a desperate search for survivors after indonesia's earthquake and tsunami. a lot has i'm sick of this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up one of the leading parties in iraq's kurdish region says it will not recognize results of sunday's parliamentary elections. what's in a name for macedonia at the ballot box a name change could be the admission fee to nato. and another endorsement from the u.s. president for judge brett kavanaugh as the f.b.i.

begins its investigation into sexual assault allegations. follow indonesians are being warned to prepare for a death toll in the thousands that's after friday's earthquake and tsunami on the island of sumatra but least in the area are saying more than twelve hundred people are now dead powerful aftershocks are still being felt more rescue teams are arriving on sort of way sea which is about three hours flying time from the capital jakarta most of the confirmed dead are in power who where six metre high waves crashing ashore were filmed on mobile phones but there's been no word yet from the city of thirty kilometers to the north which has a population of more than a quarter of a million people told me so chipped reports from jakarta. the difficult task of looking for survivors this is what is left in the city of after friday's method to

seven point five earthquake and tsunami rescue workers frantically trying to find those who may still be a life search efforts are being hampered by block roads and the collapse periods rescue teams stuck by hand to free twenty four people trapped in the rubble of this hotel the owner told local media people could still be heard crying for help but no heavy lifting equipment was available. dozens remain missing in the city of over three hundred thousand those who did survive the quake and tsunami that follow now have to try to lift off anything they can find things like this of people looting local shops and siphoning petrol from cars are becoming the norm. is very slowly coming in many injured are being evacuated but the red cross estimates that more than one point six million people have been affected but the killer concerns about the nearby town of dongarra where the impact is still unclear don't go is home to

over two hundred seventy thousand people but there has been no communication with anyone in since friday afternoon the indonesian president is visiting to assess the damage and the reach is so the people more help is on the way but for now these continue to feel the streets of. anxious survivors being one not to return to their homes as aftershocks continue. to. thomas house is director of program implementation for save the children he says rescue efforts are still proving to be an enormous challenge. it's been a good development today with the corps alou reopen and for humanitarian flights which is the big thing that will allow agencies and the government to really start to bring in the much needed stocks and the quitman. that we need to kind of make things make things work essential that you have there's a lot of roads a need to be cleared so this cracks in the road i was also landslides and it's very

very challenge and an earthquake of seven point four seven point five magnitude it's quite rare event for than for that to be followed by a tsunami obviously that's particularly challenging and it's not you know not something that can really be prepared for to this extent and i think what we're seeing on the pictures unfortunately you know the about people who died. in the wind angara although we don't have much information from the gullible already and alou we're you know we're talking about eight hundred twenty three people you know that's around double of those who died in lombok just under that so it's obviously significantly more impactful earthquake than the longbox earthquake specifically in terms of the epicenter and in terms of the impact of the tsunami that followed it so it is not a normal event it's extraordinary event and the challenges are also extraordinary. how one of the two main kurdish parties in northern iraq says it won't recognize

the results of the parliamentary election votes are still being counted in the semi autonomous kurdish region but the patriotic union of kurdistan or p u k says it will reject the final seat results the election is a year after the kurds failed to gain independence from baghdad. now it's all about the name and whether to change it a referendum is taking place in the former yugoslav republic of macedonia the aim is to try to end our longstanding dispute with neighboring greece which has its own province also called macedonia so voters in the country macedonia are being asked to decide whether to add the word north making it the republic of north macedonia to keep the greeks happy or. smarmy is the deputy prime minister of the government of the republic of macedonia for european affairs he says macedonians understand there is no alternative to

a yes vote. the decision is between black and white here is not about me answers of more good or or less good it's logical that it's behind this question of e.u. and nato membership because the reason why we have signed this agreement and why do we have made these negotiations are to open and to pave the way for our nato and e.u. membership so the question is quite logical people today will also whether we want to join nato and e.u. by implementation of the agreement signed greece a majority of fog people in the all polls we had in the recent period more than eighty percent are in favor and nato and and e.u. also but the problem is that we are living also in the world of fake news and populist propaganda so people are under this attack of fake news that actually they are changing their our identity and everything will be different after signing this

agreement of course it is a challenge it is one of the most important decision the people of this country had made in the recent twenty five years after independence but is a decision that for certain will open a new chapter in this country that will provide the security and peace for the hundred years to come but also economical wellbeing through nato membership and through human machine as well there is no alternative actually for muscle on you in terms of geo political orientation there are small parties and geos opinion makers that actually are exposing all reflecting the mosco view in the country they are small in number but they are trying to manipulate people through as i said fake news and populist propaganda and i am sure that today people will know to make the distinction and make the right decision. a fifty eight migrants have been transferred off a charity ship after five days waiting at sea they've been handed over to

authorities in malta a deal was struck on tuesday to relocate migrants from malta to four other european countries aquarius is the last non-government rescue ship operating in the mediterranean sea and u.s. president donald trump has once again publicly backed his nominee for the supreme court has ordered an f.b.i. investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct by brett kavanaugh this means a confirmation vote by the full senate will be delayed for least a week they have we re going to do whatever they have to do whatever it is they do they'll be doing big deal with everything short of. getting. everything will be fine we're going to learn. what we. do i think he's great i don't think has ever been any person has been under scrutiny like he has been i think is that a very tough process but he's a good man he's a great great i highly respected for many many years at the top of the list

and i hope everything works out great. ok millie how he has more now from washington. the white house is defending supreme court nominee judge cavanagh as the f.b.i. continues its probe it is limited in scope expected to wrap up on friday the white house is acknowledging that there is an investigation underway to claims against judge kavanaugh being looked at the first by dr christine glossy ford who knew judge kavanaugh when she was in high school alleges that he sexually assaulted her well the two were at a party a second claim now also being investigated one made by a yale classmate deborah ramirez but it is unclear whether or not a third allegation made by a woman by the name of julie sweat nick is also being looked at this probe again expected to wrap up in one week it will be delivered to the white house and then on

to the senate prior to the full senate voting on whether to confirm judge kavanaugh donald trump for his part has been defending his nominees saying that he believes that this will be wrapping up very quickly that he doesn't have another nominee waiting in the wings if there is not a confirmation of yes for judge cavanagh instead saying that he believes this will work out very well but democrats for their part on the sunday morning chat shows expressing concern even if judge kavanaugh has confirmed that he will not have that appearance of objectivity of being impartial given the seriousness of these allegations that many expect will linger in the minds of americans for years. britain's prime minister says those who refused to back her checkers plan for braggs it are playing politics to reason most critics says her plans would compromise britain sovereignty a conservative party is holding its annual conference in the city of birmingham

with to six months to go until the u.k. leaves the european union it's still not clear if a deal is even possible so what is the checkers plan all about well it calls for maintaining freedom of trade but seeks restrictions on the movement of people from the e.u. into recent plan the british government regains control of borders britain will stop sending billions of dollars every year to the e.u. but how much britain will pay for its divorce is unclear some estimate around fifty billion dollars a major stumbling block is what happens to the border between ireland which is in the e.u. and northern ireland which is part of the u.k. many don't want a so-called hard border of sonia gago reports from bernie i'm. prime minister to reason may had hoped that she would be able to unite the party ahead of the conference then she must be sorely disappointed once again voices of opposition against her risen and none more strongly than that of the former foreign minister

boris johnson who in an interview with the sunday times claimed that checkers plan have a plan for exiting the you were prosperous and even deranged quite strong words for someone who does have a very volatile relationship with the prime minister but this is really coming down to the wire head there are less than six months to go out and there's still no guarantee of a deal being done those on the who want to see a more severe deal being done are quite happy for there to be a no deal situation but this is clashing with watch many who would like to see a soft version of the deal want and amongst that there is no cohesion between them now if you take it on the other side that the more remain approach e.u. m.p.'s they have suggest said to me to mrs may that there could be a polite rebellion if there isn't a recitation or a deal made on this subject such as that mrs may is caught between these two camps

both of them highly impassioned and her leadership is not guaranteed unless she can try and secure a deal with the european union ahead of bricks it. still ahead on. the changing faces of afghanistan's election more women candidates than ever before and biometric machines for the upcoming home. plus how broken promises an economic mismanagement is leaving millions of brazilians struggling to make ends meet. however the weather is largely set fabric across eastern parts of china down towards the south as well as general looking pretty good over the next couple of days may weather action of course out into the northwest pacific with the typhoon

trouble followed by typhoon a car right making our way towards japan so for china itself is dry. as well and sunny twenty five celsius there for shanghai thirty one in hong kong some attempts as we go on through tuesday somewhat weather towards central and southwestern parts of the country into china say some spells of rain some showers to just making their way to northern parts of the philippines want to see showers into india but essentially the monsoon rains have been easing quite nicely over the past few days down towards the southwestern coast a few showers there into coulomb maybe into kind of tucker as well maybe a few showers into northern parts of under the dash and pushing up into a dish but to the north of that it's generally fine dry and sunny in the warp setting back in for new delhi temperatures at around thirty five to cories a touch woman that's across the arabian peninsula and even several thirty seven thirty eight here in doha over the next day i'll say well as you try and settle as you can see a chance a one to two showers just around the gulf with

a. they live in a country plagued by poverty but for india's billionaires life is all about glamour luxury and pristine. wonder when east meets the new maharajah. on al-jazeera. al-jazeera wherever you are.

i don't again you're watching al-jazeera a reminder of our top stories this hour indonesians are being warned to prepare for a death toll in the thousands that's after friday's earthquake and tsunami on the island of sort of police in the area say more than twelve hundred people on now dead powerful aftershocks are still being felt. less than an hour left before polls close in the former yugoslav republic of macedonia and a referendum on whether or not to change the country's name. to try ended a speech with neighboring greece have to decide whether to accept an agreement to start calling their balkan nation north macedonia. one of the two main kurdish parties in northern iraq says it won't recognize the results of the parliamentary election ballots are still being counted in the semi autonomous kurdish region. it's going to charles strafford who's life from. charles what more we hearing about

this. but we understand that this statement was made by a spokesperson i was the saudi who said that to go to reject these election results subsequent to that statement being made the leader of the p u k list talabani has rejected this claim and said that it is far too early to come out with statements like that. rejecting results as they are still being counted meanwhile the k d p the cavy p.d. the ship in the towns of sunni and how large or which a p u k strongholds have come out and make claims about election violations there also i mean i think these incidents obviously just showed just how these parliamentary elections are indeed how the fall the build up to them has been we have seen these increasing. divisions between the two main political players in this region the k d p and the p u k

there's always been a if you like an on the on easy. leadership agreement if you like in this region that is full not partisan subsequent to that referendum and the failed referendum that we saw last year and also the fact that the katif they blamed the p u k as being complicit with the baghdad government the baghdad army when the peshmerga the kurdish full seasons were forced to withdraw from kirkuk last year so i think we've got to be honest here this is an election in iraq there are going to be accusations allegations made about electoral violations and fooled but as i say a very high official in the p u k the leader of the p u k list cobar talabani saying that it was too early to come out with such a such a big statement slamming these elections and not recognizing the results so where

does all this leave. the need to form a working government in baghdad and particularly since the president of iraq has to be an iraqi kurd. but again that issue also highlights the divisions here between the two main parties the p p u k k d p that position the president has to be occupied by a kurd now traditionally it has been occupied by a taken by a leader of the p u k this after this election the k d p now have put forward their own candidate that schools the number of politicians and leaders in baghdad big concerns there sliming that. they want one candidate to be put forward by the kurds for that presidential role. and of course the kurds so far have to stood on the fence in relation to. joining in leave the two main coalitions that seem to be coming together in baghdad the kurds here are very much considered to be the king

makers in the future coalition government federal government in baghdad and we understand that these the kurds are waiting for the results of these parliamentary elections in the in the kurdish region before they commit to either of those groups again these kind of issues highlighting indeed the lack of unity amongst the kurds both here in the k r g and with respect to a national federal government in baghdad charles strata live for us in erbil added by international airport says it is operating as normal after reports the yemen's hooty fighters had launched a drone attack on the facility the claim was made by hooty run t.v. just last month united arab emirates officials denied reports that hooty media that the group had targeted by airport with a drone or gulf nations are again trading accusations over the rift between qatar

and its neighbors the united arab emirates foreign minister again accused of supporting terrorism at the general u.n. general assembly a cutter's representative blamed the u.a.e. for creating instability in the region as some are better is at the u.n. in new york. there have been heated exchanges between qatar and its neighbors saudi arabia the united arab emirates and beheading accused qatar of sponsoring extremism and destabilizing the region accusations strongly dismissed by qatar which said that the emirates is and the saudis are the last one to prescribe about peace and stability referring to the past track record of saudi arabia and the united arab emirates when it comes to war in yemen and its ability in libya and also united states congress inquiry into nine eleven which basically blame saudi arabia and the

united arab emirates for lax finest regulations and also for for avoiding safe havens for extremist let's listen to what the qatari diplomat had to say about the allegations made by the united arab emirates saudi arabia and bahrain and then with you know unless there are a net net you do what is cause for suspicion is that we find the state's target allegations of us and they don't practice what they preach they do not practice respect for state sovereignty and interfere in affairs of other states in fact they terrorize civilians and violate human rights and interfere in domestic affairs of other states in a manner that undermined international and regional peace and security and this has become evident in the repeated attempts by these states to destabilize security and stability in qatar they have plotted and finance an unsuccessful coup attempt in qatar a campaign is underway in afghanistan for next month's parliamentary elections the vote is more than three years overdue and is seen as

a test for presidential elections next april tony burnley is in kabul. they can never be described as boring conflicts corruption intimidation and fraud afghan elections have it all but the parliamentary elections due to take place on october twentieth or at least promising something different. new government measures hope to put an end to the problems of previous elections election fraud is now a criminal offense voting systems will be cited in public buildings monitored by professional people and a new advanced voting system will be used even so doubt still linger the afghan government has bought more than twenty thousand biometric devices for facial recognition and fingerprinting to prevent voter fraud but only four thousand have so far arrived in the country and operators have not yet been trained many believe there is insufficient time to get the system up and running meaning a return to manual counting and the possibility of irregularities. the post-election crisis the losing candidates will not accept the results and the

political parties will use as a force to rescue and also to. target the government voters disheartened by past elections see the biometric system as a big step towards a transparent election process just very thick some don't have a biometric system is good because many national i.d.'s are fake and there is fraud votes can be bought the elections are three and a half years overdue but because of the uncertainty over the new technology there are concerns that it could be postponed yet again with of action is being seen as a test for next april presidential elections then as now the main issue will not just be transparency but it will also be thick and that is a very delicate situation of the moment with the taliban controlling much a rural afghanistan. the taliban doesn't take part in elections and in the past has had fingers cut off people who have voted the group is making almost daily attacks against the security forces this trend of the taliban is. in the weakness with

india i'm going to go in this is certainly something that emboldened. during the past couple of years. most of afghanistan's population is a literate these men waiting for poorly paid daily work in kabul don't care who is elected they care about survival. right now. i still came here with a truck all of us go with all of those clothes because we don't have money and we need food. politics can often be seen is about power and money but for the poor life can be defined by the food on their plate and in afghanistan today many people are hungry tony berkeley al-jazeera couple. hundred forty thousand people have been ordered to leave their homes in western japan as a powerful typhoon bears down forecasters of war and typhoon trannie will bring record breaking winds possible landslides and floods storms forced airlines to

cancel more than a thousand flights and many train services have been suspended need reports from tokyo. tram is expected to transit over tokyo and a great mix of volatile areas throughout the night authorities have been warning people to stay indoors shops and businesses have closed earlier than usual and also the. system has shut down since eight pm local time now authorities have warned that in some area there could be rainfall that haven't been seen in about fifty years people have taken that advice seriously usually just streets here would be bustling this style well most of the people and businesses all around. people bracing themselves for certainly very strong words storm throughout the night. al jazeera meteorologist everton fox is watching the storm. typhoon try

me is now making its way further north east was and it really is moving so quickly you can see the position of the stall and this is easing up about gen ne the direction has already made landfall a little kind of rainfall totals we're looking at two hundred forty seven millimeters of rain it only twenty four hours now thankfully i suspect the numbers should start to decrease because the pace of the storm has been tracking along at around forty five kilometers per hour really really really quick moving system this one by the time we come to monday you can see how it's cleared through broad skies to come back in behind just not just a little further south as this is the next one to keep an eye on this is calm right that's going to continue making its way further northwards over the next couple of days looks like a lossy dry week for of japan when this does finally move out of i would try to does move out of the way but by the weekend this next system will move through and i think we could see further widespread disruption across the good parts of the

main islands a journalist in rwanda raising concerns over a new law criminalizing anything that human it humiliates a government official anyone who breaks the law either with words or pictures like cartoons now face up to two years in prison and a fine but it remains unclear exactly how the law will be policed human rights groups have repeatedly criticized wonderful clamping down on press freedom. in brazil the outgoing president michelle turner had promised to lift latin america's largest economy from a deep recession although unemployment rates of fall in the cuts in social programs have impacted poor brazilians mariano sanchez reports from us in central brazil. they're back in business but barely one of the largest construction steel providers in the city of gori anya is beginning to supply the national market again just over a year ago. he had to file for bankruptcy most of them bankruptcy was the only

option to survive it was really sad i thought to feed it we have managed to recover part of our loss but we still have to work hard to pay two million dollars in debts and perhaps he says hire back the seventy workers he had to lay off. in this highly industrialized region in the heart of brazil nearly three hundred fifty thousand people have lost their jobs as a result of the economic crisis thirty million more brazilians are unemployed. although the country statistic agency says the unemployment rate has been consistently falling now it's more than twelve percent it warns it's because millions of brazilians gave up looking for jobs and joined the informal market to survive professor dyson is one of them her father i've worked as a teacher for more than twenty years but lost my job four years ago i managed to get temporary positions but that isn't sustainable when you need to pay your bills i have children grandchildren so i decided to work selling food on the streets. one

of the greatest challenges for the next president will be to help me the feel young who try to make ends meet with formal jobs forty percent of those work for the don't contribute social security and who work without benefit of the national institute of statistics says the pressure on the government is growing. forty million are underemployed for example street vendors in formality has helped people survive the crisis that began in two thousand and thirteen but in formality is dangerous when people need to use the public services who pays for. this economy crisis is in its fifth year the vice president of the state's industrial federation says recovery will depend on the measures the next president takes is this to me investors will only come back if they trust in the new president we expect a president with strength to negotiate with the congress to put in practice all the

promises made during the campaign that is the way investors will return. back at the steel factory the employees say the counting their blessings for being in work the political and economic instability continues and that means at any time they couldn't see their jobs in the sun just just here but as you know. this is going to round up now at the top stories indonesians are being warned to prepare for a death toll in the thousands up to friday's earthquake and tsunami on the island of sort of police in the area say more than twelve hundred people are now dead powerful aftershocks are still being felt i want to the two main kurdish parties in northern iraq says it will not recognize the results of sunday's parliamentary elections p u k is alleging voter fraud ballots are still being counted in the semi

autonomous kurdish region a year ago the kurds failed to gain independence from baghdad macedonians are voting on sunday whether to accept the deal to change their country's name to north macedonia it would end a long dispute with neighboring greece which has a province of the same name supporters say yes vote would pave the way for nato membership. u.s. president donald trump has once again publicly backed his nominee for the supreme court he's ordered and an f.b.i. investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct by brett kavanaugh this means a confirmation vote by the full senate senate will be delayed for least a week those are the headlines we're back with more after one i want to east on an .

alternative which is pretty. unusual that never occurred to you tonight from glitzy weddings to luxury yards and receive. india's billionaires live in a world of extreme glamour and lavish spending. while many indians still live close with javi large the country now has more billionaires that almost anywhere else in the world. and steve cho on this episode when he's goes inside the privileged world of the super rich to meet india's new maharajah. that's. a short distance from new delhi india's capital this luxury is residence is preparing to host one of the most.