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On the streets of chile and fears of an economic slowdown after the 4 weeks of protests against inequality. And some hope for justice as the International Criminal court agrees to investigate crimes against range of muslims in me and. So were starting with a global effort to wipe out isolate Foreign Ministers from more than 30 countries are in washington to discuss how to take on what is left of the group it comes after some concerns over americas commitment to the fight against us all remember President Trump would drew troops from syria but the u. S. Secretary of state downplayed those concerns might pompei you instead called on Coalition Members to carry out justice against suspected members of eisel from their own countries. Coalition members must take back the thousands of foreign terrorist fighters in custody and oppose accountability for the atrocities that they have perpetrated and on the other side of the atlantic turkey is sending more suspected deisel fighters and their families back to their home countries in fact 7 german citizens landed in berlin earlier on this day in a moment we will hear from dominic kane in berlin on that german repatch reaction but we starting with rosalynn jordan shes got the word from the meeting in washington. One of the main issues about dealing with isis is what do you do with the people who came from other countries to fight for the caliphate there is a general agreement that these people if possible should be returned to their home countries but there are a few countries particularly in europe that dont want foreign fighters coming back to their territory they would rather that the countries where they have been living and fighting actually arrest them prosecute them and imprison them however u. S. Officials say thats simply not a realistic ask the United States and a number of countries have taken the position that as a matter of coalition burden sharing each country has a responsibility to handle this situation on their own. Our view is that it is not a feasible option it is not a viable option to ask other countries in the region to imports another countrys foreign fighters and pursue prosecution and incarceration there the ministers also recognize that part of the reason why isolate was able to establish a caliphate so easily and so thoroughly was because of the ongoing civil war inside syria the ministers are agreeing that much more needs to be done to promote diplomatic efforts in keeping with the u. N. Security Council Resolution 2254 and say that as long as they can keep focused on trying to end the civil war it will make it harder for eisel and for other such groups to try to reestablish themselves inside that war torn country. This is the 1st wave of returns by the turkish authorities of german citizens or german residents who have been in turkish custody people who have been decided upon by the turkish authorities as being so dangerous that they can no longer stay on turkish soil and yet for the germinal forat least the difficulty that they face is that on the face of it these specific 7 individuals have no charges against them they cannot be charged for any activities or their participation in any activities in the middle east under german law and as i say these people are then perceived to be innocent they can go about their their own lives back in germany for the government there is the serious issue that many people in this country are opposed to the return of people who the turkish government have referred to in such disparaging terms but they must also a baby the law the government just as much as these individuals it is polarizing opinion in this country and of course there are more people the turkish government says it wants to return to germany with us now on skype from berlin hands schindler here is the senior director of the counter extremism project a Nonprofit Group he was also a u. N. Coordinator of the ice a lot of qaeda and Taliban Monitoring Team great to have you with us mr schindler i think dominic made a very good point in that report just now from berlin saying with these 7 in particular they cant be charged so is it a sort of a 4 process this idea of repatch reacting and then telling countries well you sorted out. Well look i mean there is general threat assessment these individuals who are in the camps in syria are some of which have already escaped as you know a couple of weeks ago that was a mess and major break out of the i and hes out and right after that there were a couple of people as michael how the whole can these individuals are potentially no longer under control so that something needs to be done. Our assessment is that having these people back in the country of origin is the best chance to be able to control those individuals from committing further that terrorist crimes and having them in a war zone with an unclear future and possible loss of control is taking a risk that these individuals that relocate to other conflict zones or do return to understand lead to the country to go back to the terrorist attacks so from a pure security perspective getting them back and then dealing with the admittedly difficult challenge of. Collecting battlefield evidence and digital evidence is the better option to do song and beckoned we have a few legal i think you know asians to be used some of the ice and members in germany have been charged with wondering war plundering which is a crime but you can prosecute were it that outside germany is going to if you cannot charge them with anything else aside from the technicalities and the technical side of of dealing with repatch relation is there a. Political issue to deal with that governments have to be concerned about what their own people think about this and are bringing quote unquote terrorists or suspected terrorists into the country. Of course im not arguing that it is not a difficult political challenge to explain that to the population now with the individuals being repatriated from turkey of course there is really no other choice for the German Government german citizens have the right to return to germany as you know this last bit that was the idea of the wall coming down for 40 years a part of germany didnt allow its citizens to leave so that current germany would not be the country that doesnt allow its citizens to return but there are a few individuals that count as German Foreign fighters who obtained permanent or temporary residency but not citizenship these cases are far more tricky whether there is a legal obligation for the German Government to take those images back a little more broadly if you wouldnt mind them and given you used to be a u. N. Coordinator for monitoring al qaeda and the taliban maybe you just get your view on i so as a group right now weve got 30 Foreign Ministers trying to figure out how to deal with whats left of it in your opinion what is left of eisel and has the death of baghdadi recently the isolator effect and. How how they can restraint that. Yeah so they got the point against eyes of phase one is played he oversaw the physical removal of the territory d d control all i sell both in iraq and syria but also in other places in libya as well as in the philippines as you know has been successively computed but however this does not mean that the fight against isis will isolate is also now in the transformation started way before the military operations but looted the transformation into a Global Terror Network a very similar in its structure to al qaeda at least centralized with affiliates all over the world that act operation independently has already been finished so it is all prey tional as the Terror Network and the increasing attacks in iraq i think it attests to the ability of these networks to inflict name just yesterday by some members were arrested in Frankfurt Germany or near Frankfurt Germany that replanning attack so the Terror Threat is similar to what we had before just the structure of the neighborhoods to the loss of walked out it was certainly a blow to the network as it dropped. Was mainly important as the focal point where people could make personal loyalty to buyout this is now gone and now is a success that no one really knows who it is has to prove that he can maintain that brandon in iraq and syria afghanistan that may work but those affiliates are 2 joint eisel from the outside and if were going africa may switch sides again and its a chance for al qaeda who still has a visible and on their. Toes if it gives back is now greater than having. A pleasure talking to thank you for your time and your expertise today always a pleasure talking to you thank you so much. To other news that Israeli Forces are hitting at what they say are terrorist targets in the gaza strip just hours after the summit jihad group fired rockets into israel all this despite a cease fire that was agreed between the 2 sides earlier on thursday most of those rockets fired into israel were intercepted by israels anti Missile Defense system fighting between the 2 sides began on tuesday after Israeli Forces assassinated a Senior Leader of Islamic Jihad in gaza all of 34 palestinians have been killed in the israeli airstrikes since then this report from harry falls that in gaza. The single deadliest moment in 48 hours of fighting an israeli airstrike destroyed this house in central gaza killing 8 members of the same family including 5 children the israeli army so the target was rosemead. And Islamic Jihad commander. They gave no warning usually they do but this time they killed a whole family its not right. A mass funeral followed 8 buried and thousands on the streets by this time the rockets and air strikes a given way to attend cease fire Islamic Jihad saying it had one important concessions a kid and now the deal was made by Islamic Jihad on behalf of all the palestinians the conditions are to stop assassination operations protect protesters during border protests for the vita return to start implementing steps to break the siege but many in gaza are struggling with desperate poverty as well as violence the tiring of such claims. Because no im not satisfied because there is no benefit ceasefires it happened many times before and were useless. Hours into the ceasefire 5 rockets were launched from gaza city to them intercepted by israels air Defense System nonetheless israel eased restrictions imposed on its own citizens near gaza and reopened border crossings the government and the idea should achieve exist in this mission we eliminated. That was in charge of. Recent actions against me as well we will do anything necessary in order to avoid any actions since israel assassinated the senior Islamic Jihad commander. On Tuesday Morning its shifted its longstanding policy of Holding Hamas responsible for all rocket fire out of gaza instead striking Islamic Jihad targets and fighters almost exclusively amassed said it stood with Islamic Jihad in the battle but held back from launching its own rockets a possible sign of its concerns about a wider escalation perry force at aljazeera gaza. At least 4 people have been killed in iraqs capital baghdad during antigovernment protests 35 others were injured many of those either choking on tear gas or hit by rubber bullets more than 300 people have been killed since the beginning of october all this anger over corruption and a lack of basic services the government has taken some measures to address their grievances but many protesters want a complete overhaul of the political system here is mohammed jump june with more from baghdad. Weve been told daily that there are going to be substantive measures discussed and taken in parliamentary sessions and really they have yet to really transpire the Parliament Continues to meet there are expectations by a multitude of protesters on the streets that they will hear perhaps some news that would indicate to them that the government is actually taking their concerns and their demands under consideration discussing them in parliament and yet that doesnt seem to be the case yesterday as well as today it had been expected that perhaps part of Electoral Reform would be taken up in the parliament that perhaps ways of combating corruption would be taken up in the parliament that doesnt seem to have happened it didnt happen yesterday despite the presence of the head of the United Nations Assistance Mission here in iraq today were told it has not happened as far as we can tell what weve been told by some officials is that there was a draft law that was completed by the president s office with regard to Electoral Reform that was then given to the head of Parliament Rather the cabinet and then it has gone to the president of parliament and that it will be discussed at some point we just dont know when and thats one of the reasons the people that day after day continue to protest despite the threat of violence and thats one of the reasons they keep coming out. Lets have a look at whats coming up for you on this news hour new evidence pointing to a strong link between russian officials and ukrainian separatists the ones accused of downing a Malaysian Airline also unfair pay for an honest days work well find out which european country is the worst when it comes to the gender pay gap and in sport the olympic president cut through the pleasantries in senegal as the country prepares to host a breakthrough event. I want to look at chile now where thousands of antigovernment protesters are marking one year since an indigenous man was shot dead by police case was marred by accusations of a cover up Security Forces trying to disperse the crowds by using a canon in fact live pictures here from santiago the latest progress protest coming against the backdrop of 4 weeks of demonstrations over inequality the countrys finance minister is warning of massive job losses and the peso touched a historic low on thursday raising concerns of perhaps a fuel price hike off we go to santiago our latin america editor is. Just if you can pull all of that together for us because of obviously outlined a lot of hardship there plus this one year anniversary. Yes. Yes hi come on indeed you you said it. Was a very emblematic day especially for the indigenous my blue chip people because one of their Community Leaders come you look at the young that was shot dead by Police Exactly one year ago and it was it became very very very controversial because then it was then later discovered that the police had tried to cover up their own murder this was just has been am believe gone over by in the in the courts but it is a day for people to come out on the streets commemorated especially in the backdrop of what weve been seeing of social unrest for exactly 28 days today a lot of people wearing black there were many people carrying them up which a flag and also a short while ago the clashes began again between the protesters and the riot police who were using. Large quantities of pepper spray pepper gas water cannon some of the protesters were throwing molotov cocktails weve seen a lot of people injured and also come on weve seen that the all weve just heard rather that the Health Ministry has announced a state of a certain sort of a state of emergency in the Health Sector in 6 of the of the regions and 2 of the provinces of chile because of the large number of people who have been suffering contusions and other injuries that apparently the Health Services just cannot cope with this in the backdrop of an attempt by the different Political Parties in this country to agree on a way to propose a referendum for a new constitution as of 10 minutes ago it looked like they had finally reached an agreement then they then at least the government side went back into the meeting room and theyre still sitting around the table everybody waiting for the white smoke and i dont mean tear gas to come out of all this. You know a new constitution i mean thats a thats a big picture thing im just thinking about all these issues which the protesters the dealing with fuel price hikes possibly job losses d is there anything being done or talked about to address those issues. What the government is saying that it will address the media the immediate to medium and long term issues that people are protesting about that means higher salaries higher pensions better Health Services better education obviously nobody can get a snap their fingers and and resolve that in one or 2 days or even a month but they are supposed to be making major announcements to spend more money on all of these while at the same time answering or at least trying to tackle what many people see as the key root of all these evils which is the current constitution that was written under the pinochet dictatorship without the consultation of the people which they believe gives too much power to the privileged few and very very few rights to the vast majority and thats whats being discussed right now because just. Doing social reforms alone will not satisfy the people whove been out there protesting they want fundamental changes to the system good stuff you see in human r. Latin america it is there in santiago thank you to students have been killed and several wounded after one of their classmates opened fire at a high school in California Police say the 16 year old suspect is now in hospital after shooting himself after the attack this is in the city of Santa Clarita the local Sheriffs Office the office believes the gunman acted alone but say they are actively investigating all leads the investigation into the 2014 downing of Malaysia Airlines flight m. H. 17 its found evidence that strongly connects russia to the ukrainian separatist fighters in the east valley of the ones blamed for shooting down the plane using a russian made missile investigators released phone call recordings they say a between a separatist fighters and high ranking russian officials in the weeks leading up to the attack more from step bassam. For the families of those killed on flight m h 17 there are still many Unanswered Questions why did their loved ones became victims of a conflict fought far below their flight path in Eastern Ukraine piece by piece the joint Investigation Team led by the netherlands has reconstructed the crash and events leading up to it in june they proved that the armed group and the dont yet peoples republic dipiazza was in contact with russian government officials about military support but new recording show russian influence on the d. P. R. Went further than just support they show contact was almost daily in one call from july 1st 201416 days before the crash a d. P. I. Member tells a local commander that men are coming with a mandate from survey showing who rushes the defense minister. Ahmed workers with doctors who have served through weve got. To join europe you know on our journeys to go people or just for them which are. Seriously going to work on you know your good luck with. Luck reaching. If confirmed the tapes would provide additional evidence that the kremlin had direct control over the separatist leadership and manage a transfer of a book anti aircraft system which detonated above the passenger jet and brought it down but russia denies any involvement in the crash and is questioning the recordings. What are the conclusions based on the publication of evidence some of which immediately turned out to be fake and some of which doesnt check out weve been through this already but names of put into minister of defense and other high ranking russian officials publicly mentioned in relation with the downing of 17 investigation has made a new level well into 3 low ranking russians and one ukrainian one named suspect the investigators are now building a case all the way up to the kremlin an important step for the relatives of victims who died here in ukraine 5 years ago in this search for justice that fast and aljazeera. Ukraine. The International Criminal court has agreed to investigate crimes against 300 muslims in me and ma the i. C. C. Says there is reason to believe me and mas military committed widespread acts of violence and 2017 and that they could qualify as crimes against humanity of course heres whats happened in the past 2 years we go back to august 27th when the violence began in Rakhine State it led to more than 700000 ranger escaping to neighboring bangladesh just weeks into the crisis the un human rights chief described it as a textbook example of ethnic cleansing after satellite images and accounts of mass killings emerged a year later u. N. Investigators released comprehensive findings they called for me and miles top military leaders to be prosecuted for genocide crimes against humanity and war crimes and those same experts last month warned there is quote an ongoing threat of genocide against the rangers who remain in me in repatriation efforts they failed last year. But if in turn kid now ranger activist and president of the permits Ranger Organization in the u. K. Says the i. C. C. Decision marks a major milestone this is a historic moment father or he weve been waiting for justice for a long time and now today we have seen these. Today we have to seen this morning the investigation has been opened they investigate and been approved from the judges so this is time for their own we want justice and military general we are lying and other generals killed raped murdered 1 by. Thousands of rohingya hausers and this is incredible unbelievable the way their brutality they did to the rohingya so we hope something is moving forward for the justice for their own. And we want to highlight here that you know this is an. Incredible week for the ruling of people and other minorities in burma we have seen a case monday and yesterday well as do we burmese ring of the musician u. K. We hear or filed a case and identity in court on going to bus or jurisdiction to be i. C. C. Case so justice is coming now new figures show hospital waiting times are at their worst level on record in the u. K. s state funded Health Service the n. H. S. It has become a Major Campaign issue head of the election on december 12th Prime Minister parse johnsons blamed huge demand but opposition parties say its because of years of budget cuts by his conservative government paul brennan. The national Health Service is a crucial election battleground and these statistics from n. H. S. England illustrate a reality that Many Health Care professionals have been describing as a crisis for some time one in 6 people waiting more than 4 hours at accident and emergency units in england in october 83. 6 percent were treated or admitted within 4 hours but the target is 95 percent a target that hasnt been met since july of 2015 the latest figure is the worst ever performance since the 4 hour target was introduced in 2004 the data also showed that in september the n. H. S. Was still failing to hit its target of 92 percent of patients starting treatment within 18 weeks the conservatives would love to keep the focus on bracks it but a visit to a Primary School on thursday saw the Prime Minister failing to avoid questions as to why n. H. S. Targets keep being missed what the these figures showed is the huge pressure that is on the n. H. S. Caused by the demand and thats why were making colossal investments in the n. H. S. Just since ive been Prime Minister 34000000000 Pound Program of the investment 21 that killed 20 or so upgrades 40 new hospitals and yes it will help knowing full well that these very bad n. H. S. Statistics are being released labors jayashri earth preempted them on wednesday by announcing plans to spend an extra 33000000000. 00 in real terms on the n. H. S. Thats nearly 8000000000. 00 more than the conservatives have so far pledged. So after a now close to a decade of underfunding and cuts after axing of over 50000 bets after the brutal slashing of social care budgets and a failure to address chronic workforce shortages of 100000 our n. H. S. Is crying out for a Financial Rescue plan plan and real change the n. H. S. And its future is of enormous importance to the british electorate according to a recent survey 77 percent of people want to see it maintained and 90 percent support the founding principles of care being free and available according to need regardless of the ability to pay a party which loses the Publics Trust on the n. H. S. Will struggle to win the december 12th election still in the u. K. It is equal pay day there today the day in the year when women effectively start working for free because of the wage gap between men and women the u. K. Is that pay gap is currently one of the worst in europe and equal pay for equal work isnt trying to newquay law but many women dont even know theyre being paid less than their male colleagues neve barker reports from london. Paying men and women differently for doing the same or equivalent job is illegal but new research by a prominent womens Rights Charity has found that because of a lack of transparency many women dont know when the law is broken and when theyre being underpaid 6 in 10 women say that i dont know what they are now police and or speak them out colleagues and more than anything about women have a right to equal pay. But they cant be exercised that might have been put on hold all the data holds all the cards but theyre in a very strong position they dont have to disclose pay for mation to their staff until they get to try to be in the situation. Not her real name had a senior position in a bank the only female director in the business she found out she was being paid less than the male colleagues she managed she gave us a statement right here by one of our producers i feel quite angry that my employer has allowed this illegal act to happen and that im having to pursue a claim in order to secure justice i feel degraded because my employer has effectively been saying im not worth as much as male subordinates shes now suing the company. Is just failing to loss of confidence they feel taken advantage and the thing that really comes through a lot is the sense of shame that women are sitting there working to giving everything theyve got and their employers essentially they feel that theyve lost being paid less than someone whos doing the same job so a high profile pay disputes including that of b. B. C. Journalist samir ahmed have encourage more women to speak out she discovered she was being paid thousands of dollars less than a male colleague for similar work after the b. B. C. Published salary details of top earners ok she is currently being considered by an employment tribunal. On average women across the world are paid 63 percent of what man in laos in Southeast Asia is closest to achieving parity with women earning 91 percent of what men make is followed by barbados and the bahamas sweden has the highest level of economic equality in the e. U. With women earning 80 percent of what men and some of the lowest levels are in south korea india and bottom of the list iraq. But tends to be less of a paid gap in countries with large numbers of minor workers on low incomes but in developed economies in cities like london the has large numbers of high fliers with big salaries the pay gap between men and women can be immense and that gap increases even further when you compare what a white man and with a woman of color pay discrimination may be illegal but the pay gap is not and companies dont have to do anything to close it Rights Groups now want to change the law to end all secrecy over salaries and a commitment by companies to do more to narrow the gap. Couches era london. In the news ahead we look at the front runners in sri lankas president ial election just before the poll on saturday also the zimbabwean dollar its made a comeback were going to find out if that would ease the problem of cash shortage there. And sport fellow riders pay tribute to the 3 time motor g. P. World champion is getting ready for his last press. Hello again welcome back to International Weather forecast well we did see of course the arctic plunder across the United States things are getting a little bit better in terms of the temperatures they are beginning to come up but still quite cold for many across much of the region here on friday only into the Single Digits for chicago even atlanta only seeing 9 degrees but we are watching this area of low pressure right here just on the coast and over the next few days what were going to see is still some very wet weather making its way up the eastern seaboard towards new york and that could cause some localized flooding for many across that region up towards new york though we do expect to see a high temp to their 4 degrees on saturday but for atlanta. Its going to be quite rainy here on strike day things get better on saturday maybe get that weekend back on track but towards sunday things are going to be quite nice and plenty of sun but attempted there of 12 degrees we are going to be seeing quite a nice day here across parts of one as out as the temperatures are going to be looking into the mid twentys there but heavy rain just to the north that rain is going to be affecting more of Rio De Janeiro and windy conditions as well as youre going to be on the drier side of that front things are not looking too bad for you still plenty of sun across much of the area but as we go towards saturday rio youre going to be getting out of the rain and see a nice day with a temperature of 25. 00. Mass protests forcing the governments but are we seeing the. Time to understand we follow journalists on the frontline to speak to a free press committed to reporting the facts as Police Officers pointing guns at journalists based on fending off hong kong frankton friction the miss truth is it anyway on aljazeera. One of the really special things about working for aljazeera is that even as a camera woman i get to have so much empathy and contribution to a story i feel we cover this region better than anyone else would be for that is you know its very challenging but it is particularly because you have a lot of people that are divided on political issues we are we the people we live to tell the real story so ill just mandate is to deliver indepth journalism we dont feel inferior to the audience across the globe. Real news on here at aljazeera these are our top stories israel has struck what it calls terrorist targets in gaza just hours after the Islamic Jihad Group Launched rockets into israel all this despite a cease fire that was agreed by the 2 sides early on thursday fighting began on tuesday 54 palestinians. Foreign ministers from more than 30 countries have been meeting in the u. S. To discuss how to take on the remnants of isis all comes as turkey began sending more suspected arson fighters back to their home countries and antigovernment protests in chile are marking one year since the shooting by police of indigenous men this comes in the backdrop of 3 weeks of protests over inequality that raised fears of an economic slowdown. Chinas president says mounting protectionism and bullying have eroded International Trade and investment that is from 5 major emerging economies amazing for the 2nd day of what they call the brics summit in brazils capital brazil russia india china and south africa. Paying says threats across the world. Also weighing down Global Growth a 2nd with he is in brasilia where the summit is taking by simon well i mean brazil itself relatively quiet these days compared to the rest of latin america how of all those conflicts we see in in chile a in ecuador in venezuela reflecting the summit thats right come all and the bric summit is taking pitt place as you mentioned it in especially to mulch was time here in latin America Brazil has managed to avoid the sort of unrest that weve seen take place in countries like chile ecuador and bolivia as weve seen over the course of the last week but its the position of brazilian president shade of blue and so now to when it comes to the question specifically of venice well thats thats put brazil at odds with russia and with china specifically and also the recent resignation of bolivian president evo morales that resignation was applauded by the brazilian president but at the same time was being called a coup by by russia so this place is brazil at odds geopolitically with russia and china despite these differences however this hasnt distracted away from the focus of the brics summit itself the ball and what has actually come out of the talks amongst the leaders anything concrete. Today being the 2nd day of the bric summit itself today being the last day of plan area the actual sessions have already ended we can say that at least one nonbinding document but a sort of a guiding star of documents known now as the declaration is more or less concrete its a wide range of documents everything from from diplomacy to a more open trade system that was one specific portion of the document that refers specifically to committing to a more diplomatic solution to the israel palestine conflict another portion of the document before refers to a renewed commitment of the pairs Climate Change accord that one specifically is very important here in brazil given the brazilian president s previous remarks saying that he would align himself with the United States position on Climate Change backing away from the pairs Climate Change accord that no longer appears to be the case given the declaration brazil now seems committed to this multilateral approach to Foreign Policy as well as as a sort of common goal among the brics nations to to to to form a more prominent role in Global Affairs a more prominent role when it comes to the United Nations come on thank you manuel in brazil near the bric summit. Protesters in hong kong have blocked many parts of the city for a 4th consecutive day. Was very angry after 2 demonstrators were injured in tom fuentes joins with police one of them still in Critical Condition a 70 year old man died in hospital as well after he was hit by a brick during finding on wed in state schools are being kept shut until sunday no universities of counsel classes until the end of the year after violence on campuses. The race to become the next president of the United States has a new democratic contender former Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick announced his late entry to the 2020 campaign trick made history when he became the 1st black governor of massachusetts back in 2007 his announcement comes less than 3 months before the Iowa Caucuses and the New Hampshire primary which marked the start of the official start if you like of the campaign. Sri lankans are preparing to vote in their president ial election on saturday but biologic parks are the brother of former president Mahinda Rajapaksa is a favorite to win hes campaigned on National Security following the Easter Sunday suicide bombings that killed 263 people but in smith has our report now from colombia and. Mender rajapaksa is not running for president hes already served the maximum 2 terms yet hes the man these people have waited hours in the rain to see. It is older less charismatic brother got a buyer whos on the ballot politics is a Family Business for the rajapaksa its. Got a buyer announced his candidacy after the Easter Sunday suicide bombings the targeted churches and hotels killing 263 people. We want to save the country and make it a safer place in the future. Were hoping that hes the one who can save the country for our children. As defense minister and president rajapaksa as were credited with crushing the towel tigers in the civil war got to by our faces lawsuits in the us in relation to human rights atrocities allegedly committed joining the conflict in peacetime the rajapakse has borrowed billions of dollars from china for Infrastructure Projects trying to sit in the middle of strategic indian ocean shipping lanes china has a 99 year lease on a port on the Southern Coast if supporters have any concerns about that theyve been put to one side what has become important for them is true we assured to be able to make the assumption that i can go out of my house i can send my children to school whatever that there is no question of imminent threat to them rajapaksa has promised another 5000000000. 00 on new Infrastructure Projects if he wins. On your taxes to rely on strong. Its always some votes down minority units to secure the victory of that vote being called to by their main rival such as. The candidate for the ruling coalition. Also has support from the Cinema Community and he has a wider appeal among some grassroots tamela muslim voters worried about the return of the rajapaksa to i but he serves in a government that is presiding over a stalling economy and has been found responsible for ignoring intelligence warnings that could have stopped the Easter Sunday attacks big hurdles the premadasa to overcome if hes to achieve victory. Furnished with aljazeera colomba. Just want to take you back to the developing news out of gaza that is Israeli Forces hitting what they say are terrorist targets in the gaza strip as hours after these on a jihad group fired their own rockets into israel his hairy forsett now for us in gaza an update from you harry. Well come away hearing that the israeli strikes have targeted largely empty Training Camps and other sites belonging to Islamic Jihad some of those a relatively close to residential areas though so some damage to nearby houses in terms of broken windows and the like were hearing that 2 people so far have been injured in this round of strikes and that is all the details that we have so far as far as what happened during the day its now about 13140 in the morning local time friday at about 5 30 am on thursday thats when this cease fire went into force jeering the course of the day there was one launching of some 5 rockets towards israel then around sunset there was a further rocket that israel says was intercepted by its iron dome antimissile system and then about 8 pm there was another rocket that was fired which fell inside gaza territory since then we havent seen any signs of further rocket fire but israel through its military has been tweeting that it was launching these strikes in retaliation for the rocket fire that have been coming out of gaza during the course of the day just tell us a bit of background if you wouldnt mind harry on the sci fi situation as it was earlier. Well i mean the ceasefire was to some extent holding as i say there were these. Breaches of the cease fire in terms of rocket fire coming out at about 11 am when it 5 pm wanted 8 pm there wasnt any response from israel immediately to those to those rocket launches and now israel says its making this response as far as the the terms of the cease fire is concerned well there are differing messages coming from both israel and from Islamic Jihad israel says that it has not made any concessions that the operation which it calls blackbelt this 2 days of pretty intense fighting was a success in a shift of the security balance in its favor Islamic Jihad is saying that it won important concessions out of israel in terms of protecting protesters at the border fence on fridays and in terms of getting israel to promise to stop targeted killings targeted assassinations of its leadership israel says that it has not agreed to such things so both sides giving different messages one of the key messages coming from israel though is once again what theyve tweeted in the early hours of this morning that they are explicitly target seeing Islamic Jihad there seems to be a strategy to separate out Islamic Jihad from hamas so far a mouse has not joined in the fighting from gaza its an Early Morning up there from harry force that we appreciate that in gaza. To zimbabwe now where dollar notes have been reissued for the 1st time in a decade the currency risk wraps because of hyperinflation the government says the new notes will help ease cash shortages as more from harare. Queues outside banks in zimbabwe disappeared when there was hardly any cash available most transactions were made electronically now for the 1st time in a decade dollar notes are back but there are only a few in circulation thats why some zimbabweans feel nothing will change but the government is now operating in panic mode and this desperate decision of ringing. Noise is not just about wins most parents are limiting individuals was draws to just 20 us dollars a week inflation is in the triple digits many here say theres not enough for them to cope with constant fuel shortages and the price of basic commodities going up every week people are getting the money that they want they only getting 100. 00 which is not enough to move through to lose by about 2. 00 to 2. 00 bottles of little or too little so its not much in 2009 dumped its currency will lead to hyper inflation widespread unemployment soaring food prices and shortages a basic goods the u. S. Dollar and other foreign currencies were made legal tender but that didnt turn the economy around 4 years ago the government introduced a bond notes and coins that while we were told the value was based on the u. S. Dollar but few people believe that on the black market they kept losing value now some people fear these new notes and coins will again cause inflation. This year history could repeat itself if the government prints these new notes rick can live in years ago. Very precious. Broad. The danger of that happening. We have government recollections of what happened because of that. Bright enough Strong Enough for them to say we must avoid doing anything which is that irresponsible the government says there will be no reckless printing and the thing you know it will ease cash shortages but people are skeptical this bag ran out of cash in less than 4 hours leaving many customers frustrated and again uncertain about the countrys economic future. Ready to go one way im going to say what about what i what aljazeera had. Opposition groups say 3 people have died in guinea during protests against president of the condos attempt to change the constitution the idea was you one year old has asked his government to draft a revised constitution on it which would allow him to seek a 3rd term his term ends next year and he hasnt ruled out running again these 14 people have been killed since the protests started last month. Are south africas southeastern province of has been hit by more extreme weather at least 16 people have been killed by thunderstorms in the last few weeks and the provinces now been hit by a tornado is wealth in a miller has more from johannesburg. Tornados are relatively rare in south africa but experts say they does appear to be an increased incidence of extreme weather conditions and theyre blaming Climate Change in the latest incident tornado rips through new hanover in pietermaritzburg in the question at all province at least 2 people were killed 20 others were injured and some homes were destroyed earlier in the week 3 other people were killed due to heavy rain storms in that area now there is concern that there will be in income increase in poor weather conditions leaving many lives at risk especially in areas where this point infrastructure and people have a lower capability to deal with this inclement weather the department of education is urging schools to send home as many children as schools can possibly do at this stage to at least 2 try and reduce the risk of lives been affected but School Children are writing exams at the moment and so this is a difficult position for the department of education now these tornadoes arent at the extent as a scene in other regions in the world like the United States these are lower category as well as the thunderstorms that are being experienced but still there is concern about just how badly people in that region will be affected. The italian Prime Minister has declared a state of emergency in venice as it grapples with record breaking flooding on a visit to the. Number of relief measures the. Tide peaked on tuesday recording its highest level in 53. Sport coming up for you on this news hour in the. Find out who play in the newly expanded. Bank you very much england have become the 1st country to play 1000. 00 International Football matches they celebrated with an easy win over months in agro thats all in qualify for next years european championships Paul Gascoigne just one of the former players in attendance at Londons Wembley stadium to see england play 147 years on from their 1st match against scotland england beating monson are 7 elsa guarantee their spots at the euros when theyll be one of 12 host nations hurricane scoring a 1st half hat trick the Czech Republic also go through from group a after a 21. 00 win of a kosovo cristiana an elder hits and now the hatchet for portugal hes up to 98 goals for his country the defending european champions beating with you any a 6 now another win against luxembourg on sunday will see them reach the finals in group h. World champions france and turkey of both qualified. Australia extended their lead at the top of their World Cup Qualifying Group a 10. 00 win over jordan putting them 5 points clear of their nearest rivals kuwaits this was australias fall straight win jordan a 3rd in that group behind whites only on goal difference the top 2 will progress into the next round on the road to qatar 22 and. Well those are the scenes in baghdad after iraq scored an injury time when its a beat arch rivals iran to one when taking the iraqis 2 points clear at the top of group c. The match itself was meant to be played in iraq but because of security concerns was moved to jordan instead the one and only time iraq of reach the world cup finals back in 1986 asian champions cats are were new their footballing rivalry with the United Arab Emirates of the upcoming gulf cup after initially boycotting the events the u. A. E. Saudi arabia and bahrain have now decided to play indoor housecats are life enjoying alongside the u. A. E. Yemen and iraq when cats are played the u. A. E. In abu dhabi earlier on this year the hunt scene was sanctioned after fans pelted the cats our players with shoes and bottles the u. A. E. Saudi arabia and bahrain are among the countries whove been part of a blockade against cats are since 27 see some look at the groups with games kicking off on november the 26 joining cats are in the u. A. E. In group a are iraq and yemen group b. That includes 2 other blockading countries saudi arabia and bahrain along with kuwait and the reigning champions oh man. Roger federer has booked his place in the semifinals of the a. T. P. Finals in london knocking out another joke of it in the process the swiss player beating his old rival in straight sets 6463 so when their Group Stage Match and advance federer looking for a 7th top finals title the last time he won this tournament was back in 2011 and pakistan have announced they will be hosting their 1st test matches since 2009 pakistan who are currently on top in australia will fight soo much as against sri lanka next month theres been no test cricket in pakistan since gunmen attacked sri lankas team bus in lahore 10 years ago or 6 pakistani policemen and 2 civilians were killed in that 6009 itzhak a number of the sri lankan seem also wounded since 27 Scene International players have featured in the countrys domestic t 20 competition the Pakistan Super League while zimbabwe sri lanka and the west indies i will certainly pakistans take part in limited over matches rugbys highest paid player Sonny Bill Williams has promised to give his new team value for money the new zealander house which goes against join the Toronto Wolfpack Rugby League team the canadian side will play in englands top Division Next year where i go i know theres a lot of baggage and a lot of good lying grabbing things that come along with it but i just want my teammates and. 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World Champion Hotel irans i was announced his retirement from the sport the spaniards hold his fellow riders that sundays season ending race in valencia will be his last thirtys here old made his debut in 2008 when so on so in full to 7 races you now has just one more chance to produce one of his famed victory celebrations there are 4 significant days in the life or far of either the 1st one is when is your 1st race the 2nd one is your 1st win then your 1st watch obviously not everyone can win the war time to see you both so much fuss made it and then. That you would tell you and despite the Serious Business of being in charge of the olympics i see president some aspirant found sime for a little fun on thursday the germans been touring senegal where the next youth the lympics will be held back on 2022 will be the 1st ever Olympic Event in africa also showed off some karate skills that martial arts will make its full of next years tokyo games ok but as always for for now more later. Thank you andy and that is your news hour but were back with another full of interviews in just a moment the latest update from gaza and the rest of the days. Each all these all really the planet but somebody skilled to do it where do you go to the pilot goes the boys here promoting clean safe sanitation for a while but with a 3rd of the world lacking basic facilities can his unique style really help clean up the mess Sunny College the college is the fastest way to go softness any patient problem mr toilettes eye witness documentary on aljazeera. Was taken to get into our wills and i was submitted me turn up. In force they were saying dont think the intention was to make sure that gruden jews were no longer entitled to be the basic rights for Citizenship Rights once their villages were burned were funneled into what is now become complex where im moving are basically your friends exiles coming soon on aljazeera. Its easy to see that you should be ideological battle lines over abortion we are some far ahead they all want the shot to lure make is challenging a womans right to cheese with a group thats been ignored now for decades has been against those lined up to defend that choice were talking about being able to make decisions from our body fault lines investigates the abortion bans on aljazeera. New yorkers are very receptive. Because it is such an International City theyre very interested in that global perspective that al jazeera provides. A ceasefire in gaza that was already looking shaky has been broken as israel launches more airstrikes in the past hour. And i want to get on come all santamaria here in doha with the world news from aljazeera. There is no let up in the protestors in chile despite fears the violence is now affecting the economy. We must make sure that isis never again flourishes. When you call to wipe out