Getting a taste for democracy specs head to the polls for parliamentary elections. Thank you for joining us indias Prime Minister has accused the opposition of stoking protests against the citizenship law some of which have turned violent now and ramadi is currently addressing thousands of his supporters at an election rally in new delhi at least 25 people have died so far in violence fueled by anger against a citizenship law which opponents say discriminates against muslims sabina schratt sari porsche from new delhi. Police in the Northern State are with that but they are not taking chances. Dead vans while firing tear gas at protesters who are defying a government ban to congregate in large crowds. Every tactic is being used to quash nationwide protests against a new citizenship law the police are being accused of using Excessive Force was what started as a student demonstration has grown into a Larger Movement to denounce what governments often and say is divisive and discriminate trade legislation. The law excludes muslims from neighboring countries from receiving indian citizenship which goes against india secular constitution and rest in india has been discussed at a conference of Muslim Leaders in malaysia Prime Minister matti mohammed said the indian law is unfair to exclude streams from becoming citizens even by due process i thing is unfair so we have ways. Of. Disagreement with this kind of treatment india rejected his comments saying the law doesnt impact the status of any indian citizen or deprive any indian of any faith of her or his citizenship the malaysian Prime Ministers remark is factually inaccurate we call apartment asia to refrain from commenting on internal developments in india without the right understanding of facts. On saturday protesters packed the streets of new delhi despite the governments ban on large crowds was d d. Lawyers from India Supreme Court and high courts joined the outcry were one called in the discriminated. Among any good 6 jenny jones and muslims if overcautious on the road us a lot everyone would as i said john yeah many years time your university where the protests 1st yes. C its now closed but still still cademy joined by people from all walks of life at the moon its one of the. Art students depicted the constitution and the governments attitude to it by painting this street its amazing that john is united the nation in that sense but. Its also dislike the idea behind it which is sort of issues the idea behind the act its all visions that everything king human being everyone in this country will be affected and therefore standing up indians here are vowing to continue their defiance revolt against the law and say they wont allow the government to destroy the very fabric on which their nation is built on. And addressing his supporters in new delhi modi refused to back down begin by your brothers since this law has been passed some Political Parties have been spreading rumors these people misleading the public and citing the public. As speak. In new delhi for as Prime Minister more d n the winning big dont seem to be backing down over the citizenship law should be now in their infants blaming the opposition for inciting the violence. So we are standing on the streets of new delhi for the past few days and the talking to go home bunch of protesters what we dont see at all is Political Parties we have been losing people from all walks of life there are students there are. Old ladies old gentleman young children. Yes but we really havent met any of the political leaders and it doesnt feel like its been. Noticed that is by political opposition its also interesting that there have been large rallies supporting. Against the citizenship you know all over the country and the divine is that has had the brutality that has. Lead the in states that have been governed by b j p so it is quite interesting how the government is. Meeting this now and its. Going to take. It is very loud you know yes i can i can hear that behind you should be now the Prime Minister is speaking to supporters of the big change p. Which is launching its campaign for denning state elections in 2020 huge crowds but protests elsewhere in new delhi across the country as well against his citizenship law tell us about way you are in whats been happening. So im right outside the job its limeade course street where some of the 1st protests i dont feel like it is 2 Different Countries the one i did rally that mr modi is in versus the rallies that i think thats here and in some of the other parts of the country over here there are a lot of students and 4 of the constitution of india theyre talking about the constitution of india theyre talking about secularism and equality even within the constitution and how it is imperative. To save this had to kind of out in short that the integrity on which this nation was built to end is. If. His kept intact so the protest seems to be coming to be different where i am versus where premise emotion seems to be ok thank you very much for that should be no shot sidelined for a single day. In other world news preemie results from afghanistans president ial election show incumbent ashraf ghani has secured a slim majority the result had been expected in october but was only released by the independent Election Commission on sunday ghani secured just over 50 percent of the vote the office of his main rival Abdullah Abdullah say they dont accept the results the Electoral Commission says a final count could change on him on this that speak to have the war doc who is a political analyst and Founding Member of transparency afghanistan he joins us live from kabul thank you for your time ashraf ghani opponent of do not do now already challenging the result of this preliminary count do you expect the results to change after the final count. Well i dont i dont expect it is those to change much but i expect a lot of volatility in terms of agreement of the final decision. Chief executive of the law has already challenged. The preliminary results saying that she still have a lot of fraudulent votes that needs to be sorted out which could bring president arnies rifty point 64 percent votes down. The case now goes to the to the Elections Complaints Commission which will look which will look at the complaints but at the same time i think we are looking at some sort of agreement between of the. President of the army i think we we are sort of going back to what happened in 2014 you have had the elections which which had very little turnout from the afghan general public and then you had massive amount of corruption as there was the issue of electoral biometric votes people got to vote who were not biometric the devices of biometrics were flawed and up to a lot of delays raising the issues now that you have to sort of remove the fraudulent goods from from the overall votes which might bring down president on his votes but overall i think the Electoral Commission will also stick to 50. 64 percent right might have a lot of grievances from a beloved lot and other candidates and i dont know where this all leads to right ghani had called on afghan voters to turn out in large numbers and give a mandate to the new leadership to negotiate peace with the taliban but as we saw the turnout was very no the lowest turnout in fact of any afghan election this will not deliver a strong mandate for the winner will it end where will it leave this these peace talks with the taliban. So elections is one issue and then the Peace Process another issue i think being there is outside of this election will have tremendous impact on the Peace Process from what we know the taliban in the United States of america are very clear rules from signing the peace dean president and he has been saying this over and over again from the past 40 years that he has turned he has strategy for a sustainable afghan Peace Processes but on the other side we look at it that he has yet to appoint his negotiator in Negotiations Team theres a lot of disagreement among the president is on his team you have a Vice President under last ali who has a very hawkish view about taliban and about this war so the africans will be will sit back and try to make sense out of this whole situation that gunnies tom 2. 00 or how what it will help the afghans for reaching a sustainable Peace Agreement with the taliban its still a little bit early but on his team is mix of hawkish and dovish and sometimes these hawkish views when and of on his team so i dont know whether well go or whether this war would sort of. Continue on we might put an end to it because like most of the africans its not about elections its about stopping this modernise its about stopping this bloodshed that needs to be stopped at whatever cost i want i thank you so much for talking to us now from kabul. Cooler weather across australia is expected to help firefighters battling more than 100 blazes bush fires have been burning out of control in conditions described as catastrophic at least 8 people have died and hundreds of homes have been destroyed firefighters are trying to contain the blazes before hotta weather is due to return at the end of the week meanwhile promises Scott Morrison has apologized for taking a family holiday during their disaster has been criticized in the past for not connecting the bush fires to Climate Change but now he concedes there is a link there is no argument about the links between in my view in the governments view and any government in this country about the links between broader issues of global Climate Change and and weather events around the world but im sure people equally with dignity that the direct connection to any single far event its not a credible suggestion to make that link. So we must take action on Climate Change we are taking action on Climate Change brenton eden is the assistant chief officer at the oss South Australia fire service he explains why the fires have been so catastrophic this year. Theres a direct link between these fawas drought draw of vegetation high fuel lloyds and high temperatures but if you look across the sort of 100 year history of fall as in a stronger yeah we have had these events before each state has had these events before i think what is very challenging for a strike is these are events are appearing much earlier in essays and well before christmas theyre occurring right across the landscape from Western Australia to new south whiles and theyre also appearing at a time when the Northern Hemisphere is still experiencing falls and that might sit difficult for bugs him his fees to manage whats known as the aerial firefighting flaked we rely heavily on large attract is and erickson hate crimes to come from the Northern Hemisphere traditionally by finished their fire season and theyre available for us now is saying. The lapping very. Conflicting and demanding times for a faucet misses the will. Still ahead on aljazeera how west African Leaders plan to find the cost for a time in fact in more countries plus im rob reynolds on the Us Mexico Border where President Trumps border wall is under construction in one of the most biologically diverse areas in north america. Weve got the usual scattering of showers across Southeast Asia but were looking out for another developing Tropical Storm you can see this area cloud just to the east of the philippines thats going to drive its way into central and southern parts of the country as you go on to is monday and shoes day shall is continuing through malaysia down into indonesia as we go on into tuesday you can start to see that heavier rain that circulation increasing winds coming in here damaging winds and the possibility of some flooding elsewhere as i said there is plenty of shallows across the region one of those as skipping the fall north of australia but not seeing much right in the full costs here im afraid one good news though is we are going to see some going on the show brace just developing just around the east coast of New South Wales and victoria picking those temperatures back to around the mid twentys as we go through the next day or so theres a chance of want to see showers into the northeast of New South Wales as we go on into cheese they know the widespread rain that we do need but i think any rate should be of some benefit that he still remains in place and the across the interior and again we will be getting up into the fortys the mid fortys maybe the high fortys for some of its rules western side of the country but as a top temperature of 33 degrees. Blind can see. And experience the world like never before cancer and ways go in places together. But again youre watching al jazeera live from doha a reminder of our top stories this hour indias Prime MinisterNarendra Modi has accused the opposition of inciting countrywide protests over a controversial citizenship law is addressing his supporters right now in new delhi at least 25 people have died so far in violent demonstrations against the law which some say discriminates against muslims. In afghanistan preliminary results from the president ial election show incumbent ashraf ghani has secured a slim majority the result was expected in october but was only released by the independent Election Commission on sunday ghani secured just over 50 percent of the vote his rival abdoun abdulla says he will challenge the results and cooler weather conditions across australia are expected to help firefighters contain more than 100 mazes bushfires have been burning out of control in conditions described as catastrophic at least 8 people have died and hundreds of homes have been destroyed it. Now the polls are open in his back where theyve been major human rights reform since last election the last elections in 2016 they include people with criminal convictions being allowed to vote and a minimum number of female candidates but the 5 registers have to operate within strict rules laid out by the government. Reports from the capital tashkent. Its a show that at 1st and then galvanized the country a lot of political debate and scripted and edited a 1st news because. There have been 29 others over the past 3 months where a wide range of topics were discussed often putting the candidates on the spot to the point that this party leader admitted his big politicians lacked courage at some we didnt anticipate this level of success it was difficult at 1st because politicians went ready for this but then they prepared and were able to answer questions they didnt expect people to become more interested in the parties and their programs. Then hell come back off is a proud cook of the National Dish cloth and despite steering hundreds of kilos of rice a day he followed the debates your passion was there was a lot of truth and real issues with these debates we cannot understand what needs to be done in the correct way and what is wrong there is a lot of change and these elections are very different from previous ones who specs will have to choose between 5 parties ranging from left to right on the political spectrum but all our government funded was similar platforms. There are no opposition or independent candidates running in this election. Is only 28 years old it was formed after the fall of the soviet union and 99. 00 to 1. 00 so regardless of this truth cummings people are excited to go to the ballot boxes. Still for the 1st time the parties are somehow competing against each other to win over voters since president stuff got me to say you know you have took power in 2016 he is gradually taking the country out of isolation reforms. In almost all spheres of life social life political life a canonical. In some spheres we see Great Success in some spheres we see some controversial changes in psalms fears we see real problems of reforming he has permitted greater freedom of expression which allows come only dean he said cool of to speak to us without fear of repercussion at 31 hes a 1st time voter he supports the liberal Democratic Party because it promised to back Small Businesses like his on the. Us military is elections were just nominal now we say freely what we think before we are scared we can see the reality even if its still not completely transparent i hope this will continue and it will become more liberal. President museo you have promised that parliament will become a true school of democracy billions of hope that day comes sooner rather than later but at that hammy aljazeera tashkent. Voters in croatia are also heading to the polls for a president ial election 11 candidates are running into the incumbent leader. Tire of each opinion polls show that it could be a tight race between her and her main rivals the hold comes as set to take over the rotating presidency of the European Union next month. Hundreds of prodemocracy protesters in hong kong have turned out in support of we go minority muslims in china theyre calling for their human rights to be respected following an alleged crackdown inching jiang province china has been accused of Holding Millions of wheat growers in prison like camps. In syria at least 3 people have been killed in as strikes by Government Forces and their russian allies in the latest attack on a province syrian troops are advancing on the countrys last rebel held areas intense shelling an air strike saw forced thousands of displaced people to seek refuge at camps near the Turkish Border in the past few days. A turkish ship has been seized off the coast of northern libya by forces loyal to warlords honey for half time it happened just hours after Turkeys Parliament voted to approve a military agreement with libyas internationally recognized government a spokesman for have ta says the naval forces approached the ball near the city of durness so they could say they could search and verify its congo its crew are being question its an ebola patient in eastern democratic republic of congo has become the 1st person during the current outbreak to recover from the virus and then fall sick again the World Health Organization says 11 new ebola cases have been confirmed in the past week more than 3300 people have fallen in the latest ebola epidemic more than 202000 of them have died the outbreak is a 2nd worst on record. Saying in africa Border Security remains a big concern for west African Leaders a summit has ended in nigerias capital where leaders discuss fund raising to support the fight against increased attacks in the sa a region the vast and remote area of the southern Sahara Desert spans many borders and includes areas dominated by groups affiliated to eisele and. The worst drought in decades is impacting 45000000 people in 14 countries across Southern Africa zimbabwe is one of the worst affected and a warning some of the footage of nicholas hocks report from matabeleland may be distressing to us. Deep in zimbabwe is meant to belittle and people are dying of hunger. Margaret my gunday and her 5 grandchildren are picking what will be their 1st and last meal of the day for the pumpkin leaves weakened by months of this diet but gunday worries the worst is yet to come. On wednesday. When he and. There is no food anymore we are so hungry that i am losing the strength to go on sometimes i wish the ground underneath could open up and swallow us whole. The United Nations says Southern Africa is experiencing the worst drought in a century 45000000 people across 14 countries are in need of urgent assistance while Food Distribution is taking place in some areas my gunday has not received any help. A 3 hour drive away there is food at the market but at a price my gunday and most cannot afford the 10. 00 a kilo for me or the 5. 00 pack of rice cashing in from the desperation or traders looking to make a profit will this is true. Prices are going up for everyone and so i want to get the Peace Process possible we are all suffering here we are all trying to make ends meet. Zimbabwe needs more rainfall for food to grow in november traditional healers invoked the spirits of the mighty as an easy river to release the rains but they have yet to come and so the Worlds Largest waterfall that separates him from zambia doesnt quite look the same with tourists asking where has the water gone. This isnt just a tourist attraction its a lifeline for millions of people beyond zimbabwes border because the water is used both for food and power but look at it now. Gone is the thunderous sound of Falling Water left below are hungry animals dying of thirst after travelling for hundreds of kilometers in search of water a rhinoceros experiences the slow painful death from hunger. 200. 00 elephants have died since the summer there could be more with endangered species especially vulnerable those alone if both animals and humans are left to graze on whatever they can and so dulled by hunger but on then her grandchildren share their meal today treat a portion of maize tomorrow though is uncertain Nicholas Hawke aljazeera much a 1000000000 and zimbabwe at least 18 people have been killed in a prison riot in honduras 16 more were injured in the fighting in the coastal town of tele local media reporting the violence was a conflict between a rival gangs cuba has appointed a Prime Minister for the 1st time in more than 40 years none serving tourism minister money and that it or took office on saturday the position of Prime Minister was last held by fidel castro in 1906 it was reinstated as part of cubas new constitution a Police Officer in chile has been charged with causing grievous bodily harm after a protester was rammed by an Armored Vehicle a policeman has been released on bail but there are calls for him and his a period to be fired the demonstrator is being treated in hospital for a suspected fractured pelvis but he says were trying to disperse crowds who have been protesting against Pension System for the past 2 months. Now the u. S. President s border wall has secured 1300000000. 00 in funding under a Government Spending package signed last week the barrier between the u. S. And mexico is well behind schedule but its breaking ground in our is zona in one of the countrys most biologically diverse areas and as rob reynolds reports the environmental costs may be irreversible. President Donald Trumps border barrier is under construction in southern arizona. Crews with heavy weapons are carving a path through the desert the wall will go along the southern edge of the Organ Pipe Cactus National monument an area of exceptional beauty the u. S. National park service says the 1340 square kilometer monument preserves one of the earths major ecosystems in nearly unspoiled condition. The United Nations designated organ pipe National Monument as an International Biosphere reserve environmentalists say a wall construction threat these this pristine environment weve got endangered. Fish also as this annoyed pup fish right here in the stream you can see him swim around over there are they an endangered species they are a lot of 4 endangered species here workers will pump water from underground to mix concrete for the barriers base possibly drying out this desert always this which is just a few 100 meters from the border. The barrier will block the normal migration routes of rare animal species like pool and antelope the Human Experience will also change a 50 kilometer and 9 meter tall wall equipped with floodlights that are on all night long thats whats being proposed here and its its insane our night skies are going to be destroyed were not going to see the stars anymore from the campground and its going to be an eyesore this is a place thats designated wilderness its supposed to look pristine and now its going to look like 50 kilometer prison wall in order to build the wall President Trump declared a state of National Emergency here on the border now that together with other legal loopholes has allowed the government to completely disregard numerous laws designed to protect environmentally sensitive areas like this environmentalists have taken the administration to court in an effort to slow or halt construction but for now the wall marches relentlessly forward. Rob riddles al jazeera near solenoid mexico. Hello again im fully back to both with the headlines on aljazeera indias Prime Minister has accused the opposition of inciting nationwide protests over a controversial citizenship law has been addressing his supporters at a rally in new delhi and 25 people have died so far in violent demonstrations against the law with some say discriminates against muslims begin by Young Brothers since the slow has been passed some Political Parties have been spreading rumors these people are misleading the public and citing the public. Has more from new delhi. Right outside which i mean i mean its worst where some of the 1st protests that he didnt get is 2 Different Countries that one. Rally that mr moody is in versus the rallies that thats here and in some of the. Other students. Of the constitution of india theyre talking about the constitution of india theyre talking about secularism and it wasnt even within the constitution and it is imperative to just say that they had to kind of ensure that the integrity on which this nation was built is. If. Its kept intact in afghanistan preliminary results from septembers president ial election show the incumbent afghani has secured a slim majority the office of his main rival abdul says he does not accept in these early results cooler weather conditions across australia are expected to help firefighters contain more than 100 blazes fires have been burning out of control in conditions described as catastrophic at least 8 people have been killed in syria nice 3 people have been killed in airstrikes on italy province by Government Forces and their russian allies syrian troops are vans seeing on the countrys last rebel held areas intense shelling n. S. Strikes are for sauza of displaced people to seek refuge in camps near the border with turkey in the past few days those are the headlines on aljazeera coming up next its super 30 stay with us. Yes. This super 30 are now more than halfway through the course for someone like roger