supremes kolpak of sexual assault say she's agreed to testify before a senate committee christine blazin forward says brett kavanaugh assaulted her to posse in one nine hundred eighty two she's expected to go to war before the senate judiciary committee next week ahead of kavanagh's confirmation hearing he denies the allegations so let's get more on this from john hendren in washington so john we now have confirmation that christine blazin fold will testify against brett kavanaugh what the details still need to be what doubts. that's right mary and we seem to have an end to this game of congressional chicken that's been going on ever since christine busey ford accused brett kavanaugh of sexual assault thirty six years ago it went that she was being asked to meet certain conditions or the committee chairman chuck grassley was saying he would go ahead and hold a vote on monday without hearing her testimony she would ignore those deadlines and say the committee was bullying and inappropriate well now we have an agreement on that there are a few details to be worked out but none of them seem to be deal breakers her

attorney is now talking to the committee about those details the committee would like this to happen on wednesday they want questions to be asked by outside counsel this is presumably because all of the republicans on the committee are men and they don't like the look of men asking harsh questions ever so they're hoping to find a female counsel who can do that they would also like cavanagh to go second to be able to rebut anything she says now if she would like to go on thursday she wants the questions to be asked by the senators themselves and she also wants to go second to be able to rebut anything that kavanagh has to say but none of those things are likely to stop this from going forward this is likely to happen next week and meanwhile everybody is a lining up on what they think will happen the vice president of the united states mike pence spoke to a group called value voters today this is what he had to say. but honestly the way some democrats have conducted themselves during this process is a disgrace. and

a disservice to the senate and the american people that being said the president are confident that senate republicans will manage this confirmation properly with the ut most respect for all concerned and i believe the judge brett kavanaugh will soon be justice brett kavanaugh and take his seat on the supreme court of the united states of america. clearly trying to ministration a confident that right calvin all will be a supremes but how does all this impact his prospects. well it's not just the vice president president trump has tweeted that if this happened thirty six years ago she should have reported it suggest he's questioning her legitimacy there and then you've got mitch mcconnell the u.s. senate leader for the republican party saying that brett kavanaugh will be the next supreme court justice of the united states so this is all really setting up for

a fiery confrontation between those two sides is a bit reminiscent of the one nine hundred ninety one clarence thomas hearings in which anita hill accused him of sexual harassment and he responded to that bad hearing was actually more complete than we're expecting to see now despite the fact that this is all playing out in the me to hear it from the anita hill case there was an f.b.i. examination that looked into the facts of the case now christine ford has asked for that the committee has said no in that case as well there was testimony by other people this committee is suggesting that will not take place meanwhile there's been a bit of an embarrassment for the republicans a spokesman for the republicans on that committee had to resign that is because it was discovered that he had been fired from a previous job for sexual harassment that twenty nine year old man denies those charges but said that he had resigned because he did not want to be a distraction in any case this all looks likely to go forward next week the developments do indeed continue john hendren brain from washington still ahead for

you on the program on the eve of the presidential election but he's right the head coach has all of the opposition campaign. and why hong kong's new high speed rail link to the rest of china is provoking process despite ongoing johnny tines. hello again it's good to have you back well this hour we are going to start in. we did have some clouds pushing through sydney but over the next few days temperatures are going to be dropping particularly down here across much of the south first of all a sunny day across much of the area here on sunday brisbane a few clouds pushing out towards the east sydney eighteen up to the north darwin is going to be a warm on at about thirty four degrees there but as we go towards the beginning of

the week we're going to notice that temper start to moderate just a little bit with adelaide seeing about seventeen degrees there over towards new zealand so temperatures are going to be dropping over the next few days a minute show you what's going to be happening we still have a messy scenario here in terms of rain and clouds but notice christ church on sunday sixteen degrees for you that is about average for this time of year but then as we go towards monday that really begins to drop down so high temperature only expecting to be about nine and even picking up a little bit of snow right there in the higher elevations so late spring snow for you but up towards auckland some winds in your forecast maybe sixteen degrees there very quickly appear towards northern asia we are going to be seeing not too bad of a day on sunday the front has slipped away but that's only one day because as we go towards monday more clouds in the picture we don't expect to see much in terms of rain but cloudy for tokyo and a warm day for you with temperatures of thirty. from

city hospitals to community health centers change is happening across china. and for one six year old boy there is now hope. on the border you just saw is from the countryside he came to a big hospital and experienced doctors performed the operation for him. how to care for one point four billion people china's unique challenge on the people's code on al jazeera. welcome back a quick look at the top stories this hour iran's president has promised a crushing response off the gunmen opened fire on

a military parade marking the start of the iran iraq war at least twenty five people were killed many were members of iran's revolutionary guards two days after a ferry capsized in tanzania as survivors been found in an air pocket in the upturned vessel at least two hundred eighteen people died after the vessel tipped over close to the shore of lake victoria and a woman who's accused president trump supreme court pick of sexual assault has agreed to testify before a senate committee next week. now in other news we're following the u.s. has killed at least eighteen al shabaab fight says in an estrich about fifty kilometers outside of the southern somalia city of kismayo it follows an attack on american and local forces on the ground u.s. involvement in somalia has grown out of the presidency of donald trump with at least twenty as strikes carried out. well elsewhere a roadside bomb has killed at least eight children in afghanistan and injured six others all the victims of the explosion in the northern faria province were aged between five and twelve years old they were playing close by when the bomb exploded

police are blaming the taliban who often plant roadside bombs to target afghan security forces last the maldives where police have raided the main campaign office of the opposition candidate the head of sunday's election president abdullah yemeni has been in office since two thousand and thirteen is seeking a second five year term in recent months he systematically silenced opposition voices including two former presidents the country's first democratically elected leader mohamed nasheed was convicted on terrorism charges in two thousand and fifteen and is now in exile in sri lanka the other is yemenis half brother maumoon abdul day you he was sentenced to nineteen months earlier this year accused of joining forces with the opposition to try to oust the president and then chief justice of dilla saeed in another judge ighly hamid were arrested earlier in the year after they delivered a ruling that the opposition had been given fair trials alex could top police reports. it's famous is a holiday on its destination popular with newlyweds on their honeymoon but in the

run up to the presidential election in the maldives on sunday there are allegations by the opposition intimidation and security crackdown we keep saying there are going to be. but we take part in them believing that our support is so all the that we will be able to overcome that. despite the alleged intimidation opposition challenger it bring him home and so there has been campaigning for votes president abdullah i mean is aiming for a second term he declared a fifteen day state of emergency this year provoking concerns the country is sliding towards authoritarianism i would like to call it an undemocratic dictatorship now the current regime president whatever he was doing of course it is like kind of authoritarian kind of rid of good but then what are you doing he's doing through you know constitutional means like he is changing though

consideration amending the constitution. as well his convenience. given his boost to the economy using cheap chinese loans for large infrastructure projects such as the chinese multi-use friendship bridge opened last month after four years of construction. the apparent reliance on large chinese loans has raised concerns about china's increasing influence as the chinese buy with india for a say in the strategically situated indian ocean look appellate go. public school topless zero to zero a chinese hospital ship is docked at the venezuelan capital. the peace ark is on an eleven nation mission harmony tour its arrival follows the announcement in august that the u.s. was sending its own hospital ship to neighboring colombia to provide medical treatment venezuela migrants that officials in venezuela are saying the u.s. deployment is a precursor for military intervention washington says it will announce

a new series of actions against venezuela next week meanwhile on friday dozens of people brought the andean city of san cristoval to a standstill when they blocked roads with their cars to protest at gas shortages and israel has the world's largest proven oil reserves. that was we're tired we've been waiting for days in line for the gas truck to arrive this is a country of gasoline and there's no gasoline. the opening of hong kong's first high speed rail link to the rest of china has been greeted by protests pro-democracy groups are angry that passengers will have that document stamped by chinese immigration offices and be subject to chinese law while travelling across hong kong express rail link will connect hong kong with friends and one job and give travelers access to forty four mainland stations on a high speed network dramatically reducing travel times it cuts the journey from hong kong to shands in across the border from one hour to fourteen minutes a journey from hong kong to beijing via joe was twenty four hours the new express

rail will reduce that to around nine hours but critics say it's still longer and more expensive than flying sarah clarke reports from hong kong. it's three years behind sched jewel and three billion dollars over budget the hong kong china high speed rail link is now officially open carry. the city's chief executive kerry lamb was joined by the governor guandong declaring the megaproject a bright light on china's calling card so yes i'd fight so if further perfect this transport system and promotes cultural economic and social exchanges between hong kong and china express train links hong kong to forty four mainland cities it's hard travel times delivering passengers to go on joe in less than an hour he moves all through this we hope integrate hong kong and macau into the overall development plan of china but the project has been shrouded in controversy hong kong's

legislative council passed a bill to allow joint immigration checkpoints in the terminal passages from china will be inspected here not at the border for the first time mainland officials will enforce national laws on hong kong soil around a quarter of the terminal will come on the mainland jurisdiction to be designated signed which will include the joint immigration checkpoints but critics argue importing nationals here in hong kong is yet another attempt by beijing to tighten its grip on the former british territory. five for democracy groups have led the protests they say the joint checkpoints undermine hong kong's autonomy under the one country two systems deal adopted with the territory was handed back to china for certain it's damaging to one country two systems and that is what we've been promised. at the basic law and also from you know. you know back to twenty years ago and now when you look at it that may be just the beginning that's what we're

really about the government says the joint immigration checkpoints will save passengers clearing immigration twice but it raises alarm bells for pro-democracy groups who believe the city's political future is at stake. it appears to be no deterrent to the public though with tickets sold out this weekend sarah clarke al-jazeera hong kong. the vatican and china have signed a historic agreement recognizing the appointment of seven state appointed chinese catholic bishops equal was announced as pope francis arrives in lithuania to begin a four day trip to the baltic countries it's a breakthrough in what has been a frosty diplomatic relationship for decades of whether the pope or the government in beijing should appoint china's bishops vatican spokesman says it's an important step forward this is not the end of a process it's really the beginning it's also important to remember that while it's come to fruition under pope francis. pope benedict have a letter to chinese catholics in two thousand and seven he was working for the same

goal. john paul the second had made legitimate a number of illegitimately ordained bishops so this this is really the work of thirty years and three pontificates. the u.k.'s main opposition party is warning it will call for a general election if the governments breaks that deal falls short. corbin says he will challenge prime minister to resume a on any deal made with brussels on friday may said talks with the e.u. had reached an impasse and called for the block to come up with a viable counter proposal person is due to leave the e.u. in macho. the american documentary make a michael moore has released a film that has u.s. president donald trump's rise to that of hitler as fahrenheit eleven nine is the sequel to his controversial film fahrenheit nine eleven about george w. bush it's also a play on the day trump won the u.s. election. gabriel amazon has more now from new york.

he's one of america's most popular documentary makers and he's also one of the most polarizing and focusing his lens on everyone from george w. bush now watch this drive from my dad to the national rifle association to the u.s. health care system it was only a matter of time before michael moore set his sights on america's polarizing president donald trump. how. did this happen you know his latest movie fahrenheit eleven nine dative the two thousand and sixteen presidential election michael moore examines the reasons why trump won what seemed at first like an unlikely race to the presidency and most controversially at one point compares his rise to that of adolf hitler in germany in the one nine hundred thirty s. richard penus a professor of film studies at columbia university he recently hosted a q. and a with more on the new movie he thinks the comparison is fair here and read

statements that are terrifying you know coming from the president or some of his underlings it's important to realize i think that fascism is one thing and like every other system it evolves so i think fascism of the one nine hundred thirty s. would not be fascism in the twenty first century will have its own characteristics the movie is wide ranging in scope using examples as diverse as the parklane school shooting to the polluted water crisis in his hometown flint michigan to get the point across a scattergun approach that he's been criticized for in his past films one of the things about michael's films that there's a certain or shocks quality you know just a guy who has a camera and i'm going out there whatever after a while they began to i think where at least on me in terms of a political tool there's less of that here so i think you really shows what he wanted to film very very closely and i think the sequences are are very well

constructed. michael moore says you intends fahrenheit eleven nine to be a wake up call to america showing people not only how donald trump got into office but how they can take him out but with so many people having already made up their mind about this proudly liberal filmmaker some argue all he's doing is preaching to the already converted gabriel's and oh i'll just see the new york. all morning everything we're covering right here don't forget you can watch us live there as well the address is al jazeera dot com. just a quick update of the top stories we're covering iran's president has promised a crushing response after gunmen opened fire on a military parade marking the start of the iran iraq war at least twenty five before killed during the attack in the city of was the dead include members of iran's revolutionary guard and women and children while two armed groups of claim

responsibility for the shooting iran's government blames gulf countries with ties to the u.s. and israel. two days after a ferry capsized in tanzania a survivor has been rescued the ship's engineer was found alive in an epoch it's inside the out time fassel after navy dies divers heard him knocking is one of forty one survivors at least two hundred eighteen people died after the vessel tipped over close to shore of lake victoria when out of the philippines where quarrying operations have been suspended in seven regions after the latest fatal landslide at least twenty nine people have been killed and rescuers searching for forty still missing after a hillside collapsed on thursday near a limestone quarry in naga city on separate island the collapse was triggered by monsoon rains. in the u.s. a woman who's accused president trump supreme court pick of sexual assault has confirmed she will testify before a senate committee christine blazin forward says brett kavanaugh assaulted her it's

a policy in one nine hundred eighty two she has to go before the senate judiciary committee next week ahead of kavanagh's confirmation hearing john hendren has an all we seem to have an end to this game of congressional chicken that's been going on ever since christine bussy ford accused brett kavanaugh of sexual assault thirty six years ago it went that she was being asked to meet certain conditions or the committee chairman chuck grassley was saying he would go ahead and hold a vote on monday without hearing her testimony she would ignore those deadlines and say the committee was bullying and inappropriate will now we have an agreement on that there are a few details to be worked out but none of them seem to be deal breakers and police and the maldives have raided the main campaign office of the opposition presidential candidate abraham mohammed sali head of elections on sunday president abdullah yemeni has been in office since two thousand and thirteen is seeking a second term in office. as the top stories you find

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