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Guatemala battle Climate Change and poachers to save rare animal species. Of Iraqs Parliament has accepted the resignation of the Prime Minister and his entire cabinet but. These government will continue to serve and i can take a capacity until the president appoints a new leader of the mad he handed in his resignation to m. P. s on saturday but his decision to step down has done little to calm protesters who are demanding a complete overhaul of the system they blame the government for widespread corruption high unemployment and Poor Public Services more than 400 people have already died in the protests which began in october give the latest now from simona fulton who is live in baghdad so simona the parliament is accepted the Prime Ministers resignation so somethings changed at the same time it hasnt because he and his cabinet remain there for now. Well that is correct and 1st of all this entire process was constitutionally very wake it was very vague it was not clear at all whether the parliament needed to vote on his resignation and all because its not something that is mandated by the constitution but it appears that parliament convened and discussed the resignation there was no actual vote the speaker of the parliament simply asked the members of parliament who had attended the session whether there was any objection to other that that is not his resignation and with that his resignation was then accepted now the constitution actually says that if the Prime Ministers office becomes bacon for any reason whatsoever to be the president who takes over but other than that he is staying on as a caretaker government which is something that usually only happens when there is a vote of no confidence now in terms of what happens next for the largest political bloc in parliament is supposed to choose a replacement within the next 15 days that largest bloc is led by shiite cleric looked at us utter and his bloc actually gave a press Conference Following the parliamentary session saying that the people should not consider them as the largest bloc at they in fact want to appoint a person that is chosen by the people which is a very strange statement that basically theyre abdicating their constitutional responsibility as the Largest Party and its also out unclear how exactly the people will choose a replacement without fresh elections for the success succession of out of the not the remains very vague at the moment indeed and iraq hes been out on the streets and made it clear that this doesnt go far enough that this was never about just the Prime Minister that they want a complete overhaul of the system is there any indication of that of this point. Not at all the president has made no sign that he wants to dissolve parliament which is part of what the process is asking for they want all these Political Parties who are responsible for choosing the Prime Minister they want all of them to leave and they want fresh elections to take place under a new electoral law an electoral law that basically allows them to directly elected their leader rather than having Political Parties in the parliament choose him and the electoral law that is currently tabled in parliament doesnt foresee these changes actually there are very minimal changes to the Current System so its not at all what protesters have been asking for and thats why when we speak to protesters in the streets there is basically north sign that they want to go home they are very much determined to keep going because they feel that whoever under the Current System replaces either love the mattie will simply continue with the same political system that they feel has failed them since 2003 or a. Similar fault in life for us there in baghdad thanks mom. Lot at holiday and takes a look back at that allowed the mad these short time as iraqs Prime Minister. A victory for antigovernment protesters after months of violent clashes that developed on mark he said he had no other choice but to resign as a rexx Prime Minister. My resignation was essential to defuse the crisis and calm the situation in the country i Hope Parliament chooses a quick alternative because the situation in iraq cant handle a kid like a government for long as i his resignation has done little to calm anger protest over a high Unemployment Rate and a lack of basic Services Continue even after he announced he would go. Critics say the former Prime Minister is just one of several high ranking officials who must step down. At 1st mark he refused to resign saying it would only add to the countrys instability amid the crisis hundreds of demonstrators have been killed in clashes with Security Forces thousands more have been injured demands for martys resignation only move out or. He became Prime Minister in october 28th seen at a time of unrest in the country his government promised to make things better but said it needed more time time however was a luxury iraqi politics now moves into unchartered territory the resignation of the Prime Minister of the magically means the resignation of the entire cabinet. This is the 1st time that this happens in iraq so the legal ways forward would not necessarily clear but one way or another that has to be a new the president has to give mandate to a new person or a new bloc in parliament to form a new government. It took a dent up to mark the more than 8 months to appoint his cabinet and 20 team with some accusing him of not cracking down on corruption fast enough in a country fractured by decades of war his supporters say changing the system was a process that could not be rushed oh now iraq will begin a new era with a new leader. This is the young al jazeera. A couple that was killed by a crowd in eastern democratic republic of congo were victims of mistaken identity they were accused of being rebels but it turns out that the man was a sergeant in the military and was on his way to work with his wife and child it happened in the eastern town of beni in north kivu province the crowd attacked them after finding guns and bullets in their bags they suspected them of being members of the allied Democratic Forces which is blamed for killing more than 100. 00 civilians in the past month at the u. N. Peacekeeping chief visited benny where there been protests against u. N. Troops people say theyre not protecting them from violence should people busted but if. The message is that you should make the wrong enemies we are on the side of the people of this region the congolese people are there any things we can do better of course they are and we will work on it are our partners with who we work with every day also thinking about how to work even more closely with us the f a r d c armed forces the National Police the authorities and catherine is in goma for she says people are now taking security into their own hands. That killing of the couple yesterday by angry more than there was a child with this couple when they went to pick a taxi to go to areas that nobody else is going to because its still unsafe so this taxi drivers got in constable questioned them the couple was not very clear on their answers they had no idea and when the taxi people sashed the bags they found all this paraphernalia military equipment bullets military Congolese Military uniform as well so people gathered and stoned the couple to death but the child is safe so since that happened people in venue has said they want to take charge of their own security because they dont feel that government Security Forces are doing it so theyve set up checkpoints in some areas and are slashing people who are coming in vehicles that are coming in particularly from areas where this killing to have happened they say they do not trust anymore the Security Forces with. With their safety and there is an ongoing operation in the forest are you a joint operation with the un and the military against a. D. F. We spoke to the spoke for a spokesman of the military who said that they are advancing and theyve taken several bases that were being held by a. D. F. This killed a Senior Commander of a. D. F. As well but a lot of people Stockton Benny are saying why then even with the ongoing offensive can this fight or the a. D. F. Still come to villages and kill people like you seen in this week a bus crash in northern to near 0 has killed 22 people it was carrying tourists through rain snow scene mountains when it fell into a valley 43 p 4 have been injured and rushed to nearby hospitals. The police in hong kong have used tear gas and pepper spray on demonstrators rallying across the city thousands of people marched to protest Police Brutality the cherry tree has seen antigovernment demonstrations for nearly 6 months now sarah clarke reports from hong kong. They can be drawing organizers say 380000 joined sundays antigovernment rally gathering in the heart of front they marched through kalou repeating the calls for greater democracy in hong kong i think its very important for us to all like. Like come out and hold together and make sure were on the same page there so you support what we are doing we always wanting you to have this kind of situation and see the government agree our prez our good man why did not one thats the prodemocracy groups won a landslide victory in last weekends district elections securing a majority in 18 of the citys councils. That bolster the momentum for protest groups but they want the government to meet their 5 demands including the right to choose their leader and an independent inquiry into Police Brutality i mean hong kong people has not given up and you can offer them the election doesnt mean his d. N. A. Is just send out a new chapter in your fact that this government has not responded to the 5 demands encourage them to stay and again this rally was approved by play so as are you tracked in larger numbers than the other 2 rallies held in hong kong on sunday but there is still a heavy Police Presence in tahrir long this route encounter within hours of this march beginning police fired tear gas on protesters they keast some of her bricks and illegally blocking major highways some retreated others continued towards the Polytechnic University campus which became a protest battleground last week with students holed up inside for 12 days police sealed off the area and organizers. Announced an early finish to the rally earlier around 1000 people marched to the u. S. Consulate to say thank you to President Donald Trump the u. S. Has passed legislation that imposes sanctions on chinese and hong kong officials responsible for rights abuses. On the other side of hong kong groups held their right to simply calling for the former british territory to brace the motherland after 6 months of demonstrations this political divide showing no sign of ending sarah clarke aljazeera. Are the focus is shifting in the u. K. Election campaign now on how to deal with people convicted of terror of terrorist offenses thats after fridays attack in Central London Prime Minister Boris Johnson has blamed previous labor governments for diluting noise in an interview with the b. B. C. He is promising to bring in tougher sentences if he wins the election later this month. I think this whole system of automatic Early Release which was brought in by labor it was under and it was under that system of the tenure of that ive only been in office for other projects so i think you are one of the terms as well as wearing body has been perfect one of the reasons were having this election is because we have a queens speech that was blocked by parliament amongst other things not least breaks it and we need to get it done so that we can move forward i think its ridiculous i think its repulsive that individuals as dangerous as this man should be allowed out after serving only 8 years and thats he why we are going to change the law about Opposition Leader Jeremy Corbyn told sky news those convicted of terrorist offenses should not be forced to serve a full sentence. I think it depends on the circumstances depends on the sentence but crucially depends on what theyve done in the north carolinian no not necessarily and no i think there has to be an examination of how Prison Services work and crucially what happens someone released from prison because. I need to know whether or not the parole board were involved in his release apparently they were not they made that statement quite quickly all right still ahead when we come back. On the streets across latin america protesting but for Different Reasons well have a report from chile. And why Russian Politicians pushing for a law to criminalize Domestic Violence are facing threats. Hello again its good to have you back well across china things are a little bit cooler than they had been over the last few days we do have some clouds pushing through the area mostly low clouds in this region were going to be burning as off as we go towards monday with plenty of sunshine but that also means that during the overnight hours we release a lot of the heat into the atmosphere so really not getting too warm during the day for shanghai its going to be 10 down towards for joe its going to be 20 and as we go towards tuesday or shanghai youre talking about the high Single Digits but down towards one common still a bit chilly for you at 20 degrees for the philippines though we are going to be watching a typhoon making its way and there landfall on monday and into tuesday brings a very heavy rain across much of that area heavy rain has also been a big problem down here across Southern India as well as into sri lanka all these clouds producing a lot of rain across the region and for parts of sri lanka we have seen well over 180. 00 millimeters of rain just in the last 24 hours the rain is going to continue across. Much of the region we could weve seen some localized flooding for parts of sri lanka and colombo well unfortunately the next 3 days the rain continues temps are though it were going to sing 27. 00 degrees here on monday as we go towards tuesday and wednesday the rain does continue at 29. 00 normally this time of year attempt if you would be 30. Our planet is warming as never before with profound consequences for all life on earth but the worlds leading Scientists Say there is still time to plan it s. O. S. Sets out the facts and the Science Behind the issues affecting our planet. And brings you what people across the globe are doing to turn the crisis around plan attacks on al jazeera. I am. Again youre watching aljazeera reminder of our top stories this hour Iraqs Parliament has accepted the Prime Minister mad this decision to step down he submitted his resignation on saturday its done little to calm protesters who are demanding a total overhaul of the political system. A couple that was killed by a crowd in the eastern democratic republic of congo with victims of a stake and identity they were accused of being rebels but it turns out that the man was a sergeant in the military and was on his way to work with his wife and child. Police in hong kong have used tear gas and pepper spray on protesters rallying in the city thousands of people marched near the government headquarters to protest Police Brutality. A greece is foreign minister has arrived in cairo for discussions over rising tensions in the Mediterranean Sea 2 countries are opposed to a deal signed between turkey and libya which ange to reach draw maritime boundaries in the Mediterranean Sea greece says the deal ignores the presence of its island of crete between the coasts of turkey and libya egypt has called the deal illegal while turkey says it is about cementing its maritime rights of the dispute between turkey and greece goes back a number of years it is all to do with the island of cyprus which has been divided since 974 into turkish speaking north and Greek Cypriot south turkey has been drilling for oil and gas off the coast of cyprus and thats prompted the moves by the European Union to impose sanctions. Says tekkie is infringing on cypriot sovereignty protect he has always said it does not recognize cyprus as a state and greece is pushing to meet a regional gas market that would include egypt and cyprus and Matthew Bryza is a former u. S. Diplomat sees also a senior fellow at the Atlantic Councils Eurasia Center and Global Energy center he says techies lack of recognition of International Rules makes the dispute all the more difficult to solve turkey claims a total area of around 90000 square kilometers are all on the matter its mediterranean coast but greece has a contending claim that would reduce turkeys area by almost 23. 00 by more than 2 thirds and thats because there are some islands one island in particular custody so that extends very very far eastward into the mediterranean beyond the aegean sea and well beyond other greek islands grief says will that island enjoys the ability to define greeces territorial waters turkey says thats absurd its a tiny islands how could it have equal weight to thousands of kilometers of turkish coastline in determining where turkeys territorial waters lie in this is a dispute thats extremely difficult to resolve there is a framework out there the Un Convention on the law of the sea but turkey is not a party to it and by the way neither is the United States below the sea says islands do acquire full force in determining National Waters but again turkey doesnt recognize that agreement. Well several countries across latin america are expected to hold a similar 10 years casserole lazo later on saturday thats a type of protest that involves banging on pots and pans and coming together for a variety of reasons they all share something in common you see newman has more from one of those demonstrations in that you know in capital santiago. This is the unmistakable sound of the protests. A very special kind of protest. And a very noisy one at that. Because the last will require support. For a pan and something to strike if we. All keep doing this until the politicians understand that inequality in chile is unacceptable no him again and it doesnt matter how long it takes i still have plenty of pans left. Banging pots and pans became famous in chile in 1981 when opponents of the left wing government of president the u. N. Day came out to protest Food Shortages and rationing it was associated with the center and right wing opposition sociologist manuel until you got it done remembers it well. Must were going to. The costs are lost so were part of the best organized protests that would lead to the military overthrow if i ended the idea was to attribute it to Civil Society and women in the name of protecting their families and children the irony is that 12 years later the 1st major protest against the dictatorship brought the pots and pans back in the middle of an acute economic crisis characterized by hunger especially on the poor and. Many assume that chile was the birthplace of the castle last or the practice of the bank. Only the 1st. Appeared in algeria the socalled. The well. Thats later. There they have read that in america back. In europe. One of the virtues of this form of protest is that you can do it day or night on the street or from your home where presumably theres less risk of being arrested especially when theres a curfew. Depending on how widespread and noisy the castle last all one can gauge the degree of support for a given protest. In venezuela for example the pots and pans come out every time theres a blackout or just a protest against president nicolas maduro. But the practice transcends all ideologies its simply the best way many people feel they have to make themselves. See in human aljazeera sente out. Or people in malta are expected to protest demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Joseph Muscat politicians from his party are met to discuss his future theres growing pressure on him after a prominent businessman who is reportedly close to must get was charged over the murder of an investigative journalist your going furnitures denied complicity to murder Daphne Koller one of the least year in 2017 family has called on the Prime Minister to resign a russia is one of the few European Countries where there is no law against Domestic Violence but some politicians are hoping to change that a bill to declare it a crime has been resubmitted in parliament but m. P. s pushing for the new law facing threats from conservative and religious groups step person reports from mosque. Had reported her husbands abuse weeks before her death police had sent her away saying sergei a policeman himself could only be fined and she would jeopardize his career when she asked for a divorce her husband stabbed her 57 times it had been a. Child went to wake up his mom in the morning and found her with her throat sliced open covered in blood and her eyes half closed thats how he described it himself the fact that sergei has a child was considered a soft circumstance isnt an absurd situation he killed this childs mother he left this child alone with the body of his mom. There are no official statistics but hundreds or even thousands of russian women are murdered by their husbands every year those who managed to escape and go to a Crisis Center but they are only 15 government sponsored centers nationwide. Literature those who have efforts to criminalize Domestic Violence have failed so far hundreds showed up at this protest against the new Domestic Violence bill saying the law is counter to russian family values i think family is something which works fine in traditional ground cultures something recent not. By any parcel the last number of laws. For family but are glacial the better for fertility voters like the show no resistance thats facing women who are fighting against the much the violence of but the opposition goes far beyond these kinds of protest russian women say these groups are well funded and have powerful connections with oksana pushkin a has received threats for initiating the new bill that includes restraining orders for abuses and more Crisis Centers for fictive it is a slogan. Of course they have cover in the government it cant be any other way nothing would happen if they didnt have Serious Court were aiming to win and if it doesnt happen now it will happen in 25 years from the generation changes but its better if it happens now we can save many lives we can save children who see it all happening at home. But a new generation of russian women is already fighting back while theyre protesting in support of the bill elainas mother is fighting a legal battle to strip the man who murdered her daughter of his parental rights because their 9 year old son nikita is afraid what will happen to him when his father comes out of prison stop fasten aljazeera moscow. Delegates from nearly 200 countries are gathering in spains capital for the latest round of un climate talks call 25 is looking to boost commitments to fight Global Warming the head of the u. N. Though says more needs to be done by those nations doing the most damage. 70 countries committed to go to know that by 2050 and these include 7 g. 20 countries as well as many nations we have gone through with at least to the problem but we also see clearly that the Worlds Largest the meter does not pulling their weight and without them our goal is unreachable of guatemalas northern peten region is home to the largest Tropical Forest north of the amazon but as more people settle in the area poaching and other threats to its biodiversity are rising a group of scientists is working to save a number of species they were mercer as more on that for guatemala. 30 meters above the forest floor in northern what amala biologist ronnie garcias team works hard to try to save an iconic animal scarlet macassar endangered here theres only a few 100 left in guatemala struggle forests habitat loss and wildlife trafficking have decimated their population and the end of the town knew they were term aquatics in the midst here but when we came back to check on them they were gone but we did find with the marks made by the equipment thieves used to climb the tree and steal the chicks at the knees to being robbed. Garcia checks on the young macaw that was removed from a nest at risk from poachers his assistants hand reared it in their Jungle Laboratory and then placed it in an adoptive nest with a chick the same age with 2 young because now in the nest the chances of one of them surviving long enough to reproduce has doubled. My hope is this in 10 years we wont be doing any work in the field because the skeletal mccool wont need our help i hope we can shut down the illegal markets and stop the 5th of chicks with the you what a mall is one of the most ecologically diverse countries in the world but this also makes it a hotspot for animal trafficking experts estimate that thousands of probable birds and other wildlife are trafficked in guatemala every year many of those are brought here to the only Animal Clinic and Wildlife Rehabilitation Center of its kind in guatemala. Today Wildlife Police bring a rescued owl to the arcus clinic veterinarians. And Fernando Martinez 1st check for Bullet Wounds then give the owl antibiotics after quarantine in rehabilitation they hope to release the owl back into the wild its a strategy central to arcus a success and one that gives hope to the staff and volunteers caring for more than 600 animals from nearly 60 different species were trying very hard to put our message that say no to. Dont hurt animals keep them alive in the wild and its taking a bit of time i think the challenge for us is to be able to educate enough people so that our job is not needed the illegal trade in wildlife is thought to be worth at least 19000000000. 00 a year stopping local species from going extinct likely keep water animal rescuers busy for many years to come david mercer aljazeera in a 10 what amala. For more on the environment you can watch our new show planet s. O. S. Here on aljazeera on tuesday at 1630 g. M. T. Or lets get a roundup of the top stories on the edges there are rocks parliament has accepted the resignation of Prime Minister. Mehdi youll stay as caretaker Prime Minister and told the president names his replacement its done little to calm protesters who are demanding a complete overhaul of the political system similar fulton is in baghdad it was not clear at all whether the parliament needed to vote on his resignation and all because its not something that is mandated by the constitution but it appears that parliament convened and discussed the resignation there was no actual vote on the speaker of the parliament simply ask the members of parliament who had attended the session whether there was any objection to others up to the mat his resignation and with that his resignation was then accepted now the constitution actually says that if the Prime Ministers office becomes bacon for any reason whatsoever to be the president who takes over but other marty is staying on as the caretaker government which is something that usually only happens when there is a vote of no confidence a bus crash in northern tunisia has killed 22 people it was carrying tourists through the main susi mountains when it fell into a valley 43 people have been injured and rushed to nearby hospitals a couple that was killed by a crowd in eastern democratic republic of congo were victims of mistaken identity they were accused of being rebels going to turns out the man was a sergeant in the military and was on his way to work. Greeces foreign minister has arrived in cairo for discussions over rising tensions in the mediterranean 2 countries are opposed to a deal signed between turkey and libya which drives maritime boundaries in the Mediterranean Sea greece says the deal ignores the presence of its island of crete between the coasts of turkey and libya egypt has called the deal illegal those odd headlines theres lots more on our website edges you know dot com were back in half an hour right now its the listening post. A chinese casino empire is transforming cambodia. Rapid development and criminality one i want to investigate who really is a loser in cambodia has seen it. On aljazeera. And now the secret is go ok lets try this try to tell. Me how i like. That. Training designed to write streams. Hello im richard just put in youre at the listening post here are some of the media stories that were covering this week big news that beijing didnt want out there somebody inside the communist party wants the outside world to know what is happening in st john the conflict of interest the corporate conduct reporters that Bloomberg News cannot investigate their boss who happens to be running for the white house theyre tracking journalists from inside their phones governments are buying an insidious piece of Israeli Software to target actor