president trumps former campaign manager paul mana fortson another former aide plead guilty to conspiring to defraud the u.s. . this is a former campaign adviser pleads guilty to lying to the f.b.i. about interactions with alleged go betweens for russia.

of their i'm julie with donald this is sound as they were live from london also coming up yes special forces capture a libyan man linked to the twenty twelve attack on the u.s. diplomatic compound in benghazi. anger in opposition strongholds as it were kenya to steer the winner of kenya's presidential run with ninety eight percent and calm in catalonia despite spain taking direct control prosecutors seeking rebellion charges against the region's leaders. u.s. president donald trump's former campaign manager pomona ford has been charged with crimes including conspiring against the u.s. along with one of manifolds business associates rick gates well the pleaded not guilty in court and the charges stem from the investigation into the links between

russia and the trunk campaign it's also emerged that a former campaign advisor has pleaded guilty to lying to the f.b.i. about contacts with people who claim to have links to top russian officials a white house correspondent kimberly how could has more now from washington d.c. . trump do solemnly swear donald trump has been in office less than a year but this is perhaps the most significant day of his presidency so far on monday two of his former associates avoided handcuffs and turned themselves into the authorities in washington. the first is paul mann afford the former chair of donald trump's presidential election campaign the other is rick gates a longtime business associate of man affords and worked with the white house until march both men appeared in court pleading not guilty to a dozen charges they include conspiracy against the united states also to launder

money acting as an agent for a foreign principal providing false statements to investigators and failure to report foreign bank accounts the announcement which caught many off guard that a third person tied to the truck campaign george papadopoulos had pled guilty to lying to the f.b.i. that was over the timing of his meetings with alleged go betweens for russia he is now cooperating with the special investigation led by robert muller as with paul man of fort hood rick gates the white house is pushing back diminishing the role of papadopoulos as a foreign policy adviser this individual was the member of a volunteer advisory council them at one time over the course of a year and he was part of a list that was read out in the washington post and hardly call that some sort of regular adviser however it's the case of paul man a for which is getting the most attention the indictments paint the picture of a man living

a lavish lifestyle when f.b.i. agents raided his home they even photographed his suits as evidence of money laundering more than seventy five million a form payments through offshore bank accounts on twitter trump reacted to the arrests he has repeatedly called the investigation into ties between his two thousand and sixteen presidential campaign and russia a witch hunt by political adversaries and the media without offering any evidence the white house says it expects the russia probe to wrap up soon and will the indictment states man a fourth charges involve actually. twenty sixteen on twitter trump contradicted the claim arguing the charges against him out of fort emanate from actions taken before chairing trumps presidential bid trump again stated there was no collusion between his campaign and russia metaphor its lawyer calls the charges ridiculous and on

capitol hill top u.s. senators are also issuing statements about the indictments claiming it is proof the justice process is working kimberly help hit al-jazeera washington well after the court hearing pomona force lawyer also said there was no evidence his client colluded with russia i think you all saw it today the president donald trump was correct there is no evidence that mr mann a fort with the trump campaign colluded with the russian government this command of foreign represented pro european union campaigns for the ukraine. and in that he was seeking to further democracy i think help ukraine come closer to the united states and the u. let's get more from alan fischer at the white house so allan two of these men pleaded not guilty and one had already pled guilty. that's right george

papadopoulos the white house is saying look he wasn't really involved in the campaign he was a volunteer but the reality is that he was in contact with someone who said that they could share dark on hillary clinton and he e-mailed people in the campaign about this senior people in the campaign about this of course his big problem was that when he was asked by the f.b.i. he said those contacts were before i started working with the campaign the f.b.i. went and checked his e-mail traffic and found that he was lying and as soon as you lie to f.b.i. agents you're in serious trouble so that puts that one step closer to the white house and to donald trump you also get the white house don't playing the role of paul minor for they did that during the summer saying that he wasn't involved with the campaign for very long but he was a significant figure he was a significant figure in that he essentially draw of the decision of my pens to become vice president he was the man that put him in front of donald trump and said this is the guy you should pick he also managed to get the republican party

convention to change their platform at the convention because he moved to a more pro russia stance on ukraine and remember he was the campaign manager longer than steve ballmer and of course everyone thinks that steve bannon was the man eventually helped donald trump over the line and into the white house so the white house might don't play all of this but it is important and significant here's another thing to remember this is still very early stages of this inquiry in the past when the investigations into richard nixon and bill clinton it took more than a year to get to the point where there were indictments so no we are just five months into this campaign into this investigation we are seeing indictments being levied and also it wouldn't be unusual in this sort of case either where the charge someone and see you're looking important to force case at thirteen years in prison in an effort to prime part perhaps get a plea deal and get him to give more information on things he knows the still

a lot of threads to be pulled out here by the f.b.i. and robert mueller this isn't going to go away even though republicans keep telling is this is a nothing burger alan fischer there live from the white house thanks alan. the u.s. courts administration from enforcing a ban on transgender people serving in the military should made the announcement via twitter in july citing the medical costs associated with allowing transgender servicemen and women but a group of transgender service members at the board to block the ban while their claims are considered president trump said u.s. special forces have captured a libyan man then to a twenty two of attack on a u.s. diplomatic compound in benghazi the attack killed ambassador christopher stevens and three other americans in a statement trump said the capture of the stuff. happened on his orders and that he will face justice in the united states was jordan has more now from washington d.c. . on september eleventh two thousand and twelve

a mob attacked the home in benghazi libya where the u.s. state department had established a defacto consulate the ambassador christopher stevens was killed during that attack as were three other americans said to be security contractors at the benghazi site more than five years later just one man the alleged ringleader of that mob is now on trial here in the united states on monday the u.s. announced that a second person mostafa has been arrested after a u.s. military operation somewhere in libya and that mr will be coming to the united states to stand trial in the deaths of the four americans very little is known about the stuff with whom he was associated whether he was directed to carry out this attack on u.s. interests or whether it was a happenstance attack on pieing country whatever happens now it is certain

that if there is a conviction he would perhaps face the potential death penalty here in the u.s. if not at least life in prison there are other people said to still be under a search by the u.s. government it's not clear how close they are to apprehending those suspects as well kenyan president who are in kenya has won the rerun of the presidential election with ninety percent of the vote kenya's electoral commission says the poll was free fair and credible despite it being despondent some areas it was how would that a strong opposition candidate for many questions remain about the president's mandate so wait a minute reports from nairobi. the official announcement that who're kenyatta had secured his second term in office was no surprise for millions of kenyans but a low voter turnout of thirty eight percent has raised questions around the legitimacy of the selection which was ordered by the supreme court after it an old

august presidential vote saying the electoral commission had committed illegalities . ninety percent. of the same. ones. or. was. it. with nothing more. than the rehabilitation. of a. state. or so. and so forth. trace. the rerun was marred by violent protests when opposition leader raila odinga and his national super alliance party boycotted the election preventing at least one point eight million kenyans in opposition strongholds from voting. in total at least twelve million kenyans stayed away from the polls observer mission say

besides the impact of the boycott violence and intimidation kept many of the voters away from polling stations. described the vote as a sham with the electoral commission not making the reforms the opposition had demanded for it to participate in the vote virtually every other issue that we raised that last time is present in this election and more and what has happened is that this time around i think i was in a crisis is legitimacy a crisis or trying to shore up the numbers so that it appears that there is a legitimate mandate for president grouping at the un in the course of they have done unimaginable things i can think of at least seventeen different grounds from the official even if the election is challenged at the supreme court there are concerns the courts may not act independently concerns around the independence of the judiciary was heightened when the court refused to hear

a petition to perspire own last week's rerun saying there weren't enough judges present whether or not this election is challenge legally they are many kenyans that hope this final announcement will bring months of political tensions and uncertainty to an end but is kenya to address the nation asking for unity protests began fueling fears that both political and ethnic rivalries are far from over. there are nairobi. there's lots more still to come. like time in gaza we're joined the man still throwing the off switch. three weeks after the promise. i made reporting on the remarkable return of the animal that hasn't been seen in britain for centuries and we control the sea it's causing bites ability to take down trees and to change the whole landscape.

i think we may still see if you live in showers across eastern parts of australia but the west the weather is trying to pull away we have had warnings just around to the north of that southeastern corner of queensland little area river low pressure just to the south of that into the coastal side of new south wales victoria also seeing some live showers from time to time cold enough with the winds coming in from the south westerly direction fifteen to melbourne but i could tell model bright and sunny there for perth around twenty three degrees for some lovely sunshine coming through warming up a touch further as we go on into. still a few showers just playing on to the coastal fringes of it was that eastern side of australia a little more clout there you know just coming out of south australia into victoria

. dry temperatures here at around sixteen degrees. across new zealand over the next day or so little bit some places a fair weather class sliding towards the country but i think we are looking at the warm dry and sunny twenty one. too bad we're not too far off that as we go on into wednesday meanwhile for japan a place to say things are quieting down nicely now the thai food has moved away so it's fine and dry. subzero temperatures extreme altitudes. this is where the hard part because of the extraordinary journey from polish to that g.q. style braved quite ordinary joy to the world we do high out of that there's no oxygen. just to experience life simple pleasures. risking it all kurdistan of this time on al-jazeera.

the mind of our top stories here. former campaign manager bill mann afford a not guilty to charges including. us his business associate with gates also pleaded not guilty to the charges which stemmed from the investigation into alleged russian meddling in last year's election. third person of the campaign george papadopoulos guilty to lying to federal investigators over his relationship with russia and opposition supporters reacted angrily to a hurricane yet being declared the winner of the presidential election.

for catalonia to be charged with rebellion sedition and. this is the region's deposed president calls and other cabinet members are reported to have headed to brussels if convicted they could face up to thirty years in jail and. the police may be guarding its but the seats of regional government here no longer has a president as its head the spanish state. didn't get removed when session was declared by parliament last friday and resigned of calos. is his portrays his name is among twenty other. chief prosecutor. the prosecution has filed several charges for rebellion and embezzlement against the main political leaders of the catalan regional government with their actions

and decisions over the past two years have caused an institutional crisis that resulted in the unilateral declaration of independence this was carried out without observing and ignoring our constitution. these charges of the worst case for the same. catalan leaders sedition carries a maximum of fifteen years in jail and rebellion a maximum of thirty years. some ministers braved it out by appearing for work then being asked by police to leave one was defiant. we will continue. later came separate meetings of both parties that were in the government coalition they both agreed to take part in elections called by the spanish government for december more twists and turns in a crisis with so many dimensions and now the threat of jail hanging over politicians who declared a republic but now want to stand in the elections and do simmons' al-jazeera

fastener seven friend of talks aimed at ending syria's war have begun in the catholic stand capital delegates are expected to call for a cease fire between government forces and rebel groups for at least six months killing mines prisoner swaps and the release of hostages are also on the agenda and two days of negotiations are taking place behind closed doors sponsored by iran and russia which support the syrian government and turkey which backs position among khan's following events for us. the talk here in a start to continue on monday and tuesday the main thrust has been a technical aspect of the talks this is in regards to the deescalation zones that were created the six hundred talks here in estonia in september it's the guarantors of those talks that have been speaking today have been talking to each other today trying to figure out what role the take and that's russia turkey and iran however the syrian opposition are here as well and they have

a very definite idea of what they want to have happen at these talks and what they want to take away from these talks first is the issue of the detainees or the prisoners or the people or almost three hundred thousand people taken hostage actually. and such an issue is beyond negotiations the second thing is the escalation in areas which are being breached by that are jim and iran on almost daily basis and russia's are going to and it's supposed to do something about that now whether they get those prisoner exchanges and anything else they want is likely up to the russians the iranians and the turkish in the talks that they have with the syrian opposition as well the syrian regime will be involved also here the u.n. and the united states and jordan as an observer member. syrian government forces have stormed one of the last remaining neighborhoods held by i saw in the eastern city of deraa so or all how media is the most heavily populated area in the city

still under the group's control syrian army both isis four year c.j. of day was sore in september but they're still facing small pockets of resistance at least five palestinians have been killed after the israeli military blew up a tunnel under the gaza strip border israel says it was a planned explosion as the tunnel extended into its own terrorist strike prime minister benjamin netanyahu is praised the advanced technology used in the operation when other palestinians were wounded in the last. the life of palestinians in gaza was supposed to improve after re conciliation agreement between rival groups hamas which controls gaza and fatah which runs the palestinian authority but elec tricity is still being rationed to four hours a day three weeks after the deal power was originally cuts on the orders of the palestinian president to force hamas to the negotiating table burnet smith reports now from gaza. the nicknamed on kindly the a cursed because wherever these men are from gaza electricity go. darkness

follows mr nava models we always have to listen to people insulting those guys ali says. in june israel agreed to reduce the electricity supply to gaza at the request of west bank based palestinian president mahmoud abbas. it was one of a number of tactics to force how mass which runs garza to the negotiating table. in this job everything is bad once of the old lady big me not to turn off the power it was so embarrassing i called my boss but he said no turning it off as i tried to do it five young men came with sticks and knives and started arguing with me then i had to run off and leave the power on each district rotates a for hours on twelve of shad jule half of the two million people who live here rely on expensive private generated networks to fill the gaps. but they're not affordable luxury for the other one million residents the power is going to be off

here now for another twelve hours the difference in this area is that people don't have backup generators now it's about three weeks since hamas started handing control of gaza back to the palestinian authority but still the palestinian president mahmoud abbas has not increased the electricity supply. israel's blockade of gaza meant that there was only ever up to eight hours of electricity a day but these latest cuts have bought normal life to a standstill. the last stops everything you do you do it depends only on the board no days you know we have we have four. line we have worked on our computers we have working on mobile. you know you lose connection with the world when the boats go when the boat goes off the palestinian authority says the electricity supply will improve but it hasn't said when hearing gaza they've had to get used to wait

but it's with al-jazeera gaza and accused war criminals gone on trial in the hague charged with ordering executions during ethiopia's so-called red terror in the late one nine hundred seventy s. sixty three year old issue to alamo allegedly allegedly ordered the killing of seventy five young prisoners in a church he's also accused of torture and incarceration prosecutors say the dutch ethiopian national was a henchman for a brutal dictator made good say hala mariam will the country during a time know as the red terror a limo denies all the charges the united states is pledging sixty million dollars to support a new force to patrol the south western sahara desert the so-called g five sawhill nations that's mali mauritania work in a fast so nature and chad are combining to find armed groups in the area being backed by france to help secure more support from the united nations jim space reports now from the u.n. . the u.n.

already has a peacekeeping force in mali but it often faces attacks from the north lightly organized outside the country's borders the so hale is a vast desert region where armed groups can roam with considerable freedom a new force known as the g five mission is now being set up this is its headquarters but it lacks the necessary logistical support and funding of over four hundred ninety million u.s. dollars that's why the security council's been meeting everyone around the table acknowledges the force is needed but they disagree on what help and money the u.n. should give up is that a kiss on the females monophonic in addition to the issue of financing the joint force will also require support in spheres such as infrastructure information and communication technology and he i.e.d. technology training medical training and many vet passerby as well as supporting terms of both air and land a transport and evoke us not only it's pretty clear the u.s.

is not giving the new mission a blank check we understand the force will need ongoing support and are eager for opportunities to work closely with our partners to make this effort a successful one but we believe that the g. five force must be first and foremost own by the countries of the region themselves the u.s. has announced that it will give up to sixty million dollars in funding the death of four u.s. servicemen in the share earlier this month perhaps moving the uk for a list of washington's priorities it's not clear where the rest of the money will come from or how the un will support the new g five force james phase out jazeera at the united nations since in greece of her petrol bombs at a piece during a protest in athens this responded by firing tear gas into the crowd shop windows and bus stops were also smashed. the garbage bin set on fire hundreds of students

are protesting against education budget cutbacks which of course charges in school books and teachers. controversial film director woman polanski has been mauled by angry protesters at an event in his honor in paris a warning this footage does include flashing images event organizers ignored a petition with twenty six thousand signatures deciding instead to continue with the event celebrating his films one plant is accused of a string of sexual assaults including the statutory rape of a thirteen year old girl in one nine hundred seventy seven. now an animal that was hunted to extinction in britain nearly five hundred years ago is making a comeback last year the scottish government will the beavers will have protected status and be allowed to stay the animals reintroduction isn't going down well with everyone clarke explains. wissmann is would be more in southwest england the last remnants of an ancient forest a ghostly relic of

a time past that some in part would like to see return britain was once covered in wilderness like this and in this wilderness it all manner of animals including baz wolves and lynx of course all those animals are now long gone hunted to extinction is the human population grew and cleared land for agriculture where there is a species that hasn't been seen for hundreds of years and has now returned and here in devon the fascinating evidence felled trees and downed waterways the trademark work of not only active beavers region joost after an absence of five hundred years now the focus of license monitoring trials at different locations in the u.k. they're really good engineers they're also very industrious creatures as well as feeding they're looking to ninety nine expand their landscape but the good thing about the visit is that it's a landscape that suits lots of other animals too so it's virtuous circle it's what

we call a keystone species that the it changes its landscape but it changes the wildlife as well that fills that landscape such cautious monitoring of the beavers reintroduction is essential five hundred miles to the north in scotland the impact of unchecked beaver populations is a big problem for farmers yeah this is normally a dry belt just in the ditch over here and they are busy trying to flood this area on a swathe of prime farmland across and beyond a group of b visit let loose illegally in two thousand and two it's grown to an estimated four hundred fifty individuals it cost me four to five thousand pounds a year to degrees out because i have to hire an addict but when the water rises blocking out the drains causes flood damage into the fields which we're trying to produce crops often produce food off. that is a major problem for us we need to manage. is responsive to the needs of farmers

that recognizes that the fruits of one can cope with beavers in different ways but accept that management is a fundamental part of having the species in this country in two thousand and sixteen the scottish government announced to be was will have protected status and will be allowed to stay and i know all the laws roam these lands in the sixteenth century is back for good where it is allowed to live clearly needs to be carefully considered and controlled but in the right place it's a welcome return to the ecosystem of the british isles. al-jazeera. you find that much more the website al-jazeera dot com. for their journey we don't want london i remind you of our top stories u.s. president former campaign manager paul man of ford has pleaded not guilty to

charges including money laundering and defrauding the u.s. charges about the investigation into alleged meddling in last year's election his business associate reg gates is also pleaded not guilty to the same charges after the hearing man of course lawyers said there's no evidence this crime colluded with russia. the white house spokeswoman sought to distance the administration from the indictments and implicated hillary clinton instead. today's announcement has nothing to do with the president has nothing to do with the president's campaign or campaign activity the real collusion scandal as we've said several times before has everything to do with the clinton campaign fusion g.p.s. in russia there's clear evidence of the clinton campaign colluding with russian intelligence to spread disinformation and smear the president to influence the election we've been saying from day one there's been no evidence of trumped russia collusion and nothing in the indictment today changes that at all u.s. president says u.s. special operation forces have captured

a libyan fighter who's been on the run since twenty twelve the suspects believed to have played a will in an attack on the u.s. diplomatic compound in the city of benghazi that killed u.s. ambassador christopher stevens and three other americans in a statement trump said the capture of the stuff happened on his orders and that he will face justice in the united states the alleged attack kenya's election board has announced that all who are kenya i won the presidential election we won with ninety eight percent of the vote there were angry protests in kisumu opposition stronghold soon after the announcement was made election board says the election was free fair and credible despite the bill being postponed in some areas in yes around without a significant challenger after opposition leader raul adding get out spain's top prosecutor has called for catalonia as formerly just to be charged with sedition embezzlement of funds and abuse of authority after last week's declaration of independence spain central government has taken direct control of the region.

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