feel rather different for the whole express eastwoods briefly gets warmer in turkey than the rain tucks in more proper snow seems quite likely your heart i will leave behind much more of a chill max when temps from pyongyang and 0 in beijing plus 7 now that is a winter feel to the sas of course the cold hasnt got this far still talking about just sub 20 in shanghai and subsidy in hong kong still rain youll notice in this part of china its gone away by thursday the temps start to come down again 16 in shanghai and places in hong kong was no she miti this rain on the coast of vietnam and in the philippines a potential Tropical Development with the rain is thankfully now near indonesia. Story 1400 years in the making. A story of succession lead to. The story of dispute the vision of. The caliph episode. Just. Watching aljazeera lets recap the top stories for you right now at least 4 people have been killed in exchanges of fire over the israel gaza border following me assassination of a Palestinian Islamic jihad commander overnight israeli airstrikes have also had apartment buildings and hamas facility in gaza Israeli Military says around 50 rockets have been fired from gaza prompting the closure of schools. Hong kong police had been firing tear gas and engaging in running battles but protesters across several parts of the city antigovernment protesters also set up barricades paralyzing streets and public transport. And the former president of bolivia even morales has left the country to seek asylum in mexico but his flight was deported to paris why he resigned on sunday after weeks of protests following his disputed reelection. A large area of eastern australia has been given one of the countrys most serious bushfire warnings the sydney region has been given a catastrophic danger level for the 1st time i went in rising temperatures are fanning flames closer to sydneys outskirts the rest of New South Wales and queensland are also under warning under the 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 dis of catastrophic if a far starts and types hold if we are not there so quickly that we can bring it under control if it times hold we are not going to stop it we are not going to control farmers on the chemistry of the conditions might have the ability to develop and grow extremely quickly out of their own hands or thomas has at one of those fires on the outskirts of sydney. They spot foxes are looking for any remaining flames because if it was put out all of them it wouldnt take much for a gust of wind spread this part of it reignites and went out in the middle of the countryside here this is 18 kilometers away from sydneys hall the bridge very much within the city limits and its facts extents of the planes well looked and lots of people live that make this far emergency in australia very different to others that have come before the authorities have cooled conditions on tuesday kansas tropical well that relates to is the High Temperature combined with high wind combined with a very high what they call fuel load very dry shrubs and trees with the drought. Its part of australia and it means that theres no militia in anything so when flames take hold they travel very very fast it taught us to be more than 76. 00 for a while as the across the states of New South Wales alone own choose day well this spot was right opposite sean murphy park and showing you what yeah when its a cult it all happened very very fast and tell me about that in about 5 minutes to a star instead of data from 2 famous 34 metres high out of the trace of my jaw set pretty much. Like quickly the planes and helicopters in the ample minya helicopter far east of here before i saw the fire and then there was a plane within 5 to 10 minutes and helicopters dropping. Just. Window in the middle of nowhere and this is close trying to draw it to the center of sydney yes oh my its yes definitely in sydney. When think you would happen to have seen. Sean thank you very much many of the funds that have been running cross New South Wales on in the queensland and Western Australia on tuesday have been to what i call emergency level that means authorities have been telling people that at that point its too late to leave their homes they to hunker down and wait for whats called the fire front to possibly was because if i try and escape if i try to get in there cause you trouble i put myself a right to risk is the 1st time this much of australia has been under what lead called a catastrophic level of fire danger and it wont be for some alice before we know where the lives being lost. A prominent cambodian opposition politician is not with germanys ambassador a day after he was released from house arrest him soca welcome Christian Berger to his home in phnom penh he still faces Treason Charges and is banned from politics and from leaving the country the cambodian government spent facing increasing International Pressure over its crackdown on the opposition. Once again broken out in chile with riot Police Firing tear gas and water cannon at demonstrators in santiago it comes after president Sebastian Pinera offer to rewrite the constitution which dates back to the era of us to pinochet once great once being written the document we put to a public referendum that the opposition says the vote should come 1st so peoples views can be considered a lot america has more from santiago. The unmistakable sight and sound of the quick cheese 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 were all and what we want to become we need to feel empowered and also take responsibility for the solutions to these. One of them is a new constitution in nearly 4 weeks of unrelenting protests its widely being seen as indispensable to paint the way to structural changes to chiles free market system. The current constitution was imposed in 1900 under the pinochet dictatorship and then more. Than a 10th the feeling that i dont know the model of the 1980 constitution hands Education HealthSocial 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. They will im not saying this is a new constitution cant improve the magna carta but i fear that will be a huge question between peoples expectations and the reality of what the constitution. And. 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 pena that must call for early general elections before chile 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 chiles current to magna carta is indisputable like e. U. One will not rectify all the countrys wrongs but it may be a good way to start over to boost the tarnished legitimacy of the countrys democracy you see in human aljazeera santiago former u. S. President ial candidate Hillary Clinton has accused the u. K. Government shameful behavior for failing to release a report on Russian Election interference clinton says every voter has a right to read the report ahead of the countrys december election the probe reportedly details russian descent from asian campaigns and to influence both the upcoming and previous votes johnsons government denies it is trying to suppress the report to avoid a scandal all right and has more from london. 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 2017 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 there is so very strong words there from Hillary Clinton doctors in democratic republic of congo have told al jazeera they hope to reduce the number of people the cases to 0 at the end of the year more than 2000 people including 160. 00 Health Workers have died since the most recent outbreak began last year catherine so reports where the 1st case was diagnosed. Why is what is known as an airball a Contact Trace off from the North Eastern city of beni in the democratic republic of congo she looks for people who have come in contact with a ball of patience and mourn and has the health put 21 days but that was fast morning stop is the home of a woman whose they died of the disease this month and then another neighbor where tended the burial this is not an easy job well you know if you go in and out with 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 alban towns and cities like benny but doctors are still struggling to contain the disease in the villages father out as we head 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 fall of i discovered nearly a year and a half ago. Lost 13 relatives including his mother and my art got sick 1st 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 for. A lot of well love her family here never like their one time theyre not getting on my nerves and the reason i believe her you remember on how to deal with them or not respond is all to working in volatile areas where rebel fighters ambush villages at will while Health OrganizationOfficials Say despite this problems theyre hoping to have 0 ebola cases by the end of the 2 is important to make sure the suggestion. Is under control. The challenge is mainly in terms of security but also making sure that you dont have reintroduction in big cities like baltimore im been. At the market in beni as kittys performed simulating a death and safe burial its a serious story told in a simple way the performers hope it will drive the point home that a ball is real and dangerous can be treated if detected early catherine saw aljazeera mangina eastern democratic republic of congo. Stargazers around the world have witnessed a rare show as mercury passed directly between earth and the sun the smallest planet in the solar system could be seen as a tiny black disk as had traveled across the glowing orb john hendren reports from chicago. Around the globe in fair weather and foul astronomers turned their telescopes to the sun was this little dot right here on monday the sun shone a little as brightly as mercury transited across it leaving a freckle of darkness on the message 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 or venus crosses face of the sun as seen from earth and every century it only occurs from 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 healthily it wont happen again till 2117 for centuries when mercury transit in 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 sure a lot 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. When i get a moment visit our web site al jazeera dot com we keep you up to date on all the all the days stories including the latest that is happening in gaza. And we shall carry lets recap the headlines right now on aljazeera at least 4 people have been killed in exchanges of fire over the israel gaza border following the assassination of the Palestinian Islamic jihad commander overnight israeli airstrikes have also hit apartment buildings and hamas facility in gaza Israeli Military says around 50 rockets have been fired from gaza prompting the closure of schools meanwhile israeli warplanes have fired missiles towards damascus into the meza neighborhood to hit a house belonging to a jury another commander of Islamic Jihad its unclear what happened to him but his son and granddaughter have been kill Hong Kong Police have been firing tear gas and engaging and running battles with protesters across several parts of the city antigovernment protesters also set up barricades paralyzing streets and public transport. The former president of bolivia able morales has left the country to seek asylum in mexico because flight though has been diverted to paraguay he resigned on sunday after weeks of protests following his disputed reelection. A large area of eastern australia has been given one of the countrys most serious bushfire warnings the sydney region has been given a catastrophic danger level for the 1st time high winds and rising temperatures are fanning flames closer to sydneys outskirts the rest of New South Wales and queensland are also under warning. A prominent cambodian opposition politician has met with germanys ambassador a day after he was released from house arrest can soco welcome Christian Berger to his home in phnom penh now he still faces Treason Charges and is banned from politics and from leaving the country cambodian governments been facing increasing International Pressure over its crackdown on the opposition protests have once again broken out in chile with the riot Police Firing tear gas and Water Cannons at demonstrators and santiago this comes after the president Sebastian Pinera offer to rewrite the constitution a document dates back to the era of pinochet and once rewritten the new constitution will be put to a public referendum at the opposition says the vote should be health 1st so peoples views can be considered but those are the headlines keep it here on aljazeera throughout the day for all the days news and so it story is up next. Free thought with limits cambodias Opposition Leader is released from house arrest bot his colleagues face hurdles as they try to return from exile can they maintain pressure on the Prime Minister despite a government crackdown this is inside story. Hello and welcome to the program im the stasi attain cambodias Prime Minister hun sen has silenced nearly all voices of dissent in recent years his government has shut down independent media and dissolved the main Opposition Cambodian National Rescue Party or c. An r. P. Now