when tuesday. by the way this pretty quiet now across central and eastern parts of europe a further west loss of plowed piling in here last at the weather as well as to sway kens and we are going to see some very wet and windy weather as we go on through the next couple of days a lot of cloud of dried out into the western side of the mediterranean southern areas of france seeing some disturbed weather but you can see the next system which will pilots weigh in as we go on through friday making its way right across the british isles into the low countries a good part of front seeing some of that heavy right and that right stretching is way down its northern areas especially in and portugal still a few shows just around the western side of the mediterranean but come into central parts of the race it is generally pretty quiet has some low cloud temperatures still very much on the mild side for many fifteen celsius in bucharest is well above the average should be about ten this time of the abell going to ten in kiev cold enough in moscow a fair bit of low cloud here temperatures to struggle to reach three degrees celsius meanwhile not seep out across northern parts of africa a little bits and

pieces of cloud and right sliding away into the far north of egypt maybe into parts of libya for a time say so what weather will it cause here for a time we have got a good deal of dry weather across the northwest but want to show senate possibility for northern area. the weather sponsored by cats on race. i'm his story for the birth of these people every week brings a series of breaking stories told through the eyes of the world's journalists these two reuters journalists were one of the few journalists that were actually doing investigative work listening post as we turn the cameras on the media and focus on how they would call it on the streets to demand see buys the rights to those stories but then he never publishes those stories they're listening post on al-jazeera.

and again you're watching al-jazeera reminder of our top stories this hour police say one person was killed after a stabbing attack in the australian city of melbourne two others were injured the streets in the center of the city around a lot down a lone attacker was eventually shot and arrested by police after trying to stab them two. turkish police have told prosecutors they have ended their search for the body of saudi journalist. sources tell a trace is of acid were found at the residence of the saudi consul general in istanbul and it's thought the shelters body may have been disposed of using chemicals. un brokered talks between the warring sides in yemen have been postponed until the end of the year u.s.

warning yemen is just three months away from a devastating famine with fourteen million people at risk the world food program says it is doubling the amount of food aid it gives yemen to try to prevent mass starvation. of the russian government is hosting peace talks in mexico to end the violence in afghanistan and afghan delegation and a group representing the taliban are attending the meeting representatives from a dozen nations were also in. steverson joins us now from moscow so step talks are finally happening how important is this. well this is quite a diplomatic success for russia to bring the two parties in afghanistan at the same table in front of all the cameras there were five representatives of the taliban and also four representatives of the high peace council representing the government in afghanistan and of course this is confirming the increasing role of russia to be

an international peace broker and also is outshining the united states who has so far failed to bring peace to afghanistan and also as the minister of foreign affairs for off indicated it's not only that there's a not a priority for russia here and that i still and i saw the sas is expanding into the central asian states which is of course a neighboring countries for russia so there is a direct motive of course for russia as well to be holding these talks. and. the outcome that we would expect finish them. well there's not much hope for a direct outcome of these talks. there are still many obstacles there's a lot of distrust the taliban has actually announced that it doesn't want to negotiate with any of the parties here today basically twelve countries represented

here today this china this india this pakistan but the pakistan taliban has announced that it only wants to talk about the ending of the american invasion in afghanistan and of course that's the major stumbling block here because the united states has doubled its presence in afghanistan just last year and with this demand of the taliban it doesn't look like there's going to be any movement as of yet but of course these talks could be a very good start. but all right step thanks. a u.s. federal court judge has blocked construction of the controversial keystone oil pipeline the judge said the government had failed to properly account for the risk of oil spills or what impact low oil prices could have on the project that's after an appeal by environmental groups as the companies behind the project prepared to begin work in montana and new reports assessing the potential environmental impact of the eight billion dollars plan will now need to sit now need to be submitted to

the court and a safford is a research at the university of california davis policy institute for energy environment and the economy she spoke to us a little earlier i started by asking her how the decision may affect the trumpet ministrations energy plans i think it illustrates two challenges the trumpet ministration is facing the first challenge is of course in moving so quickly to overturn environmental decisions put forward by the obama administration they're finding now that they didn't go really go through the exercise of dotting their i's and crossing their t.'s the issue is permit to blame for going forward just a couple of months after trump took office and now they're trying and that the judicial system is ruling they didn't do all the proper permit in in order to go forward they're also finding the challenges of relying so heavily on an oil and gas heavy energy strategy it's becoming increasingly difficult to do that when there is recognition of the climate impacts and other environmental impacts of that and now

the temperament mr asian has neglected investment in solar energy and another type of energy mix to fall back on so yes certainly have learned from the. how how legitimate are the environmental grievances about this mean how strong a case of they have in this. certainly legitimate you have to look at both the direct environmental impacts associated with the construction of the pipeline as well as the more indirect impacts that you have of extracting oil from the oil sands of the keystone pipeline originates that shortly after the trap administration issued their criminal our construction to go forward you cited two hundred thousand plus of gallons the oil spill from the south dakota portion of the pipeline that already exists so it's clear the day the pipeline itself even there it's possible to construct in a way that might not have those direct environmental impacts isn't being done in a way in that way because we've already seen those types of damages and then again

the jet age ruling to block the construction of the pipeline found the trump administration hasn't done a sufficient jot of accounting for the climate impacts of the oil sands and seven that something needs to be brother studied so where does this case go from here from the legal standpoint is this something that could go all the way to the supreme court it certainly is that would be the next step in this judicial system so right now that injunction was done by federal district court so there's two options here it is the champion ministration could decide to comply with the district court's ruling and continue to do that sort of environmental assessment that's been requested or they could appeal up to a higher court my guess is that the trump administration is going to look to do the latter since that'll be a faster process. democrats have demanded emergency hearings in the u.s. house of representatives to investigate the president's firing of attorney general jeff sessions they are accusing president trump of trying to undermine the special

counsel investigation into russian meddling in the twenty sixteen election the white house rejects the allegations his battle hang. a day after losing one of the houses of congress the president was a man on the defensive we keep hearing about. investigations now facing investigations on two fronts special counsel robert mueller looking into potential russian collusion and obstruction of justice and in january a democratic controlled u.s. house of representatives looking into pretty much anything it chooses to. with that's a dramatic move his attorney general fired replaced by matthew whitaker a man close to the president in tweets and articles he's made it clear he thinks the moeller probe should be limited whitacre will have tremendous power over the investigation now not just the scope of it but under law he has the ultimate say as to what happens to muller's findings he could simply shred his final report but the

midterm elections makes that less likely that the democrats will in fact invite. special counsel mauler to testify before the committee and testify in public about what were the findings in other words there are more ways to get the information to be public now that congress is in the hands of the democrats mother and his team have kept remarkably quiet letting their convictions speak in their stead. they've got a lot of people close to the president so far those charged include his former campaign manager his deputy campaign manager his former national security adviser and foreign policy adviser all have pled guilty to federal charges. agreed to cooperate giving every indication that special counsel is making his way up the food chain the president has made it clear from the beginning he wants the miller investigation to go away there was no collusion there was no anything the midterm

results make it much less likely he has the power to do that in the end. al-jazeera washington. other than protests in a washington d.c. against the firing of sessions you have with tonty has that. this is one of many protests organized nationwide under the banner of trump is not above the law protest to steer the appointment of matthew whitaker as acting attorney general following the resignation of jeff sessions is an attempt by the president to impede the investigation of special counsel. him to trump his family and his associates with has been a critic all three investigation that he's willing to say to set up here in between right after the election which was a two day. it's just. you know he's trying to get down why didn't you get down to get around to lecture i mean it's an investigation he's terrified protesters on democratic members of congress so you wish that you should recuse himself from

oversight off the investigation but even many of them accept that seems improbable given his opposition to robot mode seems to be the exact reason why trump him in the first place. a fast moving wildfire has forced tens of thousands of people to evacuate their homes in northern california and the entire town of power dies with a population of around twenty seven thousand people was emptied as the flames engulfed homes and businesses for say several people including firefighters have been injured dozens of teams from across the state are trying to put out the fire. devastation active burning all throughout the town to be lived there for eighteen years and it looks like the fire came. east and just came straight to tell you that we did to the west. big box stores picked up and safeway. subways buildings offices all. completely gone through gone. elise

seven people were killed in a building fire in the south korean capital seoul eleven others were injured and emergency responders say the death toll could rise authorities say sprinklers were not installed in the dormitory style housing because it was an older structure. central african republic refugees mostly muslims have slowly started to return to their homes but their arrival is causing new tensions in the city of karma because the homes and businesses they left have now been occupied by non muslims the u.n. and aid agencies hope to avert further violence by building new homes nicholas hawk reports. it is easy return home from a two year long exam. gone are the pictures of his son mohammed do into my room the wall so to the bed shared with his wife and the so for the family sat around to watch t.v. . only the memories remain. lehman the diamond

dealer was looted by friends and neighbors who after a lifetime living side by side in peace chase his family from their home because they are muslim. i have come back because we will only find peace of my friends and neighbors see me again and accept me as their own it's not easy because i have come back here for the love of my homeland my house my country but some of the homes muslims left behind are now occupied by christian families they too are fleeing sectarian violence. this is the last thursday burning our temporary shelters for mostly christian displaced villagers satellite by armed muslim militias wanting them out they burned all the site meaning that they left twenty thousand internally displaced people with nothing they have been displaced one time. those displacement are also hope. and we've now told

how do you want people to get into consideration. repeated cease fire agreements are broken fourteen armed groups continue to fight pitting communities a against each other to control a country larger than france rich in minerals diamonds and gold as a result more than a million people whether christian or muslim are on the move searching for a safe place to live on the surface this may appear as a conflict about sectarian violence christians against muslims but take a closer look and you'll find deep inequalities between those that control land and those that don't caught in the middle are the people of central african republic trying to rebuild their country brick by brick homes for those displaced away from the violence it's an initiative from the norwegian refugee council here both

muslims and christians live side by side like how the man who once lived tired of being on the move no longer a refugee in this unending crisis it is this desire to be part of a community that has brought him back home nicholas hawke al-jazeera karnow central african republic. a female politicians from eighty six countries have gathered in the u.k. parliament to mark one hundred years since women there won the right to vote but apart from celebrating past progress the event also aim to inspire future generations of course. we are here not because we are law breakers we are here in our efforts to become law makers so wrote the suffragettes a million pankhurst to mark one hundred years since that campaign opened the u.k. parliament to women female parliamentarians from all over the world came to westminster to launch a new push for female political involvement so let us recommit ourselves to inspire

a new generation of female social political leaders to end violence against women and girls to grant all women access to family planning and end the barriers of girls' education and economically and cowed women those who went before us started a great event for equality less us be the generation that finishes the job yet i the statues of parliament's masculine history still dominate westminster to get themselves elected many of the women here have to overcome the suspicion and opposition of their male dominated societies people feel . people feel what does she bring you on the table what does she wants to influence how does she want to change this day does all that is within the society so it becomes very challenging bit difficult but all of them are driven by the

determination that equality is worth the struggle and that the future requires the effort if you mean well and if you fight well we are here the other women will fight and bring this world to a change let's go in contribute together with the men and make a will a better world sometimes i think of stopping doing this but. member the woman who will be years ago sacrificed their lives and their happiness is in everything and fought for their kids and grandchildren one hundred years after britain elected its first woman member of parliament the message of the suffragettes suffragists still resonates down the decades inspiring new generations of women and girls to take their rightful place in the political process paul brennan al-jazeera parliament square in london.

this is going to round up now the top stories police say one person was killed after a stabbing attack in melbourne two others are injured the streets in the center of the australian city are under lockdown police received reports of a vehicle on foreign bourke street nearby police quickly responded to the incident as they got out of the car they were confronted by a mile brandishing a north and threatening them at the same time passes by calling out that members of the public had been stabbed police shot the mile in the chest and he is now in critical condition at the under guard at hospital. three people have been stabbed unfortunately one is deceased at the. two other victims are currently at hospital the turkish police have told prosecutors that they have ended their search for the body of saudi journalist. sources tell our traces of acid were found at the

residence of the saudi consul general in istanbul and it's believed body may have been disposed of using chemicals united nations brokered talks between the warring sides in yemen have been postponed until the end of the year u.n. is warning yemen is just three months away from a devastating famine with fourteen million people risk the world food program says it is doubling the amount of food aid to try and prevent mass starvation a u.s. federal court judge in montana has blocked construction of the controversial keystone oil pipeline the judge said the government has failed to properly account for the risk of oil spills all the impact low all prices could have on the project environmentalists and native americans had challenged the project new reports assessing the potential environmental impact environmental impact of the a billion dollar plan must now be submitted to the court a fast moving wildfire has forced tens of thousands of people to evacuate their

homes in northern california the entire town of power dice with a population of twenty seven thousand was emptied as the flames engulfed homes and businesses before say the been several injuries to people and firefighters those are the headlines we're back in half an hour right now on al-jazeera it's the strain. the u.n. man in charge of middle east and north africa has refugee crisis. is still not in sight the world doesn't act like. some other countries. like that there ought to be . that's contribution just by the with the i mean i was talks to. what do the results of a u.s. midterms mean for democracy across the country today show. us in a special town hall. but we also want to hear your thoughts so send us your

comments to be at twitter and to to. the single party control over the u.s. government has the democratic party. in the house of representatives. the result is a stinging blow to donald trump at the end of a series of races widely seen as a referendum on his presidency yet a much heralded democratic blue wave didn't quite materialize republicans held on to several governors' offices and even tighten back grip on the settee here's what president trump and other major political leaders said about the results hopefully we can all work together next year to continue delivering for the american people including on economic growth infrastructure trade lowering the cost of prescription drugs in stark contrast to the g.o.p. congress a democratic congress will be said with transparency and openness. and

the power they can see what's happening and how we get sex and that they can weigh in the american people have given us divided government which they've given us most of the time since world war two they seem to like about it. and i think the message is figure out what you can do together and do it. political pundits are already trying to make sense of where the u.s. is now heading in the run up to the twenty twenty presidential election but what about regular people we're joined again by our panel of immigrants the u.s. and their family members to get their thoughts first up we have jeannie when she's president of voice of vietnamese americans and she came to the u.s. as a refugee at the end of it now war throwing out some marilyn is just you seeing he's founder of american sikhs for trump and is an entrepreneur who immigrated to the u.s. from india thirty years ago from albuquerque new mexico we have a compass

a gora she is a patient educator who worked as an oral surgeon in mexico she's joined by her husband and to need to go to and he is a veteran and a pistol instructor with the national rifle association in minneapolis minnesota we have. he is an accountant an immigrant from boston is joined by his daughter son now she's studying public health policy at the university of minnesota she was born in the u.s. and we have seven and she joins us from portland oregon president of the republican muslim coalition she immigrated to the united states from pakistan hello everybody it is good to have you reunited again so it's been a year it's been a lot of yeah lots of things to talk about i just went through your various twitter accounts i found the it's donald j. trump this was from november the sixth to men to success tonight thank you to all seventy you going to own to posting that one to reach one. well we won the senate

and we've strengthened a republican hold on coming confirmation hearings and a lot of hopefully we have another supreme court nominee and i think it will go through much smoother now that we have control of the senate so are you feeling that you're doing so much winning right now as a republican. not so much we were disappointed to see us lose a few races in the house and obviously democrats stepped up their game but i think it gives us more opportunity to work much more harder for the upcoming next election gini you all smiling i mean you're looking positively radiant today is that because of the midterm election really i was very happy that the democrats took over the house because and this now we have some check and balance we need a lot of check and balance it would be better if the senate all still was controlled by the democrats but the given is that we can't we couldn't we didn't so for now hope that the democrats will move on and speak for the people and help with

all of the things that the concerns the people have concerns of especially gun violence just happened last night we need more bad gun controls in relations reform we need that and then we also need to make sure that the deficit the budget deficit change and we should. move the. budget more to what the poor people at the id i think put it all see is that just being to cut the tax cut for the one that said and more some of that to help you've got a whole plan ahead and it's only three days now why don't need to raise the minimum wage for teachers but i think many older people and the poor very concerned by the social security cuts and also maybe can maybe get happening because it's already been set by mitch mcconnell you know it's interesting that you mention the checks and balances because. there are people on the field exactly the same way and just

say heard you've been there so i'm going to give this one to you this is shonda on twitter who says the midterm elections were like a break applied to a runaway train it was a relief to many it showed that a check and balance system still exists in the country and not just employment and money and economy they aren't everything respect is a most important justy. the midterm election are going to be first of all i was not. a tremendous victory it was like president trump state it was almost a complete with tree for the republicans this was historical that the senate in the senate republicans did add forty five more seats all the three important states on hio florida and georgia which are very crucial for the two thousand and twenty lections were retained by the republicans and also the house

it was as was again you know the democrats did get the house but if you go back historically president obama at this time it lost sixty eight seats whereas republicans have only. done it with twenty eight seats so overall it was a good mandate for the president because whenever all the candidates that he supported did very well he out of his eleven can it is that he supported nine one it was a clear mandate for a president from support and i think democrats getting the how else will bring the both both leaders leader pelosi and present trump has. have you know talked about uniting and working in a bipartisan way but what democrats have done in past two years it seems very hard i think that what they'll do is this chart. and all kind of. throwing monkey

wrenches and it will be a. dead log i don't think we're going to get much from the government in the next two years and just check in with a cigar half back as. new mexico i do drowning in a blue wave and me and mine are. yeah. you know i got it and was a chain my friends swimming in it and then anthony's probably drowning and at my right he confessed. well i think that i could see that the country won because it was a show like a really prove that the a citizen isn't just an intense something in the country because they don't like the way that it's running now and in principle only in t.v. in new mexico you know that was written for the republican governor there are now we get democrat and almost all the position where getting for democrat.

the position won in dad looked sad so we are happy for that. and to me. very depressed actually. i should not go out oppression this is an empathetic chuckle go had acne like you know it's a rollercoaster always are you throwing up on your how to kind of step. no we're going to start to climb again and you know i think that i think a you know i was very disappointed that the blue went really hit mexico as hard as it did and now all of our congressional delegation now is going to be democrat that's disappointing so we don't have any republicans represents in washington d.c. anymore that's that's part of it the partners the governor the cain manners very staunch liberal talking about additional gun laws and everything else like that and jane you don't understand but one thing is gun laws additional gun owners are going

to help anything because the the legal people are already a band the law is needed it's not gun laws we need we need people laws we need judges and stuff that are there that will go out there and do something with these people we don't need open doors or revolving doors. and that's the problem but be democrat these not just of you saw they're going to that we need to think about you know immigration economy you know a show and so it's not joe's. republicans i think that there are other points about democrats that they can now improve. him in new mexico older state. by right here you're saying that it is not just about the gun issue and that we just got a tweet on that but i'm going to tease our audience and save it for a little later in the conversation because i still want to stay on the midterms now we haven't heard from santa a.j. and i want to share what several people noted was their highlight from these elections this is she should run the handle who said during the selection female

candidates smashed more barriers in history and the results showed that when women rewrite the rules it works we reach record breaking numbers ninety five women were elected to the house and the previous record was eighty four so for additional eyes ation of what that looks like here are just a few of those women are iranian american muslim native american gay african-american latino american you can see some of the groundbreaker right bear we actually got a video comments on the same point so i want to share it with you because this was a highlight for kate gormley had a listen women are role models for our daughters and granddaughters and important leaders for our country having our number of women run for and when elected to office is going to have an immediate impact and we may see a multiplier effect down the road and that's a good thing for our democracy because a team that works together with varied experiences and perspectives is smarter and

can accomplish more our nation needs the talent and energy of all americans whether they're man or woman whiny black or brown so a record number of women running was that highlight for you some out. oh absolutely in my own home state you showed our rep ilhan omar so happy so happy that she will be representing us and across the country there were firsts in many states first native congress want women and native muslim women muslim women and muslim or a senator's women senators women governors it was it was incredible to see did i do what i'm thinking about is people listening to you because you won't even in the face of i wouldn't his all over the world and trying to think well what difference does it make what difference to these election results.