or here in california and started trying to attempt political 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 now for the first time 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 john hendren us update from chicago. this is chicago's magnificent mile michigan avenue and demonstrators have shut it down during rush hour when it would normally be jammed with cars now the reason for that a police officer has been convicted here in chicago of murder for the first time in decades it is rare that a police officer is convicted of murder it is especially rare here in the city of chicago but what happened is that a man named jason van dyke a veteran officer was convicted of second degree murder and sixteen other charges for the killing of a young black teen named looked on mcdonald he was shot sixteen times there were several officers on the scene but only jason vandyke fired at look on mcdonald and the city was ready for a major uprising in case the verdict did not come down the way the people wanted

here in the streets of chicago twelve thousand police officers run alert six thousand of them were already deployed around this city but instead this crowd has come out it has shut the streets down but it is done so not out of anger but end of celebration. now the nobel peace prize has been awarded to two people in leading the fight against the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war while mistreated thousands of abuse victims in the democratic republic of congo the other as a survivor of sexual violence and trafficking in iraq john hall has more from that . at home they call him dr miracle denis mukwege again a comb billie's gynecologist who's helped countless women who've been subject to sexual violence as a weapon of war. belongs to the minority yazidi group among thousands of women and girls subjected to a systematic campaign of sexual violence but i soon find is in two thousand and

fourteen she's now an activist who speaks out for those women who can't or won't. he humiliated me every day he forced me to wear coats that didn't cover my body i was tortured i tried to flee but one of the god stopped me all those who commit crimes of human trafficking and genocide need to be brought to justice so that women and children can live in peace. they are joint winners of the two thousand and eighteen nobel peace prize both laureates have made a crucial contribution to focusing attention on and combating such war crimes in its citation the committee described is enduring dedicated and selfless efforts to end the use of mass rape as a weapon of war the more this prize has a big meaning that although it took time for the world to recognize us the world has started listening to women and not just listening to getting to know the

problems that you face understanding our problems is not enough they must realize that when you commit a crime against anyone it's not right. both mourad and move quicker the committee said have endured personal risk and cost to combat war crimes and seek justice for victims in a year in which controversy has touched the nobel name itself both with rape allegations against a member of the swedish academy that gives up a literature prize and with calls for me on mars leader aung sang suu kyi to be stripped of her peace prize the two winners of the two thousand and eighteen nobel peace prize are likely to be considered anything but controversial. i asked the chairwoman of the nobel committee with a she and her four fellow committee members had decided this year to play it safe i asked to be believe that we make our decision on the mandate we have. sometimes our decisions are very controversial sometimes they are not but not

complete herschel does not reduce the importance of the price in a word then no. zero. it's been a week since the in the nation island of were struck by a magnitude seven point five earthquake that triggered a tsunami the official death toll now stands up almost sixteen hundred and bodies are still being pulled from the rubble with mosques completely destroyed by the six metre high waves friday prayers were held outside military planes were about twenty countries are flying in with much needed aid and supplies the u.n. has pledged fifty million dollars to the relief effort as wayne hale reports from many people in the open waiting for assistance. people here escape the earthquake and tsunami but the fight for survival goes on in palo parks have become refugee camps for those who have nowhere else to go their houses were destroyed many family members killed. yan now they use whatever they can find to build shelters while

still struggling to comprehend what's happened to them. my sister was trapped and they're all they managed to get her out but she died my mother in law is still missing. after me there is some food being given out by one but it's well short of what's needed there's still a lack of basic supplies around the affected areas including here in the heart of power louis city where people have been camping for a week despite all the money from the indonesian government and all the offers of assistance from foreign governments no one's been able to supply the people here with temporary toilets or adequate shelter and part of this camp is on the grounds of the mayor's office those sheltering here say he's only been to see them once when the indonesian president was in town we asked the mayor for an interview but his staff declined the refugees say die a grateful for the land to sleep on but they need more help than i ate them but i

can tell you there are some toilets over there but they are full of excrement so i eat only once a day so i don't have to maybe everyone is ok at the moment but if they don't sort it out we will have to hear. some people are waiting for space on military flights out others say they have nowhere to fly to everyone is scared of more earthquakes and wondering when or if they'll be able to go home when hey al jazeera palu indonesia a lot more so to come here and al-jazeera including interpol's on the hunt for its president missing after traveling to china. police failed to prevent the killing of a rapper the hands of a hit man far far right party stay with us. from the neon lights of asia. to the city that never sleeps. hello again welcome back to your international weather forecast well this

hour we're going to start here in china a lot of areas out here towards the east are really not looking too bad for shanghai because coming ray is making its way to the north things are going to be getting better for you that means the winds are going to be dropping down and you could be seeing some clearer skies as well over here towards taipei same reason the storm is moving away and we are going to be looking at better weather so staying clear out here for much of the east but we are picking up some showers up here towards chengdu temperature a little bit cooler temps are there about eighteen degrees and then as we make our way down here towards the south of course over here towards palo we are watching the weather very carefully a lot of relief and recovery efforts are going on but we do expect to see some rain coming into the forecast over the next few days we don't expect it to be very heavy but because a lot of the roads are closed more rain in that region of course because of the tsunami means is going to be more difficult in that area up towards the philippines it is going to be mostly cloudy to partly cloudy but not a lot of rain for you but a temperature minimal of thirty one degrees and we are watching happy what's

happening down here across much of the south western part of india very carefully heavy rain showers could be causing localized flooding because of a tropical storm instead is forming in the arabian gulf and up here to as kokoda attempt a few of thirty five. there with sponsored by cat time race. the consequence of more. for exams roger shows he served in the marine corps for national insurance ninety five that just doesn't go away. for a living out of trouble for the last couple years. is home was zero follows a group of u.s. veterans traumatized by war. as they struggle to get their lives back. on al-jazeera.

welcome back a quick amount of our top stories here on al-jazeera protests for and against president trump supreme court nominees have been held outside the u.s. congress is back cabinet now and hit a procedural vote in the senate a final vote is expected on saturday republicans say an f.b.i. investigation didn't find any evidence supporting sexual misconduct allegations against him. jurors have convicted a white chicago police officer for the shooting of a black teenager officer james bond dykes and found guilty of the second degree murder of luck on macdonald in twenty fourteen the policeman shot mcdonnell sixteen times as a teenager held a knife by his side. on the twenty eighteen nobel peace prize been awarded two years eve the women's rights activist nadia moron and the congolese doctor dentist mccuaig were ad campaigns for the victims of sexual violence but quickly runs

a hospital in democratic republic of congo dedicated to happen the victims of gang rape. supporters of the missing saudi journalist jamal khashoggi have rallied outside saudi arabia's consulate in istanbul calling for his release because shoghi disappeared on tuesday after entering the compound but there are conflicting reports as to where he is the reports. the site outside the saudi arabian consulate in istanbul resembles a crime scene more than it does a diplomatic mission police have cordoned off the entire area around the building monitoring anyone who enters or exits three days have passed since renowned journalist jamal khashoggi went missing after entering the concert it's a process paperwork on friday photojournalists and human rights activists gathered to demand his release they believe that the saudi authorities kidnapped him and are either holding him hostage inside the building or have secretly sent him abroad the man we don't know what it's like suddenly genocide is what we want is the freedom

of jamal khashoggi he entered the building of the consulate he has to get out of there safe and sound the turkish government has to take action and take care of democracy because tucker sovereignty has been violated. has written a great deal about human rights abuses carried out by his country's government since the rise of crown prince mohammed bin sandman he's a regular columnist for the washington post it published friday's edition with a blank section where her she's writing would have appeared. his fiance too afraid to identify herself on camera spoke to al-jazeera over the phone about what happened last tuesday. jamal went into the consolation i was wasting the two the appointment was at one pm after a few hours no one came to me and they were supposed to come and get a phone from me no one came i went to the door and asked security it was almost three pm security told me no one was inside and that maybe i didn't pay attention

when jamal lifts i called the consulate a saudi man answered and he told me the closest and that no one is inside and he shouldn't wait here. as fears continue to roll over her safety there is also concern about the diplomatic could occur as a result of his disappearance if indeed it is proven that the saudis have kidnapped him and or taken him out. in the country it would mean that you haven't decided to use its diplomatic missions as detention centers with little or no respect for the sovereignty of other countries turkey would have to respond. it's not. the president of interpol has been reported missing after travelling to his home country china nobody's been able to get in touch with ming on way since late last month the french police are now investigating the disappearance of french officials says he arrived in china but went missing soon after china correspond adrian brown has more. well so far this mysterious story is not being reported by

state controlled media the reports we're getting about monk home may coming from france that's where the international police organization has its headquarters in leon and that's where he lived with his wife now she apparently contacted police because she says she hasn't heard from her husband since he returned to china last week we don't know if he was summoned back to china because he's still a vice minister of public security and that was the position he held here in china before he was appointed president of interpol in two thousand and sixteen the first chinese person to hold that post he's also been a director of the counterterrorism office here in china a very senior law enforcement officer now interpol has issued a statement saying that this is a matter for the authorities in china and france and they will be commenting any

further some important context a man who was ultimately mongst boss was jailed for corruption in two thousand and fifteen and then a nother man who was a vice minister of public security was also jailed for corruption in two thousand and sixteen and al jazeera has a stablished that his name was removed from a tea party committee in april two thousand and eighteen just a few months ago now it's not unusual for prominent figures to disappear here in china a tycoon from china disappeared from a hotel in hong kong twenty months ago he'd been wanted for questioning here in the mainland and hasn't been seen since and then in june a well known actress vanished she suddenly popped up just this week following an investigation into her tax affairs and then of course we had the cases of the hong kong booksellers who also vanished only to. reappear again after several months of

being held on the mainland now there could be an innocent explanation for monk's disappearance but if he hasn't appeared by monday then i think the chinese authorities will be facing demands for some sort of explanation qatar's a mere shift i mean been hammered out in argentina as part of a tour of latin america qatar has been working on building new alliances ever since a diplomatic crisis broke out in twenty seventeen pitting it against a regional blockade led by saudi arabia donald shannon reports. it's a state visit from two countries an opposite sides of the globe which on the surface don't have a great deal in common guitar a small but wealthy desert state covered already suffering its own severe local political.