the differences. and the similarities of cultures across the world. al-jazeera. the collective decision of company was that the government should agree the draft withdrawal agreement and the outline political declaration the british prime minister wins the backing of senior ministers for a draft european union divorce steel. or intended this is al jazeera live from london also coming up an uncertain future

for the israeli government often defense minister avigdor lieberman resigns over the cease fire in gaza. general force an exclusive interview with. wanted for war crimes in the central african republic. and u.s. asylum controversy the defense secretary visits the mexico border where thousands of american troops have been deployed. under the u.k. prime minister says she has secured the support of her cabinet for a draft breaks that deal agreed with the european union may says the decision to accept the withdrawal agreement was not taken lightly but that the alternative was either to leave with no deal or to have no brakes it's a toll call brand reports. the marathon cabinet meeting concluded after five.

the outcome theresa may has the backing of her government ministers at least. the choices before us were difficult particularly in relation to the northern ireland backstop but the collective decision of cabinet was that the government should agree the draft withdrawal agreement and the outline political declaration if i may and by just and there was a deeply personal finale i believe that what i owe to this country is to take decisions that are in the national interest and i firmly believe with my head and my heart that this is a decision which is in the best interests of our entire united kingdom since the first leaks of the draft breccia deal emerged on choose the evening has been a feeble use fear in westminster ahead of the cabinet meeting there was a boisterous session in parliament and without even having seen the text of the deal with the opposition leader heap scorn on it it breaches the prime minister's own red lines it doesn't deliver

a strong economic deal that supports jobs in 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 her a botched jail or no jail the position of northern ireland's democratic unionist party is also crucial in all of this the prime minister's minority government relies on d u p support in parliament but they're backing on brecht it looks down full because she thinks she's going to get this to parliament she has nothing coming all the groups she needs to be on site none of them seems willing to help oversee got the labor party which will vote against because it doesn't deliver the same benefits that were promised the lib dems comrie s.n.p. the greens moving with then we got the d.p. very for this deal because it's. a great britain or than oil and you call the heartbreaks to use it when you pay for it because it keeps in the customs union with no way of getting out of it and a lot of remain is very very fair. because it reduced our influence it does nothing

for services. to keep the new instruments without any stain or how they're run the overrunning of the u.k. cabinet meeting meant that in brussels a meeting of e.u. ambassadors had to break up without getting the chance to discuss the draft text nevertheless michel barnier the e.u.'s chief negotiator hailed the decisive progress as he put it that he said had been made to. this agreement as a decisive crucial step and concluded in these negotiations and it's also the achievement of a method of a methodology in negotiations carried out in transparency from the word go and fill in respect of our respective mandates cabinets approval means plans can now be accelerated for a summit of e.u. leaders most likely on november twenty fifth but in actual fact the collective approval of her cabinet ministers was perhaps the least of prime minister to resign may's worries important though it was remember she still faces the prospect of a no confidence vote in her leadership from her own party backbenchers and that is

the prospect of a parliamentary landscape with so many different contingents that there is no clear consensus over joins you've any thing other than oppositions have to plan paul brennan al-jazeera westminster. denis navy is an associate professor of economics at work university he says theresa may is still facing opposition from many in the british parliament over the draft. apparently there was just a majority but not full unanimous agreement and cabinet last time when she had a checkers summit summit it also took a few days until boris johnson resigned so i think it's early days we shouldn't get ahead of ourselves as a big stumbling block in parliament ahead of us i think the biggest problem is she might not have the d u p p's on a side that's ten votes and she might lose people in her own party so there's the odds remain as people can as clocks are will probably want to vote it down and of course then the exit is jacob's reply or as johnson and that might be in the worst

case twenty thirty people more look i mean if you say you probably want to vote it down because then by default we will have no deal which is precisely what they want on the remains side i think they might one of the old to down because they hope well then there's such pressure for pollen and the government to come up with a different solution we don't know what that solution could be but the lack of an alternative way forward is the moment and that reason is trying to exploit i am not so sure whether it's going to go through parliament but in any case even if it does the fundamental problem for britney is that this is going to be like hotel california they can check out but they can never really leave the european union they got rid of free movement of labor but that's further down the line but they have to stick to e.u. regulation that will be in the customs union so they will have surrendered a lot of power well i think the big movement was that the e.u.

said look you can have a customs union for all of the u.k. including break great britain not just northern ireland and i think that made it much easier for trees and made to accept because then you don't have these obvious differences between northern ireland and great britain that was the big step forward and ultimately for the e.u. it's a constant position to be in but if the backstop kicks in then the question also will be will be britain have to be in line. with the single market there will possibly might have to be border checks and color and oversight might be quite painful if it comes to that stage. israel's defense minister avigdor lieberman has resigned in protest over a ceasefire reached with gaza saying it amounts to a surrender to terrorism lieberman had demanded a far stronger israeli response to the most intense round of rocket fire against israel since twenty fourteen but was overruled by prime minister benjamin netanyahu he says his party or not quit the government coalition leaving netanyahu with just a one seat majority

a spokesman for it it's now who's right when you could play down the likelihood of an early poll saying there's no need for it during such a sensitive period for national security. boston infection house which rules the gaza strip celebration lieberman's resignation as a victory a ceasefire which was mediated by egypt on tuesday appears to be holding stephanie decker reports west jerusalem. less than twenty four hours after the gaza ceasefire came into effect the diplomatic fallout. i'm here to announce my resignation from the role of the defense minister of the state of israel the question which needs to be asked is why not i aspire as i'm concerned what happened yesterday yesterday a cease fire together with the entire process of reaching a reassessment with a mouse is a capitulation to terror bush should pull out go in defense minister avigdor lieberman also said he disagreed with katter bringing fifteen million dollars into gaza last weekend to pay the salaries of civil servants and the fuel shipments that

have increased gaza's electricity moves that are all parts of efforts to ease gaza's humanitarian situation the mass wasted no time in reacting to lieberman's resignation. this constitutes a victory for the resistance and a recognition of defeat and failure by lieberman and the zionist occupation and it is a failure of the policy of siege and devastating wars against the gaza strip this is the result of palestinian people steadfastness. hamas has already celebrated the third year ceasefire as a victory for the palestinians to. gaza is of course a large reason for lieberman's resignation but there is no denying that domestic political factors are also at play one israeli media report describes the resignation as the opening salvo of israel's elections the expectation is that the election reset for november next year will be brought forward to what's happening now in israeli politics is

a major event because you have the defense minister which is the number two position in the government at a party in this government has resigned and he's resigned and basically showed his no. for this with the prime minister now it's not going to bring down the government right away it could it could lead to elections but he's showing he's positioning himself to be the opponent and it's and you know the opponent to the right of netanyahu but the events of the last few days show is that gaza would remain at the center of the israeli politics as long as the situation there remains unresolved stephanie decker or jazeera was jerusalem. more now in the killing of saudi journalist jamal khashoggi turkey's foreign minister says the time is right to move the restoration into his death to the international stage and who to cover so to told the turkish parliament that an international investigation was essential he said to he was still committed to solving the matter and that his government had shown the evidence it had to all interested parties. the un security council has

voted to lift sanctions against eritrea an arms embargo asset freeze and travel ban were imposed in two thousand and nine and made claims that eritrea supported fighters in somalia the un vote follows a thawing of relations between eritrea and its neighbors after years of conflict in june ethiopia and eritrea signed a peace deal on relations with djibouti have also improved his ambassadors view and welcomed the resignation of the difficulties ahead. of the sanction regime or near to doesn't of course mean that the region is free of challenges we still faces problems that require referred to them determination to resolve them we still need the help and syria's support of the international community but on our products we are determined to accelerate if earth's to create the region with his double them and democracy. in harmony. owners general force.

jehmu says is a wanted man both the u.n. and the central african republic government accuse him of war crimes committed when muslim seleka fighters took over the country five years ago he's in charge of the largely muslim neighborhood of p.k. five in the capital bangui in this exclusive interview with al jazeera he speaks to nicholas hack. in hiding but still in charge surrounded by young heavily armed teenage boys is. 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 and if we. mean 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 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 the threat comes in forces foot soldiers fourteen year old was his house was burnt his parents killed by a christian militia group now he wants revenge waldemar let me just go even the un are afraid of me because i have a weapon it is a country that has made me 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. rather than be bearing arms in which you must i am their boss commander and their 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 and too well protected by determined young men who have lost everything and have nothing to lose nicholas hawk al jazeera bungie p.k. five. still to come on al-jazeera i am sure lanka's

constitutional crisis deepens off the m.p.'s passed a no confidence motion in the prime minister. testing times for medical authorities in pakistan where more than a quarter of adults are living with diabetes. hello there was a very lively thunderstorms over the northern parts of australia recently take a look at the satellite picture because you can see these clouds suddenly develop and they really haven't given a some very heavy downpours so be a few more as we head through the day on thursday and i think on friday they would just be slipping a bit further towards the south so more of us around about the alice springs area will be seeing their showers during the day elsewhere staying cool for us in the southeast nineteen degrees at best there in melbourne and force in perth that we warm will be up at twenty seven for new zealand the fine weather is now being

chased out of the way by this area of clouds here that's making sure that in the south island is going to be a bit wet for us on thursday particularly in the south in the spreads northwards as we head through the day on friday so generally speaking then the south island is looking fairly wet but the north island is looking a good deal brighter if we head up towards the northern parts of asia the cool weather is only its way in here and it's behind this system that's where the cold air is so well a battle at best getting to minus knowing on thursday and the temperatures in beijing will be dropping as well we won't even get to double figures by the time we get to friday there's that leading edge of the cold day then and ahead of it it should be fine for most of us in japan a good deal of sunshine in tokyo and at that temperature of seventeen. as migrants seek sanctuary on its shows the must choose rescue or deterrence. and 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. one of the top stories. british prime minister to resign may have secured the backing of her cabinet for her draft plan agreed with the european union which she says is in the national interest european union's breaks it negotiator has hailed the deal and says an extraordinary summit to be uniters will be called to rubber

stamp it. israel's defense minister avigdor lieberman has resigned and called for early elections after the government accepted a ceasefire in the gaza strip he says his party will now quit benjamin netanyahu is willing coalition with just a one seat majority in the knesset. turkey's foreign minister says an international investigation into the murder of saudi journalists is essential and turkey will do whatever it takes to bring the matter to light. shrank as political crisis has deepened after parliament passed a no confidence motion in the man picked to become the new prime minister effectively means that they are a nation now has two leaders and two cabinets and a smith has more from colombo. it was a session of palm. 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 big three. 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. there was a fairly good about zero with a show of hands a majority of m.p.'s rejected rajapakse as government that returns the prime ministership to run away from a single who was sacked by the president last month we want to use this member of the patient 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 by. the only person who can appoint a prime minister in terms of our course do shit 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 parliament 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 made al-jazeera colombo. is to vent energy matus is visiting the southern border with mexico where thousands of troops were sent on a controversial mission ahead of the midterm elections president detroit named six thousand troops in response to a caravan of asylum seekers slowly making its way through mexico towards the united states while trying to. and silent about the caravan since the november election the troops remain stationed at the border i think ok and so this update from washington d.c. . well the secretary told the people of reporters on the plane that he just wanted

to visit the troops and he doesn't often do that but what he doesn't often do is let the cameras follow him pretty much everywhere and that's exactly what they did today especially into the laundry tent now the secretary was not alone he was joined by homeland security secretary cures to nielsen and reports have said the both of these cabinet members are in a very tenuous position that both could be fired within days so the skeptic but i think this is a u.s. president donald trump who spends a whole lot of time watching cable television and these pictures were splashed all over domestic cable television now there have been a lot of critics of this move including really prominent former military force star generals and they have said that this is a political stunt meant to drive up republican votes before the midterm secretary mabus responded to that question. well i would refer them to the new york times and what happens in the next you could leave. here. and i would just

leave that to the. secretary of defense the department of homeland security. she's a professional for commissioner and border patrol the border patrol professional the people responsible for the mission of the one time mission to. get something like this basically what he's saying is that the migrants were able to push through a fence on the mexican border and they don't want that to happen here in the united states there have been as i mentioned critics of this because let's just say the military is actually still on the border when this caravan makes it there's a law called posse come the targets that means the military can't actually intervene to deal with any sort of asylum seekers or migrants they can set up fences and they can provide medical treatment and they can fly custom board approved people from one point to the other but that is all they can actually do. prosecutors in the trial of el chapo one of the world's most notorious drug lords of asked the judge to throw out the defense's opening statement

a trap us team accused mexican presidents of taking bribes from traffickers guzman is accused of being the head of the senate her cartel one of the main supplier of illegal drugs to the u.s. he's facing trafficking and conspiracy charges gabriel is on dough has this update from new york. on the second day of the trial we heard from the first government witnesses three of them primarily a retired to a customs official a retired d. e a drug enforcement administration official but the big witness for the government on the second day of the trial was a man by the name of a sues sam who is in serving a big jail sentence in the united states right now but he is the brother of one of the current leaders of this in a low a cartel and he laid out for the jury the inner workings of the cartel me infrastructure and how they got the cocaine that they purchased from colombia through mexico in into the united states he talked about the huge profits that they

were making as well he said that one kilo of cocaine that the cartel bought in colombia for three thousand dollars could then be sold that same people first which is thirty five thousand dollars here on the streets of new york city times that tend to tons of cocaine that they are bringing in you're talking about hundreds of millions of dollars in profits now the defense continues to paint guzman as nothing more than a myth for a man they say is being set up by a corrupt mexican government are still in the early stages of this trial a trial that could go on for as long as four months. old and four hundred million adults around the world are suffering from diabetes that figure as almost quadrupled since nine hundred eighty according to a world health organization report on well diabetes day natasha her name has more on the efforts underway to prevent the disease in pakistan. more than a quarter of pakistani adults are living with diabetes abu bakar alvey is one of

them hot rolls diabetic. i have been diabetic since two thousand but no one can imagine that i am as i have changed my lifestyle by doing proper daily exercise controlled my food intake and i am feeling much better both and work and daily life . according to government statistics eighty thousand pakistanis die each year as a result of diabetes it's a chronic condition in which people either don't make enough insulin or are resistant to it it creates high blood sugar levels they can seriously damage the heart kidneys eyes nerves and blood vessels the government has launched an initiative aimed at preventing the disease it includes one hundred fifteen clinics that have have the rate of foot amputation a common complication people are also being encouraged to make changes to their lifestyles and that includes diet and fitness interval.

so we need. in addition. so i want to say. we need to get into. another society pakistan is not the only country grappling with the prevalence of diabetes the ruled health organization says since one thousand nine hundred eighty the number of adults suffering from the disease has increased to eight and a half percent of the world's population access to insulin and affordable treatment are key to reducing the estimated one point six million deaths each year. al-jazeera. the man who first seized power in a military coup and then refashion himself as a leader appears set to rule fiji for another four years by mr frank and his fiji first party headed for a convincing election win on thursday as votes continue to be tallied just as

a tape has more than. once an army commander now running to keep his position as prime minister frank by name a rama and his fiji first party quietly confident of victory i think. we do in the . majority so we can form a government again we'll be outcome of this election today the result i'll be disappointed if we lose. but supporters of his main challenger city of any ram buka have been hoping for an upset a former prime minister who served the seven years he was only cleared to run in this poll by a judge on monday just one of them that the words of our national in the land of freedom hope and glory and we it is our duty to give the people there but not all the people voted to wrench will reign forcing the closure of twenty three polling venues some eight thousand will cost their ballots at

a later date and open polling stations turnout was patchy to empty. but last time was for big here maybe the people of the weather everyone come yes so it's important for everyone to come in when the weather is not that good one of. the one the twenty fourteen elections by and that side he's been refashioning his image into that of a stable legitimate leader. hosting un climate change negotiations and high profile dignitaries presiding over three percent of steady economic growth but critics regard him as authoritarian holding a tight rein on the media since forcing himself into power in a tooth out. and in six military coup. his main opponent of any ram buka has led his own share of coups seizing power twice in the one nine hundred eighty s. on a racially charged platform to return the country to the hands of indigenous fijians away from those of indian descent

a principle opposes political landscape on the legacy of military influence military led military consequence. inflicted influences within politics in a way that two individuals who were at center stage absolutely landscape are two sides of the same green. this is only the second time fijians have gone to the polls since two thousand and six and for by name rama it's a referendum on his leadership the star al-jazeera firefighters backed by air tankers and helicopters are battling california's wildfires for a seventh day as authorities in the worst hit county released a list of one hundred missing people most of those unaccounted for off from the butte county town of paradise southern california firefighters a struggle to contain the walls the fire which has killed at least two people overall at least fifty one deaths have been reported in the deadliest wildfires in

california as recent history. bit corners home to its lowest level in more than a year the world's largest cryptocurrency dropped as much as nine percent to just over five thousand six hundred dollars traders and analysts are unclear what caused the price to fall over after a period of relative stability other cryptocurrency is fairly even worse with ether forming as much as thirteen percent and x r p dropping fifteen percent. and mind now the top stories here on our syria british prime minister to resign may have secured the backing of her cabinet for her draft breaks that plan agreed with the european union may insists the deal is in the national interest i firmly believe that the draft withdrawal agreement was the best that could be negotiated

and it was for the cabinet to decide whether to move on in the talks the choices before us were difficult particularly in relation to the northern ireland backstop but the collective decision of cabinet was that the government should agree the draft withdrawal agreement and the outline political declaration this is a decisive step which enables us to move on and finalize the deal in the days ahead . these decisions were not taken lightly but i believe it is a decision that is firmly in the national interest your opinions pricks it negotiators hailed the deal and says an extraordinary summit of e.u. leaders will be called to rubber stamp it the five hundred eighty five page draft a quarter has been released and includes a temporary solution to avoid a hard border with island in the backstop sonata you agreed to create a new group seemed. to retore notion our own desire for

remain in. the retore the rest of the u.k. you know. northern ireland would remain aligned to rules rules of the single market that are essential for avoiding of border just going through agricultural goods as well as products. israel's defense minister has resigned and called for early elections of the government accepted a ceasefire in the gaza strip i don't even then will take his party with him leaving it in yahoo's running coalition with just one seeks majority in the knesset . the un security council has voted to lift sanctions against eritrea an arms embargo asset freeze and travel ban imposed in two thousand and nine i mean claims that eritrea supported fighters in somalia un vote for a sawing of relations between eritrea and its neighbors after years of conflict to

stay with us a people in power is up next. china could be facing a debt i suppose that's according to s. and p. global trumpet ministration just been insisting towards the saudis and other oil producers that they want to have more production to cool down the prices we bring you the stories that are shaping the economic world we live in counting the cost on al-jazeera. thousands of migrants have died trying to reach europe crossing the mediterranean from libya many thousands more have been saved from certain death by n.g.o.s search and rescue vessels so why do countries want to stop their ships from giving a speech to the troops. when the alternative is a libyan coast guard with a record of arresting shooting at those it's supposed to be hoping. to see.