In kenyan landslides. And how Climate Change is affecting the golden glow of a World Heritage site in the west pacific. But 1st to hong kong where the passion for change is translating into record numbers of people turning out for local elections the polls taking place after months of increasingly violent protests against the prey beijing government is now 3 oclock in the afternoon in hong kong and so far more than one and a half 1000000 people have already said ballots will get a an update from sarah clarke in just a minute 1st so lets see her report on how election day is unfolding. As polls open to the people lined up around 4000000 who bridge the divide in hong kongs District Council elections after months of citywide on raw. Just the people want their voices heard im curious after youve been sick my grief and i think for a teenage years. Hes battery nowadays and all his friends and a people on the change will be high profile and he can have different opinions isnt that what is important for you to see his show what your. Candidates will face off in 18 districts with 452 seats up for grabs beijing parties currently hold the majority in District Councils but anger against the government could a road they support for the 1st time the prodemocracy camp has candidates running in every seat past few months i cant sleep the young people just want to us will just take us for us for. 11 the government to give them the chance to to live by that its very simple problem prodemocracy activists joshua wong was disqualified for running in this election he cast his ballot educate others to do the same if they urge to stop Police Brutality call for free action is high but im sure but everybody is calm. While we still have Election Police have been deployed to monitor the polling booths after months of bonding clashes the citys late has called for calm on sunday as the which we are facing an extremely challenging a situation in all the nice thing this year is elections but i feel is to say that with the concerted efforts of all parties including all was over 30. 00 to settle so many things threatening to day we should have been relatively peaceful and calm and foreign to conduct these actions such as the post i kept my bear the brunt of public anger but analysts say its unlikely the prodemocracy parties will secure a majority i expect the democrats maybe get a number of extra seats but it will be very difficult for the. To really get an overall majority the district elections are normally a low key affair with campaigns focusing on local issues like garbage collection and bus routes but its the only election in hong kong which is decided by direct suffrage and a small group of District Councillors play a crucial role sitting on an Election Committee which chooses the cities next later the protests were initially triggered by opposition to an extradition bill which would have allowed fugitives in hong kong to be sent to the mainland for trial but its now a wider Antigovernment Movement opposed to chinas tightening grip on the former british colony after months of often violent clashes the citys 30000. 00 Strong Police force is on duty for the 1st time in the history of district elections whatever the result of this one its unlikely to stop further on wrist right live now to sarah in Hong Kong Sarah over to you. Martin um as you mentioned earlier the latest official figures from the Electoral Commission other got 1500000 people have voted thats the latest figures now thats the more than the entire turnout at the last district election which is in 25th jane weve seen huge lines of polling stations across the city and as you mentioned earlier 4100000 people have registered device in this district election now the biggest surge of the biggest increase in that group is the 18 to 35 Year Old Age Group now the promise to. Cap it has the majority currently in the district election but we do expect the pan democrats or the prodemocracy groups to call back or win some of their seats but weve already seen a large number of the other pro stablished mental probation candidates and members are calling out on twitter for urgent support now to analyze this position on these lives with the results im joined by judge of chang was a political scientist and also from the alliance for true democracy thank you joining us thank you to these figures me well people queuing up on sunday morning 7 30 am to vote for District Council you know actions which moco advisory bodies with no power so its shows that hong kong people are very eager to use this opportunity to deal to a political position not only for hong kong people but for the world for chinese leaders in beijing and it is expected that the prodemocracy people prodemocracy movement will be able to secure a big story showing that people support the course of the prodemocracy movement despite the bargains despite the escalation of the conflict and so on dont most people do not expect that the chinese authorities who changes political position whatever the outcome of the United Nations could you see the polish camp of the probation camp as we often refer to it could it moves its majority is possible but it is very. Very tall order out of 452 seats for competition the prodemocracy movement only had about 130 incumbents deployed steppers even pam has established a bit resteal ficek 8 that a very effective election machinery vs Mars Resources and one has to admit that is Service Delivery has been satisfactory given the resources so its a process that kept does mine time that majority will we expect any changes to this well i think it will be a tremendous moral start for the prodemocracy movement it will demonstrate to the entire world that enjoys the support of the vast majority of people but the at the same time he does not expect that beijing will change its position and it will probably tighten its control over home phone and desist important point because uncomputable actually do not have High Expectations from the united and yet they are still eager to use this opportunity to it to collate the political petition and its quickly when do we expect to see these early results from this election voting and 10 30 pm results in 1 am to 2 am tomorrow morning just change thank you very much for joining us and i can also confirm that as i mention in my story earlier we have a quite heavy Police Presence across the city today reports of around 30000 the entire police force will be on duty on sunday to manal certainly. These polling booths and weve had reports of some minor scuffles at some of these polling stations about we still have as we mentioned another 7 a half hours of these polling booths open until they get the votes on the ballot boxes close. Sarah clarke live in hong kong thank you very much. Our we got some news breaking coming out of iraq 3 people have been killed dozens of others have been injured after Security Forces opened fire on protesters in the Southern City of nasiriya well have more details on that as soon as we get them well bring it to the breaking news of 3 protesters have been killed in the southern iraqi city of nasiriyah. The polls have just opened in a president ial voting giving that many hope will end years of political instability the president just a matter of viles is seeking reelection in this west african country following a 1st term that was marred by political infighting and claims of corruption and hes facing strong opposition from a former Prime Minister in particular domingo sure Morris Herrera who was fired by vals in 2 of the 15. Struggled with transitions of power that benign coups and attempted coups in the far past 4 decades so having said all of that lets go live now to our correspondent whos in the capital this hour he is nicolas hark nic. Can you hear me nic can you hear me. Ok i can we have you go now i can hear you now are ok great nic said tell us where you are and what youre seeing. So were one of the 3000 polling stations that just opened up just moments ago and people are slowly trickling in to vote in this historic vote because martin this is the 1st time theres a peaceful transition of power and as you mentioned earlier theres been attempted coups dozens of political assassinations and at stake is the office of the presidency and the reason why theres so much political stability instability is because the president in this country doesnt necessarily have all that its also down to that the government and the Prime Minister and the reason why you have this political stalemate over deadlock happening in the last couple of years is that theres a battle over power between the Prime Minister whos the head of the government who controls the budgets and laws and the president whos the head of the army and the head of the armed forces bearing in mind that the military has been behind so many of these coup attempts and now its down to the 760000 people will come out and vote among them to see right behind me is a nurse her name is clementina the santos son go take a look at this report. People come to nurse clementina to talk about their aches and pains but there is something that keeps coming up in her consultations politics is making people laugh. And so she tells them theres only one way to deal with it its to vote in this president ial election. Its as if politicians forgot about us that what they do actually affects us once they come into office they completely forget about the people they are meant to represent. The santos is disappointed with the president goes in where you have vosh whos running for reelection he said he would put the country back to work instead elected officials squabbled threatening each other unable to pass laws or approve budgets the government stops paying teachers and nurses do some to us who was left without pay for 10 months or clinic has no Running Water it had no electricity until a terribly installed solar panels. To get treatment people come to a hospital run by the west african soldiers stationed here as part of a stabilizing force because of the political deadlock. Treatment and drugs are free this is an effort to win hearts and minds because president ial candidates have been critical of the presence of foreign soldiers in their country in rallies they peel to patriotic crowd celebrating the south. It will take more than a good show to convince the 760000 voters they will come out to vote because many of them are 1st time voters and while this campaign has been about trying to bring to an end the political crisis with these young people for jobs. Has a masters degree in Political Science in a country where half of the population doesnt know how to read and write and yet he couldnt find a job now he works as a caretaker in an empty building site sleeping on a concrete floor. Mediating him painful to afghans to do this i sleep on the floor. I am not sure why i bother to study what is this country done for me. Its a feeling shared by many there is no quick remedy to get to b. C. I was problems but for a nurse just on to us expressing yourself can help alleviate the pain and perhaps bring change. And make inspire law on top of all of the plethora of problems explain spirits in getting or perhaps because of on top of that its also become a major hub business a key hub in terms of the International Drug trafficking rings which is another problem that has to be contended with. Thats right under joseph time in office 22 tons of drugs were seized in the past 5 years in just the last couple of months there was 2 tonnes and another seizure of one ton now thats the market value of over 60000000. 00 thats more than the combined budget of education and the ministry of health that money that could have served to pay perhaps the bills of these doctors and teachers that havent been paid instead it all went in flames because obviously the trade of drugs is illegal but not only that Law Enforcement agencies fear that thats just the tip of the iceberg that money is funneled through but its going to the military and elected political officials that lead that allows this trade to go through their country and its also feared that in this campaign on the back of it there is latin American Drug traffickers that are helping certain candidates and weve seen throughout the week of this Campaign Candidates accusing one another of using drug money to finance their flamboyant campaigns so this is a real crucial this issue not just for but from neighboring countries martin all right nick out there live imbecile thank you very much indeed. Now rescue efforts are underway in northwestern kenya on the other side of the continent after flooding and landslides at least 36 people have been killed but the full scale of the disaster is still unclear rescue efforts have been delayed because flooding cut off roads and bridges in the area where the president who kenyatta responded swiftly to the emergency saying to those whose loved ones are yet to be found i assure you that the young going multi agency rescue operation will continue until after every missing person is accounted for. Lots more to come here and out there including israels Opposition Leader and his Benjamin Netanyahu apotheker out of the political deadlock. Hello again welcome back to International Weather forecasts where we have been tracking a storm system all the way from the atlantic now across parts of the mediterranean and into western europe for several days now you can see the clouds right here extending from the u. K. All the way down to the northern part of africa as we go towards sunday were going to be still dealing with some very heavy rain and very gusty winds across much of this area the flood threat from northern italy to southern italy as well as around the adriatic is still going to be heightened as the system slowly makes its way towards the east from sunday to monday we start to see a little bit of break with the storm system particularly up here towards the north but as you can see down here across much of greece it is going to be a wet day for athens tempter there of about 19 degrees in terms of the rain though it is going to be significant as i said up here across parts of northwestern italy france as well as down here across southern italy some areas could be seeing well over 250 millimeters over the next 3 days well that same storm system is going to be a big factor here across parts of algeria were going to be seeing some very windy conditions also for tunisia as well and those winds will continue down here across much of the south wins for algiers continuing today as well as into the weekend on tuesday were looking at calmer winds with a temperature of 20 degrees. An alaskan village rapidly losing ground to the road falling permafrost its inhabitants forced to move to safer ground below in the western pacific kristie environment one at risk when it says a witness finds people struggling to cope with rising sea there and asked whether those who have the power to stop it appreciate the true cost of failing to act on aljazeera. All right its time for sake a look at the top stories here at out 0 more than 1500000 voters have already turned out to vote in hong kongs district elections is expected to be a test for the pre beijing government after months of increasingly violent protests a record 4100000 people have registered to vote. People in getting the sound become to version president elections for years political infighting in claims of corruption have paralyzed parliament the incumbent president. Is seeking reelection. Rescue efforts are underway in North Western kenya after flooding and landslides at least 36. 00 people have being killed including 7 children. Israeli Opposition Leader benny gantz has offered a compromise to avoid a 3rd election this year hes proposed leadership with the rival likud party if Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu is cleared of corruption charges imran khan has more from tel aviv. Well against time to statement perfectly full the evening news and this was very much a message not just to the israeli electorate but to the likud party he itself he actually spoke in that building just behind me here in the Television Expo center where he had an office of Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu take a look at what you had to say. Surely a call for unity government is a lodge is possible i will be the Prime Minister for the 1st 2 years while netanyahu can deal with his legal issues its clear he can come back as Prime Minister this is the only way to prevent an unnecessary election. So the idea is that the Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu will be appalled all of the government but he wont have any ministries and certainly wont be Prime Minister instead what benny gantz just thing is that he fights his court cases and then studies result that they can take a look at any idea of a power sharing agreement and anything that might take place in the future between the good and the blue and white party whether thats going to be acceptable to netanyahu remains to be seen but the entire game at the moment seems to be avoiding a 3rd alexion were in a period of about 17 days left where any member of the knesset can try and form a government if that doesnt happen then the country goes to a 3rd election which is what all the politicians seemingly are trying to avoid so this was not a generous offer to netanyahu but very practical one to try and avoid going to a 3rd election that see what the Prime Minister has to say about this hes also under tremendous amount of person from within his own the crude party as well gideon saw is a pretender to the israeli throne and he says he wants the likud party to have a primary election internal election and to choose a new leader and to move on with the process of forming a government so netanyahu under a tremendous amount of pressure right now. Now to iraq where were hearing that 3 people 3 protesters have been killed after Security Forces opened fire on them in the Southern City of nasiriyah dozens of other people have been wounded mainly by live bullets and tear gas canisters at least 330 people have been killed in protests across the country since earlier go live now to the iraqi capital baghdad our correspondent there mohammed jam June Mohammed brings up to date. Well martin this news now coming on the heels of news yesterday that we got from medical sources that a protester was killed in baghdad when there were clashes with Security Forces in baghdad now were hearing news from a doctor at the nasiriyah hospital that is a city in southern iraq in this doctors telling us confirming that 3 demonstrators were killed and that they were killed by live ammunition and tear gas and that there were tens of people injured were awaiting more details but it does sound like it is quite a tense situation in the overnight hours and into today in nasiriya all of this of course still happening amid the backdrop of basically this stace is that is going on in parliament here with regard to an Electoral Reform law that has been much discussed originally the 2nd reading of this Electoral Reform law was supposed to take place at a session in Parliament Yesterday on saturday by the end of the day the session did not happen there was no quorum and had it happened it still would not have been on the agenda now it is scheduled to be taken up again on monday but what exactly does that mean the details as far as what is in this Electoral Reform law which is something parliamentarians here have been promising to try to satisfy the demands of the antigovernment demonstrators the details have been very vague and because of that when we go out to her square day after day to speak to the protesters here they say that they have no trust in the government in actually implementing reform and they dont believe that any type of new Electoral Reform law is going to do anything to change the situation here what theyre telling us they after day is that they want to see and into corruption and they want a complete overhaul of the political procedures here and the political system are to write thank you for that live from baghdad. Now to libya where the spokesman of the warlord holy for half this is a no fly zone is in place over the capital tripoli except for mitiga airport have tell us forces have been fighting to take the capital from the internationally recognized government of National Accord jna says any threat to Civil Aviation is a crime under national and international law. And Italian Coast Guards are rescued 149. 00 migrants after their boat capsized in the Mediterranean Sea 3 children and 13 women were among those pulled from the water and taken to the port of lampedusa survivor said around 20 people all still missing when the 1000 people have died so far this year trying to make the perilous journey from north africa to europe then the head of the Catholic Church is demanded World Leaders renounce atomic weapons saying they decrease security wastes money and threaten humanity pope francis is speaking in the japanese city of nagasaki which was devastated by a nuclear bomb in august 945 he paid tribute to the victims calling the bombing an unspeakable horror the pontiff says Nuclear Weapons are not the answer to our desire for security peace and stability when it commits him into the queue morgoth you know the man who convinced as i am that a World WithoutNuclear Weapons is possible and necessary i ask political leaders not to forget that these weapons cannot protect us from the current threats to national and International Security we need to ponder the catastrophic impact of their deployment especially from a humanitarian and environmental standpoint and reject heightening a climate of fear mistrust and hostility formatted by nuclear doctrine. Now the sumatran rhinoceros is now officially extinct in malaysia after the last 9 member of the species died so all the same the 25 year old female died of cancer and she died earlier than was expected the critically endangered species once roamed freely across asia that have been hit hard by paging and habitat loss is still there are only around 80 left in the wild an archipelago in the western pacific is home to some of the most intact coral reef systems in the world and the spectacular range of biodiversity but pressures from Climate Change from tourism and overfishing are intensifying their has been to the Pacific Island of palau and senses this ripple out. It is an extraordinary sight exposed structures of ancient coral reef framed in an expansive turquoise the rock islands of palau a unesco World Heritage site and beneath the surface the profusion of variety of life is stunning one of the highest rates of biodiversity on the planet but the challenges are numerous in amongst a jumble of islands a series of marine lakes hold more wonders this is. A lake it is connected to the sea but only through a series of small correction fishes in the rock its effectively isolated sealed ecosystem and beneath the surface lies a unique subspecies golden jellyfish theyve evolved to Harvest Energy directly from sunlight there are more than 2000000 of them and indeed thats a significant reduction in the past there have been as many as 30000000 in this lake but fluctuations in the weather have recently taken their toll. The biggest challenge that we face in terms of the jellyfish snake is Climate Change very recently within the past. Year and a half to 2 years saw. The golden jellyfish that the site is famous for around the world completely disappear because of Climate Change the salinity of the lake grow so the full picture of the water to the priest these ranges are on the lookout for Illegal Fishing in protected so called notes implemented to try and conserved when giving free species along the coast for the commercial fisherman and the little fish or it uses the big ships mothership so its everything from giant clams to Search Engines to secure cumbers to fish and then from next year the marine protected area will be massively extended into the open ocean but. 2020 all the stuff sold will can only be 50 that 20 percent of the water and the reason for that is that we want to make sure that 80 percent of. The ensure this is the morton resort were seeing that when we dont. Give the area a refuge Conservation Area you can see its 5 times as much space in an area with open there is another ultimately overriding concern not just on parallel but for the 2000000 islanders across the pacific Sea Level Rise can 0 has lived here for decades and he says full moon tides are getting. And that can have a devastating effect this is a 1st time ive seen these kind of. High thanks come in and its hard because you have to find another place to move to and if you dont have the money to build a new house then you wont be able to do that so pretty people are pretty much to stop. The wonders of this part of the pacific are many. Of the pressures allow is standing tough when it comes to environmental protections but its people because they need all the resolve they can muster in the coming years nick clarke aljazeera. I turn to say hello to the top stories here it is there this morning more than 1500000 voters already turned out to vote in hong kongs district elections is expected to be a test for the prey beijing government after months of increasingly violent protests a record 4100000. 00 people have registered to vote with or it is threaten to suspend polling if there is serious disruption we are facing an extremely challenging situation in organizing this years elections but im pleased to say that with the concerted efforts of all parties including of course over 30000 Civil Servants in many departments working today we should have a relatively peaceful and calm and vironment to conduct these elections successfully. And the polls are very good in president ial elections in Guinea Bissau in west africa this is the scene live at one polling station where for years political infighting in crimes of corruption of paralyzed politics the incumbent president. Is seeking reelection but hes facing strong opposition from a number of candidates including a former Prime Minister domingo she marsh pereira who was fired by of as in 2015. Rescue efforts are underway in North Western kenya after flooding and landslides at least 36. 00 people have been killed including 7 children flooding is cut off roads and bridges the president is valid rescue efforts will continue until every missing person is accounted for 3 people have been killed after Security Forces opened fire on protesters in the southern iraqi city of nasiriyah dozens of others were wounded mainly by live bullets and tear gas canisters at least 330 people have been killed in protests across the country since early october the Italian Coast Guard rescued 149 migrants after their boat capsized in the Mediterranean Sea 3 children and 13 women were among those pulled from the water and taken to the port of lampedusa a survivor said around 20 people are missing more than a 1000 people have died so far this year trying to cross the mediterranean climate s. O. S. Is next. Told us there are. They dont believe in the 2 state solution do you still believe in the 2 state solution we listen what i said was that pakistan would never start a war im anti war we meet with global news makers and talk about the stories that matter just 0 point 01 oclock bring you planet s. O. S. From the western pacific a beacon in an ocean of change where despite the warming and acidification coral reefs here are in pristine condition but the paddle to save them is intact. Allows coral reefs defy the odds their stunning amazingly intact for now but around the world reefs are being decimated by bleaching events here will see the pioneering science taking place in the battle against ocean warming and the efforts to conserve coral and fish the spectacular sight of 2000000 golden jellyfish and you need