those who committed the crime as guilty as they are of committing gets could not have done so without being given clear directives from a senior member of the sort of saudi royal family widely to believe to be prince mohammed bin someone there are also waiting for the consul general where is he are they going to be able to speak to him he is a key witness not only to the crime but also to the destruction or the probable destruction of the remains of. so those are true elements they're waiting for whether the saudis are going to cooperate unlike the and that's why maybe we're seeing these movements in the international community with now that's like saying the germans have been given the. recordings the canadians coming out admitting that they have listened so it's and you could bet your life if the canadians have listened to at them definitely the americans and the brits and the germans and french like that six have been saying have also listened to the roots gemayel a shared life for us there in istanbul the u.s. has renewed his call for the end of hostilities in yemen and

a phone call with the saudi crown prince the u.s. secretary of state might pompei oh said the warring parties need to hold talks to end the conflict and some reports say at least one hundred fifty people were killed in the last twenty four hours street battles of chaos to the main port city of data thousands of civilians trapped by the fighting pro-government alliance backed by the saudi and iraqi coalition is trying to seize control of the city from the rebels the spokesman told that just you know the fighting is only happening in an industrial area outside of the city but i'm not going to have to look at medina today did they say they've taken over the whole city but the battles are taking place outside of the data and everyone knows that the area of ikhwan is ten kilometers away from the system and as i said the battles ahead i'm going outside. on one hundred are always following this story for us from across the red sea in djibouti so mohammed what is the latest on the fighting.

hossam fighting still continuing on a list three fronts inside and also on the outskirts of the city of the day that in the south is part of the city quite a has been going on all morning in a university in that area and also there was collages between the pro-government fighters as well as the hooty fighters around the hospital. to hospital which is what one of the main medical facilities in those days that it's all for you said by the international red cross was for flies officials told us that they have been clashes around the hospital but none of the competence of and the hospital which is now operating on minimal stuff levels. medics are talking about high casualty figures including civilians will been caught in the crossfire killed by a the shop those three bullets or even the intensified like that have been

targeting hold their positions in different parts of the city now pro-government fighters are also confirming that a mess also look at that they cut it out early on in the morning to try and go to us the port which is a vital lifeline for millions of yemenis was repulsed by hold the fighters who are putting very stiff resistance they say and how mad we've been talking about the british foreign secretary visit to riyadh but yemen was also on the agenda there what what's next on the diplomatic front. well the u.n. special envoy to yemen martin griffith sais he once so ideally talks between the two sides before the end of the year and all these over the course of the foreign secretary of the united states as well as the visit by the british foreign

secretary all part of trying to exert more pressure on so did it and its allies to actually come. to some sort of conclusion that they need to sit down and talk so they are all on and also. the government of up the government so hard the ready to talk to all the fights is now however these dips suspicions between the two a lot of animosity and the whole these do not view particularly the united states and the united kingdom us honest brokers they actually believe them to be for us all of the complex because of the huge sells to so that if you and its allies and also military support they're giving in terms of military advisers who are in the war rooms where these attacks being planned from and writing on the washington post in an op ed just

a few days ago. who the leader or this supreme revolutionary council of the horses said this so the leadership is not ready for talks and does hold one piece the united states has said is willing and is. able to stop excuse me evill to stop the war soon as it can but it's decided as you said to support. our. ability thanks flinty more head on legal battle in sri lanka to resolve the country's deepening political crisis. the words can't describe the devastation. firefighters in california struggling to cope with the state's well worst wildfires on record. and breaking cali barry is in sport will tell you about the latest player inducted into the hockey hall of fame.

so let's go ahead but first a suicide bomber has launched an attack near a protest in kabul killing at least six people members of the ethnic minority group has are as well asking the government for greater protection after a series of recent attacks natasha as well. the target was this group of protesters. but according to media reports afghan forces were able to stop a suicide bomber before he reached the demonstrators not before who detonated his explosives killing at least three people they heard earlier on monday there were calls for peace and protection in kabul we actually have raised our voice because we need security when security and it's their responsibility of the government i

subjected to discrimination for generations. the has are a community wants to ensure its voices are heard after a series of attacks by the taliban since last week was almost word of five to five days that the children approach to speak modest on and also there is going to decide that the attack of taliban. leader and i'm the one hundred and fifty people were killed but there is no action taken by the government to look innocent afghan forces have increased ground and air attacks against the taliban in two districts in the southeastern province of gaza me. the has a shiite minority group dominate the districts they've been fighting the taliban who are sunni muslims. this has raised fears of a spike in sectarian violence in the war weary country and concerns the government

isn't doing enough it's not only tribal who suffered the same thing with their complaint but of the countries suffering the same thing every day with afghan security forces just paying a high price to skew this country the afghan army chief says is already lost soldiers additional ground troops are being deployed to me province and u.s. forces are assisting the offensive by air natasha going to al-jazeera opposition parties once or lanka's supremum court to review the president's snap election call president nothing policy seen a fired and replaced the prime minister last month it dissolved parliament last week after his attempts to secure a majority for his party failed. in. certain members from both sides made statements through the media and in various discussions that there will be a big clash sometimes leading to the death of a few when parliament is convened on the fourteenth if i permitted those incidents

to happen by convening the parliament on the fourteenth without dissolving parliament it became apparent that those fights could have brought about a serious situation with these fires creating hardships on the population living in towns and villages across the country which is yours and mine are burning smith is live in colombo forest some burn and what happened in court today. today i was in the supreme court has been hearing from those petitioning against the decision of the president to first of all fire the prime minister and then just ban parliament elections call elections pressure elections at the beginning of january those petition from a lot of opposition m.p.'s and also from members of civil society and just have a listen to what a couple of them had to say today as far as record certain he has the right to dissolve parliament the man and the circumstances in which he does it is clearly

stated in the constitution and he seems to have ignored it and in that sense it's a full violation ate the president were to dissolve parliament and if that dissolution is within the first four and. then that can be done only after the parliament by a two thirds majority approves it as allusion to that effect in this instance fears have lapsed and parliament has not approved. and therefore the condition president laid down in the constitution has not been followed and then president's act of dissolving parliament. so what happens then bernard when the court resumes hearings. as a moment tuesday tomorrow the attorney general must make the case on behalf of the government just of the of the the president as to why it's gone ahead and done this is a beer i interesting because it's attorney general when asked a couple of weeks ago for

a view by the speaker of parliament on whether this was all the jets model or not he declined to give an opinion but whether these attorneys general agrees with the president has done or not it's his job to present the government's case of that we must on tuesday but remember underneath all of this is a very simple argument about is that a couple of years ago the constitution was changing taking power from the president and giving it to the prime minister so whatever arguments legal arguments they may find to say why this is constitutional the argument over all of us is that they've simply going against the spirit of the constitution which was to give power back to power to the people through parliament and to take it away from the president hasn't been a smiths in colombia at least thirty one people have died as wildfires burn across the u.s. state of california more than two hundred are missing and hundreds of homes have been destroyed in los angeles county rob reynolds reports now from

a village. when the fire ripped through these houses in oak village it didn't leave much small during wreckage burned out vehicles a charred exercise bike seventeen houses were completely destroyed but thankfully no lives were lost people here are deeply grateful to their firefighters it just flared up and it just went quick. and those firemen god bless them stood on my parents' deck here and fought off the fire from their house the state of california is under siege from north to south high winds and bone dry trees and brush have fueled deadly wildfires this week california has experienced the most devastated destructive fires that we've seen it's history over one hundred ninety six thousand acres burned. thousands of homes and dozens of lives lost everything depends on the wind a calm day can give firefighters

a chance to contain the blazes but there are no calm days in the immediate forecast we have to keep understanding it better but we're in a new abnormal and things like this will be part of our future and this will be the beginning it will be things like this and worse oped village where lawn ornaments live for lauren amid the ashes was out of the fire's direct path and would not have burned had it not been for the wind. people here tell us it was embers borne on high winds from another fire perhaps a dozen kilometers away that started these houses a light wildfire makes no distinction between rich and poor famous or obscure all must flee before it's at vance we ran into hockey legend wayne gretzky outside his mansion near thousand oaks we evacuated last night about two am. and

still my wife and i are young kids and i came back here to check on the house. and yeah we were deathly scared and nervous like all citizens around here in open village weary firefighters were hosing down hot spots more than twenty four hours after the flames swept through people here are deeply traumatized you can see it on t.v. you can see it on social media but when you actually see it and smell it that the words can't describe the devastation officials say the fires may take weeks to bring under control for those who live here it's already too late rob reynolds al-jazeera oak village california. all right go to the weather now his stuff has him let's first of all look at california and see what's in store for them over the next few days if we look at the satellite picture it certainly doesn't look like a pretty picture you got lots of clouds staying over in the pacific for california

barely a cloud in the sky for many of us here though here are the wildfires that we've currently got with us around fourteen of them which is somewhat surprising given the time of year it's not hold here it's just very dry and very gusty and that's led to these massive wildfires now there is good news for northern california as we head through the next few days because the winds are easing today and so things should improve there however in the south things are very different with what these gusty winds that are going to pick up they can sense ana winds there very dry and they could be gusting up to one hundred ten kilometers per hour that's over the mountains but still very gusty and they could well fun any flames that we have here so not good news for all of us in california and certainly looks like it's going to stay dry elsewhere which you got a surprising amount of combed weather at the moment this system is working its way eastwards but only a small of an edge we're seeing a fair amount of snow and that's quite a long way south the whole system will push its way north woods there as we head

through into choose day then for the eastern part of canada we can expect a good deal of snow over the next few days for the south coast to warm at the moment for that but we are going to see quite a bit of rain including force in months. thanks jeff now still ahead on libya's key political players meeting with global leaders in italy in the latest bid to bring stability there. from a booming seaside town to one of the poorest places in britain the un sends a team to find out how this happened. and sport the shunt that helped push lewis hamilton towards another grand prix victory. i think this is fun for me to think i'm having fun. and. just.

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about again you're watching as you see here is a reminder of our top stories. israeli troops have killed seven palestinians including a hamas military commander after entering gaza as part of a special forces operation and his radio off so was also killed. pressure is growing on saudi arabia to reveal the details of journalist and murder the u.k. foreign secretary jeremy hunt as arrived in riyadh and met with a man is urging the kingdom to fully cooperate with turkish investigators. at least six people are dead and twenty others injured from a suicide bombing in the capital kabul a protest nearby had been taking place by hundreds of members of the house minority who are demanding action over continued attacks on their community. by

italy is hosting a conference aimed at bringing stability to libya warring parties and foreign powers there will try to bring an end to seven years of fighting let's get more now from jonah hole who's in the sicilian city of palermo for us where the meeting is set to take place so what have we heard from the u.n. envoy about the election. as i'm as we await the formal start of this conference here in aloma we've had these comments out of the u.n. envoy us on seller may point to the way towards a new timeline a new road map towards elections to take place in libya some time before the middle of two thousand and nineteen it is a timeline that would replace a series of. mostly western led to u.s. led initiatives over the last seven years most recently of course a plan hatched at a summit in france in may for elections to take place next month will that last

week was ruled out finally by the u.n. envoy is being overambitious something most people thought it was from the start will this new timeline as i say points to elections sometime before the middle of two thousand and nine hundred itself a pretty tight timeline here are those comments from the u.n. envoy now you want to ask them clearly doing the national conference what kind of election to one of the men to the president. and what kind of law because we don't have the know the house of representatives has been meeting all this summer. but it has been stated either let's face it. producing the no no on that effort and on reducing no legislative at all i think we need to widen the presentation. so the plan in visage is a national conference taking place inside libya drawing together all those

different libyan actors to try and come up with an electoral law before elections later in the year one of the questions that will inevitably be arsed at this conference is quite how that timeline even is achievable in a country riven with divisions with violence among ethnic tribes among different armed groups divided town from town region from region and with different foreign influences apparently pulling the country in opposite directions here's my report now on the outlines of the conference to come. when nato bombs help rebel fighters to overthrow moammar gadhafi in two thousand and eleven it was far from the end of libya's troubles. seven years later the country is divided between warring militant groups and opposing political factions each claiming control of vast swathes of territory the latest attempt to bring peace to libya has been convened by former colonial power italy the peace conference in bringing

together libya's major opposing sides as well as some of the key foreign powers with influence in the region so fires raj who heads the un backed government in and around tripoli will be joined by general. whose breakaway army holds much of the east battling for control of the south meanwhile are ethnic tribes and cross border criminal gangs while the un backs the tripoli government general haftar has the support of egypt and russia the united states is there to of course keen to bolster its influence in the resource rich north african country. libya's difficulties of further complicated by the competing interests of european union rivals italy and france both have energy investments in the country and back opposite sides while france wants to stabilize the lawless south with its proximity to former french colonies in the sun hell italy wants an end to the flow of migrants across the

mediterranean it is a rivalry that saw france organize its own peace summit earlier this year and one that could undermine the chances of success in palermo jonah hill al-jazeera sicily a memories of the last civil war and i've read coast remain wrought for many seven years later fighting between supporters of rival presidents kill three thousand dive orients survivors of torture and rape are demanding justice while former president laurent gbagbo is on trial at the international criminal court nicolas hock reports from abidjan. he says he was driving home when a policeman pulled him over asking for identification a young officer told him his last name didn't sound ivorian enough to foreign and he was arrested. while in custody he says police spat in his face the beatings turned to torture human rights groups say three hundred fifty seven people arrested

like him were killed that same day and dumped in mass graves seven years on debbie awaits justice someplace on the mother for. religious wanted for society we have not received justice their parents or the children of those mother does of these this did want to let us express all show on grievance but you can't erase the past. which started as a disputed presidential election in two thousand and eleven turned to a civil war between supporters of a new president alassane ouattara and all but bo who are fused to concede defeat. here wrapped up nationalist rhetorical calling ouattara and his supporters foreigners and enemy of the state water as father is from neighboring turkey to faso ivory coast is home to many african migrants. human rights groups accused of ordering militia groups to attack water as supporters targeting people who appear foreign to be believed the bag those are behind the killings three thousand people

were killed during the four months of a war. while little bug was on trial at the international criminal court in the netherlands his wife simone was released from prison in august following the advice to granted by president ouattara which acquitted her of crimes against humanity. despite that the international criminal court is seeking her arrest it's a rare occasion to see inside her home receiving people publicly since her release from prison she's made only a handful of statements calling for peace and reconciliation it's a change of tone from the former first lady. president to our promise is justice for all but the work of the truth and reconciliation commission appears to be stalling after it published a report accusing the government of overlooking war crimes allegedly committed by what her supporters charges they deny the government says it gave soldiers who

staged two mutinies last year twenty six thousand dollars each for supporting what or during the civil war no compensation has been paid to victims of murder torture and rape crimes which remain unpunished. in a very close to victims and no need. for us to find peace we need to recognize and forgive the crimes that we have all committed. many victims like him want to see their attackers punished he says ivorian leaders over that to the dead and to their country still looking to heal its wounds of the past the. government officials in gabbin say president go is being treated for a serious illness in saudi arabia president's office confirmed been in a riyadh hospital for three weeks one source told the a.f.p. news agency that he has a stroke bongos health has been the subject of speculation for weeks with his

office refusing to confirm his condition. recounts began in florida often last tuesday's us mid-term elections ballots are being counted again in the races for governor and senate's all counties have until thursday to complete the recount elizondo has more from washington 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 age and bill nelson the democrat who got in there early nine point nine percent of the vote only about ten to twelve thousand vote difference there of 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. a catholic bishops in the u.s. have gathered in the city of baltimore for their annual general assembly it comes as the justice department is expanding its investigation into child sex abuse by

priests and covered up by administrators over decades castro has more from washington. within the walls of each of the one hundred forty five diocese that form the u.s. catholic church are the secret archives containing the clergy most confidential and sensitive records could they contain more evidence of priests sexually abusing children and the actions to cover it up that's what the us department of justice wants to know we've been trying to get this investigation going survivors and victims for years we asked year after year for this evidence is after most of evidence the department of justice is request addressed to the president of the u.s. conference of catholic bishops asks church personnel to not destroy discard dispose of delete or alter any documents related to sexual abuse investigations that includes documents about the transfer of abusive priests from one community to

another xan go already says that's what happened to the priest who abused him in catholic school. and the man three my friends and i is very dear to help. in the rectory pack up the car and go to the new parish and the news go and spend the first night in the new rectory with them and he was being transferred for sexually abusing two brothers those sexual abuse allegations against us catholic priests first surfaced in the one nine hundred eighty s. long foresman renewed its scrutiny this year beginning with a pennsylvania grand jury report that documented the abuse of more than one thousand victims by three hundred priests in that state alone priests were raped raping little boys and girls and the men of god who were responsible for them not only did nothing they hid it all for decades now thirteen states and washington

d.c. have launched investigations into church sex abuse and cover up that is in addition to the federal probe by the department of justice the church says it fully cooperating. even as thousands of new victims have been merged demanding their belated justice. castro al-jazeera washing. of thousands of protesters have marched in mexico city against plans to stop building a new thirteen billion dollar airport construction is about a third complete president elect and the dismantle lopez obrador says it's too expensive to continue seventy percent of people voted to stop construction in a referendum last month but only one in one thousand registered voters took part in the polls. it's concern in france about the fate of two saudi princes who have not been seen or heard from since being detained in saudi arabia ten months ago prince abdullah zs been selling man bin mohammad saeed and his son some men were last seen

entering the royal palace in january and that's has been released showing the french foreign ministry has been asked by the president's office to monitor the situation the princes are represented by a french noir who says they've been held without charge because of comments about crown prince mohammed bin some men there were just there is i called on the u.s. president donald trump who is known to wall has his own mandate on the kingdom of saudi arabia to exercise pressure on the crown prince in order to release them i also requested the french president where it is more difficult since france hardly intervenes in such domestic issues however it was only the french president who he did my call and handed over the dossier to the foreign ministry to act and seek answers from the saudi authorities. a man miles government says it is ready to start repatch rating muslim range of refugees from bangladesh this month officials say an initial group of twenty two hundred would be sent back from mid november with another repatch ration of one hundred fifty

a day more than seven hundred thousand ranger refugees have crossed into bangladesh from western myanmar since august last year after a military crackdown. the poverty level is rising in britain and the united nations is trying to find out why it is investigating areas in the u.k. hardest hit by a decade of austerity one place is the town of j. wick on england's east coast from their lansley reports. half a century ago j. week was a thriving holiday resorts that is hard to imagine now for years this village on the east coast of england has been listed as one of the u.k.'s poorest places five thousand people have been left to work out how to live an almost complete isolation . danny has taken it upon himself to speak for the community he sets up the j. wick happy club the defined gesture of hope over diversity with the young.