Brussels hes cautiously optimistic of one m. P. C. Say he said well have plenty of time to talk about think about and vote on all of these matters and then well be out on october the 31st he said the one big issue he doesnt engage on of course is that new law passed by parliament by backbench m. P. s last week requiring him to seek an extension if he cant get a deal hes adamant he wont be doing that and that of course just one of a number of showdowns to look forward to in the latter half of the obama. Coming up after the weather south African Women marching chants reaganite demanding action against Sexual Violence the street fights. As hunger takes hold in argentina thousands of protesters demanding help from the government. Head of the. South coast of china but notice as widespread as we have seen over the last several days in fact heres skies as well across much of northern vietnam across into thailand but the rain showers heading to reeling south today really anywhere from union through into fusion but to shanghai its a dry couple of days ahead 31 celsius on saturday quite crowded conditions across into taiwan we could see if you want showers there as we head into sunday and still that rain really lingering on the south coast so a wet couple of days in hong kong with. That we had for the tools the west monsoon rains really are very widespread still and very active too in some areas you can see in the last hour a lot of activity down the west coast that had really spitting westwards across the arabian sea but the rains the ticket only heavy into majia pradesh as we head through saturday this is where the India Met Department of got they warnings in place for those very active and heavy rains but they are very extensive up into the northeast again through much nepal and again across into bangladesh and really no changes he had gone into sunday those ways its a very heavy across the Central Regions its been dry into new delhi for the last couple of days and it should stay dry through the weekend with a high there of 33 on sunday. With a sponsor down. In the heart of the amazon the libyan families put their lives in peril to harvest brazil nuts. In the congo to the capital is an even more dangerous challenge. A risky new tool. On al jazeera. Hello again youre watching edges in a reminder of our top stories this hour pakistans Prime Minister imran khan has warned that new delhis crackdown in indian administered kashmir will push more of the worlds muslims into extremism made the comments at a rally in. The capital of pakistan administered kashmir. A massive strike has brought much of paris as public transport to a halt as unions protest Pension Reforms most of the metro lines are closed while buses and trains have also been affected. British Prime MinisterBoris Johnson addressed local leaders in the probe regs a town of dont cost in Northern England before a meeting with the e. U. Leaders next week johnson focused on domestic issues and regaining control from the European Union. Least 3 people have been killed in flooding brought on by record rainfall in southeastern spain powers out airports are closed and roads destroyed in and around the towns of. M. M. A. Would report. Spains mediterranean coast this is a seaside town popular with tourists in a region being battered by storms and heavy rain the impact of the deluge the inland can be seen. With buildings and the landscapes warmed by the down. Overnight emergency teams work to evacuate People Properties in the flooded town of. Dont want to go there and weve been incommunicado since this morning the storm came in flooded all the streets it seemed like a river ive never seen anything like that the water almost. In the morning. Light rescue is managed to reach a man whos trapped on a motorway to look more like a than a wrote in to much and have put up with a lot of fears that what he was holding onto a traffic signal since we were talking to him and he wasnt responding to the officer and i jumped in to get him out. The army has been called in to help people in the worst affected towns and villages and work is underway to clear the daybreak they should still be Holiday Season for this part of spain but the have been record breaking levels of rain and more is expected. Oh indonesia and malaysia are blaming each other for the smoky haze blanketing Southeast Asian cities fires have been burning in parts of indonesias sumatra and borneo islands for more than a month elations government says its cities are choking on the smoke from indonesian fires but president djoko daughter has hit back saying fires are also burning in malaysia and on malaysian owned plantations in indonesia. Prodemocracy activists have joined the altar and festival celebrations in hong kong Victoria Park unlike the often violent prodemocracy rallies of the past 50 weeks this one has been peaceful the annual Harvest Festival is one of the most important dates in the chinese calendar and traditionally a time for thanksgiving and praying for good fortune sarah clarke has more from hong kong. Thousands of people are joining the weekend of the middle of festival celebrations here in Victoria Park as well as a number of different other celebration points across hong kong the prodemocracy protesters have said theyll join these rallies but very much in a peaceful way now this week weve seen a diversification of the way these protesters have been demonstrating theyve been singing songs in and assembling in on mass in shopping said seeing glory to hong kong which has become the anthem. Of the protests this week can we expect to see a number of more mass rallies weve got one on sunday which is expected to go ahead despite the fact the police denied them permission on saturday theyll be another one in the New Territories of the Government Force these protesters will be worn out by now theyre wrong we started these protests and that was what was called the summer of dissent its now and these protesters have said they will not pull back and i wont stop demonstrating until all their demands are met. At least 10 people have died in a foreign side a hospital in rio de janiero the flames quickly spread through buddy in hospital staff try to wheel patients into the streets on beds in wheelchairs. It is believed the fire started in a faulty generator. Hundreds of people have been protesting through the night to demand more is done to tackle Sexual Violence in south africa its estimated a woman is raped there every 36 seconds prison Cyril Ramaphosa has promised tougher laws for me to miller has more from johannesburg. Organizers of the protest have handed over a memorandum to the janice Book Stock Exchange they are demanding that corporate south africa that businesses listed on the Stock Exchange contribute at least 2 percent of their profits to a fund dealing with gender based violence they say its time for businesses in this country along with the government to do its part do their part to fight gender based violence they say not enough has been done and this protest where hundreds of people have come to demonstrate is taking place in the economic hub of South Africa Sandton which is the richest square mile in africa they say this is where the decisions are made and if governments going to take notice it should be now and its because theyre targeting businesses in this country weve spoken to survivors of the Sexual Assault of rape who say that theyve been raped a number of times and that theres been very little assistance and support only one in 8 south African Women report instances of a Sexual Assault that they say the problem is in a system that does not support them women here and men as well are pleading for help to deal with what they are calling a National Crisis and egyptian businessman is causing a storm by posting videos on social media detailing alleged corruption by president abdul fatah has sisi an army general mohammad ali who worked as a military contractor for 15 years says they wasted millions of dollars on Venice Hotels in a seaside palace for sisi hes putting his videos online from spain where he lives in selfimposed. I want to know why spend a huge amount of money building these houses i never understood his decision was he staying in a one bedroom apartment of course not the problem was that these wife didnt want to sleep in the same home when mubaraks wife stayed taken. To a new level i built 5 villas for. Palace for the president and a military camp in cairo i built a home in alexandria for the c. C. Family despite it being an official residence in the same compound the modifications demanded by ccs wife cost more than one point 5000000. 00 the army also ordered me to build 125000000. 00 hotel in cairo is 5th siegelman. Is the chair of media and journalism at the Doha Institute for graduate studies he says the absence of evidence here doesnt matter to many egyptians. Egyptians largely know that the government is corrupt i mean egypt egyptians arent dumb. Egypt score is very low on all of the corruption indexes right the more we know about the corruption during the mubarak presidency for example so i do know that the military controls the gyptian economy some estimates suggest that the Egyptian Military controls up to 50 percent of the economy they manufacture bottled water they manufacture furniture they own Construction Companies and i can go thats a very long laundry list so when he says these things it resonates because people sort of already believe it theyre saying now that you know hes a Muslim Brotherhood sympathizer theyre saying that hes got an ax to grind that we shouldnt believe anything anything that hes saying but the reality on the ground is that many egyptians are watching these videos theyre starting to have doubts even sisi supporters are starting to have doubts about his integrity as a leader and about the militarys integrity so i think its significant thousands of protesters have been outside argentinas parliament demanding action to fix the hunger crisis there growing numbers of the countrys poor and eating properly that i said boy explains why. Food todays event might have been as has been living on the streets of one of sightings he and other family members set up a camp right in front of the congress to demand a food emergency plan to help the poor. 100 by the situation is dire for all of us im a construction worker but there is no work its difficult to feed my children thats why i come here because the president s policies are slowly killing us. Thousands of people took over the center of one aside is on thursday when the chambre met the food emergency plan to cope with the ongoing economic crisis in the country. The law was 1st passed in 2002 right after the economic collapse in argentina now its been extended once again that government. These protesters are manipulated by the opposition to head of octobers president ial election but this people say that they come here to request government help to help them cope with a double digit inflation rate i didn t. Know that makes it difficult for them to eat every day is. Very kind of this is a congressman for the Ruling Coalition he says the government has been trying to help those in recently when there was believe that we have lifted taxes from basic food items increase to minimum wage increased cash handouts and lots of other things to help those who need it i dont understand why people continue to protest because we are giving them what they need. I didnt tina has been in a recession since last year and has one of the highest inflation rates in the World Running at more than 54 percent. This month in an attempt to prevent a lot of foreign reserves the government implemented new restrictions on currency transactions so now that you have government controls i think you see that some degree of stability or at least of calm tense calm one could say has come to the to the markets and things will be stabilize it remains to be seen at the end of the day today how many reserves the central Bank Actually sold to maintain the Exchange Rates but i think with the with the controls in place demand for dollars should somewhat. Go down or should you should see some calm and. At least for the time being. Argentinas economy is unlikely to reactivate anytime soon the crisis is having a deep impact among those who need help the most. When a site is of raping advocacy groups are disappointed with the u. S. Governments plan to get rid of flavored east cigarettes saying prohibition doesnt work hundreds of people have developed the spirit tree ailments of some of them fatal john hendren reports from chicago. At 18 doctors say adam her generator has the lungs of a 70 year old i was devastated because i didnt think that that little pod could do some wants to come my body he arrived in a hospital emergency room vomiting uncontrollably his infected lungs nearly collapsed his doctors and his mother blame daily vaporing hes living proof of what us does that the pictures of his line the living proof of what they bang does to your life its cases like his that have President Donald Trump considering banning flavored vaporing tobacco which critics say is designed to appeal to teens the state of michigan has already banned the products not only is it a problem overall but its really specifically with respect to children were getting some stories that we dont want to hear and we may very well have to do something very very strong about it according to the u. S. Centers for Disease Control more than 450 people across the u. S. Have developed ailments linked to tobacco when cannabis vaporing at least 6 have done by some estimates one in 14 is vague doctors say whats alarming is theyre only seeing the 1st few cases it could be decades before they understand the scope of the problem one doctor told me the only thing that safe to put in your lungs is air we really dont know whats in these products that make them acutely ill i think theres a big fear behind what is not know and whether were entering these sort of the early phase of this epidemic critics say the Trump Administration has contributed to a growing epidemic by refusing to regulate the industry as it regulates cigarettes until Health Advocates successfully sued to force the administration to act the temp administrations federal Drug Administration unlawfully refused to regulate the sedes for in the years allowing these product. To be on the market without any indication of what chemicals these liquids contained and that is directly contributing to the Public Health crisis that were seeing today the american vaporing Association Says it is disappointed the administration is considering a crackdown saying in a statement a ban will remove life changing options from the market that have been used by several 1000000 American Adults to quit smoking in the history of the United States prohibition has never worked it didnt work with alcohol it hasnt worked with marijuana it wont work with east cigarettes at him her generators says for users like him my longsword says its just like a baby bear was on the damage is already done john hendren aljazeera chicago. This is aljazeera is going to round up of our top stories pakistans Prime Minister has warned that new delhis crackdown on indian administered kashmir will push more of the worlds muslims into extremism iran khan made the comments at a rally in the capital of pakistan administered kashmir. A massive strike has brought much of paris as public transport to a halt as unions protest against Pension Reforms most of the metro lines are closed while buses and trams have also been affected. We cant take away our social benefits like that ive been working almost 25 years for this company soon all the 50 i dont want to work in time 70 getting up at 4 in the morning its very hard so today we speak for all our 80 p. Network workers china one exam to us poor soybeans and other Agricultural Products from new tariffs it is the latest in several recent concessions between the worlds 2 biggest economies before a new round of talks on a trade war on wednesday u. S. President donald trump announced he delayed more tariffs on chinese goods. British Prime MinisterBoris Johnson addressed local leaders in the probe regs a town of dont cost in Northern England before a meeting with the e. U. Leaders next week johnson focused on domestic issues and regaining control from the European Union prodemocracy activists have joined it made alternate festival celebrations in hong kongs Victoria Park unlike the often violent prodemocracy rallies of the past 15 weeks this one has been peaceful the annual Harvest Festival is one of most important dates in the chinese calendar and traditionally a time for thanksgiving and praying for good fortune. And eg