no legal standing whatsoever the democrat senators demanded that president trump reveal his financial dealings with saudi arabia over the past decade they've sent a similar letter to his sons to the executive offices of the trump organization but in itself and by itself it is something that can simply be brushed away president trump treated this week in fact that he has no business holdings inside saudi arabia but it's got to be seen as well in the context of the widening rift between congress and the white house administration is in place over cation of the mcguinn ski act this is a bipartisan piece of legislation signed by republicans as well as democrats that does have a legal standing it gives president trump one hundred twenty days to decide on whether or not sanction should be imposed in this particular case so certainly the democrats are concerned those who wrote this letter that the president's decision making may be biased by any financial holdings he may have in saudi arabia or with

saudi businessmen hence the insistence that he make public any tiddly dealings that he might have had now or indeed in the past mike thank you. time for a short break you're not as here when we come back really one of the world's youngest democracies where people are hoping the latest election will lead to a brighter future monarch statements. holloway have flood warnings in force for good parts of central texas at the moment what's a cloud just showing up here you see this conveyor of cloud pushing in from the southwest who're up to the east coast it's been tipping down here for the last couple of days more rain to come over the next couple days you see the west or whether they're just around central parts of texas down towards new mexico dry

weather ahead of that cold look at that just nine celsius in new york for services therefore also well but at least as far and right crisp sunshine coming through by friday those temperatures do not judge the cloud also not is up as well that pushes up towards the lakes by this day to the east of that generally settled and generally sunny the wet weather will continue for a good part of texas over towards the west coast that's the place to be warm sunshine there in l.a. around thirty one celsius the nazi bad say for seattle here getting up to ninety degrees in the twelve there for good measure in calgary meanwhile lots of sunshine across the caribbean will be a few splashes of rain there was some showers just drifting into the windward islands into the leeward islands and wet weather there never too far away from jamaica could see some heavy downpours as we go through thursday the wet weather that's been plaguing we could argue and guatemala that set to continue and it's not being further north.

discover new developments in surgery i'm going to cover up what i'm in hiroshima japan to meet the surgeon pioneering new techniques in regenerating and could a breakthrough medical trial provide some much needed owns to cystic fibrosis sufferers based on all of the evidence behind the virus at least one hundred five more active fighting. the cure revisiting its own al-jazeera. welcome back a quick reminder the top stories here on al-jazeera a turkish forensic experts have been searching the residence of saudi arabia's

consul general in istanbul two weeks since. he disappeared officials have told al jazeera more evidence has been found she was last seen entering the saudi consulate on the second of october. the washington post has published the last opinion piece written by you just before his disappearance the column focuses on freedom of expression in the arab world the newspaper says he was submitted to them by his translator and assistant a day after he was reported missing. european union leaders meeting in brussels say they won't hold a special summit on briggs it next month because not enough progress has been made towards a deal with the u.k. deadlock centers on keeping the border open between the republic of ireland a northern ireland which departs the e.u. with the rest of the u.k. next march head of the summit prime minister explained what his government wants arden's position you know is as it always has been ever since the referendum happened we want there to be a withdrawal agreement so the u.k. can meet the e.u.

in order to fashion we want there to be a transition period so that business and citizens can prepare for any changes that may take place we want there to be at the protection of citizens' rights all across europe who want there to be a financial settlement i mean also need a legally binding guarantee that there will not be hard border between northern ireland of the republic of ireland. meanwhile in your leaders said british prime minister to resign may fail to provide any new ideas at the summit to break the current deadlock if there's no deal that he was insisting on a so-called backstop to keep the irish border open but has not been met yet with the u.k. on this general reports from brussels. the hopes of doing a break deal at this summit long gone british prime minister to resign may's positive tone on a rival weren't of impressed many here in brussels so what we've seen is that we've sold most of the issues in withdrawal agreements there are still there is still the question of the northern irish backstop but i believe everybody around the table wants to get a deal. by working intensively and closely we can achieve that deal i believe

a deal is a changed woman now is the time to make it happen. may spend less than half an hour addressing her fellow leaders on the status of exit talks before they went into dinner without a further sign of the u.k.'s growing isolation within this bloc he presented them with no new ideas to break the current deadlock so there wasn't much to discuss e.u. leaders are running out of patience with britain just as britain is running out of time they called off a planned emergency summit in november judging that insufficient progress has been made to expect a deal by then it looks that still we do have a lot of discussions and i'll try not to prove man told this stance what u.k. wants and instead a difficult for european side to negotiate with their person who has no full support of the position they know she's politically weak at home the reason may has

bowed to different factions in her government and parliament rejecting the e use plan for a backstop or insurance policy against a future hard border on the island of ireland. they insist it's non-negotiable and there's more and more talk about all of this ending in no deal disruptions of borders tariffs on trade british passport holders requiring visas and work permits on the continent. there is one new idea doing the rounds the a use potential willingness to extend the so-called transition period after britain leaves the e.u. allowing a full three years for trade talks to take place before that thorny issue of the backstop applies it might soften some opposition to the backstop hardly imaginative thinking at this stage but possibly all they've got the prime minister and others stressed that a deal is ninety percent dumb but on the problem of ireland they're still miles apart jonah al-jazeera brussels at least nineteen people have died after an

explosion and shooting at a school in crimea russian investigators say an eighteen year old student went on a shooting spree before taking his own life step that's and has more from moscow. panic in crimea as the bomb exploded in a school in the most eastern city of kirkuk. ambulances and military trucks rushed to the scene among the dead many teenagers dozens of students in the vocational training school suffered injuries they were taken to hospitals in both crimea and russia the two story school is happily damaged a gas explosion was initially thought to have caused the blast but it soon became clear it wasn't an accident investigators say the bomb exploded in the canteen and the gunmen walked around the school with a rifle shooting everyone he saw then police found the body of an eighteen year old

student in the school library they say he shot himself and consider him to be the only attacker your future in the world if. it is already clear that this is a crime motives and versions of this tragedy of being carefully investigated russian president putin held a minute of silence for the victims after his meeting with egyptian president sisi in sochi but in recently opened a new bridge which connects russia with crimea the peninsula was annexed from ukraine by russian troops four years ago any violence in crimea has the potential to escalate simmering tensions between the russians and ukrainians there's been an outpouring of sympathy for the victims of the school attack here in moscow russians are laying flowers at a memorial near the kremlin mourners are asking what brought a young student to commit such a bloody attack step fasten al-jazeera moscow. one of the youngest democracies in the world and now tom is about to choose

a new government as the country's third elections since two thousand and eight may barker reports on britain's capital to. it is a rustic landscape of peaks and paddy fields a country seemingly at odds with the modern world. less than two generations ago bhutan had a subsistence economy now it's open to graduate from the un list of least developed countries to a developing one things are a little slower here more manageable than other places but there's globalization is this explosion of media there's forces beyond our control and we're being in that pried open open prized. britain became a democracy in two thousand and eight under the orders of the previous king it's a change the country still getting used to thoroughly stations have been set up even the remotest corners of the country voters will choose from one of two far tees there's very little politically that separates them including their maims the

d.p.t. the town's first ever ruling party and the d n t political newcomers it's really at the crossroads because we are a new party what we are offering people is that the must strengthen democracy and then i say. they must strengthen democracy we must strengthen the bridge between the people and the governments they are looking at firstly bridging the development get then you're looking at income gap then it's gender gap then generation gap and then we're also we also have a strong social agenda we believe in doing what is right and not what is popular both parties also want to protect the driving force of peak times economy hydro power and accounts for a quarter of the country's national income most of which is sold as electricity to neighboring india economic growth for better health care and education if improved

roads created more opportunities in industry but there's also a political debate on how best to balance this economic growth with protecting the environment and group hands unique cultural heritage nature is the backbone of the economy but hydropower is also responsible for half of all external loans making time the second most indebted nation in asia after japan in proportion to population since it emerged from international isolation in the one nine hundred sixty s. the terms gone through seismic change markets of the capital are now flooded with food from india growth is everywhere to be seen but it could be many more years before this one secretive nation stands on its own two feet. joins us live now from a polling station in the capital as you were saying it's one of the world's youngest democracies how important is this election that.

very important indeed it's a real test as opposed of whether or not democracy is working for people here there were seven hundred fifty thousand people in the country five hundred thousand registered voters some of them are voting here behind me in the town of power west of the capital to improve their wearing national dress as you can see that it's customary at all official engagements in the workplace in schools and at polling stations as well we have to remember of course there are a billion chinese people to the north a billion indians to the south so holding on to customs he would be tan is hugely important this is only the third election since the country's transition to democracy in two thousand and eight that road has been incredibly unusual on an order directly from the king the previous king he was very worried about power being concentrated in one person as i mentioned in my report they're voting for one of two parties the d.p.t. or the d n t the d p t formed the first government in two thousand and eight the

d.m.t. have never had a role in government or power before there's not much politically separating them but at the heart of all politics and social life here time is the pursuit of happiness is the only country in the world that measures the success of the nation through gross domestic happiness as opposed to g.d.p. but it's probably more easier to into it than quantify but it roughly translates as good governance and finding the right balance between the abundant natural environment and economic and industrial growth i think it's fair to say that there's a degree of nostalgia for the old ways of doing things under the monarchy perhaps some concerns about the rise of social behavior and its impact on the democratic process when it comes to things like fake news or fake false promises being offered by some of the candidates not actually materializing in reality i think it's also fair to say that people here in bhutan are exactly trying to work out how democracy

and their pursuit of happiness really meet or at any back of their intent to leave thank you. now for the second time in a week tens of thousands of colombian students and teachers have been out on the streets they're protesting against cuts they say are threatening higher education. reports from. marching bands and. public university students looking very much like a carnival but the reason behind it was dead serious. public universities have reached a point of no return if the government doesn't object to funds it needs many universities to shut down. students and professors have been striking for a week this was the second major rally over in other cities across the mending and increasing budget public universities need a billion us dollars just to keep functioning. we simply don't have the money to

keep paying for and receive new students next year we need to guarantee access to public education the number of students at public universities has increased tenfold in the last two decades while resources of lag behind so universities are now facing a huge operational and infrastructure deficit six billion dollars at a national university campus and some buildings like risking collapse there's already have been demolished. the university started the hunger strike inside campus he says his students are among the poorest in the country and can't be left behind many of our students don't have enough to pay for lunch they are subsidized their lunch for thirty cents a dollar the same with braces that's very little yet we are unable to continue

doing it the result will be losing our students. under pressure the government is promising to crease public university resources by almost five hundred million dollars in the next two years critics say the measure will fall way short of the mark. if you destroy public education you're condemning the country to a lack of real progress through knowledge and of course you increase inequality because education is the best instrument we have to help poor people access better jobs and salaries but in the end time might be against the protesters the colombian congress that you see behind me is expected to vote on the national budget next saturday oct twentieth the government says there's no time to find more money for public education but students promise they will continue fighting. a government minister in india has resigned after as many as twenty women accused him of sexual harassment and assault and was the deputy foreign minister the

allegations against the sixty seven year old date back to his time as a leading newspaper editor in the late one nine hundred ninety s. he's suing the first female journalist who reported him on twitter for defamation he's part of a long list of prominent men who've been named north being called india's me too movement. all the news of course on our website there it is on your screen there dress al-jazeera dot com that's al-jazeera dot com. time for a quick check of the headlines here on al-jazeera the washington post has published the last opinion piece but before he went missing fifteen days ago after entering the saudi consulate in istanbul the column focuses on freedom of expression in the arab world newspaper says it was submitted to them by jamal's translator and assistant a day after he was reported missing the post says it had held off publishing the

piece until now with the hope that it could be edited with. turkish forensic experts have left the saudi consul general's residence in istanbul spent nine hours searching for evidence meanwhile in the u.s. there is growing pressure on president donald trump to take action against the saudis despite his refusal to condemn riyadh over the case and as it was under simmons has more now from istanbul now this part of the investigation appears to be complete now nine hours of searching the consul's residence by forensic teams and investigators overseen by saudi officials they spent quite a time on the first floor of the building we saw them in action looking at a number of areas and according to a source close to the investigation there had been samples found these samples were not told exactly what they were they were blood samples or d.n.a.

samples but we were told that important evidence was found. european union leaders meeting in brussels say they won't hold a special summit on bragg's it next month because not enough progress has been made towards a deal but it's prime minister to resign may address the european leaders who said she failed to present any new ideas the deadlock centers on keeping the border an island open after northern and leaves the e.u. with the rest of the u.k. in march. at least nineteen people have died after an explosion and shooting at a school in crimea investigators say an eighteen year old student went on a shooting spree before taking his own life russia annexed crimea from ukraine in twenty fourteen. and a suicide bomb attack in afghanistan has killed a parliamentary election candidate the blast happened in the southern province of helmand at least ten candidates have now been killed in the run up to the elections on saturday the taliban is warning people not to participate in the vote.

well those were the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after the killer revisited. the average. height for why does this. have the kind of support. we bring you the stories that are shaping the economic world we live in counting the cost.

for some trick of nature these stem cells and white swan are on. which this whole procedure is a bad joke like cupping but it's more sophisticated isn't it the letter to you is that by your body american micro consolation. it doesn't matter that worldwide three hundred fifty million people are affected by genetic disorders closed by faulty d.n.a. these genetic defects can lead to a variety of conditions like cystic fibrosis which leads to conic and also cite a long sections and at the moment the system and here i am dr elizabeth healy in the u.k. to see how groundbreaking developments in gene therapy could one day transform the lives of people living with genetic disorders. that may help out on the left but

not marry bond on is sixteen years old and was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis at the age of one. mary kay tell me from your perspective what is your day like living with cystic fibrosis. arum when i asked her i guess op take my interview rises office. and then harass it in my inbox tears. and ask you i know you guys are failing. and they're nasty my physio and. i do spiral a.j. and i'm going to go out and just plain help me. and then often ask to do another not be lies well. there are still more process. and then i will need space also you have all known so learn. and an hour a night. and mary was first diagnosed doctors thought she would only live until the

age before. i decided i was dazed and not ready until marriage and. i know how to international don't take the medication the knob ok. there's never a day goes by either and taught everybody forget the whole thing you know live it up so i know it's always there. married to use me to the children that cystic fibrosis. mark on this our voice if i meet one of them they want to pos i just want to me or long passage i'm going to em. now you see quite an isolating condition to near yet there's always knows for sure now is another hour so you're haitian now right. so i only used to send your letters to h.r. . because they couldn't me face to face on the fly now it's not at the moment mary

is not really understanding everything about c.f. she she does now know that it is life show me that she doesn't know that it cannot be kids. but things could be about to change scientists have proven for the first time ever that an experimental technique called gene therapy can improve the health of those with cystic fibrosis i've come into central london to meet the doctors and the clinicians involved in the gene therapy trial and to cystic fibrosis. the rest of it in fact i'm. adding it. to stick fibrosis is as you know a genetically inherited disease parents who pass those copies on to their child and they have cystic fibrosis during the first year of life most babies will experience and lung problems and those relates to the build up of sticky mucus within the airways and that sticky mucus attracts bacterial infections and the bacteria infections become chronic and they eventually cause quite significant lung scarring

in the u.k. around ten thousand people with cystic fibrosis at the moment on a registry about one in twenty two of us is a carrier of the mutated gene most of us won't realise and about one in two thousand babies are born with cystic fibrosis the genetic nature of this and other conditions mean that treatment has focused on managing the symptoms as best as possible but a new and experimental technique called gene therapy replace the faulty gene with a functioning one this is the largest and the longest duration gene therapy trial using a liquid formulation for cystic fibrosis that has ever happened in. two hundred sixteen patients completed the protocol and took at least nine dose is over the course of a year and it was in that group which was defined as being the group we were going to look at that we saw a significant impact on lung function at the end of the year we can thank the patients and their families in earth because without patients like mary and her

mother we just couldn't have completed this trial so we're really grateful. these results would not have been possible without the perseverance of scientists who spent years developing the genes and. we started this program and it's thought it would be very easy for patients to just hand the gene research and if it gets to the right area into the right cells in the lung it turned out that it was much much effected so how are you getting these healthy muji into the areas in the to do the job of the song teaching. but the try that has just finished it actually using a very simple minded cure it's a had it lifted but we did this we used the chin and we mixed it with this. this form small complex that complex then inhale it into the lungs of cystic fibrosis patients the dose of gene therapy that the trial participants received does not terminate correct the faulty cystic fibrosis d.n.a.

but scientists are working on finding a longer lasting solution clinical trial results have been very encouraging but they're not quite good enough to turn them into a treatment yet so we have plans for and not a trial where we give more to some gene complexes and more frequently basically in addition to that we have to developed by wrists that this is very very efficient in getting chines into the lungs do you think you see the fires might be more efficient than using the static possibly using them and we certainly think so based on noise. the evidence we have the virus is at least one hundred forty more effective fighting very high tech. these success stories represent a huge step forward that people might match did you notice any changes cheering the course of the treatment i thought i had no more injury i didn't need well though

charity more k. . were christian tradition was the best so i prayed still going up let's get a little more was done. and how does that make you feel when you suddenly cheating so mean that a mission where you get to die could die i die i could do that and i know i can do the hope is that one day gene therapy will be approved for use and widely available to those with cystic fibrosis holders people that are studying and working to get this drug to work even better than it did let's just hope and pray they can get it done and they can get funding and if it doesn't come soon enough mary she's helped other faithful if it's not. the next generation of children born with cystic fibrosis in a city some are. going to begin. by south korea how corning it

speaks for seniors. is that really nice. alymer back again. things can stay there. by the age of eighty five nearly half of us will suffer from oxygen damage to the name which can lead to chronic pain and disability or perhaps because cartilage unlike other tissues doesn't have its own blood supply. so heals very slowly. when i'm in hiroshima japan to meet the surgeon pioneering new techniques in regenerating on the he's. professor mitchell or she is one of the world's leading nice surgeons and a revered figure in the world of regenerative medicine.

professor. selfies way ok thank you. jay tech is an enterprise focusing on tissue engineering and has spent over ten years commercializing professor archies research. associate in. a law that's nice to see how you very welcome things are paramount. in one thousand one thousand for my dad's on paper was published by swedish group the swedish team had developed a way of regenerating cottage in a lab and then re injecting it in liquid form directly into the knee however there

was a weak point all with their technique. in order to solve this problem i started to use very same scale for the. yes you can imagine that. the foot would be here coming up yes if that. meniscus has no blood supply or if injury is. a song we are the light to resect so what you can do with this regenerative medicine is to take the patient's own cotton sheets from the same joint yes all the change of confidence is essential company i see it does she engineer the cuts. and that's why we're here yeah just half a gram of healthy cartilage is harvested it is then broken down with enzymes and then planted on

a college in scaffold designed by professor ought to after just four weeks the cells will have multiplied to form a four square centimeter disk. the surgeon then makes a template of the lesion and uses that to harvest some perry all still tissue from the shin bone. this will be the cover used to hold the new cottage in place so this is a model of someone's potentially regenerated cottage but the beauty of it being the patient's own cells here is that it's not rejected you don't need any medicine from the viewpoint i mean you know roger reaction oh told you nasty issue is a topic today this method has an almost ninety percent success rate and is considered a leading treatment fanie cartilage d. fax and paul what are the limitations of this can it be done better we need a larger scheme. that is in.