Chiles protesters as dozens are blinded. Israels military buildup on the border with gaza after the killing of an Islamic Jihad commander. A mammoth problem. The increasing desperation of animals like elephants during zimbabwes worst drought in years. The Opposition Leader in bolivias senate has declared herself interim president after weeks of political turmoil. Jeanine anez was sworn in, taking over from the ousted former leader, who is now in mexico after being granted asylum. Morales resigned after weeks of protest over his disputed reelection. More from la paz. Tensions are growing in the center of the capital, where the president ial palace in the National Assembly is here. An area that is completely surrounded by police, riot police, and another ring of protection by the army. Has been named interim president of bolivia after a long debate about legislators would be able to swear her in with the result, the members of the party that supports evo morales. Said she will immediately call for elections. They need to name a new electoral tribunal and hold elections around december 20 to be able to have a new president by january. Ofthe meantime, a lot frustration and a lot of people, followers of evo morales who are not happy with this naming of an interim president , there are people protesting in the area with police repressing this with water cannons. Riot police all around this area. What is happening in the pause. Morales was granted asylum in mexico. Evo morales woke up on sunday, he was president of bolivia. By midday tuesday, he was in exile, touching down in mexico, he said things could have been worse. I want to tell you, we are extremely grateful. The mexican president has saved my life. It was not easy getting him here. The Mexican Foreign minister described a tense standoff before he could work out a route for him to leave the country. Moralessupporters surrounding the airport. There was real tension. He was already on board the plane. It was the worst moment. Correspondent president more or moraless president says a coup pushed him out. That therime is only sin we have committed is social programs for the poor. Correspondent evo says he only brought economic stability and prosperity during his time in power. Opponents point to growing authoritarianism and serious irregularities in the last election. He went against the constitution to run in the first place. A complex situation here for president who, over 14 years, did do a lot, especially for the poor and vulnerable in bolivia. Before he disappeared, he made a call for peace in his homeland. Sayinally, i would like to for there not to be any more bloodshed or confrontations. We have decided to resign for the people. Wishes going unanswered in bolivia, where despite his absence, supporters and opposition continue to clash. Al jazeera, mexico city. Atwe are going to look chile, where a strike has brought the country to a standstill. Dozens of people have been marching in santiago as the current leader hits a historic low. Metro fares has grown into protests over social inequality. Allegations of Police Brutality are being investigated. Protesters have complained of being shot in the face by police using rubber bullets and pellets. More from our latin american editor. Alls for a Natural National strike. Thousands marched all over chile. Among them, one who says he is striking for his 10yearold daughter. I dont know if the president is deaf or blind, but we have been protesting all over chile he has to fix the country relief. This strike has been called to demand social reforms, waiting for the last 25 days. Here who havele taken a longer the latest protester to lose one or more eyes from pellet wounds. Havethan 200 demonstrators suffered total or partial blindness in less than one month, which according to chiles medical association, is comparable only to protests in gaza over a sixyear period. Witnesses say the 18yearold University Student was demonstrating monday night with a group of friends when a riot police shot him with a pellet gun at pointblank range. After what they have done to him, he is obviously very angry. His life has been permanently altered. His position is to keep protesting for social change so that the loss of his left i will not have been in vain. Three more people have been shot in the face and eyes in less than 48 hours, propping some lawmakers to demand that rubber bullets and pellets be banned as a form of crowd control. Sunday night, the director of police promised to restrict the use of weapons of this kind to a minimum after another protester lost both eyes. Instead, a dissenter was shot at two meters distance. Watch in thets Interamerican Commission of human rights are investigating charges of Police Brutality, which appear to be only increasing the level of anger and violence on the streets. Russian airstrikes are reported to have killed at least three civilians in syrias last rebel held province. In raids have been launched idlib this week. Activists say households and schools have been hit. The government did declare a ceasefire in late august, but airstrikes have continued. To the gazas border fence after the worst day of violence in months. It happened after an airstrike killed a Senior Leader of the Palestinian Armed group Islamic Jihad in gaza. Were sent rockets from gaza toward israel. That led to more israeli airstrikes, killing another eight palestinians. Mediators are working to restore calm. Correspondent killed as they slept in this building in gaza. The airstrike was long in the planning. Repercussions just starting to play out. A very senior figure in what israel claimed blamed for a series of rocket attacks. These actions have started this morning after the crimes committed by israel. Rockets were fired toward tel aviv and Islamic Jihad with all resistance groups continuing to target safe places. Islamic jihad said israel crossed all redlines, but promised a bigger response than usual. One rocket exploded on a busy highway near gaza. A near miss for those in passing cars and for those in a bus waiting at the intersection. Town, a factory suffered a direct hit. Rockets also targeted central israel, restricting businesses and leading to blanket School Closures from the gaza border areas to tel aviv. Israels Prime Minister, who is leading a second straight caretaker government after a second inconclusive election, said his government was not seeking escalation, and he was careful to indicate politics had not entered into the decision to strike. One he said it was recommended by the military and the internal security agency. The final decision was unanimously agreed on 10 days ago in the cabinet give me authority to implement it at a time that would be suggested by the idf. The idf and the show back recognize the time. They recognized a window of opportunity to carry out the operation with maximum chances of success and minimum impact on bystanders. There was no israeli comment on another major strike overnight. This one hit damascus, targeting leader. Jihads second syrias state news agency said his son and granddaughter were killed. Islamic jihad says he survived. It affected many buildings. The explosion was so huge it is on except bull to hit a civilian area in unacceptable to hit a civilian area. Correspondent israels military says it was targeting Islamic Jihad, perhaps a message it was not seeking direct confrontation amas, whose military wing represents gazas biggest fighting force. Benjamin netanyahu said israel did not seek wider escalation, but he mustve known with a targeted assassination and the inevitable rocket fire in response, risks were high. Much depends on how a mosque decides on how hamas to respond. If it matches words with a big escalation in rocket fire, risks of wider conflict only rise. Al jazeera, southern israel. Protesters in hong kong have fought with police as violence broke out at two universities. Tensions have been high after a Police Officer shot one demonstrator at close range on monday. A senior Police Officer says the city is on the brink of total breakdown. Correspondent University Campus turned into a battleground between protesters and riot police. Barricades set up and firebombs thrown as thousands move in response to calls from social media for support. This conflict is one of many throughout the day. Arlier, teargas was fired at City University as students and protesters blocked roads as part of what is being called a general strike. The unrest proving too much for this student. My friends are like, this is too serious. Im heading to the airport now. Correspondent for a second day and a rope, Office Workers rally on the streets of the citys financial center. They spend lunchtime chanting protest slogans, part of the new strategy of the public disobedience movement. This protest comes just hours after hong kongs chief executive said the government was trying to minimize disruption to daily life. Instead, Office Workers and people who dont normally take part in the movement have brought hong kongs Financial Sector to a standstill. The face of protesters, attempts to stop people from going to work and school, this is a very selfish act. People from different sectors of society are holding fast to their positions. I hereby express my gratitude to those who are still going to work in school today. Her calls ignored as protesters filled the streets surrounded by multinational offices, luxury shops, and the stock exchange. Freedom for hong kong. Correspondent the streets were taken over by the more radical protesters. They were soon dispersed by riot Police Firing rounds of teargas and making arrests. The back of the Chinese University police attempts to make students leave with tear gas, water cannons, and force instead inflamed protesters. [inaudible] correspondent with each day, that appears to escalate. Still ahead on al jazeera, iraqis say they have watched their country crumble for decades. We are looking at why they are now expressing their anger. A u. S. Pipeline could be pumping again despite warnings of an disaster. An environmental disaster. Here with al jazeera, these are the top stories. Boliviasition leader in has declared herself president. Jeanine anez takes over from evo morales. He is now in mexico. He resigned after the military after widespread protests over his disputed reelection. Israel has moved tanks to the gaza border after the worst day of crossborder violence in months. It started after an israeli airstrike killed a Senior Leader of the Palestinian Armed group Islamic Jihad. Fighters responded by firing almost 200 rockets into israel. Shutsters in iraq have down schools, government buildings, and state media offices across the country. Dozens of people have been injured in baghdad after Security Forces used teargas and live rounds to disperse crowds. The u. N. Is stepping up pressure on the government to enact reforms in response to the antigovernment rallies. There have been more than 325 People Killed since the protests broke out last month. Anger stems from poor conditions iraqis say they have had to become used to. They say they have watched Public Services and infrastructure crumble and the quality of life deteriorate, too. Its name harks back to a time when this was a place people of note once lived. Now, some say the central baghdad neighborhood, about three kilometers from the Prime Ministers office, seems to have disappeared when it comes to the government. Garbage is piling up on the streets. Buildings are crumbling. The stench of waste can be overwhelming. Inside this home, the family says they live with sewage. There are times we go to sleep without eating dinner. We live under gods mercy. Nothing from the government. Correspondent 25 members of the extended family are crammed into this building. Their father says the only income he gets is a 420 per month pension from his deceased son, a former Police Officer. Tot money must stretch support his daughter and her five children after their father died six months ago. The social Services Department will not provide her with benefits because it does not have any money left in the budget. She cannot find a job. The parties are sharing among themselves. The former regime made life better. Now there is no life. There is oil, but we dont have money to live. Correspondent four numbers of parliament have submitted their resignations since the protests began. One of them says the political roadblock between the government and the protesters can only be overcome by Prime Minister accepting responsibility for those killed and stepping down. Have the beneficial impact in the sense of r reducig in the country. It is the starting point for finding a solution. Then we should deal with other issues of new government. Correspondent if there is a new government, he hopes they will allocate benefits for widows and health care for the poor. In father says he has faith one thing that has not changed during his 85 years. Neighbor to neighbor, with what little they have, still continue to help each other. A man has been shot dead in lebanon after an altercation. He was blocking a road during antigovernment protesters. Demonstrators have shopped stopped traffic in beirut by burning tires. The country has been rocked by demonstrations fueled by anger at alleged corruption. Spains acting Prime Minister has agreed in principle to form a government after another election deadlock. Pedro sanchezs socialists got most of the votes in sundays poll, the second in seven months, but not enough to get a majority. With forming a coalition the far left party. He will still need the support of other parties to cross the halfway month in parliament. Officials say it will weeks it will be weeks before they can ask ting which all the fires across australia. 15 homes have been destroyed. Strong winds and hot conditions fanned the flames. Conditions will ease on wednesday. Crews battling hundreds of fires across queensland and new south wales, but the reprieve will be brief. It will still be warm and windy heading to the end of the week. We can expect fire dangers, particularly in the weekend, as we hit saturday and sunday. There is another frontal pattern moving across the state to the middle of next week where we are going to see another burst of really hot conditions. Somen likely expect increased fire dangers early in the middle of next week. We will not have all these fires contained before then. We will not have all those fires contained for many, many weeks given the enormity of the firefighting effort. A u. S. Energy regulator is allowing oil to flow once again through a major pipeline, just weeks after it leaked 9000 barrels of the stuff. Aroundtheclock cleanup is underway, but environmentalists say the damage should because for alarm. From edinburg in north dakota. Correspondent they are working aroundtheclock in subzero temperatures and still it may take months. It is two weeks since more than 9000 barrels of oil leaked into a field near edinburgh. It is the second major leak from the Keystone Pipeline in two years. Say this islists exactly what they feared. This is as far as they can go as we can go. The only people beyond here are employees and regulators. The Keystone Pipelinethe keysto carries 900,000 barrels. The Canadian Company insists it is doing all it can to minimize disruption and damage. Our main goal is to do it correctly, safely, and it does not matter how long it takes as long as we do it right. Correspondent the Energy Company wants to build a new pipeline, the keystone xl. It would double the capacity. It was blocked five barack obama , but approved by president donald trump. An approval now tied up in the courts. Pres. Trump they got it built and it has been operating very successfully. A lot of jobs and a lot of everything else. A lot of clean environment, because that is what it is. Correspondent in the town itself, there is little concern about the Environmental Impact of this latest leak. I dont think that will have any effect. It is all contained in one area. No problem with that at all. Correspondent the government regulator has given the all clear to start pumping again, even though it has not revealed what caused the failure in the first place. Al jazeera, edinburg, north dakota. Hundreds of animals in zimbabwes National Park have died from severe drought with others struggling to survive. Rangers planed to move some to areas where there is food and water. Warning, some images in this report you may find disturbing. Thirsty, hungry, and too weak to get up. Cold water is poured on her to try to cool her down, but the animal is too far gone. 24 hours later, she is dead. It is the dry season in zimbabwe, but Officials Say this year it is hotter and drier than usual. Animals are dying. We have been through pretty bad droughts. When you see animals just walking along, elephants, and they are collapsed on their legs, they just collapse and die. It is very emotionally moving. A unescodent this is World Heritage site. People say the land has completely changed. This is the biggest watering hole in the National Park. There is the distinct smell of death. Over here is the carcass of an elephant. Over there, that hippo got stuck in the mud. Here, thereup over is this white line where the water used to reach. Now the area is parched. Temperatures can reach more than 45 degrees celsius. Even the fish are struggling. There are too many animals competing for scarce food and water and many are exhausted. Volunteers from the program bring food when they can, including fuel that is in short supply. Dollars per0 u. S. Truckload. Thats a lot of money in zimbabwe. When the rain starts, its going to take time for areas devastated by drought to recover. Officials say thats why they are planning the biggest relocation of animals in the countrys history. Two are overpopulated. Two are populated ok. We want to move hundreds of elephants to the northern part of the country. Correspondent the more animals die, the more food predators have. Although the parks are government owned, there is no government funding. They fall short of what they need and though they cannot save every animal, they will do whatever they can to ease animals painandsuffering and save as many as possible in this spectacular habitat. Al jazeera, mana pools National Park, zimbabwe. Footballs arabian gulf cup. Defending champions kuwait. Nations. R gulf initially those three said they would boycott. That trio along new cuisine, you have to be kind of s savvy and also a littttle t carefulul, right . Y yourere trg to create e a market when its not t there. The e fact that thi food hadad gained a a reputation West Hollywood and other places as, you know, delilicious food, butt it was a a certain kikind f thai f food. 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