Hell are in eastern iraq and afghanistan there is still cloud has produced significant maybe active seas and rain that is the big of course most of iran is dry but there are clouds showing of the levant of parts of egypt for example sana and oversee over turkey the season afterward is slowly changing but the changes are great yet except in turkey the temperatures slowly dropping down in for example i wouldnt they resent the 28th of baghdad still at 41 terence going up to 30 so the warm sun prevails there is no particularly strong breeze anyway humidity still fairly high around the gulf states this green here is telling weve had some good sun storms recently in the usa a particularly among the high ground and just across the side of the strait in southern iraq they are easily repeatable during sunday and monday but probably disappear after that otherwise little changes the potential of showers in yemen disappears they have the feast going away if it hasnt already left. Active weather in the change of season in south africa of course showers in angola possibly b. B. That kind amounts to very little i think of a good part about swapna or south africa it is quite windy around the cape tickly eastern cape was more rain to come. Right. Top stories for you on aljazeera this hour and a 2nd whistleblower in the impeachment inquiry against president dont trump has not come forward and they could still be more persons lawyer says his client has spoken to the Inspector General of the Intelligence Community iraqs government denied any of its Security Forces fired directly at protesters during the 6 day long rest however it also confirmed at least on the 4 people have been killed and more than 6000 injured. When the polls have closed in tunisia in the 2nd parliamentary election there since the revolution 8 years ago sundays vote is seen as a test of the established parties been accused of failing to solve the economic crisis. Sure lankas president decided not to run in an upcoming election policy to send a spark to a constitutional crisis last year when he sacked and replaced the Prime Minister the decision was then overturned by the Supreme Court he also faced criticism over the governments handling of an Intelligence Report warning of the attacks that happened of easter the next president ial election is due november 16th his nobel for nandos with more from columbia. A record 41 candidates posting cash bones for the election head of handing in nominations on monday but the president might be policy received not being among that group now when he believes hes pretty sesar thats former president Mahinda Rajapaksa it was a complete weve where he sort of swept that election saying that he was only in for one term to bring change however his tenure has been fraught with disappointment for sri lankan voters and despite in recent months trying desperately to mount a real action bid to try and garner support for that relax in bed president citizen there has been forced to admit that hes not going to make it the sort of reasons for public discontent with the city say the rule has continued just here in april we did see those tragic sort of easter bombings the fact that it was sort of a tragedy of huge number of errors that led to that spate of bomb attacks claiming so many lives was not something that people are willing to forget so this is present in the sinners way obviously of realizing and meeting that hes not me going to make it so hes just going to stop with that 1st president ial bid. There have been protests in the french capital against a change in the law which will allow single and gay women to get fertility treatment final parliamentary approval is needed to end the restriction on invitro fertilisation treatment i. V. s which is currently only for women in a heterosexual relationship and reports from paris the demonstration in paris began outside the French Senate protesters want senators to change a proposed law the would allow access to i. D. F. A single and gay women not just those in a heterosexual couple they say the french governments new bioethics bill would deprive children of a father and destroy the moral fabric of French Society and some worry could be expanded to legalise sarkozy and one of the law doesnt take into account all the right of the child or it future it only accounts for a womans desire to have a child. Its important to defend the family unit a murderer and a father for the balance of French Society and for childrens welfare the march was peaceful but Police Officers broke up a Small Council protest the controversial bill has divided opinion and september french m. P. s approved it but only after a fiery debate or is it reported how dare you decide to inscribe into law that a child be deprived of the father this shocks me yes im emotional you are playing with fire these protesters opening up access to the women this was a very serious crisis recent world to call like many of these people in the streets 6 years ago to protest against gay marriage but for supporters of the proposed no they say it would be a victory for womens rights when she reached her mid thirtys benedict wanted to become a mother as a single woman she was unable to access i. V. s in france so she traveled to denmark and portugal with a treatment is legally available to all women i fell out low in my own country. Because i just wanted a baby. That right was ok all the European Countries but nothing france benedick son is now 14 months old he doesnt have a father 1st say or that mother though and though the fact that he was wanted if the bio ethics bill becomes law it will fulfill one of french president emanuel marc Ross Campaign promises and create hope for single and gay women who dream of becoming a parent but these protesters say they wont give up their battle to protect traditional family values and stop the legislation for being passed to tasha butler aljazeera paris. To russia now where it really is a struggle to make ends meet for many people average incomes of fall of the past 5 years and half the population which means around 70000000 people earn less than 500 50. 00 a month so to get by many families are taking out risky high cost loans but those that only makes things worse moscow has stepped past them with more. 4 weeks anastasio your diet has been receiving threatening phone calls that collectors are telling her they will hurt her child or family if she doesnt pay back her loans she lives in a town 2 hours drive from moscow and the salaries there are so low that she cant afford the rent she was offered loans despite being a single mother without a steady job but with high Interest Rates shes been able to pay them back what was jarring im disappointed in myself but its true that these loans are available to everyone and its very bad there are a lot of sad stories i think i managed to do with this emotionally because i have a child and need to fight for his sake but i heard very tragic stories of people who commit suicide heard a lot of these stories thousands of Credit Companies have opened up in recent years with many offering socalled fast cash on line a recent survey shows that 39 percent of russians believe they only paid about half what they deserve for the work they perform to help people to get better jobs moscow has started a Pilot Project that offers advice training and psychological support to 250000 people who have fallen below the government standard of living. The 1st thing we do is to clarify their situation what has happened to them and that their income is lower than the Living Standard what is their psychological condition their qualification level and if it corresponds with the job market do they have a motivation and what their needs are but since it opened 3 months ago 22000 people have visited the center most are women staff here say men are less inclined to look for help because they feel poverty as a taboo that it may put in as promised to have the number of People Living below the poverty line by the end of 1st term 5 years from now but some economists say this is unrealistic since the economy has to grow at least 3 times as fast as we able to achieve this and they say low oil prices and sanctions imposed on russia are only part of the problem and structural changes are needed. Put in has criticised his government for working too slowly on a National Project aimed to increase state spending but even if they are implemented efficiently some economists dont believe they will fix russias economy problems. Whats happening isnt reasonable distribution of the revenue mistakes in the Budget Planning i think until the paradigm changes the political paradigm and the political paradigm on the top of the poverty will remain at the current level we know that despite all the new National Projects the state Statistics Agency had to report at the level of poverty hasnt decreased but even increase this year when i must see i couldnt see a way of clearing thousands of dollars of debt she decided to look for help on the internet her emotional letter is typical of many that now can be found on russian websites the advice she got is to file for bankruptcy but even if she did that she still needed shop that space for a whole one bedroom flat step fastened aljazeera stooping low russia. The polls are closed in kosovo parliamentary elect. Political leaders were among the nearly 2000000 people eligible to vote campaigning dominated by issues of corruption and resolving tensions with the countrys former foes serbia the election was called after Prime Minister hard to nudge resigned in july the war crimes allegations its subsided with us now from pristina so the polls closed probably about half an hour ago i think how did the day of voting go well according to the central. Commission everything was ok it was some minor incidents. Election places 20 people was arrested mainly for taking photographs of the voting ballots or for making propaganda for voting on the election places but according to officials everything is ok and the turnout of the waters is bigger then 2 years ago on the parliamentary elections especially in some regions of the nor devour the main population is service and here in the capital of. The like 4 or 5 percent bigger than 2 years ago so according to our analysts the biggest turnout would go in the favor of the opposition parties we have some exit polls. Published just a few minutes ago but here in kosovo theyre not so. We can say theyre not sort of president that is so we will must wait for the 1st official results it will be around 11 local time ok what is it. That makes this election so important for conservation. Well kosovo is practically blocked almost one year ago because the government of the name posed the 100 percent taxes on all products coming from serbia to kosovo and after that serbia stopped all the talks and all the negotiations about future relations between serbia and kosovo United StatesEuropean Union they were asking mr to stop the politics of 100 percent taxes but he was not willing to do so and actually now the biggest question in this election is was that still a. Slogan on this elections 100 percent taxes and recognize course away as the independent state opposition parties are saying ok lets move that 100 percent taxes but lets go over the full reciprocity with the sort of whatever city are due to kosovo we will do it to serbia because it is now 11 years the scene kosovo was declared the independence but they are still not a member of the United Nations their road towards a European Union or nato is practically blocked and the opposition parties are saying its time to make some steps we must go for. Your subside a church from 100 series balkan china thank you so much for joining us appreciate it several 1000 african migrants stuck in limbo in southern mexico they want to get to the United States but Mexican Border guard stops them following u. S. Pressure to stem the flow of arrivals home and with the support from chap us. Oh theyre protesting because theyre stuck african migrants whove made the dangerous journey over thousands of kilometers up through latin america in the hope of reaching the u. S. But instead theyve ended up here in tapachula south mexico. Mexican government wary of incurring the wrath of american President Donald Trump wont let them cross the country to get to the u. S. Buddha is only prepared to let them leave by the sound mandala. Looks of the last full months around a 1000 people have come through on the gates of the top or to live migrant the Tension Center in limbo made out of going to church them not even knocked out look at the conditions here it rains every day camped amidst the water the authorities havent told us anything were being dehumanised. This both to next being caused by a change of policy in mexico before they give asian and african migrants permission to cross the country and leave by which have a border they could including the u. S. One. With the pressure from the states thats ended and with the hopes of those like 17 year old russo but not his real name he was almost there like many he came in through brazil with visa requirements and looser amid the lawless jungle between colombia and panama he lost his father told that in a month and thats how were coming down the steps and the steps that they had to the wall. And when for the evil thats the way its looking all of the Old School Still is on the current and hes frightened to show his identity he says that as a leader hes under watch. I know the authorities have tolerate the presence of the camp that have been occasional brushes. Kerry was trying. To somebody was behind it of course she was right having to work to save it. If the was. Offering them the chance of asylum but the process is long and on certain topics the queue for applicants goes around the block most here anyway say thats not what they want. They feel if they can just hold out theyll eventually get through given the current position of both mexico and the u. S. But seems very unlikely. John heilemann how does the top 2 know. Funny tens of thousands of spectators have headed to the u. S. State of new mexico for one of the largest festivals dedicated to the sport of ballooning the skies above albuquerque filled with hundreds of multicolored hot air balloons 2nd day of what is called the International Balloon fiesta. Time to take you through the headlines on aljazeera and a 2nd whistleblower has come forward in the impeachment inquiry against u. S. President donald trump a lawyer whos now representing both people says his client has spoken to the head of the intelligence communities internal watchdog according to the lawyer the new whistleblower has firsthand knowledge of some of the allegations made in the original complaint. Iraqs government denied any of its Security Forces fired directly at protesters during 6 days of unrest. However its also confirmed at least 104. 00 people have been killed and more than 6000. 00 injured protesters are demanding jobs Better Public Services and an end to corruption the government interior minister also seemed to imply a 3rd party was responsible for killing both protesters and Security Forces but clearly limited everyone knows there were no armed battles clashes or confrontations between the Security Forces and the protesters but there were wicked and he knows hands that targeted the victims on both sides when we went and checked the bodies of the martyrs the injuries were in the head or the heart it is clear that the shooting did not take place from a close distance or from the area where the Security Forces were present a Serious Investigation is ongoing to find out who is behind such a wicked and he mis operation the polls have closed in tunis here in the 2nd parliamentary election there since the revolution 8 years ago sundays vote is seen as a test of the established parties accused by many of failing to solve the economic Crisis Police in hong kong are fired tear gas and arrested protesters defying a ban on Wearing Masks opposition activists lost their legal bid to overturn the ban in court the citys leader invoked a 50 year old colonial era law to impose the Face Covering ban on saturday kerry says its needed to help stop 4 months of unrest. New Prime Minister. The leader of the Sovereign Council are in saudi arabia general abdul fatah. Officials in riyadh and shortly after the Saudi ForeignMinistry Said it was working on removing sudan from the u. S. List of state sponsors of terror news hour and 25 minutes thatll be right after inside story. Protesters in iraq are demanding the Prime Minister step down they also want a complete overhaul of the political system the governments responded by announcing a list of reforms but will it be enough this is inside story. Hello and welcome to the program today with me peace adult iraqi protesters have lost their patients with what they say is decades of corruption and a lack of services theyre demanding that the Prime Minister. Resign and the whole political system should be over hol