instead focused on iran claiming israel had discovered a new nuclear storage facility in tehran he then went on to boast 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 here really for the unwavering support they provided israel at the united nations the palestinian president gave his message the moment he took to the podium unpunctual a settled by jerusalem is not for sale. but how both the sharman 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 an eleven minute we waited his peace initiative with that most patient but we were shocked by decisions and actions he undertook that completely contradict the role and commitment of the us towards the peace process i mean 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 an honest 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 to that and jarrett 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 is 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 and what's going to come out of

the chair and cushion 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 pais al-jazeera at the united nations still ahead. train links between baghdad and starts after four years. on andrew thomas in assam states india across rural parts of this country many people still believe in witchcraft now a new laws being passed to stop the murders and suicides but all too often the accusations. how they were having had some pretty big downpours in the last day or so they're still well scattered largely i think over sumatra and northern borneo is where the

satellite would suggest heavy showers have been put in there in the forecast as well so if you're in sumatra possibly kuala lumpur or maybe coaching the chances are you'll be wet but if you're further south and again jakarta stands out most of java and bali it's still warm and largely dr that is even true in the philippines not in the show a lot of clout still humid but not particularly wet at the moment to the south still active weather in australia the temp has been going up and down they're about to go down in sydney this frontal system is edging in and as it does so of course it shifts the wind direction so we're left with thirteen degrees even brighter skies in melbourne and eighteen in sydney which is a descent from the twenty's and you can follow that to trace the cloud back across the middle of australia back to a circulation just off the coast of perth and you look like you've got a wet day coming i have to say for saturday but at twenty three degrees who's going to complain fine weather to the east on saturday and the rain is heading sighs

towards south island in new zealand fact if anything is going to start running up the coast a make or to wet couple of days this weekend. they live in a country plagued by poverty. billionaires is only. one of the new maharajah on al-jazeera. zero.

and again you're watching al-jazeera has a reminder of our top stories this hour the u.n. special envoy for yemen says he's pushing for war and policies to return to negotiations in the exclusive interview to al-jazeera muslim griffiths says amongst his other priorities as the reopening of sana and national airport to commercial access. turkey's presence or depth as in germany on his first state visit relations between turkey and his knowledge is a new trading partner have been strained over complaints about anchors human rights record since the failed coup in two thousand and sixteen. and in a few hours from now the us senate judiciary committee will vote on the fate of donald trump's supreme court nominee on wednesday said it has had testimonies for almost nine hours from brett kavanaugh and the woman who accused him of sexual assault when they were teenagers. china has accused the u.s.

president of trying to damage his reputation off the donald trump time to beijing was trying to meddle in the upcoming u.s. midterm elections he said beijing the less interference is in response to his tough stance on trade particle hain reports we found that giant it was a new and surprising allegation from the u.s. president it didn't go over well in beijing would usually if you don't we advise the united states to stop this and ceasing criticism and slander of china to stop these wrong words and deeds that damage by the way it will relations and the interests of both countries peoples he is responding to a moment from the u.n. security council they were supposed to be talking about nonproliferation when president donald trump took the occasion to attack china accusing them of trying to interfere in the upcoming congressional elections they do not want me or us to win because i am the first president ever to challenge china on trade and we

are winning on trade we are winning at every level we don't want them to meddle or interfere in our upcoming election he didn't give any examples and his aides couldn't give any real evidence talking to reporters afterwards many in the u.s. brushed off the new unfounded allegations but analysts warn china probably won't china has a culture that goes back they can name their own of their emperors going back for five thousand years so they do not think that a president of the united states would say things that are careless worth less so they're going to find a deeper meaning in this than you and i are used to with just kind of donald trump's rant of the moment. the president is clearly upset with these ads that china placed in an important newspaper in iowa saying trump was the reason farmers were losing money he recently tweeted china is actually placing propaganda ads in

the des moines register and other papers made to look like news that's because we are beating them on trade open markets and the farmers will bake a fortune when this is over. the right now u.s. farmers are losing big and growing impatient this trade war is hitting the heart of his base and the president is clearly aware and frustrated that could have a big impact on the upcoming election particularly in al-jazeera washington the united nations agency for palestinian refugees has received contributions of one hundred eighteen million dollars to help cover funding withdrawn by the u.s. and russia has been facing a severe financial crisis since the trumpet ministration cut all support last month the us had been its largest contributor providing around three hundred fifty million dollars a year or than five million palestinian refugees rely on its assistance it's very important as a step it's also a symbol and it's a hopefully

a last push to be able to close the shortfall before the end of the year you know it makes the difference between keeping the schools open or having to close them keeping the clinics open or having to close them and that makes a very big difference for people in the region for decades the u.s. was a key contributor very consistent generous the single largest donor to another actually enabled us to do a great number of things in terms of human development in the region saudi arabia's foreign minister is in new york where he's discussed the blockade against cattle the kingdom is one of four countries which have cut diplomatic and economic ties with doha since june last year they kids cast of supporting terrorism claims it strongly denies russia has more from new york. the announcement of this study for mr adie dashed hopes for any political way out of the crisis as far as the g.c.c. crisis is concerned he said that it's. qatar's duty to try to

sort out its own problems he was saying basically the qatar has a financing extremism the qatar should stop interfering into the internal affairs of different countries accusations which were strongly dismissed by qatar as politically motivated and fabrication and the timing of the statement comes at a crucial moment because on friday the u.s. secretary of state by pompeo is going to meet with just to see ministers of oil affairs along with the mess as a foreign affairs of jordan and egypt to discuss regional stability and security now we've taken the steps that we took no dealing with current or 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 what you see issue and with the u.s. so we do that but the other stuff is all frozen until that huge and i hope they

change and if they don't turn we're patient people will wait for ten fifteen twenty years fifty years how long did it take you with castro in cuba we can do the same with carter if you look at the tone of that statement by the saudi foreign minister . it gives us a strong indication that we're not going to see any way out of the political crisis in the g.c.c. and the impasse is definitely going to continue despite the fact that the united states of america has made reassurances they will use its political leverage to try to bring all the parties to set aside their differences i don't think this is going to happen any time soon. legislators in canada voted unanimously to strip man mas de facto leader of her own racists and ship the symbolic move is in response to a military crackdown that's forced hundreds of thousands of ranger to flee man must reckon states since august twenty seventh teen announcement comes after a recent un report accused military of committing genocide and war crimes against

range up muslims. his prime minister is calling on the international community for help prepare refugees well the seven hundred thousand fled across the border from their mom after a military crackdown last year. dressed un members saying the situation needs immediate action. no aruna the report we are part of what we have seen in u.n. reports about atrocities being is they're doing or who have now taken shelter in bangladesh recherche and to mount to genocide and crimes against humanity. we expected the international community particularly the un to give do you importance to that atrocities and injustice suffered by the looking up of pollution in myanmar . as a fellow human we can neither ignore the main silent about the plight of the rohingya . one of the world's biggest budget airlines ryanair has canceled around two

hundred fifty flights as disrupt a travel plans for forty thousand people across europe decision is in response to strikes by pilots and cabin crew in belgium spain portugal italy germany and the netherlands and a supreme court has lifted a ban on girls and women of menstruating age entering a historic temple a court ruled that excluding women can't be seen as an essential religious practice females aged ten to fifty years have been barred from entering this temple and some hindu religious figures consider menstruation to be. and always in india a state government as possible or making it a crime to accuse someone of being a witch of so-called which is a problem across rural parts of the country under thomas has been to done more to meet the woman has let the campaign change today she runs a shop but ten years ago i'm jolly has young husband supported as

a young mother and her child but when he got cancer and died and she rebuffed those who wanted to take his place she was accused of being a cannibalistic which a group of people beat her she nearly died out of us then like the men shouted she's been eating humans hold her down beat up toward the beat to me mercilessly i keep thinking about that day it was the worst of my. no one has ever been punished for the attack and wasn't the first twenty years ago drunk men accused of poisoning her husband one swung an axe others stripped her naked and chased her down the street. in two thousand and six people said put domi rubber and put a spell on her sick neighbor she says dozens of villages attacked her with sticks screaming today you will die bloodied she was supposed onto a bus to another state she had to pay her attackers to letter come home in rural

parts of india accusations of witchcraft are common since the year two thousand two thousand people accused of sorcery most of them women have been killed. once branded a witch or self or robber has led nineteen year campaign against such superstition addressing groups across the state of assembly to sort fact from fiction i tell them don't believe in superstitious if you or your family is able go see doctors and nurses don't go to a witch doctors that's superstition it's a sin don't kill people for superstitions you're not killing witches you're killing women. in july but finally paid off when india's president approved a new law it outlaws spreading rumors of sorcery that lead to violence murder or suicide policy it was a victory but the job's not done. a new or a one thing but afterwards and beliefs need to change too so these presentations

continue people need to be persuaded that believing in witchcraft only spell trouble and or thomas al-jazeera more state india. is a stock market regulator is seeking to ball test. from serving as the head of the electric car maker securities and exchange commission alleges he committed securities fraud when he tweeted about plans to take the company private organists . seven men suspected of planning a major attack in the netherlands are expected to appear before a judge and four hundred heavily armed face offs as conducted raids in the towns of on them invites the men aged between twenty one to thirty four were allegedly trying to obtain a k forty seven rifles grenades and materials for suicide vests. train stopped travelling between the cities of baghdad and fallujah when i still overran much of western iraq in two thousand and fourteen

a year ago the government declared the group defeated and as the link between two cities reopens locals are recognizing the benefits and reports. to shining rails stretchy west from baghdad snaking through the desert for fifty seven kilometers by the other end is the city of fallujah accessible once again to rail travelers. flu jab today is not like flu in the past the railroad is a sign of life getting back to normal after getting rid of. these wheel tracks were closed when i saw fighters swept through the west of iraq in two thousand and fourteen. when iraqi railways reopens the bag that the for lucia line we didn't think of the economic benefit this is a message of peace to the people of fallujah after the dark days when i saw used to rule those parts. after the defeat of ice although i have been roads that have been open between baghdad but the path of the security checks on that journey can take

anything up to several hours but this train doesn't stop for checkpoints. the journey between baghdad and fallujah takes just fifty five minutes by railway and the high cost of fuel means traveling by road is more expensive. basic train tickets for a one way journey cost just under two dollars. there's nothing going by the train is much easier we avoid traffic jams many checkpoints across the highway or even deadly car accidents it's also much cheaper than road transport. when the train arrives in fallujah fifty seven kilometers may not seem far. but this reopen track is a milestone for iraq's railways rob matheson al jazeera baghdad. zero

these are top stories the u.n. special envoy for yemen says he's pushing for war and parties to return to negotiations in the exclusive interview to al jazeera modern griffiths says among says other priorities is the reopening of sana'a international airport to commercial access it's going to be within weeks i don't think we can allow it to be delayed until kind of over the horizon because the problem with that is and i've been reassured this week reaching people here in new york that people lose the narrative of peace and once you lose the opportunity to talk about a settlement the narrative of war becomes dominant and that's what we must try to get away from. president obama is in germany on his first state visit relations between turkey and his largest e.u. trading partner have been strained over complaints about and close human rights record since the failed coup in two thousand and sixteen there are protests planned across germany during his visit u.s.

senators have had testimonies for nearly nine hours from donald trump supreme court nominee and the woman who's accused him of sexual assault when they were teenagers christine blobby ford says she's one hundred percent certain brett kavanaugh assaulted her allegations he strongly denies the palestinian president says the u.s. is no longer an independent mediator in the middle east peace process not one of us used his address at the u.n. general assembly to launch a strong attack on the u.s. and israel and is supreme court has lifted a ban on girls and women of ministries in age entering a historic temple the court ruled that excluding women can't be seen as an essential religious practice females aged between ten and fifty have been barred from entering the south of ramallah tempa temple as some hindu religious figures consider menstruation to be impure. seven men suspected of planning a major attack in the netherlands are expected to appear before

a judge on four hundred heavily armed police officers conducted raids in the town of but the men aged between twenty one thirty four were national trying to attain a k forty seven rifles grenades the suicide. i know an east. west previously where the average person couldn't touch and tell if a post had been set on height or in some why does this updated have the kind of support that he needs we bring you the stories that are shaping the economic world we live in counting the cost on al-jazeera i don't even know the. clipping. from glitzy weddings to luxury yards and be seen. india's billionaires live in a world of extreme glamour and lavish spending. while many indians still live below the poverty line the country now has more billionaires that almost anywhere

else in the world. and steve cho on this episode when he goes inside the privileged world of the super rich to meet india's new maharajah. a short distance from new delhi india's capital. president is preparing to host one of the most anticipated weddings of the year a glamorous a celebration the launch of two wealthy families of the textile industry before one thousand guests. a groom with the lightest fashion accessory among the indian nouveau riche and necklace of banknotes to assert power and prosperity. the bride's cousin and guess de bono. nutra is

a young millionaire who defines himself as an internet entrepreneur and he's given a large donation to the company. i just really need a lot of drug and obviously i needed a lot of fandom and. i are definitely on. at twenty two years old i even says he earns nearly a million dollars a month and spends two thirds of the year travelling after the country but he wouldn't have missed this wedding for anything i don't lose touch with in life when i was brought up in what i grew up with your that's what they say doesn't matter how successful you get don't forget where you came from indian writing is mostly gone for a long time usually at least a week with five or six functions and it means a lot it's a very excessive over the top for you so you have colorful to have an indian the big fight indian rhetoric so it's a deficit thing enjoy official. fenian is

home to more than one hundred billion nets thanks to the country's tremendous economic growth. evan lives with his parents in this luxury q klicks in new delhi. when he was only twelve he created his first smartphone app he started his business believing high school. this is a goal set aside for myself by twenty one i want to be humiliating one which i'm pretty close my twenty i want to be at a million a week and my twenty five a million and a. i even love showing off his success. i got him it's i i love gold and black these are two of my colors which i really like so i even i got this solid gold i phone seven made because i'm always on the phone i paid ten thousand pounds

for this but want to sell it was probably going to sell for a lot more than ten thousand in a couple years because it's just an awesome. reptile skins is another of his weaknesses it's all by far it's got a legal opinion to work by the time you go to jail for this the how but i mean pretty sure nobody really cares and there's a lot of people thought and it's all in the open so. even as office is at the headquarters of the family business. his road to success developing services to smart phones using india's pool of cheap talented labor. in the basement of the building his team of computer specialists create mobile apps . on top of his latest development targets the world's young rich old coffee table to make let's listen if somebody wants to go out with your friends they want to have a table read it with themselves going to the service you want to they intend to

spend money this simple as you book a table with a clip of what. evan also buys other people's ideas he invests in start ups and watches his money grow on ninety nine thousand dollars and i invested is what now with two million in that company he gets his business skills from his father an entrepreneur he made his school in the passion and textile industry. he provided it and with an initial investment to kick start his business. at first skeptical edmond's father is now amazed by his son's achievements. they are doing it but better than you can imagine. that facility at the. kids you know even don't know what to do but he on his own kid knows that you hear it like what. i've been success delight says father but he's some spending is hard to accept religion and tradition hold an important place

in the family that if you go or not it. will probably find a pretty boy the other day you know it you know it just want to put it like that. but traditions will have to white even is organizing his next trips to europe and the united states where he will be able to satisfy his thirst for glitz and glamour . but he's not the only one breaking from tradition. village ten hour drive from mumbai is far from the world of the super rich. here most people live in demick poverty. kalponik was born into a family of untouchability today she heads a real estate empire worth more than three hundred fifty million dollars. this is

the house. it has some money hey give me a nice gentle. usually a good of a come way yeah they use me he said you don't hear. live yunji took a. phone. these days only her eighty five year old lives here she refuses to leave me to let. me mommy when i see her. not kind of good but i'm going to be funny like the here would be clear needed. to see a ball going to be taken for granted. and see what he has made. many in. his return to the village brings

a crowd. yes you will go into all of the fifty connection escape and use five years when he just wondered what had happened to this one nobody. that you hear yeah but there's no the fact that. in india the untouchables are the lowest in the hindu social hierarchy. a shun community considered impure. people. that have. many bad and yes he is a paki that may come back to get going but to have them to meet up in the invoice environment that we had at the will to live that made us that it was gay you know he backing down he didn't have to we're sick of moving to look over me give you a little glass of anything it will be it's going to. come upon a regularly returns to her believed to organize charity dies this morning she's

ignore gracing a temporary medical camp which offers free i care and glasses. yet that with her carry. on. there's nothing. but. the present and the definitely not the good luck of the nearest hospital least two hours walk from here. oh goody maybe they will be problem so it. was all you got me tell you. some i had to give you. had now become a part of the but i get a bit of your pathetic. married at the age of twelve kalponik went to live in a slum and was abused by her in-laws. family managed to get her

a divorce did her return to the village was difficult for ya nigga but maybe. you are not. in. the low good to have. that i thought i could but. don't go to not just go to some of the boys and the. little bit of the office to the list. at the age of sixteen campana decided to leave from mumbai. she worked as a seamstress in a garment factory and saved a small sum. she used to invest in real estate. the first move was to buy a piece of land in the north of the city. she resold at a premium price. and new interim order we're going we're hungry.

to go get the. manager some. company. will behold what i've. got to buy we've got to buy up now make hasty. today kalponik heads a powerful real estate in construction materials group based and don't have to get there and here i'm going to do your one could be wouldn't miss for you to meet her then pressure they're really. not going to you know. the third we have the benefit of a woman if you look at. despite the multi-million dollar projects that she manages calpine and her family don't lock themselves away in a bubble of luxury. on sundays kalponik entertains modestly at

home. stays open all day for family and neighbors but also for those who come to us for her how it. also mother but. the court one leg. to this couple comes from her village they have just traveled fifteen hours by the boss to tell her that they two daughters are getting married. that would be a pretty telling i said that it might not. but i was. there fifty thousand rupees gold and seven thousand dollars for this family of farmers it's the equivalent of a his income. gasol

yeah. you did you got. that you wish i didn't. know i just won. oh it. was. white sandy beaches lined with coconut treats go on india's west coast is the playground of billionaires. that go way over my storefront. we go there's one thing going on and with a bit broader. gautam singh gonna is one of the most famous billionaires in india he manages the country's largest clothing brand. the fifty

year old king of textiles heads a fortune estimated at one point five billion dollars. this weekend he's on his yoest a shayna of fifty maize a long three story floating palace built entirely awesome precious would. take the boat to the maldives motives are noble. having been a long time the one who got us home with it's only eleven am but the posse has already started. for these old school friends the weekend in goa is a reunion not to be missed. the breakfast and truffle omelette caviar japanese chocolates and fine in th winds south made wishes and caviar dreams and i'm nothing . like the night that. is. like super luxury.

by the end of the morning the group of fifty somethings have already fallen back into adolescence it's only the size in the style of the twenty's that it's changed . back to mumbai and it's back to work with. the family textile business and the finest brand reiman boasts an annual turnover of more than eighteen million dollars with three thousand shops across the country. today the group's big boss is inspecting his brands flagship store. gets down to eleven that it's a little distance from iran but it's cheaper. than ali or fabric to.

cover the found full life in. the rembrandt was launched by family at the beginning of the twentieth century. it was losing momentum when he took over in two thousand to die it's a huge success. business success means he can indulge in his passions. from high end textiles and suit jackets it is here that this baby damon gets his adrenaline rush. want to promote the sport stories as buddhists we did two or three times a year of every year for coming direct you know there's no doubt agree with. me about starters just you know bring whatever you brought or people have this enthusiasm to take out some adrenaline and. to become a good of

a drag ticed the danger fascinates the in the inmates who are accustomed to the billion is escapades. two years ago something gagnon decided to treat himself to the thrill of a true high speed right. to the timing like antarctica on the earth cuts about proposition eight tell me what it will tonight show type of signal on the over the public start there explaining why it's going to. despite his busy schedule got him travels the world to live out his dream and fly the colors of the indian flag it's a vet check out flag saying audio wins for free not paid to the entrance ticket to the sunday sports event a million dollars at that price the souvenir video looks like the trial for an action film. for his first year the novice finished school wide.

the new maharaja as of today see themselves as the heroes of modern india. but in a country where hundreds of millions live below the poverty line. the lives of the super rich can have a dockside. a media ranks number one in the world for tax evasion more than five hundred billion dollars is said to be hidden abroad. most flamboyant a will for default out of the business or bank housing for the for getting that on three dollars has been developed by the government. they join mallya made his fortune in the alcohol business as the boss of kingfisher beverages. he then launched his own. earning the nickname india's richard branson. but rising oil prices ended up. sinking his dream plunging into debt. once worth one point

six billion dollars b.j. malley is indian property including villas planes and cards was supposed to be auctioned off to pay his criticisms. but they're still waiting for their money they jay fled the country owing more than one point three billion dollars to india's banks. he ended up in london denying he was flaying his debts he calls his decision to move to the u.k. a forced exile. home for the billionaire izzy's beef to a million dollar mansion in hartford chip north of london our request for an interview went unanswered. but we finally caught sight of him last march when the formula one season kicked off. and. he shows up with his new car in front of cameras from all over the world. when

questioned about his financial dealings v.j. says he has done nothing wrong i do not. one you will personally do any bank. kingfisher airlines limited unfortunately closed down the business and they tried to avoid me personally responsible because one full face could just disappear considering right. why should i pay my stuff all that has to be brought. in the good charge against me which debt isn't. right. but back in india there are charges of defaulting on loans and money laundering v.j. was arrested in the u.k. i approve and again in october he was granted bail by three times and is now waiting for the courts to decide if he should be extradited to india to face the charges. meanwhile the new is to india's nouveau riche

has arrived in london. we find the ambitious young millionaire ivan lootera in a gold four by four marketing his new app bottle part one is the best market for both of you know there's just too many people spending too much disposable income on bottles that they don't remember the next day excluding myself they go out and people obviously buy more and more champagne bottles than the spot clothes because to do it the girls come to the tables and that's what they want they want to show off it's a shallow society it's always a competition the ghost everybody can see everybody but that makes a commission what i wear clothes so that's how we make money. with bottle bob evan can earn more than twenty thousand dollars in commission for each soiree. money flows freely in london the european finance capital attracting india's rich.

businessmen have taken over london like crazy you know and he's one of the biggest residences in any india. the indian business that he's the largest private employer in all of the u.k. wherever he goes i even spend his time finding new business ideas. i have some friends and we have a fine that's just. the meeting with. the looking for deals all the time so if you can send me a picture doesn't matter where you. are. right now. in india is not enough for this millionaire he wants to be known and recognized throughout the world and for that. are essential to his image . twenty four hours lanka he. headed to the most chic area of the

german capital. in a presidential suite costing three thousand dollars the noise i even is making. is all under the age of twenty five. chinese german russian or indian. or pos of the rich kids of instagram. the world's golden who displays themselves on social media. with videos and selfies these i mean he did rich kids like to take center stage online. they tag line is they have more money than you and this is what they do. you can see the pay

trips that passion for parties and luxury. even luther a has become one of the stars of the group right here i always say work smart play hard never say work on its own is about doing the right thing you know people love people and then all of hard work labor but they don't achieve anything in life a lot of who can make one phone call and like got a million bucks in the bank if you want to spend money like we do you can be stupid to people donate money to people so that people have money they're probably smart. evans objective is to flash his cash on social media and to grow his community of fans i mean i have like two hundred thousand followers they want to see in first place i'm going to going to give them a good cut that. cheers just everybody. was.

after dinner the party continues to move up and getting close. up. look at me very much not knowing. jewelry champagne and beautiful girls to not the apprentice billion is live all the cliches to feed their instagram accounts. of. the young high rollers can spend more than one hundred thousand dollars in one not. just in this success that just similar success. new indian maharaj is like i've been are only at the beginning of their rank. hoping to boost india's place in the rankings of the world's biggest fortunes.

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coming up in the next sixty minutes. the u.n. special envoy. airport and his hopes for new progress. the leaders of germany and turkey meet again but will the visit be enough to bridge their divide. i've never sexually assaulted anyone not high school not college not ever donald trump supreme court nominee vigorously defend himself before u.s. senators after his accuser stands by her accusations. palestine tells the u.n. general assembly the u.s. is no longer an honest broker in the middle east peace process. and we begin this news hour with a possible breakthrough in the yemen conflict the u.n. special envoy says he hopes to get the main international airport in the capital

sana'a reopened the civil war there has left to close for more than two years in an exclusive interview with martin griffiths said he also wanted peace talks between the who these and the government to get under way after attempts earlier this month failed it's going to be within weeks i don't think we can allow it to be delayed until kind of over the horizon because the problem with that is and i've been reassured this week reaching people here in new york that people lose the narrative of peace and once you lose the opportunity to talk about a settlement the narrative of war becomes dominant and that's what we must try to get away from i want to make an announcement about the opening of sana airport if i can finalize that i want to make announcements about how we can get prisoners released both sides we've made a lot of progress since geneva and i want to work the central bank of yemen and their counterparts on payment of salaries which is crucial by the way for the

humanitarian issues. well even as griffis pushes for peace talks yemen's government backed by the saudi m a r t led coalition says it won't cooperate with the un human rights mission it accused the un of bias after investigators released a report on alleged war crimes under rubble months ahead these government says investigators have turned a blind eye to violations by hooty rebels a bonus myth has been following those developments for us from neighboring in djibouti one of the un special envoys priorities is getting poured reopened there are thousands and thousands and thousands of people who need medical treatment life saving medical treatment overseas that haven't been able to travel because it is being closed in fact yemen's health ministry estimates anything between twenty five to thirty people a day are dying because they cannot leave. also

this once prisoners from both sides of the conflict released he wants to negotiate their release he wants salaries to be paid to civil servants because people salaries have been paid they've not been able to buy food and that has been contributing to the humanitarian crisis and then over the next weeks he wants to try and restore restart talks between both parties or somewhere in new york he says that is an enormous challenge because of the credible amount of bad blood of course between both parties both have been accused by the u.n. human rights council of significant human rights violations possible war crimes including enforce disappearances torture and they're cruel and of child soldiers. turkish read a wretched tired bird or when he's in germany on his first state visit to berlin since becoming president four years ago he was greeted by german chancellor angela merkel a short while ago early early one was given a red carpet welcome with military honors despite strained ties between the two countries. so what's at stake and what's the one hoping to achieve during this

visit while turkey has major economic problems with inflation at an all time high and its currency dropping to an all time low the liras lost about thirty percent of its value against the us dollar this year and inflation's of fifteen percent growing tensions with the us made the situation bad from go from bad to worse turkey's refusal to free an american pastor in july angered washington prompting the u.s. to double its steel an aluminum tariffs the economic relationship with germany is more important than ever it is turkey's biggest trading partner with the trade worth forty three billion dollars their relations have soured since the twenty's sixteen failed coup de wine was banned from holding political rallies in germany last year to appeal for support from the three million turks living there angela merkel also called on the e.u. leaders to stop turkey's bid to join the bloc of more on this let's cross live now

to jonah hall in berlin. got a grand welcome from the german president but is this is this a relationship that they can try to reset now. they do appear to be trying he's meeting at the moment chancellor merkel in the chancery behind me there that red carpet welcome as you say the honor guard the invitation extended to him by the president friends walter steinmeier after mr was reelected in june this year and one imagines that invitation was a very welcome one when it was made to turkey because of course now the economy in turkey suffering its worst crisis in fifteen years you've explained there the devaluation of the currency mr owens government at loggerheads with the trumpet ministration and so on and just a year ago erdogan was describing mrs merkel and her coalition as enemies of turkey well a lot to rebuild in that case and perhaps they will make

a start here it's not universally welcome here in germany this visit though there are lots of protests lots of demonstrations taking place in berlin today a very heavily secured capital city this demonstrations against human rights against freedom freedom of press issues in turkey the detention of german activists and journalists during the crackdown that followed that failed coup in two thousand and sixteen and people concerned about the general backsliding of democracy after that constitutional referendum that delivered mr erdogan sweeping new presidential powers but all of that said i think what's on display here is a is an effort of political pragmatism turkey realizing that it needs to reach out to its better friends and former allies its biggest trading partner germany to help with the economic crisis and germany realizing that it needs to do something to prevent further economic decline in turkey an enormous country just off the e use south eastern border so as. to when and merkel meet then what can the to

offer each other. well i mean this there had been some talk of financial aid that's been rebuffed by the germans their might to be the suggestion of getting talks back on track for turkey's accession to the e.u. i think that's highly unlikely the e.u. needs the full consent of all member states or anything like that to take place and i mean mr has alienated himself from a lot of e.u. countries since two thousand and sixteen so that is probably unlikely i think what is most likely at play here is an exercise in supporting support by association he gets to show mr erdogan some or inject a bit more confidence into financial markets he gets to perhaps reinforce this alliance with germany which gives him a pat platform potentially to start talking again to the trumpet administration

what is germany get well it's pretty clear you know this is an incredibly important relationship in terms of keeping back the millions of refugees and migrants and asylum seekers on turkish soil desperate to come here to europe german banks german businesses are very deeply exposed to turkey and a further economic crisis there would be very bad for it and there's a general concern in the e.u. about turkey's move towards russia following its alienation from its former allies here in europe so i think the feeling will be that it is more sensible to bring turkey closer than to push it further apart or i for the internal whole life there in the in now u.s. senate republicans say they will go ahead with a committee vote on supremes court nominee brett kavanaugh on friday that follows a dramatic day of testimony by both cavanagh and one of the women accusing him of sexual misconduct christine blassie ford says cavanagh attacked her when they were teenagers also in jordan has more from washington. a historic hearing in washington

a woman recounting a traumatic event from her teenage years and here today not because they want to be and terrified versus a man fighting for his future and a seat on the u.s. supreme court this confirmation process has become a national disgrace christine was the fourth seemed on the verge of tears as she told the senate judiciary committee about what she calls the worst night of her life the night before it says a teenager brett kavanaugh tried to strip her and rape her laughing all the while he was seventeen she was fifteen i believe he was going to rape me i tried to yell for help when i did brett put his hand over my mouth stop me from yelling this is what terrified me the most and this had the most lasting impact on my life blousy ford's testimony comes eleven days after her allegation against the supreme

court nominee was published in the washington post cavanaugh testified shortly after ford through tears of his own he vehemently denied assaulting ford or anyone else i'm here today to tell the truth i've never sexually assaulted anyone not in high school not in college not ever mistaken blocky fort has told senators her allegations are not farfetched and that the trauma has haunted her project with what degree of certainty do you believe brett kavanaugh assaulted one hundred percent one hundred percent what is the strongest memory you have the appropriate laughter between the two and they're having fun at my expense as for president trump's nominee he was adamant he's not going anywhere i will not be intimidated into withdrawing from this process you tried

hard. you've given it your all. within moments of the hearings ending trump said he had picked the right man for the job describing his testimony as powerful honest and riveting even if the senate judiciary committee votes on brett kavanaugh his nomination on friday it won't immediately affect the supreme court it will start its new session on monday with eight justices and a vacancy and christine blousy forward will learn whether her revelation will have any impact on the confirmation process rosalind horton al-jazeera capitol hill. let's look at what lies ahead for kavanagh starting with the senate judiciary committee committee vote expected in the coming hours republicans hold a eleven to ten majority on the committee at least one republican has publicly said he has reservations about voting yes the confirmation can still proceed to a full cent.