well discussed but what sort of legal jeopardy does this now potentially put president trump in with this is very serious donald trump lost the presidential election and he almost certainly now would be facing indictment himself but because there's a well established precedent that the u.s. president doesn't face criminal indictment while he's in office trump isn't going to be hauled before the court the next stage of this process would be for congress to act as understood on the constitution the house would have to vote for impeachment and then he would face a trial in the u.s. so if congress were to act properly then that would be the next stage and as far as the conviction of mr mann afford donald trump former campaign manager now this trial was never about donald trump directly and it had nothing to do with alleged russian meddling but does this change the dynamics of trump's public campaign

against the moeller investigation because now we have a jury of ordinary americans who have said that is that his ex campaign manager broke the law so our troops attacks on mall are now looking like a personal attack on the whole american justice system. well this is very dramatic and we haven't seen a day like this in american history since through the first of march nine hundred seventy four when the district of core district columbia grand jury indicted the watergate seven and is named richard nixon as a coconspirator. nixon's own campaign manager went to prison as a result of those actions and now it looks like donald trump's campaign manager will face the same threat on the other hand the trump has continued to surprise us but his supporters remain on waveringly loyal to him and so

i have my doubts as to whether or not even this will turn the loyal trump supporters against him in in the next election all right good to speak with you richard johnson joining us there from lancaster as zimbabwe's top court is hearing a challenge by the main opposition party to last month's presidential election result opposition leader nelson chamisa says the vote was rigged in favor of president emerson who won with just over fifty percent is inaugurations been perspire and pending the court ruling zimbabwe's electoral commission denies claims of bias. is live for us in harare so. what is the what is the endgame here what like what what what are we expecting at this point. what's happening right now is.

saying that the opposition papers late and they want the matter thrown out of court the court has adjourned for a few minutes but security is still tight you see there that's where people go in through that scanner they're checked to bring your mobile phone your laptop or any recording devices seeing there that's where. the courts are sitting watching the proceedings that are happening the m.d.c. say they have evidence that the election on july the thirtieth was rigged and stolen they say they have documents that show that some figures were inflated to favor the rulings on a party they say that they have evidence that in some of the room areas village kids were at polling stations watching how people were voting telling them if you don't vote for you won't get food they say that they have evidence that in some rural areas people were told when you get to a polling station say that you need help to vote and the person within helped them to put the x. . brackets or box they are nine judges who making

a ruling don't know when that will be but there are nine of them once that ruling is made the decision is final there's no room for appeal hasn't. how much support is there for the president on one side and the opposition. well the president's win was narrow it was fifty point eight which means that nelson chamisa got a fair amount of votes as well so in terms of the urban areas lot of people feel opposition supporters feel that nelson chamisa won this election they are hoping that the court rules on that but when does have support in urban areas and in the rural areas too in they also convinced that he won this election it all depends on what the judges decide they can either say that whoever won the election person x. has to be sworn in within forty eight hours they could order a recount or they could order a fresh which has to happen within sixty days that means the bobbins have to go through the whole process all over again the whole voting process right now things

are to stand still the country is in limbo parliament con convene cabinet cond be appointed so a lot of things are not moving right now because of this court case all eyes on those nine judges which way are they going to rule right now both sides seem confident that they can that it has a while but it all depends on those judges as an arrow thanks very much i will plenty more ahead on this news hour hundreds of web sites and social accounts shut down as tech giants say foreign actors are taking aim at midterm elections. down to just one meal a day yemeni struggle to feed themselves as the civil war drags on. and in sport the football manager making sure he's seen and heard by his players and he is here with that story.

of venezuela still trying to cope with president nicolas maduro as drastic monetary policies came into effect on monday in many ways it is a country of dramatic economic contrasts it has the world's largest known oil reserves even more than saudi arabia. but it also has the world's fastest growing inflation rate sending the price of goods spiraling out of control as you can see there the international monetary fund says it could reach one million percent this year and venezuela's currency has become almost useless the ball of our has fallen ninety nine point nine percent against the u.s. dollar or makes up ninety five percent of the country's exports but low prices and u.s. sanctions have had a major impact. in america newman reports on how people are coping with the crisis. venezuelan government supporters tried to rev up with enthusiasm for the newly introduced economic measures described by president reagan

last month as an economic revolution to defeat hyperinflation conspicuously absent from a rally in front of the presidential palace was my google himself who hasn't made a public appearance since an apparent assassination attempt on august the fourth. if the right wing crosses a path will run over them like a train nothing will stop. just blocks away many shops and markets remain closed some in here into an opposition call for a national strike others unsure how much to charge now the five zero seven slash the currency head of a compulsory thirty four hundred percent increase in the minimum wage they go into effect september first the price hikes are into eighty. two hours ago these eggs cost fifteen hundred and when i came back with the cash they were two thousand the bus company that takes the border remains shut until further notice and that's the

web page to me. for the moment it is not operational one of the few things that has not changed prices are these bananas they are now five of the nobody that is or five hundred thousand of the all the ones which is roughly the same if you take away five zero but according to the people selling them by next week the probably go up three hundred percent. the government blames a crisis that brought on precedented hunger and illness and what it calls a domestic and international economic war but many economists warn the new measures will only make things worse. they're implementing fiscal measures to increase revenue while refusing any type of international financing or aid so they'll keep printing out money. and we'll see that hyperinflation will not stop and amid the uncertainty neither it seems will be exodus of the news wayland's desperate to find relief anywhere they can. see newman al-jazeera contacts and venezuela

was hit by the strongest earthquake in over a century the northeastern coast was rocked by a strong magnitude seven point three quake it was centered close to the coastal city of gear and forced people to flee buildings in the capital caracas six hundred kilometers away it is the strongest earthquake to hit venezuela in more than a century. and the united nations has called the conflict in yemen one of the worst humanitarian disasters in modern times civil wars left millions struggling to afford basic goods it's estimated eight point four million yemenis are on the verge of starvation with many more eating just one small meal a day as it is alan fischer reports from neighboring djibouti. the fight to survive comes in many ways all military conflict is torn of this country for almost four years abdul karim ali faces a daily battle just to feed his family he goes to the market in the city of aden

when he can but finds every day that the little money has buys less and less today it's bread and milk for abdul karim and his four children it makes life harder harder to support growing children harder to keep that knowing hunger away harder to believe tomorrow will be better. as. i choose moken bread according to my potential to eat because as i consider this is a main meal for me and my family and today we cannot see meat and it was usual to eat meat and fish on fridays but unfortunately we are now eating only one meal a day because it is all we can afford. all the stores in the southern port city of aden receive full fewer people can afford what's on display the value of the yemeni reale continues to drop against me to foreign currencies that mixed importing everything the country needs much more expensive prices of going up across the board force they doubled and tripled it's now estimated food and medicine is five

hundred percent more expensive. our local currency is now in constant decline and the central bank has not done what it should do which is to inject foreign currency into the market and consolidate the exchange rate but the different prices and the big rise in the price of the dollar is very difficult as the more the currency loses the more we and our country. last year the yemeni government moved the central bank from who controlled capital center to it it was a step many experts predicted could bring the country to the verge of economic collapse around noon this lemon went bankrupt after moving the central bank to the city of atlanta the legitimate government spent a long time recovering some of the central bank's functions and activated an ad in the legitimate government has not been able to restore the state institutions especially the revenues institutions and therefore could not maintain the revenues in the liberated areas. the internationally recognized government relies on saudi arabia for cash injections which helps pay some public sector wages which goes some

way to halting a complete economic collapse and stop the country running out of food it's estimated almost eighteen million people in yemen like access to good regular nutritious meals but it point four million are on the verge of famine they simply don't know where their next meal is coming from. abdul karim ali in this family today tomorrow. that's another battle alan fischer al-jazeera djibouti. a massive cleanup is underway in southern india's carolla province after the worst floods in a century more than a million people are living in camps with aid workers warning of more damage even as floodwaters are receding andrew thomas has more from kuala. india's government has been offered more than a hundred million dollars by other governments towards the relief effort predominantly those in the middle east where a lot of people from terror work but according to

a report in the times of india india's government is going to essentially say thanks but no thanks india can stand on its own two feet the relief effort is really going at full speed now one hundred million people still in refugee camps and they are being targeted for with food water medicine as we've seen all of that but some people are choosing to leave the evacuation camps and beginning to head home. 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. this is we can do. we're going to. go from there they. 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 relatively high ground the central street almost now dry it's very different to when the greatest volume of water barrel through on saturday after thomas had left. his adult son had stayed behind to help rescue others and say forty could home he took us inside the news generally good a both property and people anybody in this town died low on getting over it will. get all of us. from all of it. all but 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. another hazard.

but all day chouse day the water was dropping and back on the main streets a surprise to the big wheel trucks from the national disaster response force had managed to drive in people. and then queues formed last. yeah. they had the men brought the basics rice biscuits water they also brought hope so they saw in that report there as the water receipts on the weather gets a lot better. but the moment it is things right they get water if you feel that rather than people helping with the rebuilding effort back it's going to take months if not years. or out of the few moments we'll have the weather with steph but still ahead on al-jazeera. tearful farewell for korean families after reunions with relatives separated by war. and the biggest gaming trade fair kicks off in

germany. plus later in sport tiger woods says he's confident of getting the chance to play in colors highest profile team event. by the springtime flowers of a mountain lake. to the first snowfall on a winter's day. hello there we've got twin typhoons in age at the moment you can see the very clearly on the satellite picture two very well defined to our eyes here this is clearly a lot larger than the other one is around one hundred kilometers in diameter so require wieldy and therefore it's not surprising that this one which is more compact has more powerful winds within it and it's also moving quicker so this one then is similar and that's the smaller one the more compact one the one traveling faster the other one is called sulak and cimarron will eventually make landfall

first it might landfall in the southern parts of japan the other one is heading slightly further west so it's heading towards the korean peninsula so similar and then we're expecting landfall around twelve g.m.t. on thursday that's around nine pm local time and when it makes landfall the winds will be sustained at around one hundred sixty five kilometers per hour which if you're used to her reckons of the talk of strength of hearkens that will be a category two if it was a hurricane around the waters of the americas the other one the slightly weaker the moment will continue to weaken as it heads northwards we're expecting landfall around twenty one g.m.t. on friday that's about six am on saturday local time and by the time it makes landfall it will be a tropical storm in strength the rain will be the main issue. there with sponsored by the time. desperate for a better life 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. hand in hand with growing all. refusing to be defined by their mexican women and bringing out their dancing machine. and rediscovering. parts of the viewfinder. this time on our.

top stories this hour transform a lawyer. breaking campaign finance laws during the twenty sixteen election. to pay money to women the president allegedly had affairs with. and in virginia a jury found former truck campaign manager. of a fraud charges both cases emerge from investigation into alleged russian meddling in the twenty sixteen u.s. election. zimbabwe's top court is hearing the opposition party's challenge to last . election results opposition leader nelson chamisa says the vote was rigged in favor of president emerson and doug one who won with just over fifty percent. of

the lawyer of ugandan musician turned politician robert kellen good nine he says his client has beaten him as was beaten inside prison so badly that he cannot stand the politician better known as bobby wine was arrested last week and that sparked violent clashes between police and protesters in the capital kampala on monday the ugandan government denies allegations of assault so who is robert send a musician an actor he is known by his stage name bobby white he has a large youth following with lyrics critical of president yoweri museveni his government last year he want to seat in parliament and has emerged as an influential political figure catherine sawyer is in kampala lifeforce nasser catherine why is bobby wine being tried by the military is that normal in uganda.

we're right outside a catholic cathedral here in kampala where people are gathering to pray for. the charges almost started and people here most of them are young people and they just want to know that he's well they just want to know that he's being treated well as you mentioned he was badly beaten allegedly by the military when they arrested him last week doctors have been allowed to go and see him today there as well we're going to get an update from his family about his condition he's expected to appear before military courts tomorrow when stan the reason why he's been charged he's been court martialed is because of the nature of his charges he has been charged with being in possession of two firearms and ammunition. p.d.f. that's the military and that's why he's been charged but

a lot of people here that you talk to has. trumped up charges the saying that over the years we've seen the government of president seventy. charges to people who are seen as critical people saying that they want to see him released the same that if he indeed he has a case that he should be tried in a regular court. and. threat is he to the president how much support can he rally. i think he's a major threat you just need to see how much the government has. handled this situation in the protests police have been deployed the military has been deployed special forces have been deployed as well people protesters have been based in our politicians journalists as well even the military has come out. and ordering the defense forces. arrest of the soldiers who were involved in beating up

journalists but the question people are asking is why are. why are soldiers in the streets protesters in the first place we've also seen several statements for president in seventy still around the same issue. is very popular as you mentioned before people like him they like his music they dance to his music a lot of people here in uganda who are struggling to make ends meet also relate to him he was brought up in one of the informal informal settlements here in uganda who's a brick make a struggle to get his music to struggle to get where he is people saying that when he's out there. fighting for their rights that he is genuine but the question is how can this momentum or can this momentum be. a lot of people here are discontent about the leadership about the governance but there's also a lot of fear people are fearing if they come out to the streets to protest going

to meet police and the military if they are overly critical of other forums as well they are going to be arrested or there are threats of arrest so it's going to be very interesting to see going forward how this political momentum is going to be sustained and how the dynamics of the politics in uganda are going to play out. now the u.s. has slapped new sanctions on russia this time it's going after shipping companies for violating a ban on trade with north korea the u.s. is expected to impose further sanctions against russia over the poisoning of former russian double agent surrogates cripple in the u.k. mike hanna reports from washington a u.s. senate banking committee hearing on russian sanctions the treasury department reporting back on the punitive measures taken to counter what is described as illicit russian activity against the united states now russia's malign activities continue its adventure in and out of that by the knowledge that we can bring even

more economic pain to be here using our powerful reins of authority and that we will not hesitate to do so if the conduct does not demonstrably and significantly change the latest sanctions are against companies and individuals accused of breaking u.s. sanctions against north korea by shipping in banned items b.s. it's all in the u.s. saw frozen and they are forbidden from doing any business with u.s. companies another set of sanctions due to be introduced on retaliation for the alleged russian poisoning of former agent sergei scriptural and his daughter in the united kingdom russia has tonight any responsibility. but no public mention was made of any of this punitive action at a summit meeting between the u.s. and russian presidents in helsinki. eyebrows were raised as president trump appeared to a few simply praised his russian counterpart just days after twelve russian

intelligence agents were indicted on spying charges in the us and a spike u.s. intelligence agencies confirming russian involvement in the us electoral process it was no review from president trump of president putin's denial he just said it's not russia back in the united states president trump is now waging an all out twitter campaign against a special council appointed to investigate russian collusion in recent months he's used the words witch hunt on more than four hundred occasions but the type special counsel robert miller has not responded to the constant attack from the chief executive not yet imparting any knowledge he may have that accounts for the apparent division between the executive and legislative branches of government as to russian intentions in the united states mike hanna al-jazeera new york.

the latest sanctions on russia are part of a pattern with the trumpet ministration it's been using its economic clout as a political weapon through sanctions or economic tariffs wish she had explains the trump of ministration has been setting new records with its imposition of sanctions on foreign entities though it is continuing a trend we saw under barack obama what is different is the imposition of economic tariffs this administration overtly views the dollar as a weapon and the globalized economy as a battleground. the numbers have been climbing proud of donald trump's presidency but according to the u.s. treasury sanctions were imposed on close to one thousand entities and individuals in twenty seventeen a new record. and busier analysts predict the administration will suppose that number potentially adding more than fourteen hundred entities to the list of those sanctioned he's a president he came into office without much to government experience any with very

limited in the way of stuff relationships with people on the hell of the product executive branch and what sanctions lesson do is execute foreign policy effectively not stop it is unclear sometimes whether the u.s. has a grand strategy when it imposes sanctions is washington trying to change the behavior of those it deems as working against u.s. national interests or simply punishing them without any opportunity for redemption . and there's anyone really believe that russia will forsake crimea for example as a result of sanctions what exactly is the u.s. trying to achieve in the rush to project u.s. power such questions sometimes remain unanswered. at least with the trumpet ministrations imposition of economic tariffs they would seem to be a goal president trump says other countries are exploiting the us economically and that needs to end and that is why we are going to stick together and win for our farmers and our factory workers are still workers here we are all across this nation. the imposition of tariffs began in january with restrictions imposed on

solar panels and washing machines the trunk of ministration said it hopes to boost domestic manufacturing since then china has borne the brunt tariffs have been imposed on thirty four billion dollars worth of chinese imports they went into effect july the sixth and tariffs on an additional sixteen billion dollars of goods will go into effect on august twenty third in addition twenty five percent tariffs on steel and ten percent on elam in human ports have shocked allies such as canada mexico japan and the e.u. . turkey's tariffs of meanwhile been doubled to fifty percent on steel twenty percent on aluminum yet here too there is confusion in imposing the steel and aluminum tariffs donald trump invoked national security his administration is using those tariffs as bargaining chips in trade negotiations how does that square with keeping america safe house long been international grumbling to the sun travelling

to of the u. dollar and financial system to the global economy and it is likely that the frequent deployment of both as weapons often with little recourse for those affected will heighten those complaints in the future. washington hundreds of koreans are returning home from rare reunions with relatives separated by the korean war nearly two hundred south korean boarded buses back home after spending three days at a resort in the north more reunions will take place on friday the leaders of the two koreas agreed to more meetings in june. a man miles leader aung sang suu kyi will lose another international award for refusing to condemn the violence against range of muslims in a high end state will be stripped of her freedom of edinburgh on a day after she defended her government's military crackdown a former nobel peace prize winner has lost seven accolades over the past year for her refusal to act she says terrorism triggered the violence that led to more than

seven hundred thousand range of muslims fleeing to neighboring bangladesh a saudi arabia is seeking the death penalty for a female human rights activist for the first time it. was arrested two years ago she took part in protests against the discrimination of the shia minority in two thousand and eleven she's one of five activists facing execution human rights watch says the charges against them don't resemble any crime. out of german city of cologne is hosting europe's largest video game trade show hundreds of thousands of people will descend on games kong inventors and publishes will rub shoulders with fans all looking for the next big thing in gaming domini cain is live for us there so a dominick what can we expect. some if you like video games and you have the time when you are not this part of western

germany and games come twenty eighty is the event for you this event attracts many hundreds of thousands of people every year drawn by the year at the latest developments in the gaming industry by step out of the shot in the hole that we would cost in front you could see the sorts of experiences that are available here strategy games the latest developments in the major publishers world war two trusty games formula one driving games all sorts of things in this one hole the question is significant these games to the gaming industry let's put that question to my guest with me and in the gaming analyst here in western germany that's what is the significance of this event what is makes it so important that's the most important show here. they need to flex markets you know the market size of the media games markets one hundred billion u.s. dollars it's a people have just found a player told no it's a mobile game but here they come to the shows here six sidemen to compete other

players this is why this is the event has grown into most important video game show rounds was last year what is so special about this this experience here what sort of what will the person who comes to the game and it becomes the game's comfort to see what they take away from their experience here it's condit's excitement it's against their user experience and they told me it's a console a p c c can actually feel it connect drugs or play. i think it's very exciting for them you know it's a mixture like a lock concert and a big fan show me so far as the business of they suspend so it's clearly games developers the publishers marketing agencies obviously they're not doing it from the from the love of the game they're doing this for a profit margin from the business can perspective what sort of revenue can this generate a large companies who have big signs saying yeah that's a total market size about one hundred billion u.s.

dollars and then you see their smaller development studios invents a public listed companies such as they like going to the newbie so if they make really money and it's very profitable. one of the main things here is maybe the questions are all there is about whether people are moving away from the idea of the console based experience out. where they could sit around with friends playing a game in a communal way perhaps towards mobile games the games you can happen in a smartphone or tablet is that reflected here and he's a trained that you think this is happening worldwide that people are moving slightly in their gaming happens it's absolutely drained this is a process and most drawing market segment actually this huge competition here cut over five hundred thousand by games and because those casual games you know people start to play on small buy games and once a likes a games it's a plain experience they are switching ventoux console like from microsoft or from

playstation on in techno and then they have got a different unique gameplay experience but nobody games is clearly one of the most growing.