Sun sets people being dragged from their homes from buildings by Police Officers and by military personnel so this is something thats being watched very carefully and with more people protesting today even more than weve seen in previous days the expectation is that there will be more violence so there will be more arrests mariyam always the money your pointing to us from santiago but what are you hearing about how widespread the protests might be and they mainly concentrated in the capital or are we seeing protests elsewhere and countries well. The majority of the protests are concentrated here in the chilean capital where even there are even pockets of tension in different parts of the city with the national kerf that the curfew has been extended to other parts of the country there are protests taking place in concepcion and another in other cities in chile and again the dynamics of these demonstrations have been chained. The that the demonstrations himself have evolved this is this began over protests against a hike in fare for the metro system for Public Transportation and since evolved into a whole slew of demands against the government saying people are angry over worsening inequality theyre angry over the growing. The lack of access for health care the the state of the Education System there is many things that people are angry about but the biggest anger right now in the streets again has been the response from police all throughout the course of the day weve seen police using tear gas using water cannon smoke bombs and theres accusations of police using live ammunition to disperse the protesters so again the big concern not only in santiago but in other cities across chile is that there will be more violence in there will be more arrests made tonight adding to to the chaos that weve seen over the course of the last few days and theres still no end in sight for the crisis versus the say the Police Response of his to be inflaming the unrest there for now thank you very much from santiago monita. Meanwhile bolivias opposition in a says that he has evidence that electoral fraud has been committed to part of sundays president ial vote Carlos Messer is calling for mass protests to continue unless a 2nd round of voting is held president ever morales needs to secure a 10 point lead to avoid a runoff in december but to vote counts have been frozen and bolivians is still waiting for a final result or alice has denounced the opposition demonstrations as a coup and says hes confident he will soon be declared the winner. Now to israel president the president there is given former military chief benny gantz 28. 00 days to form a new government it follows an inconclusive election last month which still counts as below my party neck and neck with Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu look could alessio who is given the 1st opportunity to form a coalition but he failed to achieve that earlier this week harry force that has more from west jerusalem. For the 1st time in more than 10 years israelis watched the president give someone other than Benjamin Netanyahu the chance to form a government riven rivlin urged very garance and israels entire Political Class to get it done and avoid sending the country to the polls for the 3rd time in less than a year i hope the war gives you 28 days to form a government starting from tomorrow this is a short time and these frightful days. Gantz a former army chief has tried to present himself as a pragmatic centrist throughout his short political career now but its most significant moment so far there was no change of course if dr cuellar keep my promise to form a liberal unity government and thats what i intend to do in this government i will serve all Israeli Citizens and will act in their interests i will work to form the functioning government that israel is in desperate need of a government that will strengthen israel a unity government means one composed of dances blue and white party and the likud of Benjamin Netanyahu the new who blamed gantz for frustrating his efforts to do the same thing ever since he was given the mandate last month now the roles are reversed but the same obstructions bar the way blue white says it wont sit in unity government led by a man and you know hes facing indictment in 3 separate Corruption Cases netanyahu is refusing to step down or to go 2nd in a potential rotational Prime Minister deal hes seen as having a better chance of fighting off those charges from the Prime Ministers office and theres no reason yet for the stalemate to break. Another option for gantz a minority government with external support from members of the mainly palestinian israeli joint list that would be fraught with Political Risk even if there was the will to give it a try so far gantz isnt willing to do so. Benny gantz has another path failure and the upside down of israeli politics it could just lead to success the longer he spends not forming a government the closer netanyahu gets to a possible triple corruption indictment testing the loyalty of his party. To the afghans his mandate expires a final 21. 00 day scramble would ensue all kinds of deals could then be on the table if no deal gets done that it would be election number 3 early next year ari force it out west jerusalem. Saudi arabias foreign minister has been fired after less than a year in the role the royal decree was announced on saudi state t. V. Ever him bin abdulaziz was only appointed to the job in december last year he will be replaced by the kingdoms ambassador to germany in 4 han a saudi minister for transport has also been replaced one of the pentagons top policy officials for ukraine is appearing before the impeachment inquiry into u. S. President donald trump nor cooper is likely to be questioned about the decision to freeze 391000000. 00 in Security Assistance to ukraine on tuesday the acting u. S. Ambassador to ukraine William Taylor testified before 3 house committees he said made it a condition that you can investigate his democratic rival joe biden before he would release the money meanwhile a lawyer for the u. S. President is saying donald trump does not have to hand over his tax returns to state prosecutors because he is immune from criminal investigation william cons avoid told a federal Appeals Court trump has immunity and till he leaves office he said that would apply even if trump shot someone on 5th avenue in new york city trump is fighting an earlier court ruling which rejected his attempt to block the release of 8 years of his tax returns that being sought by the Manhattan District Attorney as part of a criminal probe into trumps family business. Now putins told African Leaders he wants to more than double the amount that russia trades with them as he welcomed them to a meeting at the black sea resort of sochi but he cannot make ties are not the only thing on his agenda as he tries to exert more influence on a continent many western nations have turned their back on russia is playing catch up china japan the e. U. Have been meeting africa for years last year russian exports to africa hit 20000000000. 00 where is chinese exports to the continent with 205000000000. 00 so how does moscow plan to boost its influence well the 1st thing is Debt Commission announced that hell write off more than 160000000. 00 worth of ethiopia as part of russias deaf a Development Program mozambique madagascar and tanzania have already benefited from that move russia is also increasing its defense relationships on the continent since 2014 military cooperation agreements have been signed with 19 african countries also is also offering Nuclear PowerTechnology Construction of the continents 1st Nuclear Plant will begin in egypt next year funded by a russian loan step pass and has more now from the summit in sochi. This statue of independence leader Patrice Lumumba at this Moscow University is a reminder of the close relationship the soviet union built with african nations as they freed themselves from colonialism in the decades after world war 2 modern day russia is now trying to revive these times by inviting African Students to its universities in the past 8 years to numbers have doubled to 17000 with the help of scholarships. First of all it influences the language many people in our country can speak russian it gives an opportunity to spread russian language and african countries for example in our country. Education is very important to improve society. While education and healthcare are still russias main focus and parts of africa president Vladimir Putin wants to expand its influence far beyond this and i see if we had to. Use mutual trains between russia and various african countries more than doubled to exceed 20000000000. 00 whether that is a lot of. Great numbers but i cannot agree i do not think its enough day ladies and gentlemen 7700000000. 00 of that comes from trade with egypt which is about 40 percent of the total. Compared to china which has invested 200000000000. 00 in africa russias role is small but its working hard to change this and is now getting militarily economically and politically involved in dozens of african countries representatives from all over africa have traveled to sochi to revive an old friendship after becoming a major power broker in the middle east president clinton has now settled eyes on africa and is offering a different kind of relation than western countries have had with the continent. At the Russia Africa Forum buton spoke about a mutually beneficial really. Ation ship in contrast to former colonial rulers but in africa some are wondering who will benefit most Russian Military experts have been training Government Troops in country like Central African republic and sudan in exchange for access to minerals analysts have pointed out that russia wants to counter western influence on the continent the dark side maybe of russian politics is that the russian is really investing in the you would say so so some of my authoritarian leaders because russia sees them as stable central governments and i think this is russias experience in the post i read you in space in the middle east and obviously in africa too on the 1st day of this forum 2 russian aircraft capable of carrying Nuclear Bombs landed in south africa in a show of cooperation between the 2 countries step fasten aljazeera sochi will seem i dont know if it came is a policy and political analyst at the university of south africa he joins me live now from pretoria do you think that russias efforts to reestablish a presence on the african continent are a good thing for its people. Well i do think it will be a good thing only if african countries themselves do have their act together and theyre very clear about what the broad not should manage shave but if. Like all other superpowers and find of the good and countries this organized and having a lot of those individual countries with a very small. Ones surely did. More of it. Seems as though russia is very focused on boosting trade ties on debt relief on on sales and they have said that more cooperation with africa i mean it is very general obviously were talking about many Different Countries but theyve said that more cooperation within the continent will come without political all of the interference whats your reading a vent but i do think that theyre trying to come up with their own version which is different from the western countries which normally have certain conditions the quota make for human rights conditions before they do trade or they key foreign aid and these who have seen with china as well to say we will not get involved in the internal affairs and for some of them james this suits them very well especially where russia will be on issues of munition or Nuclear Technology when it benefits all african countries if they can strengthen a relationship with moscow perhaps at the expense of this what some say is an increasing dependence on china. It will benefit some of them countries to diversify their sources of trade relations their sources of Financial Support and technological transfer precisely because ones country is being dependent on one they have very little room for bargaining money over there. Do you see parallels here atoll with russias ambitions in the middle east where we have seen the country fail a vacuum left by the United States or do you say is africa less of a priority. Truly is a growing priority because of its position supply of Strategic Minerals which are not generally available d elsewhere but also growing middle class and growing population which will double in the next 2 decades or so d that in itself many countries looking at africa but also if you look at other regions like the middle east well as they have geo strategic importance they are growing instability in those areas therefore that volatility means that russia has other areas and if you look at western europe where its that and many other developments and you move that mother mary issue or. All those d forces in countries than the. Alternative over the meeting in order to lessen the burden of isolation thank you very much it was really interesting to get your thoughts a madonna for kenny policy and political analyst invest in south africa joining us there from pretoria. Or the leaders of ethiopia and egypt will meet on the sidelines of the russia africa summit as well to try to break the deadlock of ethiopias building of a dam on the river nile if european Prime Minister ahmed had suggested that the controversy over the grand renees on this dam project could lead to a war Egypts Foreign Ministry called his comments on acceptable or nearly a quarter of a 1000000000 people rely on the niles waters but egypt and sudan claim to have exclusive rights to its use in object to anything that might affect the river. Began building the dam 8 years ago and egypt is worried it could affect its vital water source its using 20th century treaties by person to argue its case ethiopia rejects egypts claims of the nile accusing cairo of maintaining a colonial era grip over the nile. Well in other developments in ethiopia that been violent protests off to a high profile activists claimed authorities were planning to assassinate him controversial media entrepreneur mohammed who is from the a roma ethnic group says his security detail was removed in the middle of the night open creo has the story now from addis ababa. In the city of adama thats about 100 kilometers south east of. Security forces fought with protesters resulting according to local officials and at least 2 deaths and this is the over harrar in the east another death was reports its in the ad is at least 400. 00 mostly ethnic more young men gathered outside the house of controversial orrible activist and media personality ahmed they told us they were here to protect him and also to protest against the Prime Minister. To war mohamad has become a prominent media figure in the o. P. s the pos few years but some of the q. Stood up to using his influential media platform to create division amongst at the oak is ethnic for the federal Police Commission and a short test for you denied reports that there were any attempts to remove muhammad security saying quote his message that the police were taking measures against him are false neither the government nor the police took any measure against him to war mohamad disputes this he told al dizzier that the government gave him Police Protection because of concerns for his safety after he returned from exile last year these are box come just a day off the Prime Minister announced in palmach that those who hold dual nationalities and Media Networks should stop them and arrest now dorma hama to hold both if european and american citizenship so that also told aljazeera that he is seriously considering running in the next election. The 1st. Black leader of south africas Largest Opposition Party has resigned a new seat my money announced he was stepping down as head of the Democratic Alliance after 4 years in the role he says he faced difficulties making the historically white liberal party appeal to majority black voters its the party 2nd resignation of a senior black politician in 3 days johannesburg mayor herman quit on monday. 10 people including 4 children are now reported to have died off to heavy rains and flooding in egypt the capital cairo has been badly affected with roads submerged in large numbers of people staying away from the interior Ministry Says 3 of the deaths what you to electric electrocution while 2 people died while falling from the grooves of the homes more rain is forecast for the coming days. With the news hour live from london to bring you still unconvinced by offers an economic reform of lebanons protesters continue that fight the complete political change. Pakistans opposition vows to paralyze the capital with protest this weekend in a bid to oust the government that i met in s