whatever is there to fear is not in me it is in the people of uganda hear their story on talk to al-jazeera. u.s. president donald trump forces his attorney general jeff sessions to resign a move that democrats have branded a gross abuse of power. hello i'm barbara starr and this is al jazeera live from london also coming up on the program. that's enough put down the mike you are rude terrible person well i'm not a big fan of yours either side of trump clashes with the media during a fractious press conference after the democrats' victory in the house of representatives in the midterm elections. seventy eight school students kidnapped

in cameroon are freed but their principal and the teacher are still missing and the bare facts the grisly reality naturalists say lies behind that cute video. the u.s. attorney general jeff sessions has been forced to resign from his position at the request of president trump it comes just one day after the midterm elections which have handed control of the house of representatives back to the democrats the relationship between donald trump and jeff sessions soured almost as soon as sessions took office even though he was one of trump's first high profile supporters the president had criticized them relentlessly for recusing himself from the investigation into russia's role in the two thousand and sixteen election where trump has appointed matthew whitaker as acting attorney general whitaker has

previously called for the defunding of special counsel robert miller's investigation into russian election meddling senate democratic leader chuck schumer says he must recuse himself from oversight of the russia inquiry i find the timing very suspect number one but number two number the our paramount view is that any attorney general whether this one or another one should not be able to interfere with the moller investigation in any way they should not be able to end it they should not be able to limit it they should not be able to interfere with our going forward and doing what he thinks is the right thing and that will help guide us as we go through this process to get the latest from alan fischer in washington alan certainly a very busy day in washington not just the results of the midterms than this announcement that many had been waiting for for

a long time but still it came today of jeff sessions resignation do you think the two are linked. i think they are absolutely and i think don't realize is that now he's got more numbers in the senate that he'll be able to get an attorney general confirmed of course i'll have to wait till january but it's certainly something that he's been looking at and he will be emboldened by that as for the jeff sessions resignation well there had been a story going around washington for a very long time that jeff sessions provided donald trump with an undated letter to say resigning your request and if you look at the letter that was issued there is no date on it so donald trump obviously been sitting on this for some time jeff sessions has known that donald trump hasn't liked him in the post of attorney general for a while i don't think there's been a more high profile spat between a sitting president and a leading member of his cabinet he certainly criticized them on many occasions on twitter he was asked whether he wanted him to resign he didn't answer that question

he asked whether he was going to sack him you always put that on the back burner not saying whether he was going to or not i think most people in washington recognized that jeff sessions was living in borrowed time this even though he was not just the one of the first high profile people to step up and say he backed donald trump for president he was the only member only republican member of the senate to stand up and do that the mcauley particle here in looks back at the short but troubled times of jeff sessions in the trumpet ministration. attorney general jeff sessions was an early and enthusiastic supporter of donald trump's bid for the white house. now when that bid succeeded president appointed his loyal supporter attorney general. but in his confirmation hearings sessions failed to tell the whole truth about a campaign error meeting he had with russian ambassador surrogate his lack session

stunned washington with the statement in march of two thousand and seventeen and that is the interviews myself in any. future investigation even. if a very united states sessions move enraged trump who saw it as enabling the probe into whether his campaign colluded with the kremlin to win in two thousand and sixteen trump publicly taunted and denigrated his attorney general often in june he tweeted the russian which on hoax continues all because jeff sessions didn't tell me he was going to recuse himself i would have quickly picked someone else of course sessions' had no idea he would recuse himself when trump offered him the job but once he did he couldn't interfere in the russian probe or fire special counsel robert mueller who reports to deputy attorney general rod rosenstein numerous reports indicate trump repeatedly considered firing sessions only to be talked out

of it by his advisors but he continued to vent his ire. and then he said i'm going to recuse myself i said what kind of a man is this sessions refused to quit and fired back a trumpet a statement saying well i'm attorney general the actions of the department of justice will not be improperly influenced by political considerations. when not battling his boss in the white house sessions formally a hardline judge in alabama senator was implementing draconian law and order policies most notably the so-called zero tolerance policy an migrants and asylum seekers that resulted in thousands of children and babies being separated from their parents if you are some are doing a child then we will prosecute you and that child may be separated from you as required by law. in the end sessions loss of support among former republican senate colleagues signaled the death knell for his attorney general schip whether

his departure will signal an end to the russia probe or be seen as another effort by trump to darrelle the investigation remains to be seen. al-jazeera washington. i'm back to alan fischer there in washington d.c. for us i mean jeff sessions resignation i guess was a long time coming and it came just after a pretty extraordinary press conference where we really saw the press the president attacking many members of the press whenever they asked anything even vaguely challenging what did you make of it and what did you make of the reaction of the journalists there. well you know i watched the news conference as it was being broadcast and i don't know if the number of people on twitter saying isn't this wild isn't this crazy this is and control news conference but it's nothing new that seen this before how many times has donald trump held one of these freewheeling news conferences where he takes questions from everywhere and he reacts the way he

reacts he attacks the media he visits his favorite pet projects he talks about what a great job he's doing how great the economy is how popular he is today he added in that he was a very moral president as well when asked about people being killed during the election campaign he talked about how you is going to work with the democrats but warning them even started to begin the idea of oversight then he would investigate them and he said he was much better at it as as donald trump would so yeah it was kind of wild and crazy times but it's nothing that we haven't seen before and sadly the most contentious part of it was the exchange he had with jim acosta of the cable news channel c.n.n. . was there present. or watch c.n.n. should be ashamed of itself having you working for them you are a rude terrible person you shouldn't be working for c.n.n. . i think that's

a very rude person the way you treat sarah huckabee is horrible and the way you treat other people are horrible you shouldn't treat people that way in your head here in jim's defense i've traveled with him and watched him he's a diligent reporter i'm going to be better than yours either so i understand to be out of the. well donald trump was probably being honest there are other presidents who have criticized journalist george w. bush was very famously caught on a hot mike criticizing someone from the new york times in less than elegant. and i'm sure no one has really gone public the way that donald trump has gone public and his supporters will see this is him being authentic he's seeing what he feels it's interesting too that when other presidents in the past when they got midterm results the way that donald trump got midterm results they came out and said yeah we were beaten up but our core bomber's famous phrase we got

a shellacking this time donald trump was saying no we did great it was fantastic didn't i do incredibly well the economy's doing well and he's going to do well come the the twenty twenty presidential election and he got mike pence to sign up as his vice president during this news conference so was it different was it crazy the simple answer is no we've seen all this before it is nothing new but donald trump still has the power to surprise and some would say shockers alan fischer with the latest from washington d.c. alan thank you. let's take a closer look now at the mid-term results so far the democrats have won back control of the house of representatives with two hundred twenty two seats to the republicans one hundred ninety six this enables the democrats to block legislation and launch investigations into trump such as this tax returns and even starting pietschmann proceedings against it as expected though the republicans retain that

the set it which is responsible for confirming judges cabinet members and the basters they now have fifty one of the seats while the democrats have forty five just thirty five of the one hundred senate seats who are up for grabs most of them in republican strongholds and in the governor races republicans have had strong results so far picking up sixteen of the thirty six contests the democrats won thirteen races. well the u.s. house democratic leader nancy pelosi says them a pratt's must stand their ground but also seek compromise with president trump american people have put want to put an end to unchecked g.o.p. controlled of washington we story again the checks and balances envisioned by our founders that's a responsibility we have we take that oath to protect and defend the constitution and we as democrats are here to strengthen the institution in which we serve and

not to have it be a rubber stamp for the president trying. so in this half hour i met two losses why overfishing and pollution are threatening turkey's fishing industry and we have reports from the world's most environmentally friendly country on efforts to keep it that way. however i can show you a wall of sand from space point of view it's this thing here this rather active cold front as it went through drought ridden new south wales produced a water sun before it rain this to rain to come out of it still a very active system as it runs through city the temperature will drop to your left where you will see thunderstorms so a lot of motion there a lot of rain still to four bullets left australia during says day so very fine

looking twenty three in perth exceeds the valleys in both noble and adelaide in a day beyond that the sun's going to work the winds dropped this will meet up again fairly slowly but that rain is heading fairly rapidly across the tasman sea and containing warmth as it does there is already a heavy rain and landslide warning out for the south island of new zealand the potential of up to three hundred millimeters seems likely in thursday and probably friday the whole lot moves slowly north and the temperature drops in christchurch the same time you'll be right on the eastern side of south island as well going directly north this rain arrive in the korean peninsula spreading on active frontal system it will make some progress eventually into northern japan but the more obvious there is that it's talking in cold air to the north of it winter is not that far away.

off to one of greece's deadliest forest fires turned a blissful coastal town into a bloody hell people empower asks whether the flames were found by institutional incompetence in number one responsibility or could mean god is perfect being conceived this was not an accident it was a crime for many the fire is the real symbol of resisting come up to take if it will still stir. of the fire on al-jazeera. welcome back here's a reminder of the top stories on al-jazeera the u.s. attorney general jeff sessions has resigned his position at the request of

president truck just hours after the results of the midterm elections fail as hailed rather the republicans performance in the midterms as history defining success against the old he made the comments during a long and fractious press conference this this by the democratic party taking back control of the u.s. house of representatives the victory allows the party to investigate president trump. well a key part of the president's strategy during campaigning to put immigration at the forefront of voters' minds he repeatedly condemn the caravans of migrants crossing mexico to seek asylum in the u.s. and deterred by the promise of a hostile reception the first group of men women and children mostly from doris has now arrived in mexico city. reports. this is the sound of children laughing. he just arrived in the capital mexico city after traveling with

five thousand other central americans for the first time in several weeks they're able to really rest. we want these children to see that mexico is a country that is in solidarity with them so they can take this memory when they leave. mexican authorities have been preparing for their arrival setting up food stamps medical tents as well spaces for showers and even a haircut. i'm happy with. we're very thankful to mexico. we met while she was waiting in line for donated clothes she says she's bound for the u.s. and has a message for president trump. there are no terrorists here or cream. nobody is here for fun we're all running from poverty in honduras it's not for pleasure that i'm traveling to the united states. walking along the camp we spotted several volunteers providing legal advice to those looking to claim political asylum either

in mexico or the u.s. . a volunteer attorney says most are planning to stay in mexico despite the rhetoric despite the fear that the trumpet ministration is trying to administer these people are intent on carrying out the right that they have to seek asylum in the united states. while it may seem crowded authorities say they're still expecting more people to arrive in the coming days this space at this outdoor sporting arena has been transformed into a comedy as many as five thousand people traveling as part of a caravan that left on douras several weeks ago but their stop here is only temporary they're all to make goal is reaching the southern border of the united states. with a fresh change of clothes in hand and her daughter head off to get some rest knowing the most difficult part of their journey still lies ahead. when. mexico city. in other news save the children says one of its health facilities in yemen

has been damaged by an airstrike a pharmacy providing lifesaving supplies was hit in the port city of her data this by u.n. and international calls for a cease fire the saudi m iraqi coalition has escalated its military offensive against who the rebels in the city over the last three days one hundred fifty people have been killed a christian woman acquitted of blasphemy in pakistan has been released from prison and is that a secure location near islamabad that's according to her lawyer bibi spent eighteen years on death row before her conviction was overturned last month the supreme court ruling sparked widespread protests and the government said it would bar her from leaving the country. at least forty seven people have been killed after two buses crashed in zimbabwe the crash happened near the southeastern town of they on the main road from the capital harare police at the scene say two children are among the dead a group of students abducted from

a high school in cameroon on monday have been freed but their principal and one teacher are still being held the abduction has been blamed on armed the separatists something their spokesman has the night they were taken from the city of the men there in cameron's english speaking region. people in madagascar have been voting for their next president the african island nation had no less than thirty six candidates to choose between three of them former presidents but there are concerns about the low turnout from me to miller reports now from the capital and town and reveal a steady stream of people at polling stations across the capital. trying to cost a ballot. but without any luck she can't find

a name on the voter's roll she says she'll continue searching but that means looking through dozens of lists in the further order more than me of course is frustrating but i will keep searching but if i don't find my name i would just have to wait to vote next time but many others are not as accepting one woman says she's angry because no one in a family of four can find their names leave partly there are many problems people have cards without their address listed people are on the list but don't have voter cards and people who have voter cards are not on the list. before the election twenty five political parties had formed a coalition to have electoral this reformed but the electoral commission refused and said the election would continue as planned. officials at the voting station say they haven't received all the electoral material they believe civil society organizations say they were similar problems in previous elections and they made recommendations to the electoral commission on how to fix them the stime round but

say they were ignored. transparency international says this is worrying for madagascar's nine million voters but i will say one third of the people there live on the electoral list we should be on the electoral roll these have been dropped in some ways so it's it's really difficult for people to handle these. voters that have to choose between thirty six candidates but the race is really between just three of them all former presidents haiti. who won the twenty thirteen election marketable of manana returned from exile after two thousand and nine coup ousted him and angier out celine who was appointed as transitional president after that takes an hour when you voting is important to me because i want to see the work that has been done continue the even if the political leaders follow the rules it will be ok but there are two. many candidates. the electoral commission says it

will release final results in three weeks but it's possible they could be contested . al-jazeera antananarivo. the u.s. plane manufacturer boeing has issued an official safety notice the airlines operating the boeing seven three seven max a week after a lion air flight six ten crashed into the java sea the nose his advisors pilots on dealing with false readings from one of the plane's sensors which could cause the aircraft to abruptly enter the dive. turkey's fishing industry a callous for just one percent of its economy and that figure is likely to fall not rise overfishing illegal use of lets and pollution all fresh in the industry as local fishermen struggle to compete with larger troll al-jazeera see their signal reports. its blue pieces and here in the marmara see that separates istanbul asian and european sides fifty year old belgian turkeys as the captain of the small

boat he is the breadwinner for his family and his three other crews but they say it's getting more difficult each day to feed their families because of overfishing in turkish waters and rising costs small fishing boats like these are common here but they can't compete with fishing trawlers which often caused damage to the seabed and tend to over fish pressure of old age and protocol of fishing is illegal that's why it's in such high demand that catches a lot so they are making a fortune out of this we make much less according to the united nations more than seventy five percent of the world's space are exploited over exploited or significantly depleted some species have already been fished to commercial extinction many more are on the verge of the frying a few times of the state they are then manages to catch some bluefish that will be in the marmara sea until the end of this month but the captain says what we have on

the fishing net is all for what they used to get before two years ago a team of international ecologists and economists warn that just about all the species could die out by two thousand and forty eight if current trends of overfishing and police continue maureen professor by i must say is fishing areas should be strictly protected we have to follow we have to follow the fish populations. from the net to the plate. you understand so from the net to the plate. if we do that we can do we can keep the faith in the next generations turkey's fishing industry accounts for less than one percent of its economy while there is the rise in commercial fish farms which involve raising fish in tanks or enclosed ponds the number of fish caught in the wild has declined from five hundred three thousand to three hundred

fifty four thousand tonnes and only over the last twenty years many here like captain baird and blamed that on overfishing and since two thousand and eight there has been a ban on commercial fishing between the peak seasons of april and september see numbers solo al-jazeera stumbled. the remote himalayan nation of book on has a strong claim to be the greenest country on the planet but as the country develops its struggling to balance economic growth with protection of the environment we've barker reports it is a window on a time before humans return is the only carbon negative country in the world producing more oxygen than it consumes. at least sixty percent of the country must be forested is in trying to the constitution but as we turn slowly embraces the modern age keeping it this way is a huge challenge for the pristine wilderness is home to one of the rarest animals

on earth the himalayan snow leopard by careful conservation be term successfully managed to maintain numbers the same also goes for another big cat the bengal tiger for a small country like don sandwiched between india and china we are also biggest contributions is being very symbolic of the things that we can do when we have the right leadership you know when you have the right vision and the right commitment from the people. there are stories of large predators stalking these ancient forests for generations which is probably what gave rise to the legendary story of the or yeti in reality though in addition to the big cats there are also wild boar and black bears here living in close proximity to these creatures is a major concern for farmers worried about keeping their livestock safe. every evening luck pummel keeps watch over her fields while boren deer often devour her

crops. she resorts to age old techniques to safeguard her livelihood. the government installed an electric fence nearby but it needs repair there's a compensation scheme if livestock a killed but the payout often doesn't cover the price of a new animal killing a large predator will almost certainly lead to a jail sentence despite the challenges boots in the show unlikely levels of tolerance towards wildlife helped by hydropower. twenty five percent of putin's national income comes from selling energy to neighboring india it also allows the government to provide farmers with free electricity but hydro projects account for harf of the national debt political promises conservationists fear the

country may compromise its forests in order to balance its books we all huge sums of money some sums of money we cannot afford sums of money that have been borrowed from international agencies on the world back in the asian development bank man is such a greedy force and the natural resources are the easiest way to make money. the pace of change is increasing. the country's future depends on preserving a delicate balance between humans and nature. zira the time. it first emerged this week as a cute viral video but scientists now say that this footage of a mother bear and her cub taken in russia shows the misuse of drones the video of the baby bear struggling to climb and i swore has been shared on twitter nearly two hundred thousand times is an example of never giving up but nature lists now say

that the bears were trying to escape the drone that was filming them was larson is a bear biologist and says there needs to be stricter regulation on filming. the mom is actually really stressed out she's constantly looking at the drone to kind of see where it's at i think the drone operator having his drone in so close forced her to make a decision that normally she would have made with a bit more time she kind of cross that that steep drip in iraq and typically you know they'll be really careful to pick the route that they're coming to make safely and that they can stay with their coven kind of a tighter unit so i think just having that drone ride on are really made her make kind of this wraps rash decision that ended up working out for a pub could have been a lot worse had it been steeper as far as my research goes when we are filming bears we try and be as as least invasive as possible so we typically set up cameras

that are camouflaged their motion activated by the bears typically don't even notice and that's just so we don't place any stress on the animals as far as those laws are concerned i do think there needs to be some laws around drone activity with wildlife in particular i just think you know as humans were already placing a lot of different stressors on animals whether it's you know encroaching into their their areas or hunting or whatever so that add to that with drones just it's just one more thing that they don't need so they definitely think some laws could be beneficial. and now reminder of the top stories of the u.s. attorney general jeff sessions has been forced to resign from his position at the request of president trump it comes just hours after the results of the midterm elections gave the democrats a victory in the house of representatives that relationship between donald trump and jeff sessions soured almost as soon as sessions took office the president had

criticized them relentlessly for recusing himself from the investigation into russia's role in the two thousand and sixteen election well sessions' resignation came shortly. after a long and sometimes fractious press conference on the midterms in which trump sparred with several reporters he became particularly angry when challenged by a c.n.n. correspondent. mr president. watch c.n.n. should be ashamed of itself having you working for them you are a rude terrible person you shouldn't be working for c.n.n. . i think that's on your are very rude person the way you treat sarah huckabee is horrible and the way you treat other people are horrible you shouldn't treat people that way in going to peter going in jim's defense i traveled with him and watched him he's a diligent reporter. interviewers either so i understand to be honest i'm. in other news save the children says one of its facilities in yemen has been damaged by an

airstrike a pharmacy providing lifesaving supplies was hit in the port city of her data the spy calls for a cease fire the saudi and iraqi coalition is escalated its military offensive against the rebels in the city over the last three days a christian woman acquitted of blasphemy in pakistan has been released from prison there are reports that asia bibi is now on board a flight out of the country maybe spend eighty years on death row before her conviction was overturned last month the ruling sparked widespread protests. at least forty seven people have been killed after two buses crashed in zimbabwe the crash happened near the southeastern town of the south there on the main road from the capital harare those are the top stories people in power is next i'll see you tomorrow thanks for watching but i. in twenty twenty one host the paralympic games in the nation has a troubled history caring for people with disabilities when he examines japan's

disability shame on al jazeera. like many countries around the mediterranean greece suffers from the dangerous of a waterfall but the one that africa coast in july twenty eighth teen was the worst in the country's history claiming ninety nine lives and leaving thousands of others cruelty and homeless so why was it so deadly reporter eric campbell went to investigate.