i don't really do miss being treated as a month old this season thank you very much for joining us thank you. since it upsets that sense of dread trying to it's been shared by many people here and they heard the sound from this protester is going to be heard in the building over the fact that paul bennett in geneva thank you very much. turkish media reporting that staff of the saudi consummate any somebody tried to tamper with security cameras to help cover up the matter of. the daily saga say they tried to rip out the camera inside the consulate on october second the day the journalist was murdered they also try to tamper with cameras at the police security both outside of the building and are simmons has more from outside the saudi consulate in istanbul. no the turkish foreign minister was speaking in japan when

he remarked that turkey was holding evidence related to the murder which hadn't been shared with the public yet and he also said that the responsibility for the murder was ordered at the highest level in saudi arabia but it did not involve king sound man himself now as he was making these remarks there were further revelations from the pro-government newspaper about the investigation on october the sixth report suggests that in this building the consulate there was a move by a member of staff at one am to access the videotapes kept in this store area here the main gate area held by the police where there's a video camera which showed the last moves all of when he went into the counselors and also members of the hit team that went in before him now apparently there were attempts to actually delete the videotape using

a pass code in the control center just behind me and that was detected by the turkish police and they managed to crack the code this was actually irrelevant at the end of the day because they'd already accessed the video ahead of this attempt to try and delete the recording so this is really more evidence the turks appointing to suggesting that there was an attempt at the cover up from the very outset of the so-called investigation by saudi arabia to a head on al jazeera at crunch time for you can either theresa may as a cabinet meets. and israel's government makes a diplomatic push in search of new partners in the gulf.

and over again rain is setting in across the northern parts of asia now you can see the cloud here on the satellite picture making its way out of china and towards north and south korea and for the korean peninsula where it is looking fairly wet as we head through the next few days particularly south korea is working quite so good so seoul will have a rather weight time of it ahead of that though it's fallen and dry and fairly warm there in tokyo a top temperature of nineteen degrees and this should be a fair amount of sunshine coming through it's well further towards the south and you could see the clouds here making its way across strong ching through who bay and up towards and hwy so some heavy outbreaks of rain are likely here as we head through the next few days and actually as we head through into thursday that will be making its way towards the young shoot for it so a fair amount of wet weather here towards the south it should be fine and dry for many of us here hong kong up to a pleasant twenty seven degrees for the south and the what is weather currently across southeast nature is just to the north of borneo most of us over the sea at the moment but it's working its way towards the west and it's going to give us some very very wet weather over the southern parts of thailand as we head through

thursday so very heavy downpours here there is likely to be a bit of flooding further south also expect some showers here some of them rather heavy but in between we should see a good deal of sunshine popping through as well. a journey of personal discovery. more american here and then more in the u.s. al-jazeera is a mirror would you borrow highlights the struggles and resourcefulness of honey to the mask and trying to preserve their way of mind. your munch from here you can. only jazeera correspondent we are still here.

watching al-jazeera our top stories this hour homes are now open in what's been one of the most divisive and expensive election campaigns in recent u.s. history americans are voting in the crucial midterm elections republicans and democrats see the vote as a referendum on president trump's presidency. china's alleged abuse against is a minority under the spotlight in geneva the u.n. human rights council is conducting its periodic review of the chinese government's human rights record exiled wigger activists are urging the international community to take a hotshot line against spain. and turkey's foreign minister says authorities have more evidence regarding the killing of jamal has showed that they haven't yet

shared with the public his comments come after turkish media reports say staff at the saudi consulate in istanbul tried to tamper with security cameras to help cover up the journalist's matter. returning now to our top story in the u.s. midterm elections the polls have opened in twelve u.s. states florida is often considered the most important swing states in the midterms it's host to some crucial senate house and statewide races that could signal the mood across the country andy gallagher has more on what's at stake in florida. florida as political pundits like to say has it all. the sunshine state's home to a constantly changing populations that includes hispanics retirees young people and a large african-american voting bloc brian mast on southwest florida that seat is also flip between republic professor of political science or bridge jewett says florida is the definition of a bellwether state and so florida really does represent that swing nature of

american politics going back and forth from republican to democrat and the diversity that you're beginning to see in the united states is really reflected in florida as well. the importance of this state isn't lost on the president too often refers to florida as the second home as the midterms approach he's focused on two key races one for governor the other for the senate if you want a leader who shares your values and who will fight for your families you need to get out and vote for rick scott now i'm really talking about the people on television because everybody it is for the democrats to the stakes are high in many ways candidate for governor andrew gilligan represents the hopes for the democratic party's future. that is big coming out of our white house that right here in the state of. going to remind this nation. can live in

a state still recovering from hurricane michel and plagued by environmental issues there's a lot on voters' minds and the race is a tight senator bill nelson has been in office for more than forty years and is now in the race of his career if florida is a reflection of the nation's mood in the two key races here for governor and the senate are deeply relevant in the governor's race it's neck and neck between dissenters and gillum and it's the same for scott nelson for the senate these races literally down to the wire and in florida as ever it's independents who may hold the key is a. action results begin to come in on choose day florida will be watched closely if what happens in this state is a reflection of how voters are feeling nationwide than victories and losses here will be felt far beyond the sunshine state and agalloch are all dizzy or orlando florida. in other world news israel's transport and intelligence minister is on a two day trip to oman his arrival comes after last month's visit by the israeli

prime minister benjamin netanyahu is meeting with sultan qaboos bin side was the phrase between leaders of the two countries since one thousand nine hundred ninety six rob matheson has more from muscat. within the next forty eight hours israel's transport and coincidentally intelligence minister israel katz is going to be speaking at this conference center just outside muscat in oman is going to be giving details of a rail link that he's proposing to link up israel's ports in haifa all the way through jordan and done through arabian countries to the west of the gulf and out towards oman supports in the strait of hormuz what makes this different from simply somebody speaking at a conference is the fact that mr katz was officially invited here by his counterpart in oman at the omani transport minister he was invited to speak at this conference in an official capacity and that's what's different because this is the first time in a very long time that any senior israeli minister has been invited to

a man to take part in an event like this in a month's transport minister has said on at least one website that we should read too much into that that simply because a man is hosting this event he is obliged to invite all members who of the organization which is hosting this event in this case it's an organization called the are you thoughts there is going to be a lot of speculation about the fact that mr katz is the latest in a long line of very senior israeli officials who have been making very public very high profile visits to countries around the western part of the gulf arabian countries and up until recently that would never have happened. the emir of qatar has told investors his country's economy has become stronger despite the blockade imposed on it by four countries shift i mean been hammered out funny says exports grew by eighteen percent last year but he expressed regret over the continued

disputes in the g.c.c. saudi arabia the u.a.e. bahrain any gypped imposed a blockade on qatar in june last year kucing it of supporting terrorism a charge deal has strongly denied no struggle to do it in or of saudi geo will be your security and stability of our urban gulf states cannot be achieved by undermining sovereignty of other states of meddling in the domestic of fears but respecting the rules governing our relations working to resolve differences through dialogue that serves the interests of all concerned parties history teaches us that crises pass over but mismanagement of crises leaves behind consequences that will last for a long time. britain's prime minister teresa mayes holding a cabinet meeting to finalize breck's at negotiations she's expected to tell minister she needs a deal on leaving the e.u. signed within the next three weeks lawrence lee has more from london. it's all still about the irish border which is insoluble like they can't find

a solution to how to leave the european union while keeping the border open and free but if you cast your mind back there was supposed to result back by the european union summit in june that was the deadline for sorting the our border out and then they said they're going to do it. and then there was supposed to be another special summit in the member now though none of those things that happens by the prime minister basically saying to her ministers this morning if you can't agree within three weeks then we can have a special summit at the end of november to finalize something which would mean it would go to the e.u. summit in december and then it's christmas and they'd run a road you know the possibility of falling out of the european union entirely without a deal becomes the likelihood and so effectively the message to her ministers is look if you don't like it then you've either got to man up and compromise or face the consequences of no deal but the point of the european union countries keep making is they can't negotiate with the u.k. while the u.k.

still at war with itself and that's been the problem for so many months now and still there's no sign of any of it being results. the u.s. ambassador to sri lanka has weighed in on the constitutional crisis saying parliament should have a say in who the prime minister is nearly two weeks ago the president of sri lanka fide prime minister iranian victim a singer who is refusing to leave his official residence in colombo then has made a takes a look at the campaign to restore a missing at two office. this is the official residence of sri lanka's prime minister temple trees and it's where ronald witnessing has been staying for the last twelve days refusing to leave and it's become essentially a place where his supporters rally to defend the ousted prime minister's position the center of the temple trees compound has become a sort of a headquarters for supporters of the ousted prime minister they've been having press conferences in here every day this one is for a minister who's crossing to support. single and on the other side of the compound

this is like banqueting hall because this is the sort of gathering place for all the people who want to keep witnessing go in the prime minister's job is banqueting hall used to hosting heads of state instead become sort of a campsite people stay here overnight to show their support for the ousted prime minister. they have been here to predict the democracy of the country to put protect the construction of the country and to protect the someone adopted it does become a good lesson for us all the how to safeguard and how to keep respect i mean democracy that's it and you must you must thank everybody on this basis of course why here we have been facing a democracy. in america. and patiently prime minister and ousted prime minister meets his supporters and this is where running away from a single shot to stay for the last twelve days or so impertinent for we run a single ad any major lankan politician is

a supporter of buddhist monks is the majority may here in sri lanka and is important for people to show the politicians to show that as well as a problem. your majority. in cameroon the military's involved in a major search operation after a gunman kidnapped seventy nine students to teach at two teachers and their principal they were taken from a presbyterian boarding school in the city of amend amended as part of the english speaking region off camera and where there's been a surge in violence over the past year the armed who've known as. freedom fighters is fighting for an independent states apart from the government dominated by the french speaking majority people in madagascar are preparing to go to the polls on wednesday to choose their next leader out of thirty six candidates competing for president just five off female women have very little representation in the island's government they has been some progress out of the vote in the miller

reports from the capital on to the river ever many say it's not enough. funny sue or naive is running her presidential campaign from a headquarters in the capital antananarivo she's been a magistrate for almost ten years and is also a consultant on gender issues at the african union she's also a mother and brings her five month old daughter to work she says she does this to show people that they need to change their minds about what women can do. is just one of five women candidates competing against the two one men to be president. or women have for years stepped back from political power and so america society has become used to that but i work hard to promote women there are minimal i guess a proverb says a woman cackle like chicken they talk too much these ideas have to change. just seven percent of political parties in madagascar have women in leadership roles

while madagascar's constitution does protect women there are no specific laws promoting gender equality the southern african development community had called on member states to get home for all government positions filled by women right wing tip of the madagascar didn't achieve that target before the country's last election a new law was proposed that with equal representation of men and women in political leadership a male dominated senate rejected that ball. belongs in the buildup to this election the national council for malagasy women has been campaigning to get voters to support female candidates or candidates who advocate women's rights. are using radio and television to get their message that gender equality matters across to voters even then live have to use a male pop star to appeal to audiences reality for couture of cold there are plenty

of here i think and our room lydia she pauses sure there are naked. for example for early joint chief. according to the council some progress was made during madagascar's transitional government in two thousand and nine when a third of parliament was made up by women. but that has now dropped to list the new quarter we are stem will a woman become president. al-jazeera and ten are evil. as always much more news on our website at al-jazeera dot com we've got a special page up on the u.s. midterm elections with all the latest information the results as they come in later today it's all at al-jazeera dot com.

the headlines on al-jazeera the polls are now open in what's been well the most divisive and expensive election campaigns in recent u.s. history these are live pictures from arlington in virginia americans are voting in the crucial midterm elections republicans and democrats see the vote as a referendum on donald trump's presidency in other news china's allege abuse again says a way where most of the minority is under the spotlight in geneva the un human rights council is conducting its periodic review of the chinese government's human rights record exiled wiggle activists are urging the international community to take a harsh on line against. turkey's foreign minister says authorities have more evidence regarding the killing of jamal has showed they haven't yet shared with the public is comments come after turkish media reports stuff is that reports say that stuff of the saudi consulate in istanbul try to tamper with security cameras to help cover up the journalists medicare the emir of qatar told investors that his

country's economy has become stronger despite the brocade imposed on it by for our country's shift i mean bin hamad al funny says exports who buy eighteen percent last year but he expressed regret over the continued dispute in the g.c.c. saudi arabia the u.a.e. bahrain any gypped imposed a blockade on qatar in june last year accusing it of supporting terrorism a challenge doha has strongly denied no struggle to do it in or of saudi geo will be your security and stability of our urban gulf states cannot be achieved by undermining seventy of other states of meddling in need to mystical fears but respecting the rules governing our relations looking to resolve differences through dialogue that serves the interests of all concerned parties of history teaches us that crises pos of the time but mismanagement of crises leaves behind consequences that will last for a long time. more than two hundred mass graves containing the remains of thousands

of victims have been discovered in areas formally controlled by isolating iraq the u.n. says it found the size in the north and west of the country the smallest grave contains eight bodies while the neurologist in mosul or a contained hundreds if not thousands those are the headlines on al-jazeera inside story is coming up next here do stay with us. making it harder for minorities to vote in the u.s. as millions prepare to cast ballots on tuesday democrats are accusing the republicans of voter suppression tactics so will every vote count in this crucial election this is inside story.

hello and welcome to the program. in the final hours before the u.s. midterm elections many minorities are concerned about the issue of voter suppression from native americans in north dakota to hispanics in kansas and black voters in georgia they're all fighting republican led efforts to limit their votes president donald trump often pushes the theme of voter fraud during his many rallies with little evidence to back up his claim in georgia the republican candidate for governor who's also secretary of state has launched an investigation into the state's democratic party he accuses them of trying to hack into the voter registration system but many have called this a political stunt there's a lot to talk about today with our guests but first john hendren with more from

george. daniel known go was puzzled by the government letter the civil servant had voted in georgia for a decade but this time the state told him he'd done it wrong so he phoned the secretary of state's office. the woman on the phone told him he filled out his ballot correctly and signed it but he failed to sign the on below the ballot came in we get we just can't get a credit we don't have the only information we need and the option to. dozen up doesn't work and when we don't really have that option we don't have barrier. this voting rights advocates say is voter suppression in action the man they accuse of leading a campaign to prevent minorities from voting is georgia's secretary of state brian camp he oversees voting in the state and just happens to be running as a republican for governor he's in a dead heat against democrat stacy abrams who hopes to become georgia's first

female black governor. camp has purged one point four million voters from state electoral rolls critics say disproportionately blacks and minorities who tend to vote for democrats georgia is one of several states you know is a state of confederacy. the civil war has never ended has a campaign with many too many ways to continue to try to suppress the vote a lawsuit by the new georgia project and other civil rights groups says three hundred forty thousand in georgia were wrongfully purged most of them minorities it is a conflict of interest on its face you can keep your thumb on the scale and impact the results of this election video camp is strictly enforcing voter id laws in an registering those who have not voted for two elections or have moved this is someone who has to be held accountable to do his basic jobs we have made it easier to vote and hard to cheat and just because miss abrams files

a flawless balts lawsuit or the new. georgia project it doesn't mean it's right the lawsuit by civil rights group says similar voter purges are happening in twenty six republican controlled states across the u.s. at many polling stations like this one in atlanta you can vote early but for some voters by the time they found out there was a problem with their registration it was already too late one thousand year old linnea gordon was looking forward to voting in her first election for stacy abrams . a letter where i got. no same that i'm even more information but i gave all the information that i needed they sent the letter before me after. more information in daniel knew and his case the state has the discretion to allow his mail in ballot it's just decided not to as he phoned kemp's department he got one other bit of bad news so and that's the case with line and my wife's that is correct.

with a few days left election day his wife will also be notified that her ballot has also been rejected by the state of georgia john hendren al-jazeera at lamda. all right let's introduce our panel joining us from washington d.c. is lara brown program director at the graduate school of political management for george washington university also in washington pete tucker an independent journalist and contributor to counterpunch and joining us here in doha rodney taylor coordinator of international studies and professor of language and literature at the community college of cutter welcome to you all right let me start with you so you saw john hendren report there he's in georgia and in georgia you have a race if for governor in which the person who's overseeing the elections in that state is also a candidate for governor many say that that is improper many say that that is

unethical how exactly is this allowed to happen this is simply a continuation of the status quo since the jim crow era in which blacks recently freed blacks were disenfranchised by the government by the slave state legislature to make sure that they could not use the power at the ballot box to change their political destiny and that is what is at stake once again he has refused mr kemp has refused to recuse himself so this is a highly unethical he has also raced many people from the voter rolls including new immigrants recently naturalized citizens who came to them in states to fully participate in the american democratic system it is a shame and a sham in my opinion and is simply a continuation of what we have faced especially in the southern states of the united states for a long time most dangerous lee in two thousand and thirteen a more conservative supreme court overturned articles section four and five of the voting rights act of the one nine hundred sixty s. which no longer.