haps amongst friends and on social media you got to remember that the other star with one cut in the news here in the u. care this rate is around the say p s not taking cancer's for it to try to improve their nakedness we've seen that young man. found not guilty at a much higher rent than the the groups of men so we asked say a long remark people coming forward more and more people claiming that they want to speak out but still a dysfunctional criminal justice system to deal with this sort of number sexual assault allegations that are now being met. and it's so obviously so divisive so emotive and so often it does and the being are his word against hers or you know the sort of the victim. is that possible to change and what would you want to see in place that would make the system fair for everyone because of course there could

be the possibility of someone being accused unfairly absolutely i have absolutely once a system that is is working and his track record but i think that's the only way we can have confidence in the system if somebody is found guilty or not and do not pay and i don't think we've got that confidence at the last minute i mean can we say the cost and this isn't the result of a police investigation so the idea of kind of trying to find witnesses to come. at testify etc hasn't been the time in this for that to fully happen and the full leaks and. we are seeing something a little bit different than we would obviously say if somebody was in a criminal trial of course the whole westmoreland professor of criminology at the university madam thank you so much for sharing your views with us. coming up all the news would the picture is a set to identify one of the suspects in the souls of three nerve gas case as a russian intelligence colonel decorated by president putin. why it's still weird

to see a woman behind the wheel in afghanistan and the captain's picks for the opening round of golf strider cop have been made to joe we'll have all the details and support. the palestinian president has used his speech at the u.n. general assembly to launch a strong attack on the u.s. and israel back with the bass said the u.s. was no longer an independent mediator in the peace process and called on trump to rescind some of the decisions his administration has made but israel's prime minister barely addressed the issue at all our diplomatic editor james bass has more. what me israeli prime minister spoke to the un there was one thing he hardly talked about the palestinians he instead focused on iran claiming

israel had discovered a new nuclear storage facility in tehran he said when told to post about the strength of his relationship with the trumpet ministration so i want to use this opportunity to express israel's appreciation to president trump and ambassador. for the unwavering support they provided israel the united nations the palestinian president gave his message the moment he took to the podium. late. jerusalem is not for sale. and the palestinian people's rights are not up for bargaining. he went on to express his frustration at the actions of the trumpet ministration and. we waited his peace initiative without most patience but we were shocked by decisions and actions he undertook that completely contradict the role and commitment of the us

towards the peace process. it is ironic that the american administration still talks about what they call the deal of the century the palestinians believe that by his actions it's not just that president trump is not synonomous broker he's actively on israel's side and when you listen to the way it's a news conference before he left new york he described the man he's put in charge of peace efforts his own son in law jared kush no it's not hard to see why i think the two state will happen i think we're going to go down the two state road and i'm glad i got it out and jared who is so involved he loves israel he loves israel but he's also going to be very fair with the palestinians you understand it takes two people to be happy to groups of people to be happy everybody's going to be happy and that's why it's so tough the fact he barely mentioned the palestinians i think shows the confidence of benjamin netanyahu in what's going to come out of the chair

of the peace plan which we're being told we revealed in the next four months the palestinians meanwhile already i think believe they're going to have to reject what's in that plan james bays out zero at the united nations i'll share bret as he joins us live now from u.n. headquarters in new york an associate we're going to find out in a couple of months apparently but what's being said there about the so-called deal of the century. i think it was very striking the mahmoud abbas was using the terminology the palestinian rights aren't for sale because everything we've heard about the deal of the century from leaks is that cushion a is going to be replacing the formular of peace for cash for peace it seems that cushion a has decided that there's a more pragmatic young group of the student population who in return for an investment of lots of money for economic development in gaza in the west bank will surrender the right of return of refugees the they will accept illegal israeli settlements

and they'll give up the rights of east jerusalem as a as the capital of a future palestinian state to say no none of these things are for sale no matter how much money you give us in fact abbas had a quite a nice little quip there saying and by the way when we say east jerusalem the capital in east jerusalem we mean the recognized bit of drew some called east jerusalem not some place geographically east jerusalem and that's partly because of another leak that we've had that once again this idea of abu dis being a future house in the capital area east off to resume is in discussion a question of plan but what donald trump and perhaps. donald trump this week seems to be suggesting that it's all part of some great negotiation but he's taken drusilla off the table and when he was in his by lot to what netanyahu said ok that's a big trip the palestinians have given up so now israel will have to give up some big ship what he doesn't seem to understand is no once you take drew some off the table there isn't any chance of a deal that says that hasn't quite sunk in yet. meanwhile benjamin is now in south

doesn't really mention the issue at all during his speech and we focus is on iran and how seriously people they're taking netanyahu claims. i mean he barely mentioned israel palestine. at least it's letting every single bit miffed at me the way you presented was why i gave you all that i cued explosive revelation earlier this year about the archives and no i didn't the thing that i didn't didn't really investigate so i'll give you another explosive revelation about this the storehouse in tehran now after the previous revelation even might compare the us secretary of state said look we've had this information for years it doesn't change the u.s. national intelligence estimate that we've had for many years since two thousand and seven but the iran nuclear weapons program ended in two thousand and three so no one takes it particularly seriously especially at the u.n. because u.n. inspectors and indeed all the signatories of the of the iran nuclear deal who keep on affirming that iran is in complete compliance with the terms of the iranian

nuclear deal and that are now certainly does like his props. u.n. general assembly speeches than see with the latest from the u.n. thank you. the saudi foreign minister is also in new york and has been talking about relations with qatar he says that unless qatar make some changes the tension between the two countries will not be resolved we've taken the steps that we took no dealing with because. you can't over fly airspace you can't import things from our market you we will not you know the military or cop cooperation still ongoing because that's just you and with the u.n. so we do that but the other stuff is all frozen until that huge and i hope they change and if they don't try we're patient people will wait for ten fifteen twenty years fifty years how long did it take you with us to in cuba. meanwhile saudi arabia state news agency says security forces have killed three men suspected of

belonging to one group the operation took place in ca tif a shia muslim area it's reported that the sri man resisted arrest opening fire on security forces when their high that was the scabbard since two thousand and eleven the region has been shaken by protests by members of the shia minority yemen's government has announced it will end its cooperation with a un human rights mission accusing investigators of bias after a report on alleged war crimes a un report last month found that individuals in the government and the saudi led coalition fighting alongside it may have committed war crimes the government has accused the un group of turning a blind eye to the violations committed by who the rebel forces. police in slovakia have detained a number of suspects over the murder of investigative journalist yan krycek and his fiance the couple were both aged twenty seven when they were shot dead at their

home in february could check was investigating political corruption at the time his death prompted protests which forced out the prime minister robert fico as well as the interior minister and police chief. britain's foreign minister says is that a frank exchange of views with his russian counterpart sergey lavrov over russian agents using chemical weapons on british soil it comes after an investigative group identified one of the suspects in the nerve ancient agent attack on a former russian spy in the u.k. as a russian colonel who was decorated by vladimir putin himself or a chalons reports now from moscow investigative group betting current says these photos prove that one of the suspects he went by the name risler bashir of these anatoly chip. the photo on the right was released by british police when he was charged alongside out xander petro of with the attempted murder of former russian agent sergei script and his daughter junia britain said that the men most likely

used aliases when they travel to souls bree to carry out the attack bearing cats and another online investigative sites the insider say chippy go work for the russian military intelligence agency or g.r.u. he was awarded russia's highest honor in two thousand and fourteen typically bestowed by president vladimir putin himself the british governments has long pointed the finger squarely at russian intelligence saying orders for the attack came from the highest corridors of power we have seen what happens when the natural patrick tism which is a cornerstone of a healthy society is warped into aggressive nationalism exploiting fear and uncertainty to promote identity politics at home and belligerent confrontation abroad while breaking rules and undermining institutions and we see this when states like russia flagrantly breach international norms from the seizing of sovereign territory to the reckless use of chemical weapons on the streets of

britain by agents of the russian g.r.u. russia denies any involvement president putin says both men named by the u.k. are civilians and not criminals. by publicly calling for the two men known as bashir of picture over to come forward and saying that the two civilians. in put himself right in the middle of a mess that arguably he should have kept his distance from and reinforce the british argument that the attempted murder and the subsequent alleged cover up go right to the top also that moscow is making a series of mistakes in a russian television interview that drew ridicule internationally as well as in russia two men said they were the pair in the security camera images but that they were just tourists who wanted to see the city's famous cathedral but i live in the us though you put a group of students what we're witnessing is an increase in unsubstantiated rhetoric about the source free of fear at the same time the u.k. is stubbornly avoiding the joint investigation with often several times the

question arises if they don't want to cooperate does this mean they have something to hide we call upon london once again to start a constructive dialogue in order to get to the truth london dismisses those comments as an effort to deflect attention from its findings and these pictures will doubtless add i mean ition to the assertion that moscow ordered an assassination on british soil rory chalons al-jazeera moscow germany has beaten turkey to be named as the host of football's twenty twenty four european championship germany won twelve of the seventeen vote some of the members of the way for as executive committee this is the first time that you a fan has put the human rights record over the bidding countries among the criteria for consideration a factor that may have counted against turkey. well the winner was announced not long after turkey's president touched down in the german capital for a bridge building visit to ease tensions between the two countries so now reports.

it may have only been a year ago that president redshift tayyip erdogan criticized germany's governing coalition as the enemies of turkey so an opportunity to reset the rocky relations between beilin and ankara may be a time one and i'm bishop's task given the disparity on issues such as democratic values but one not both countries can ill afford to ignore as turkey tumbled into a financial crisis it needed a pragmatic solution especially from its largest european export partner turkey needs germany and everyone has understood this so he understands that he cannot afford to offend the germans because that will block his relationship with europe. a trip to germany may have been a logical choice for president a country that's home to the largest turkish diaspora but relations have been tense

since turkey's crackdown following the july twenty sixth failed coup that's all tens of thousands of people imprisoned including some german citizens while supporters of the turkish president have welcomed a visit it is by no means one that the entire community has rallied behind with protest against. a friday. i believe we need to take to the streets on the day not just to demonstrate against something but to demonstrate for something for freedom of the press for democracy and for human rights it is also about showing our government wishes to receive the president to go following the wrong policy but it's not all one sided germany and the why do european union also mean a stable turkey on its doorstep a turkish banking crisis could significantly impact european bad. the syrian refugee crisis continues europe's rising antipathy towards asylum seekers has left it dependent on turkey to control the flow of people fleeing from syria's civil war

. zone through the german side is certain to fulfill does the turkish side germany most vehemently fight islamophobia hostility towards to and take measures the turkish side or rather err on should not use the turks live in germany own policy and with all this in mind the relationship between the two countries may continue being increasingly transactional much will depend on how they negotiate their respective issues could both economic and geopolitical stability al-jazeera. so to come in this news hour trungpa accomplished nothing iran's president returns home with his account of the u.n. general assembly a shrinking habitat why the world's wetlands are under a growing threat and video replay technology gets the green light from european football bosses joe we'll have that and more in sports.

hello this sweeping tranche of cold air that came across eastern europe has a consequence of happens just done here morning second but the next tranche of cold air is with us it'll be a bit further north and i think it'll just stay that funnels so forecast wise you've got temperatures around about the ten marcus talking fourteen for moscow were up to about sixty and also in twenty in kiev has a rise again in twenty four in vienna in fact central and particular western europe is relatively warm for a day or so but that northerly wind will show itself in london down to sixteen on friday northerly winds are going to be cold after all and paris joins you with eighteen on saturday now this trade of green here is showers significant shells maybe rain more likely in kiev and a drop in temperature here but if we drop down to what's happening in the

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welcome back is a reminder of the top stories on al-jazeera christine ford has told the u.s. senate judiciary committee she is one hundred percent certain she was sexually assaulted by supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh in the one nine hundred eighty s. in an angry and emotional testimony shortly after a capital himself said he was completely innocent and refused to withdraw his nomination. and the palestinian president has attacked the u.s. and israel during an address the u.n. general assembly said the u.s. is no longer an independent mediator in the middle east israel's prime minister meanwhile barely mentions the issues instead making new claims about iran's nuclear program. but meanwhile iran's president is claiming a diplomatic victory following his address at the u.n. general assembly and returning to tehran now some rouhani told reporters the u.s. was becoming increasingly isolated among the international community has more now

from the iranian capital before you looked senior leaders in iran were on the fence about whether their president should even attend this year's united nations general assembly the apprehension a sign of how disenchanted iranians are with the international community since the united states pulled out of the twenty fifty nuclear deal. qana me into a tailspin. so as soon as he returned rouhani took to the airwaves in a live address putting down any doubts as to the importance of his visit to new york. the most important thing that was obvious at this year's u.n. g.a. that we saw in the media and also heads of state said it it was the rightfulness of the islamic republic and the iranian nation and bullying by the united states. he said he was able to use the visit to openly explain iran's policy positions within the legal framework of the un the biggest international stage there is and despite

president donald trump's efforts to hurt iran's public relations blitz to maintain the integrity of the twenty fifty nuclear deal ronnie said his american counterpart accomplish nothing that. america has adopted an approach of unilateralism it is indifferent to international organizations and laws it wasn't just our opinion others also mentioned it in different ways they accomplished nothing even during trump speech when he praised his own administration they laughed at him and the american media considered this a humiliation for the u.s. government and their country at home painting an unflattering picture of trump could be seen as shifting blame for iran's economic problems away from his own government. the falling value of the ryal a barometer iranians used to check their country's financial health has made the rouhani administration unpopular at the u.n. the iranian president needed to win the european union representing now four plus one countries basically came and said that they're going to actually take concrete

steps in terms of making sure that the companies that are dealing with iran could do so without facing serious difficulties from the united states iran's leaders hope other nations will help them to legitimately participate in the global economy even after more u.s. sanctions take effect in november and as far as the iranian people are concerned economic relief cannot come soon enough president rouhani assured iranians that america stands alone on the world stage against them his speed seem to signal to his people that if they stick with him and the nuclear deal just like the majority of world leaders he just met that in the end iran will come out on the right side of history zain. indian security forces in kashmir have fired tear gas and shall come pellets of crowds of protesters anti india demonstrations erupted in several areas. say security forces killed an innocent civilian during a raid in kashmir

a soldier and three rebels were killed in two separate gun battles parts of kashmir are now under curfew with authorities also shutting down mobile internet services. and adultery is no longer a crime in india after the country's top court ruled that the law was unconstitutional and discriminatory the law was brought in under british colonial rule in the nineteenth century and it punished adultery with jail time of up to five years it meant that any man who had sex with a married woman without the permission of her husband had committed a crime a petitioner had challenge the law saying it discriminated against men by holding them liable while treating women as objects the move has been welcomed by activists . it is a good judgement and come to judgment because this was a very. rich should have no modern

society treats human as property. i just find this. good and it is good that it is. so positive moves in india when it comes to women's rights and while afghanistan is making some progress in the areas of women's rights and others changes much slower women are allowed to drive but very few do because of the abuse and threats that they face from men who see women behind the wheel as an affront to afghan culture tony berkeley reports now from the capital kabul. to cope with driving in kabul you need nerves of steel and a strong heart the afghan capital has some of the most challenging driving conditions anywhere more than half a million vehicles compete for space on narrow roads is difficult for the experienced driver but downright daunting for a learner and even more so if you're a woman it's not easy because even though women are allowed to drive by law many

men say culturally it is wrong that they are better than me again there are lots of men he verbal abuse you they block your car next to cyclists right alongside shouting bad things no one helps us other memories i driving school instructors teach them about road signs and engines and prepare them psychologically for the abuse they will face. the women sometimes say they don't want to drive again because of the abuse but i tell them you need to fight these people not given just ignore them there's nothing you can do. three thousand five hundred learners of pass their tests through the school forty percent of them women to persevered they have to be competent and also mentally tough for them would be good in one thousand maybe i want to take my car out to get my groceries if i need to get to hospital or go to work i go to work to earn money and put it in my pocket i like my dinner if. and when the taliban were in control women were forbidden to drive but outside of

the main cities it is rare even now to see a woman behind the wheel in the last fifteen years garbles traffic department has issued more than seven hundred thousand driving licenses to men but only three thousand and fourteen for women the has been real progress in women's rights mainly here in the capital but that hasn't gone as far as the car. in this conservative society many men here see it as a male only dumain. the women are just driving for fun not facilitating people they are creating problems for us they should drive in a specific time when we are not working. some women find it all too much and give up driving but others like in july typify the resolve of the modern afghan woman. that we don't care about their abuse and we will carry on driving because god has ordered in the koran that there is no difference between men and women we are more educated and can stand on our own feet. society is changing albeit slowly but the

women drivers of afghanistan there was a long road ahead before they are fully accepted tony berkeley al jazeera kabul. a new report paints a bleak picture of the state of wetlands throughout the world lakes rivers estuaries and marshes among others are shrinking at an alarming rate the remstar conventional wetlands says what it considers the most economically value ecosystem in the world is this appearing three times faster than forests the group's research shows thirty five percent of what lands worldwide were lost in the last fifty years a process which is accelerated since the year two thousand the report says losses have been driven by climate change population increase and organization well day out this is the director of resource mobilization and outreach ad the rams are a secretary if that's the body behind the study and he joins us live now from london switzerland via skype sir thank you so much for joining us here on

al-jazeera first of all just explain to us briefly why wetlands are so important. so wetlands are a most valuable ecosystem and the reason for their serious fears several cold first we rely on whelan's for water and most of the world's fresh water is grant them weapons importantly weapons are the world's largest carbon store as an example people and store twice as much carbon as all the world's poorest yet they only represent three percent of global landmass we depend on whelan's for food raw materials medicines forty percent plant and animal species live in breeding where it runs more than a billion people depend on wetlands for their livelihood so when you add all these different services that whelan's provide we know our from our study that they are

the most valuable ecosystem and their value exceeds by a factor of five x. the value that we see tropical forests and it's interesting that regions in the world have lost what lens at a slightly different rates a latin america has actually lost fifty nine percent of its wetlands whereas asia has sort of only lost thirty two percent i'm saying you know in inverted commas because actually asia has the most wetland so that's still globally speaking a huge loss what's going wrong in these individual areas a what what would you say the factories are. so it's difficult to compare graphic regions because there are a number of differences but i think what one can conclude from the study is the rate of loss you know whether it be latin america africa. yes hi and the drivers behind this loss are several fold the primary kind of

element of the last is wetlands are not appreciated for the value that they provide so when you look at competing demands or interests for these lands very often they're viewed as waste land so whether it be urban development agriculture. development for recreation whelan's or lost and what's critical and what this report puts the spotlight on is if we citizens policymakers and business better understand the multiple benefits that wetlands and provide will be able to make better decisions as to how we use these lands and we will reduce the conversion or the loss of these lands for alternative uses as i mentioned such as agriculture urban development industry and so forth and certainly hope that you know more focus is put on this subject as part

of a more general on climate change say al this from the rams are a secretary at so i thank you for sharing your views with us thank you and still ahead on the news hour from california startup to global corporations selling insights into all of our lives we search back through twenty years of google and in sports have veteran american player fires a warning shot to the europeans on the eve of golf's biggest team tournament show's going to have the latest on the vita culch. business updates.

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