seeing demands for some sort of explanation qatar's them in a 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 putting it against a regional blockade led by saudi arabia 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 it's our small but wealthy doesn't stay there any suffering its own local political problems you know with huge potential going through a serious economic crisis the two leaders a personal friends we met in two thousand and thirteen would be. the president of argentina said their personal friendships could be used to benefit the people of both nations. through the. also spoke of the friendship between the two men and said it would lay the foundations for better

relations between the two countries that ministers signed the chords on a number of issues including education. renewable energy and sport both men also saying that the relationship between the two countries was only going to go from strength to strength voters in latin america's largest democracy will be heading to the polls on sunday one of the most divisive elections in brazil since the end of military dictatorship more than three decades ago polls but leftists fernando had a second after his far right rival jaya both scenarios but it's an uphill task as he tries to bring his party out of corruption allegations a latin america editor the same human as more from south. this son of lebanese immigrants to brazil could not be more different than the left wing legend whose place he is running for president of latin america's largest country less than a month ago former south america nanda had dad was releasing national run. meet

a soft spoken academic by the side of the popular and charismatic former president but with a new lead now barred from running as he serves a twelve year sentence for corruption and dad has been forced to step into his shoes if he can. we have received a mission from president lula mission to look into the eyes of the people and remind them of the time when together we built a very different country. dad was listened to cation minister and promises to return to the days when the workers' party implemented social programs as didn't millions of brazilians from poverty that memory has helped transfer some of this popularity to had. especially on the industrial outskirts of sao paolo where the workers' party was born because it's thin warrior through the p.t.s.d. part of the working class that gave us dignity before d.p. we had no access to credit cards we always took buses never an airplane. living

more dice doesn't know much about had that only whom he represents. have dads because strength is also his biggest weakness he needs the support of these workers who are part of those hard core support base but that means he can't this in some self from a former president who are millions of other brazilians identify with this country's worst ever a corruption scandal. that themselves isn't very best a geisha for taking illegal campaign contributions in two thousand and twelve a charge he denies and although he's regarded as a moderate within his left wing party it's a hard sell. you know where i think a dog is no fool and would not be a toy in the hands of his mentor but right now he needs to stick to lula's image to make it to the second round. but as his followers chant lula is have dad and had daddy's lulac the unlikely candidate has little time to

convince the undecided that he wouldn't be the puppet of an imprisoned former president you see in human i just saw. the people of venezuela are once again out on the streets protesting the great national march for peace and international solidarity in support of the government was organized by the boulevard in socialist party others protest against nicolas maduro is rule they say shortages of food water electricity and medicines are still serious problems tens of thousands of venezuelans have already fled to neighboring countries. now greek police could have prevented the killing of a rapper the hands of a hitman from the far right party golden dawn but they failed to do so that's the conclusion of a new forensic report the murder of published in september twenty third teen ignited weeks of protests and led to the arrest and indictment of all eighteen of golden dawns members of parliament john psaropoulos reports. this is the security camera that recorded the arrival of eight police officers on motorcycles on the

night of seventeenth september twenty third teen its time code was off so the precise time of the police arrival was unknown police have said they arrived after the killing of rapper pieces and too late to prevent it i witnesses for the prosecution said the police were present forensic architecture a research unit at goldsmiths university in london has now said that question by matching material from eleven security cameras to precisely time coded police dispatch recordings they corroborated what prosecution witnesses said they were saying from the very beginning that the police was present on the scene and. indeed we found that we found out that they arrived at the about five minutes before the murder took place the defense tried to have the analysis thrown out but the courts deemed it admissible we can see. groups of people attacking somebody who

is obviously was at the time of the of the stabbing or at least two policeman being at the scene and five to ten meters away the room so the killer passes right through them right in front of the two police officers who stood here evidently hadn't realized what happened because of the stabbing they tried to arrest the victim rather than the killer it's only because told them he'd been stabbed showed them his wounds and pointed to his killer but the killer was arrested a tall golden dawn's leader and members of parliament were indicted on charges of running a criminal organization under the guise of a political party and faeces family lawyers say the precise time coding now proves the organized nature of the crime were there with what the video confirms is a symbol tiniest arrival of the golden dawn members because we see eight motorcycles with two riders on each and three cars with passengers arriving as a convoy all of them turn down the street where faces his friends are except for

the killers car which circles the block and then returns to kill face us the video proves the arrival of dawn was coordinated they had a plan which suggests a party conspiracy you can set this up in twenty minutes police won't comment on the new analysis because the trial is ongoing but there is now powerful evidence that this killing was carefully orchestrated and politically motivated and that police were unprepared for violence of this kind jumps out ople us al jazeera athens. next year a new form of racing may take to the skies and this for the jury about to see is not from from an upcoming superhero film instead it's all very real british inventor richard browning created this jet engine powered suit allows a pilot to actually take flight plans to launch a new racing series next year for men and women. to record a speed of fifty one kilometers an hour and you can buy your very own jet suit for just shy of four hundred fifty thousand dollars.

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 to race around a kind of a race circuit in three dimensions with thousand holes project seats it's going to be astounding 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 or my existing team that already fly the not do it. for a quick check of the headlines here on al-jazeera protests for and against president trump supreme court nominee have been held outside the u.s. congress as but cover now need clear 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 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 at his update from chicago where many had gathered ahead of the verdict. this city was ready for a major uprising in case the verdict did not come down the way the people wanted here in the streets you should go twelve thousand police officers run alert six thousand of them were already deployed around this city but instead this crowd has come out even to shut the streets down but it is done so not out of anger but it of celebration the twenty eight hundred peace prize has been awarded two years e.d. women's rights activist. and congolese dr denis mccuaig murat campaigns for the

victims of sexual violence mccuaig and runs a hospital in democratic republic of congo dedicated to helping the victims of gang rape the president of interpol has been reported missing the travelling to his home country of china no one's been able to get in touch with the home way since late last month french police are now investigating the disappearance of french officials says he arrived in china but went missing soon after it's been a week since the in the nation island of sin away as he was struck by a magnitude seven point five earthquake triggered a tsunami the official death toll now stands at almost sixteen hundred and bodies are still being pulled from the daybreak military planes of about twenty countries are flying in with much needed aid and supplies the united nations has pledged fifty million dollars to the relief effort on the people of venezuela once again out on the streets protesting they say shortages of food running water electricity and medicines are still serious problems tens of thousands have already fled to

neighboring countries well those are the headlines the news continues here on al jazeera off the inside story. it sparked protests and social media campaigns the case of a judge accused of sexual misconduct but the u.s. president is standing by his supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh donald trump actually thinks the controversy could be a vote winner so how will it affect the upcoming midterm elections this is inside story.

hello and welcome to the program i'm homage in june the brett kavanaugh case has divided america donald trump's pick for a lifetime job on the top u.s. court is accused of sexual misconduct there was already a lot at stake kavanagh's appointment would likely tipped the supreme court to the right with huge implications for a whole range of social cultural and political issues but there may be more immediate consequences at next month's midterm elections allegations that the judge sexually assaulted a student while at college have prompted angry protests with claims kavanagh's not fit to sit on america's highest court if that translates into votes in the november poll it could swing congress to the democrats undercutting trump's legislative agenda the controversy has prompted one former supreme court justice who initially backed kavanagh's nomination to change his mind john paul stevens now says kavanagh might not have the right temperament for the job. his performance during the

hearings caused me to change my murder i think there's several. taters larry tribe among loons of those two to open professor that have ever. heard of or have written written. pieces in which they suggest that he has alienated he has. demonstrated a potential bias and unearth a potential living in cebu for the court that he would not be able to perform his fulfill responsibilities that i think there's merit in that that criticism in that the senators should really pay attention to it for the good of the court. so just how did we get here in july donald trump nominated brett kavanaugh to

replace retiring supreme court justice last month accusations against kavanaugh by dr christine blazin ford surfaced in a washington post article she accused him of sexually assaulting her at a college party in the early one nine hundred eighty s. both ford and cavanaugh testified before the senate judiciary committee for details her claims kavanaugh tonight them the white house then gave the f.b.i. one week to investigate the agency's report was sent to the white house and the senate republicans are pressing ahead hoping to get cabinet installed before next month's midterm elections. all right now to our panel of guests in washington d.c. jeff houser executive director of the revolving door project at the center for economic and policy research rina shah conservative commentator and republican strategist and consultant and john f. injure a democratic strategist and former communications director at the at the democratic national committee welcome to you all in thanks for joining us today john let me start with you what does it say about the damage this may have done or may do to

the reputation of the supreme court that former justice john paul stevens now says judge kavanaugh might not have the right temperament for the job you know how to supreme court has always been political but it's important for the credibility of the court for the integrity of really our entire system of government that we be able to see them as our supreme court justices as people who do aspire to look beyond partisan fights and uphold a higher vision of the law what justice cavanagh did it his hearing last week literally threatening democratic senators say what comes around goes around. is unprecedented unbelievable. cuse in him accusing democrats of taking prevent for the clintons it really does politicize the court in a way that i don't think we've ever seen before and now trust in government is a more sacred thing for democrats in general they are the party that believes that

government should be able to get things done whereas republicans since ronald reagan have been dining out on this idea that the government can't get anything done so in a sense there's a larger benefit to the larger republican project but just in terms of the integrity of our court in the integrity of our government it could do immense damage arena had republicans or president trump withdrawn this nomination would this fight from your perspective still be playing out the way that it is. it most certainly wouldn't look when justice or said she was going through this very same process democrats supported him we know three democrats went through and voted for him and he had no such allegations of sexual misconduct arise i don't think it's too much to ask the republicans in the senate to put forth and vote for somebody that doesn't have these allegations against him such as judge kavanaugh look this goes back to a problem here of the boys will be boys thing and it's something that sort of arisen because of the me too movement here in the united states the actions that

judge cavanagh's being alleged to partake in are from when he was a teen and when he was collegiate. a young college guy of all places so this is something i'm really very saddened to see play out this way in twenty eight thousand i thought we would believe women and that we would probably put forth someone else jeff regardless of how this is playing out publicly privately how concerned are republican lawmakers about judge having lost him. unfortunately i think the bulk of them may not be that concerned i think that fred kavanagh was chosen by donald trump to be a partisan figure the fact that bret cavanagh was partisan was not revealed for the first time last week this is a man who was one of the senior lieutenants to ken starr in the one nine hundred ninety s. when bill clinton the impeachment effort against bill clinton was underway he

someone who was involved in the contested presidential election of two thousand as a lawyer he's been involved in partisan fights with democrats for more than twenty years in washington d.c. and president trump nominated brett kavanaugh knowing that there are potential constitutional crises coming down the line with robert mueller a special prosecution trump and his ties to russia and the twenty six you know action and various other fights and put up brett kavanaugh to be a partisan ally and i think the vast majority of republican senators were fine with that and his nomination was like it was going to pass up in intil these allegations arose and of course it still may all right president trump clearly doesn't think any of this will hurt his party's chances in november in fact he believes the controversy will actually benefit the republicans he tweeted the harsh and unfair treatment of judge brett kavanaugh is having an incredible upward impact on voters the people get it far better than the politicians most importantly this great life

cannot be ruined by mean and despicable democrats and totally uncorroborated allegations reno let me ask you what do you think when you hear that i mean at the beginning of this saga president trump seemed to be by his standard somewhat restrained he even said that the testimony that was offered by dr ford was credible now you see this onslaught you see this mockery and you see tweets like this. what does that say about where this process is. well number one nobody should be surprised that the fact that he mocked a woman who's alleging that she was assaulted sexually it's a very very low and despicable moment for the state of public affairs in this country when when we see this happening but when.