the warnings about pressure public to accompany crime lab not critically un special court mega bases in jerusalem and he was home the ground for antonio de baron of the u.n. secretary general and he is also overnighting in paris because you know as the meeting with president macro in the morning so i think dan and i can also tell you there are there's a palestinian representative here in paris as well not clear to me at the stage because obviously i've only had a chance to make some calls whether the palestinians also are here overnight in paris in the morning or bonding as a senior fellow at the institute for palestine studies and he says the israeli raid comes at a crucial point in talks the question that arises is what israel's motivations were suspect were they as so often in the past trying to give hamas a bloody nose just to remind them that they're in charge and they will decide the

terms on which any cease fire is reached are they perhaps by contrast trying to scuttle this cease fire initiative and perhaps engaging in a larger conflict as happened in two thousand and eight two thousand and nine two thousand and twelve and two thousand and fourteen licenses that israel at this stage is probably more interested in giving a massive bloody nose and trying to remind people who is boss and that it will be israel that decides the extent to which illegal blockade of the gaza strip is maintained or partially will leave and that it's not out for a new conflict having said that this is the hundredth anniversary of the armistice the world war one armistice and of course we know what can happen when people make miscalculations regarding military innocent. so as we've been

reporting is very prominent to benjamin netanyahu has cut short his trip to france he was in paris with many other world leaders to commemorate one hundred years since the end of world war one a conflict that killed twenty million people france's president a man you met crowned led tributes to the millions of soldiers who died in the conflict the world not to forget the ideals the principles and the patriotism of those who fought for joining that cause and to commemorate the day were dozens of leaders including donald trump russian president vladimir putin and german chancellor angela merkel the reports. the gray skies over paris reflected the somber mood as more than seventy world leaders walked up the shores of the say to the arc de triomphe to commemorate the end of world war one the french president and german chancellor was side by side the nation's once the bitterest of enemies now the closest of allies at eleven o'clock paris time in one thousand nine hundred

eighteen the guns fell silent ending more than four years of conflict and bloodshed an estimated twenty million soldiers and civilians were killed a similar number were injured in france where much of the fighting took place few have forgotten. i had to come here today as my grandfather fought in that wall the fourth of four years so it was to remember him. dozens of students took part in the ceremony representing a new generation and hope that history's mistakes will not be repeated the armistice treaty mogs a victory for allied powers and a defeat for german forces but the commemoration hasn't been about national triumph it's been about reconciliation. the french president led the flame of the tomb of the unknown soldier in his speech he spoke at the futility of war and promoted his multilateral vision of the world in the face of that of some

leaders who increasingly look inwards the part of the u.t.c. it looks like to. do not patriotism is the polar opposite of nationalism nationalism betrays patriotism when one says it's also first and who cares about real there's a clear way what is most precious about a nation secure make it live what makes a great most importantly its model values the so many people together presidents and politicians who are often at odds with each other a moment for them to reflect on and remember a conflict the ravaged continents cut short lives and tore families apart. cool to never forget the tosh butler al jazeera. but plenty more ahead on the news hour including new evidence suggests saudi arabia considered plans to kill enemies of the kingdom battling to contain a huge blaze the forecast is not looking good for wildfires spreading through

california and sports for the players have a slight advantage after the first leg of. the war is finally here with that story a little nation. britain's foreign secretary will travel to saudi arabia on monday where he'll call on riyadh to deliver more to do more to deliver justice and accountability for the family of murdered journalist. jeremy hunt is the first u.k. minister to visit the country's since kushal she was killed at the saudi consulate in istanbul over a month ago his meetings with king solomon and saudi crown prince mohammed bin some on will also focus on bringing an end to the war in yemen the conflict led by the saudi and the rotty coalition has created what the u.n. calls the world's worst humanitarian crisis now the new york times is reporting

that top salberg intelligence officials close to the crown prince discuss using private companies to assassinate iranian enemies it says inquiries were made to a small group of businessmen last year alone and berkman as part of the team with the new york times who broke the story during these discussions. with. the. legal system leashes. when the group of business men asked what exactly are you hoping that we will do this and we will not we would like to you to take out the really an official is the civic to mention the name of castle silly money the hand of the old good force of the i just see the iranian revolutionary guard the group of businessmen hesitated they wanted to consult a lawyer their lawyer flatly rejected the plan and said we're not going to do that

but one of them george needham with leaving the group said the saudis there's a group of former n.s.a. a former british special forces in london who might take the initiative now we don't know what was the end of that connection but we but the fact that all the saudis high ranking officials very close to to the crown prince have discussed it pitched at all for that. project to private businessmen to just a total change of policy during the time of the crown prince that the u.s. has renewed its coals for the end of hostilities in yemen street battles have brought chaos to residential areas in the main port city of hull data a pro-government alliance backed by the sabah and a lot of coalition is trying to seize control of the city from hopi rebels at least sixty five miles from both sides have been killed from saturday thousands of

civilians trapped by the fighting was on the bill has more from neighboring djibouti. fighting is going on on our list three front lines in and around the city of day in the part of the city fighting is taking place on the streets of some of the residential neighborhoods hundreds of scientists pro-government have been supported by helicopters and so the airstrikes on positions off the filthy fighters who say to be putting up stiff resistance the stakes are high here the whole thing fighters know that losing they that is going to be a major blow to them and it's exactly what the pro-government militias and the saudi him but out to coalition would want to see done that recovering that it kept shutting off the data from the whole of the fighters they may be a concern is for the safety of the people who are still living in the day the

people who could not leave and flee when the fighting will close because of the roadblocks and the close rule to something done by the whole thing fighters there is also concern about what the fighting if it continues into the city will do to disrupt the vital services of the port of data where seventy percent of yemen's imports go through this is also where they are meant for the millions of starving yemenis goes through. now who the spokesman has told al jazeera the fighting is already happening in an industrial area outside the city kind of thought of a number that a lot of the inability to they say they've taken over the whole existence but the battles are taking place outside of the data and everyone knows that the area of ikhwan target is ten kilometers away from the city with me but as i said the battles ahead i think outside and you and i can get more on this now we're joined

by best moment mani professor of political science at the university of waterloo in canada very good to have you with us on al-jazeera so wherever the fighting is taking place whether it has spilled over into residential areas or was only taking place in areas why has it intensified after the u.s. said enough was enough. i think what we're seeing is basically a strategy part primarily by the saudis and the amroth to use to really reach capture data before potential peace talks that are scheduled for the end of the year i think that's the strategy overall but of course it comes at an enormous cost of civilians in addition to your report it's important to point out that eight percent of all sued comes through the data similarily medicine this is a country that is pretty much import dependent on food so it is food scarcity and famine that we should be worried about because indeed this is the cost that's going to be paid by the average civilians for the retaking up with data and before these talks to try and end the conflict do take place we have other diplomatic movements

the british foreign secretary is on his way to saudi arabia he's expected to address not just the war in yemen but the killing of saw the journalist jamal khashoggi do you think that that killing would lead to countries like britain putting real pressure on saudi arabia in terms of its foreign policy and the war in yemen. i do and in fact we see the same i think going to be happening in congress i think the american system was very critical of the legislature was very critical of this war for several years now but never really had the new numbers to basically turn it over into some sort of sanctioning on set weapon sales to the saudis i think that's changed and now that you've seen the democrats take over one part of the legislature we're going to see i think a real criticism of that the kinds of hearings that they're going to be calling in is going to i think bring up a lot of ugly facts for many americans that they are very much complicit in this

war through use three fueling logistics intelligence you name it so i do think that this is mounting pressure and of course the death of shock she definitely i think increased international where n'est on saudi foreign policy and we have already seen the u.s. saying that they're going to stop refueling the sound the jets that fly that involved in the war and yemen but regardless of how critical america might be off this war doesn't matter if they continue to sell weapons to saudi arabia and russia is doing the same thing. i do you know the member united states is the largest provider of weapons to saudi arabia by far we've got sixty percent then comes britain then comes france and some other european countries so those are very important suppliers you know the saudis can't switch to a russian goods in a heartbeat the interoperability of that makes it very difficult so it does matter of course it doesn't take away the reality of the movies themselves are terrible

they terrorize the people on the ground as the saudis terrorize people from the skies both compounded together is making life for civilians obsolete lee horrific and so it is a really awful war it is not difficult to solve without doubts but the same time we have to find a way to solve this because really the many people have suffered far too much less money thank you very much for your time on this we really appreciated that as best my money live in waterloo thank you thank you. a recount begun in the u.s. state of florida for two key positions in the midterm elections balance of being counted again in the races for governor and the u.s. senate and the first count republican candidates how old a slight lead or what counties have a thursday deadline to complete the recount gabriel is all know has more from washington d.c. . they're talking about how this is a could potentially be

a replay of eighteen years ago we all can remember in year two thousand that was a famous recall of the votes in florida during the george w. bush al gore presidential race of course all the rest is history now but bush ended up winning the state of florida by less than six hundred votes and that was enough to get him into the white house and now we're seeing another recount in florida both republicans and democrats are accusing each other of foul play in stuffing the ballot boxes and trying to extend the election or change the results or what have you but the bottom line is this is a recount of all of the votes there between the senate race between republican rick scott who got fifty point zero percent of a close and bill nelson the democrat who got in there he nine point nine percent of the vote only about ten to twelve thousand vote difference there are more than eight million votes cast in the governor's race as well the republican also holds

a narrow narrow lead he has forty nine point six percent of the vote to andrew gillum the democrat forty nine point two so you can see how tight these races are and that's why the recount of the votes is happening beginning on sunday expected to last at least five days but it's going to be a long process it could extend well beyond that well let's get more on this knowledge owned by a democratic strategist and she's joining us live from oklahoma city very good to have you with us all and they are so how important is the recount process godless of what the final results will be what is at stake here. well if we look at what happened in the presidential election in two thousand when we did have a recount for the race between al gore and president bush it really comes down to ensuring that everybody's vote counts that everybody have the

opportunity regardless of what the outcome is should a recount be conducted in florida and in georgia. it is really a matter of ensuring that the democratic process is carried through and that we that there is no question as to the legitimacy of any of these elections this cycle doesn't matter to that the president seems to be questioning the legitimacy of the recount he doesn't support what he tweeted trying to steal two bigger lections of the through our to watching closely. i think it does matter. it shows that the president and the republican leadership are not willing to. have a hands off approach and let this process take place this process as i said

ensures that the democrat process our base of democracy in this country is guaranteed that everybody's voice counts and counts with their vote and they really need to have a hands off approach and wait for the final results of the votes counted or any recounts that are happening to be done and you know one place that's also still waiting for results and where it's not certain that every vote was counted which is of course georgia where there were big concerns about voter suppression do you think that if not everyone had the same access to water and not every vote was counted that that could impact the results of this in the state. sure in the years between two thousand and twelve and two thousand and sixteen more

than or around one and a half million voters were purged from the rolls. five years ago when the supreme court kind of gutted the one nine hundred sixty five voting rights act and allowed for states and counties that had a history of racial discrimination to set their own laws and make changes without any oversight we saw across georgia in particular precinct locations closing down polling locations closing down reduced access to for voters to get adequate voter identification. it is unfortunate what has happened in the last few years in georgia and that is why in georgia and florida it is imperative that we take the time to make sure that all of these votes are counted and that we know where they are coming from we just had

a story in the last couple of days where a teacher found an entire box of provisional ballots stuffed away in a storage room that was apparently accidentally left behind by poll workers in georgia and it is him like i said it is imperative that we make sure that all of these votes are counted absolutely especially when the results a soviet close misbah we thank you very much for your time on this we do appreciate it that is sara baka live in oklahoma city thank you. now the leaders of germany and france have criticised elections being held in rebel controlled eastern ukraine emanuel and i'm going to miss call the poll illegal and illegitimate critics say the votes in dawn yet and. break a peace agreement signed three years ago the government in kiev says it's an illegal attempt by russian backed separatists to legitimize their four year occupation more than ten thousand people have been killed since the conflict began

. still ahead on the news hour we look at why south africa is struggling to provide clean toilets for every student from holiday talent to one of the poorest places in britain the un sends a team to find out how this happened and in sport and they continue their winning run of the woman's world twenty twentieth's some of us here with that story. and it's a. hello we've got some rather unsettled weather making this way towards southern parts of china that will make something of a change it's been fine and dry down towards the southeast into hong kong into taiwan recently but that thinking cloud will bring some outbreaks of rain so that's monday's picture hong kong generally stay just about dry it will sweep its way

through as we go on in sea choose day so the unsettled weather does make its way further south was clear skies come back in behind and we can once again pick up a northeasterly wind here a few showers too into central and northern parts of vietnam and a few showers too into the philippines sun usually dry in fact across northern parts of the country rash of showers there for senseless southern parts joining up with the showers that we have across a good part of malaysia and on into indonesia the show as they continue here that's monday spot the difference as we go on into tuesday perhaps the showers just nothing a little further west but certainly no shortage of them in the heat of the day no shortage the showers to making their way towards sri lanka towards eastern parts of india over the next day or so we have got this little clutch of storms here this is our tropical cyclon which is moving through the big goal and it's heading towards the east coast. the weather sponsored by catto and peace.

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these are all top stories a commander. has been killed. six palestinians and. israeli. has. been held around the world to mark. the end of the first world war french president tributes to the twenty people who died in the conflict. to affect.

more. and accountability for the family of murder. to visit. at the. california say they've only managed to contain ten percent of the five burning in los angeles county at least thirty one people have died and thousands of homes have been destroyed as two large files tear through the u.s. state hundreds of thousands of people have been forced to leave their homes firefighters expect haughton one day weather over the next three days to fan the flames. this week california has experienced the most devastated destructive fires that we've seen in its history over one hundred ninety six thousand acres burned. thousands of homes and thousands of lives lost. today as you see

we're starting to see another series of santa ana winds that are going to start blowing here working their way south towards san diego and this house is very concerned. we need to make sure that all citizens are diligent to making sure that they do nothing to start the new fire. bombing of the main opposition coalition says it will contest next month general election even though the ruling party refused to agree to a series of it's to moms the bong the base national party is the meeting in the coalition and has boycotted two previous campaigns the morning previously rejected the opposition's demand to put a neutral caretaker government in place before the vote on december twenty third on the child that he has. a major breakthrough in day that there's a sigh of relief among the mass population in bangor that there's

a lot of uncertainty whether they. have now this announcement coming from the grand alliance along with the main opposition party bangladesh nationalist party would actually be a positive news for the population they want to have their. candidate all of their choice they don't want to repeat of the two thousand and fourteen election which was mad with a lot of violence it was a walkover election now a lot of people we spoke to on the ground do still have some concern because the election will be held under the current gunmen and they can influence the election commission they say whether they'll be really a level playing field opposition didn't have enough time to prepare for the campaign now the opposition today declared that they won at. thirty day different end of the election which is supposed to be held on december twenty third now the governments say they don't have any objection to that deferment for another thirty days but it will depend on the election commission to decide on that despite

everything it was a strategic move bangladesh nationalist party specially could have lost its registration with the election commission for not participating the next election so by and large this would be a good news for the population it be a break from done certainly the that the country was facing within the last two months the democratic republic of congo's opposition coalition has chosen the mountain for you as its candidate for december's presidential election will face president joseph kabila as preferred successor for the ruling party emanuel should . now aid agencies and medical specialists a warning that a bold outbreak in d c could spread beyond its borders well than two hundred people have died in the country's worst ever break and there are more than three hundred confirmed and probable cases. this is the tenth ebola outbreak in the democratic republic of congo but this one is author the west and

the wilds fast in a conflict zone. since twenty fourteen about two thousand people have been killed in northeast india in fighting between armed groups and now since august a record more than two hundred people there have died from the. demick in north kivu wanted to reprivatize has surpassed that of the first epidemic in b. or c. as history which occurred in one nine hundred seventy six in the in the province of a quarter. of the health ministry says medical teams in the area are attacked on average three to four times a week an unprecedented level of violence compared with previous outbreaks to medical agents with the congolese army was shot dead three weeks ago. fifteen people were killed and a dozen children abducted in subsequent attacks around the town if any the world health organization says it's become the outbreak epicenter because of what it

calls a toxic mix of violence and community mistrust the outbreak is not under control and it's been. so large a number of haitian in the town of dany and we are very concerned about another town. where you have a million people and cases from bain he traveled to the area. and we're now worried that transmission in that this he says is a window of opportunity a vaccination program has already reached some twenty five thousand people that even if you see senator levin neighboring uganda has become the first in the well to administer a vaccine without an active outbreak targeting frontline health workers near the border really trying to harvest the vaccine as many people as possible about potential exposure to a bowl of ours because that. that seems to work the problem is it's challenging to

access people because of your ability of the area and it's hard to ensure that people who have. actually not. only for safety reasons and borders here are porous these roads like this one in south sudan lead across sovereign frontiers and as people travel they give him the ability to travel with them to become something difficult but good enough to know you don't have any. dates but. be very challenging people who comes through. as the death toll mounts in the d.r. see neighboring countries are watching closely. al-jazeera now born officials say president is being treated for a serious illness and saudi arabia the president's office confirmed that bongo has been in riyadh hospital for three weeks vertigo and bleeding one source told a.f.p.

news agency that bango had a stroke ballers health has been the subject of rumors and speculation for weeks with his office refusing to confirm his condition. thousands of people have marched in mexico city against plans to stop building a new thirteen billion dollar airport construction is about one third complete but president elect manuel lopez obrador says it's too expensive seventy percent of people voted to stop construction in a referendum last month but only one of the ninety registered voters took part in the poll. to south africa now where toilets and some public schools are often dirty and dangerous especially for children government leaders are promising improvements following the death of two students but that won't be for another twelve years well campaigners for better education say it's a national disgrace as farm of the mill reports from eastern cape province. poorly

built unhygenic and grimy toilets are the only option for thousands of students in the eastern cape province students at a horse school outside king williamstown have to use them every day toilets without seats don't flush instead human waste is collected in a pit underground the stench is overwhelming while the department should abide by the basic standards it sit for sanitation many of the toilets here obviously don't some students are forced to relieve themselves in the bushes outside advocacy group equal education says poor sanitation often means students skip school an overwhelming amount of learner say that they get bladder infections because they're holding in there they they they they yearn for the whole day in which when they are conditions that are just an untenable gave very serious consequences are known as education if girls are missing school because of their they very normal minstrel cycle then what are we then we're not meeting the educational right and the

educational needs of that girl child equal education says a quarter of the more than five thousand public schools in this province have put the trains like these at least sixty schools in the province don't have any sen nation the department of education says it plans to fix existing toilets and build new safe ones by twenty thirty by twenty thirty the government is saying it's going to eradicate toilets that means for twelve more years toilets like this are still going to exist even then it took the death of two young students to push the government to act apart from being unhygienic put the trains are often dangerous this is the lunar junior school in designer where earlier this year a gold drowned in a particular tree in low income care trial was five years old the latrine has since been sealed off and replaced with new flushing toilets this is where it is buried in a grave beside her family's home.