they is serving a more than thirty year sentence for a crime she committed before being impeached and removed from office last year since moving towards democracy in the one nine hundred eighty s. all south korean leaders have been tarnished as some degree by alleged wrongdoing either by themselves or their immediate families while in office but many political commentators cases like police have become familiar and many koreans are frustrated on the other hand they want to move forward and dream for better more democratic society part of the problem say critics is the power enjoyed by south korean presidents it's led to a debate about whether presidential power should be curbed but for now jailing former leaders who abuse that all politics seems to be accepted as a fact of political life robert bride al jazeera so the u.n.

refugee agency says it's deeply concerned for the safety of seven range of men deported from india to me in ma on thursday the un says the men were denied access to lawyers and their applications for asylum were not assessed and says their removal has left thousands of muslim or hindu who live in refugee camps in india worried about deportation hundreds of thousands of ranger have been forced out of me and ma in the past two years most seeking shelter in bangladesh a prominent critic of rwanda's president paul kagame he has been freed from jail the high court granted bail to diana dar on friday she was blocked last year from challenging to ghana in the presidential elections and arrested months later. i've . been killed in eastern democratic republic of congo. in the city near the border with. a rebel group. is believed to be the.

welcome back thom tillis bought his pizza. thank you very much the fight that is said to be the highest earning you have c. contest in history is officially on of the both fighters made the weights in las vegas on friday four which have been counted mcgregor is back in the u.f.c. after a two year break in which he switched to boxing for about against floyd mayweather

jr the argument is up against the man who has ruled the lightweight division and he's absence the undefeated babe. god of of russia u.f.c. journalist nick pete was at the weigh in he told al-jazeera that the caliber of both fighters as well as the greatest showmanship was going to mean a big payday for the sport well this is on paper this is the toughest challenge of mcgregor's korea guys twenty six oh no there's no blueprint to beat it is never lost the fight is doing so at the highest possible level is in the u.f.c. is the u.f.c. champion doesn't get me tougher than this you know mixed martial art there's an old saying that if you're undefeated you're fighting the wrong people you could be fighting the wrong people is just that good but this is a real tale of a grappler bases a striker bieber's a very good sambo fight very good grappling very good jujitsu submission fights and takes you down. one of the greg of course is very much a stand up striker a south pole with heavy heavy feet looking for the knockouts you know stylistically this is what mixed martial arts is all about all about the best grappler the best

striker one of the great get people realize that it's to engage in character not only county fights we can also talk about hell out of fights as well and you know he really is a once in a lifetime and about elites and as you say these things predicted to be double the numbers the last record was the last record is one of the graduates nate the as to that was two years ago that they've been point six five million buys are right now this thing's going to do over three million phenomenal the next martial arts mcgregor is known for he's psychological warfare as well as combat skills and seem to strike an early blow by failing to show up at a press conference with an immigrant of stay. this competence is beginning i'm not wait for nobody has to go in there question i'm here because i have schedule i have to make way i have to worry about myself why i have to think about him he come on or. if somebody late this is not my problem hey guys fifteen minutes fifteen

minutes i'm here these guys didn't come this is big business specs. not impress standoff to holding a solo press conference he left the stage with this like way out but then a little later than planned mcgregor finally did turn up he blamed it on faith this traffic. of bin laden this traveling is a little heavy that must be a mcgregor awfully gone on i don't know where that feeling is he doesn't want to be around me he doesn't want to be around these people he is petrified i'd see him filled with energy to see in my people come here and support me and i look forward to going to macon every single one he was proud on saturday night thank you so much truly from the bottom of my heart it's good to be back. one of christiane or another's biggest sponsors nike say they're deeply concerned about the rape allegation being made against him were now denies the accusation from catherine the your girl there he sexually assaulted her in las vegas nine years ago nike have

a lifetime deal with ronaldo worth up to a billion dollars and say they are closely monitoring the situation that was also the message from a videogame manufacturer who have featured rinaldo on the front cover of their feet the game for two years he's team events of meanwhile have back a player quantity worked up a bit cynical regarding the protection that event is giving him it is right for us to offer him this delicate time but his shoulders are so broad that he is solely focused on to mars game and he's ready to go out on the pitch and before while six times out american jenkins bucket juniors are through to the semifinals of the copper limited or this the argentine team were up against crucero of brazil in the second leg of the quarterfinal match school first but then had a player same tool for a second yellow card blockers a pub on the left until deep into stoppage time before equalizing finished one one on the night but barca go through three one on aggregate they'll play another

brazilian club or us for a place in the final. spanish moto g.p. rider hooker lauren saw world aside on saturday whether he will continue racing this weekend in thailand of he was taken to hospital in the country after a huge crash in practice to do car to rider already has a fractured foot from a crash an arab on a few weeks ago when this happened three time world champion roll these bike which broke apart from the force of the crash he was conscious after the accident but was taken to hospital for a scan on his wrist. n.b.a. commissioner adam silver has said he hopes to make basketball the number one sport in the world that's after the game saw big growth in china the n.b.a.'s philadelphia seventy six played a preseason game against the dallas mavericks in shanghai on friday fully winning one hundred twenty two one hundred fourteen of the teams will go to shane is in for the second game on monday. rugby's greatest rivalry takes center stage on saturday

when south africa hosts new zealand in pretoria in the final round of this year's rugby championship the springboks can no longer win the title the all blacks defeated argentina a week ago to seal the crown for the third year running however the last time the two sides met the south african surprise the world champions in new zealand. you feel a ticket of up with most of the city really coming to want to win this game doing a pretty good venture it's going to be. that's not the thing for us we wouldn't want to be short break the. beautiful game you know. and you can't control too much where they can do it we can bring one must make sure that that would not wait for a couple of minutes you may have seen the iron man movies but just take a minute to marvel at this. this is more footage from the scene to be released superhero film instead it is all very real british inventor richard browning has

created this jet engine power would suit that allows its user to actually take flight launch a new racing series next to four men and women the suit has so far managed to record a speed of fifty one kilometers per hour and you can buy your own jets if you like kettle city back just short of four hundred fifty thousand dollars so we've got some amazing breakthroughs coming on the technology front because that pace hasn't slowed down but really the idea of bringing several pilots from all different corners of the planet male and female from different sporting backgrounds to assemble in one place over water because then it's an entirely safe activity and have them start a race around a kind of a race kit in three dimensions with thousand horsepower jet seats it's going to be a standing phenomenal and we are doing this there's no debate as to whether we might or might not we are doing it's too much fun even for myself and my existing team that already fly the not do it ok that's all the support from us for now we'll have another update for you again later on. well one is of course on our website

there it is al jazeera dot com. that's it for me down jordan on the dock at the top the hour with more news stay with us i'm so watching life and. the consequence of war. ventures and russia will be served in the marine corps for one thousand eight hundred ninety five that just doesn't go away. for a living out of the truck for the last couple years. is home was zero follows a group of u.s. army veterans much iced by war. as they struggle to get their lives back.

on al-jazeera. jeannette morales was just ten years old when a devastating earthquake struck mexico city in one thousand nine hundred five the quake damaged her family's apartment and the government moved them to distant shack around seventy families who lost their homes in that earthquake still live in this camp say going to be up at the gala the government raised our hopes and then abandon us politicians have promised that they won't allow a repeat of what happened after the earthquake in one thousand eight hundred five but the cost and complexity of housing hundreds of people living in camps is a major task and one that many people here think the government the fail. is has been described as a. last resort rubbing against the around the world suffer from chicago and drives up lines it's because you rush.

this. al-jazeera travels to africa and it's inspiring individuals who are fighting to eliminate these ideas innocents lifelines the end is inside. on al-jazeera. president trump's supreme court pick brett kavanaugh looks set to be confirmed in his position by the u.s. senate. along down jordan this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up a white police officer whose killing of a black teenager sparked protests in chicago is found guilty of murder. the nobel peace prize awarded to easy to the congolese doctor for their work to end sexual violence. and fears of more than a thousand people are still buried under

a hotel in a housing complex flattened by the earthquake and tsunami in indonesia. brett kavanaugh the man nominated by donald trump to maintain a five four conservative majority in the u.s. supreme court is one step closer to his goal republicans say an f.b.i. investigation didn't find any evidence supporting sexual misconduct allegations against him but democrats say the probe was a sham the senate now agreed to advance common his nomination and a final vote on saturday was in jordan as more from washington d.c. the motion is agreed to. the u.s. senate is now taking what should be the final step needed to approve brett kavanaugh for the u.s. supreme court thirty hours of debate and a vote the process has been delayed for nearly three weeks due to allegations of sexual assault a special senate hearing to review the allegations and

a one week delay for so the f.b.i. could investigate. senator jeff flake a swing vote was pressured by sexual assault victims into calling for the delay and yet despite protests out of his office and a review of the f.b.i. support flake says he will vote yes on kavanaugh a new kind of oh yes tomorrow. something big change so i don't see. what would but . but anyway i'm glad we had a better process kavanaugh was already a contentious choice because of his conservative views on abortion gun laws and presidential powers but in mid september it was revealed christine blazin ford had accused him of trying to rape her when they were teenagers i've never sexually assaulted dr ford or anyone or as capitol tried to clear his name his testimony before the senate judiciary committee raised new concerns was he too hot headed to

be one of the united states' top judges possibly for decades even the former u.s. supreme court justice john paul stevens called kavanaugh unfit for the post to the supporters called this criticism slander and insist kavanaugh should be approved judge kavanaugh was publicly accused of a crime and his reputation and livelihood weren't state so it was only fair that his accuser have the burden to prove the consensus is that the burden was not met republican lisa murkowski said on friday she would not vote and kavanagh's favor but two other so-called swing senators signed off in support of the nominee moving capitals confirmation that much closer to the finish line i didn't know if i had him for the day and i will go to canned firm chad's cabin. the u.s. president donald trump has chaired the u.s.

senate's just to hold its final debate and vote but the outcome won't be known until all of the senators have actually cast their ballots and not a second before rosalind shorten al-jazeera capitol hill what chance moron is a republican strategist he says this is remind americans the us political system considers people innocent until proven guilty i think after listening to senator collins a speech today lisa murkowski is probably giving her decision another thought i really think that senator collins the speech really just walked through the solid evidence why you could vote for brett kavanaugh and not have any kind of real problems as a republican a conservative or even somebody who supports the me too movement who supports women's rights and what's going on with the larger conversation about sexual assault at the end of the day senator collins made the argument that you know in this country you're innocent until proven guilty and the political considerations

here really can't distract from the fact that that's the standard of justice that we have in america and that's why she's voting yes well christine pelosi is a democratic strategist she says the senate's vote in favor of nominating kavanah will push many voters to the polls for the midterms. i think it's fired up everybody because of donald trump credit he two years ago this weekend the access hollywood takes came out where he bragged about grabbing women by the private parts a year ago the me too movement started and shortly after that we wrote the first me to politics letter here in california and started trying to attempt to let it go reforms as well so so on this anniversary this is actually the anniversary also sudden so to my your ascending to the court under president obama it's a real single you know elections have consequences so donald trump out a very good week because he bent the republican party to his will he got a. reproductive freedom supporting republican female senator to vote

with him and stead of with her stated litmus test so i think he's had a very good week i think the movement has had a very good week because we have been determined to break the silence to keep talking and to go out there in force and elect people who are going to respect survivors respect women and in many cases be women making better policy not the first on in decades a jury in chicago has convicted a white police officer of the murder and killing of a black teenager officer jason van dyke has been found guilty of the second degree murder of lochlann mcdonald in twenty fourteen the policeman shot mcdonald sixteen times as a teenager held a knife by his side joe.