priest mohamed was so i'm on the agenda need for suspicion of hostilities. also all parties to come to the table to negotiate a peaceful solution to the conflict in a meeting in the city coupled with king so mom british foreign secretary jeremy hunt spoke of the need to build support for u.n. peace efforts both. combines the ball this and see attitude of some of the loudest voices in the calls for ceasefire could be a while before they agreed to peace talks mohamad the whole thing the needle of this supreme council of the whole thing is recently described the cool spy the united states and united kingdom to talk in an op ed in the washington post who ruled that the united states will stop the war long time ago but has instead chosen to support its corrupt ally soda. djibouti joining me live on the phone now from yemen's capital is political commentator nasr

shaka thank you very much for taking the time to speak to us we've been reporting on the fighting in data spreading to residential areas affecting civilians how would you describe the situation than now. for her thinking media suppression has got to be so quadrature in. part the part. of the heart of the. problem that it could probably be a girl problem. because he's a want to a cop that had a. good morning and sent out a credit card. can be. taken from the lead with the hope you've got the governor on friday that demands a peaceful god and for the problems. you don't know that the whole thing could be

sleepy and twenty four peacefully where it would come before our last go public it's hard now we. want the crowd to. talk. from him and apologies for the quality of the sound that i will leave it that i now thank you notes as shocker for joining us from santa now county just prime minister has become the first western data to knowledge that his country has received an order to have a coating of jamal khashoggi smudge justin trudeau says intelligence agencies have listened to the tapes comes off the techies present i have type two on said on saturday that recordings have been shared with several countries including saudi arabia the us germany france and person. canada's intelligence agencies have been working very closely on this issue with with the turkish intelligence canada has been fully briefed on what. turkey had to share and i had

a conversation with president carter one just a couple of weeks ago in over the phone here in in in paris we had brief exchanges in which i. thanked him for his his strength in responding to the show the situation well french foreign minister says he doesn't know if turkey has given his government any recordings related to the killing of jamal khashoggi the turkish president of playing political games. if the turkish president has information he should give it to us he must give it to us does this mean that he didn't give it to you know i don't have this information does this mean that he lied it means that he's playing a particular political game on the circumstance of well i'm chris describe the french comments as an acceptable. museum is to quote at the un on the twenty fourth of october our intelligence and colleagues shared information with french

intelligence including the voice recordings and tapes upon their request also we transparently shared information with other countries intelligence and authorities once they wanted to see them the french foreign minister can say that he does not have any information about this however it is very impudent for them to accuse our president of playing political games which is. well joining me live now in the studio is middle east analyst bill lloyd thanks very much for coming in to st louis and so we were hearing some comments there from the french foreign minister accusing the president of playing games is that it's not a fact comment yeah i think it is i think since the beginning of this story that the approach of her the war on the turks has been a kind of a drip drip approach sort of a cat and mouse and it's force assad is into repeated retractions and they've been embarrassed by the lies and now they've had to admit that yes it was a premeditated murder we keep hearing little bits and pieces and there's a level of frustration with the turks now come on let's come clean forced the issue

but you do want to think wants to play it because he sees them advantage himself by keeping the pressure up on this oman and other players that game different approaches to they want to keep us on him play does not know does. and britain is you know not quite sure i think where it stands we say britain's not quite sure where you stand jeremy hunt is on a visit to saudi arabia we've seen images of him with the king but the clown prince notably absent he says he's that's a call for justice and accountability in the case yeah and of course that's what's being said by many western politicians we want justice we want to kind of booty we want transparency you want openness fair an open investigation it's become almost pro forma isn't going to make a difference i don't think so i think decisions about going to reach that will keep been somani in place albeit severely damaged his reputational damage is huge no

longer will the west see him as the bright face of modern modern saudi arabia the mask has slipped he's shown himself to be an arrogant and rather brutal fug and i think that won't change but as i say the the politics of the game i think dictate that he will remain in place and britain is playing i think a rather minor role in this i would hope that germany. uses opportunity to push hard on yemen but well exactly i mean that's the interesting thing that we see different issues now coming together. of president approach to this it is a very sensitive matter and perhaps what is significant now is that both the united states and britain the two largest sources of weapons for the kingdom seem to have launched on the face of it a new push to perhaps end the war in yemen well let's look at that let's break that down the americans if there will no longer do in air fueling of fighter jets that's

a start we made any indication that we would suspend the sale of weapons the sale of bombs armaments to to the saudis i haven't heard it yet and i think that remains very much a play so there is the kind of contradiction there on the one hand you're you're pushing to use the killing to try and force an end to the war and this is presumably that just the rhetoric itself has some level of leverage because of the economic relationship that they have but just in terms of what's happening on the ground in yemen we see an unfortunate situation where peace talks have been for spud and to the end of the year is it likely that there will be now an all out battle for the city of data before we see all sides possibly coming together i think that's a resume no i think that the american said thirty days we'll give you thirty days well i think we'll see that that deadline passed the saudis are pushing hard to take who did it that's that's their aim that's their target and and i think that

you know the situation is the hundreds of thousands of civilians are caught in a terrible situation there should be much more pressure to force the saudis in particular to unilateral cease fire stop the bombing that's what needs to happen in my view but thank you very much appreciate your thoughts on the matter bill lol. middle east analyst joining us there or you're with the news hour live from london much more still ahead a summit to and seven years of fighting libyan leaders and foreign powers arrive for talks in the sicilian city of palermo. urls are going to tell you why italy is on a collision course with the european union over its budget for the next year. and breaking down barriers in sports here from the hockey legend still making a difference six decades on from his n.h.l. debut. now i see less crime sponsibility for

a suicide attack in the afghan capital which has killed six protest as they were all members of the ethnic minority group the hazaar as well rallying for greater protection for that community after a number of high profile attacks and washington and has mall. 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. they really are 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 generation oh oh the haze are a community wants to ensure its voices are her after a series of attacks by the taliban since last week was almost word of five to five

days that jill would approach to be modest on and also there is going to be. the attack of taliban group. you know. one hundred fifty people are killed but there is no action to take. on its own afghan forces have increased ground and air attacks against the taliban in two districts in the southeastern province of gaza me the has oras a shiite minority group dominate the districts they've been fighting the taliban who are sunni muslims on. the. 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 will suffer the same thing with the company but it is of the country's suffering the same thing every day with afghan

security forces just paying a high price to this country the afghan army chief says is already lost soldiers additional ground troops are being deployed to gaza new province and u.s. forces are assisting the offensive by air natasha going to al-jazeera. now two democratic republic of congo opposition leaders of pulled out of a deal to unite under one candidate for next month's election several opposition leaders it initially agreed to give up their candidacies so they could back businessmen much info you knew in his bid to succeed president joseph kabila but both felix to she k.t. and they may have now pulled out because their supporter base is opposed the plan kabila is stepping down after eighteen years in power well now in a city libya's leaders and other foreign powers are gathering for a peace conference in this is silly and city of palermo the summit aims to end seven years of fighting and division but with so many competing interests inside and outside the country peace in libya could prove an elusive goal john holl

reports from palermo. the latest attempt to bring peace to libya picks up where many of those have failed with leaders and representatives from thirty countries gathering just across the mediterranean in palermo sicily one key goal here to get behind a new un led election timeline beginning early next year with a dialogue among libyans themselves to decide what kind of democracy they want we want to ask them clearly doing the national conference what kind of election will be won by the men to any presidential attack and what kind of law do we know because we don't have a goal the house of representatives has been meeting all this how much. it has been stated either let's face it. producing a no go on that effort and or do it in no legislative little i think we need a wider presentation. when nato bombs helped 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 peace conference in poland brings 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 are 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 hell italy wants an end to the flow of migrants across the mediterranean if all concerned can rally behind the new un plan that would be a minimal measure of success here but it would amount to little more than a contribution to the peace process still a long way from peace itself jonah how al-jazeera palermo sicily so i have for you on the program no end in sight political crisis as opposition groups call for the supremes court to challenge the president's decision to call a snap election why the north korean nuclear threat might not have been neutralized

after all the satellite images showing six new bases and in sport a new york red bulls move a step closer to winning was america's top football title for the first time. hello the weather is about to change for quite a few people in europe we have seen for quite a long time the weather coming in from the west in these forms of streaks of tat that are frontal systems that sometimes develop into quite active ones this one i think is about to change the pack because although we sit at the moment was it lying through spain and portugal in france if i take it through to daylight hours during tuesday's just a massive cloud i think it's brought in a lot of dry air from africa and died to death to some degree we still got the walls ahead of it still twenty romans at least ten degrees above where the average

says it should be but look what's happening in the caucasus getting the wind out of the east now that is low temperature a trough in the tension remain here bringing a streak of snow down to ukraine eastern side a better roost and he's muskerry now into winter weather so this will possibly create further in so the area of want is getting smaller the area of rain has dissipated in fact madrid up to eighteen degrees and still fourteen in the sunshine in london which is still quite well and so western europe is still an abnormality now goodness every drawing in dry air out of north africa not much is going on to be right one or two showers in america an awful lot of cloud here was a circulation is moving eastern libya bringing if you shasta egypt and then i think that haven't. i think this is fun for me to think i'm having fun. maybe she.

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welcome back to al-jazeera let's update you on the top story the israeli military has bombed the studios of a massive television station in gaza follows a surge in cross border fighting between israel and mass with three palestinians killed off the heavy exchange of rocket fire and shelling one israeli soldier is critically injured all the violence comes less than twenty four hours after a secret israeli military operation in gaza which left seven palestinians and one israeli dead funerals have been held for the palestinians killed on sunday seven were members of hamas is military wing. and the u.s. has renewed his call for an end to the civil war in yemen some reports say at least a hundred fifty people have been killed in the past twenty four hours street

battles of chaos to residential areas in the main port city of the data. are well more now on our top story the upsurge of violence in gaza let's speak to goldenberg senior fellow and director of the middle east security program at the center for new american security joins us via skype from washington thank you very much for speaking to us so that now appears to be fears that this flare up in fighting could lead to a broader escalation or at least a miscalculation on either side. saying that diplomatic initiatives might be able to stop both sides from be able to pull the situation back from the brink. i hope so and this is thanks for having me this is a very concerning situation and the reason it's not surprise that we're here again is you can see you know how these diplomatic initiatives but they're only look at short term solutions for the last few years and have the same unseen unhealthy

cycle going on in gaza where hamas uses violence to try to put pressure on israel to change its behavior and israel responds by imposing an economic blockade on the people of gaza pressure builds inside gaza and eventually it explodes into a broader conflict that by both parties try to contain it by coming up with these short term deals where a mascot some economic benefits of israel gets a short unsteady short term cease fire but neither of them are really looking at the more who are long term questions that can create a sustainable more stable situation. and in terms of what we've seen happen in the past twenty four hours there have been several palestinian deaths well you had seven palestinians palestinians killed in the operation that took place last night which was sort of quite extraordinary israeli forces going into the strip then you

had three palestinians killed today in as strikes but now you also have rockets coming over into southern israel one israeli was critically injured what do you think that israel is likely to continue its response or have we seen the extent of it for now. well i think israel wants to deescalate i am hoping that this is we've seen the extent of it till now and the reason i say that is this operation to me the prime minister you know prime minister netanyahu was often paris when this. which to me says he was not expecting a major operation this was not meant to be such a huge incursion it would cause this kind of violence and death this seems more like a botched intel operation from all the news reports you see are and so at these rallies we're not expecting this publication at this moment and i don't think the israelis will wanted to provoke this right now or just last week we had an agreement between israel and hamas on some arrangement which involved bringing cash into the gaza

strip and an oil into the gaza strip paid for by qatar an exchange for the escalation of the situation inside and prime minister netanyahu took a huge hit politically in israel for doing this but did it because he thought it was the smartest way to deescalate the situation the last thing i think he wants now is to see all of that blow up on the a week later so my hope is that this was purely you know a miscalculation accident on both sides can can come down from it but we've seen this type of before where one side inadvertently escalates the other side responds and we're off to the races and the worry could be in that situation too all right and on golden back thank you very much joining us. well now despite u.s. president donald trump's claims have neutralized north korea's nuclear threats there is evidence that pyongyang is moving ahead with its ballistic missile program sixteen hidden bases mostly scattered in remote mountainous areas have been identified in a report based on new commercial satellite images

a while north korea has offered to dismantle a major launching site it has continued to make improvements at more than a dozen others well the author of the report joe bermudez joins us via skype from the u.s. city of denver i.q. very much for speaking to us can you explain more about the sources behind this report and what precisely these satellite images reveal about north korean nuclear activities will certainly be used a combination of digital satellite imagery and open source information which we combined with interviews with defectors escapees and defense an atoll junes people around the world we identified a number of activities we didn't went in and we examined the satellite imagery and attempted to put together a coherent picture of what north korea's ballistic missile force looks like and we started with the they said stop them all. the list the missile force

which is under command of what is known as the strategic course is the primary means of north korea's delivery one range strategic strikes which can include new weapons and potentially chemical weapons. and so what might this mean then for president trump's initiative it's already in some trouble because clearly there is. a misunderstanding in terms of the conditions that need to be in place the u.s. wants completely new cars asian the north koreans says that's not going to happen they you see this initiative eventually dying off. well i hope not the only to resolve a potential crisis is through negotiation and discussion with your adversary. the nuclear denuclearization of the korean peninsula has to include

a full accounting and it's verifiable of north korea's ballistic missile system since this is the primary delivery system for nucular in chemical weapons. has it q real or affected it works i don't believe the missile bases themselves have however these should be brought up and if they are brought up north korea could just deny them or they could refuse to talk about them however i don't believe we can go forward without discussing them in a complete and honest and ask how significant is it because it appears that north korea's the production of nuclear material weapons missiles those secret bases that production has continued as you describe missile flight tests the a what happening before that everyone is very worried about that hasn't happened yet has it. no it hasn't and it shows how astute.

kim jung un is in measuring the international political scene it also is a reflection of the fact that many of the missile programs themselves have reached the point where the. prototype tests initial taps they've collected data now they're going back in refining their capabilities determining which is thems to go forward with things of that nature so it's almost like a perfect storm for kim he can use a moratorium on ballistic missile testing is a political tool at the international level but it's also not necessarily affecting the status of the ballistic missile programs themselves it's very interesting terry about your findings appreciate you taking the time to speak to the need as author of that report on operating bases that have not been declared in north korea thank you. thank you very much. now some of the two hundred fifty thousand people forced

from their homes by wildfires in the u.s. state of california are being allowed to return a major highway has also been reopened but authorities are also warning many regions are still in danger she won people have died following california's deadliest wildfires on record as well n.b.c.'s jennifer joins us now from westlake village in california jennifer just describe the scene that for us what conditions lie. mary i mean it is still very windy and very dry and unfortunately so many people are coming home to this absolutely nothing left of their homes here in westlake village we're about an hour west of los angeles and this is what it looks like this fire going all the way up and over the hill and into malibu that we heard about the last day or two only twenty percent containment on this fire so far and a very very difficult time as people start to come back into their homes and find

that they have nothing left to come back to and then there are those who aren't coming home at all we know that the death toll is thirty one at this point but there are still two hundred people or so still unaccounted for across the state so that death toll is expected to unfortunately rise significantly mariyam i mean what are we expecting in terms of all of people leaving being able to return back to their homes the authorities have indicated that they are able some of the two hundred fifty thousand who have had to evacuate already built to come back but can they guarantee their safety in doing so. it's a difficult it's a difficult question because up in northern california they people wanted to come home in the fire crew said no and then it flared up again so they had made the right decision there but even as we stand here we see puffs of smoke coming up in these embers and they know it's going to be five six days more before they can safely say that that many of these areas that have. homes around them are

actually safe to come back into so they're taking it one block neighborhood by neighborhood at a time and letting people back into their homes to see what's left or what's gone. thank you very much jennifer be opened and joining us from westlake village there in california thank you jennifer well u.k. prime minister two reason may says she thinks a deal on leaving european union is close may was making her annual speech on foreign policy that of cheese days meeting of the cabinet in which she's hoping to get them to agree to a unified plan failure could derail the chances of an exit deal with the e.u. the negotiations for our departure are now in the endgame and we are working extremely hard through the night to make you progress on the remaining issues in the withdrawal agreement which are significant both sides want to reach an agreement but what we are negotiating is eventually ments the difficult and i do

not shy away from that. meanwhile italy appears to be on a collision course with the european union over its budget for next year the european commission has rejected italy's proposal for violating e.u. spending limits and giving them until midnight on wednesday to come up with a new one but as sonic reports from rome conflict could be playing into the hands of skeptic leaders. but it's your money you know has been running his bakery for two years business is good he says but it's a struggle making a living as a small business owner he pays more than sixty percent tax and sees little financial benefits but he says he loves what he does and will keep doing it his hope is that the government will stick to its word and take on the european union of its cities we can khana me. so. i think this government has the opportunity to relaunch italy not just in europe but in the world if it were up to me and the e.u.

refuses the government proposal but force them to accept limits wall we can't keep going down to them. his opinion is one of a growing number of those becoming increasingly anti you want the government to try to push forward a budget for next year that outlined a flat tax for companies and wealthier individuals and a basic income for the unemployed the european commission rejected it it said it would plunge italy's heavily indebted economy into a dangerous downward spiral that could impact the rest of the continent the government has remained defiant towards brussels and one of the reasons why is because it's profiting politically from the situation when the european commission rejected italy's fiscal plan it played right into the anti e.u. starts the far right and populist deputy prime ministers but there's been little thought for the consequences that could lie ahead i. italy's economy has been

struggling with poor productivity for the past thirty years or so worsened its prospects where all the economies have managed to rebound italy has been able to emerge from that brought a fax swooped upon by anti e.u. politicians who lay the blame on the european union despite their reliance on it is incredibly dependent on europe the best companies thrive because they can export and most of the time in exports are to other european union countries so the moment you bet on the collapse of the european union institutions it's going to be inevitable that trade will collapse and so will they turn an economy if italy fails to cooperate then it would face sanctions and fines from the commission for the adding to its economic burden it's a gamble for the government one that it does not want to lose money diagonal

al-jazeera rome well to sri lanka now where the supreme court has been hearing a challenge the president's decision to call a snap election my tree policy are saying attribute a major political crisis last month when he fired and replaced the prime minister an alpha man does reports from columbus. over a dozen petitions were herded sri lanka's supreme court on monday the petition is a prison might a policy say in a valley to the constitution when he dissolved parliament in this instance for enough years have not lapsed and parliament has not approved such a resolution. and therefore the condition president laid down in the constitution has not been followed and then president act of dissolving parliament therefore is dull and white while the courtroom was packed to capacity people milled outside waiting for news some heckled politicians prompting police to be called in. at the heart of sri lanka's constitutional crisis is a tug of war between the president who says he's acting to protect the people and

public representatives who say he's not when you take the big one in the middle of the constitution spirit of the constitution people's power.