always. hold we accept this type of. aid begins to arrive in areas and devastated by the earthquake and tsunami but not fast enough for people since to dig through debris to feed themselves. and welcome to al jazeera life my headquarters in doha with me in the peron i'm also ahead of malaysia's former first lady is charged with money laundering in relation to a state. court ruling ordering the us to some sanctions on iran washington to turn its back on

a friendship treaty with. the british prime minister is a fine line on brecht a deeply divided party less than a foot away from a prompt summit with. indonesian soldiers have been ordered to shoot. five quake and tsunami desperately search for food aid is slowly arriving on the way sea where hundreds of thousands of people have gone hungry for days aid workers according to body bags to be sent to the worst affected areas and fourteen hundred people are confirmed dead with rescue as expected the death toll to rise andrew thomas reports from the city of. the mosques are in part to hide the smile the white tulle pool in is because liquid

is dripping through the orange one from the body wrapped inside there's not much dignity in this but in pali right now there is a lot of meat at the row row hotel there searching for between fifty and seventy guests who were inside when it collapsed nearby one of hollywood's biggest shopping centers has been destroyed. elsewhere building damage is less obvious but the reality is worse with individual buildings it's easy to see the destruction from ground level but this wasn't one building it was in a state of seventeen hundred homes and to appreciate what happened here you really need to see it from the air during the earthquake the pressures on the ground grew to such an extent that the soil liquefied collapsing everything in on itself hundreds of people i thought to still be buried here. by wednesday afternoon a search team had dug into an area of just four hundred square meters and had

already found twenty five bodies there a square kilometers to go among those buried almost certainly is ricardi suffer rutins mother he's found the house she was in it was among those carried hundreds of meters by the way use of mud but she has vanished. gone missing in looking at all this i know really it's impossible that she's alive but i can't quite bring myself to give up hope. in that he is head of search and rescue operations visited the site on wednesday he saw for himself the child on the sticking out of the debris but says there isn't yet the right equipment to bring her body out summer scout we are using all their resources but we are very spread out and we can't just focus here. repairs are being made and aid is coming in is not yet a functioning city in places some people are digging through the debris in search of food but now fuel is coming in far more simply getting out andrew thomas

al-jazeera palu indonesia if they want to other news now malaysia's former first lady rothwell months or has been charged with seventeen counts of money laundering and tax of asian she pleaded not guilty to all charges in a kuala lumpur court her husband faced a separate hearing on corruption charges they're accused of misappropriating billions of dollars from a state investment fund let's get more on this well we're joined by a son of a principal advisor at the pacific research center in malaysia he's also a former political secretary in office and he's joining us via skype from singapore very good to have you with us on al-jazeera so what do you make of the wife now being charged and you surprised. really i think a lot of malaysians are not surprised because they think most malaysian voters at

least those who vote that four months ago they thought that it indeed did say it's sort of this collaboration between husband and why there's various other shady figures who think their way. a lot of money from this one in the big end there was what taking prompted them primarily to vote for that then opposition so given all of this how strong would you say the prosecution's case is against rules against and. you mentioned shady figures there's also the other man joe no. well the act under which above mr noah and mrs rose. were charged and were eighty days it is an act which can be used to convict rather easily and that is because for example it is the sum of money which goes into a bank account and your can't explain that properly and legally away then you're

very likely to be convicted of such a money laundering charges so apparently are going after hours they investigate instead interrogations the prosecution's witness the satisfied with the answers and again what does all of this mean for prime minister mahathir mohamad as he fulfill it has promise on cracking down on corruption you know one of the implications here for malaysian politics. where the ruling party should rule took power due to a dear strong criticism of the broad wrongdoings the election or wrongdoings of previous administration and no indeed there to feel good the promise of for example it's morally oppen lee and family investigating the series of cases and prosecuting those who they failed. responsible for this money disappearance you know what

that is a son are joining us as life on the singapore thank you very much for your time thank you thank you. to the u.s. now with the senate as to hold a vote on friday to stop the confirmation procedure for president trump supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh he has been facing allegations of sexual assault and misconduct which he denies ellen fisher has more from washington d.c. . ok let me explain what has happened and what is likely to happen essentially mitch mcconnell the leader of the senate the top republican in the senate has gone on the floor and said he's starting a procedural motion which means they're going to end the debate on brett cavernous nomination there that will sit all day on thursday and they will get together on friday to vote on that motion now that is likely to go through all they need is a simple majority fifty one to forty nine once that is passed the clock starts ticking they have up to thirty hours to debate bret cavernous nomination both sides can make their arguments but after thirty hours or less if they don't take all that

time they will move to a vote and again the republicans just need a straight majority fifty one to forty nine now the difficulty the republicans have got is that or at least five senators two democrats three republicans who haven't said how they're going to vote remember they were basing on how they were going to vote on what's contained on the new extended f.b.i. report into allegations that brett kavanaugh committed sexual misconduct know that report will be delivered to senators on thursday senators will get a chance very small window to read that report they will be able to ask follow up questions of the f.b.i. but they'll have to base their decision on what the f.b.i. has found in this extended inquiry and then they will go to the vote essentially what we're seeing is that if there is a vote fifty one to forty nine at some point on saturday then there will be a new u.s. supreme court justice and that will change the political balance of the court for

a generation. they are as john just blocked an attempt by the trumpet ministration to end protection for three hundred thousand americans from four countries people from haiti so darn nicaragua and el salvador have temporary protection status and the u.s. and that allows them to live and work there because their country is unsafe the california courts ruling says removing their protection to every parable and hardship. still ahead on the bulletin accused of indiscriminate and reckless attacks russia is blamed for a series of cyber attacks around the world and increasing concerns of the safety of a prominent saudi arabian journalist who is a critic of the government. for

the wet weather making its way across parts of the western u.s. right now a lot of cloud making its way across the desert southwest as the remnants of what was hurricane arose for some showers into arizona and a good deal further north actually still a chance to some pretty wet weather pushing up towards the good parts of where utah easing up towards wyoming colorado certainly with a chance of seeing some of that wet weather and notice a little further north we could even see a dusting of snow be pushed north of the border calgary with a top temperature just one degree celsius is a good two woman which was the eastern side of north america what they say thirty degrees warmer than that thirty one celsius here on thursday with the wind still coming in from a southerly direction there is that right now we have got some wet weather still affecting quebec pushing towards newfoundland sliding further south was down across the appalachians that will move out of the way friday the eastern seaboard fine and dry ten celsius in ottawa falling back to around twenty three degrees day notice for d.c. but should be dry by this stage but some heavy rain into central pass in the border

around the prairie it looks rather snowy over the next well in the caribbean fun and dry for the last around till this grates around and central america looking rather wet. from cutting edge medical technology toxic venom. the development of lifesaving drugs to advances in the most difficult regions of the world. have. you. ever seen an innovative solution to global health problems didn't make a difference maybe out of all these words get a cure for solving the cure on al-jazeera.

these are our top stories and an asian soldiers have been ordered to shoot looters and some others from friday's earthquake and tsunami desperately search for food aid is. more than fourteen hundred people are confirmed dead. malaysia's former first lady has pleaded not guilty to seventeen counts of money laundering and tax evasion and. accused of misappropriating and billions of dollars from the station best and fun and the u.s. the first president trump supreme court nominee on friday brett kavanaugh confirmation has been delayed by allegations of sexual assault conduct the f.b.i.

is still investigating claims that kavanagh sexually abused women while he was in high school and university he denies the accusations. now the u.s. is pulling out of the sixty year old treaty with the un's top court ordered washington to ease sanctions held the decision by the international justice as a victory but the u.s. says the tribunal has no jurisdiction in the matter same bus ride the reports from the iranian capital. in the case of iran versus united states of america the fifteen member bench of the international court of justice ordered the american government to make sure that sanctions against iran do not impact humanitarian aid or civil aviation the united states of america in accordance with its obligations under the one nine hundred fifty five of. economic relations and right shall remove by minutes of shoes any impediment arising from the measures announced on may twenty two the free exportation

to the territory of the republican field of medicine and medical devices food stuff is not going to kowtow. to spare parties. services. including what on t.v. maintenance repair services and inspection is necessary for the safety of. iran argue that sanctions reimposed after u.s. president donald trump pulled out of the twenty fifty nuclear deal in may violate a little known french agreement that predates the one nine hundred seventy nine islamic revolution the court agreed but didn't call for the complete lifting of sanctions falling short of the resulting decision that iran would have wanted judges did ask the u.s. not to interfere with banking transactions related to food medicine and air safety

. but even as the judge read the ruling its practical application remains a question mark and any history made here by the i.c.j. judges is likely to be symbolic at best both shall refrain from any action which might be a good heavy or extend the dispute before the court or make it more difficult to order saw with no policing mechanism to enforce its decision in practical terms the court's judgment is more recommendation than ruling iran has been arguing that the approach by americans to war to iran has been illegitimate as well as unlawful by taking the case to the core against the united states i think what you want wants to say that that is the americans who have left the negotiating table that is the americans for who are not observing the international law that is the americans who have been ignoring the arisen lucian by the united nations security council on

monday iran and america will face each other in court again for public hearings over two billion dollars in iranian assets frozen in two thousand and sixteen the latest world court ruling may seem like a hollow victory to many in iran struggling under the punishing strain of american sanctions but it does help illustrate a point that leaders into iran are keen to make as often as possible given the chance they say america under donald trump does not respect international institutions. they're all in jordan has more now from washington d.c. after the international court of justice said that the united states should deliver humanitarian aid and material to the iranian people the united states is reaction is this it's going to walk away from a treaty that gave the iranians the authority they believed to go to the international court of justice in the first place with their complaint about american sanctions this is john bolton the national security adviser for president donald trump iran is a rogue regime is it has been

a threat throughout the middle east not only for its nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programs but it's acted for decades as the central banker of international terrorism and its hostile and aggressive military behavior in the region today is a breach of international peace and security so i don't take what they say seriously at all the u.s. has decision to basically say that it's going to ignore the ruling from the i.c.j. is just part of its larger campaign to isolate iran it's already reimposed some sanctions that had been lifted after iran signed the nuclear deal with the previous administration the obama administration a couple of years ago the u.s. is now also trying to convince other countries to stop buying iranian oil and crease economic pressure on that government to come to the table and negotiate a new nuclear weapons deal that's something which other countries have been loath

to consider and in light of this latest ruling from the i.c.j. it's not clear that the u.s. is going to be able to make the case that their countries should stop buying iranian oil but it also doesn't mean that they're actually going to continue doing so either. let's get more on our top story now the aftermath of the earthquake and tsunami and the danger we're joined by a correspondent joining onondagas she's live for us in central to the way city so how are the rescue and recovery operations proceeding today jim miller well it's still been it's been very it's been relentless basically since the day after the you know elizabeth this is now the sixth day since this disaster struck in this area of sulawesi we are in for lou one of the areas most hard hit by this devastation and we were at the airport and we saw that aid is really starting to

come in on a regular basis we've seen foreign volunteers come in and we've seen still a number of civilians trying to flee this area hoping to get on a flight outside alou across town the situation is still pretty much the same most of the areas you mean out of power electricity and water and military personnel elizabeth has been brought in here basically continuously by the internation government as a sign basically to show that they are in charge of this area and that's missing here is the no longer in these are issue presidential career widows though do encourage local shops open up here basically to start serving those in need we've been told also that a bank has already been opened and so there is a sign that things are slowly starting to be a little bit more normal and operational right here but in so many areas. many of the volunteers are still unable to reach their dreams needs to be cleared in order for aid to reach many areas even those just about an hour from here and meanwhile

the job in the hundreds of bodies are being buried without proper identification and what are the implications of the government's decision to have these mass burial. well the indonesian government admits that this is not a popular decision the one that it must do. but of these two basically what's happening at this point liz is that there's been a daily mass burial where hundreds of bodies are being buried every day most of these bodies and identified buried in haste really there are those who are able to identify their family members were able to somehow provide. provided an opportunity for those family members to say goodbye but in general really there is none bodybags there is definitely a shortage here some of the bodies have been buried in carpets and this is something that has to be done now however many experts believe that the government must start looking into the long term issue about this mass burial and that is

because majority of these bodies have not been. d.n.a. . recorded or any of their dental records taken and this is going to be an issue in a typical disaster like this when families are going to start going back to their communities and will start the process of trying to recover one of the major issues really here is recovering and identifying the dead and what this is one of the longest long term impacts of a devastation like this elizabeth when families would like to find a way basically to find closure but how when they don't even have bodies to basically very for an absolutely tragic situation general thank you very much for the latest on that she later on and those are live and part of thank you now the british prime minister has defended her breakfast strategy and called for unity treason may told her conservative party's annual conference that she isn't afraid to leave the e.u. without

a deal lawrence lee was there. all those people who spent their time queuing for the speech might have been forgiven for being a little nervous this was a big moment for their party and their country and their prime minister often looks i'm sure a bit of a robot. so it was to everyone's surprise when sarees m a launched a cell phone to stage dancing queen the soundtrack all of it designed to offer her a charisma she's often accused of lacking plainly they loved it as well as being relieved last year she was paralyzed by a cough and the sec fell apart behind her doing all this at such an important time in the u.k. took some courage but in the last few years some sort some things changed for the worse i think she then embarks on a speech which painted her as a much softer figure trying to bring together a country at war with itself over leaving the european union but when push came to shove she indicated they would be no more concessions from in the endless

negotiation with brussels britain isn't afraid to leave with no deal if we have to thank these ng with thousands introducing terrorists and costly checks at the border would be a bad outcome for the u.k. and the e.u. it would be tough at first but the resilience and ingenuity of the british people would see us through the friends and her enemies in government will both of found something in all of what she said never mind that she made no mention of every financial warning that the u.k. economy could fold in the event of a hard rex's this was rhetoric from the trenches of world war one we stand at a pivotal moment in history it falls to our party to lead our country through it. when we come together there is no limit to what we can achieve compared to the robot she is often painted as this was

a confidence passionate and at times very personal speech which would have gone down extremely well with the party faithful but because of things like british ingenuity and black spirits will do nothing so it was the european union that she has a new plan if anything what this speech did was to make no deal rex's much more likely the other thing this will be seen to have done at least for now is to shore up her leadership as prime minister but both she and the european union sharpening their knives. al-jazeera turning in. a british intelligence agency is accusing russia of launching cyber warfare to undermine best and democracy the u.k.'s security center blamed hackers working for russia's g.r.u. intelligence agency for a major attacks and threaten the world and he does think agency hakon twenty seventeen and it's the first time you came to this is said that russia was behind

the twenty six day in breach of the us democratic national committee's computer systems allegedly to help donald trump win the presidential election the u.k. says operatives were acting directly under orders from the kremlin just so discord and mistrust and governments around the world the russian president vladimir putin has called for double the agents a traitor says moscow knew he had cooperated with foreign intelligence agencies after his release of the spy swap and twenty ten. he's just a spied a traitor to the motherland you understand you're such a target you traitor to the motherland well he's one of. the he's just a scumbag that's easy. or a challenge has more from moscow. some context for vladimir putin's comments can be found in a documentary program that was shown on russian t.v.

earlier this year now in that putin was asked by an interviewer whether he could forgive me said yes of course he could but not everything when asked what he couldn't forgive putin's answer was betrayal so that suggests a script how who have lied to me putin has called a traitor to the motherland and scum falls into the brackets of the type of person that putin might not be able to forgive now bruited of course is saying this russia had nothing to do with this and on stage he said that the whole script all case was nothing more than an information campaign that had been passed officially blown up but still this is revealing language being used by the russian president. the head of the u.n. group of experts on yemen say says that has team has presented a list of you invites abuses to the united nations. also told al-jazeera the ball

is saudi arabia and the u.a.e. try to interfere in their work the paddle that used all sides in the conflict of rights abuses the report published analyst. i did not expect such harsh reactions we've done a professional neutral and objective job all we did was report based on allegations and actions we collected during our visits from testimonies and reports it's a normal process for any experts we could always discuss the results but this did not happen. humans hope the rebels have freed two sons of the late former president ali of the salah and that code signal a desire to break the deadlock and the three year war the brothers arrived in jordan after a man and the un envoy to martin griffiths the un on. their release had been detained since december when the rebels killed their father.

concern is gallen of the safety of problem solving journalist. who's missing in turkey has been a vocal critic of the kingdom's leadership senior turkish officials believe he's inside the saudi consulate and istanbul and started taking his more on tuesday jamal khashoggi walked into this saudi consulate in istanbul to collect proof of his divorce so he could remarry he hasn't been seen since then. we are positive he is still inside it we are waiting with his fiancee who is with us here we are staging a sit in here until he is released. once an advisor to the saudi royal family he fell out of favor as he became increasingly vocal in his criticism of crown prince mohammed bin selma i still see him as a reformer but he used gathering all power within his hand and it would be much beter for him to allow a bidding space for a critic for saudi intellectuals for all your active sort of the media to debate

the most important needed transformation going in the country because jodi left saudi arabia last year as the government began its recent crackdown on dissent arresting clerics intellectuals activists and businessmen in the absence of any reliable information to show he's website now declares he's been arrested but saudi authorities insist he left their consulate but this is the most of all the contradiction in the saddam regime is claims that it is opening up that it is liberalizing we've seen a lot of talk a lot of statements from saudi officials heading in that direction but when you look at the actions of the government government we see something very different the washington post says it's very concerned about the whereabouts of one of its prominent commentators in a statement the newspaper said it would be unfair and outrageous if he's been detained for his work and we hope that he's safe and we can hear from him soon

jamal let me start with you are you talking to al jazeera in march because shogi spoke of the changes in saudi arabia it is an important transformation that requires all of us to contribute to it to discuss it and no one should be jailed there is waiting for him outside the saudi consulate in istanbul would agree. you know again all of the prominent with the headlines on al-jazeera and soldiers and in asia have been ordered to shoot looters the survivors from five is quite and so the army desperately search for food aid is arriving on the of so the way to see more than fourteen hundred people are confirmed dead and that number is expected to rise malaysia's former first lady of all swore months or has pleaded not guilty to seventeen counts of money laundering and tax evasion she and her husband. used of

misappropriating billions of dollars from the state's investment fund the u.s. senate will cast its first question of vote on president trump supreme court nominee on friday cavanagh's confirmation has been delayed due to allegations of sexual assault on misconduct the f.b.i. is still investigating claims that cavanagh sexually abused women while he was in high school and university he denies the accusations of british intelligence agency is accusing russia of launching cyber war where with the intent of undermining western democracy the u.k.'s national cybersecurity center says moscow was behind a series of major attacks including the twenty sixteen's us presidential election which only west beef from global cyber risk she says you came to college and agencies would have collected strong evidence against russia before making the allegations. they were determining that the russian military intelligence with the knowledge and consent of the kremlin were as involved with the world doping with

some u.k. banks attacks with attacks on ukrainian infrastructure and the hacking of the democratic national committee so these were new blames that were being laid at the at the feet of the russian government and they i'm certain had quite credible information. before they came out with this so it's important because many private sector companies know there are bad actors out there but if they are being hit by a nation state that raises it to a level that most companies no matter how big they are can withstand without the assistance of government as the headlines on al-jazeera do stay with us the cure wave as it says is coming up next thank you very much for watching. speculation is growing about who might win the nobel peace prize the twenty eighteen the nobel committee will announce the winner on friday al-jazeera has been awarded the

exclusive international rights to interview the window after the awards ceremony in december watch on rival coverage of the nobel peace prize on al-jazeera. disappear this something the venom can now be sent to liberty finance is not limited to being drug. tested. sometimes it's very painful. sometimes.