enough workers to move their merchandise still the raise is being praised by amazon's toughest critics what mr bezos today has done is not only enormously important for amazon's hundreds of thousands of employees it could well be and i think it will be a shot heard around the world not every economist things pay workers more will actually help decrease income inequality on the one hand yes workers in amazon will benefit from this this increase in basic pay but in the longer term amazon is exactly the type of company which we don't match and would invest in automation i would be much more difficult for other companies traditional retailers to match this kind of offer america can often seem like two different countries divided between the haves and have nots economists will be watching to see if amazon's move does anything to heal the divide. now to the middle east where yemen's southern

separatists of called for more demonstrations over the collapse of the country's currency the southern transitional council is piling the pressure on president rubber months for hadi they blame him for the economic collapse off to a four year war with with the rebels now does the u.s. but at smith reports now from djibouti. economic collapse rather than the war against the who thing is now becoming the biggest short term threat to the stability of yemen's government across the south there been protests against the fall in the value of the currency of the us of about saudi's war in yemen is seriously affecting us we've not been paid properly for the last three years we can't find any other way to get by and was looked at diesels up to eighteen dollars for twenty liters when it was nine dollars before cooking gas is nine dollars for a catheter and is impossible to find the only fuel you can get is on the black market the government had been printing more money to try and keep cash flowing but there's been no increase in exports and not in

a foreign currency reserves to support the increased supply now the saudi arabian government has given the central bank two hundred million dollars to stabilize the reality and i'm out of my own when you print more money must be matched by hard currencies in market and if you don't want to does nothing to help the value of our damaged currency and decision paused in yemen preventing exports from liberated provinces also damages they're going to me these government failures have caused an economic collapse. these protests seem to have been spontaneous but now the leadership of the southern transition council the s.t.c. is organizing more demonstrations for four years a saudi u.a.e. coalition supporting the internationally recognized government of president robert mansoor hardy has been fighting who the rebels but the s.t.c. backed by the u.a.e. wants independence for southern yemen that's rejected by president hardy oh against this backdrop of growing protests the u.n.

special envoy for yemen has arrived in abu dhabi matching gryphus is trying to arrange talks between the yemeni government and the. the separatist leader. is also there and if there are any talks he also wants a seat at the table. drug company and. nostrum pharmaceuticals is hiked the price of a sixty five year old antibiotic mixture by up to four hundred percent to two thousand dollars a bottle austrians wasn't the only price hike last month it was one of sixty according to analysts at wells fargo drug price hikes of essential medicines coming out of political scrutiny from china to the u.s. remember fabro martin. farmer broke became infamous back in twenty fifteen the former c.e.o. of curing pharmaceuticals raise the price of an aids drug from thirteen dollars fifty to seven hundred fifty dollars a tablet sparking a huge backlash the reality is that drug makers can boost prices so that they and

middlemen can make bigger profits while developing a drug is estimated to cost around two billion dollars but with advances in artificial intelligence some are saying that those metrics could change and should the consumer really have to pay those costs will most expensive drugs are those that treat the rarer diseases in the u.k. n.h.s. spending on drugs is rising at five times the rate of its budget according to the king's fund think tank the cost of cancer drugs in china was highlighted recently by the chinese film dying to survive and it's becoming a political issue too in the u.s. with president donald trump putting pressure on companies like pfizer to lower prices for lifesaving prescription drugs. joining us now from london is good stuff and though guest of a senior director and vice president within the life sciences group at i.h.s. market good to have you with us who decides on the pricing of

a new drug is is there a world body that decides what's fair and what isn't a very good question no not not really no so is it really depends on the country that you're talking about each country has its own health care system its own health care budget and by extension its own system of. charging or deciding on what a new treatment should be priced at and what is a fair level so in many many countries it's a very very heavily regulated market and very very difficult to charge well i guess what you would call excessive prices but then other markets have a very different health care system and they let the free market decide a little bit more how or what the fair price for this is them is and in which case there's a multiple layers of actors who decide on the price starting with the pharmaceutical company itself you know. proposing a price and then having payers insurance companies and other bodies that can then weigh end to decide whether this is actually

a fair price or not and then there can be a negotiation based on that can you give us any specific examples where that where that actually happens. i'm sure you know i don't want to become a bit too u.k. centric but for example in the u.k. there is a very lengthy process although actually the government has and short to try to quicken that process and actually some of the recent new innovative treatments have come to the u.k. a little bit quicker than that then usual but there is sort of a to and fro discussion between the pharmaceutical company on the one hand who have also been developing this treatment for let's say ten years or five years and conducted multiple clinical trials and many drugs have failed along the way to be able to get to this potentially one successful one and they have an idea of what they think the price of the treatment should be but then the government obviously on the other hand has its budget that it needs to weigh up against and and it has its own system and its own mechanisms it to decide on what

a fair price for the treatment should be and very often there's actually an initial rejection of the price and they go back to the drawing board and they have more discussions and then ultimately they hopefully will reach an agreement on what is a fair treatment or what it is a fair price for this treatment how is the big disrupter digitalisation affecting big pharma with people taking more control of better control of their lives with with computers now able to predict perhaps people's chances of of succumbing to certain illnesses or conditions. shouldn't digitization in the price of medicines going down and not up in the future. yes and no i mean the rid of pens on one angle that you're looking at digitalization for short change is almost everything within health care it means that you're able to conduct potentially more efficient clinical trials you're able to more easily identify potential molecules that you

can target and mechanisms of action that you can target so and then all the way through to the actual delivery mechanism of a treatment so you actually have digital tablets now for example for a certain. for certain treatments so there's a couple things that you need to look at though over what that results in the final price of the of the of the drug and that can be that the level of innovation that this is actually bringing to treatments potentially digitalization has a very very strong ability to enable clients to adhere to their medications about through you know digital technology that there are you know apps out there and other technologies that help you and remind you that you need to be taking your medication right now and there's also enormous value in able to be. to be able to do that and you know that can be reflected in the final price of a treatment as well so tech companies will be the driving force of digitalisation the pharma industry these companies that you know like like old tech companies are going to and data lots of data on therapies on patients and research should

we as consumers trust them well we already do that and don't understand you know this is very very sensitive data clearly and again the health care and pharmaceutical sector has extremely strict privacy guarantees around this so you know in order to enter this market or in order to be able to provide technology for this you have to sign up to some of the most you know strict privacy laws that are possible in this case so it's a trade off for sure but it always is as soon as you're taking a medication or a soon as you're even visiting a doctor you know you are. talking about an illness and there may be underlying symptoms there that are either obvious or not obvious and it's always a trade off or to contract almost between yourself and the data that you're sharing with whoever you're talking to in this case and this is just

a new avenue for that and for short clearly that there needs to be strict monitoring of it and there already is in in most countries around the world you know this is quite a new area and so the so there does the reforms taking place and regulatory clampdowns to make sure that there are that that there is protection in place for patients and consumers because not great still keep many thanks david being with us and counting the cost thank you so much that what is it they say there are only two certainties in life death and taxes this week the new york times reported on how us president donald trump allegedly exploited the tax system to make millions the trump family's texas fairs are now being reviewed by new york state authorities following the allegations of fraud she had pretend scene reports. the new york times report goes to the heart of the donald trump origin story that he would tell on the campaign trail that he is a self made man he used a one million dollar loan from his father to make billions of dollars and property

empire world wide the new york times saying no that's not true he received millions of dollars hundreds of millions of dollars from his father from a very early age and indeed his father would step in when donald trump's fabled dealmaking would run to problems so that's one part of the story the other part is the allegations of illegality and that trump and his family set up sham corporations underestimated the value of their property portfolio in order to evade taxes the criminal liability trump might face if these allegations are proven true have passed the statute of limitations has passed however civil action is possible new york authorities are already launching an investigation no word from the inland revenue service to federal authorities over there so depleted of funding you wonder whether they even have the resources to investigate this sort of thing but donald trump's lawyer insisting that this is all false one hundred percent false highly defamatory he serve finally this week one of china's top actresses has been ordered

to pay a one hundred twenty nine million dollars tax bill the actress has appeared in the x. men an iron man franchise is the face of luxury brands in china or china correspondent adrian brown reports. well this is sold to be the biggest ever fine imposed on a chinese movie star eight hundred and ninety two million r m b that's almost one hundred thirty million u.s. dollars that's what the tax authorities say fan being being owed than they say if she pays this money back she will not face criminal prosecution fan being being says she hopes to be able to do just that now thanh being being is not the best known actress here in china but she certainly one of the best paid earning some forty three million dollars last year she vanished from public view in june and nothing had been heard of her until now she has issued a statement on way bow which is china's equivalent of twitter she says that she's

been experiencing unprecedented suffering i'm ashamed of what i've done and she apologized to her many fans now it could well be that the chinese authorities who've been investigating other stars a sending out a warning that this is what could happen to other celebrities who avoid paying tax it seems that in the case of fan being being she had been understating what she was paid in her contract and the authorities seem to say this is become part of a widespread trend that they're determined to deal with and that's our show for this week if there's anything you've seen that you'd like to comment on you can get in touch with us you can tweet me i'm at a finnigan on twitter please use the hash tag a j c t c when you do there is as always plenty more for you online at al-jazeera dot com slash c.t.c. that takes you straight to our page which has individual reports links even entire episodes fears a catch up. that's where we end this edition of counting the cost i'm adrian for

the good from the whole team here in doha thanks for being with us the news of al-jazeera is next. what makes this moment this is giving we're living through something new. we haven't seen the president this is unpredictable freedom of speech is a bad thing that is a perfect formula for authoritarianism in tyranny or any of the lights. and there's nowhere to hide let me ask you straight up is the two state solution now up front retaliates on al-jazeera the consequence of war i've got pictures of russia he served in the marine corps for one thousand eight hundred ninety five that just doesn't go away. for a living out of his truck for the last couple years. his home was zero follows

a group of u.s. army veterans much i used by wars. as they struggle to get their lives back shelter. murder investigation turkish officials now want our answers over the disappearance of the saudi journalist jamal khashoggi. hello world in two hours they're alive for an hour in martine that is also coming

up president trump's controversial choice for the supreme court is sworn in after a deeply divided senate confirms his appointment. and uneasier considers calling off the search for victims of last week's earthquake and tsunami and turns devastated areas into mass graves. and find out how the latest stunt by the artist banksy surprised everyone at auction just after he'd netted a million dollars. but first turkish authorities are now treating the disappearance of saudi arabian journalist jamal khashoggi and his country's consulate in istanbul as a murder case prosecutors are widening their investigation into his disappearance after a group of saudi officials apparently flew into istanbul on the very day that mr

kushner went missing and that was last tuesday the reuters news agency is now reporting that a source at the saudi arabian consulate has denied reports that because she was killed at the consulate general has more from istanbul. turkish security officials are now dealing with the case of. a murder investigation late on saturday they had said that they had information that fifteen saudi nationals amongst them officials had flown in on tuesday on two separate flights had gone to the consulate the same time that's cultural she was there and then they had left so now there has been no disclosure of the whereabouts of his body however we do understand that a funeral will take place in the coming two or three days or whether that's going to be a funeral with. buddy presence or whether it will be a symbolic one we'll wait and see on sunday president one is expected to address

this topic for the first time and we are expecting as one source told me a very strong quote unquote response from turkey with regards to this front on their sovereignty essentially a crime taking place inside turkey by foreign nationals with what would seem to be impunity and and car would not want that to go away unchallenged obviously it is very challenging for the turks because they do enjoy strong diplomatic relationships with saudi arabia that is one of the reasons why turkish officials did not comment right away after the disappearance of what i understand from speaking to several of them that they were exhausting all diplomatic methods to try and find some sort of way out of this crisis but in light of or rather in the absence of any reciprocity or goodwill from riyadh it seems that they are going to disclose everything that also falls in line with information that al jazeera has that there will be within the next day or so or video material on other evidence

being disclosed by turkish security officials which will show how for the show the details of the assassination of the crime that has been committed so far is obviously the case of this saudi genesis concern it is extremely sad news that he has been killed and aside from that there is obviously also a lot of concern with regards to the diplomatic fallout that's will undoubtedly ensue. right let's have a look at some of the circumstances surrounding. his disappearance he was last seen entering the saudi consulate in istanbul at around one o'clock in the afternoon on tuesday he wanted to secure paperwork in order to marry his fiance who waited outside on friday turkey's foreign ministry summoned saudi arabia's ambassador to ankara to ask questions about his disappearance and later that day crown prince mohammed bin sound man in riyadh said that saudi authorities would

allow turkey to search it's come to lead saudi arabia invited a group of journalists into the istanbul mission on saturday in an effort to show that he wasn't there turkey meanwhile has announced it will release c.c.t.v. evidence in its possession within forty eight hours if an explanation from saudi arabia into jamal khashoggi is disappearance isn't forthcoming we've been speaking to josh on he's executive director of the arab center and he's also a friend of jamal khashoggi. i'm huge amount very well actually for more than three decades i knew him as a young journalist and as a counselor to the saudi government on many occasions visiting the kingdom which i used to do quite frequently two or three times a year or at least. met with him and his colleagues particularly in the media to learn about the latest developments in the region particularly our focus at that

time was on us saudi relationship he was very keen and intelligent smart analysts of that relationship and it was always a pleasure. to see him and to compare notes with him this recent event it was an arab center briefing that he did for us last year in twenty seventeen up on moving to the united states to virginia for protection if you will because he felt threatened back home in saudi arabia and we gave him the opportunity to come and discuss though he sent changes in the kingdom he was not necessarily a dissident i disagree with that description he was a loyal saudi citizen he had his own vision of what the country should be doing that type of freedoms needs that type of reform it needs and maybe in the final analysis that's what got him in trouble. brett kavanaugh president trumped supreme

court choices before then after a contentious senate senate has spent more than thirty hours giving their final testament is for and against the nominee has been a case of sexual assault as mike catherwood pulls from washington governors appointment cements a conservative five four majority in the court for years to come. brit's kavanagh has been sworn in as a supreme court justice off to successfully going through the nomination process the clerk will call the roll xander but earlier the focus was interrupted repeatedly by shouts from the public gallery sergeant in arms will restore order in the gallery an indication of the deep division within and without the senate chamber. kavanagh's and tire performance off the debate that lasted through the night only one democrat voted in favor only one republican opposed nomination

a vote to confirm judge kavanaugh today is about worry dark chapter and the threat of history and turn the page toward a brighter tomorrow the confirmation passed by a narrow to vote manchin the nomination of brit m. cavanaugh of maryland to be an associate justice of the supreme court of the united states is confirmed. by. i throughout the day protesters gathered outside the supreme court the vast majority deeply opposed to the appointment of brett kavanaugh and feel the impact he will have on the court the supreme court is critical to our democracy they make choices that impact our lives our futures and our children's eyes we are not going to sit here and just lie down and let this country mean shann get us down we're going to get right back up keep fighting and get that change that we want even if it's not president trump though saw a different picture of the gathering the tweet before the vote was taken womenfolk

of annoy and many others who support the very good man are gathering all over capitol hill it's a beautiful thing to see he continues and they are not paid professional protesters who are handed expensive signs big day for america this bitter nomination process could have a major impact on the midterm elections to take place next month an opportunity. tea for democrats to claw back a majority in both the house and the senate. but even this would not change a simple stark fact with this second successful confirmation president trump has pushed the center of the court firmly to the right by kana al-jazeera washington for president trump has been speaking about the appointments at a rally in kansas. just a few hours ago the u.s.

senate confirmed george brett kavanaugh it was i begin to the. to the. and i proudly sang the judges commission aboard air force one just before landing in the the flattened neighborhoods in indonesia still awaiting island may soon be declared mass graves the search for those missing after last week's earthquake and tsunami is continuing president joko widodo says all victims must be found but so far the rescue operation has been slow and difficult heavy machinery can't move in areas where the strength of the earthquake transformed hauled ground into months more than sixteen hundred people are now confirmed dead and there are growing concerns about the outbreak of disease. well end of round palaver that's

the main city and fellow the aid operation is now in full swing andrew thomas joined a convoy of helicopters from the disaster management tool ferrety which was the first to reach a remote mountain village called pippi kota that is inaccessible by road. for more than a week they had been isolated cut off by cracked and blocked mountain roads so for the people of people of color of the sites of two helicopters bringing relief aid and meet us was thrilling. we saw the helicopter scumming doubt and we knew it would be bringing help for us there's never a mobile phone coverage so into the easiest disaster response team had no idea what they find the information was positive the earthquake was strong here but there were no deaths and no serious injuries it's all the rush of people coming down that

hill to this book will feel as if you had a cup as we came in landed there isn't that much damage in the expel age for what they need the things that normally come in by road villages needed rice medicines baby milk and fuel and one biscuits i mean i know the moment we need a doctor to know there is a little clinic here but a nurse runs that was in power last week we need to get her back. on the headache up to this with just twenty five minutes on the ground before heading back to pollute on route experts from indonesia's disaster management authority looked down to see what other areas most obviously need help we saw landslides which had reshaped mountains and obliterated roads but no destruction of homes on the scale of the tim palmer on the outskirts of that city the full scale of the liquefaction which it swallowed suburbs was clear. eight.