ironically here i was just saying does this. define the face of the entire province . but looks like that economy will move on then a lot of that live in beirut is now an important border crossing between syria and jordan has been reopened for the first time in three years the syrian government retook the area near the crossing from rebels in july it was part of a russian backed offensive to drive fighters from southwestern syria the border used to be a major transit route for goods and passengers. a weather update next year on al-jazeera then big election loss is it but variant stage elections for allies of germany's chancellor angela merkel will be live in munich. from dusky sunset so it's proving something. to summarize

the top in asian metropolis. hello there we're still seeing that damage that was caused by a storm leslie leslie as the storm that worked its way into parts of portugal was nearly a hurricane when it made landfall just turned into an extra tropical cyclone just a few hours beforehand but you can see the damage that it did multiple trees down many cars damaged and many homes ruined as well now as we head through the next few days ago to see that system edge its way eastwards and already it's been making its way across the peyronie's into the southwestern parts of france and in this region we've seen an awful lot of rain the winds aren't too much of a problem now but seventy millimeters of rain in just three hours has caused major problems here we do have a lot of flooding in some of the villages a still inaccessible more wet weather still to come as we head through monday plenty of heavy rain here and then that gradually retreats towards the southeast as we head into choose dave so choose day should be dry for that flooded region meanwhile for the east largely fine unsettled hey we still have our area of high pressure in charge so warsaw should get up to

a pleasant twenty degrees for the north coast of africa quite a few showers here one outbreak of very wet weather is across the north coast of libya and then we've got another one stretching its way through parts about geria that's linked up to what's going on over a year or more wet weather is expected here during tuesday. the weather sponsored by qatar and peace. what makes this moment. so. we haven't seen the president this unpredictable freedom of speech is. largely constant that is a perfect formula for authoritarianism and here nearly in the lights are on and there's nowhere to hide let me ask you straight up here is the two state solution now up front retellings on al-jazeera.

a lot of the top stories are us here at this hour saudi arabia's king sold out of turkey's president branch of top order one of spoken by phone to reaffirm their commitment to a joint investigation into the disappearance of jamal khashoggi the saudi journalist hasn't been seen since entering the saudi consulate in istanbul on to the second and the largest group in syria's rebel held province. sharm a signal that it's abiding by the terms of the demilitarization deal agreed last month the deal such a deadline of monday for rebel groups to withdraw all faces from inside. the political allies of germany's chancellor angela merkel have suffered their worst election result in sixty eight years in the various states the christian

social union suffered major losses in sunday's regional elections and that threatens to deepen divisions within the federal coalition government in berlin over issues such as immigration don it came reports now from munich. for decades the christian social union has dominated varian politics but no longer now their vote has slumped dozens of seats have been lost and the overall majority has gone for the c.s. used current leader and sitting prime minister it was time to put on a brave face remember. we accept the results with humility and we will have to learn from it we must analyze it clearly but one thing is clear despite the prognosis discussions and comments the c.s.u. is not only the strongest party but it's also received a clear mandate to govern. whereas for the greens this was a moment for celebration their vote more than doubled and did eight of bavarians

biggest cities they came first cementing their position here as the leading party of the center left displacing the social democrats something the national polls had suggested for some time by and yet the parliamentary election results of any change but very a tonight because it clearly shows that people want politics that encourages instead of spreading fear that solves current problems instead a constant. it shows clearly that you can win elections if you bet on courage confidence and passion and don't suffer in a right wing way and yet one party that did precisely that was the alternative for germany in the twenty thirteen election they didn't exist this time around their stance on tougher migration and border controls one of the more than ten percent of the vote in it is now i read this result is a message to america merkel must finally guard. am i feel we have the natural

successes this c.s.u. we stand for our traditions our families and for our varia for bev area is a blessing land dear friends. in the immediate aftermath of this election attention will focus on who will form the next government here. early indications are the c.s.u. will try to patch together a small majority with one of the minor parties but some more profound problems are not so easily solved and tanika is live for us now outside c s you had quarters in munich so the morning after the night before dominic what has been the reaction to these major losses. well the leaders of the christian social union adrian are now all inside the party headquarters and they're facing a pretty difficult day it was a difficult result they've received now they have to go about trying to build a coalition here in bavaria the suggestion would be as you saying in that piece that they will find a way to do that but quite what they do on the national level that remains to be

seen regarding reaction more the newspapers today are pretty grim reading this paper the site and saying a slap in the face of an election that shakes germany. visit that site and perhaps will most prominent newspapers in this part of germany debacle for the c.s.u. and for the social democrats and then finally this diverts a day that changed by and in fact in some ways there are many who say that it's changed germany the question for the c.s.u. right now is they can build a coalition here but are they still prepared to govern federally given the setback they faced here and the lack of confidence that many in the party have in the federal coalition structure or if so what other than the wider implications for the federal government up to this. well if you look at those newspaper headlines the really interesting element of this at election adrian was

it wasn't just the c.s.u. that really got punished it was also the social democrats to be clear about that last time around twenty percent of the varian voters chose that party this time less than half did so so you have a very clear demonstration that the parties that are governing this country not this this state. country are really really losing support and they're losing support in ways which are really concerning party members also bear in mind that given the sense of entitlement the c.s.u. has seemed to have for sixty years to govern this country on their own there are many of their previously elected officials have now lost their seats they want to blame someone for that many of them blame angle americal in so far as where this story goes today well there are meetings taking place in berlin involving the christian democratic you know single americans party where we will be hearing from the general secretary of the party but also we'll be hearing from the prime minister of a neighbor a nearby state who himself faces an election in two weeks' time and all of them are

now looking at the polls nervously and wondering well is this wave of sentiment against angle americal going to cost them their jobs the next time an election comes around. don i'm going to thanks donna cane there live in munich. in nicaragua at least thirty nine people have been arrested after police violently broke up anti-government demonstrations in the capital managua the protests the protests a part of an alliance of opposition groups calling for president that it will take it to step down since april three hundred fifty people have been killed in sol's and enjoyments in the unrest which was sparked by pension reforms manuel ruppel reports. dozens of anti-government demonstrators were met with heavy force by police in managua after six months of unrest and more nicaraguan citizens are calling on the government of president ben you know big to end the violent repression of political opponents oh i don't have time for me and i don't know if

we have being repressed they wouldn't let us march them violating our constitutional right to protest. almost as soon as the demonstration began police vehicles full of riot officers confronted the crowd. some protesters clashed with officers and were beaten with clubs many of the demonstrators were women who were dragged away screaming when the seat of my now were up the nicaraguan police had announced yesterday that any protest against the government today would be considered illegal and would not be allowed despite this we've seen several people come out on the streets and protest the government while . the police have started arresting them by one each one of these peaceful protesters as well i thought as as attacking members of the present was recently by my producer and i were recently hit with the tear gas canister. members of the press were forced to huddle together for safety as the arrests unfolded. the nicaraguan police have used physical violence against journalists during

demonstrations. by this latest protest in managua was meant to represent the first demonstration by an organized political coalition of activists calling themselves the alliance for national unity. and i want you. i really think the whole thing is just terrible the provocation against the people is too much it's too much there has to be invented if all of us have had enough. heavy militarized police presence across much of downtown managua prevented any more anti-government protesters from gathering on the streets of the city the police and criminalize dissent in the country meaning supporters of the government are the only nicaraguan citizens allowed to demonstrate on the streets. mental health support is urgently needed in yemen to avert lifelong psychological damage to a generation of children that's according to

a new study by save the children children over the age of three years have already lived through more than eighteen thousand ass trikes in their lifetime seventy nine percent of children spoken to who live in the capital sanaa showed signs of serious psychological consequences as a result of the escalating conflicts that included bedwetting might miss hypervigilance grief depression anxiety aggression and feelings of withdrawal bus there's a widespread social stigma around mental health in yemen there are only forty psychiatrists in the country or approximately one for every seven hundred thousand people the war in the end is making it difficult for children to get an education at least two million to go to school but for those that are able to get to the classroom they're prepared to do whatever it takes to stay there but it's with reports. these children shouldn't be anywhere near what's left of their school clambering over rubble on the bombed ceilings on the long walls that could give way

at any minute but the concentration in their faces shows how much they want to try to learn. since twenty fifteen the school in ties in southwestern yemen has been hit by airstrikes artillery and gunfire. our schools have been destroyed because of these barbaric groups who came from the silence of history and corrupted or learned what brought them here and what do they want look at our school this is their mark they did not come distributing books or supporting students or to praise teachers they came with destruction with slogans of that those people. and. the school is stuck in the middle of a relentless battle for territory between rebels and the saudi u.a.e. led coalition that backs the yemeni government has asked way mad though education is the basis to rebuild the state knowledge is light and ignorance is darkness and we want to tell the government and private and affiliated parties that we are tired

of promises and progress nation we want to go back to work not words we want to turn our values into action and into reality if there are no classes to go to the boys according to the united nations children's fund risk being recruited as child soldiers. almost half yemen's girls if not in school. in the school got hit we studied at home some of our teachers were killed and some students our friends also died it angered us and it saddened us our school was big so now it's just destroyed the playground has been turned into a battleground. two million children will be out of school this year in yemen that's according to unicef and another four million primary school children risk losing access to education because seventy percent of the teachers haven't been paid in the last two years and they're being forced to find work elsewhere bernard smith al-jazeera djibouti. a memorial ceremony has been held in somalia on the

first anniversary of the largest ever bomb blast. for reports. sunday was a national day for somalis to mourn a year to the day since the massive truck bomb was detonated at a busy intersection in the capital it's been described as the largest explosion in somalia's troubled history and the worst attack since nine eleven in the u.s. . they believe that they can enforce fear and us they believe they could undermine the progress we have made they believe that they can damage our image betrayed our country is an unsafe place to go they want to damage the morale and resilience of our people to the contrary blisters with stronger unity the massive blast killed at least five hundred somalis injured hundreds more and destroyed buildings in the city center including a hotel no group claimed responsibility for the attack but the man accused of

leading an al-shabaab unit was sentenced to death in february a firing squad carried out that sentence on the first anniversary for some it's little comfort shop attendant hossam goal says it's like the explosion happened just yesterday. the shop owner i was working for died next to me i lost a lot of blood i struggled for some time no one came to my rescue then outside the shop i saw the whole area in flames dead bodies burning bodies and buildings on fire it's one year now i survived and i'm now back at work. other survivors such as ali still have to be treated in hospital he was selling sweets at the intersection when the blast happened his wife was there too but he will never see her again they get out. they told me she's fine but that she sustained injuries and she's being treated in hospital after a while i found that she could not be found even her body was never found many

somalis who were there that day have a similar story to ali and while reconstruction of the area has begun building still in ruins much like the lives of those afflicted by the disaster so her zero malaysia's prime minister and wasting has been sworn in as a member of parliament and says that he's happy to be back in politics it's a dramatic turnaround for him who was jailed for five years for sodomy he was released when mahathir mohamad was again elected prime minister and made its they settled the long running feud the world's oldest leader ninety three the promise to hand over power to anwar within two years. north and south korea have held more high level talks aimed at settling their differences and military leaders will meet soon to discuss reducing tensions on the heavily fortified border agreements been reached to connect roads and railways of the red cross is arranging video

conferences between family members separated by the korean war. at least five people have been killed after heavy rain and flooding hit parts of southwestern france the french area of all wood was particularly badly hit with a river that reached levels not seen it over a century a local governor says the equivalent of several months of rain fell in the space of just a few hours some of those killed were washed away by floodwater it was too powerful for emergency services to get through. it is good to have you with us hello adrian figure here in doha the top stories as they were a saudi arabia's king solomon and turkey's president threats of top birder one of spoken by phone to reaffirm their commitment to a joint investigation into the disappearance of jamal khashoggi the saudi journalist hasn't been seen since he entered the saudi consulate in istanbul on

october second the largest armed group in syria's rebel held province has signaled that it is abiding by terms of a demilitarization deal agreed last month's hiatt taqueria sham or h.t.s. as not previously said whether it's accepted or rejected the agreement between russia and turkey and the deal sort of deadline of monday for rebel groups to withdraw all fighters from inside and the country's northwest turkey which is overseeing the agreement has not yet commented on whether the terms are being met the zone was meant to be cleared of heavy weapons by october tenth five days ago an important border crossing between syria and jordan has been reopened for the first time in three is the syrian government retook the area near the crossing from rebels in july it was part of a russian backed offensive to drive fighters from southwest and syria the border used to be a major transit route for goods and passengers. the political allies of germany's

chancellor angela merkel of had their worst election result in bavaria in sixty eight years the christian social union suffered major losses in the state's election on sunday and that threatens to deepen divisions within the fragile federal coalition government in berlin over issues such as immigration. riot police in nicaragua broken up the latest antigovernment protests in the capital managua the protest as a part of an alliance of forty opposition groups calling for an end to the rule of president that it will take three hundred fifty to correct ones been killed and thousands injured in six months of anger against him at least five people have been killed off the heavy rain and flooding hit parts of southwest and france the french area of all wood was drenched when the river reached levels not seen it over a century helicopters trying to rescue people from the roofs of their homes weather conditions making that difficult those are the headlines here i was a zero up front next. the cricket world isn't

that trixie i mean you have to think why would you give me the yes then he didn't bring to me and if i had it would not be a fan base. al-jazeera is investigative unit reveals explosive new ad the documentary confirms to my analogy a very hard profile figure in match fixing international cricket in this al-jazeera investigation cricket's match fixing the files. did the saudi government abducted and murder a saudi journalist on foreign soil and if so will there be any consequences. i'm mad the house and the un's panel on climate change issued

a dramatic report this week saying the world could see a global climate crisis as early as twenty forty but how do you get the u.s. to take it seriously when the president is a climate change denier loss gina mccarthy the former head of the u.s. environmental protection agency under president obama but first saudi journalist and government critic joe marcus shogi has been missing since october the second last seen when he went into the saudi consulate in istanbul turkey believe he was killed by agents of his own government inside the consulate and had his body possibly dismembered astonishing and horrific allegations but will saudi crown prince mohammed bin some on faith and consequence. joining me now to discuss the disappearance and possible murder of jamal khashoggi a foreign policy analyst author and journalist religious brail who wrote the recent cover story for newsweek on the saudi crown prince and sarah leah whitson executive director of the middle east and north africa division of human rights watch at the moment of course saudi government officials refused to appear on al-jazeera and

other well known defenders of the saudi government who we approached took participate in the show declined our invitation sara thanks for joining me up front before we begin i'd like to play a clip from an episode of upfront that aired earlier this year in which i asked jamal why you chose a life in the united states. because i don't want to be listed i don't want to be. in order. to me that he has more position and man doesn't have a position he doesn't have to probably burn scars. in afghanistan more of the people most of the intellectuals most of the people in jail today support for. jamal khashoggi on out from a few months ago and it's quite hard to see that clip and listen to his voice given what we are being told has happened to him the washington post where jamal khashoggi writes a column is reporting this week that u.s.

intelligence has worked out that the crown prince of saudi arabia n.b.s. mohamed been some on quote ordered an operation to lure jamal back to the country and then detain him the turkish government say that he was killed inside the consulate in istanbul by a saudi hit team and had his body dismembered roula what do you believe happened to your friend jamal. i believe that how much been solomon is capable of forty's stands accused off off kidnapping however the u.s. intelligence should have warned jamal it's also there is a lot of blame to put also on us media i believe jamal of arrest has lived daily to tell the truth to tell all of us what was going on in saudi arabia and what this crown prince stands for what some media did it's basically for people to the propaganda of this crown prince that he was there unless he's a reformer and a moderate and a liberal in the words of tom friedman and the economist and others yeah it's

outrageous we have an obligation there's a journalistic integrity and then that in this case it was betrayed totally and they fail spectacularly it's unmitigated disaster what this all of this had caused in the middle east and for americans and especially for people who have no interest like except telling the truth and informing the public opinion so you document human rights abuses for a living you have to distinguish between facts and fiction between credible reporting and conspiracy theories a lot of people are saying how could we know for sure what happened inside a consulate in istanbul given the prime source of information is the turkish government which has its own issues with the saudi government which of course doesn't have a great record when it comes to its own journalists who it looks up at record rates well the main reason that we can know one thing very concretely is that obviously

we're not just relying on what the turkish government has said we are relying on the testimony of his fiance whom i spoke with on the day on which disappeared into the consulate while she was still at the consulate we have the video showing entering the consulate and actually what we don't have. is any evidence that he ever left so despite the saudi denials they claim that this c.c.t.v. wasn't working all of them switched on or something that day which is highly convenient the evidence that he interred and did not leave the consulate of his own accord there is no dispute about that that is an established fact what we don't know of course what happened to him inside what we have is a lot of suspicious circumstantial evidence and his continued disappearance that sadly indicate that. was killed. but sara if i may add something maddy the turks immediately aware then

a day they start talking about a martyr inside the consulate how do they know that we know for a fact who ever covered the middle east that any embassy and any consulate as high as bugged by nation hope that hosting those consulate so they even went as far the turks to say that they're willing to go inside their rooms with her in sick experts to tell in which room he was butchered and is a member and plus we have this evidence about these two flights coming in today with a squad with a team who most of them were identified and the pictures are outside the names are outside and most of them work for security apparatus of the saudi royal family why were there there and that day why did they enter the embassy in that day why did the leave in that day what did they do inside all of these questions need to be answered most u.s. senators came out saying we need to put sanctions and apply for the first time

outside of russia the global magnetic sea act which is accountability for violators of human rights of human rights and i think that's a huge precedent sorry you were on the show with jamal and i'll be on the show a few months ago on the show jamal made it very clear that he wasn't a member of the opposition he wasn't even calling for elections or democracy or he wanted to do was be able to write some pieces about the saudi economy saudi politics the future on the n.b.s. without being censored or restricted that it was a very low bar that it was all m.b.a.'s to me and the yen mohamed been so on m.b. as the saudi crown prince it looks like you can't even tolerate them oldest of descent from an establishment saudi figure general was not some anti establishment revolutionary was he the crown prince was only one opinion expressed and that's congratulations we love you crown prince anything else a suspect and so this has. being in an unprecedented concentration of power in the

hands of one person in saudi arabia he has crushed wales who might have views different from him he's crossed independent journalists or media that might have opinions different from him and of course activists writers journalists scholars just to be clear even by saudi standards you're saying this crown prince to defect to ruler is authoritarian and controlling and dictatorial that's what you're saying well it's i would even say i would even say revolutionary because i think he has called two of the bluffs that saudi arabia and saudi arabian analysts have long used to understand and explain saudi arabia one is that it rules by consensus that all of the royals have a voice in how the country is run and that's actually why things operate very slowly in saudi arabia because it's built on consensus he eradicated that by jailing morals who might have any opposition to his plans and second that the saudi

government relies on the support of the religious establishment he's also knocked that pillar out let me ask you this rula job all in his washington post columns which are said to have annoyed the crown prince and his advisors so much this platform he had in the u.s. in english and in arabic he compared. to. the supreme leader and to vladimir putin the president of russia you and some others in recent days have compared to gadhafi do you think that is now a label that is going to stick in western circles where m.b.'s has been so popular up until now. look also that the saudis deserve better i think way that people in america or people around the world we deserve better in terms of journalistic standards that the way we covered the is tyrants but above all we deserve better from these governments. as well you know we have a problem they buy

a lot off a hardware weapon areas so how can we it would be bad for business well it's bad for america's standing on america's values it's bad for all of us what he's saying his president trump has endorsed saying the idea that you and program and rebranding it all full of food in this case cheap oil for. impunity for does not change no matter who you want on restaurant sat nav are you one that i think we know i mean i don't know if trump will change but he will be forced to change by the public opinion and that's why it's important to keep the pressure on the public opinion this is not even gadhafi this is combined of gadhafi and i would say saddam hussein together this is gaddafi on steroids however it's worth some depth because he has billions of dollars to spend and the u.s. p.r. on lobbying and buying consensus and this is where the dangerous lie you

a human rights what you've obviously spent a lot of time calling on governments to do something about human rights abuses in places like saudi arabia and western governments tend to you know you because of the oil deals in the commercial deals right now though you do have mike pence. says you have marco rubio rand paul republican right wing so that is coming out and saying you know this is not acceptable if this is true the need to be called do you think we're going to see some kind of sea change in the u.s. relationship with saudi arabia over what has happened to. you know two days ago i would have said no however. recent bipartisan letter demanding answers demanding an invest. ation and threatening sanctions with the citation of the man jet ski act is a bit of a surprise and a pleasant one i would say because clearly this time saudi has really triggered the red lines of unacceptable conduct even in our broken dysfunctional government here

in the united states and so it's remarkable that m.p.'s has actually managed to bring together our dysfunctional senate and senators to act in a unified voice to demand accountability and promise sanctions which is what they should be doing so it's actually heartening but rula let me put this to you as much as we're glad that western governments the u.s. government is taking interest in this case and in the fate of jamal khashoggi and asking for an investigation asking for questions to be arms of is a little bit depressing that it required the disappearance and possible murder of poor jamal khashoggi for u.s. senators and a vice president and u.s. media to some and tom friedman to somebody say oh there's a problem insider but what about the war in yemen still going.