oh and it would be a good thing. if it did to my boys but the. time it was to speak. they may have lost the basketball but the philippines did pick up their first gold medal of the games if the hidden indios couldn't hide her emotion after winning the fifty three kilo cats a green. and on the same stage hosts indonesia celebrated a fifth gold thanks to eco kuli everyone you have the added bonus of being handed his medal by indonesia's president who was watching in jakarta david stokes al-jazeera. we saw those gold medal celebrations for the house but our correspondent scott heiler he was in jakarta says indonesia has ambitions that go far beyond these games. host indonesia delighted getting their fifth gold medal in the category of weightlifting this is a sport that they really haven't excel that in the past and that underlines just how into these games these asian games the country is and the fans are underlined

because there are sports in areas that they haven't really excelled at in the past or even focused on in the past but they are for these games that's because this nation wants to use these asian games as a showcase of the nation a showcase of what they can do they say they want to put in a bid for the olympics down the line so it's important that they show how successful they can carry off these this very complex series of events but also how well their athletes do and something that's very interesting that that you know other areas where they've expanded athletes are indigenous sports other sports that are part of the asian games that can't be found anywhere else in the world and that's interesting because yes you have certain nations putting forth athletes in specific sports and it's the first gold medal in these games came in which is a sport that comes from this region so it's very interesting to see how the other nations maybe it's not from their country compete as well and it's because indonesia has gone into sports that come from india that goes along with the

national pride but it also goes with the idea that they want to expand their base for their athletes moving forward and again they seem to look at this as a showcase for what they can do possibly in the future they really get set to take legal action in saudi arabia against the pirate broadcaster be able to for allegedly stealing their content the legitimate rights holder in the middle east is don't have base to be in sports all twenty eight games played so far this season have been shown illegally cute apparently claims to seeing compelling evidence that the challenge of using the saudi base satellite provider arab sat both saudi arabia and arab sat deny involvement in a statement the premier league said like all content creators and rights owners are a business model is predicated on the ability to market. and sell protected rights and we will take all of the action to support the investment made in the league by our legitimate broadcast partners tiger woods believes he's playing well enough to

make the u.s. ryder cup team next month the former world number one just missed out on automatic qualification when he finished runner up at the p.g.a. championship two weeks ago but he's confident the u.s. captain jim shearer will take him to france's one of his four wildcard paintings. i want to be a want to. know the interesting interesting role. we're talking about not so personal and so it's that's one of the more interesting conversations we were having with. one of the guys on short list. of the. person which is. india have all but won the third test against england but the match will go into the final day england lost nine wickets on tuesday just spread bomber took five including three in the space of eight balls bottler hit his first test century but england have next to no chance of victory with only one wicket in

hand they're still two hundred ten runs behind you sampled says he's determined to prove people wrong in his latest effort to become a professional footballer the olympic champion has had his first training session with the australian team central coast mariners who have given him an open ended trial the thirty two year old has previously trained with clubs in south africa and germany. i was going to say what i want to say just when i was in shock and feel people things about me but i always prove them wrong so it's just another moment for me to prove people wrong now to what's being billed as the world's highest rafting and kayaking competition taking place in the region of india's northern. the term it included twenty two teams with competitors from across the country they navigated through fourteen kilometers of dangerous waters with the team mountain fire finishing first. and that's all you're sore for now more later. thank you

muslims around the world are celebrating the holiday but for syrian refugees in turkey only a small number will be able to go home for the festivities. the prez marking the start of. all as it's known in turkey a time for devotion giving thanks and for sharing among communities. and stumbles far district it's a bittersweet experience home to one of the largest syrian refugee populations in the city so much so that it's known as a damascus bazaar dotted with shops and cafes that are remind us of a country they want new before war forced them to leave. ahmad martini has added to that mix he owns a shop in the heart of the community selling traditional syrian sweets and this week it's an especially busy time as many customers yun the flavors of home.

the idea of eve this to bring people together but like a lot of syrians we are alone many of our families are still back home are scattered all over the place. we have a generation of children who had no idea about the joyful celebrations we had back in syria during so we're making sure we pass on our traditions on to them and so the syrian community does what it can to keep its traditions alive but they're all an estimated twenty thousand who have decided to return home for the holidays but of course there are many here who simply cannot do that. turkey has taken in some three point five million syrian refugees more than any other country madge to has been here for more than two and a hof years with his family they may be one and a half thousand kilometers from damascus but they don't want to be identified as their relatives still there he makes a living working in

a textile shop to support his son and his two nieces their father died in the notorious said ny a prison four years ago for them each is less about the celebration more a reminder of their loss they had to sell their home to pay for the journey here. there is no we loved ones are far away my wife and i have the same situation both our brothers have disappeared for as we remember them we have no idea where they could be so for it is a painful time not a happy celebration. he says while bashar assad remains in power in syria he cannot return even to see his relatives it's too dangerous for this couple it's the children that give them the reason to carry on. the decoration you see we put it up for the children because they wanted it it's our way of giving them something special for. a tradition he hopes in time will become less painful.

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. on al-jazeera. when people need to be heard. but it's been for a few jomo still is life it's not going no more lives short and the story needs to be told to do stories that have also said i testify in the court of law to make sure that the bad guys behind that al-jazeera has teams on the ground to renew documentaries and live news on air and online. desperate for a better life and millions of people have sought refuge in europe sometimes their dreams of sanctuary are realized but sometimes disenchantment and hostility drives them home in the first of two films on these contrasting experiences people in power goes to the north german city where humane approach to integration is proving

surprisingly effective. assimilation nation on al-jazeera. michael cohen donald trump's former lawyer and personal fixer pleads guilty to illegally interfering in the twenty sixth election for more crucially he appears to implicate the president. and separately a jury finds donald trump's former campaign chairman paul manifold guilty of tax fraud. eleven to harm come out santa maria this is the world news from al jazeera tributes

are pouring in across india for those killed in the worst floods to hit the southern state of carola in a century and muslims around the world celebrate the festival of a that but for some syrians this holiday is bittersweet. so some dramatic developments in the united states where investigators have successfully prosecuted two big players from donald trump's twenty sixteen election campaign first it is michael cohen once the president's personal lawyer he has pled guilty to breaking campaign finance laws and he says he did it quote at the direction of a candidate for federal office that candidate is this man donald trump and that alone could have big implications for the president and just after that news in a separate trial a jury found trump's former campaign chairman guilty of eight charges that's paul man a fort who is now facing sentencing for breaching campaign finance laws for tax fraud

and for failing to disclose foreign bank accounts the jury didn't reach a conclusion on ten other counts. but despite the convictions president trump says he is still supporting his former campaign chairman he had this to say i didn't like to kill you know. i don't think like i started her little town on. the way to china to. live like that. i don't think the lord i feel very badly to get worked up building work ronald reagan i work for many many keep. the let down. andy gallagher has more now from the manifold trial in alexandria west virginia. well

this was a spectacular fall from grace for poor man a ford donald trump's former campaign manager found guilty on eight of the eighteen charges that he faced all related to bank and tax fraud he potentially faces the rest of his life in jail president reacted in west virginia saying that man of ford was a good man and this had nothing to do with collusion but this is being seen as an important test case for special counsel robert muller's rusher investigation the charges he may have related to bank and tax fraud but they came from the mala team so in essence his investigation has now been legitimized in a trial that was seen before six men and six women that is an important thing to note because all the time the president trump is claiming that the miller investigation is a witch hunt and that is a shill or a loud mouth have essentially been answered in this trial here in virginia robert mueller himself has said nothing for months but after this he may don't have to

meanwhile the man who defended trump's long time postal lawyer michael cohen had this to say about his client's guilty plea today he coincidence in testified under oath that donald trump directed him to commit a crime by making payments to two women for the principle purpose of influencing an election if those payments were a crime for michael cohen then why wouldn't there be a crime for donald trump kristen salumi has more from outside the court in new york . michael cohen was cool and collected when he walked into the courtroom but his demeanor changed as the court proceedings progress the judge read the charges and asked him how he pled there were five tax fraud charges one bank fraud charge and two campaign finance violations michael cohen choking up as the judge detailed the potential sentence of between three and five years in prison of course it's the implications for president die. donald trump that brought swarms of media to the courthouse here michael cohen admitted that he made two payments of hush money to

two women who claim to have affairs with donald trump two of had to faires with donald trump he didn't name the women in court or donald trump what he did say is that in coordination with and at the direction of a federal candidate he had work to keep harmful information out of the press for the purpose of influencing election now cohen's investigation was prompted by robert muller and his investigation into russian interference in the two thousand and sixteen election. that is how investigators here in new york got on the case of michael cohen rudy giuliani the president's attorney made a statement saying that quote and i want to read this because it's very carefully worded there is no allegation of any wrongdoing against the president in the government's charges against michael cohen it is clear that as the prosecutor noted

mr cohen's actions reflect a pattern of lies and dishonesty over a significant period of time again rudy giuliani calling into question the credibility of michael cohen suggesting that he was lying for his own gain or to reduce his prison sentence popped up possibly. but the potential implications for the president are seen differently by others adam schiff the ranking democrat on the house intelligence committee saying that it increases the president's legal jeopardy and potentially implicates him in campaign finance violations it's hard to other news people across india paying tribute to those killed by the floods in carrying out the worst to hit the state in a century in the northern city of the hudson thousands hundreds of people even took to the streets to pray for those affected by the floods more than four hundred people are confirmed dead. so far candlelight vigils were also held in the capital new delhi where volunteers have been collecting relief materials to send to

caroline. but after the days of torrential rain there is some good news coming out of carol of the flood waters are finally receding but more than a million people are still in makeshift camps after their homes were washed away and are thomas reports now from the town of menar where some evacuees residents decided to go home despite the risks. we've met daniel thomas in an evacuation camp fisherman rescued him from his home on friday now he wanted to go back but on tuesday morning the only way back was by canoe. and if we can do it they can very easily from here go from there they are ready to start it. now or if . we're going to see. as we were paddled for kilometers across over paddy fields and through people's gardens we heard and saw animals left behind and occasionally came across people. thomas'

village itself is on a relatively high ground the central street almost now dry it's very different to when the greatest volume of water barreled through on saturday after thomas had left. his adult son had stayed behind to help rescue others and say forty could at home he took us inside the news generally good a both property and people as anybody in this town died you know on getting over the. top of it all of those. from the. one little one. that's remarkable when you see the damage. thomas' neighbor state to his house shook as it cracked. it's still under water and in the front garden there was another hazard.

but all day tuesday the water was dropping and back on the main street a surprise two big wheel trucks from the national disaster response force had managed to drive in people just old and then queues formed fast. yet. they had. the men brought the basics rice biscuits water they also brought hope. these trucks getting here is a really good sign of the waters are receding and bad though the situation still is it is getting better under thomas al-jazeera manner of care a lot. of brazil's border with venezuela will remain open despite the increased.