governments around the world blame russia for a series of cyber attacks russia dismisses the accusations as western spying many. has of speaking of this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up mass burials every day in indonesia as they continue the recovery effort on the island of subtle ways. the f.b.i. investigation into donald trump's supreme court nominee is released to very different reactions from republicans and democrats. i was out of

a job for you then i'll tell you why the fight against isis is still continuing in the desert. alone began early thursday in australia and has progressed across continents through europe and on to north america one western government after another moving against alleged russian cyber attacks the latest came from the u.s. justice department which announced charges against seven russian intelligence agencies a short time ago to help us get a sense of the sheer scale of both the alleged attacks on the west response paul brennan joins us now live from london support just talk us through what's become something something of a globally coordinated move against russia. yes it's extraordinary it's almost a little bit like an ambush attack which started relatively innocuous they were the report from here in the u.k. from the national cybersecurity sent the n c s c which overnight issued

a report saying that with almost certainty they could say that. voodoo bag and a whole raft of other so the geeky hacking groups many people thought were just teenagers sitting in bedrooms somewhere were actually all to do all affiliated with the russian military intelligence agency the g.r.u. and it listed four new attribute sions that it said the g.r.u. had been responsible for attacks including targeting water the world and to doping agency sports files and a bad rabbit ransomware attack in october twenty seven scene which really badly affected the kiev metro the odessa. airport and to russian military sorry media outlets as well now it was that use of the it almost certain that allowed maria's the russian. foreign affairs spokesman to come out and and quite easily back that

away oh it's they don't know there's no evidence etc etc it's just fantasy and then about ten g eight ten g.m.t. in the morning the dutch and british health a news conference and added to it the snowball continue to roll and they came out they came out with unprecedented details about a team of g.r.u. intelligence officers who'd been who'd gone to brussels to target the o.p.c. w. and effectively had been caught red handed let's see the report. the tools of the trade this spy equipment was found in the possession of four russian agents in a car parked outside the headquarters of the chemical weapons watchdog the o.p.c. back in april at the time the o.p.c. w. was independently analyzing the novacek used to attack script palin solsbury as well as identifying the substance used in an attack against civilians in the syrian

town of duma on the list the g.r.u. operation was aimed at hacking in infecting the white fine network of the o.p.c. w. from close quarters we call that a so called close access hack operation when they were discovered the russian spies trying to destroy some of their equipment but one of the laptops showed they had also been in malaysia trying to access the investigation into the shooting down of the passenger jet m.h. seventeen over ukraine allegedly by a russian book missile the timing of the dutch announcement came just hours after a report on russian hacking by the british national cybersecurity center part of the government's g c h q spy agency the n c s c assessment concluded that hacker groups calling themselves fancy bear sound werman voodoo bear actually just the russian military intelligence agency the ji are you the reality is that this is part of a pattern of cyber attacks u.k. u.s.

malaysia switzerland now the netherlands and the russian government needs to know that if they fly out international law in this way there will be consequences they will be exposed and people will see the russian government for what they are which is an organization that is trying to fester instability throughout the world and that is totally unacceptable the russian foreign ministry spokeswoman reacted scornfully to the british statements is going to arouse more of what indiscriminately in one file or maybe an ina richie fragrance file every. thing with mixed up g.r.u. cyber spies kremlin's hackers what a hellish perfume mix the vivid imagination of our colleagues from the u.k. has no boundaries indeed who comes up with all this the u.k. and dutch an ounce of sense coincided with a meeting of nato defense ministers in brussels and emphasizes that europe and russia appear to many to now be in a second cold war so what's the strategy behind this coordinated move

is it basically every time you do this we're just going to call you out on it in hopes of kind of shining a light on on what they think is going on here something that seems to be the strategy the strategic calculation that these allies have come up with it's clearly to them and they've lost patience with the russian obfuscation that's certainly where that's been used by the british the british government in relation to russian denials of any involvement in these kind of activities you saw that despite the evidence of the two alleged g.r.u. operatives who went to solve three and smeared nava chalk on the door handle which affected scrip are the russians came out and almost laughingly described it the two men as simply tourists and paraded them on television in a fanciful kind of t.v. arrangement now whereas before it seemed that the kind of espionage would be done

behind closed doors an ambassador might be called in that might be a quiet exposition of one or two now it seems that the allies nato allies america australia as well is going to not let russia get away with it is going to publicize wherever possible and as far as possible russian activities and expose them to the full lights of public scrutiny all right paul brennan live for us in london thanks paul. now it's been almost a week since the earthquake and tsunami that devastated the indonesian island of so the way she and hundreds of thousands of people are still desperately in need of help there aren't enough rescuers and aid has been slow coming in looting has become such a problem that the military has been given orders to shoot on sight most of the rescue efforts after friday's earthquake and tsunami have focused on power while many in dongola the first area to be hit by tsunami waves are still waiting for

help the united nations says hundreds of thousands of people urgently need food and clean drinking water the death toll now stands at one thousand four hundred twenty four with thousands more in hospital nearly a week after the earthquake and tsunami devastated. hundreds of people are still in need of help the death toll continues to rise again now standing at one thousand four hundred twenty four but some of those are lucky to survive and a face with changing injuries and the loss of their nearest and dearest to me doug and spoke to some of them. eight year old wendy close to god and asks for forgiveness he was in the position of prayer his forehead to the mat when the earthquake struck and the mosque collapsed he's all there brother was able to pull him out but didn't last his hand. was good did you

know that it was hard for us to look for a medical clinic we had to look for two decent tonight. this is one that the hospital it holds the biggest number of injured survivors and some of them come from neighboring districts. we've spoken to patients here who say it took days before they got medical help but they are grateful they're still alive . to lions says she was near the sea when the earthquake struck she waited for a moment and thought everything was fine until the tsunami swept her away it took three days before her family found her. i thought i was going to die i swallowed a lot of water and then a man pulled me up by my arm this anomaly hit the town of pollute late on friday

three strong waves swept away hundreds of homes schools government facilities all wiped out in an instant and days since the disaster struck many believe the true extent of the damage has yet to be seen the number of people killed is expected to rise. a twenty minute drive from the main town is where hundreds are buried mass burials have become a daily reality some of the bodies buried here are unidentified the indonesian government says a quick burial is necessary to prevent the spread of communicable diseases entire families who once lived full lives cut short by a tragedy they have been reduced to this in the witness come to see good bye. dugan al-jazeera central sulawesi

indonesia or u.s. vice president mike pence is accusing china of trying to undermine the trumpet ministration it comes just a week after the president accused china of interfering in the upcoming midterm elections to help his democratic rivals beijing is employing a whole of government approach to advance its influence and benefit its interests it's employing this power in more proactive and coercive ways. to interfere in the domestic policies of this country and interfere in the politics of the united states the chinese communist party is rewarding or coercing american businesses movie studios universities think tanks scholars journalists and local state and federal officials and worst of all china has initiated an unprecedented effort to influence american public opinion the two thousand and eighteen elections and the

environment leading into the twenty twenty presidential elections to put it bluntly president trump's leadership is working and china wants a different american president of the u.s. senate judiciary committee has gotten the f.b.i. reports into supreme court nominee fred brett kavanaugh investigators were looking into sexual misconduct allegations that surfaced after that initial background check cabinet denies the accusations the senate is set to hold an initial procedural vote on his nomination on friday i think iran is live for a say in washington so betty the sense is a beginning their reactions to this report and not surprisingly there it depends on which party they're from essentially. exactly i just want to give you a sense of what it's like in the capitol complex i can't say that i've ever seen anything quite like this before so minds are ringing off the hook we've got

protesters walking through the hallways senators are feeling so beleaguered that they're walking the security and in some cases the police here are closing off corridors from the media so that they can ask senators exactly how they plan to vote this really comes down to five hundred senators two democrats to republicans now so far two of the republicans haven't said which way the votes but they're giving indications that this f.b.i. report is thorough and that is the biggest question right now they were on the verge of voting for him when a republican senator jeff slight said hold on a minute let's give the f.b.i. week old then they were there were reports that the president president basically told the f.b.i. you can do a miniature investigation talk to four people he didn't came out after that leaked and said we're not going to tell the f.b.i. what to do but now we're hearing that the f.b.i. likely only interviewed nine people and they didn't interview christine buzzing for dr ford who came before the senate judiciary and gave that powerful testimony so

now basically what's happening in a secret room a secure room senator being given an hour to go and there's only one report they've got to share it they're reading it now and they expect a vote possibly by saturday so obviously this report has become a very partisan issue here's what some of the key senators have to say. what i can say is the most notable part of this report is what's in it it looks to be a product of an incomplete investigation that was limited perhaps by the white house i don't know but the white house certainly blocked access to millions of documents from judge cabinet on his record i know that and ensured that ninety percent of his e-mails and memos were available from the senate or the public in the hearings. so what we are one of the facts and evidence

tell us after seven. investigation the fact is that these allegations have not been. to the allegations have been corroborated by the seventh. not in the new f.b.i. investigation not anywhere so patty any indication at this point as to where this vote is going to go. you know it's probably going to come down to the wire i think it's important if i could just real quick to point out what mitch mcconnell just said isn't necessarily the case dr ford's attorneys say that she told a therapist about the assault named brett kavanaugh four years ago before the name was anywhere near a short list and that she also told friends before anybody had heard of brett kavanaugh again the f.b.i. didn't interview any of those cooperate cooperated with this is at least not that

we believe but we do know that they didn't talk to dr ford they didn't talk to cavanagh's so this is not going away this issue it is been incredibly polarizing just down the street at the courthouse where brett kavanaugh now works this could be a massive protests we expect celebrities are flown into town trying to get people to the streets to protest outside the supreme court but on the other side the conservative base has really rallied behind brett kavanaugh many of them saying that these are unfounded allegations and the democrats are simply playing dirty so what's the practical effect of this it could not only infect the court but the midterm elections because in the run up to capital we saw the republicans polled repeatedly say that it really care about voting and so people started talking about democrats sweeping taking back the house possibly the senate enthusiasm now evenly divided between the republicans and the democrats both sides simply angry at what's taking place. in washington. all right now still

ahead on al jazeera mystery surrounding the disappearance of a prominent saudi journalist and critic. we visit the red carpet at one of the asia's most important film festivals. hello again it's good to have you back well here across parts some parts of china we are looking at some very dry conditions across the region on the satellite image almost clear skies for many of you we're looking at up towards shanghai twenty three degrees now we will see some windy conditions as well because we do have a typhoon just off the coast and this is congress now it's making its way towards the north it is weakening but still on the edges of that we are still seeing those feeder boundaries and that will cause some rain showers across many parts of the coast and swell is down here towards taiwan where we do expect things to get

a little bit better but still quite cloudy across much of that area down here towards hong kong well thirty degrees few so not looking too bad and also dry conditions well across much of india to the north we're looking at dry conditions for the south though unfortunately we are still seeing quite a bit of rain now the big problem over the next few days is we are watching a tropical storm winds down here just off the coast what that is going to be doing is bring some very heavy rain showers across carola over the next few days and that is potentially going to leave us with maybe two hundred to two hundred fifty millimeters of rain so flooding is going to be something we're going to be watching especially as we go towards the beginning of next week up here towards the north well quite dry and warm new delhi at about thirty four degrees and crutching about thirty six degrees for you.

just. 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 winner after the awards ceremony in december watch on rival coverage of the nobel peace prize on al-jazeera. and again you're watching al-jazeera a reminder of our top stories western governments are uniting to condemn years of what they say are cyber attacks from russia u.s. charge seven russian agents and the netherlands expelled for hackers russia denies

the allegations. almost a week after the earthquake and tsunami devastated the indonesian island of soloway z. hundreds of thousands of people are still in need of help death toll now stands at one hundred one thousand four hundred twenty four indonesia's military has been ordered to shoot looters on sight. u.s. senators have reacted along party lines to an f.b.i. report on allegations of sexual misconduct against u.s. supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh senate will hold an initial procedural vote on his nomination on friday. turkey's foreign ministry has summoned saudi arabia's ambassador it wants an explanation for the disappearance of a prominent saudi journalist saudi officials say. he disappeared after he left their consulate in istanbul the turkish government says it believes it's he's still inside the building had been living in self-imposed exile in the u.s.

and is regularly written columns critical of the kingdom and the crown prince mohammed bin men who has more from istanbul. saudi journalist does worry about sars still unknown however the saudi officials still repeat the same is statement the latest official statement came from saudi consulate general through their twitter account later this afternoon saying that they have no idea about his disappearance and they're working in close coordination with the turkish authorities it to find about the reasons of his disappearance but the latest awful statement from the turkish side was from presidential spokesperson brian hellen yesterday he said that they know that she is inside saudi consulate building in istanbul and when we spoke to the turkish security is security sources in istanbul they told us that the sick there was no picture of. a getting out of

the consulate building according to c.c. cameras around a saudi consulate in istanbul that's why still turkish side believes that he is inside the building we know that turkish foreign minister is someone saudi ambassador in korea and talked about the reasons of his this appearance but again the saudi side repeated the same thing that they have no idea about his whereabouts and he's not inside the building and the turkish foreign ministry says they are still in coordination with the saudi embassy and the talks are still ongoing but of course it's been more than twenty four hours that his fiance claimed his disappearance that's why according to turkish offer szell records jamal khashoggi is the missing in turkey or below is a journalist and director of the website gulf matters he says there are many holes in the saudi claim that shows he has left the constant. the saudis said yesterday

no no he left the consulate this clearly is not true because had he left he would have been in contact with his fiance who had gone to the costa to get the divorce papers regarding his divorce from his previous wife there is a i think there is an anxiety that he could have been spirited out of the country and taken back to saudi arabia the saudis have have form in this regard in the last two years three princes disappeared from europe and and subsequently turned up in riyadh so yeah i think there's a lot of concern i hope that he is still in the consulate and that pressure is bear brought to bear on the saudis and that they release him i don't think we should underestimate the risk that the amount has which he faces moments all man the crown prince has embarked upon a. extremely repressive campaign it began really in last september and he got out of the country just ahead of perhaps his own arrest other

friends of his were arrested this is followed by a crackdown that saw over two hundred businessmen and senior members of the world family arrested so so he is engaged in is very very severe a campaign of repression and in that context i am concerned for your mouth for his safety if indeed he has been taken out of out of the consulate. i son is no longer in control of towns and cities but its fighters still operates in the desert regions around the iraq syria border iraq's military has launched another offensive to target eisel sleeper cells and pockets long after the group lost territory al jazeera got rare access to the vast and by desert sand i've been javid reports from the border town of and claim. even after i feel it's been defeated the safest way to get to the border between iraq and syria is by air this is about empty quarter the desert which spans most of iraq's more than six hundred kilometer long border

with syria isis fighters are still holed up here. and soon after we took off the top of. the u.s. military blackhawk helicopters through two of the altitude the pilots didn't tell us what they were shooting out and we didn't see any moving targets they had planned on their failure four years ago on bar was their final destination if this caliphate did not work out which it did not a u.s. led coalition is still helping iraqi forces but it insists its role is to aid and assist and not engage in the fight. much of that comes in the shape of intelligence sharing and training iraqi soldiers and nuts of critical importance in hard to reach areas such as province iraq's open desert has valleys and dunes i suppose trying to create safe havens on the rough terrain let me tell you that now we have great knowledge of the desert and we have secure areas i say has launched multiple attacks in the past two months and killed at least seventeen iraqis including

soldiers and shia militia fighters iraqi security officials insist that the clearance operations are not just to combat but a genuine effort to maintain security. will conduct up to five attacks a month and we call dispose of forces in every area when iraq forces concentrate one busy part to another vacant area iraq wants to spend more than three million dollars to build a fence with advanced and watch towers to secure the border against deisel who are also known as. a geographical area across the border on the other side. this is very important not just for the coalition forces but really for the iraqi security forces and for iraq to prevent any kind from the fighting in syria and coming into coming back into iraq. and to root out isis fighters the coalition backs iraqi troops on one side of the border and the mostly goodish syrian democratic forces on the other side.

this forward operations bases run inside iraq by the u.s. led coalition but the french artillery is hitting targets inside syria. the fighting has taken a major dollar in iraq's infrastructure and it's not over yet iraqis in remote parts see that security forces may control the daytime but the night still belongs to. and the real challenge is to counter rising from regrouping in either side of the euphrates river osama bin. the iraq syria border. a japanese comic in its sand has warned the british government that its manufacturing operations in the u.k. will be seriously disrupted if there's no gregs it deal between the united kingdom and the european union the company employs almost forty thousand people in the u.k. in a sense says its business relies on importing millions of components from the e.u. every day it's wanted a no deal brags it would add nearly six hundred fifty million dollars to its costs

. other busan international film festival has opened in south korea with a star studded red carpet marking the end of difficult times for the event one three hundred twenty films from seventy nine countries will be screened over the next ten days rob mcbride reports from. it's a fitting opening film for a festival the coincides with what many hope is a new start in into korean relations beautiful days tells a story of a north korean defector who abandons her husband and son for a new life in south korea the work of an up and coming director from busan it taps perfectly into the current interest in relations with the north. the message of the movie is that regardless of the past when relations of sound have to meet to keep the dialogue going to another movie taking inspiration from north-south relations is the espionage thriller the spider. which is among this

year's top ten hits at the box office first of all organizers are hoping in the future to invite north korean filmmakers to busan and there's even talk of it into a peruvian film festival it did see these periods of cooperation with the north has been taken up by the city itself. as south korea's second city busan is at the forefront of efforts to forge closer links developing c. rail connection projects the city's mayor is currently on the delegation to pyongyang to promote closer ties filmmaking could have an important role to play there was always on a was. for the film industry the easiest way to collaborate would be the exchange of people working in film the next step could be screening each other's films and even working on a joint film production. asia's most important film festival has been marred in recent years by a role with the city's government over the screening of

a controversial documentary about the say world ferry tragedy of twenty forty it led to a number of filmmakers boycotting the event but this year no one is staying away it seems the current mood of korean reconciliation is proving an irresistible force. of the bride al-jazeera busan south korea. all right this is al-jazeera it's got a round up of the top stories western governments are you nineteen to condemn years of what they say are cyber attacks from russia the u.s. charge seven russian agents and the netherlands expelled for hackers russia denies the allegations almost a week after the earthquake and tsunami that devastated the indonesian island of silly way see hundreds of thousands of people are still in need of help the death toll now stands at one thousand four hundred twenty four indonesia's military has

been ordered to shoot looters on sight u.s. senators have reacted along party lines to an f.b.i. report on allegations of sexual misconduct against u.s. supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh the senate was set to hold an initial procedural vote on his nomination on friday. what i can say is that the most notable part of this report is what's not in it it looks to be a product of an incomplete investigation that was limited perhaps by the white house i don't know but the white house certainly blocked access to millions of documents from judge kavanaugh his record i know that and ensured that ninety percent of his e-mails and memos weren't available for the senate or the public in the hearings. so what we are one of the facts and the evidence

tell us after seven. and us to go through the fact is that these allegations have not been cooperated with all of the allegations have been corroborated by the seven f.b.i. investigation not in the new f.b.i. investigation not anywhere a turkey's foreign ministry has summoned saudi arabia's ambassador it once an explanation for the disappearance of a prominent saudi journalist saudi officials say german shows he disappeared after he left the consulate in istanbul but the turkish government says it believes he's still inside the building those are the headlines we're back with more off the inside story.

the head of a u.n. team looking into possible war crimes in yemen has accused saudi arabia and the u.a.e. of interference the panel says both sides of the conflict are to blame for rights abuses but what can this inquiry achieve in yemen this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program. yemen has been at war for more than three years now the region's poorest country has been reduced to even further misery as the south in iraq's coalition continues to battle the rebels for control now.