ages well in office they say his appointment of a female press secretary and a significant number of female filled tapping of posts proves he's supportive of women in the workplace still the battle for the female vote is intensifying republicans have released the sixty second advert aimed at winning over suburban college educated women voters clearly shows this demographic more than most is where conservative support is waning but notably trump never appears in the advert it's a signal even republicans realize the president remains toxic to many voters and in the fight to hang on for control of congress conservatives can't afford to lose a single female vote. and so kimberly this midterm election seen very much as a referendum on the trump presidency what challenges then could it create family. well you're right donald trump is even called this. sort of a referendum on his policies that's why we see him making in the next forty eight

hours five different campaign stops he's touting the concerns about illegal immigration warning that if the american voters vote for democrats in these congressional elections that the democrats will slash jobs raise taxes many say he's in sort of a using the tactics of fear in order to get out the vote i think what's important to look at in all of this is that democrats do see this as a referendum as well on trump's policies and that this is very much indicative of the district we're standing in right now this is virginia's tenth district two women are running against one another for representing this district in congress and we should note that in the case of the republican woman who's trying to hang on to a seat this is a seat that has been held for forty years by republicans but it's polling in favor of democrats this time and in fact this is that blue wave that democrats are hoping for many saying if that blue wave is going to happen in other words republicans

taking control of congress well this is the district that could start that off in terms of the positive election results they're looking for again when it comes to this congressional election the president is not running this time but he is campaigning for republican candidates in congress there is again twenty three seats the democrats need to hang a rather to gain control of the u.s. congress there are four hundred thirty five seats up for grabs thirty three in the senate that's one third of the senate and we also have to look at these governor races all across the country thirty six when it comes to that so we have to look at these polling numbers carefully certainly the democrats see some positive momentum but as we learned in two thousand and sixteen the only poll that really seems to matter is the one that happens on election day thank you very much and great falls virginia coming out at. well the news from sri lanka now where the president says he will lift this is of parliament in ten days time as international pressure builds for him to resolve the leadership battle by tree policy or cena shut down

parliament after appointing former president mahinda rajapaksa as prime minister man he replaced ousted prime minister runnel wickramasinghe is continuing to criticize the move is unconstitutional he says the u.s. and japan have frozen more than a billion dollars in aid in response to his abrupt dismissal and that the e.u. is also threatening to withdraw duty free concessions you caledonia will remain a part of france after a vote has shown the pacific territories independence referendum but emery results show more than fifty six percent of voters chose to remain the archipelago is a strategic military foothold for france in the south pacific the poles or record turnout of more than eighty percent of registered voters or french president said he felt immense pride at that vote promising a full dialogue on the region's future is that if they want peace with zeal some of them more voters related to make a sovereign choice with full knowledge of the facts and the relationship between new caledonia and france today the majority of them express themselves for new

caledonia to remain french have to tell you how proud i am that we have found the past sixty story to give the. an automated future where the robots have stolen our jobs is a widespread modern concern even the most traditional professions can be venerable like church bell ringing in russia or a challenge explains. a small modern church in a village outside st petersburg and people have gathered for a morning service for time immemorial russia's orthodox faithful have been called by bells rung by a person in yukito is not a human ringing it's a computer for a growing number of russian churches this makes a lot of sense. school. but there aren't many schools for bell ringers in russia and not many people study that's why it's such a rare profession and so difficult to find a decent ringer you know every village can afford to have a staff working in this system allows good quality ringing in any church even in

a small village like. the officially atheist communist years when many churches were closed and bells silenced were followed by the uncertainties of the post soviet era but now the kremlin has settled on reestablishing religious faith as one of the country's principal identities sorry the russian orthodox church has been on a huge expansion drive in the past ten years the number of dioceses has doubled and ten thousand churches being built. it's exacerbated by human resource problem many more churches not enough bell ringers automated systems are an obvious solution but some people say they lack the soul and spirituality of the human touch like at this church school in moscow where featuring is being trained. but it will never replace a human soul for me it was also discovered that each crane glory to father

glory to song and one will remain with pray at the same time. as i found out it's certainly something that requires skill. ok i've just been given a brief lesson and what i've been told is my right hand controls the four high bells my left hand controls the middle bells on my foot down here the trolls the boss and both so let's give it a go. and if you go and basically about coordination limbs has about a rhythm as well. but it's not just small churches that automating bugs huge sit isaac's cathedral they say their mobile phone operated system has been a big help and a labor saving even though familiar technical problems can still occur. here is an example of how he isn't able to reach

a network i don't know why let's try again ok you go live the example of london. but even electronic enthusiastic say the ideal is to have more humans not more machines to reinforce this village priest rather on drake gives the computer break and let's rip with an energetic one hundred percent organic church bell jam session a little better the more if it. means al-jazeera russia. just quit at the top stories now the u.s. has reiterated that those responsible for the death of saudi journalist jamal khashoggi will be held accountable the latest comments from secretary of state might come as more details emerge about the saudi hit squad that carried out the killing as a body newspaper says his body was dismembered inside the saudi consulate and taken

in five suitcases to the consul general's residence nearby. we will hold all of those responsible for the murder of jamal khashoggi accountable and we will do that chris at the same time while ensuring that the strategic relationship between the united states and the kingdom of saudi arabia one that has a great impact on the issue we just spoke about the capacity to deny the world's largest state sponsor of terror the ability to threaten american israel we will continue to work to maintain that important strategic relationship while holding accountable those responsible for this atrocious death. and our other top stories thousands of people in iran of rallied against u.s. sanctions chanting down with the u.s. in less than twelve hours washington will we impose some of its toughest sanctions yet or measures lifted on the two thousand and fifteen nuclear deal will come back into force despite iran's compliance with the agreement. in a sentence ahead of its main shia opposition movement to life in prison on charges of spying for castle to other senior figures from the same party were also jailed

for life alongside shaikh ali cell man who led protests against the siniora government in two thousand and eleven it comes months after the high court a question of the three men of collusion with the rival gulf state. early numbers in the u.s. point to the highest turnout for a midterm poll in decades will and thirty million people have already cast their ballots in these elections which are being seen as a referendum on president obama's policies democrats hoping to win back the majority in the house of representatives when voters go to the polls on choose day and as president says he will if this is a pension of parliament in ten days' time is international pressure builds him to resolve a leadership battle my tree policy or same as shut down parliament off to appointing all of president into rajapaksa as prime minister the man he replaced the ousted prime minister ronnell wickramasinghe continues to criticize the move as on constitutional you're up to date with all of our top stories there will be more

news at the top of the next hour that's in twenty five minutes time coming up next on al-jazeera want to one east. the. career dog bit on the menu for centuries with around two million dogs eaten every

year about i think they made us long and it takes a name i just. couldn't handle. the mc a little. but strict government regulations and a growing animal rights movement when they are cracking down on the industry look at that look at that. but i want. to tell you. you know dogs they never lead to down and with the younger generation seem dogs more as pets then food demand has declined. to the north coast and do all the devil and a lot of the from the below to believe. i'm steve cho on this episode of one easts we investigate the fight between those who love dogs and those who love to

eat them. and. gotten them in down. town seoul is a place where do you train it's like going to chip it. with poultry and it's like beating. it's the end of summer and for some it's the best time to eat the traditional dish. meat soup. in korea it's called top. official about the incredible beauty of the fed the timing of it all formed by women but i guess all the good it has in life if you can that has been weeping that long done you know you're only a fellow who didn't fit all thing you know. is purported to have a variety of health benefits. and i'm good on the little milk tuna to.

the bottom of the local beer today yet i was going. to the to get the whole little money you know what about a one on one visit and that's it cannot just kill the bill kill it in my. one saying i'm over less. boy. that. these dinah's are aware of korea's reputation as a nation of dog into this but a growing number of koreans are finding this notion to swallow. these days cindy to see a korean say they don't eat dog. and growing numbers are engaging into rick battle against the meat industry. like activist. desperate to save dogs from slaughter. so when he hears about a struggling dog farm he steps in. and

. three new i'm going to kennel john come on i was told no but i was upset with all . of the good all whole. body could make it all mushy psychology gorgeous with bumps on the head of the office. at first the family won't let out a camera inside. i walked in and out a couple of times what i can tell you is that there is rats and maybe everywhere flies. and a lot of other happy dogs. the family finally lets me in once i agree not to identify him. over the problem. it's easy to see this family's business is on the skids. feature it is your life like.

here noted for the good you should and not you for. this place like many small farms can't afford to meet strict government regulations around raising dogs on these farms being forced to close. up. what they want the job of a vision of a bigoted and then. good luck. so he's feeding the dogs which. i'm taking to see the cages there are about six metres long and it's actually running two three four five six seven that's him i just. did dogs in cages with living once. it's obvious this guy can no longer look after his dogs. but he's not prepared to give them up into.

the long. island that around. here. there's a. new wants to rescue a few dogs immediately but the family is wary and is holding out for at least some cash before he hands him a dog. is going to have to raise the funds and come back another day. well activists like gina and a growing number of koreans are trying to stamp out the dog meat industry the president of the meat. eating meat is

a part of. the follow government regulation and. he says business is booming. the returns on. the market are you quite out of the book we're going to. really know. how you. well some got my money's on. even. then i thought let's run. this shift in the. president kim jong so introduces me to pharma kim jong il who grants me rare access to his industrial scale dog ok so we have a look around. it's a far cry from the struggling farmers just seen. i'm told this place complies

with government regulations goes through two tons of chicken per week. and has a feces processing plant with over half a million dollars. kim jong il explains that his several thousand meet dogs atos us the type of master and the not the same as pits. do with all that i may get. yeah i'm talking. about them doing it. we did it. as we walk across a wide river of dog i start to get an idea of the scale of the spot. maybe this is just. but there's one thing i can't film and that's the dogs

but this is close as i'm allowed this does that healthy and nice why can't we film them even a little ironic that one of the good they do stand up at the gate to a little island looking within a bit on. this is apparently a showcase farm but the korean parliament may soon vote on legislation that would make dog meat farming illegal so the farmers are understandably a bit touchy about how will portray what's going on inside. the banks for showing me of. some of it anyway. i'm travelling to get. an area with so many farms and it's known as don't dally. dog meat activists who do manage to negotiate the release of dogs from farms bring them to places like this. one.

just like our dogs love to me yeah. it's dark. in there and there is no way. i. go yeah. right he doesn't live so the building was not they were all supposed to be drawn in halts service you know i personally cannot save all the dogs but i do it. to the spirits it would be good to rush yes yes too soon to the us canada and u.k. . twelve dollars in us from beaumont seventy hundred yen. nami

since dogs over seas because the most reluctant to adopt so cool. oh this is me. meaning that i need. elsewhere i was going to be. yes i am already doing my might see you on the other side for. use. ok nami is a former university professor who gave up a day job and dedicated her life to shutting down farms and rescuing dogs. if you. should you. know. there was. a dog is a dog there is no such

a thin meat dog impact on. i don't want to see that. size of me is so anymore in this country that's why i am striving for. you know dogs they'd never let. you love them while they love you back for. the fights to save one dog at a time right now there's legislation before the national assembly that would declassify dogs as livestock. at the moment under the law dogs are treated the same as chickens pigs. but if the new or this passed.