Transcripts For ALJAZ NEWSHOUR 20240713

A new leader promising reform. And unspoiled big win for liverpool in doha as they beat a brazilian side flamingo waterville to clinch the Club World Cup for the very 1st time. Now indias Prime Minister is refusing to back down on a controversial citizenship you know that opponents say discriminates against muslims they argue the legislation is an attack on the country secular constitution but he insists there is no trace of discrimination in his policies or whack so has the latest from new delhi. 7 its the greatest challenge indias Prime Minister Narendra Modi has faced since he came to power 5 years ago dozens of people have been killed during protests against a citizenship law which many say discriminates against muslims addressing thousands of his supporters at an election rally in new delhi modi blamed the opposition for stoking the protests began by your. Brothers sense this law has been passed some Political Parties have been spreading rumors these people are misleading the public they are inciting the public you look. I want to ask those who are pelting stones and sticks getting people to enjoy police trying to do the us what are you hoping to achieve the police is no ones enemy. The citizenship Amendment Act makes it easier for migrants from afghanistan bangladesh and pakistan who arent muslim to become indian citizens critics say the law could lead to many muslims losing their citizenship. Im not a hug im not a writer staging protests is all right there should not be violence so i oppose that whatever the police are doing i request them not to do it they should also listen also indians like you we are also humans i. As protests continued on sunday in the capital and other parts of the country the government insisted that law will not be repealed i protest has been ongoing since parliament passed the law earlier in december was but a student protests and. University in the capital a week ago turned into a movement of hundreds of thousands of students and antigovernment protesters nationwide people were angered after Government Forces fought with students. I. The worst violence has been the british for more than 5000 people have been detained at least 1500 have been arrested in other parts of india. Some muslims can get so than shipped under the citizenship Amendment Act but it is feared millions who are unable to provide proof could be rendered stateless even if their families have lived in india but generations to be out of the new delhi. As a professor and dean at the gentle school of International Affairs and he says Prime Minister modi is trying to dispel misinformation. Assured muslims especially and mentioned a number of these policies have actually benefited them and you also spoke a mode mortal also unity in diversity accepting the pluralism india and of secularism not the whole idea of equality of all religious states and he continued a lot of issuance and so i think that matters and those as some of the you know fears that have been or that are in the minds of you know since the last couple of weeks as far as a congress and their sympathizers go i dont think theyre going to change because for them its a matter of political survival they have been marginalized theyve been losing elections and theyre not trying to use the citizenship act as a basis on which to cry out and galvanize the medical community and should stick in their favor for electoral gains its become a political football and you know look lets look at it this way mr modi made a clear distinction between refugees who are facing persecution neighboring countries and that i would lose focus today but at the same date he was clear that you know immigrants are coming in so its anomic opportunities cannot be allowed in such massive numbers we have to relive it and i think it was like an educational speech in many ways in the society to get the macias you know who are as our dad and also hearing it at this party are there in the ship well i understand the me wants us. Now Prime Minister Scott Morrison has returned to australia after taking a Family Vacation as wildfires and a heat wave swept across the country his facing public outrage for being in hawaii as more than 100. 00 days as well anderson has. Hes long been criticized for failing to directly link Climate Change to the bush fires in australia but his Prime Minister Scott Morrison visited areas affected by fires on sunday that changed our government as a was and i have always acknowledged the connection between those weather events in these broader far events and the impacts godley of Climate Change but his critics say hes let australia fall behind and then theres his decision to take a Family Vacation in hawaii as a stray burnt morrison cut short the trip after 2 volunteer firefighters died in New South Wales the worst hit state. Or weather over the weekend has given firefighters some relief but the situation is still out of control more than a 5th of the Blue Mountains World Heritage site has been burnt by fire while some towns including balmoral have been ravaged twice in 3 days the fires have burned an area the size of belgium and destroyed more than 800. 00 homes is devastating not knowing whether your property standing or not unfortunately we have to save bad news is not much left to. Some survivors say the sound of the fire terrified them the most as winds blew flames over mountains like a. River of fall i would cry try to think current you could hear the trees exploding. Where thousands of firefighters many of them volunteers are also tiring as they try to contain about 60 fires that are out of control weve got fawzi spreading from north face New South Wales a Queensland Border down to the south coast of New South Wales logistical challenges transport and an accommodation. And just spreading and moving people right across such a broad Geographic Area all add to the challenges of for to increase rotation lower temperatures have helped the fight but theres no rain forecast for the days ahead and temperatures will soon rise again enter chapelle aljazeera. Thats give you an idea of just how widespread there is 5 bushfires are now raging in every states and australia this government a fire truck a map shows the extent of that threat and mocks the severity of the blazes right across the country over the past 72 hours and brenton eden is the assistant chief officer at the south Australian Fire Service and he says the fires have started much earlier in the season the will pace and shoot strain on imagines a cruise is a direct link between these fall as drought drop vegetation high fuel lloyds and high temperatures but if you look across the sort of 100 year history of fall as in a straw year we have had these events before each state has had these events before i think what is very challenging for australia is these are events are appearing much earlier in essays and well before christmas theyre occurring right across the landscape from Western Australia and new south whiles and theyre also appearing at a time when the Northern Hemisphere is still experiencing fall and that makes it difficult for by him his fees to manage whats known as the aerial firefighting flaked we rely heavily on large attract is in city of crimes to come from the Northern Hemisphere traditionally by finished their fire season and theyre available for us now is saying i think its fees overlapping very. You know it can be conflicting and demanding times for a faucet this is the will. More ahead for you this news hour including despite the rain. Just water for just a trickle we report from zimbabwe on the drought affecting millions in Southern Africa. An exclusive report from mexico where al jazeera just how easy it is for cartels to from the us. Suffer the heaviest league defeat in 20 is. Now at least 25000. 00 civilians have reportedly fled syria as a province for the takesh border as the syrian and Russian Forces intensify their strikes their russian backed syrian troops are advancing on the countrys last rebel held area its the biggest push in moves in 3 months and has resulted in the may just a bit in exodus the Un Refugee Agency says that since the conflict began 80 years ago more than 6 and a half 1000000 people have been internally displaced and more than 5000000 have been forced to leave the country and seek refuge elsewhere most of them have gone to nearby countries taki lebanon jordan turkey hosts the largest number. Now the 3 month wait for the results of the president ial election in afghanistan has ended with a provisional win for president ashraf ghani the Electoral Commission says hes secured a slim majority of just over 50 percent but supporters of his main rival Abdullah Abdullah say they dont accept the results and what they call questionable votes need investigating the Electoral Commission also says the final count from the election in september could change well lets speak now to bharath gopalaswami whos a distinguished senior fellow at the Observer Research foundation thats an american based think tank he was also part of the Advisory Group for the u. S. Special envoy for afghanistan and he joins us now on skype from mumbai so these results were supposed to have been released back in october i recall i know there were allegations of it irregularities but why has it taken quite so long to get these numbers why are we seeing the now. Well i mean i i just think you know. There were doubts about the elections but for delegate of the results and all that i think the commission because its time to make sure that the concerns are equally birth from all parties and you know finally they have come out of that as of i think its you know theres a security situation in the theres ongoing in the backdrop of the security situation and the ongoing peace dialogue with the can as you know that was a suspension of the dialogue for a brief while and then ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad was leading his negotiations are you know quietly to begin with and then you know this came out stop some of the would begin that all of these things i think the process is coming to its logical conclusion and. The Security Side of the political side discussions happen hand by hand and i think thats where you see the results of these elections coming in where that theyre trying to forge some kind of a consensus amongst all these you say a consensus but Abdullah Abdullah supporters are saying theyre not going to accept this there is out and i recall we saw this back in 2014 and that election turned into a stalemate john kerry had to step in broker a power sharing agreement but given that as you were saying the u. S. Is involved in the taliban talks now they say theyre also not going to mediate this time so where do we go from here. Well i you know im sure look theres a good in a bad side i know the of the camp is not you know as it were as unhappy and bret and i am im sure they have their own reasons to be unhappy about it but at the end of the day i think what the american process laid out and what the americans laid out here is a process what we laid out with our blood and sweat as a process through which we can come to some coming kind of a conclusion in the last 18 years and of the love the left can has the right and justifiably so can largest protest and then im sure the process will take its course and then well come up with the group result of whos actually won the elections so you know let the process play itself out of thats where i think well go from there and im well im sure you know on the Security Side we are. If im still optimistic and positive that that we will be able to forge a deal that lays out the security situation for a balanced plan you know were also in the little bit of urgency because well enter the president ial race but it sharply in the u. S. We already are in a person in chile season and you know like many 20 we should have some pain that. I hope to see some kind of an agreement with the u. S. And afghanistan to bring this war to a conclusion well let me ask you about their relationship abdullah and ashraf ghani have been working together but its been a fairly for what relations said whats the relationship like now between the 2 men could we say more tension Going Forward especially if they are polled the result that were seeing today. Well i know youve been even during the best of times i believe but the relationship was and the best of relationships were not the love the lone gun there were visible tensions and both of them while they worked together they also had huge differences you glory you know are maturing up at the highest political level and also things were their differences were laid out in the end the most Important Missions around the war last well. Even said that they are. For the interests of the nation that need to come together but i wouldnt be surprised if the relationship because of the. Very openly declared early from here its all a big if you did it but i just dont think it will get any better from now what is a situation will continue to watch very closely baraka palace one either from the Observer Research foundation thank you for joining us on aljazeera our polls have just closed and was better stuns parliamentary election the 1st since president. Took power 3 years ago now that voters is being held following reforms to the Voting System and that includes a new electoral code and also requires a minimum number of female candidates and 5 party is a competing for 150 seats in his back astounds parliament but analysts say the balance of power is unlikely to change as all have backed president radio have well what are the honey joins us now live from the capital tashkent what a very different atmosphere in this election give us a sense of whats changed over the last few years and in a spec a stand. Well certainly there is a different atmosphere and you could really feel it each time you spoke to any one of the voters there they were coming in with a lot of hope elderly people for example told me that theyre taken part in many previous parliamentary elections in the past but this one was completely different that to some extent because of the television theyve bates that unfolded live over the past 3 months they got to know some of the candidates better they got to her to hear what each Party Represented better even though across the board there is not much difference in all these parties still they did feel those i spoke to said they did feel that this time could mark the beginning of a change now certainly reform has been unfolding over the past 3 years in this country where do we talk about for example a discussion about reforming the Education System child labor and forced labor has been abolished in the cotton fields the Exchange Market has been regularized so theres been a lot of reform and the most important of them all is what people told me across the board is that they feel they can talk freely now without any fear of repercussion but more than one told me you know your foreign journalists 3 years ago i would have never stood in the street and had a conversation read you let alone being filmed so there is a change whether this will bring a full fledged democracy it is really too early to say. Given all of those changes to that mean that was banks have been much more engaged with this poll than in the past could we say that in a sense were seeing the dawn of a new era of democracy here. Well i think they know everybody is quite aware that democracy is quite far remembered as weve been saying that these elections have been different that you know candidates had to present themselves had to spell out a bit more what they will be doing for their voters in parliament 2 thirds of the kind is actually 1st time candidates so well have to see what they will be doing once they get their seats also remember there has been no opposition candidates no independent candidates in this election so in that says there is some very blatant shortcomings but you know when you speak to people most of them said that really the most important at this point is that they want to take part in what they saw was positive change coming to the country. And. Its a show that at 1st done and then galvanized the country a lot of political debate unscripted and an 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 politicians lack courage. 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 well 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 as there was a lot of truth and real issues with these debates we can 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 are. From left to right on the political spectrum but all government funded with similar platforms. There are no opposition or independent candidates running in this election but whose pakistan 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 truly 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 shafqat 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 and sams fears we see real problems of reforming he has permitted greater freedom of expression which allows come only 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. Various elections where just nominally 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 tax hope that day comes sooner rather than later. Turnout by mid afternoon was about 68 percent nationwide here in the capital less than 50 percent at 44 preserved perhaps one of these newfound freedoms is actually the choice of not going to cast your ballot now initial results should be coming out in the next hour or 2 no one expects any Major Political shift in the country no one expects the country to all of us didnt take another direction or have a new vibrant Parliament Just there immediately the day after the alexion but certainly the turnout would be a big indication the final number of the turnout rather will be a big indication of how much these reforms imposed by the president. Are having being accepted by the people here. How the other hand that life rests in tashkent watching that election for us thank you. Now voters in croatia are also heading to the polls but for a president ial election 11 candidates are running including incumbent leader kalinda grab a guitar of its opinion polls show it could be a tight race between her and her main rivals the vote comes as set to take over the rotating e. U. Presidency next month. Great great the candidate i vote for always loses and then all is well i wish them all the best for the dont be taken out of group i must vote voting is a civic duty otherwise nothing would change free from everyone is prone to insult from classes when it comes to the election thats not good people should have positive attitude most of the movement was phony may help but i doubt it theres too much corruption. Now mexico is dealing with its highest murder rate on record but the majority of firearms involved being smuggled in from the United States and violence across the border has been under increasing scrutiny after a number of us citizens were mad at last month in the 1st of a 2 part investigation into arms trafficking between the us and mexico John Heilemann talks to those smuggling the guns across the border and the hit men that end up using. That shock to make the 17th of october 2019 the day the sinhala cult tale turned out like an army with a devastating great fire power they subjugated to miss camilla treat self and took over the streets of coolie a crime that he would but this man says he was there fighting with the cartel were talking about their weapons were most of the people there were in on the side of the car with american guns. Yes of course because all the arms that we use here are from the other side of the border. What they got to go hes a hit man a soldier through organized crime one of the many across mexico responsible for record murder right how difficult would it be to do your job. If there wasnt this free flow coming from the United States. It would be hard because the u. S. Is the chief supplier thats where we get the new explosive guns we need going to support all of the guns that have been seized in mexico and traced 70 percent come from the United States theres a reason its hard to get a gun legally in mexico but the regulations are extremely strict not so in the u. S. And cartels you struggle by as gun shop scene shows to get glocks a k 47 off if things and even machine guns its this mans job to smuggle them across the border with. The truth is that its very easy to get them across we do hide them in the upholstery or where we can but the customs agents here dont really focus on that and searching it they never searched the car. We saw that for us selves when we made the journey from the u. S. Into mexico on a busy thursday night there were no possible controls we saw no border offices and just to Customs Officials checked to see of cars that were already free were into mexico. A lack of vigilance which is hard to reconcile with mexicos concerns i let myself up over the last year the most worrying issue in mexico are the guns the guns that we saw on coolly akon were impressive i want to propose again but using the latest technology from both countries we can stop the arms trafficking at the border. We asked for an interview with mexicos Foreign Ministry and its Customs Agency 2 to discuss those Border Security plans we didnt hear back. Meanwhile quantities of weapons continue to be brought across this stashed in a multitude of safe houses on arrival the gun run is in charge of this one in a suburb of the border town the cali. When we come back with guns they can stay here a day or 2 and then our people come to get them when everything is ready take them away theyre distributed throughout the country being caught with one should mean jail time but if the gun runners get stopped by local police theres a simple solution. As they say here with money the dog dances sort it all out with cash and then we each coraline way i dont know you and you dont know me with the guns make their way to the Cartel Soldiers the same ones that battle to beat me its going authorities in the 17th of october this confrontation between the cartel and the government. That wouldnt have happened if the scene of. This where. Yes it would have happened but obviously as you say it would have been hard for us without that number of weapons i mean we probably wouldnt have beaten them if it wasnt so easy to get hold of the guns. The Mexican Forces humiliation then and in direct consequence of leaving us gun regulations and this countrys insufficient Border Security but there were other consequences to more intimate ones for the thousands of victims of mexicos shootings in part 2 will tell their stories john homan al jazeera make ali. Still ahead on aljazeera and Record Number of elderly people in chile crossing so aside a look at whats causing. 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. And sports and other friendly about him feels best n. B. A. Star and son i will be here with that story coming up. The weathers fine and dry across much of the middle east pieces of cloud and rain rolling out of the black sea the caspian sea pushing of a switch as we go on through the next couple of days things are going to chinese not seep out as we go on through monday lotty fondant live set a round to 21 but you can see the next every of disturbed weather that weather moving across to the chinese to snow over the high ground heavy rain there in society for us and the events 20 celsius in beirut is the cloud starts to thicken we are looking at some really wet weather see go on through this week by the time we come to christmas leaving base them a rain pushing into bethlehem some wet and windy weather for Christmas Day throughout the night as well so the southeast generally dry and find 23 celsius in doha in the next couple days and a lot winds is going to feel absolutely fantastic actually for the south we have got a little bit of cloud the just around southern most parts of amman might just please add a special sort of right into salada well just a small sort of right into the south africa has seen some lively showers here recently going to stay in the full cost a few showers there over the high ground the whats the weather will be a little further north into northern parts of nice and big and staying very wet right up the river valley. Going to stay 9 people have seen here. To the. Stage probably tell you each month to me do you believe you would do for the saudis. Britain and believe me to help the us bombs do you believe. This meeting saddam is in the shadows 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 and put in contribution to a story a feel we cover this region better than anyone else would be foolish is you know that it should be but it is good to be because you have a lot of people that are deployed on political issues. The people who believe that tell the real story ill just mend it used to do the work journalism we dont feel inferior were. Going to look. At it again on this. Reminder about top stories this hour indias Prime Minister is accusing his political opponents of fueling unrest over a controversial citizenship no one that critics say discriminates against muslims there under modi has also defended indias Security Forces in a speech at a b j p a rally in new delhi. A strangely as Prime Minister had to visit communities affected by bush after facing public outrage for going on vacation during the crisis hundreds of fires are burning out of control in conditions described as catastrophic. And preliminary results from afghanistans president ial election so incumbent ashraf ghani has secured a slim majority officials by his main rival Abdullah Abdullah say they dont accept the results. Now 2 bombings in the southern philippines have killed more than a dozen people one exploded in Cotabato City killing at least 8 soldiers and 4 civilians at that same time 5 people died when another bomb exploded just north of. The Philippines Armed forces says the bunsen more as amik Freedom Fighters group could be behind those attacks. A Political Party in pakistan has organized a protest in the capital against indias decision to strip kashmir of its autonomy and in a state kashmir was divided into 2 new federal territories last month is a may has mobilized support over the past 2 weeks to highlight what it says is a forgotten issue the poor state of the kashmiri economy is also a major concern for the Party Correspondent says pakistanis nationwide have shown their solidarity with kashmir. If drawn show of the border by the right wing. Reject her before. The border. And out i gave here trotted being meted out by the indians are going to force their own energy or their visitors to read. The purpose of the rally is to highlight the atrocities being committed by india against the kashmiris and to draw the worlds attention to their plight under islam little young if modi is not stopped it will become a problem for the minorities in india and will also have dangerous consequences for the world. Of our day while good never come from all across the country. Over the make sure our women and children 7 0 you did the deed of evil bastard. And of god why did maybe 300 good come of the government oh and up all political defragging. 2 ordered the people of august on their. Own living on the other side of the line of do y. In chile a policemans been charged with causing grievous bodily harm off the Television Pictures appear to show Police Trucks running over antigovernment protesters a 20 year old is in hospital with a suspected broken pelvis following fridays battle in santiago opposition parties are calling for the resignation of the capitals police chief for his quote is 0 tolerance policy on unauthorized. Demonstrations now at least 26. 00 chileans have been killed during 2 months of protests against poverty inequality and social injustice thousands of others have been injured or arrested congress has approved raising pension subsidies for the poor but many want a complete overhaul of one of the worlds most controversial private Pension Systems in america at least in human reports from santiago. Its the Holiday Season and belgium want to see nurses making a christmas cake but not for her family selling these cakes is just one of the many ways the 62 year old pensioner tries to make ends meet. She also fixes clothes like other pensioners who are low Income Neighborhood but at the has to keep working because after 35 years of factory work her monthly retirement check is 133. 00 well below chiles poverty line with us talking about him on the same street there are 4 grandparents in their eightys and 3 still work the other is too ill and she lay retirements nothing to look forward to. Who lives in an upper middle class area agrees she retired at the beginning of last year after working 37 years 1st as a nurse and then as a University Professor with a masters degree she used to make nearly 2000. 00 a month. If were to look for anything but when i want to do my retirement papers i discovered that i had a poppers pension i said is this a joke and i was told now its like this for everyone the 300. 00 i am getting isnt even enough to pay for my health insurance. Nothing infuriates chileans of all walks of life more than their compulsory private retirement system or a. F. P. It was created under chiles military dictatorship and was supposed to guarantee pensions equivalent to 70 percent of ones last paycheck. Instead 10 to 20 percent is the average with good reason the a. F. P. s are the number one target of millions of protestors from. Chilis Pension Funds make massive profits which are not redistributed to the contributors even as pensions drop would get them all over the floors and you know this model was designed with the objective to transfer the workers savings to Capital Markets like banks the big retailers etc thats hope create large economic groups that have concentrated wealth in a few hands as never before and worst of all its forced millions of chileans to live in misery. In chile the suicide rate for elderly people has soared and one of the prime reasons is because they no longer have enough money with which to survive amid all the protests the government has actually raised the state pension subsidy but even after doubling that subsidy for people over the age of 80 it is still nowhere near a minimum wage at a time in life when people have greater expenses for medicine and for doctors. The governments offer to partially compensate for the a. F. P. Shortcomings with taxpayers money has only added more fuel to the fire and its unlikely to be put out without a Major Overhaul of the Pension System that only seems to be benefiting those who dont pay for it to see a newman ill just sita something i will north korea says leader kim jong un has held a ruling Party Meeting about strengthening the countrys military state near israelis to these images although its unclear when or where the meeting actually took place tensions between the United States a right now north korea is threatening to take new measures if the u. S. Doesnt submit a proposal on doing it to rise ation by the end of the year. Now donald trump an election promise to build a border wall with mexico is taking shape construction crews are busy in arizona but environmentalists ferrera vessel damage is being done to one of the most biologically divests regions of the United States has the story. 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. Pup fish also known as this annoying pup fish right here in this stream you can see him swimming 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 puma and antelope the Human Experience will also change a 50 kilometer 9 meter tall wall equipped with floodlights that are on all night long thats whats being proposed here and its insane are nice guys 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. Robert oulds aljazeera near solenoid mexico while Border Security remains a big concern for west African Leaders a summit has ended in nigerias capital where they discussed how to fund the fight against increased attacks in the region now that vast area of the southern desert spawns many borders and it includes areas dominated by groups affiliated to al qaeda ahmed addressed reports from about. The 56th ordinary summit of course was anything but ordinary these are particularly difficult times for the region as attacks by armed groups have escalated in recent months. The rising violence in the same hell in other parts of west africa dominated the speeches. Nigerias president whose country has had to deal with the threat from boko haram for the past 10 years he says closer cooperation is needed along with more International Support terrorism remains the major threat to that he said through various egypt that it could in attacks by terrorist groups remind us of the edges to lead and do added security chief a condition to come grown to include sheikhs even groups food or tent it is. Echos chairman and they just president whose country recently lost 71 soldiers in an attack by an isolated group is in no doubt about the effects of the violence on member nations not tunisia you do not approve a bill is attracted autistic you sometimes if you shut our region has been hit hard by terrorist attacks which have intensified with every passing day threatening the Many National and regional achievements we have made the terrorist attacks continually test our resolve to fighting this scourge the leaders in their last meeting in september agreed to set up a 1000000000. 00 fund to pay for armies to fight the armed groups 100000000. 00 of that is distributed but with many countries in the region having to fight that individual but as a low it is here that more than a 1000000000. 00 will be needed to achieve peace. Is a night ignatius special representative in west africa theres no question that the moral cost response is required because what we are seeing is that the terrorist groups are still a lot of resistance and one is the resilience and capacities which we had and theres the meeting of this knowledge there has to be a response to address the root causes of violent extremism the meeting also reviewed guineabissau us president ial elections and importantly the plan for single currency next year ek or says 7 countries now meet the criteria for a single currency but its not clear if french speaking countries using the west African Financial Community front the c. F. A. Will ditch it and when they can always like nigeria and ghana would want to adopt the plant common currency the coal which is chattel to roll out in 2020 homage to greece. Well what exactly is the c. F. A. Frank the currency was created by france back in 1905 and is used by 14 african nations into zones one is in west africa including senegal ivory coast and bikini faster and the other is in Central Africa made up of 6 countries that entered into bonn and chad now the currency is pegged to the euro and has the financial backing of the french treasury and return france holds 50 percent of the Foreign Exchange reserves of member countries critics say the currency is a remnant of french colonialism and restricts gross while the president of ivory coast announced that west african countries will stop using the c. F. A. Starting sometime next year the currency will be renamed but alice on the torah says it will still be pegged to the euro. Im happy to announce that in agreement with the other heads of state of the west African Economic and Monetary Union weve decided to reform the c. F. A. Frank with the 3 following major changes 1st renaming the currency from the c. F. A. To the echo 2nd the end of centralization of half of all reserves with the french treasury and the closing of its operated account and 3rd the withdrawal of france from all management of the currency union. A Roman Catholic religious order in mexico has admitted its found a sexually abused dozens of boys including some he fathered secretly while living a double life father marcel must sail continuously denied he was a pedophile until his death 11 years ago the legionnaires of christ says other priests abused 175 mexican boys to decades and its now attempting to confront its past Pope John Paul dismissed the accusations but to successor Pope Benedict ordered must be able to retire to a life of prayer and penitents. The west drought for decades in Southern Africa is affecting 45000000 people in 14 countries and wildlife suffering. Has the story from zimbabwe one of the worst affected countries and a warning some here is maybe distressed by the pictures in this report from a lot about it and. Deep in zimbabwes multibillion land people are dying of hunger margaret began then her 5 grandchildren are picking what will be their 1st and last meal of the day for the pumpkin leaves weekend by months of this diet but they were is the worst is yet to come. What do you and your wife they smell food in your. Strength to go on sometimes they cloned underneath called cleanup in. 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 but gunday has not received any help. A 3 hour drive away there is food at the market but at a price my gunday in 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 so this is true. Present going up for everyone and so i want to get the best but i was 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 is 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 hippopotamus experiences the slow painful death from hunger 200. 00 elephants have died since the summer there could be more with endangered species especially vulnerable to those alive both animals and humans are left to graze on whatever they can and so dulled by hunger margaret the 10 day in her grandchildren share their meal today treat a portion of maize tomorrow though is uncertain Nicholas Hawk aljazeera much of a land zimbabwe now cuba has its fast Prime Minister fidel castro 43 and i know marrow is the festa point and as part of the implementation of cubas new constitution the post was abolished when fidel became president back in 1976. Still ahead on aljazeera in sports if we hope to sweep the board at the Winter Sports world cup style it will have all. The football tournament like no other in the at the beginning we used to play football in the streets using a soccer aljazeera world meets a group of sudanese boy is determined to win against a backdrop of conflict and uncertainty. When i walk in the street people soft me for money its because a. Door for football for peace on aljazeera. This is a boon for point people right now and technology there is so much going to help people its from thanks for calling i read this is there a what are you looking for today we get to assist the client with their day to day tasks and give them more independence and this was our go to little sure is a tomato exploration process and we have outside knowledge available to us techno. I am all of time for sport and sun is going to tell us about the football action exactly livable thank you so much just as eligible i heading home from dell how with the Club World Cup trophy for the very 1st time here opinion champions it beats i mean go of the brazilian saturdays final of the game was settled an extra time with liverpools brazilian striker are better for me while scoring the only goal in the 16 times at this torment the has been a stage at the trophy has gone to the european side on 12 locations with south American Teams winning the other 4. We did so many good things believe it was only a good football moment and everybody was for different reasons. On the arch pretty much. But i saw so many sensational good performances. Liverpool still lead the English Premier League by 10 points despite their duties in qatar in sundays games majeste united had been beaten to a nail by bottom of the table while 3rd latest person host chelsea. And it is even going into the winter break the back of their heaviest the feet in syria for over 20 years or they were thumped a 5 nil by atlanta on sunday ill hunt obamas with a stunning individual goal and 2 from. For the home side milan find themselves in the table 21 points behind the leaders who are talented climb to this place. All to make matters worse for ac milan rivals in similar went top of the table as. Good twice in a 4 nil win over didnt want the belgian could have had a hat trick when into one penalty but generously gave the ball to teenagers sebastiano. Instead the 17 year old scoring his 1st syria goal on his 1st start for the club to do same culture though did you know i always asked the players to think in terms of us i think today revolution hes this kind of guy esposito scored im happy but our penalty kick player is romelu it was his choice. German champions byron munich have awarded interior coach a handsome flicka after stage in a recovery from the difficult start of the season has been put in charge for the rest of the campaign by a left to lay to at home to vote on saturday though teenager joshua the finally getting the breakthrough in the 85th minute said dan barry then to wrap things up but to make it 3 straight wins for byron. But there are still 4 points behind at the top of the bulls league or on a line or as a tackle and go helping them beat a 31. 00 upset hoping it to be the 1st east german champions since the burning wall came down 989. 00. And champions i. X. Head into the winter break in the dutch league in confident mood they were 61 winners over struggling hard on sunday had seen yet with the pick of the goals. Pakistans cricket is needed just 3 more were kids on the final day against sri lanka and karate 2 in the 1st test series on home soil for a decade as her ali and barbara as a mo both made sentries on day 4 as pakistan declared their 2nd innings on 555 for 3 set the tourists an unlikely target 476. Reduced 221247 at the close with an essene shot taking 3 wickets pakistan have played their whole match is a neutral countries this is 2009 g. To security reasons. Australian golfer adam scott has ended his 4 year wait for title the former masters champion won the australian p. G. A. Championship at royal pines on the gold coast by 2 shots on sunday scott went in this side of the 2nd time in claiming the 30th victory of his korea. There was opportunities for everyone who wanted to come to. A Long Time Coming but im really having to go in and out of p. J. Of almost her stock a while leonard got quite an unfriendly welcome on his return to san antonio on a saturday he now l. A. Clippers lead his side to a huge win over the spurs then it was booed every time he touched the ball on the less wife who was traded from san antonio to toronto in 2800 scored it 26 points as the visitors thrashed the clippers 134101. Over in brooklyn the nets overcame an 18 point deficit to beat the business in atlanta haka. Scored 39 points to leave the nets 222212 when. You know all endured the nets player Kevin Durants used his down time to spread Holiday Cheer to some kids in new york city 31 year old i handed out gifts to about 40 children whose families are facing homelessness. With the cancellation of major skiing events in europe and to texas snow the sport of snowboard cross has been stepping into the spotlight this has been an olympic sport and 2006 and its walk up season is well underway it was a photo finish here at the mens final in italy and it was the home opener lorenzos so madiba who won it head over another italian not too tense in the end. It was Cross Country woke up in slovenia went ahead despite the heavy snow thats proved too much for other events in swedens 2nd pairing a thrived in the conditions of winning this one the head of none other than swedes 1st pairing great day for sweden. And thats it for me thanks very much donna. While a new space taxi has made a successful return to earth the style and i landed in new mexico a few days earlier than planned by boeing engineers they cut short the capsules test flight after it failed to reach the International Space station nasa is hoping the setback to the Unmanned Mission wont delay the capsules fast astronauts blasting off next year well thats headed for me that this news out but ill be back in a moment with more of the days news and the mean time to go to aljazeera dot com for all the latest updates stay with us here on out of there. Driven by outrage and spanning generations the real hinge of demonstrators gathered on the very day a widely criticized repatriation agreement between the governments of bangladesh and me and more was to begin the anger was all too apparent and the fear was palpable if you dont like us so afraid that if they send one of us back to myanmar today tomorrow theyll send back 10 and the day after tomorrow theyll send back 2030 or if we were given citizenship in myanmar then there would be no need to take us back there we would go back on our own we must remember the rancho among the most persecuted minorities in the world. In 2008 aljazeera documented a groundbreaking skiing. Preparing some of indias poorest children for entry into its toughest universities. We return to see how the students and the scheme of helping change the face of india. Supa 30 announces era. Children born into a city of trash discovered the beauty of music of blues to places. With a chance to play for the wont turn their reality into a dream. Land philharmonic witness documentary on mountains in. Indias Prime Minister defends a new citizenship at all that has sparked protests and denies accusations that it discriminates against muslims. Hello again im just saying this is al jazeera live from also coming up an exclusive report from mexico where al jazeera reveals just how easy it is for cartels to smuggle in dollars from the United States. Astray his Prime Minister returns home from vacation to control the city as the country enjoys on the press