these gates waiting for any information most of them don't know whether their loved ones are alive or dead or miami really is to prove we can get to washington d.c. two hours we can get on juries in the rest of central america about the same time but more importantly is where those two cultures north and south america that's. very important place for. turkish media reveal more about how saudi agents got rid of the body of murdered journalist. hasn't think of this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up and manual protest in iran against the u.s. takes on added significance

a day before sanctions are back in force. early voting turnout in the u.s. points to the highest enthusiasm level for a midterm election in decades. will they stay in france people in new caledonia eighteen thousand kilometers away votes on independence. turkish media have been reporting more details on the saudi hit squad that murdered journalist last month the subway newspaper says his body was dismembered and put into five suitcases and these were driven to the saudi council's residence near the consulate where he was killed on october second some of the suspects have close ties to saudi crown prince mohammed bin men turkish president. has said he believes the order to kill came from the highest levels of the saudi government andrew

symonds is live for us now in istanbul so andrew how is all of this playing out. well this latest information doesn't really break massive new ground it adds detail to the picture already being formulated by the turkish prosecutors in that this was a murder a gruesome murder with the body parts still missing they according to the sabar this is a pro government newspaper. according to what they describe as reliable sources they've identified three key players in the hit team responsible for actually getting rid of the remains and it goes like this mohamed three who was the senior intelligence official known by so many people as a key figure in the saudi royal whole household for security he was part of the

team along with salah to by gee he is. should i say he is a psychologist of the the the guy who had been involved in a whole series of protests of procedures involving the. study of bodies the the use of of knives on bodies cutting bodies and so on and so forth and also forensic pathology as well now he is known to have been part of this this part of the team along with now they went several hours after the murder they went in a number of vehicles and we could see those vehicles on videotape moving from the consulate to the consul general zod residence there they are said to have disposed of the body parts how we know this is a looming question and no one knows where the body parts went one turkish official

is reported as saying that there was you acid used to dissolve the bodies there's another report that the well showoff was used in the garden of the consul general. residents it is unclear there's a real concern now that the saudis aren't being open enough with the turkish investigators furthermore on a political level big concern that really world attention is beginning to wane some warts on this whole case and that whether or not the u.s. is prepared to take the sort of firm action against the service that turkey wants to see. andrew symonds live for us there in istanbul thanks and you are thousands of iranians are marking the thirty ninth anniversary of the u.s. embassy takeover a day before u.s. sanctions go back in force president donald trump announced he would bring back the measures lifted in the twenty fifteen nuclear deal from withdrew from the agreement

earlier this year iran's leadership has played down the move the country supremely the ayatollah ali khamenei saying washington is not been able to defeat iran for forty years of this by the sanctions iranians are trying to remain positive as zain bus ravi reports from the capital tehran. when you look past all the politics what becomes clear is that american sanctions hurt iranian people more than a change iranian government policies american policy some would say trump's brinkmanship has meant economic chaos for iran the value of the iranian ryall has suffered a major fall in the last year adding to high inflation and unemployment concerns. all of this hurts low income and working people first and foremost they struggle to feed their families because prices for some basic goods have doubled.

people's purchasing power has been reduced they talk about their problems. when a customer wants to buy something you can tell the situation some people used to come here to buy meat once a month now they come one seventy two months. when it comes to iran u.s. presidents have pursued a policy of containment for decades trying to limit iranians economically militarily and politically in their regional and global affairs even the twenty fifteen nuclear deal that president barak obama championed that gave iran back some of its financial freedoms many iranians saw that is just a softer approach to the same containment policy but by turning back the clock on bilateral ties with iran what president donald trump has done is to show people here that during his administration there will be no blurred lines between friends and enemies but if trumpet hope pushing iranians towards poverty would inspire them to topple their own leaders he'll likely be disappointed previous protests never got big enough all he's apparently done is make people here miserable. tell me what

i would do you i think mr trump is a crazy man who made the situation in the region drastically worse his involvement in the region and sanctions have made the people hate him i really don't think that he's the one that should be the president of america. maybe good for his own people but not as he took office things got worse it's better not to say anything about his personality everyone knows how. everybody knew. when iran's leaders signed the nuclear deal they said it was the thing to fix everyone's financial problems three years later with american promises of more sanctions than ever before the best that people here can hope for is that iran can manage to sell enough oil to survive until donald trump has left the white house zain bus ravi to one of the sanctions against iran come into effect a day before mid-term elections in the u.s.

president trump is trying to drive up turnout among his conservative base early voting numbers point to the highest turnout in a midterm poll in decades more than thirty one million people have already cast their ballots these elections are seen as a referendum on president donald trump's policies democrats are hoping to win back the majority in congress. a trump and former vice president joe biden are drumming up support before the vote trump's campaign has focused on immigration and jobs he's talked of ending the birthright citizenship and biden says the election is a chance to reset the country's moral compass tuesday's almost a year you all know your. something different about this year's election. is that. this is the most important election you want to do you will remember. very character who our country is on the ballot with. a president trumps

policies and rhetoric of inspired a record number of minority candidates to run mostly for the democratic party some of them could be about to make history stacey abrams's standing for governor in georgia if she wins she'll become america's first black female governor. deb holland from new mexico hopes to become the first native american woman to enter congress christine whole crist is the first openly transgender nominee from a major party for governor she's contesting in vermont in minnesota. is the first somali american to run and if she wins she will make history along with palestinian american. player from michigan as the first muslim american women in congress more now from any gallagher in alabama where a record number of african-american women are running for office.

inventing a mile a bomb of the annual magic city classic brings the entire community together it's an american football showdown between the two largest historically black universities as the midterm elections approach politics is never far away. with doug jones this is an important event when he won a special election last year jones became the state's first democratic senator in more than two decades a victory sealed with overwhelming support from african-american women voters is when say campaigners who spokes change we believe that that's how we're going to liberate those communities and so you're seeing these women step up particularly black women without step up but i thought black men to say enough is enough we have to take back our power and put that power back to the people. mother of two veronica johnson's one of those determined to challenge the status quo she's just one of a wave of women determined to change alabama's politics so yes i'm unhappy but

there's only so much ranting you can do on facebook there's only so much ranting you can do on twitter i can't rant i'm not going to put myself out there to make the times as they need to be times that's the most important thing i think is a referendum on the current president the comics dead political science professor under low. says the unprecedented number of black female candidates will have a lasting impact the women run for office and win office in alabama. come to motivate those women who were sitting on the train you know that i'm tired of politics as usual let me just throw my head out there and one off and that's the way abbott. alabama remains a deeply conservative state but the sheer number of candidates this year could be a sign of things to come alabama ranks among the bottom six states of female representation but these midterm elections may change that in all the around seventy female candidates running for various positions many of them

african-american and the driving forces behind this are important the election of democrat doug jones being one the me too movement is also playing a role but there's also an overwhelming desire to change politics as normal and make elected officials more representative of the state. where the candidates like veronica win or lose on november the six may not matter in the long run it's example they're setting for others that may send the most powerful message to gallagher al-jazeera birmingham alabama. or lots more still ahead on al-jazeera as the leader of one of mexico's most dangerous cartels awaits trial in the u.s. we look at why al chapo is business continues to thrive. from the waves of the south. to the contours of the east.

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logan you're watching al-jazeera minder of our top stories this hour turkish media are reporting more details on the alleged saudi hit squad that murdered journalist a month ago the newspaper says his body was dismembered in the consulate and taken in five suitcases to the saudi council's residence nearby. thousands of iranians marking the thirty ninth anniversary of the u.s. embassy takeover a day before u.s. sanctions are back in force iran's leadership has played down the u.s. move the country supreme leader ayatollah ali coming days says washington has not been able to defeat iran for forty years. early voters of cast their ballots in the

u.s. midterms in near record numbers more than thirty one million people have already voted with election day on tuesday the midterms are seen as a referendum on president donald trump's policies democrats are hoping to win back the majority in congress. has more now from washington. president donald trump held two campaign rallies one in the state of montana where the democratic incumbent senator holds a thin lead over his republican opponent and the other in florida where both the senate and governor's races are too close to call president trump harped on familiar themes especially immigration border security and fear that criminals coming from abroad would menace americans president trump noted that he has recently sent thousands of u.s. troops to the u.s. mexican border we have our military now on the border.

and i noticed all that beautiful barbed wire going up today were. used properly can be a beautiful sight were all of this is red meat for trump's base and therefore essential for the candidates that he's promoting but overall trump's approval rating is remarkably low by historical standards it's forty percent according to the most recent gallup poll and no president has had that low approval rating heading into a midterm election since gerald ford in one nine hundred seventy four there are some signs that trump's style and policies have turned off and alienated some formerly loyal republican voters especially women living in suburban areas

those voters now appear to be moving towards the democrats so that is one of the reasons why the consensus among political analysts pollsters and pundits is that the house of representatives will switch hands to the democratic party on election day with the republican party maintaining its hold over the senate. of the targets of trump's anti immigration rhetoric include thousands of central american migrants walking north towards mexico city the group of mostly honduras is aiming to reach the united states and seek asylum. reports. after weeks of walking thousands of pondering migrants in southern mexico have been told they'll have to walk some more they were promised free transportation to mexico city by the governor. but the offer was later withdrawn. well worn down they promised us something and didn't follow through we had faith in them because

when mothers with children. after hearing the government would no longer provide bus rides to mexico city many migrants grew impatient and started walking hundreds of others crowded atop passing trucks and hitch drives from anyone willing to drive them north. we don't have a choice but to risk our lives dangling from trucks our objective is to get there. in the united states along that soldiers have begun setting up barbed wire for the first wave of as many as fifteen thousand u.s. troops being deployed to the us mexico border under orders by president trump the government offered migrants an opportunity to stay in city where they would be given food and medical attention most of them however turned down the offer they are coming we going to keep working we have to move forward. despite repeated warnings from the u.s. president that migrants will not be allowed to enter the country they have no

intention of turning back now the next stop for these five thousand honduran migrants will be mexico city here they are expected to plead their cases to government officials. and transportation to the southern border of the united states although it could still be several weeks before they reach that point but. mexico city. for the first time in more than nine months aid has reached more than fifty thousand people in rock band camp in syria u.n. convoy of forty three trucks much needed food and supplies the camps in a rebel held area near the border with jordan surrounded by government forces. reports. sandstorm season and rock band we're going blind this boy says our homes are destroyed take us away from him. rick band is the no man's land in more ways than one

a desolate camp in the open desert near the jordanian border caught between warring sides there's no escape. people came here three years ago fleeing i still fight has us russian and syrian airstrikes now there are some fifty thousand people many of them women and children. alone like the one protests began last month after a smuggling route for food and medicine was closed by government forces. he's disabled he's also malnourished he's almost a skeleton from starvation officials say u.n. aid convoy expected last week was delayed because of security concerns but now it's finally here food hygiene and health supplies to be distributed over the next three to four days. humanitarian convoys here require approval from damascus the last time rock band received any aid was in january then

a cross border delivery from jordan a rare distribution after it sealed its border in the aftermath of a twenty sixteen isolette tack that killed seven jordanian soldiers we said we're not going to or. is syrian people on syrian territory so it is the responsibility of the syrian government. and the international community but it wasn't established . this is. by. so that's where. strangely border. u.s. forces have a military base nearby policing a fifty five square kilometer so-called deescalation zone. russia blames the u.s. for the deteriorating situation the u.s. says russia and syria using rock band as an excuse to question its presence here so

they really want to help these people or do you want to use them as a as a as something to kind of come after us this is not the united states problem started jordan problem these are syrians these syrians are dying and many of these new graves are so very small the red crescent says despite this delivery the situation remains critical no one perhaps knows that better than those burying their children here. the start. of voting has ended in the french territory of new caledonia where people had the chance to decide on whether to seek independence the last referendum thirty years ago ended in violence the territories a strategic military foothold for france in the south pacific this time the french government says it wants the process to be peaceful and fair official results are expected on monday andrew thomas has been watching the vote from sydney. turnout across new caledonia is islands was very high and more than eighty percent the

official results will be delivered by france's prime minister who is flying from paris to miami to give it early in the morning new caledonian time although it's expected that we should get a steer as to which way the vote has gone long before that opinion polls going into this independence referendum suggested that mostly caledonians would vote to remain french by about a sixty forty split but the sample sizes for those opinion polls were very small so we shouldn't necessarily take them with more than a pinch of salt very broadly speaking the indigenous cannick people in new caledonia seem to be voting more heavily for independence than the french settlers know perhaps great surprise there the french seized new caledonia back in eighteen fifty three and many of the cannot people have wanted independence ever since of course it's not as simple as that some people want to stay french some of the french settlers now feel more caledonian they feel french and they want independence as well the big concern strategically in all of this is what an independent new caledonia would mean for the region as

a whole china is increasingly implements in countries across the pacific having a european power there in the pacific is important not just for france but for countries like australia as well they'll be nervous of an independent new caledonia right now though it looks broadly speaking unlikely that's going to happen with this start. turkey's decision to start drilling for oil and gas in the mediterranean sea is threatening to escalate a dispute with greece turkish energy minister is warning of retaliation if the green navy harasses turkish ships during the exploration period sinan casella reports from ontario. that is soon mediterranean is the new frontier for oil and gas its home to libya thong and tom are gas fields of the israeli coast the source field facing egypt and also aphrodite discovered by the greek cypriots and the region's underwater wealth appears to turkey which is dependent on energy imports

all the g. and g. studies and everything is telling us it is the right locations but you never know without doing so ankara is sending its first ship out to drill for natural resources versus the ship that turkey is using to drill for oil and gas she is called party which means the conqueror the first exploration will begin around one hundred ten kilometers of the mediterranean coast line at a depth of at least twelve thousand meters. but the drilling mission is causing friction with greece and it's set to reawaken tensions with cyprus the island of cyprus was supplied during your turkish military intervention in one thousand nine hundred seventy four triggered by a brief greek inspired coup it forced the mess displacement of people with greek cypriots now living in the south and turkish cypriots in the north turkey and international recognize greek cypriot government have overlapping claims of

jurisdiction for offshore oil and gas research in the eastern mediterranean however experts say political differences could take a back seat when it comes to commercial benefits and even israelis are thinking of joining egypt to develop exploring the export yes so between when that is happening then between greece and turkey and the two parts that were sections of the island of cyprus the republic of cyprus and the turkish republic with in cyprus i think they have to resolve their problems turkey says its goal is energy independence and accelerated exploration is simply part of that plan another drilling vessel is set to be added to its exploration fleet by the end of this year c n n because although al-jazeera on saudia i was one of mexico's most famous criminal is about to go on trial in the us succession battles a broken out for control of drug empire but this hasn't stopped the sena lower

cartel from carrying on with its illegal business john homan reports john home and robert has the second of a three part series on the man known as el chapo. the impending trial of plucking guzman the former king of mexico's criminal underworld might be stopping traffic in new york but back in his home state similar lower things have simply moved on these camps proclaiming the wealth and fame of the man they call old chap. used to be top sellers now they're almost gone so to the protests that called for his release. even in his organization the sin aloa cartel it's more or less business as usual after a vicious succession battle there are still tensions between his brother and sons they've gone back to doing what they could producing and distributing vast amounts of drugs. we asked the similar lower police chief why detaining mixed top

criminal hasn't led to a cartel implosion. one of. the structure of the organization is linear it's not completely vertical the leadership of the chopper was already declining and he delegated functions to his lieutenants and they always he dealt with certain things . this in a low a cartel is made up of several factions and has always had more the one leader and chappell himself once told rolling stone magazine that the business is far bigger than just here my drug trafficking doesn't depend on one person it depends on a lot of people. the fact the cartels business continues doesn't mean that all chappell's heartland is free from violence the police remain on alert the homicide rate in sin a lower house full and but we're still talking about will them five murders that they and police tell us they specially and chapels home when they see polity. there are still problems. here some still remember him as robin hood like figure who help

the local economy they're pulling for him in his upcoming trial. hell i get that hopefully they can help him hopefully he gets out he hasn't done anything wrong he just worked in what he could do he's a good man now chapter but others didn't even realize he was going on trial to be honest i didn't know i hear them heard about these are reminded that even for the rich and powerful the wheel of fortune turns john home and. oh dizzy had a similar lower. this is ages events going to round up other top stories turkish media are reporting more details on the alleged saudi hit squad the murdered journalist. a month ago newspaper says his body was dismembered in the consulate and taken in five suitcases to the saudi consul saudi council's residence near by andrew symonds has

more from istanbul there are also suggestions from the subway newspaper that three key figures in the suspect list were involved in this they are said to have been transporting those cases to the consul general office nice manner but three who is a key figure a main suspect seller to baby who's also well known to have had a key part in the whole affair and ghalib these three figures associated with thousands of iranians are marking the thirty ninth anniversary of the u.s. embassy takeover a day before u.s. sanctions are back in force iran's leadership has played down the u.s. move the country's supreme leader ayatollah ali from an aide says washington has not been able to defeat tehran for forty years early voters have cast their ballots in the u.s. midterms in near record numbers more than thirty one million people have already

voted with the election on tuesday the vote seen as a referendum on president donald trump's policies democrat democrats are hoping to win back the majority in congress trump's campaign has focused on immigration and jobs. of the targets of trump's anti immigration rhetoric include thousands of central american migrants walking north towards mexico city the group of mostly hondurans is aiming to reach the united states and seek asylum there on foot after an offer of free bus rides was withdrawn mexican state gov revoked the free buses he said mexico city was suffering from a water shortage and it wouldn't be right to take in the migrants voting has ended in the french territory of new caledonia where people had the chance to decide on whether to seek independence the last referendum thirty years ago ended in violence the territory is a strategic military foothold for france in the south pacific those the headlines

talk to algiers next. hate violence revenge an increasingly alienated generation is finding new outlets to vent it sang. in a new series down to zero takes an unflinching b.l.o. of radicalised organizations to young people revealing their inner workings and the often brew to consequences for those drawn into their extreme ideologies radicalized the youth coming soon on al-jazeera. international. in the all good to. see. it's the one riddle that seems almost impossible to solve look at any major city regardless of political or economic system and the chances are it's not solved the basic issue for its citizens how to strike a balance.