tv NEWSHOUR Al Jazeera October 10, 2018 1:00pm-2:01pm +03
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business updates brought to you by qatar airways going places together. al-jazeera. watching the news. coming up in the next sixty minutes. video of the missing journalist. shows. there are also pictures of the alleged suspects arriving at the airport in istanbul as well. in other news a possible break in the murder investigation of a bulgarian journalist. four hundred thousand people have been ordered to leave
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florida. also ahead. on the. campaign for. america's u.n. ambassador nikki haley says her resignation does not signal a possible run for the white house. and. knocked out of the major league baseball playoff. championship. just over a week since she disappeared we now have more information about what may have happened to the saudi journalist and critic over the last few hours turkish media have released this video that does appear to show mr walking into the saudi
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consulate in istanbul they've also published images that show the arrival of what they say is a saudi kill team on the same day at istanbul's international airport and the washington post newspaper which showed she wrote for says u.s. intelligence intercepted communications of saudi officials discussing a plan to detain khashoggi. lure him back to saudi arabia let's get a live update on that story for you stephanie decker joins us from outside the saudi consulate in istanbul so steph the turkish authorities poor in over the video the video of the van and also those fifteen images of these individuals at the airport. yes well in the last couple of hours turkish media has really mentioned there you're probably looking at that now c.c.t.v. footage of what they call the hit squad fifteen saudi nationals that landed on the same day that she was supposed to return to this concert had gone the week before and he was coming back home the summons of the consulate to finalize some divorce
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paperwork so you see the two planes on the tarmac you see the men going through istanbul airport you see movement outside this country that you see them leaving you also see which is quite heartbreaking footage already if you think it's confirmed what indeed happened to most of his fiance waiting for him outside to she wasn't allowed to enter with him at the same time of that you have various other leaks in major publications the washington post as you mentioned saying they'd intercepted that kind of intelligence the new york times going a step further saying that this was authorized at the highest levels of the saudi royal court and they're quoting an anonymous turkish official they go as far as to give us gruesome details saying that what happened after mr entered through that door two hours off there he was killed by that team this is according to anonymous sources and going as far as to say that his body was dismembered by these men using a boat so it is horrific it is gruesome it is extremely serious but again no
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evidence has been presented as to those details as of yet turkish officials haven't gone on camera as many evidence presented what they're basing these allegations on but the facts are these peter that that door eight days ago he hasn't been seen or heard from since and we're looking as you're talking to the staff we're looking at those fifteen individuals clearly the turkish authorities need to be able to maybe get to them then the chances of that happening must be pretty slim. well according to these charges sure says those men left on those two separate planes later that same day they seem to float of these reports are correct they would have flown in one of those planes flew in around three o'clock in the morning the other plane flew in around five pm in the evening the first team stayed here for extensive period of time they were in that country that waiting for him according to these reports the second team flew in around five pm they left the country around less than two hours later so according to these reports these men
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have left the country the daily sabah turkish newspaper publishing today pictures and names and dates of birth of all fifteen of these saudi nationals and some of the reports are saying that some of these a saudi intelligence officers the data sample also saying that one of them seems to be an autopsy expert who would have been tossed with dealing with the body again peter we need to put a massive we have yet on this is a hugely political story it has political implications we don't have any evidence to back up these claims are all anonymous sources quoting anonymous senior turkish officials the leaks are the same that we're seeing being fed to us journalists different publications so there is a strong message coming out from the turks i think to ramp up the pressure on saudi arabia but certainly at the moment there's been zero response from the saudis the only thing they have said is that he left that building however you know there are multiple cameras security surveillance cameras on that building it's a diplomatic mission belonging to saudi arabia obviously they said they didn't
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record that day so at the moment even though the turkish president is also for evidence to show him leaving that building they haven't done so and when you're talking about sovereign territory from a foreign country inside your own territory i.e. the consulate building behind you built on turkish soil put together with diplomatic community planes taking off vans with diplomatic plates offset against the reality which is the claims and the the unofficial information is coming purely and only from the time. yes because if it is we have to get to a stage where there is this international independent inquiry because lines of software and so you have been breached here. well absolutely as you mention this is territory that under the jurisdiction of saudi arabia but it is in flight turkey so if this is confirmed many people will tell you that this mckew just on the authorities there on the concourse you have such
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a brazen attack everyone one many sources actually been speaking to will tell you that you know why didn't they if they wanted to kill them that and this is the owner speculation but this is the kind of conversations people are having why didn't they why wasn't there a car accident why wasn't it out is why wasn't you know as this spy operations that we've seen before why was it such an obvious operation that has him publicly going into that consulate and never reemerge also there's a political message here people will tell you that they believe saudi arabia is sending but this is of course the conversations that surround this the thing with diplomatic immunity peter is this cars are searched bags on there is that level this is why they're saying they want to look some of the reports saying that these fifteen men arrived without luggage that then they left with luggage this part of the operational what was in boxes they say were carried out of the embassy a couple of hours off. and we have far more news many more questions than we have alters but of course these majorly serious allegations that the turks are making again on official certainly being leaked from and are incredibly concerning i think
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we need to bring it back to one point this is a man who has family has a fiance and we're talking about the politics we're talking about these gruesome details we need to remember that the devastating situation that it is for them and this is why it was to see his fiance writing an op ed in the washington post overnight where she called on the u.s. administration and she called on the saudis to tell her what has happened to her fiance what has happened to have a present donald trump she also to shed light on the details because at the moment very little imp. no facts as i said the only thing we know for sure he went in there eight days ago and he's disappeared is there another constant throughout the past what seven seven and a half days the turkish authorities are demanding of the saudis you show us evidence you give us proof that he left the country and he was a lawyer when he left but the saudi reaction to that is what.
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they are maintaining that he. entered the building and that they too worried about his whereabouts they sent a team you're sure of the officer to what they say is investigating his case but the facts are these funds are that no one saw him leave the question mark would be well if he left why didn't he go home why didn't you go back to his fiance who told to wait for him in fact she was going to go into that consulate with him she was told she couldn't do that she was waiting for him outside so why didn't he return to her these are all questions again speculation around a very serious issue which is where is he and what has happened to him so i think you know we're waiting to hear evidence many people will tell you that this is such a political issue in terms of the sensitivities of it was a place we may never go but again we are waiting just to briefly bring you back to the to the process of this for a turkish investigation team to enter that consulate to carry out their investigation to try and figure out if there's any clues in there other people will tell you it's been a week they don't think the saudis would have allowed that kind of access if they
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were uncertain nothing would be found so it's moken mirrors it's complicated and at the end of the day it is a horrific allegation of a man who's now been disappeared for eight days stephanie thanks very much. well geez fiance how touch is made a public plea to the us writing the washington post she says at this time i implore president trump and first lady maloney a from to help shed light on jamal's disappearance i also urge saudi arabia she says especially king solomon and the crown prince mohammed bin solomon to show the same level of sensitivity and release c.c.t.v. footage from the consulate jamal is a valuable person an exemplary thinker and a courageous man who's been fighting for his principles i don't know how i can keep living if he was abducted or killed in turkey the u.s. government has demanded a full investigation into the disappearance but there are growing calls in washington for stronger action against saudi arabia alan fischer with more on that
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. one week on since the disappearance of american resident jamal khashoggi in istanbul and the u.s. is still chasing answers i know nothing right now i know what everybody else knows nothing your state department insists it is pressuring the saudis were not going to make any judgments about what had happened to him the united states is certainly concerned about his whereabouts a senior officials at the state department have spoken with saudi officials through diplomatic channels about the matter we call on the government of saudi arabia to conduct a thorough trant and transparent investigation at a washington conference discussing come to events in saudi arabia concerned for the journalist disappearance bubbled under the surface one human rights activist says the u.s. must take much stronger action than just expressing concern i'd like to see the u.s. demand that the saudis produce him and if they can't produce him produce the detailed explanation including documentation c.c.t.v. footage whatever is necessary to demonstrate what did happen to him. donald trump
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has forged close links with saudi arabia his first foreign trip was to the kingdom when he entertained crown prince mohammed bin selman at the white house he boasted of significant arms deals he wants the saudis to help bring in iran's regional ambitions and to sell any white house middle east peace plan to the palestinians but politicians on both sides are more shinton see if what the turks are seeing is true and could should you was murdered in the consulate in istanbul than there has to be a significant change to us so the relations as elected leader we stand with you in the media in solidarity to making sure that this does not go unnoticed if this is true if the saudi regime murdered murdered journalist cricket in their own consulate there must be a culpability and there must be an unequivocal condemnation by the united states one middle east expert says any change has to be well thought out but i do think it
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needs a rechelle abrasion or you. i think a very strong unequivocal message needs to be sent to riyadh that there are consequences for these kind of actions and that american support is not unconditional there's growing pressure on the saudis to come up with answers about what actually happened in istanbul and if they do and there's a growing number of politicians in the united states who say that must significantly change the relationship between the two countries alan fischer al jazeera washington well one aspects of this strange story is the speed or lack of it when it came to the international reaction the initial reaction is took several days for government ministers around the world to react to the disappearance of jamal khashoggi let's talk now to george melbourne oh he's a middle east reporter for le figaro out of paris he joins us now from the studio the shores of melbourne oh what do you make of say it took until this time yesterday for the u.k. foreign secretary to say something about this. i
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think that the the european reaction that i've been very limited there was the u.k. reaction from paris there was a very very limited reactions to sentence is saying that we hold france hold that the situation of damage will be clarified very soon it's not very surprising that the europeans which are the trade partners of saudi arabia didn't react the more understood the new a new lesson the the saudi arabia gave to canada when there was when the their ambassador was expelled from from rehab after a criticizing the the human rights violations in then french authorities at all thought the problem with the bahrain our ambassador in bahrain criticised or saw on tweeter the violations of human rights in the in the kingdom
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and. the king of bahrain was upset that he sent an image serene and boy to perry's to tell the friends of the situation gumby like that soul there is a kind of. so-called wisdom in europe accepting to criticize the saudi arabia we've seen all saw germany and spain which where two countries we tried criticize saudi arabia and they had to come back to a more wise and why their approach because of the they don't want to put on the risk from trade from contracts which are a negotiation soul. it's a reality bribes we can we we can complain about that but i think the thirty arabia managed to counter. some reaction which can come from from from france of from ukraine france in mandarin back or as he said to
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a n.g.o.s recently is not a big fan i quote him of why mad been salamander but he doesn't want to criticize him publicly at least until now easy going to change its position after these dramatic event of disappearance of germany we are not sure. call and saudi arabia are on the same i would say bold these are the the criticizing that you really influence it believes that we have a diplomatic convergence with saudi arabia are in syria are and until now we have been very very silent as told you concerning these disappearance ok does that mean that the criticism say from emanuel macro of the highest ranking people that we can mention. is diluted because if someone like macro if someone like
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donald trump of someone like the u.k. foreign secretary only criticizes or hints at criticism when they have got no choice but to criticize it's arguably too little too late and someone like a jamal khashoggi. is isolated anyway and in effect abandoned by the international community when he's not being a dissident he never self labeled as being a voice of dissent what he self labeled as was a journalist who illuminated the voices of dissent there's a subtle difference there that it occurs to me people like emanuel maybe do not want to engage with for what reason is it purely about money. now as i told you it's mainly because of you know money contracts etc and we have a diplomatic convergence was so dear abby our concerning iran basically the french for a ministries. is very tough against the round against the iranian influence in in
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the go in syria in iraq so until now we didn't want to to really to criticize again saudi arabia are thinking that hoping that the some critics can be addressed privately but as i told you in mandarin mccoy's not to new york a big fan of prince mohammed man is first meeting with embarrassed last year in december at the riyadh airport was quite serve when prince mohammed bin sultan man told warm demanded macor that if the french companies goes to make business in iran they will not come to saudi arabia they will not allow to to come to saudi arabia immediately emmanuel mccaw on certain him saying we don't you don't speak like that to a french president so there's no big love between these two guys when m.b.a.'s came to paris the other two hours private meetings but there is a kind of politic and until now this real politic as prevailed we have to see i
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think if a judge. has been assassinated a. saudi consulate in istanbul a red line would have been crossed and i think the reactions will be much tougher from france to be that big simply because as i told you a red line would have been crossed ok we are heading clearly maybe perhaps towards a tipping point depending upon what the turkish investigative authorities say are you saying just to boil this down are you saying that in effect. m.b.a.'s the leadership in riyadh is basically fire walled when it comes to questions of accountability not because of anything that they're saying or doing not because of anything that they're not saying or not doing it's because the people who would ordinarily say you've got to answer five questions on this you've got to go with an
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independent international investigation they're simply not pushing for that yeah exactly i think this is a it should be the request if that's been done by the by the u.s. and i think by you can the e.u. the use of the french and others would push on that to to get to a clear investigation independent investigation to know what happened to. george meldrum there in paris middle east reporter for the figure of many thanks. plenty more still to come here on this news hour for you including after months of protests why iraq's new government faces challenges in its oil rich province of. afghanistan changing the way it deals with children accused of fighting with the taliban and in the sports venues using two sets to complete a step in his quest of establishing himself as a professional football player. the
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leader of bangladesh is main opposition party has been sentenced to life in prison for his role in a two thousand and four grenade attack against the current prime minister tariq rahman is the son of the former opposition leader who's already in jail rahman was tried in absentia after he went into self-imposed exile in two thousand and eight the prime minister sheikh hasina who was the opposition leader at the time of the attack narrowly escaped but suffered a hearing loss rahman's lawyer says the timing of the verdict is aimed at keeping him out of the forthcoming elections tanvi a child rejoins us live now from dhaka tanveer just explain to us what happened in court. well the court had fifty four fifty two people who were accused under this particular case it took about fourteen years and i was close to one thousand four hundred fifty four days
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to come to this day a very sensational case indeed what's. the number of people who were with the last government of bangladesh nationalist party very high up including. secretary off from my affairs three other ministers or at least three inspector general of police administrative official a high ranking intelligence officer of all were found guilty in different times some were given a life sentence some were given that sentence among the most prominent is of course the eldest son. and former prime minister. tariq ramadan as you have mentioned he's in exile in london and this is going to put a dent to the bangladesh nationalist party effort to mobilize itself during the upcoming election government came up with their reaction they're happy with the body they say they're going to appeal for case they wanted that sentence for him so
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they're going to appeal to the high court for the opposition they haven't come out with a reaction yet there is no straight demonstration in fear of arrest and heavy handed police tactic now we also know that the opposition previously say this case is very much a politically motivated it's farcical the witnesses are not reliable there were two hundred twenty five. witnesses of the prosecution and at least twenty years witnesses from the defense side the political scenario and the landscape is already volatile we'll have to see how the things roll out in coming two months before the election because things are very tense now. in the opposition parties seems to be in trouble because of this case as well as other areas warrants against them many of them are behind jail this particular case is going to be a major public relation blow as well to the opposition party. reporting live from but thanks very much. police in germany have charged
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a man with murder over the death of a bulgarian journalist thirty year old victoria mountain over was raped and killed in the northern bulgarian town of roo say she'd been investigating alleged fraud with the funds involving businessmen and politicians her body was found in a park and showed signs of suffocation and blows to the head dominic cain has more now from berlin. information about this case has been emerging in the course of the past few hours the germinal forat is confirming that they have apprehended a suspect a person in connection with the european arrest warrant that was applied for and procured by paul guerin the authorities looking into investigating the rape and murder of the thirty year old journalist victoria mad enough to be confirmed facts as i say of those unconfirmed sources so far at least both here in germany and in bulgaria shedding a little bit more light on what's this this individual and why and his movements in bulgaria the suggestion has been that he fled the country on sunday of last weekend
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came to germany and there is speculation involved garrets because one of his parents lives in this country there's also speculation that when the authorities went to an address of his they found the mobile telephone of murdered journalist because of the amount enough to the next step given that this is a european arrest warrant process will be extradition but clearly the individual concerned has rights and will be able to contest it if you wish is. hurrican michael continues to build strength and is nearing florida as a category four storm with winds of over two hundred kilometers an hour michael is that the worst storm to hit the florida panhandle in over a decade and the strongest in terms of wind speed to make landfall in the u.s. this year officials are predicting a potentially dangerous storm surge of up to four meters around the height of a one story building hundreds of thousands of people have been ordered to leave. kevin's following that one for us how bad is it going to be cover this is
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a bad storm it's actually a very historical storm we have not seen a storm of this nature and the strength ever hit this part of florida the panhandle florida or to show you the radar so what is happening right here now this comes to us from weather underground and you can see the very good to find i with that storm now we're already seeing a lot of rain that's already making its way inland across. that region and we're probably about seven hours from making landfall we think it's going to stay this category category four with these winds so it's going to be the mid afternoon timeframe florida floridians are so used to this now i mean if you come from florida you could be forgiven for thinking you know enough already right there was what was a big one what nine ten months ago that's right we were talking what was happening in this area just not too long ago actually we had florence in the carolinas now this particular storm is going to be making a lot of rain in that same area florence i want to show you the bigger picture of what the storm is and where we're going to be seeing it so here is a saturday look we're talking taking a look at the whole gulf of mexico right now and with this storm system as it makes
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landfall it's going to continue there the winds right now make its way to the north we don't expect to see a lot of rain with the storm but the storm surge as you said four meters in apalachicola florida as well as very very very very strong flooding expected in the carolinas in georgia and also in alabama when these systems come up like that when they move clockwise across florida they more or less likely to be tethered when it moves to the north up into the carolinas because that was the thing with the other one wasn't it the system kind of came in and then it didn't move for three or four days it's really had no upper level no had no appeal of a flow to make a move this one absolutely has movement and we're going to be seeing a very well what with the the prog that we're seeing right now through the carolinas we expect that to stay because the flow with the storm is pretty much expected to stay like that and there it is right there for this afternoon and for tomorrow we expected to be a tropical storm into the carolinas with a court quickly kevin thanks very much we'll talk to you later the death toll from
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indonesia is quake and tsunami has climbed past two thousand as the authorities purpose and the search for bodies rescue workers continue to a prison be held on thursday to mark the end of the search for the dead in the city of pallu where most of the bodies were found more than sixty five thousand homes and buildings were destroyed and as many as seventy thousand people were displaced . no but yes. iraq's new prime minister abdul mahdi is expected to deal with the economic crises that led to months of violent protests in the country's southern oil rich province of basra now to iraq's only seaport and oil fields that produce seventy five percent of the country's oil reports now from baghdad. the bustling portal basra province is. a crucial lifeline to the country's economy every day tens of thousands of tons of imported goods are offloaded at these dogs more than three million barrels of oil field
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tankers destined for the global market while busted up pumps millions into government coffers every day but a little of that reaches its residents and i are totally neglected we have no clean water no electricity no jobs we keep wondering how we sunk to this level now it's not all of the most part here is the government for fifteen years we've been kept hearing these promises without action still not seeing any efforts to save us from this misery in the impoverished suburbs of iraq's second largest city a simmering soup of garbage and roll see which is a common sight. there's grievances boiled over in early july when thousands took to the streets to protest what they say is government neglect but the protests were triggered of thousands of people got sick drinking contaminated water after five months of political crisis and out finally has a new leadership moments of the but i'm sorry a cut from all fun and out was elected president by parliament he topped the lobdell maddi
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a she and former oil minister to form the next government as prime minister the job is huge and the future. is central to their success feel her lover i believe that the current shift and politics in iraq however tiny is driven by recent events in basra it's important for the new leadership to understand that failing in basra is not an option and would mean total failure for them. calmed rising and tension in boston the outgoing administration announced two months ago a multi-billion dollar emergency plan to stall facilities and vital services in the region this time though the people of basra refusing to settle for what they call token improvements many say that unless there is many change in the political system under the new administration funds for development may once again end up in the pockets of corrupt officials how about the well just about. do stay with us
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here on the news that in just a few moments we'll have the rest of the weather for you with kevin again and also still to come here on the news out press freedom under threat in nicaragua with journalists facing attacks response and death threats. protests in sydney as one of his most famous landmarks is turned into a giant advertisement. and in sports a hero's welcome for the fights are at the center of one of the mixed martial arts most infamous contests. why. i have dedicated almost my entire professional life to the dimension of the fight against corruption and whatever to other storms making landfall as well into other countries first of all let's take a look what's happening here in the baby girl in the arabian sea i want to take you
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and show you a particular over here towards the bay of magog this storm right here the psych lone will be making landfall today just like mike will be making landfall today right now like lone chile is making movement up here to the northwest at fifteen kilometers its strength at about one hundred forty claims for hour now that is quickly to a category one storm what we think was going to be happening as the storm will continue to make a northwest movement make landfall we can then make its way up towards kolkata as a tropical storm but we do expect to see very very heavy rain and flooding across that area the other storm we're talking about is what is happening here where trouble cycling on now we've been watching this quite a while bringing a lot of rain to that southwestern coast of india just several days ago that is making its way towards the west northwest as well as a about ten columbus for hour and also the same strength but this storm is expected to making landfall we expect nyssa lolla in the next several days bring some very heavy rain there and in this area this mountain rain can cause those waters to fill
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thousand and eighteen for more information go to isa war dot com. welcome back you're watching al-jazeera my name's peter dhabi your top stories turkey's state media has released video of saudi journalist jamal khashoggi entering the saudi consulate in istanbul he hasn't been seen since they've also had footage of the man believed to be involved in his disappearance. police in germany have arrested a man in connection with the murder of a bulgarian journalist thirty year old victoria martin over it was raped and killed
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in the northern town of bruce a she'd been investigating suspected for with the funds involved in businessman and politician is. the leader of bangladesh his main opposition party has been sentenced to life in prison for his role in the two thousand and four grenade attack against the current prime minister tariq rahman is the son of the former opposition leader. who's already in jail rahman was tried in absentia after he went into self-imposed exile in two thousand and eight. well the mystery surrounding the disappearance of the saudi journalist jamal has again brought attention to the plight of journalists around the world nicaragua is no exception there the profession has become more dangerous in recent months since anti-government protests began in april reporters have found themselves under attack for doing their jobs al-jazeera is manuel has that story from the capital monocular. assaults harassment and death threats have come to characterize the working
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conditions for many independent journalists. might be part of being there yeah so what we still have a video journalist in managua recalls the moment he was shot in the arm was covering an anti-government demonstration only one that is not well i tried to stand and couldn't contract couldn't feel it i mediately thought the worst. moments after being shot other journalists rushed to winston's aid and drove him to a private hospital. winston says most of his colleagues have also been the targets of attacks. is winston's boss and the founder of one hundred percent news he says that since the unrest began threats against his staff haven't stopped said but only thing being a journalist today is a matter of life and death. issues we've been harassed shot at angry mobs sent by the government to intimidate us at one point
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you're under siege unable to leave the building for several days i mean he had only a few minutes last april in the city of laon a radio station known for being critical of the government who set on fire with journalist still inside the us the flames are so big they burst through the front door and ignited the clothes on the taxes as well as a security guard. walking through the charred remains of his office fransisco tortoise in an independent radio reporter showed us where men armed with machine guns explosives and petrol canisters stormed the building this is what is left of the offices of radio deal the fire destroyed the roof and practically everything else this radio station was one of the first media outlets to be attacked when the political crisis began but acts of intimidation and violence against the nicaraguan press continue. attacks against the press have left at least one journalist dead so far government representatives however have ignored our request for
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a statement on the matter as the political conflict drags on organizations like the interim american press association are calling on the nicaraguan government to investigate and prosecute those responsible for attacks against journalists and their families when it happened and dizzy when i was. brazil's left wing presidential candidate is trying to garner support ahead of a runoff vote later this month he is fernando huldah he's accused. of spreading false accusations against him on social media says he's now secured indorsements from several other parties including the brazilian socialist party at one twenty nine percent of the vote in sunday's poll well behind both the narrow and claimed forty six percent taiwan's president is vowing to boost national security and warning a government will not give in to pressure from china speaking on the islands national day when insisted that she would not recklessly provoke china beijing considers taiwan part of its territory and has been pressuring other countries to cut ties
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three nations suspended diplomatic relations with taiwan earlier this year. it is world mental health day globally the illness is becoming more prevalent with government health budget struggling to cope by twenty thirty depression is expected to be the world's leading cause of ill health and according to the world health organization one in four people will experience one form of mental health yet the condition currently receive less than one percent of global aids correspondent john hall is at the mental health summit in london for us so i guess join in the key message is mental health is as important as physical wellbeing as well. well that's sort of the message peter the british government is putting out it's made it its goal this summit to put mental health on parity with physical health that's one of a number of goals being talked about here it's the first governmental summit on
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global mental health they're working together fifty countries as well as that experts and innovators in the field to come up with concerted action to tackle what's been described as one of the defining challenges of the twenty first century that is of course mental health and the lack of the vast lack of resources globally to deal with mental ill health now on this second day of the summit and also be seeing the launch of a groundbreaking report by the lancet medical journal we'll talk more about that in a minute i've got a co-author of that report here to talk to but first of all among its findings is a note that mentally ill health is responsible for more deaths of young people around the world than any other health cause one person commits suicide every forty seconds it recommends community based projects to try and close the gap where conventional medical support has fallen short when i visited just just such a project in sweden a short while ago it's one of a number of so-called fountainhead clubhouses that exist around the world they are
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free walk in havens for people whose mental health issues in urgent need of support take a look at my report. if the countries of northern europe sweden norway denmark and finland regularly feature among the world appears to then why do so many people report being unhappy in sweden alone one in five young women point to rising stress levels affecting their mental health . i think that we have a lot of pressure being perfect. and achieving things and not listening and slowing down. it's expected that by twenty thirty depression will be the world's leading cause of ill health at the fountain house group of international clubhouses they're focusing on something conventional treatments sometimes overlook
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the person behind the illness hospitals doctors medications all important but they don't have the resources or perhaps the goals to build relationships and once you get to know somebody you can see beyond a diagnosis. i'm a healthy person i'm tracey i'm not my diagnosis. people always. ask me to do stuff and i think why they ask me i mean i don't know but i do know and i can help. founded as a save me save me i don't think i'll be around in front being here for. you began in new york in the one nine hundred forty s. patients and social workers got together to create a shared community that would ensure those who go to out of the often brutal mental detention facilities of the time it would never have to go back so these are there were three hundred thirty houses that currently are around the world really the
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united states europe very dominant but a lot of work required in latin america africa asia yes there's still work to do it needs to be a clubhouse in every country. central thing about the clubs model we talk about the need to be needed you need a place where you want when you where you are. accepted for who you are. i was headed home for many years and isolated myself it was suggested to me to come here and i thought what do i have to loose. voluntary to come here and that's very important that you come here because you want to come here not because someone else saying you have to be here. human model it's not a swedish model or an american model and it's why does it work everywhere because
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people are the same everywhere we need to be seen we need to be loved we need to be part of something. well we were talking a moment ago about that landmark learned report being launched here at the global summit in london its authors describe the state of mental health as a monumental cause of the loss of human capabilities on the planet one of its co-authors is here with me now dr janice cooper is with the carter center in liberia where of course you do most of your work on mental health liberia i'm sure a country that suffers greatly from social and poverty causes of ill health but one of the things the report talks about is how it is not a problem of the developing world and in terms of mental health every country is a developing country indeed thank you so much for having me the report really focuses on the fact that we have a tremendous gap in treatment a tremendous gap in mental health education a tremendous gap in reaching one of the most vulnerable young people and so it
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developed suggests a strategy that's focused around the sustainable development goals. one of the key issues that is raised in the report not just treatment of mental ill health but also human rights of people whose mental health is experiencing difficulty tell me more about that what of the human rights aspect absolutely there is there are human rights related conditions regarding disability presence of mental illness especially severe mental illness tend to have us tend to have disabilities around mental health disorders access to treatment how people the treatment treated stigma related to mental illness and then if you're in the developing world such as i am where there are tremendous resource deficits you have people that are changed people are held in for camps people that are treated in unconventional ways and so
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the report really highlights these human rights violations and even in developing in developed countries we have the issue of parity mental illness is not treated on par with physical illness well that's something the british government has announced as one of its key goals its policy goals not to put those two things on parity the british government has just announced that it has become the first country to appoint a suicide prevention minister is that encouraging absolutely we understand that persons of mental illness when they have nowhere to turn to and they're in severe distress may think about suicide or have suicide what we call suicide ideation of suicidal thoughts and the ability to be able to reach out to someone to be able to use your peer networks to be able to support have supports and peer support so that persons with mental on those who are in distress and who are suicidal can get help is critical thank you dr jonas cooper for speaking to us one of the co-authors of
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a landmark report by the medical journal the lancet here at the world's first global summit on mental health beat about to turn a thanks very much. trump says he's considering five candidates for the role of u.s. ambassador to the u.n. after nikki haley's sudden resignation yesterday mr serry says she wants a break from public life and she's ruling out running against mr trump in the twenty twenty presidential elections mike hanna reports now from the united nations . many and. disagreed with the policies that the us representative championed again but during eighteen months at the un nikki haley engendered a great deal of respect forming warm personal relationships with those she supported as well as those she so forcibly opposed the secretary general had a truly very good working relationship with her they worked. to get through some of the toughest moments i think between the u.s. and the u.n.
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some diplomat said privately spoken about haleigh's loss of influence within the trumpet ministration in particular following the appointment of mike pump aoa secretary of state and former u.n. ambassador john bolton as national security adviser but president trump says discussion with haley about her possible resignation had started as long as six months ago and unlike other members who left his administration he keeps open the possibility of her rejoining it we're all happy for you in one way but we hate to lose you hopefully you'll be coming back at some point but if you want to just be a different capacity you can a big if are all in here that are going to ask about twenty twenty no i'm not running for twenty twenty i can promise you when i'll be doing is campaigning for this one so i look forward to supporting the president in the next elections the question now who's going to be the next ambassador to head up the u.s. mission just over the road president trump says he'll announce a successor in the next two to three weeks possibly even sooner signaling that he
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wants to make the announcement before those crucial midterm elections in just under a month well did is certainly a person i would consider as he is under consideration and the president's daughter ivanka i think given you would be granted bond that doesn't mean i didn't you know what i think or because you fear cues have now been this that even though i'm not sure there's anybody more confident in the world but that's ok but but we are looking at numerous people the discussion put on hold as the president has yet another campaign rally to attend my kind of al-jazeera united nations. still to come here on the news in the sports news we'll hear from the olympic legends passing on their expertise at the used games in argentina. china used to take half the world's recyclable rubbish but not anymore with garbage
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generated by one point four billion people they've got enough of their own but where does it go when he slips the lid on china's war on waste on al-jazeera. mixing a big day out of the races with a night of the oprah hasn't been popular in australia sydney opera house is lit up as a giant billboard to promote the world's richest horse race on sunday this is led to protests as politicians overturn the decision to block the poll to judge him explains why. protesters pointed lasers and spotlights at one of australia's most famous landmarks they were trying to stop the
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sydney opera house from being used to promote the world's richest horse race called the everest this is a symbol of a strange. story important to become russia's the opera house has promoted the olympics rugby and cricket in the past but opponents say horseracing encourages gambling and cruelty to animals what we've got is an incredible groundswell of support wesley decided have said they've had enough they've joined a line in the sand and they have said that they're sick of having the odds stacked against them opera house managers declined the op the case in by race organizers for the eye catching ad but the new south wales government intervened and overruled them saying the race is a huge tourist attraction bringing in more than one hundred million dollars australia's prime minister defended the decision by state premier gladys berejiklian to accept the calling it a no brainer it is done in good taste it's incredibly time down from previous
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versions and i said to the good people of new south wales it's important for us to support our major events it's important for us to promote new south wasse but of course do it in good taste. the everest is all set for sunday but the premier faces an election in a few months government leaders who gamble to allow the promotion may have put their money on the wrong horse paltrow dirge on al-jazeera. time. the sports news is far better thank you so much the new york yankees have been eliminated from the major league baseball playoffs they were stunned by arch rivals the boston red sox at yankee stadium with the red sox already three nothing up at the top of the fourth inning christian vasquez hit a home run to make it for nothing and silence is sold out crowd in the bronx and despite it late rally by the yankees in the ninth inning boston were able to hold them off for a four three when the red sox advance to the american league championship series for the first time since twenty third team will host defending world series
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champions the houston astros on saturday from the park. but is phenomenal you know it's it's been a great season sort of when one of the vision. team played great over the last four days. also in the clinches one one of the l.c.s. . more so enjoyed tonight in back to work tomorrow they were able to do it and. you know credit to them for being up to hold us down and shut us down. but i mean in the end. you know you don't move on usually when you don't you can't get those enough big hits in a series and they they just outplayed us a little bit. american golfer brooks cope has been voted p.g.a. tour player of the year he's won the award following an impressive twenty seventeen to eighteen season which included two major victories it won the p.g.a. championship and became the first u.s.
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open champion in nearly three decades to win the crown two years in a row. there was a hero's welcome for the fire at the center of one of mixed martial arts most infamous contests could be never a gold medal is back in russia celebrating his victory over qana mcgregor any u.f.c. title fight after the fourth round victory the thirty year old fought with members of brokers support team. now it's argued by some that the olympics have lost sight of the ideals of inspired the ancient greeks in those super economic and the movement at the end of the nineteenth century the olympic movement refutes those claims and says the youth games is making the olympics relevant to a new generation of athletes. reports. it's a beautiful day as young athletes aged between fifteen and eighteen from around the world take this sales on to the world which is north of one osiris. with the. santiago. he's seen it's all
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a participant in six games one french respect and excellence and that's no matter what you know now we see these and this is part of my job in big games to explain to the young kids and i think he's a very big buddy of that in big games. he's a sporting hero not just to what he's done on the water but because just before he raced in rio in two thousand and sixteen he was diagnosed with lung cancer he fought back and he won gold i think is imposed on the danger. and dean years old you can be an olympic games you know i think it's a must be a big motivation for them to dream to be part of the big olympic games in the future he's one of several athlete role models at the youth game. imparting their experience their inspiration to the next generation or the youth games give many young athletes their first taste of major international competition they also provide the organizers with
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a chance to try out innovative ideas and to help them to gauge the importance of the olympics in why the society. among the topics being discussed on race and gender equality to a paki was here is a squash player from pakistan where she says she was as a woman aggressively discouraged from taking up sport but that didn't stop her and for women i think it can give them a lot of power and self understanding. should be playing more and more sports and. be be in the leadership position to change it to bring change in that country in their society that. criticism of the olympic movement is not going away but the issues are being discussed inspired by the spirit an enthusiasm of youth. captured here by guest of honor in one of cyrus the thai football team the wall cause this is their first trip abroad after their old delia this year when
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they emerged united stronger after eighteen grueling days trapped in the cave. one of cyrus the same bolt is set to make his first start in professional football the eights homiletics french gold medalist has been trying to establish himself as a footballer since stepping away from the track ault is on trial at australian sites such as close to mariners he debuted in august as a substitute the mariners coach has announced however he plans to bolt in the starting line up in a friendly match this friday. coach is satisfied to the fitness the putting the starting line up and that's always a big step. so on the socket i didn't get a chance to go into it to start i'm just going to do my best caused us to keep it and that's why you support for that war coming up later but for now back to you peter all right thanks very much more news of course on the web site al jazeera dot com is the address you need to lower us here in
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