A significant sector of the population has been protesting for days i am aware of the dissatisfaction and the uneasiness that you feel your right to express yourself will always be safeguarded by our constitution to which puerto rican i have heard you and i hear you today i have made mistakes and i have apologized i am a man of good that has a great love for my island and for everyone. Gabriel and his aunt who has more from san juan. Huge protests are planned for here in san juan puerto rico and all over the island actually organizers saying they expect hundreds of thousands of people it was planning to be the biggest protest so far since this crisis began the biggest political crisis this island is ever seen and so up to see on monday how big these protests are to see how much of a game changer this is i will tell you though having been here for a week and talking to everyone i was asking people even before this saying if he said he would not run for reelection but wanted to stay in power would that be enough everyone has said absolutely not so i dont think this will change much on the street i think most people are still going to be out protesting wanting him out of power because thats what theyve been telling us all week they said they will accept nothing less than his full resignation and on this message that he posted on facebook unexpectedly on sunday evening he made it very clear that while he will step down from the presidency of his Political Party the new Progressive Party and while he will not seek reelection november of 2020 he said he will not step down as governor and i think most people here are simply not going to be satisfied with that. Plenty more still to come on the news hour including the race to save homes and portugal some margin secret struggles are going well far is under control. Digital lenders are kenyas easy more power loans are pushing many ends its assets. And irish eyes are smiling ashen larry when is the open championship by 6 shots they say will have all the details for you in sports. Exit polls show the party of ukraines new president s for the mere zelinsky has want to stop palm entry election the former comedian called the votes after his landslide victory in april as parliament was pags with his opponents how is it oh reports. That these elections how president will admit is alinsky is forced Major Political toughest the vote was initially set for october but zelinsky the comedian tom politician dismissed parliament in his integration speech in may and called for us not paul sicking us traum monday for his servant of the people pertti to pursue what he says would be an Ambitious Program of reforms for the future we must meet the 1st time voters in the capital kiev could barely hide there and so i went about spitting in the elections well theres a little nibble procedure was clear for me even though i never voted before but nevertheless its funny to take part in the elections when you have the vote and you know that your vote will matter taking into account what is happening in the country its also very cold exit polls released moments of the voting and that predicted victory for the last because someone took the people with over 40 percent of the votes not quite an outright majority teach it to be ok you must see it we are grateful to the people of ukraine for their. Thank you there was applause at the people of ukraine for their great trust in our party and a servant of the people i am allowed to say servant to the people you see theres no more campaigning im now campaigning only for ukraine zelinsky how sadies most likely candidate for Coalition Partner in parliament is that recently formed a whole host of voice pertti of ukrainian rockstar c. V. S. To mark a tree i vote for the future. I voted for volleyball because i think that all the mornings. Already showed the result what a year we are all of france at this point so we need to change but its not about to change anything at all you present here we need to change right in order to make real change the op arent willingness to place ukraine in the harms of mobius politicians analysts say is symptomatic of the publics discontent with establishments ukrainians in the event majority they do not trust in old politicians and those new coming to power with the president and with the rest of Political Parties they are on experience and it will be is serious test definitely it will not be in easy work for presidency lenski and for his majority or for his call the. Most all of the country was able to take part in this not elections because still remain under russian control and influence of. The one of the 1st issues and he will have to resolve now that his party has a formidable presence in parliament Mohamed El Al jazeera. And the herring has ukraina lats at the Atlantic Council she says there are concerns the lansky is connected to russian oligarchs. Zelinsky is an untested comedian who has never held any office and hes been president for about 2 months but parliament has stymied almost every effort hes had so now that hes going to have a new parliament and today he won about 44 percent if the exit polls are correct. Hes finally going to have a chance to put his agenda into place and were finally going to know who this man is and were going to to know more about his links to all of a lot of people are worried that he has links to all of arcs and these are going to be Major Players in his administration we still dont know but were going to find out very soon as soon as Parliament Comes in and they form a new government u. S. And pakistani leaders will be seeking a fresh start swimming in washington on monday the allies have been largely have been at odds lately with donald trump accusing pakistans Prime Minister in one can of not doing enough to take on armed groups but since recent months this chilly relationship has begun to saw as mike hanna reports from washington. This is a crucible in which the relationship was forged focused on a vital ally in the us campaign against the soviet invaders in afghanistan. A partner in a war that eventually led to the collapse of the soviet union. Decades later though a defining moment asama bin laden was found living in an outlying suburb of the capital islamabad and in may 2011 president barack obama ordered a special forces operation in which bin laden was killed an action that took place without the knowledge of the Pakistan Government so help me god but in the eyes of obamas successor donald trump it was another example of pakistans inability or reluctance to crack down on terror groups in 2018 in his 1st tweet of the new year the president went after islamabad the United States is brutally given pakistan more than 33000000000. 00 in aid over the last 15 years they have given us nothing but lies and deceit into them for the same year another attack we no longer pay pakistan the billions because they would take our money and do nothing for us President Trump tweeted but large and being a prime example afghanistan being another that is what trumps condemnation provoked pakistans newly elected Prime Minister imran khan to respond with similar venom in a series of tweets he said his country had lost 75000 people and more than 123000000000. 00 fighting what he called the u. S. War on terror can mr trump name another ally that gave such sacrifices he asked him and seeking to reduce its involvement in afghanistan the u. S. Had no option but to once again seek pakistans assistance last year pakistani diplomats agreed to set up direct talks between the taliban and the u. S. A move gratefully acknowledged by one of President Trumps most valuable Foreign Policy advisers and im going to urge him. To meet with the Prime Minister as soon as practical i think they will hit it off similar personalities in recent days pakistan authorities have finally arrested one of the us his most wanted men of his saeed was accused of masterminding the 2008 terrorist attacks in mumbai since then living openly in pakistan despite a u. S. Bomb team on his head your wrist intended to set a cordial term for the contra meeting and it was will be welcomed by the president imran khans meeting with the president does not come without Political Risk his party has the narrowest of majorities in Pakistans Parliament and does not control the senate a resumption of u. S. Assistance would help shore up his government but to come away empty handed would have the opposite effect mike hanna aljazeera washington. A suicide bomber has killed at least 6 people at a hospital in north pakistan the attack happens in the city of Dera Ismail Khan soon after gunmen opened fire on a Police Checkpoints killing 2 officers their bodies were being brought to hospital when the suicide bomber struck the blast damage the emergency ward and wounded more than 20 other people the Pakistani Taliban have claimed responsibility sundays attacks for the 1st ever elections in a nearby tribal region on saturday. Airstrikes have killed at least 15 people in syrias edler province a Syrian Civil Defense worker is among the dead at libyas the last major rebel stronghold in syria governments troops backed by russia have been bombarding the area for more than 2 months. Foreign fighters in portugal have managed to bring 2 wildfires under control but one blaze is still burning dangerously close to villages more than a furnace and far pfizers a bath in the flames at Castello Branco around 200 kilometers north of Lisbon Police are investigating what caused the forest was one man arrested on suspicion of arson at least 20 people have been injured and several regions remain on high alert. Like you. Only one firefighter was here he just stopped and then went away my father was trying to hold the fire while my mother and i wait to deal with there if it was not for me and my mother all of this would have been burnt by now. I mean the budget its a calamity at my brothers house im more afraid for his house than mine because his is made entirely of wood and hes not here hes been found. Increasing numbers of kenyans are using mobile phone apps to borrow money but has it becomes cheaper and easier to borrow hundreds of thousands of kenyans are ending up on the governments credit blacklists some companies are being accused of using illegal methods to lure people into debt catherine soil reports from nairobi. This is a hub of Financial Technology in africa so firey com kenyas leading mobile Network Launched the 1st mobile phone based loan system in partnership with some banks 5 years ago since then more lenders have joined the easy access loans market do what it does it provides somebody who. Wants to do business so the hostler segment able to take a loan and be able to extend the business it looks at what we call. The ladies you can go to the market or to the for that they take a loan at 4 am go to market buy products and services go to a construction site cook food sell it and actually be able to make a profit from the business and repay the loan but here is a problem many kenyans are often aware of heat and charges Interest Rates up to 200 percent and what it means if they dont trip. Many people. Borrow my. Friends or. Other students that use the money to place bets on Sports Events hoping to make a big play metered that they struggle to pay back their loans and end up being blacklisted by the countrys credit crunch. Comic conic Joseph Cohen Jaros one of them he took out different loans with a 100. 00 from several digital lenders 2 years ago he was unable to repay the loans and now nearly 200. 00 because of that hes been blacklisted by the credit traffords bureau. I have to pay rent buy food and take my children to school with money get businesses not been doing good even if i get 100. 00 of the end of the month with all the responsibilities paying but my lawn is a little disappoint priorities. 54 percent of people polled recently by the central bank and kenya bureau of statistics said their financial status had was and the poll also indicates a Credit Reference Bureau has blacklisted more than 400000 boras some 4 defaulting bass littlest to dollars. Back at the garage and his friends discuss how hard life has become most are repaying several loans some are on the block least all tell us that even if the Loan Companies have helped them in times of need they still feel and trapped index Katherine Sawyer aljazeera nairobi. Still to come on aljazeera. About a sports unbelievable. Why many in scotland cant stomach the prospect of a United Kingdom led by Boris Johnson. South africas president just a challenger reports by his countrys corruption but still claiming its fundamentally flawed. And in sports we are in the mountains of northern pakistan to see how a polo festival is reviving the countrys tourist industry. Hello there bit of a break in the weather the last couple days across more eastern and southern areas of china theyre all still theres often a thunderstorms that are quite heavy at times you can see it on the bright white clouds however we have got more rain in the 4 calls of course its we need on from the north on the west. At this my you buy you from these plum rains that you talk about of course these and you raise new facts but in further into the south and the west on tuesday meanwhile at about 10 hong kong 32 degrees celsius but we have got more cloud to the west 36 degrees celsius there in hanoi and then monday further to the south across Southeast Asia we will see some rain showers but not too bad really across much of borneo the south like to shamefacedly case guys in the last as a rain is to the west pretty much in line again with that cloud it does spread further tools the west across and a peninsula and easy to the north not much of thailand visible or indeed vietnam or cambodia but to tell much is the bit below in singapore with a high of 29 and the same across in kuala lumpur india it is a turn of the south to see the heavy monsoon rains and some warnings in place state by state it has been clear across the north and the northeast just a scattering of monday to raise you can see much more prevalent across areas in the southeast stays like that on tuesday i have 30 celsius in mumbai. The whether sponsored by can tolerate. Such. A group of women of fighting for the right to enter a cycle of hindu temple that has long been the exclusive domain of men one i want to investigate the battle to overcome centuries of scrimmage nation in india on aljazeera water an essential resource for all humankind across europe pressure to recognise water as a human right and put its management back into public hands is increasing i think that the European Commission would be very very glad to those water privatization on anybody its the only field. Goals people who see every 2 years something to invest a profit of they want all up to the last drop on aljazeera. This is aljazeera a quick reminder of the top stories this hour the u. K. s Prime Minister to reason may is to hold on a marriage and see meeting over the british finds oil tankers seized by iran in the strait of hormuz the ship and its crew are detained in the iranian ports of bandar a. Process of turn violence again in hong kong with riot Police Firing tear gas and rubber coated bullets at court to marcus a protest is hundreds of thousands took to the streets the latest in more than a month of demonstrations. And puerto ricos embattled governor has announced he wants peace seeking reelection next year but hes refusing to resign as follows days of demonstrations over the messages showing him insults and when political opponents and victims of hurricane maria. And the british finance minister Philip Hammond says he will resign if Boris Johnson becomes Prime Minister on wetten say johnsons rival for the job jeremy hunt says no to a brics it should not be ruled out right but says hes willing to delay britains departure from the European Union if necessary to get a new withdrawal deal johnson has said if he becomes the next leader hes prepared to crash out of the e. U. Without a deal if no agreement is reached by october 31st. Assuming that Boris Johnson becomes the next Prime Minister i understand that his conditions for serving in his government would include accepting a no deal exit on the 31st of october that is not something i could ever sign up to its very important that the Prime Minister is able to have a chancellor who is closely aligned with him in terms of policy and i therefore in turn to resign to teresa my before she goes to the palace to tend to her own resignation on wednesday. Well the u. K. Is just days away from having a new leader and it looks almost certain to be Boris Johnson. Highly divisive figure and his most difficult. Isnt scotlands or even conservative voters fear his plan for breaks that will destroy the union under simmons reports from. Put simply most of scotland thinks the conservative leadership contest is a catastrophe in the making even Scottish Party leaders believe Boris Johnson as <