had been some hope that kim would be granted bail by the courts in phnom penh given that over the last few days we've seen several people released from prison either having received pardons or having being granted bail such as journalists land rights activists and in one case a political analyst but it seems that releasing at the moment was seen perhaps as a step too far for the government and a judiciary that seen as far from independence will remain in jail awaiting trial on treason charges he wasn't in court for the bail hearing in fact he's only been to court once since he was arrested in september last year this all happening after july's general election in which the ruling party the cambodian people's party of prime minister who in saying who's been in power for thirty three years won all one hundred twenty five seats in the national assembly. you are with the news hour coming up next we'll be checking out the.

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business updates. thank you so much t.v. it's been another action packed day at the asian games thirty one gold medals were up for grabs on wednesday adding not surprisingly china took their fair share they're still way out in front at the top of the medals table they have thirty

eight golds which is eighteen clear of japan in second place david stokes has more . on. the road they were trying to continue to dominate these games the men's badminton team the latest acclaimed gold beating host indonesia to win the title for a sixth time. that was a shock for the women's team though they were denied what would have been there six straight gold by japan breaking a run which started twenty years ago. in the pool joseph schooling provided a rare break in the dominance of china and japan the olympic champion took singapore's first gold in the hundred metres butterfly. normal service resumed after that japan and china split the other seven golds on offer with two days left of competition in the pool looked on fourteen goals each. japan's basketball team

were in action for the first time since four of their players were sent home for visiting jakarta's red light district the eight remaining players won a close match against hong kong eighty six points to eighty two was the first gold of the day had gone to south korean cyclists. in the women's hundred kilometer road race. and later in the day north korea celebrated to. chole when the men sixty nine keno weightlifting to claim their second gold medal of these games. india picked up the second shooting gold rush the sun about taking the twenty five mi to pistol title not that she's planning on celebrating nothing but the people we are because this is this is the thing what i have to do i had to do i wanted to do so i don't think even same i design depending on things that i toil and spend certainly know how to celebrate they saw their team win a six straight gold in the sepik to call men's reggae final i some spectacular

moves from the team in red helped them beat malaysia and some equally impressive celebrations followed but will we see them again there's talk of the sport being dropped to china twenty twenty two on monday when i was. there we have great confidence in the international federation and the asian federation and they're working hard so that we raise the awareness of the sport and bring the excitement of the sport to the people and was it will be a sad occasion if it is not included in the asian games anymore i would feel very sad for the younger generation it would mean i would not be able to show the world how the game is played tall and a one twenty two of the thirty three gold medals since separate to cruel was first included in the games in nine hundred ninety their players and friends can only hope they get the chance to add to that tally in four years time david stokes al-jazeera. as we just heard there are several indigenous sports on show at these games the diversity on the world's largest

continent means that many countries have sports found nowhere else scott heiler has more on how the games help keep these sports alive. the ancient indonesian martial art of insects is making its asian games debut this year. it's one of several sports during the two weeks of competitions that is unique to asia and one that few outside the region have ever seen before but the coach for the malaysian team is confident that's changing and being an event in the games will help. this is the first time. is in the asian games i'm proud to and i hope to continue to be a tournament sport in asia and maybe someday be in the olympics there are thousands of penstock see like clubs across indonesia the head of this local one here in jakarta feels that the sport's exposure in the asian games grows recognition and interest globally. de deportee also says that the sport is expanding its country

of origin two it's now mandatory at all schools. with the games in indonesia that has become even more popular among children teenagers and adults it really helps. the body started in india thousands of years ago it's essentially a game of full contact tag thank you nice when indonesian and other countries asian countries are taking by going to that because they haven't seen the mean. so that. to see this kind of playing by these indonesian countries. unlike the homegrown pen sexy lot of body is just starting to gain ground in indonesia. and. the asian games allow these lesser known sports the opportunity to share center stage with the widely popular sports like football or basketball giving

athletes of all ages the opportunity to experience something new either from the sidelines or on the pitch or al-jazeera jakarta. the spanish footballers union says players could go on strike if the league doesn't scrap plans to play games in the united states captains invite captains from all twenty clubs the met to discuss the matter in madrid although some clubs are in favor of the union says the players are unanimously opposed to taking games outside of spain last week the leader agreed a fifteen year deal with media company relevant to play one regular season game in the us the players' union president said the captains are surprised and angry that such an important decision was taken without being consulted the players are unanimously against that is none of them are in favor of it the time has come to say enough the players are tired and willing to go to the ends. the french

broadcaster r m c sport is reporting that former france arsenal and barcelona striker terry henri has agreed to become the coach of bordeaux armory was belgium's assistant coach but this would be his first job as head coach ordo are looking to replace gus poyet two was suspended last week for criticizing their transfer dealings and he is cricket captain virat kohli has dedicated their win over england to those people affected by the floods in the indian state of carolina india took the one wicket they needed to wrap up victory in the third test by two hundred three runs england lead the series two to one with two tests left to play. tiger woods says he's as surprised as anyone on his recent golf resurgence the former world number one is preparing for his latest p.g.a. tour event the forty two year old will tee off at the northern trust open in new jersey on thursday the fourteen time major champion who finished second at the u.s.

p.g.a. championship has never won the northern trust open before but is now one of the fan favorites. of an awfully don't want to follow on to one of us. in the world and for what i do for a living. that's taller than most people understand that. one of the biggest of the younger generation and what are we to do and. you can see more difficult. and that's all your support for now it's now back to dimia and london. thanks for that far and that's another kind of sports of sorts hundreds of thousands of people in cologne are revving up their engines firing tanks and smashing castle walls with super mario and others all in the virtual world of gaming the german cities hosting this year's games column that's europe's largest video game trade show and dominic cain was there. if you like video games then this is the place for you games com twenty eighteen where game is going with each other in person and online and for

some what counts are the sights and sounds of virtual combat with people taking turns to fly to digital is surrounded by remind us to find comfort and of course all the major names and games here games come for us as an opportunity to reach more consumers in one place than really anything else we do all year three hundred fifty thousand gamers are here and so we're bringing all of our latest games our latest part of our latest track to let people experience the big games that are coming for this holiday and beyond. but what about the here and now in a whole lotta whole there are legions of enthusiastic didn't like their heroes drawn by the chance to play at games in person they normally do at home and often the interest level in a particular game is shown by the length of the queue to get you up and just which ones to leave you for three days and so to do to make sure it's

no good for the people who voted on. their side of the play waiting for the next ball but nevertheless situated suggest ways to game your life again it's always worth it one interesting feature and games gone reflects a trend in modern gaming away from consoles to all smartphones and tablets specifically designed to optimize digital play something several of them say will define their future performance all mobile game experience will be boy in florida immersive and together with others as hardware and software for buy it or we can made this whole ecosystem grow in the brain of the users the best experience for the future. right now some people think this is one of the best experiences after launching last year for knight now has more than one hundred million players and it's earning its makers more than one hundred million dollars a month it's already won three prestigious awards and for many here it's

a clear favorite dominic al-jazeera at the games come festival in cologne. well you won't find any video games but you will find plenty of information on us on our website to find that go to zero dot com that is from ed from him for the news hour but i will be back in just a moment the point. on the streets of greece anti immigrant violence is on the rise there or you have to go from other potential understand that this is all fun fusses them and

increasingly migrant farm workers of victims a vicious beatings. a slum is helping the pakistani community to find a voice the stories we don't often hear told by the people who live them undocumented and under attack this is iraq on al-jazeera. the sams in archaeology graduate from iraq he's also a part time going to billings pergamon museum which includes a reconstruction of the famous ishtar gate in bubble most of the people he's showing around came to germany as refugees this is just one of several berlin museums taking part in the project called a meeting point and as well as bringing people together one of its aims is to emphasize the contribution of migrants right up to the pro. to western culture. because i've been here for some time i can help them with lots of things but news is forward for me the great thing is it's not just about museums about forming a new part of life it's culture. goes hand

in hand with growing all. refusing to be defined by the mexican women and bringing out their dancing machine. and rediscovering their you. one step at a time. by john. part of the viewfinder and latin america. this time. he wanted me to take a bullet for donald trump but the president's former lawyer michael cohen now says he's ready to tell the russia probe everything he knows.

from london also coming up. thousands flee venezuela a country that's been also become too dangerous for mothers and pregnant women. zimbabwe's opposition heads to court in a bid to overturn the presidential results that cesspit was riddled with form. and it was billed as the biggest i.p.o. ever but saudi arabia has reportedly canceled plans to list state oil giant armco. donald trump's former lawyer who on tuesday implicated the u.s. president in campaign violations now says he's happy to help with robert miller's investigation into collusion between the trump campaign ad russia michael consul are also says he wouldn't accept a pardon from the president because he wants nothing more to do with the administration now trump insists he's done nothing wrong and is accusing cohen of

making up stories and gallagher has all reports. he wants city take a bullet to donald trump now michael cohen is offering to help an investigation the president has repeatedly called a witch hunt on tuesday donald trump's longtime lawyer and fixer pleaded guilty to campaign finance violations cohen told the court he was directed by trump to make payments to two women he's alleged to have had affairs with cohen's lawyer says the fifty one year old is now more than happy to help special counsel robert muller's investigation into alleged collusion between the trump campaign and russia my observation is that michael cohen knows information that would be of interest to the special counsel in my opinion regarding both know about a conspiracy to corrupt american democracy by the russians robert miller's investigation centers on a meeting between campaign aides in a russian delegation that promised to dish political dirt on hillary clinton

cohen's lawyer has indicated his client has direct knowledge of the meeting with. donald trump knew it was happening something the president denied of the president knew about it and there is other evidence in addition to michael cohen just basically saying it on his own then the president at this point could be won his way on a very fast pace to impeachment at the first press briefing since cohen's appearance in court so how could the sunda says the president has nothing to hide as the president has stated on numerous occasions he did nothing wrong there are no charges against him and this just because michael cohen made a plea deal doesn't mean that implicates the president on any. on the same day cohen pled guilty in new york the president's former campaign manager paul manifold was found guilty on eight charges of tax and bank fraud both cases sprang from a list team leading one republican to say it's proof miller's investigation is anything but a witch hunt democrats say trump's legal woes a far from over to take

a step back president trump's campaign manager was convicted of federal crimes president trump's personal attorney pled guilty to federal crimes president trump's first national security advisor pled guilty to federal crimes a foreign policy adviser to his campaign pled guilty to federal crimes and more trials are coming these two cases may now be the biggest threat to donald trump's presidency cohen's lawyer says his client is now liberated to speak truth to power and there are unconfirmed reports cohen has tapes from space will remain loyal but with november's midterm elections approaching the stakes have never been higher and he gallacher al-jazeera at the white house. chuck hauser is an executive director of the center for economic and policy research he runs a project to increase scrutiny on the white house and he says trump should be worried about michael cohen's testimony and trying to shut down the investigation would be politically dangerous. michael cohen knows

a lot about trump's business practices including business deals with russian oligarchs going back at least a decade michael cohen knows all sorts of things about the trump organization and potentially the trump foundation trump's imperiled founded a charitable foundation and it seems likely that he would know some stuff of interest to robert muller but i think that it's an important to note that donald trump's liabilities are include russia but argo much broader than that and michael cohen is a deep threat to his entire presidency donald trump cannot stop these investigations directly he would have to start firing a series of people at the justice department in order to make these investigations go away and as of now it appears that he can he would wish to do that but he cannot do it because there must be some hidden reservoirs of spine among congressional republicans who said that that would be a bridge too far they've obviously been willing to go very far with donald trump

but i think terminating this investigation is a bridge too far for congressional republicans so i think donald trump is in the very endangered position it's very hard to see what his next moves are. there's been a growing humanitarian crisis along venezuela's borders with neighboring states thousands of venezuelans are fleeing an economic crisis security is also deteriorating and expectant mothers are some of the most at risk there's been a huge rise in women crossing into brazil to give birth and that's due to a lack of ante natal care medicine and even nappies back in venezuela there is a bo has been to camp and which is brazil's border with venezuela. this is the city of i mean this is about three hours away from the border between brazil and venezuela and this is

a shelter that was set up to attend the venezuelan refugees there's about nine shelters like this one in the city and in each one of them there is between six hundred and seven hundred people living here it was set up by the federal government with the help of the united nations refugee agency and here people are provided with food shelter and they're helped later on get an idea so that they can go to other parts of brazil or to other countries the government is trying to lose people away from this border areas and send them to other parts of brazil mostly especially after the violence that took place in this state between brazil brazilians and venice well and refugees over the weekend a camp was attacked by brazilians and people where violence from one side of the border from the brazilian side of the border towards venezuela people here would like to go somewhere else to find work but the process has not been fast enough the

united nations refugee agency is saying that they need at least forty six million dollars to cope with the refugee crisis by venezuelans all around latin america but so far they have only received around seven percent well ecuador in peru are tightening their border roles to try and stem the migration crisis from venezuela and alexander. and really talk about the ecuador colombia border i was under as we know ecuador is one of the countries that's now imposed a passport on those migrants before they could travel just id cards and now they need passports what's been the impact and fallout from that. well ecuador is to risk the restriction came into play in effect on august eighteenth five days ago at the time there were roughly forty five hundred venezuelan migrants crossing this bridge where we are on a daily basis that now we're down to less than five hundred so this is the main

effect that has happened since the instant the introduction of this restriction the first couple of days that there was a build up of migrants here without passports most venezuelans don't have passports it's very difficult and very expensive for them to get wind in the economic situation they have bad back home because they're traveling with the their i.d.'s which was legal until just a few days ago when nick rather started this restriction so the question is what happened with more than four thousand people i used to cry right here in a daily basis in our not anymore we spoke to the red cross we spoke to other getting patients here and they said that most likely they're crossing illegally through dirt roads to continue their journey and that most of them are in a hurry we also spoke to some of them here they're in a hurry because they're trying to reach through before next saturday when all took the rules start requesting then passport to continue their journey and.

we're hearing that the ecuadorian ombudsman is challenging this passport only ruling in the cost of constitutional court can you tell us more about that. that is the case and they were able to bring that to a first level. a court there was a hearing earlier today in their capital quito but then finally the judge decided to postpone their decision on friday so the situation there a restriction will remain in place at least until friday they will have to hear what that judge decision will be in case the negative decision the r.b.a. office of the armed with the man already said that he will appeal and he's ready to bring it all the way through the constitutional court up to the constitutional court whether he says that this is a humanitarian crisis and

a government that neck with or at least a humanitarian basis should let all when it's well and go through legally and that having a huge illegal poppy do will only create more problems i was under i'm pretty good to get that update from you thank you very much zimbabwe's top courts will decide on friday whether to overturn are appalled emerson money god question i thirty election victory now opposition leader nelson jimmy says says the vote was rigged in favor of president monegan who had just won with just over fifty percent has more details from harare. some political analysts are calling it the most important court battle in zimbabwe sensible consigned to nice cheese and trial more than ten years ago the main opposition leader nelson chamisa is challenging president in a synagogue was election when at the constitutional court people who went inside court watch the proceedings from home and restaurants. well the results show that

when a goggle won by a narrow margin opposition supporters are hoping the judges will declare chamisa the winner i'm hoping they will go through the evidence as a necessity and given what's just all come from all over me in favors or missing me the case is seen as a test of the independence of the country's highest court once judges make a ruling the verdict cannot be appealed i think the courts that must endure reads in good faith so that's everyone must kiss its flight after the ruling of the courts no meds are weak. or amends always going to the zits. what circumstances or anything that that is has been i've been in before i think we do we are just expecting everything to be free and the opposition says there was a massive doctrine of results it wants to.