formation passed by a narrow to vote margin the nomination of brett kavanaugh of maryland to be an associate justice of the supreme court of the united states is confirmed. by. five throughout the day protesters gathered outside the supreme court the vast majority deeply opposed to the appointment of brett kavanaugh and fearful of 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 street before the vote was taken womenfolk of an oar 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 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. scott lucas as professor of american studies at the university of birmingham and joins us via skype from birmingham scott we were speaking yesterday as the senate was gearing up for this vote it's now been confirmed brett kavanaugh is the newest supreme court justice and that means a lot of people in the u.s. rather unhappy. well of course of the many people in the u.s.

who will be happy starting with donald trump and the republican leadership in the senate let's start with the us this was not a process to preserve the integrity of the supreme court or to maintain it as a independent third branch this was a political mission to get a conservative on to the court to ensure a five four majority irrespective of the doubts over his legal opinions irrespective of the sexual assault claims now trump and the g.o.p. leadership have succeeded in that but that's just the first stage we of course will be looking at as to how this might affect whether people are happy or unhappy of the november elections for congress but beyond that i think we're looking at a change in american politics which is beyond democrat or republican beyond right a lot and that is people mobilizing over women is issues override simply the rights to be able to speak out about sexual assault and i think that's going to have a long lasting effect beyond brett kavanaugh and beyond the supreme court so when

you have a public consensus that susan collins yesterday coming out saying that kavanagh is quote a close it moderates and that there was a good chance she says that he'll swing to the left that you don't believe that either susan collins was saying that so she can sleep better at night or she was covering her back brett kavanaugh is quite clearly a staunch conservative his opinions which not only means the possibility of a review of a woman's right to choose over abortion it could mean stripping back state gun control laws stripping vacuum vironment all legislation it could mean expanding presidential powers including protecting donald trump and his family from any prosecution over their financial activities and it could include affect the american health care system i read it close to ten at the midterms next month do you think this is going to galvanize more democrats to go to the polls. well i

wouldn't want to predict what's going to happen in four weeks and because we could get more democrats going to the polls we could get more republicans going to the polls to rally around trump we could get more independents who could go either way but of what i would say is this what we have seen over this process is one in which donald trump and the republicans seed in the short term are willing to call sexual assault survivors part of a mob that those who speak out about sexual assault or women's rights are part of a mob including they say a mob financed by the jewish billionaire george soros and it's that type of language that i think will raise the issue about mobilizing not only about the supreme court but mobilizing about simply decency and tolerance in american politics and indeed i think that we will be seeing a generational shift not only where women are coming to the fore in speaking out but i think we're going to see a woman president in the united states in two thousand and twenty one a good outcome for many people just

a last point on the independence of this president dependence of the judiciary in america holds itself a sort of own force they reappeared to have because she ended that on a positive with the women being galvanized to take more action in the u.s. and even perhaps if you check us out with the president. that's still ahead here on the news hour including it's one of africa's longest serving leaders voters in cameroon decide to pull beer gets a seventh term. and who to vote for in brazil what's being described as the most divisive election in thirty years is about to begin. i guess. so. and lewis hamilton storms to victory in japan edges closer to a fifth formula one time so i will have all those details in sports.

i want to bring describes the most divisive elections in brazil are getting underway in a few hours time tris about reports from sao paulo are. not tame sand visit women and men on the streets of sao paulo. they're asking the undecided voters to vote for anyone except. the former army captain who is leading the presidential race in brazil i know. that it. was. that it's like the new hitler in the twenty first century thirteen candidates are running for brazil's precedent but poll say it's become a two man race between and fattah man who replaced former president. as the workers' party candidate. says that if he's elected people like her will be

at risk her whole family took to the streets to support how that's campaign get on with that things were different when lula was in power we had schools my son is a professor now because he went to school. opportunities to the people and her dad who continued this policy. oh it's all over the whole. serving a twelve year sentence for corruption was banned from running the workers' party strategy to help the town by the when this election has been to say that voting for him is like it was a five results home or president eleven feet off the problem is that that strategy didn't work in many parts of the country where people are furious with the corruption that happened while the workers' party was in power. in spite of the criticism from some adelson numbers have continued to rise since he was stabbed early in september even among those who once voted for. has expressed his

admiration for brazil's former dictatorship once or beleaguered tory birth control for poor people and once brazil out of the un because he says it's run by communists and really says he will vote for him but this is a game of those who i'm certain that the change in brazil was trashed with a new attitude and a new political structure we have to punish the corrupt politicians analysts say there's a reason why we are not as popularity has radically increased in the past month as this attack on both an outdoor which. was a shock for the country but the most important thing was that both now had free time not. as an advertiser but in the in the headlines he was always in the new. even me when this election round poll suggests he will have to go to a second round in the ballots it is then when people whole center left parties will

unite against the one man they see as a threat. at least fifty people have been killed and one hundred others have suffered serious burns after a fuel tanker collided with a democratic republic of congo it happened near the town close to the. present. three days of national mourning in the reports. that it was early on saturday morning when an oil tanker collided with another vehicle on a busy highway near the town of concern to villages rushed to the scene to collect leaking fuel what happened next has left a community devastated. it was horrible two vehicles crashed and one was full of petrol villagers went to collect the petrol after the accident then an explosion happens many people were killed. just today man gambas son was badly burned and died in hospital it. was my boy i was waiting to travel to can shots up early in

the morning when all of this happened hospital officials informed me that my boy is among those who died. other relatives have gathered outside the only hospital in consent to waiting for the news among them a mother of five he's desperate to know what's happened to her children. this is one. of my five children three are missing this is why i'm here to find out whether they are being treated by medical staff or if they have died. in additional supplies of medicine have been delivered to overstretch doctors and nurses the most seriously injured patients are being transferred to the capital to the hospital a living in a bit of a difference you see it even though there are no emergency nothing. like you meet them but if you love your husband you know they're working together to stop that

these things and then to organize the funds for the fishing you know the facilities or the. roads in the central african nation on a tourist lead bad after years of war neglect witnesses say in the aftermath of the crash there wasn't enough ambulances to take the injured to hospital victoria gates and they were that was right in the demanding a friendship as given permission to get back to say to rescue more migrants and refugees in distress they aquarius is stuck in the french border must sail to panama withdrew the ship's registration last week and asked about the reports. administrators in paris angry that the french charity ship with a mission to save lives in the mediterranean sea is being prevented from doing its job panama revoke the registration of the aquarius last week the ship to sail unless another country agrees to break history its. states to help us and to help first. finding

a new rather than flag. at the moment we still haven't received any response since the state the aquarius has been docked in the southern port of maps say but this is where the crew would rather be if you were very likely requires began operations two years ago it's rescue thirty thousand people on the treacherous sea crossing between libya and europe migrants and refugees fleeing violence and poverty the crew says most of the survivors are deeply traumatized people who are actually caring for it's in their bodies. from their time so it's a conflicts. on environment where at since the organizations operating the aquarius doctors without borders and. say panama withdrew their registration under pressure from italy's government denies the claims but in june it closed italian

ports to the vessel growing anti immigrant sentiment in europe is making work with his crew harder the crew say that what's particularly difficult for them is that they know that every hour every day that passes out there in the mediterranean sea there are vulnerable people their lives possibly in danger and while the aquarius is stuck here in the port of mass say they can't help. it's disheartening to see that the loss of life that scene and the humanitarian crisis are not at the forefront of european politicians priorities and that's something that we call on our european countries to take into account fifteen thousand people have drowned in the mediterranean in the past four years most have been searching desperately for many other people take for granted a safe place to call home somewhere to build a life unless the aquarius is given new registration documents to sail soon the crew fear that many more lives will be needlessly lost. al-jazeera say.

and in just a few moments we'll have all the weather with rob and that still ahead here on out sarah fares in lebanon that the government is cracking down on criticism and free speech. now you say it's now if you don't how a vanishing act amazed. and aldo puts rape allegations behind him he makes a winning word terms of the pitch so we'll have all those details in sport. from a fresh coastal breeze. to watching the sunset on the australian outback. alor typhoon conrail as you know has gone away swept across the sea it took less

than a day to do really so never really in the other than graze most of japan particularly the sounds of the torah which is in the middle of honshu on the northern shore so that which is pretty really and the waves are a little bit bigger the legacy of rain makes lee was hit in some similar it is not a lot i think they got less than they were planning full and they planned well but the day off to the fact today sunday it was pretty hot these temperatures thirty four not unprecedented but they're pretty close the record or nearly a record in these two places gave a hot girl prudence and bob how milton at all that is to dan have a look at the sort of ways in particular now this is the season when the rains are coming slowly suss it sooner ways it has indeed been some right twenty nine dollars not a lot just signs of poorna and there be more showers to come i suspect i've just got time to show you something which is developing in the arabian sea that could be the interests to us right here in qatar this already is

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murder was premeditated on the border moved out of the building saudi arabia denies all of those allegations. it's fit the number of indonesian buried in the rubble of last week's earthquake and tsunami it's five thousand that's five times higher than experts thought. for the day. and. cavanagh present truck supreme court pick has been sworn in after a contentious senate vote that follows thirty hours of debate for and against the candidates it was subject to an f.b.i. investigation allegations made in the interest of a sexual assault allegations made against him by three women. let's get more now on our top story in the disappearance of the saudi journalist jamal khashoggi joining us from london is aids and white he's the director of the ethical journalism network interested in to get your reaction to these reports of his killing i just

to make one point before going to you we've got the deputy chairman of the ruling ak party of turkey saying the forces have concrete evidence info and information that they've told c.n.n. that he did not leave the consulate in quote normal ways what do you make of that. well i mean i think you know we're journalists we have to deal in facts at the moment we don't have confirmation of these shocking reports about what happened to your mouth when he went into the saudi embassy in istanbul. we need to have you know hard evidence about what's going on we know that he went in we have no evidence that he left on foot there's nothing c.c.t.v. to justify that. but this is if these reports are true then it's a it is quite a monstrous and shocking attack on not just

a distinguished journalist but on press freedom generally it is indeed it would have we had let's say yes of course if this reports are true have we seen saudi targeting journalists like this outside of saudi arabia before. well as i mean i don't have much evidence on that in particular to hand but we do know a number of things about saudi behavior in recent times there has been an all thorough tarion and intolerant tude toward independent voices in science sandy arabia and outside where they have called into question the reform process that's now taking place. it was one of those strong independent journalistic voices raising serious questions about the reform process and asking for these to be taken into consideration he was forced to leave the country because of his own fears for his own security and therefore now we are the reason that we're really

concerned about these latest report is that it's clear evidence of targeting of a dissident voice. and so i think everywhere journalists press freedom groups human rights activist will be looking to saudi arabia to to to come up with a clear explanation about what happened to him and i'm bored and where is he now that's one more interesting things as well is that he says dissident voice but he wasn't a dissident per se was he i mean how was he viewed in saudi arabia because until very recently he was an advisor of the royal family. look i mean he's been very close as a journalist to the establishment in saudi arabia for many years his in his journalistic career is very distinguished in both broadcasting and text he was a world. and recognized journalist both in saudi in the middle east and and with an international reputation so we're not talking about someone here who is

a fringe activist at all we're talking about someone who is well respected and therefore that in a way makes this action even more troubling and even more worrying and that's why these reports have to be clarified we need to have a clear statement from the saudi authorities about the whereabouts of german how and and these allegations which are now very clearly on the table from the turkish authorities about reports that he was tortured and murdered inside the embassy in all takes to say that they've got evidence they will produce it within twenty four hours if that does conclude that was indeed murders inside the consulate won't it be interesting to see how the u.s. and the u.k. we aks in this situation because they have a very we said was let's saudi arabia get away with an awful lot they've turned a blind eye frequently to saudis foreign policy. i mean i don't think there's any

doubt at all about the ambiguity of some governments in the treatment of saudi arabia and it's understandable governments just such as in britain and the united states have a strong commercial and economic interest in good relations with saudi arabia this this incident if it's true if it's confirmed will will in my view put on the spot these governments because they will have to face down the saudi arabian government and i have to challenge them over what would clearly be a striking and terrible abuse of human rights this is not a moment for governments in settled democracies to remain silent in their own economic interest this is a moment for them to stand up and clearly declare not just in defense of journalism but also in defense of democratic rights that this sort of behavior is intolerable and will not be accepted by the international community aidan white good to speak

to you thanks for joining us there from london thank you very much. headed to the polls in cameroons a presidential election president there is taking a seventh term in office after thirty six years in power security forces are deployed and borders are being closed to prevent violence at the morgan has more from the capital of cameron yellen day. a lot of young cameroonian have not have not known any other president or type. for thirty six years but let's also remember that there are thirty million eligible border voters and less than half of the. electoral commission l a times that less than six million have registered to vote and probably most of them are elderly people who were around who were there when our poll they came to power but most of the youth we've been speaking to over the past few days the fact that they have no interest they feel like there was no matter well they have to look at the least people in the southwest in the northwest region the day before the. governor of the southwest issued

a statement saying that all shut the city closed should be closed everything should be closed and people should head to the cold but there's heavy security around that area because they are afraid to go out and vote to even to use their might not be typical uncounted ballots not a lot of voters have shown up at the polling station where the president is expected to arrive in about an hour the birth of a good politician as well we've spoken to several electoral commission going up to look at the other thing that they're not seeing high turnout and this election is a one day process it is going to be ending at seventeen gee today in the southwest and the northwest there been a warning that people should not be coming out of their homes should not be opening their search should not be going to schools unless they're coming out to vote with it's been heavy a military deployment heavy security deployment cameron has love its mind and maritime borders they have blocked interstate travel so people are not allowed to go anywhere except through the polling stations to carry their ballots today. elections that are seen as a test of national unity under way and both the governor the country's rules are

a complex power sharing system involving three presidents and two regional parliament along ethnic lines as a legacy of a peace deal following the balkans war in the one nine hundred ninety s. it killed more than one hundred thousand people tension remains between the. ethnic groups and unemployment is high. joins us now live from sarajevo and there is such a complex situation here coming ever produce any real change. laura's a good question is the question that everybody is asking here what on earth happens after these elections will be any different to the previous ones three point three million registered voters some five hundred eighteen positions across all levels of government both locally and nationwide and seven thousand five hundred candidates that help me try and work out exactly what's going on i have with me political

analyst a very experienced observer here says. he's created his own. think tank and you're going to say that there is one crisis that is coming up immediately after these elections no matter what the result that's coming up that we should all know about tell me about it yeah i mean. we've been associating with a crisis for for such a long time but this one seems to be different and this seems to be a mother of all crisis or a perfect storm that has been prepared for for months and years in advance which will be developing one way or the other after the elections primarily in relation to the broken election law so at the moment. is entrained pulls in the situation where we still do not have election law which enables a stablished and all levels of the government. will require. is to to sions to fix this problem if we are going to have established all the levels of the

governments have to deal actions you are saying to me that this perhaps could lead to the disintegration of the institutions and the whole place could grind to a halt yes if if this problem is not fixed fixed by the end of the year and if the parliament are not established and all the levels what we are going to see is the business of the beginning of political but also a comic and social disintegration of institutions specially in both. of the federation but it will likely. spreads to some of the federation can cause but also to the state well. it's a grim picture but also joining this election campaign we've been hearing from other leading serbian candidates that is standing for the presidency the tripartite presidency he's been deepening the divisions within the country he's been supporting rather than kara dish the convicted war criminal and he's been saying although he's standing for the presidency of this country he wants republika srpska

. here to gain independence that's extraordinary yes it's one of the absurdities of of this country in this region and the fact is that the current president of republika srpska who is running in now for the serb seat and the state presidency has been building his political career and his pre-election complains throughout the last ten fifteen years on his push for the independence of republika srpska this by the fact that a similar move has triggered the war and in ninety two. now looking at this whole situation it seems that the united states and the european union have turned their back on this situation they're letting it fester who's moving into that vacuum well the fact is that the crisis that we're seeing in both here and also growing tensions in the relations between serbia and kosovo as well as the growing problems and the failure in macedonia after the failure from them are partially

a result of the growing. ignorance that we're seeing from both the u.s. administration and special european union and the fact that the e.u. perspective which has been driving this region for the past twenty years has been effectively removed from the table or earlier this year and what we are seeing now the crisis is that there are developing in both. between serbia and kosovo and also potentially again in. are a result of this in addition what we are see. hears that some other two other countries like russia like turkey iran gulf countries are moving in into this war into that has been created by the absence of the western presence in the region it's the russian president vladimir putin's birthday today what would be the best birthday gift very briefly for him well probably mr rather fifty similar that he could win. has seen put in last weekend during the formula one

racing in sochi and he has been utilizing the support he was getting from russia to win elections the past thank you very much for that analysis yet again a very worrying scene we'll wait for the developments the polls close at seven o'clock here tonight. david thanks very much and france that report from sorry. now online critics of lebanon's political leaders say they're coming under increasing pressure this comes off a social media users were detained and interrogated for the content of the posts and. is back home after three weeks in prison his crime a post on his facebook page read one was charged with slander of public officials under lebanon's criminal code his detention is becoming part of what human rights groups call a disturbing pattern in the focus of the military here lebanon is supposed to be

a culture and not a dictatorship instead there is no freedom and there are many dictators all i did was write to post on facebook i was summoned investigated and imprisoned. in his post read one criticised prime minister saad of heavy for not standing up to the lebanese armed group hezbollah whose members are indicted by a un court and the assassination of prime minister rafik unhappy he wrote in his post let us see if you can form a government or take any decision without the consent of your. a long time defender of human rights accuses those in power of a campaign of intimidation and creating an atmosphere of fear says activists are increasingly being summoned by the cyber crimes bureau one case involved a post that addressed the president with complaints including turning the country into a family home he was criticizing the president explaining to. the

middle east so. today. syria. some politicians are trying to fight back among them one time journalist and member of parliament. but she says legislative changes may not be enough we are in a country where people are terrorized because they just you know give an opinion that we need. to be stronger. to listen to politicians the problem starts with this political cost many lebanese are denouncing the detention of people for peaceful criticism while the constitution guarantees freedom of expression protesters say libel laws are being used to silence critics. we contacted the internal security forces cyber crimes bureau for comment but they haven't responded.