team here that. they're all over the world and they do a fantastic job when information is coming in very quickly all at once you've got to be able to react to all the changes and we adapt to them. and my job is is to break it all down and we held the view on the stand make sense of it. and live from studio fourteen here. for the back to roll welcome to the. israeli politics in turmoil after a cease fire agreement with. the defense minister avigdor lieberman has quit saying his country has caved in by agreeing to a truce with hamas where does this leave prime minister. government and what would

it mean for the people of gaza that we have reporters in jerusalem and gaza also on the one of the world's forgotten conflicts despite the apparent calm there is no peace in central african republic since fighting began five years ago thousands have been killed and nearly two million people are in urgent need of food the u.n. has to decide on whether to extend its peacekeeping mission. we'll have an exclusive report from inside the country and another showdown over breakfast said prime minister support for a draft divorce agreement between the u.k. . but with her own cabinet divided how can she hold to get it approved by parliament and every other e.u. states will be live in london. mexican cartel boss chapal lives up to the hype of his trial in the us throwing some bombshell allegations at his country's current and former presidents and it's set the internet alight amanda chappelle looking at that story and everything else that struck.

you all with the news grid live on air and streaming online through you tube facebook live and at zero dot com thank you for joining us avigdor lieberman has quit says israel's defense minister furious over a cease fire with palestinian armed groups that he describes as surrendering to tara his abrupt announcement has rocked prime minister binyamin it's now it's coalition government leaving it with just a one seat majority in the knesset the israeli parliament lieberman wanted a much tougher response to a thirty six year a thirty six hours surge in violence which saw a barrage of palestinian rocket attacks and israeli airstrikes. i wish to inform you that i'm going to resign my function as the minister of defense of israel why now from what happened yesterday the ceasefire yesterday together with all of the arrangements against hamas is giving in to tara there's no other

reason no other reason but giving and to tara full reaction from israel and palestine harry foster is standing by in west jerusalem hoda abdel-hamid is in gaza for us live to both in just a moment after dorsetshire is report on avigdor lieberman stormy korea. avigdor lieberman one of israel's most controversial politicians no longer holds one of the most important posts in government he was appointed defense minister in two thousand and sixteen by prime minister benjamin netanyahu after agreeing to join the governing coalition but his rise in israel's political establishment was an arduous one. born in one nine hundred fifty eight in the former soviet union lieberman emigrated to israel at the age of twenty his political career began in the one nine hundred ninety s. when he worked for the likud party but he had his own political ambitions and

formed his own party in one nine hundred ninety nine a party that became popular among the one million russian speaking jews who came to israel following the collapse of the soviet union until two thousand and four lieberman held various ministerial posts but then he was sacked after opposing then prime minister ariel sharon's plan to withdraw from the gaza strip his stance towards the palestinians has always been a hardline one i'm a god come os first of all i want to emphasize the leadership of hamas is a gang of cannibals who treats their own children as i mean they have record i mean isn't there is personal immunization and there's a different kind of ammunition children and women whose political power grew in two thousand and nine when his own party won fifteen seats in parliament earning him the nickname the king maker he eventually declared his support for looks good in exchange lieberman was appointed foreign minister netanyahu convinced lieberman to

join the coalition by offering him the post of defense minister in two thousand and sixteen an appointment many palestinians called the threats to regional stability the events of the past week have been significant the botched israeli raid in gaza sparked some of the worst violence seen in years. the prime minister cut short his trip to france and called an emergency meeting of his security cabinet lieberman's resignation is seen as further evidence of a strange relationship with the prime minister netanyahu came him a cold shoulder and actually ignored his attempt to go into gaza now actually with us are open ateneo is in the hands of hamas while avigdor lieberman leaves the powerful post of defense minister it does not mean that his time is kingmaker is over in the country's political establishment door such

a pari al-jazeera or live not to harry for sit in west use them for as harry they've been some rumors for some time now about don't even resignation it seems that this is this straw that broke the camel's back how much pressure does this resignation put on prime minister netanyahu. well it put significant political pressure on netanyahu everybody here is aware that there is a significant chance of an early election it's judah happen next november november twenty nine hundred year away but really through a number of political crises this year there has been talk of potential early election and even before this happened there was talk of one happening but tension in march next year so this does pile on the pressure it's sort of sent to among other things it seems outflank netanyahu on the right potentially also outflank other right wing parties such as the party of the current education minister

naftali bennett also part of the netanyahu coalition so it does position him in that that a right wing attracting position ahead of any potential votes being cast and lieberman has over recent weeks been making a very public very vociferous case for much harsher military action against hamas in gaza he said it when the in century balloons and kites have been launched calling for much more forceful action against that he said it in the case of the protests that we've been seeing along the border fence as well saying that there should be harsher action against protesters especially those who try to breach the border fence so he's been making this case publicly for some time now he's reached the end of that process and has left the government entirely did take so do we know who takes over as defense minister and when it all the israeli approach towards the

guy's a. well we know who wants the job and that is natalee bennett this other right wing of the education minister it would seem that i mean he also has been calling for harsher military action he's been one of those voices however the fact that he's willing to stay in the government would seem to suggest that he is has a softer line than lieberman at least on this issue of whether it was right to agree to a cease fire after this launch of so many rockets out of gaza into israeli territory however he is someone who has a very harsh line from for instance on settlements in the occupied west bank that's something that he shared for many years with lieberman but lieberman time to the middle somewhat jury his time in government and so he may be he may be somewhat less less hawkish in terms of military action in gaza he may be more hawkish in terms of what happens with the occupation in the west bank so it's difficult to see

any major shift in policy as a result of this resignation thank you for that harry fostered live for us in western well hamas delivered its response vieira spokesman on twitter you can see the english translation underneath it says lieberman's resignation is a recognition of defeat and powerlessness in the face of the palestinian resistance a political victory for gaza which has succeeded in creating a political shake in the occupation let's bring in howard abdel-hamid who is in gaza for us how to tell us more about the reactions there and what will out the door levens resignation mean for the people of gaza well their reaction was as you say that tweet you just read we heard similar statements from the other. factions that are here in the gaza strip now. i think there is a thinking among the hamas leadership that it doesn't really matter who is the

defense minister there is a national strategy in israel and that is regardless of personalities i did specifically ask one of the i am a senior officials. how was live input during these very difficult talks over a long term ceasefire agreement which is still not set in stone he said that actually it was prime minister to ten yo who held that file that from their from what they'd gotten the impressions they and the messages they had received through the different mediators is that this this ceasefire was really the baby of prime minister netanyahu i did ask if he thought that now things could be easier and he said no he thought that things would remain exactly the same in the says that you have this framework or now you have these mediators and they are going to continue on this path of a ceasefire as long as he put it israel doesn't breach that for now the cease fire

even it though it's a fragile one holds i imagine this is a sigh of relief for the people of gaza. it is absolutely a sigh of relief even though there is a certain degree of skepticism but i'm just going to show you this is a building one of the buildings that were targeted in recent days it isn't how much . but the impact of that explosion affects everyone around and around just a bit too dark to show you now but all the buildings around here have in cure damage people would tell you how petrified they were answer to the boat to the forefront some of the nightmares of the previous wars they had lived in two thousand and fourteen mainly being the last one ironically today is that they the war in two thousand and twelve started it was ignited by the s.s. in nation of a senior sam brigade leader and that war lasted a day so one person was actually noting that earlier and was saying that. it was

a very difficult time because that one night that was extra petrifying for most of the civilians here really brought about all these old memories and certainly people were very much afraid that that could unfold in a. all out war and now people bills still think that that could happen they say that the situation is volatile things can blow up. at any time so this certainly has degree of skepticism even though many would like to just hope that it will hold thank you for that hoda abdel-hamid reporting there live from gaza let's bring in our social media producer now how is the men's resignation playing out online and thankfully well we saw that post earlier the response from hamas calling this a political victory for gaza and the palestinian resistance will many israeli commentators and journalists agree judah gross he's

a military correspondent for the times of israel he predicted before lieberman's remarks that were he to resign should he resign it would likely be taken by hamas as a. a massive victory guy elster here he's from while the news says that this latest exchange of fire with israel will be used by hamas for a long time he says foiling special operations firing five hundred rockets not suffering a visible loss in the big price forcing out lieberman who once vowed to eliminate its leader within forty eight hours those comments he's referencing here were made by lieberman and twenty sixteen and they are looming over the events today take a listen a new medical i'm telling you and you can take me at my wood and everything here is for recorded if i'm the defense minister i give mr head the forty eight hours either you return the bodies and the civilians or you did it's far as i'm concerned you ordering a plot on the nearest symmetry that's the only way. now after those

comments were made a communications professor at the college of management and set up this website after he made that threat to count the seconds then hours and years since the apparently doomed managed to stay alive despite lieberman's vow to have him killed those comments certainly adding to the analysis that lieberman's departure will be seen as a victory for hamas but around the same time that lieberman was announcing his resignation the prime minister's office posted this photo illustrating what many believe to be the fact that the security establishment as we've heard was on netanyahu side and his efforts to restore calm in gaza he spoke of it at an events where he said quote leadership is not doing the easy thing leadership is doing it the right thing even if it's difficult so let us know what you think of lieberman's resignation and what it might mean for palestinians in gaza you can get in touch with us on twitter using the hash tag a.j. news good or message me directly i am andrew chappelle. and i'd like to point you

to this very interesting piece published on our website at al jazeera dot com about these latest developments in gaza ben y. takes a look at the latest round of violence between israel and palestinian factions and what the recent events say about what might come next is their appetite for peace and he talks to israelis and palestinians about the prospects of a long lasting cease fire check it out on our web site at al-jazeera dot com now world news britain's prime minister to recently has brought her cabinet together again trying to get them all behind the draft divorce agreement with the european union several cabinet members have flatly rejected the brics a deal on offer and only the first hurdle to reset may also has to get the whole british parliament to vote in favor as well as every other e.u. state a rowdy session in the house of commons earlier indication he has her work cut out

for take a listen. here it breaches the prime minister's own red lines it doesn't deliver a strong economic deal that supports jobs and industry. and we know they haven't prepared seriously for no deal so does the prime minister's still intend to put a false choice to parliament between who a botched jail or no jail right this. year and say to the right on which and one that he's wrong in the description that he set out but can i also say to him time and time again he has to jump in this house and complained and said that the government isn't making progress the government isn't anywhere close to a deal now where we're making progress and close to a daily is complaining about. it i just say i think i think that clearly shows is that he and the labor party have only one intention that is to frustrate directed and betray the face of it is generally. a spring enormously who's outside number

ten downing street the prime minister's residence in central london bring us up to speed or into what's been happening will the cabinet sign off on this agreement. well i think i think probably on the balance of probabilities they will there are rumors of a potential resignation of two but i think i think by and large three's amaze argument to them is going to be a bit similar to what she said and you just heard then the opposition in parliament earlier on there's basically three choices either no deal which is which is a fall out of the european union with all the contingents economic problems that would cause chaos frankly potentially in the u.k. economically as suspending article fifty and staying in which clearly would be maze argument a breach of the referendum results and people warn could lead to the emergence of far right political forces inside the u.k. who said it's a moccasins daves or there's her plan which is

a switch which she presents as a sort of a middle way admittedly it's been a bit like giving birth to a rhinoceros but it's you know on some grounds of pieces leavers because it's controls immigration takes back laws don't give the european union all this money but keeps the u.k. inside the orbits of the european union in terms of things like trade the customs union keep keeps the with the economic wheels turning and so she would argue that should keep remain as a bit happy as well the country split down the middle this is the best we can hope for but as you heard there for all the opposition parties and indeed many of her own employees who are hardbacks it says it's the worst of all worlds because you know they're in the routes you take european rules and you have no say over it so it is a very difficult sell for the right norms outside downing street forests of course we'll go back to you know and see if there are any new developments there from london in the meantime let's speak to peter clad his head of the brussels office set open europe and joins us via skype from brussels thank you very much for being

with us so how is the rest of europe looking at all this confusion all these doubts in the u.k. right now over this draft agreements. well there is no march there's not much they can do candy the rest of europe is basically hoping that through the mail will we'll be able to sell this at home there are many doubts everyone is of course frantically following u.k. politics. in the u.k. it's now being discovered that. briggs it will be a process in faces or by britain will only gradually regain its sovereignty meaning that indeed for a number of years not only during the transition but also off their debt when it comes to customs the u.k. will have to follow certain rules without being able to vote on it and that is i think in avoidable because there's so much to arrange you can just have

an exit. very quickly to what is the contingency plan for europe if the british cabinet the british parliament doesn't sign off on this agreement could they extend the negotiation period that is probably the ultimate foldback option if it's really not possible to agree a deal then i suspect boat the u.k. and the e.u. twenty seven will simply agree to extend. u.k. membership for an already year or so is it possible that both parties could have a success in this i mean is it possible to leave the european union without punitive measures for the u.k. and is it possible for the europeans to get a good deal out of this is. i think it's possible to to get a deal i mean both sides benefit from. not disrupting trait

and it's very important that business and citizens do not suffer from this process and then of course it's important that the market access save guard it now in order to save guard that u.s. oss king the british the british government is taking over your rules all there was of course. e.u. companies would find this unfair competition so what's basically done now is to try to kick the can down the roads to do ever ting in faces and i think frankly that's that's a wise strategy because it's simply not possible to to unwind the u.k. some recent ship in a very drastic manner it will be interesting to see how this all ends thank you very much for speaking to us peter catt from the open society in europe thank you for joining us there from brussels now does breaks it mean chaos for the u.k.

a very interesting debate on that front with many a sign if you've missed it on t.v. watch it online at al-jazeera dot com. now it's a forgotten conflicts even though this really been a moment of peace since twenty thirteen we're talking about central african republic a nation torn apart by sectarian violence the prospects of a resolution are remote and the un is huge a vote on thursday about extending its peacekeeping mission there the conflicts began when an alliance of muslim rebels known as a celica overthrew the government of president a christian in march of twenty thirteen a few months later in august rebel leader michel djotodia jealous saw him as interim president but he wasn't able to stop the violence between the seleka and the christian fighters known as the anti ballot and was forced to resign in january of two thousand and fourteen by now hundreds of thousands had fled the fighting the un authorize a peacekeeping force of twelve thousand soldiers to support african union and

french forces already there since then cease fires have been signed then violated while the humanitarian crisis only worsened old sides have been accused of war crimes while the fighting has forced aid workers to pull out leaving desperate people without help let's speak to kenneth is the deputy head of the u.n. suddenly zation and peacekeeping mission in ca our which has the acronym minister he joins us via skype from the capital of central african republic thank you very much for your time. is the u.n. peacekeeping mission in central african republic still needed today should this mission be extended. no there is absolutely no question that the peacekeeping mission is playing an essential role at preventing a return to the very dramatic violence that we saw in twenty thirteen in two thousand and fourteen every day the ministers peacekeepers as well as the

military the police the civilian staff are a barrier between a return to a much worse conflicts but they're also making progress the mission is also making progress and laying the foundations for a return to true stability so we we have absolutely no doubt in the central african people have absolutely no doubt that the mission is necessary and if we are able to continue getting the support of the international community if we're able to continue getting the support from the from the african union which is leading the peace process we will be able to help central africa leave this crisis sustainably and get on a track to a better future and you say there's been progress since twenty fourteen when this mission was deployed there is still however no peace in certain parts of the country and two million people today i need food so what is lacking where do you

see the needs right now as far as your mission is concerned to make sure that peace . is happening throughout the country and that people who need food aid are getting it. no you're absolutely right that the humanitarian situation remains extremely disturbing and i have to say extremely underfunded there is still a lot of work to be done to funding the humanitarian situation but the the outlines of progress are also there the african initiative for peace and reckon so issued in central african republic has already convened armed groups on numerous occasions they are we believe that they're on track to have an overarching political settlement many of the central african republic fourteen armed groups have already agreed to start demobilizing and disarming starting in the west of the country the government program for demobilization and disarm meant will be launching its

operations in this this month with some of the armed groups in the west and most critically. the there were elections in twenty fifteen we have an elected government now an elected parliament over the last year the government has been able to send representatives of the states they prefects and superfix to almost all parts of the country so the state is again present and where gradually with the support of many actors and in the action international community having the slow redeployment of the central african armed forces central african police and the central african john domany so now we already have large parts of the country which are which are largely stable without activities of armed groups so these are the foundations it will require more time but the deployment of the central african armed forces these are units which benefit from european union training they

benefit from a lot of material support from china from the united states from france they've been provided weapons by russia so there. it is clear signs of international support and this is making the difference on the ground where they are deployed in reducing violence in making people making sure people go but can't go back to their farms back to their businesses as you say the international support is there but i wonder what about you know dealing with the different political factions on the ground the different groups that have been fighting what needs to happen because we've been here before they have been cease fire agreements in the past and then what happened was that violence resumed what needs to happen for there to be lasting peace and we consolation. no there you're at it you're absolutely right the armed groups in this country have signed many agreements both cease fires and peace agreements and they have kept fighting the critical difference this time is that we have a large peacekeeping mission so we have peacekeepers from all of the world who are

are able to hold areas and make sure that there's no return of armed groups as they withdraw secondly there is in much more sustained and multi-dimensional support for the central african state building and thirdly we have the african initiative for peace and reconciliation which brings together all of central african republic neighbors we believe with the coherence sustained support from the neighbors and the gradual building of the central african states its police its judiciary its public administration and eventually social services we will be able to have a sustainable dynamic in which the armed groups don't come back i should also have the size that there is many steps that are being taken now supported by the international community so the car is in the central african government to become

more inclusive and to build stronger relations with its periphery so as we speak today the central african government is doing its first ever national recruitment campaign so the national army so you have used from muslim majority areas from christian majority areas joining the central african armed forces this is a very strong message from the central african governments that they believe that an inclusive future and this is this is the measures that will build confidence with all of cars communities which will help avoid any relapse into conflict like we've seen in the past thank you very much for speaking to us kenneth cannot deputy head of the u.n. mission in the central african republic thank you for your time thank you very much . now many people are being hunted for crimes they're accused of committing joining the conflict in c. one known as gen force is wanted by the government and the un is in control of the largely muslim neighborhood of p.k. five in c.r.'s capital bangui and he spoke to here as nicholas haq

in hiding but still in charge surrounded by young heavily armed teenage boys is matar john moose otherwise known as general force. accused of war crimes including a murder torture rape and extortion the government wants his arrest. but he's not ready to give himself up. when he's he said we had one thousand in this neighborhood ready to defend our people even to pick a fight a neighborhood because of us they are under threat from the christian militias the government forces and u.n. soldiers. in april soldiers belonging to the un stabilizing force in car backed by the central african army stormed forces hideout in an attempt to arrest him but despite being better equipped they were outnumbered and retreated the raid was a spectacular failure in one thousand died and hundreds were injured in the battle . don't be fooled by these bustling streets when you and soldier

describe the current state of calm this war the stores there are doing no foot patrol and some of them are taking fighting positions as a preventative measure if you the threat comes in forces foot soldiers fourteen year old. his house was burnt his parents killed by a christian militia group now he wants revenge baltimore let me just go even the un are afraid of me because i have a weapon it is a country that has a name in this way with this i can become anything a general or even a president of this country one day. the government is calling for peace and reconciliation. but even inside the parliament politicians use guns to get their voices heard despite twelve thousand un peacekeepers central african republic is descending into a spiral of sectarian violence caught in the middle are children seeking justice

any way they can. the guards that protect you are our children are young how do you explain that they'd be rather than be bearing arms was you more i am their boss commander and the father how do you want them to go to school us muslims are not free to move what happened hospitals we have no schools this is not safe for us force is a wanted man for the moment too powerful to be arrested into well protected by determined young men who have lost everything and have nothing to lose nicholas hawk al jazeera bunky p.k. five. if you're watching us on facebook live coming up see how the people terrorized by i saw are returning to northern iraq and still ahead on the grades standing up to the president trying to spot it rejects his pick for prime minister in a deepening political crisis. believe

it yet more raids are good parts of the middle east certainly spilling out of syria next area cloud of gray making its way across iraq in that huge clump of storms now rolling across secure way that will eventually push its way into the western side of iraq or rashes shall i say that will inevitably bring some localized flooding that is we live in a snow up towards the caucuses as we go on friday we'll see that wet weather becoming more focussed across a good part of kuwait western parts of iran still seeing plenty of play out and also some rain we could also see for a bit of rain and some snow there over the turkish mountains by this day twenty one celsius in beirut by richard stay lousy dry that dry weather still comes down into northern parts of saudi arabia but up towards the northeast of course where we have the heaviest the heavy downpours the big storms just around kuwait the northeast

the far northeast of saudi arabia can expect to see some very heavy rain at times with the possibility of some flooding that cloud may well just make its way towards us here and caught up on suspect we will last a fine and dry lossie fought and try to across a good part of southern africa but some showers there from madagascar. capturing a moment in time. snapshots of the nine. other stories . providing a glimpse into someone else's wild. inspiring documentaries from impassioned filmmakers. with nice documentaries to open your eyes on al-jazeera. and

underfoot it was on. u.s. and british companies have announced the biggest discovery of natural gas in west africa but what to do with these untapped natural resources is already a source of heated debate nothing much has changed they still spend most of their days looking forward to full dry riverbeds like this one five years on the syrians still feel battered for even those who managed to escape their countries haven't truly been able to escape the view of. my.

headlines on are just there and the stories trending on al-jazeera dot com the. top two trending stories of course about the situation in israel and upon the syrian territory the palestinian group saying they will respect the truce in gaza so long as israel denies the resignation of israel's defense minister avigdor lieberman over this gaza cease fire number two there also a very interesting story trending there number three not predicting that people will be on mars within twenty five years read all of the stories and much more on our website at all to see. how the sri lankan parliament has passed

a no confidence motion in the president's pick for prime minister mind to rajapaksa it's another blow for the president has been trying to shore up support for his nominee the political crisis has been rolling for weeks now let's take a look at how it started beginning with the main play is this is a president much the panacea ciena elected in two thousand and fifteen he said then he would only serve one term and decided to transfer some of his presidential powers to the parliament which is headed by this man prime minister iranian become a singer at their relationship soured when serious enoch used him and a cabinet colleague of protein to assassinate him and so he was sacked late last month his replacement is my india rajapaksa a former president who i'm serious enough i'll sit in two thousand and fifteen at the time serious you know accuse rajapakse of having of the country government and national wealth his administration was also accused of serious human rights

violations in the brutal final stages of the war with the tamil tiger rebels in two thousand and nine eleven and smith has this report from colombo. it was a session of parliament that sri lanka's president has done everything he can to try to delay or cancel but the supreme court overruled my three policy. let me speak let me turn to the secret. supporters of mahinda rajapaksa seated here on the left didn't want parliament voting on a no confidence motion in the president's decision to appoint him as prime minister the speaker was having none of it. very much detail of your battle with a show of hands a majority of m.p.'s rejected rajapakse as government that returns the prime ministership to run a whip on a single who was sacked by the president last month we want to use this member of the location to enhance democracy to promote freedom

to focus on the economic and social rights of the people of our country the rajapaksa won't go his supporters say the president's decision can't be overturned like this but i mean is this mr. the only person who can appoint a prime minister in terms of our constitution is the president of the country nobody is the speaker khoury jayasuriya has previously called the president's decision to appoint rajapaksa a nonviolent coup d'etat and now has two prime ministers and two cabinet pollen box one the president boxes the other a which of those two institutions is the supremes power is at the heart of a constitutional crisis that's paralyzing sri lanka's politics but it's an al-jazeera colombo the political crisis in sri lanka having an effect on the economy and people's daily life what effect they'll want to have on the country

stability washes edition of inside story for an interesting discussion on this is democracy in danger and show lanka just click on the show stab at al-jazeera dot com and then inside story. u.s. republicans have lindsey graham has described his crown prince mohammed bin salman as unstable and unreliable he says senators are discussing sanctions against riyadh over the killing of journalists in turkey last month graham has been one of the most vocal republicans on the case he's previously said the crown prince is not fit to lead meanwhile the u.s. state department has reiterated that it wants the facts on what happened to the journalists. the importance of holding all of those of us involved in the killing of jon jamal khashoggi accountable the secretary has spoken to the fact that the united states government is compiling some of its own data and taking a look at those facts we're getting information from

a variety of sources and as any government would rule to and will take a look at all the information that speaks to committee hockett in washington for us so can really what action can we expect from congress over this case now. yeah we're watching it very carefully and i think that the comments by lindsey graham the fact that he was apt the white house spotted by reporters we don't know who he was meeting with but certainly he was spotted going to the west wing late last week even though it wasn't on the president's official schedule shows some of the pressure that this is ministration is under from members of congress including lindsey graham his comments he's always been very strident in terms of his displeasure to say the least over the killing of john pointing the finger at the highest levels of the royal family but these comments seem to go one step further in fact well there isn't a plan of action yet we know that graham is supportive of the move in by some

democratic lawmakers to potentially even see a vote by the end of the year at least restraining the u.s. involvement in the saddle the coalition's efforts in yemen which of course we should point out the united nations has called a humanitarian disaster so there's a lot of pressure on this administration now potentially we are also seeing action coming from members of congress and the u.s. committee finally appointing an ambassador to saudi arabia after two years says interesting timing. yes very interesting timing and perhaps indicative of the pressure that this administration is under well we have heard from donald trump saying that he is not ruling out sanctioning the highest levels of the saudi government including the crown prince mohammed bin solomon in fact we haven't seen any action beyond the revoking of the almost two dozen saudi nationals their visas to come into the united states but congress looking for much more the american

public looking for much more so now we've had what appears to be some action the appointment of a saudi ambassador u.s. ambassador to saudi arabia the former centcom commander john abizaid who remember from his time overseeing control during the iraq war he has to be confirmed though and this has to be done by the senate he is highly regarded as a four star retired army general but at the same time what many are saying with regard to this timing is that this is the attempt to least have the appearance of taking action even if it will take a while for him to be confirmed and certainly is far from the stronger strict action in terms of sanction that many in congress and the american public are looking for thank you for that can get in washington d.c. and don't forget we've got a special page up at al jazeera dot com with all the latest developments in the gym aha shoji measure investigation including the latest moves by u.s. lawmakers to push for

a crocked on. dot com. now the u.s. is substantially under reporting the cost of its so-called war on terror according to researchers at brown university as watson institute they estimate that between september eleventh two thousand and one and october next year the u.s. will have spent five point nine trillion dollars in comparison the u.s. department of defense calculated in march this year they had spent one point five trillion dollars in war related payments since the nine eleven attacks the bronte university researchers say the pentagon fails to include spending on the consequences of the wars like veterans' care interest paid on war debt and counterterrorism operations they argue more transparency is needed for both the financial and human costs calling them unsustainable and the report author needs a cough and is a professor of political science at boston university she says america is effectively paying for wars on

a credit card the united states has not actually paid for these wars by taxi me american public or selling war bonds the the wars are on a credit card and what that means is we pay interest any really on war spending but we'll pay interest long after the wars are over unless we start taxing the american people to pay for the wars and in the second factor of increased expense is that there right now about three million post nine eleven war veterans and those veterans are not so healthy now and they're only going to be less healthy as they age causing increased expense the peak of spending for those veterans will be decades from now for from now. now one of the most expensive and kills the watch tries in u.s. history is happening in new york for mexican drug king king thing hockey englishman known as el chapo he's accused of trafficking firearms and money laundering charges that could see him locked up for the rest of his life and his back and some ripples

on the first day of hearing sandra oh and don't we wish there was an international version of court t.v. or something where we could actually watch this trial day by day plenty of intrigue emerging folly. lawyer gave an opening statement on tuesday suggesting that his client is a scapegoat for another drug trafficker called ismael. who's on the run in mexico now he added that top mexican officials have received bribes in exchange for this other drug trafficker for his freedom now keep in mind that mexican prosecutors have said that guzman has used his wealth to buy politicians police chiefs soldiers and judges but these allegations are something in tyler entirely different here a spokesman for the mexican president enrique pena nieto tweeted that the government has pursued captured and extradited him he's called these allegations completely false and defamatory while the for president before that felipe calderon called the claims absolutely false and reckless neither he nor this in a low a cartel nor any other made in the other payments to be is what he said there

roughly now a lot of people are skeptical of these allegations of course if you checked mexican twitter this user i think sums up what a lot of people are feeling and they say only in mexico would people believe a drug trafficker who ordered people to be killed traded in weapons and tortured people is now a symbol of honesty and truthfulness so this is an interesting trial to watch it's happening in brooklyn but a lot of people seem to be watching it in latin america most of the twitter traffic related to a chop o's currently coming from mexico as you would expect but closely followed by the united states and we'll have live coverage from gabriel is on there coming up at eighteen. g.m.t. but in the meantime let us know your thoughts about chappell's trial especially if you're watching just use the hash tag it is good and if you want to know more about al chappell read this on al-jazeera dot com you can find out more about his arrest has this case what he's accused for some very useful information on there al-jazeera dot com. and the u.s.

china trade war has been one of the topics of discussion at a summit of the se asian leaders in singapore a meeting known as say an us president besant there but he sent his vice president from singapore wayne hale reports are you ready behind the smiles there is an easy at the latest meeting of leaders from the association of southeast asian nations while the united states wasn't mentioned specifically it soon became clear that president donald trump america first policy on trade would be among the main issues. in the international order is that a turning point. the existing free open rules based multilateral system which has underpin the group and stability has come under stress that's particularly true at the moment because of the trade dispute between china and the united states the tit for tat tariffs could provide some benefits for southeast asian countries if for

example china moves some manufacturing operations to other countries to avoid u.s. tariffs but most countries in this region are heavily reliant on exports so tend to thrive in an environment of free open trade donald trump says he prefers bilateral trade deals which means he's pulling in a different direction to most of the countries in singapore this week the southeast asian nations leading talks on the sixteen nation regional comprehensive economic partnership trade deal that includes china but not the united states. u.s. vice president mike pence and chinese premier league chang are in singapore but it's not clear whether they'll meet to discuss the trade dispute pains did meet with me and my as leader aung san suu kyi and gave a very public rebuke for the violence against the rigging you know this is a tragedy that has touched the hearts of millions of. the violence and persecution but military and vigilantes that resulted in driving

seven hundred thousand right. back with. this without excuse in response again failed to speak out in support of the rating you're saying only that people have different views. in southeast asia malaysia's prime minister mahathir mohamad has led the criticism of me and. it made for an uncomfortable seating arrangement at the opening ceremony when hey al jazeera singapore. shortly the studio called to say no. will tell you why for the record wildfire in the u.s. state of california.

yes and i would even talk about sports is folly thank you well people in the canadian city of calgary have become the latest to say no to hosting an olympics the city held a vote to ask for backing as a candidate for the twenty twenty six winter games over three hundred thousand votes were cost a larger turnout than expected but fifty six point four percent voted no the vote

is nonbinding but the city's mayor has said the defeat marks the end of the candidacy we were all hoping for us tonight but ultimately the people i've spoken to people spoken in big numbers and the people have spoken clearly and this is very clear direction for where we go from here. well that decision leads just to potential hosts for the twenty twenty six when taken ames down from a regional seven but the joint bid from milan putina doesn't have financial backing from the government and still comes bed also hasn't got the green light from any political parties the decision will be made in june next year recent public votes haven't gone well for pasta candidates as of ten plebiscites held in the last five years only also local to yes result but the norwegian city withdrew its bid anyway while lynn pick what to say that the public has got wise to the cost of hosting a games. well it certainly sends the message that people around the world are

waking up to the fact that hosting the olympics isn't all it's been cracked up to be according to those i.o.c. honchos from the international olympic committee and so citizens from around the world when they get a chance to vote they tend to vote no we do not want to host the olympics the days are long gone when the international olympic committee could walk up to the podium and say that hosting the games was going to bring unicorns economic growth and maybe some rainbows as well that just doesn't fly anymore there's too much information out there about the high costs that tend to escalate through time there's too much information out there about the militarization of cities when they have to host the olympic games there's too much information out there about the false promises and all that this is decades in the making is coming back to haunt the international olympic committee today the winter olympics doesn't have. the cash and the public state of the summit games which all three hundred plus

countries are involved in in some form or another for the winter olympics is confined to quite a small group of countries so the public isn't that grew i and the potential benefits are not that good and also they're very expensive to sky because you need things like a sliding center which cost hundreds of millions of dollars to build battery limited use of to it so i think that's the one of the big problems i have is the facilities cost and the return you get is quite poor really. all right well just a quick update on the roger federer of favoritism round we talked about yesterday following form of pleasure to bennett's host claims that federer gets preferential treatment on tour the director of the australian open craig tilly has issued a statement in response in it he described federer as a once in a generation player going on to say that fans and t.v. broadcasters want to see him on big courts at prime times and that all tournament directors have to take that into account when scheduling matches now federal

preferred to let his tennis do the talking at the a.t.p. world tour finals in london yesterday he bounced back from his opening match loss to came to she corey with a straight sets defeat of dominant team keeping his hopes of winning title number one hundred this week alive and the secret to the thirty seven year old's rejuvenated performance but it was skipping training on his day off of course. yes those are the same million small there's a word. with important was not the. most foreign or my back and almost sort of or anything i guess it was my hood for that sometimes in the break was someone who's had an unwanted break from the tennis court is andy murray as he continues to recover from hip surgery but he's been keeping an eye on things the former world number one person this picture of himself watching the federal team much on instagram with the crying eyes and moji it's been said by

hundreds of his fans online it will be eager to see him back on tour in the new year all right now to the big sports news online today met one for laney has had his hair cut he's about as famous for his dinner as he is for his skills on the pitch but the effort is no more he unveiled this new look see fans on social media ready for his thirty first first birthday prompted a series of shocked responses from fans and fellow players belgian teammate axel that still says there's now only one belgium afro and that is his alias roma who are kings on social media of put downs and pose the flame his hair has turned up safe and well the player at in checco and this user suggest fellaini now has an uncanny uncanny resemblance to sasha baron cohen's martial arts character and on her rant at oki fellini's probably better with his elbows all right well peter we're back with more sport at eight hundred g.m.t. but for now i'll hand you back to ali thank you very much for that joe that's it

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you don't have to set up your experiment and for your experiment in the universe this is a dialogue everyone has a voice you actually raise several interesting point there that several of our community members are going to join the global conversation on al-jazeera one of the really special things about working for al-jazeera is that even as a camera woman i get to have so much empathy and contribution to a story i feel we cover this region better than anyone else would be what it is you know that it turns out in this particular because you have a lot of people that are divided on political issues we are we the people we live to tell the real stories are just men being used to do you work in-depth journalism we don't feel inferior to the audience across the globe. as migrants seek sanctuary on it shows the you must choose rescue over to turns. into anti immigration government has allied with the libyan coast guard in an operation often at loggerheads with n.g.o.s trying to save lives.

people in power is on board with both sides rescue at sea announces iraq. israeli politics in turmoil up to defense minister tony blair resigns over the cease fire in gaza. this is al jazeera live from london also coming up. we will never practice it in the united kingdom is leaving the european union on the twenty ninth of two

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