A new wave of street demonstrations most french people probably accept the system needs changing its no longer financially viable for the coming decade so its a calculated risk but emanuel macro has gained in popularity since his good results in european elections and hes Great National debate so he has momentum the government says it will draw proposed Pension Reforms after lengthy consultations with trade Union Leaders and the public a strategy the president may be gambling on to given the green light to continue with his sweeping reform agenda but it wont be easy workers from other sectors are planning similar strikes in the coming weeks natasha butler. Well weather is next but still ahead on al jazeera more than 40 taliban members surrender and the 2nd group of fighters to walk away in just the past 10 days. And following his promise of prosperity that hong kongs protests cast a shadow over the middleton festival. The earth. Was. A i was. Hallowed out in the west and pacific truckers are kerns are in fact developing which means an awful lot of the and shes gone in the right direction and were seeing a much drive picture over china and over Southeast Asia is be a rapid collapse a collapse of the season the rains now there will be more showers more thunderstorms developing hong kong is involved in this but theyre pretty much dotted around the active frontal system that you might think is up in sichuan i think he really is broken off broken off a limb of the monsoon trough which is heading south so about to if you like late season thunderstorms in Southern China and here from hong kong west was a bit of a gap throughout Southeast Asia and his the line is talking about that really is the season no rain is drifting slowly so weve got the southern philippines northern half of borneo now in the risk area and that band of rain goes back towards central thomas drifting down through Peninsular Malaysia so it might prompt a short term problem for singapore but its a slow movement in the west is still looks like being in thailand south of that in malaysia looks largely dry and into these remains dry now the monsoon is still pretty active rain wise and india was majia pradesh once again the focus. Sponsored by tony. Farley theres a real food bowl for you to think about opening really have to be extremely when real madrid thats loves worth 500000000 euro so expresses a position on something or the World Antidoping Agency has to take notice. In part 2 of this series to news to explore the widespread use of performance enhancing drugs sports to bring the endless chain on all jazeera. And i again im. Reminded of the news this hour heavy rains and strong winds are threatening to disrupt search and rescue efforts in the bahamas the National Hurricane center is warning of a potential Tropical Storm within the next 36 hours parts of the bahamas were hit hard by a powerful Hurricane Sandy 2 weeks ago the u. N. Chief is in the bahamas to raise a Global Awareness of the crisis. Much of paris has ground to a halt because of the biggest transport strike in more than a decade the unions are angry at the governments proposed Pension Reforms. And pakistans Prime Minister warns that new delhi has cracked down an indian administered kashmir will push more people into taking up all this and one can held a rally in the capital of pakistan administered kashmir promising to take the issue to the un General Assembly. Now more than 40 taliban fighters have surrendered in afghanistans tackle province they say they are ready to live under government control and the 2nd significant by antigovernment forces in just 10 days tony battle has more from the Afghan Capital kabul the taliban fighters surrendered in takar province in the north of afghanistan close to the border with to stand they walked into the governors compound there and handed over their weapons of a k 47 assault rifles rocket propelled grenade launchers and machine guns and said they were now prepared to live under the law of the Afghan Government but they also said theyd been subjected to intensive Aerial Bombardments and a big ground offensive by the afghan army they said they suffered more casualties whether or not this surrender is genuine remains to be seed it will be tested over the coming weeks but its significant because this is the 2nd significant surrender of taliban fighters in the last 10 days including our province 150. 00 taliban and perhaps some ice or fighters gave themselves up for similar reasons shows that the aerial campaign may be affecting morale of taliban and i saw in that area President Trump promised that the campaign would continue that the taliban was being hit or hit harder than ever before the taliban say also that they are taking territory and they are inflicting casualties on the afghan army president garny the afghan president said today that at least 2000 taliban fighters have been killed in the last week thats disputed by the taliban they say theyre inflicting casualties and thats not the case but of course the fighting has intensified in particular since the the abrupt cancellation of talks by president theres no prospect of those talks being resumed in the near future so this violence and these campaigns and the fighting on the ground and the air is going to continue and the be more casualties. And United Nations board of inquiry has been officially set up to investigate attacks on un supported facilities feria it is the last territory still in rebel hands our diplomatic editor james bays has. The province of idlib is clearly the last target of the assad regime in the long war in syria in recent months regularly weve seen instances of medical facilities in hospitals being hit we assume that they were hit by the Syrian Air Force and by russian aircraft the un said in august that it planned to set up a board of inquiry the secretary general of the u. N. Has now done that but in a press briefing his spokesman refused to pledge that they will release the full findings board of inquiries and they routinely happen are. Internal documents and not for public release thats what i can tell you at this at this point its also important to know that board of inquiries are not. Judicial bodies theyre not criminal investigations they make no legal findings all isnt it important the full facts given these are life and death situations are made public completely agree with you that these are life and death situation this is what i can tell you at this point negotiations at the u. N. Security Council Still continue on a possible resolution proposed by 3 countries germany belgium and kuwait for a cease fire in little province for humanitarian reasons russia has some problems with that resolution and right now this month russia is the president of the u. N. Security council. Zimbabwes former president Robert Mugabe will be buried as a National Shrine in the capital tributes will be paid to the countrys founding father who died last week in singapore aged 95. 00 but for the families of those who disappeared during his rule his death leaves many Unanswered Questions. From harare. Pattens of matters older brother iti used to stand opposite the Parliament Building every day calling for Robert Mugabe to step down saying he had failed as a leader 4 years ago it was bundled into a car and hasnt been seen since pets and policemen are working for the zanu p. F. Led government took his brother it ties one of many zimbabweans critical of the government who have mysteriously disappeared over the years and lot of people can discuss with people we met and and people can motions gods because they have not found closure for example today. Independence in 1800 well over 50000 individuals will have been reported missing. And political ground on political grounds since the government came into power and those issues are not resolved this issues of. The thais family dont know whether he is alive or dead after mcgovern was removed by the army in a coup in 2017 there asked him away it was he knew nothing about it is just one of many Unanswered Questions in the early 1980 s. Thousands of people were murdered it must be learnt province for allegedly trying to remove mugabe from power the former president called a period a moment of madness but is the state of the economy has to straighten minerals what was once a prosperous nation where mcgarvey took over in 1980 is are struggling with soaring inflation and high unemployment some basic services arent readily available including water began seeing all these children now woman busy going to screw with old bad thing and we are busy. Fetching whats out there all day. And theres no electricity when the water when their legs use it becomes their new warfare toward our once in a while. Was a poor. All arise and think in life and indeed there was even controversy over when and where his body will be buried now the family says his final resting place will be here. Heros acre is an important National Shrine where some of those who fought in the white minority rule are buried Robert Mugabes 1st wife sally is buried here next to her is an empty grave reserved for the countrys founding father family members say after the official government ceremony they will have their own private event to say they was praising god his policies on education and land reform are the same god was legacy of disputed elections allegations of human rights abuses abductions and disappearances and the ruins economy will continue to haunt them. Aljazeera had. Now protesters in south africa are demanding more be done about Sexual Violence its estimated a woman is raped somewhere in the country every 36 seconds outrage over the rape and murder of a University Student in cape town last month has led to weeks of protests president s around the pose a hazard that south africa is facing a crisis and has promised toughen laws he sensed canceled a trip to address the United NationsGeneral Assembly to focus on the issue 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 in this protest where hundreds of people have come to demonstrate is taking place in the economic hub of south africa and stanton 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 with 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. An egyptian businessman has put videos on social media detailing alleged corruption by president of the c. C. And army generals. Who worked as a military contractor to 15 years. Says they wasted millions of dollars on villas hotels and a seaside palace c. C. Has been posting from spain where he lives in selfimposed exile i wonder 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 sixties wife didnt want to sleep in the same home with mubaraks wife stayed ccs taken low level corruption to a new level i built 5 villas facilities a palace for the president and a military camp in cairo i built a home in alexandria for the sisi family despite it being an official residence in the same compound the modifications demanded by ccs wife cost more than 1500000. 00 the army also ordered me to build 125000000. 00 hotel in cairos 5th siegelman well earlier we spoke to Mohamed El Masri whos from the Doha Institute for graduate studies and he says the absence of evidence doesnt matter how many egyptians. Egyptians largely know that the government is corrupt i mean egypt egyptians arent dumb. Egypt scores very low on all of the corruption indexes write them 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 could 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. Prodemocracy protesters have rallied in the streets of algeria for the 30th straight week the country has been without an elected president since demonstrators forced fulminated. To resign back in april theyre demanding sweeping changes including having members of the former regime. Now warren festival is one of the most important celebrations in the chinese calendar that this year the mid orsen event is taking place against a backdrop of months of protests in hong kong tomorrow and reports. People here say the full moon brings her spirit and a Brighter Future but the mood grows over a different hong kong this year and the celebration has taken on a different path there are the usual carols and lanterns but many people are coming with a different message remembering those most affected by the proposed extradition bill that sparked the initial street protests today. You know for those people. The past 3 months these. Traditions. The protests show no sign of ending the spike the Police Crackdown and increased violence at demonstrations people continue to vent their frustration at what they see as mainland chinas growing influence on hong kong the process is more sober than usual but the sense of this content is still quite present here even though we are the sand is began to break in almost every Single Family home from. The controversial extradition bill was withdrawn last week but critics of hong kong chief executive carrie lamb and her administration say this was too little too late so we are here because what they have found kerry lives free throw off the extra. Walling previous celebrations were about families its all about standing with the people of hong kong. The 1st to brings Families Together to celebrate. This year there is singing about resistance and the fight for personal liberties jamelle a dog and im just here hong kong. Hello again im a star and with the headlines on aljazeera heavy rains and strong winds are threatening to disrupt such a rescue efforts in the bahamas the National Hurricane center is warning of a potential Tropical Storm within the next 36 hours parts of the bahamas were hit hard by a powerful hurricane nearly 2 weeks ago the u. N. Chief is in the bahamas to raise Global Awareness about the effects of Climate Change pakistans Prime Minister warns that new delhis crackdown in indian administered kashmir will push more people into taking up arms and one can house a rally in the capital of pakistan administered kashmir iran can also spoke exclusively to talk to al jazeera he says he is anti war but will respond to any aggression from india when Nuclear Armed countries fight if they fight a conventional war theres every possibility that its going to end up into nuclear war the unthinkable i mean you know if if said by christiane for god forbid we fight a conventional war were losing and if a country is stuck between the choice either you surrender or you fight till death for your freedom i know pakistanis will fight to death for their freedom so that when a Nuclear Armed country fights to the end to the death. It has consequences so thats why. We have approached the United Nations we approach. Every International Forum that them must know because this is a potential. A disaster. Were beyond the indian subcontinent more tha