themselves to a standstill while britain and france conspire behind closed doors to produce a secret agreement to shape the middle east for the century to come world war one. zero. zero zero. a lot of i'll come to the news hour i'm richelle carey and coming up. saudi arabia reveals the findings of its investigation into the murder of jamal khashoggi saying he was killed by a team tasked with bringing him home. unimpressed with taking turns evidence

while the u.s. has sanctioned seventeen saudis for the involvement in the journalist. and a saudi arabia changes that story again we retraced think crucial moments after she was last seen entering the kingdom's consulate and also ahead. of getting the best deal for britain. battling on the u.k.'s defiant prime minister . plan insisting she will see it through. a fifth in the all time scoring list gets michael jordan and his sights. set a radius says it is seeking the death penalty for five suspects charged in the murder of journalist. they can the prosecution maybe announce that while revealing the

findings of its investigation which turkey immediately dismissed as an adequate and the u.s. has named to head the sanctions against seventeen of the saudi involved in the killing we begin our coverage with andrew symonds in istanbul. saudi arabia's prosecution spokesman announcing the death penalty is being sought for five out of twenty one man now indicted for the killing of jamal khashoggi they're not named and the account of what happened once again differs from what turkish prosecutors say they found so far. in the war in iraq was a brawl fighting and injecting him with a large dose of a citizen of substance that caused his death the person who ordered this crime was arrested with another four operatives and it was a total of five the body our through his death was dismembered and transported outside the consulate building those five people took the remains out the person

who delivered the body to the contractor was a single person a sketch of the contract that was drafted based on the description given by the person who handed over the remains the new saudi version of events repeats the assertion that it was some sort of extraction operation ordered by our siri the former deputy intelligence chief no one higher than that there was a clear denial that crown prince mohammed bin sound man was in any way involved the saudi prosecution say the team was tasked to bring kushal ji back to saudi arabia willingly or by force and they say the leader of the team took it upon himself to actually carry out the murder the turkish ruling party says the whole account of events is a cover up turkey's foreign minister is more diplomatic but also dismissive. yeah it's we have said before this was a premeditated murder and also as we know the remains of the person were kept to

pieces and the prosecutor has meets in the us we already knew this but the dismemberment of the body was not a spontaneous event suit and divisions and devices were brought here to this country in advance the fifteen people who came to turkey should be tried in accordance with turkish law because according to the the you know convention the turkish lore as in this case even if the murder took place and the saudi consulate in istanbul saudi foreign minister. says criticisms of his country's investigation are unfair there's a presumption of innocence until proven guilty this presumption for a strange reason has been turned upside down in this case if people don't think that we are serious about taking steps legal steps against people implicated in this matter then they should wait until the legal process plays out before rushing to judgment. on friday there are two significant events absentee

funeral prayers will be held around the world for come out. and for the first time his family will receive condolences at their home in jeddah and acknowledgment of not only his death but the body will never be returned and drew simmons al-jazeera is stumbled. on this story since it first broke in october he joins us from outside the consulate in istanbul also in small officials in turkey have already said that this is an adequate if the past is any indication what can we anticipate turkey to do going forward. well there's two routes or maybe even three possibly that the turks will pursue based on how they've been dealing with this case since it broke richelle first obviously has been through the constant use of leaks of information over them some other bits of

details with regards to the case obviously the actual reportings of the moments that democrats will do what killed those haven't been made public will be if they have been shared with intelligence services from around the world could we possibly be see the targets releasing parts excerpts of it maybe they have other information that they haven't even shared with their counterparts as well that is one possible way forward the second obesity is in times of the pressure they've been putting diplomatically so either through their allies by trying to build some sort of consensus and so forth or by essentially calling on specific countries to do more by forcing them to actually make a move so like for example when we sold the charts announced to the world that they had shared the evidence with the americans with the germans with the brits that kind of force those countries who claim to uphold human rights quite rigorously each actually come out and put pressure on the saudis and the third on some

something that had been hinted to a lot more directly in recent days is maybe resorting to the international court the international organizations and bodies like the united nations really something you heard from amnesty international in the past couple hours calling for turkey saying it is a must it is a duty on the turkish government to trigger some sort of international investigation into this and this is probably something that we're going to see a lot more of or a lot more talk of in the coming few days particularly considering that as you mentioned though the turks are not happy with what has come out in fact they've described it's only half truths one person close the investigation told me that so when the saudi prosecutors were talking about this local cannot. reacher that's the advantage of leaf used to essentially dispose of the body you describe it as these saudis talking about unicorns that's how little facts facts there were in those saudi merits and so obviously that is something that's is i do go into the numerous

holes that exist in this latest version of the saudi tale as to what's happened to jamal khashoggi including just idea that this team was sent here only to extradite essentially forcefully or willingly that's the key in the question the turkish foreign minister poses that why would you send somebody who is able to dismember a body with the tools to dismember a body with the tools and the ability to dismember but what he so quickly if you had no intention of killing him so the turks as you mentioned that they are not such a happy the mulch buying this the are concerned however richelle and the concern is growing that the international community will actually allow for saudi to cover up this case not to expose who ordered its like you to believe believed to be the crown prince mohammed bin some months i'm sorry now for some sort of state folds of a much lower level to essentially have the blame pinned on them ok jamal shah live for us in istanbul jamal thank you it's got

a can believe how can he joins us from washington d.c. so camberley as i'm jamal was outlining there turkey has been putting a lot of pressure and increasing pressure on senator saudi arabia's been getting it from all sides one of the sides also being united states being washington d.c. some of that pressure is coming now in the form of sanctions what can you tell us about that. right so the treasury department in the last few hours issued sanctions against seventeen individuals under the global magnitsky act this is an act that allows for action by the treasury the executive branch for human rights abuses for corruption in this case for the death of jamal. the statement coming from the treasury department secretary steve saying that these seventeen individuals which includes the saudi consul general as well as a top aide to the crown prince for having a role in the killing of jim out his show she goes on to say that they must face

consequences for this action and also that the government of saudi arabia must take steps to go even further to ensure this doesn't happen again with regard to the targeting of political dissidents and journalists so this means now that these in fact these seventeen individuals are blocked from access to the u.s. global financial system or rather the u.s. financial system that companies or businesses or countries even that want to do business with them the u.s. would penalize and also their property under u.s. jurisdiction would be blocked but what's notable richelle in these seventeen is that the crown prince saudi crown prince mohammed bin salman is not listed there and so many in capitol hill are already criticizing these sanctions calling them an important first step but not going far enough in fact a statement we got minutes ago from democrat senator ben cardin he calls this important but short of full accountability i remain concerned the administration is

enabling the kingdom of saudi arabia and its effort to protect the crown prince the republican rand paul from tennessee saying in fact that he says that these sanctions are simply a way of pretending to do something when actually you're doing nothing so a lot of strong bipartisan reaction coming from capitol hill to these sanctions which many believe are important but not going far enough in terms of demanding accountability for those that the. it states believes are involved in the killing of specifically pointing a finger at the saudi crown prince right kimberly how to live for us in washington kimberly thank you so world leaders and rights groups have been highly skeptical of saudi arabia's changing version of events so let's kind of recap how we got to this point was last seen alive entering the sally consulate in istanbul on october second turkish security sources moved quickly to say they had information that he had been killed there and his body dismembered now saudi arabia rejected those allegations at first calling them baseless lies and insisted that he had left the

building the same day a week later turkish media published the details of a fifteen member saudi team that landed in istanbul on the same day he disappeared and were at the consulate just before he arrived so there's growing international pressure the saudi king solomon and later the saudi crown prince told us president that they had no knowledge of what happened eighteen days after vanished the saudis finally admitted he'd been accidentally killed during a fight in the consulate that's the first story that they said world court adviser south patani and deputy intelligence chief assyria were fired eighteen saudis arrested then a day later the story changed again a saudi official said that the team sent to confront the show she killed him in a chokehold after overstepping their orders now saudi arabia has now charged eleven suspects and murder one thing remains unchanged so the ruler senses they had

nothing to do with this the saudi foreign minister was questioned about the changing stories during his news conference earlier today. i think the the story was evolving because with everything with any crime you have a theory that you develop in the beginning and then you uncover more evidence the theory changes and becomes more focused it's not that we changed our story it's that us as the information that was becoming available to the public prosecutor developed he was able to develop a version of the story because doyle is the director of the council for air british understanding and joins us live from london so thank you for your time so all of the questions that saudi officials answered today all the time they spent before the press is the answer is they gave is that going to do anything to tamp down the

price for justice what happened to jamal khashoggi. the saudi aim clearly is to try to get beyond this whole short shift which has been disastrous for saudi arabia it's been disastrous for the reputation of the crown prince mohammed bin sol man and i hope i am sure that by sentencing these individuals today including five people for the death penalty that they are trying to send a message out to the world that they are being tough with those people held responsible. but you know against that as your report suggests the turkish authorities don't subscribe to all of this i think there are many people. who simply do not believe that there was no knowledge and authorization from. more senior parties in saudi arabia including even the crown prince himself and i

think there are still many many questions left unanswered and really i think without a really independent judicial inquiry into all that this is going to be actually quite difficult to determine precisely and exactly what happened schumacher shortly and indeed you know to answer. such questions as exactly what happened to the body who authorized what and at what point i think that the the story that's come out from the saudi prosecutor today that. about this scuffle in the use of lethal injection that the decision was made on the spot to kill jamal does not really stack up if you believe the story of all the specialisms that were included in the saudi team that went to stand before all the equipment they took with them the pair and it's also a double for example it's also at least the third version of the story that they have told. well

a so far certainly the turkish version has been the one that's been upheld by the drip drip feed of leaks that we've had and it is the saudi version of that side to it just to to those leaks to to play catch up if you if you like with the way that it's come out so yes i think that now is a high chance that the turkish authorities if they have other evidence including the use of this audiotape may well release further materials in order to. embarrass the saudi authorities so this so i don't think this whole story is over yet ok so it's at that point that the calls for a sense sort of and and best occasion outside of saudi is something that they don't control realistically how would that happen but i think you obviously would need to have an investigation that goes on actually

within istanbul itself and i think there's still investigations that could potentially be done you know over the body except for but actually yes i mean if it was an international investigation it would require access to saudi arabia it would require access to those people who who have been in indicted and there is a discrepancy of course now between the twenty one who have been indicted that number the seventeen who been sanctioned in the united in the united states. who the extra three people that have been added to the original eighteen the been indicted i think there's still lots of questions as to why. you know how many others you know might be added on a lot of this but it's still not going to take away from that nagging question of who really ultimately sanctioned this murder crystal live from london chris thank you very much. they rested the days ahead including where hanjour refugees

protested their return to me and more we'll tell you why they're afraid to go. final push for spain and the nation's lee will have all the details for. its prime minister theresa may has vowed to fight for the terms of her draft of course deal with the european union despite mystery resignations and a revolt within her party putting her job in jeopardy as also significant opposition to the agreement in parliament which has to approve the agreement before it's considered by e.u. member states man says it is the best possible deal that britain can get my approach throughout has been to put the national interest pst not a partisan interest and certainly not my own political interest i don't judge

harshly those of my colleagues who seek to do the same but you reach a different conclusion they must do what they believe to be right just as i did i'm sorry that they've chosen to leave the government and i thank them for their service but i believe with every fiber of my being that the course i have set out is the right one for our country and all our people i believe that this is a deal which does deliver that which is in the national interest and i'm i going to see this through yes and all is outside the houses of parliament and central london shona may making it clear there she is at least not willingly going anywhere. no a very defiant press conference by tourism a there this is a prime minister embattled on many fronts she has suffered two cabinet level

resignations today out of seven in total following the draft brings the deal that she presented to her cabinet on wednesday and then to parliament here on thursday she suffered an absolute lambasting from m.p.'s on both sides of the house a part of parliament today labor and conservative m.p.'s even on both sides of the argument pro remain and pro leave m.p.'s there was a mix of skepticism to outright hostility aimed her deal and not very much support for it and indeed she she got a bit of a battering in that press conference as well from the media asking her a series of very very hard questions she's a prime minister who has to look quite hard for support at the moment but as you say she is determined to continue she is determined to see this through she's determined to be the prime minister on march the twenty ninth the date of britain's leaving the european union and she's determined to get this deal of hers through parliament she had

a warning in that press conference for people who would vote it down she said that it would lead if they voted that deal down to a path of grave uncertainty and she urged everyone to unite behind it she was asked . whether if there is to be a leadership contest just another front that she faces now if there are sufficient m.p.'s in her own party who send letters to the backbench committee and one hundred twenty two committee fifteen percent of them are going to send letters calling for a vote of no confidence if they do so she will face a leadership contest that could be imminent we simply don't know but more letters have gone in today she was asked would she fight it would she contested. leadership is about doing what is right not what is easy you just heard it there this is in the national interest am i going to see it see it through yes and finally she was asked was she in denial about the idea of getting this deal that faces such opposition across the board through parliament and she simply said look when that

moment comes m.p.'s will have to look at this deal this deal that i've achieved it's the best thing on offer it protects jobs it protects money it gives the nation back control of its borders and they will have to decide what to do in the best interests of the country and in the best interests of the people and this is precisely what she believes is the right way forward and she's not budging from it don't assume also and i'm paraphrasing basically said everyone all these people that are critics really haven't offered a better alternative does she have a fair point there. well it's a point that you hear frequently raised by analysts and commentators and people on the let's say her side of the argument on the program main side the heartbreaks it right of her party the people who would push now for this no court no confidence vote against who so vehemently reject this deal who want no ties to remain between

britain and the european union wants bricks a day as fast who are willing even to countenance no deal leaving the e.u. with no safety net no formalized arrangement the accusation that is so often level to them is what is the alternative what is your plan write it down let's strip scrutinize it and there is no viable clear coordinated recent alternatives there are all sorts of ideas up in the air something called norway for now something called canada plus plus a free trade arrangement an arrangement that exists for the likes of norway which is a loose relationship with the european union but still has some say in its laws the problem is she points out is this our border with between ireland and northern on and there is no getting away from that that is why this deal was so difficult to cobble together that is why there is this customs union backstop that they all hate and there's simply no alternative so that's the argument leveled at them all right

down the hall wrapped up there for us in london john i thank you. bangladesh has halted plans to stop repatriating more hunger refugees back to me and more are saying it couldn't guarantee their safety and no one wanted to go there in protest in camps in bangladesh against the reprieve patriae until agreed to by the two governments in october hundreds of thousands of four hundred fled me and more last year escaping a brutal military crackdown that the u.n. has described as ethnic cleansing here's what some of the refugees told al-jazeera about their fears before bangladesh's announcement. that we didn't know how to i've been crying because of how sad i am that we might be sent back our relatives were killed in myanmar we were all persecuted there so much we came here to bangladesh to find peace this is a peaceful country but we're not at peace because we've been told we're on a list we drink poison before we go back to me and if it looks like they will try to move my children and i'll buy poison from the market here and we'll drink it i

don't love that we don't want to go back to myanmar because the camps they would put us in there are worse than the camps we are in here if we go there we won't be able to prey on our children won't be able to go to school. as a way to some cox's bazaar in bangladesh. bangladesh's refugee relief and repatriation commission says that a controversial plan that the government of bangladesh had entered into with the government and me and mark it would have seen as many as twenty two hundred refugees repeat treated from bangladesh back to me and more starting on thursday has now been put on hold the official reason for the delay is that the refugees that were listed to potentially go back all had been interviewed and said that they did not want to go back at the heart of why this was so controversial is because there were so many concerns from u.n. agencies as well as humanitarian groups wondering if this repatriation was indeed going to be voluntary or if perhaps it would be forced also many of these groups

saying the conditions on the ground in the n.y. were not conducive to guarantee a safe return for those who are huge refugees now we were at a demonstration earlier on thursday in which thousands of refugees gathered many of them told us that they had been on that list to potentially be repatriated all of the ones that we spoke with and said that there was no way that they were going to go back to me and more many of them said they would rather die here than go back to me and more where they felt that they face certain death and where they were so afraid because of the atrocities that had been committed against them in two thousand and seventeen before they fled to bangladesh while there is some sense of a little bit of relief at this hour on thursday because the plan has not gone into effect the refugees are still concerned that it could potentially go into effect but it could happen at any time and that's why there was so much uncertainty that they are still contending with much more to come in the news hour including political chaos and sherry long as the constitutional crisis brings politicians to

blows and the suspension of parliament al-jazeera brings to explosive pictures of russian forces training the army of the central african republic and a forgotten conflict and linger and he returns for his last game in an england shirt but it's not without controversy or hear from the. in sport. i'm optimistic that we will at long last see an end to the torrential downpours that have been affecting the middle east race and the loss of cloud showing up around the levant we've had some very heavy rain we've had rain heavy enough to cause some flooding in the southeast of the country a cloud of rain is making its way further east woods still a big area of cloud here and right still affecting

a good parts of kuwait for example again we've seen some flooding his and heavy downpours showers own longer spells of right are in the process of pushing for a swiss there's that wet weather as you go on through friday kuwait just starting to come out into the brightest skies at what weather will gradually make its way on to western parts of iraq you can see for iraq eastern areas still seeing some clouds and rain still some travel right to insist syria snow over the high ground of the turkish mountains a few shall is just around the eastern side of the med but they will brighten up they will clear through as we go through saturday there's the sunny side it's looking father dry for much of the region by the weekend on place to science a similar picture to coast northern parts of the arabian peninsula cloud of the right into the northeast of saudi arabia us here in casa could just catch a spot sort of right on friday but come saturday it's fine dry and sunny.

it is murder when you throw a fire bomb into someone's home and me shit me off you know. not insignificant in the embers that insignificant ideologically that insignificant even as a crime gag a very significant by dictating big government and the fucked up policy now shall not kill part of the radicalized series on al-jazeera. china could be facing a debt that's according to s. and p. global trumpet ministration just been insisting towards the saudis and all the oil producers that they want to have more production to cool down the price we bring you the stories that are shaping the economic world we live in counting the cost on al-jazeera.

watching al-jazeera let's take out the top stories right now treasury has sanctioned seventeen saudi arabian officials over the murder of her mom. it is the first concrete response by the trump ministration to the journalist killing includes autonomy and former top aide to the saudi crown prince and the istanbul consul consul general. and try mr tracy may as pushing ahead with her draft a new divorce deal despite ministry of ministerial resignations and a revolt within her party that's putting her job in jeopardy and it's the best possible to the right and can get at its liking and likely to be approved by

parliament bangladesh has halted plans to start returning for hendra refugees to me and mar saying it cannot guarantee their safety and no one wanted to go and protest some camps in bangladesh against the repatriation deal that printed by the two governments in october hundreds of thousands of me and mar last year escaping a brutal military crackdown that the u.n. has described as ethnic cleansing. southeast asian nations has stopped short of criticizing me and mar for atrocities committed against her hand as leaders meet and singapore their. own son suchi has at times appeared a full figure in singapore atrocities committed by the me and mom military against the rigging has been one of the main talking points during two days of meetings between leaders from asia and beyond but at the end of the association of southeast asian nations summit another week statement was issued calling for accountability

but offering general support to the me and my government. malaysia's prime minister has been the most vocal critic of me and and is unlikely to have been satisfied with the final statements. their efforts. should mean. putting their problems it wasn't just the crisis creating tension at the summit it was also trade and instead of me and being isolated it was the united states. president donald trump didn't come to singapore but his america first policy and the u.s. trade dispute with china overshadowed the summit with the u.s. in a battle with china for influence in asia it was left to mike pence to try to reassure regional leaders we said very early on that america first doesn't mean america along the united states is also a vocal critic of china's actions in the south china sea where the chinese are involved in territorial disputes with several countries including the philippines

the us navy patrols the area as part of its push for freedom of navigation to be maintained but the philippines president believes that's dangerous so. it's now. strong. and we did a really good response from. other claimants to the rich resources in the south china sea such as vietnam disagree and welcome u.s. military support whether it's trade or territorial disputes southeast asia is the potential flashpoint between the americans and an expanding chinese presence wayne hay al jazeera singapore. there isn't a punch at the enchiladas parliament as the political crisis there descended into farce supporters of the sacked prime minister a march in the capital piling pressure on the president who dismissed him from colombo barbara smith reports. the battle for control of sri lanka

has turned physically ill it's a been thrown at the speaker of parliament along with many insults i caro jayasuriya provoked the fury of some m.p.'s by saying sri lanka has no prime minister or cabinet following wednesday's vote of no confidence in mahinda rajapaksa on thursday former president appointed three weeks ago defied the speaker by giving a speech anyway is a time to easily as you office after bypassing polman to being sworn in by his successor president my three policy resign or is failing so there's a new tactic. we want the election general election two years before one is june as soon as possible we have to go but election or something like that i was going to have a lot i mean is the best way to sort all of this out just to have an election yes definitely there is going out there with the man the president fired says he still

prime minister who's in charge of. running away from a single supporters say it's time to take to the streets we are organizing mass protest and people's movement against these undemocratic unconstitutional and illegal mission by president might be by the c.d.c. and the puppet prime minister either with the speaker losing control of parliament and government paralyzed some civil servants are privately saying they don't know who's in charge and who can sign off on deals and projects always political instability is heating sherline because economy there are more than four billion u.s. dollars in foreign loans due to be repaid next year for sure lanka's rupee as it is lowest level. ever against the dollar as investors we drew on foreign exchange but it's meant to syria and. if the o.p.'s former deputy intelligence chief has been arrested as part of a corruption crackdown by the new government i mr met promise to weed out corrupt

government officials when he came to power in april since monday more than sixty top army police and security personnel have been arrested some of the accused of being behind a grenade attack on a maid in june israel's far right education minister naftali bennett has threatened to withdraw his party from benjamin netanyahu as coalition government unless he has given the defense portfolio and yahoo is working with just a one seat majority after the door lieberman quit as defense minister on wednesday likely ramin bennett has call for harsher israeli military action against palestinian armed groups snap elections are likely to be triggered if he pulls the support of his eight m.p.'s. cuba is withdrawing thousands of its stalkers from brazil after president elects are paulson r.-o. question their training and demanded changes to their contracts or than eight thousand cuban doctors work and poor and remote parts or brazil atory reports.

brazil's biggest health challenge isn't chronic disease it's a chronic shortage of doctors especially in poor neighborhoods and remote rural areas. five years ago brazil began importing foreign doctors mostly from cuba but that arrangement is abruptly ending an official statement read on cuban television blamed president elect. the elected president of brazil with direct derogatory and threatening references questioned our doctors education and their presence in the more doctors program. unacceptable conditions make it impossible to maintain the presence of cuban professionals in a program. the more doctors program was started in two thousand and thirteen by former president dilma rousseff since then twenty thousand keeping doctors have worked in brazil including in seven hundred districts that had never had a resident doctor but the program is controversial he been doctors are paid less

than that brazilian colleagues brazil pays cuba around three thousand one hundred dollars a month through the pan american health organization for each doctor the doctors themselves receive only about a quarter of that the rest back to the cuban government. blamed the collapse of the program on the keeping government's intransigence tweeting we condition the continuation of the program doctors on the completion of skill tests full salary payments to keep inductees much of which now goes to the dictatorship and the possibility for doctors to reunite with their families unfortunately cuba refused. both sonority says brazil will offer asylum to cuban health care workers who want to stay in brazil even if some take up the offer the sudden departure of others will leave brazilians in pull and remote areas without access to a doctor victoria gate and be they are as many here since an argentine navy submarine with forty four crew members on board went missing in the south atlantic

ocean an air and sea search involving thirteen countries turned up nothing so it's still unclear exactly what happened ceremonies are being held to honor the sailors but relatives of those who died are protesting demanding the government provide answers the un has extended the mandate for its peacekeeping mission in central african republic for another month a security council members negotiate whether to prolong the deployment francis presented a draft resolution that takes aim at recent russian efforts to negotiate peace deals in the c.a.r. and sending military trainers and equipment to the government has been granted unprecedented access to them deep in the jungle on the grounds of the band in palace of africa's last emperor. a russian operation is under way mounts to russian fighters somewhere in ukraine others in syria or chechnya.

now there in the central african republic training in army that has lost control of the country. they call this the storm don unix's ties. are not his real name says discipline is one of the problems sectarian violence fueled by militia groups has divided muslims and christians the russians are training men who once fought each other to unite for government too weak to secure its own borders. sanctioned by u.n. arms embargo with your musical equipped at the requests or president of the security council approved imports of russian weapons last december now they are providing both arms and training. launching an ambush on a building they call this the storm's danya exercise. in a few short weeks they'll do this with live ammunition to put the soldiers under stress. now they go through scenarios like this on a daily basis trying to prepare me soldiers to deal with real life events so that

the government here can regain control of the country here to help is valerie's ahead of the new special adviser to the president dispatched by moscow well the u.n. backed african union initiative has stalled russia together with sudan is trying to broker a peace deal between the fourteen active the militia group. or. the i'm here is to avoid a blood she'd so i've traveled the country and meet with various rebel leaders to get them around the table in july three russian journalists were killed in car they claimed these russian instructors are in fact mercenaries working for a private security company called wagner's which has close ties to the kremlin. so how tough denies these claims but i was wondering what wagner this is just an urban legend these are russian reservists nothing more than. whatever they are twenty

seven years after the fall of the soviet union the russians are stepping back in the heart of africa at a time when the west and notably france the former colonial powers retreating. with more weapons and instructors on the way this may be just the beginning. nicholas hawk baringo central african republic. thirty police officers have been killed in an attack by the taliban in eastern afghanistan the district police commander was among those who died in wednesday night's raid on a police outpost in power province at least seventeen taliban fighters were killed in retaliatory air strikes as they fled with large amounts of weapons and ammunition in skirt accountable has lifted sanctions on eritrea after renewed relations with the opi and other neighboring countries arms embargo trade travel bans that is asset freezes and targeted sanctions were imposed by the un almost a decade ago that follow claims eritrea supported al-shabaab fighters in somalia

and refused to resolve a border dispute with djibouti that comes after ethiopia and eritrea signed a peace deal in june. when zimbabwe's long time ruler robert mugabe was forced from power last year many hoped it would be a turning point for the troubled country but months after a disputed election people say little was changed or mythos reports and. it's been a frustrating year for street vendors when robert mugabe was in power they were often allowed to sell in the center of harare but many are accused of operating illegally they've since been forced to the outskirts of the city part of prison to him is imminent god was plan to restore order after thirty seven years i'm a god is rule despite a lack of infrastructure here some still a faith when i got one knows what needs to be done to fix the struggling economy. but in the. process. but others are disillusioned zimbabwe has one of the

highest unemployment rates in the world and life is hard the poor say they are angry and frustrated they feel it's been a year and say nothing much has changed economically. when the army appeared on state television last year and confinement able to house arrest some people had high hopes things will change thousands masterminding the longtime relisted down he eventually did as members of parliament with appearing to impeach him. opposition party leaders believe the project into believing there would be real change they insist a faction in the rulings on a party just wanted to grab the former defense she for instance. is now one of two vice presidents we changed but for good to change the system. a good to each of the system are still in control and they only know one way of operating all the indicators that indicate progress are failing the economy is is failing inflation is bad. the post-election violence in august also raise concerns at least six

people protesting disputed results were shot and killed by soldiers a commission of inquiry is investigating why the army was deployed to disperse civilians and who gave the order the incident also raised concerns by the military's role in government. at least is a separate from the politics or the gun does not leave politics therefore that is a general and political tradition of this region this was one of the two firsts with the military. keeping the presidency in fact the reality of the matter is it control of the states but the priority for struggling zimbabweans is the economy promised in crippling casualties and create jobs a year later that still hasn't happened there had been times when supplies a basic commodities and fuel have won short the president says economic recovery will be a long and painful process what some people here say they don't want to hear how to

al-jazeera had hundreds of central american migrants traveling in a caravan have reached the u.s. border asylum seekers gathered a wall near the mexico want to. watch by border guards who were supported by u.s. marines earlier u.s. defense secretary james mattis met some of the six thousand troops president sent to the border before the midterm elections. i mean. there's an eastern city of candidates on friday which solve violent protests in august after the killing of a local man two migrants were blamed for the death and it came went there to gauge the atmospherics are right parties and groups came prominent. this city was once called karl marx start but on a sunny autumn day for most chemists is communism is a fading memory many people's minds are on the looming christmas market season not angle americal or mass migration and yet those two themes are what many associate

with this city when the chancellor comes here on friday the memory of violent scenes will be vivid with the reaction to the fatal stabbing of a man during an altercation with two migrants at the end of august here is where thousands of far right supporters gathered to proclaim their slogan merkel must. must go soon they'll have their wish after she announced she won't run again for chancellor for reelection as party leader i asked a local analyst what merkel hopes to achieve by coming to chemists will not be. desiring to convince people are the stars of a policy making it is meant to show presence. confrontation with people who perhaps they're not like me people such as irma he has long been a supporter of the far right in germany and since last year a member of the federal parliament despite being investigated for what he called an

inadvertent use of an old nazi slogan injuring the general election campaign. even with her departure if she goes the nothing will really change there needs to be a fundamental change in this country and we are ready to take the responsibility to bring about that change things. and yet many people in germany consider the to be repellent supporters of the mainstream parties believe it has an ulterior democratic motive. some analysts believe the far right is prospering here because many east germans still feel dislocated by capitalism unsure if the jobs is safe long term looking for someone to blame everything gets more insecure and the authority. that you are left on or before and that you took part in is gone all of a sudden. this causes a lot of anger and resentment this city has a social democrat this state has

a christian democrat prime minister and yet when the chancellor comes to this form a far left city show face fierce far right opposition dominant al-jazeera chemist's. next. chance to reach the semifinals at the world or london.

and for sport what thank you michel le bron james is closing in on michael jordan's

points total as he moves up the n.b.a.'s all time scoring list le bron got a season high forty four points as his l.a. lakers beat the portland trail blazers one hundred twenty six two hundred seventeen on wednesday it saw him surprise for me to wilt chamberlain he now has thirty one thousand four hundred twenty five points in his fifteen year career of running now just eight hundred sixty seven short of jordan and forth on the scoring list still way off kareem abdul-jabbar record of more than thirty eight thousand. on the floor on the zone that we were given out of me and when someone name is mentioned some of the greats on the but it is game. you know it was the rights of my mom john rocker from all around so in this business of. well a bronze hometown of our crown is just down the road from cleveland his former team the cavaliers continue to struggle without him as they lost to the washington wizards bradley beal scored twenty points and also porter added fifteen for the

wizards and one hundred one thousand nine hundred ninety five victory the cavs have twelve losses only two wins so far this season and the bottom of the eastern conference is in the worst in the n.b.a. right now. spain are hoping to be one of the first teams into the finals of the wife a nations league when they play croatia in the next hour spain have six points from three matches in group by four they lost three two to england in their last game of the thrashing currie six nil in september. that is michelle going to go whatever we're not thinking about exacting any sort of revenge this is a new game of football we're playing in front of our people in a packed stadium after a long time we'll get to play in croatia on a pack stadium and in my opinion the most important thing is for us to be patient to be wise and not to rush things the match is ninety minutes long and we need to play our own game belgium lead group eighty with six points from six they play bottom side iceland who have already been relegated to league be it comes after

five years of high achievement in which the iceland has reached the european championship quarterfinals on the world cup their captain has admitted the team is feeling like we know a dollar self we need to perform better. but if no one explanation is there is no excuse one explanation why we do show well it's a little factors but. it takes time. to boot build up again and get the confidence bosnia herzegovina need just a point from them much with austria to be promoted to league a finland can also move up from group c. all they need is a draw with greece you need to win to keep that promotion hopes alive while a great day luxembourg can climb into group c. with a win over belarus wayne rooney will wear the captain's armband an england shirt for the last time on thursday as he and his team face the usa in a friendly and londoner rooney retired from international football last year but

will come on as a substitute in the second half of the game for one final appearance is england's record score with fifty three goals and this will be his one hundred twentieth cap it's not without controversy though former goalkeeper pizza shelton has said caps shouldn't be given out like gifts and he was surprised that england manager gareth southgate had allowed a one off return have you on entitled to their opinions. i think the most important thing is. you know speaking with the f.a.a. we both to it was right the plane is obviously. spoke to and you in the f.a. have spoken to they create. spain disappointing to see him almost having to defend his inclusion in the game but that's where we are the more important thing is that. within the england group we value what he's done. roger federer will take to the court in about an hour against kevin anderson at the

a.t.p. world tour finals the twenty time grand slam champion can actually afford to lose but he must win at least one set against the world number six and that's because austria dominic team has given himself an outside chance of reaching the semifinals in london team thrashed kane isha corey in straight sets on thursday the japanese wasn't too happy about it he actually beat federer in his first group stage much than last convincingly to understand and now team six one six four a score to this year's french open runner up will now white the outcome of federer against anderson. sri lanka's cricketers have built a first innings lead over england in the second test today two in kandy so roshan silver hits eighty five off one hundred seventy four balls there's six coming off mo in ali but the englishman got his revenge catching him out of idle russia trying to reaching three hundred thirty six all out a lead of forty six on ending england's first innings they were one for none at

stumps. in the women's world twenty twenty the west indies moved to the top of group a after beating south africa by thirty one runs there was also a first victory of the tournament for stronger in group a. serial and now actually to sylvia both hitting sixes to lead sri lanka to ninety seven for seven bangladesh lost the first two wickets in reply in the all out for seventy two they remain without a win and are bottom of the table in the n.h.l. defending champions the washington capitals went down to the winnipeg jets on wednesday it was all square heading into the third period before venture out scored a decisive goal for the jets' corner then added an empty netter with a minute left to seal a three two one when it's the jets' third in a row. elsewhere the chicago blackhawks not tonight game losing streak brant seabrook school the only goal of the game against there was blues while corey

crawford made twenty eight saves to and his first shutout in the new year. we've seen same bolt win olympic medals on the track but despite several trials he's so far failed to convert that success to a new career in football so the former sprinter is hoping to strike gold with his new business venture the jamaican has launched a restaurant in london a city that's close to his heart after you want to trick of sprint gold at the twenty twelve olympics and plans to open another fifteen across the u.k. but still got one eye on a future on the pitch he says he's got more offers on the table from football clubs . there's there's more offers up there we still have to discuss it and make sure the charge for me. is a star many clues as to what. is called close to his chest is all sport now thank you very much and thank you for joining us for the news hour here on al-jazeera when you get

a moment visit our web site al-jazeera dot com for all the day's news on the latest on the jamal khashoggi investigation and all the bricks it trauma from today as well so thank you again for your time michelle kerry here in doha. sco now on to lawrence taylor and london. senator robert kennedy was assassinated in june one thousand nine hundred eighty eight sir hand sir had is still serving a life sentence for his murder. but there have been calls for decades for the case to be reopened including from robert kennedy jr. all the evidence was destroyed

after the trial but they had a legal obligation to save the evidence because sir ham was going to file an appeal al-jazeera world asks who killed robert kennedy. it's a daunting climb to one of the holiest sites in bhutan tigers nest ball astri seems to defy gravity every few cities is expected to complete the pilgrimage to ensure peace and happiness what it became a democracy in two thousand and eight the time put happiness at the center of all political policy inspiring the un to pass a resolution urging other nations to follow putin's example but how do you measure it brittany's happiness is what we ensure it if it is quantifiable but by simply turning its pursuit into policy time has done what no other country has. brought to the debt ceiling point the members of the vaccinators targeted and

vaccines rejected pakistan faces a constant battle in its war against polio very different this is from al-jazeera follows the extraordinary health workers who risk their lives in one of the final strongholds. to work with. lifeline the last drops on al-jazeera. saudi arabia seeks the death penalty for five suspects charged with the murder of. as the u.s. treasury announces sanctions against seventeen saudis for their next roles in the journalist's killing. i. have sounds.