on the eastern seaboard where you see this gray area that's actually cold air on the satellite and that is going to continue all the way through friday so here are your temperatures here on thursday we're looking at only reaching a high of minus nine toronto minus five new york minus two and that is also the parade day so a lot of people are going to be outside for that you know as we go towards friday things improve it but we are looking at some sunny skies across much of the area here towards the west it's a different scenario we're talking about a lot of rain coming into california now that's going to be needed for the fires but unfortunately we do expect to see some mudslides and landslides because of the heavy rain that we do expect to see through the rest of the weekend well here across the caribbean not looking too bad for most locations to the north we are still picking up a lot of showers and rain down here towards the south particularly over the southern portions of central america all the way up to managua guatemala as well as across much of the yucatan peninsula over the next you days as we go towards friday it is going to be a cloudy day over here towards nasa at twenty eight degrees and then over here towards the east where we're going to be some some specified out of showers in the

forecast there in caracas we are going to see probably cloudy a twenty seven. this is al jazeera. hello i'm rob matheson and this is the news hour live from doha coming up in the next sixty minutes saudi arabia's foreign minister remains defiant denying reports the crown prince's position is under threat over the killing of the market shows. the devastating cost of war for yemen's most vulnerable tens of thousands of children dying from hunger and disease as. asylum seekers from central america move

closer to the u.s. but the trumpet ministration pushes harder to keep them out. also let it flow how war ravaged south sudan is banking on a return to full oil production. an unfortunate accident that's how saudi arabia's foreign minister is describing the premeditated killing. he's given a defiant interview to a u.s. based t.v. network once again backing the country's leadership and it's him battled crown prince on tuesday donald trump refused to hold the saudi rulers accountable citing security and economic interests he says the crown prince's role may never be fully known trump's responses provoked strong reactions from both parties with senior

politicians calling for an investigation into mohamed bin salmond's role in the murder turkey's says it may push for an international inquiry its foreign minister says there shouldn't be a cover up to maintain trade ties with riyadh meanwhile reuters news agency says it's standing by it. reports that some members of saudi arabia's ruling family are working to block the crown prince from becoming king that self to the saudi foreign minister dismissed this story as outrageous and totally unacceptable should have written reports. even as the saudi foreign minister insisted investigations were ongoing into the death of jamal khashoggi it was clear one possibility was not to be considered but the journalist was killed at the order of the highest levels of the saudi government which has led admitting that this was an operation that was

that went wrong or people exceeded their authorities did something they're not supposed to do we have made it very clear that we're investigating that those who committed this crime will be protestants and that procedures will be reviewed in which to make sure it doesn't happen again you also dismissed a reuters report that some members of the saudi ruling family wanted to block crown prince mohammed bin salman from assuming the throne he so outrageous comments that are being made are totally unacceptable and the kingdom of saudi arabia is unified on this issue the kingdom sanjay is committed to its leadership the kingdom of saudi arabia is committed to the vision that our leaders have put forth for us in terms of vision twenty thirty and in terms of moving along the path of reform of the pentagon u.s. defense secretary james mattis discussed the administration's reasons for backing saudi arabia despite calls for accountability for khashoggi is murder on the khashoggi affair he said presidents don't often get the freedom to work with unblemished partners in all things you don't mention the conflict in yemen if you want to end the war you're going to deal with saudi you can't say i'm not going to

deal with them a rejection of the policy advocated by an increasing number of members of congress to apply pressure on saudi arabia to end the war by ending the u.s. arms sales upon which its offensive depends matters a statements echoed the doctrine of spiles by donald trump and his statement on tuesday the us is strategic interest supersede all else and i'll give it the received a withering response from the editor of the washington post who published a market share g.'s articles i was astonished even after two years of kind of astonishing and dismaying things from this president this one was is really almost beyond belief and it's wrong on so many levels. i mean of course it's wrong to excuse the murder of. a journalist. any human being which he's doing but even ton a strategic basis you know i mean he seems to see it as well we can't worry about

things like morality and human rights because we need saudi arabia but for now the trumpet ministrations seems impervious to criticism of its explanation of why it won't act against saudi arabia she ever time c.l. jazeera washington well turkey is accusing the us of trying to turn a blind diet to high shows is murder and has mult president trump's latest comments as comical tony buckley has more from the stumble. president donald trump's statement of support for saudi arabia was perhaps no great shock in turkey but there was derision. yesterday statement is just comical the cia would know not only who killed them but what color the consulate cats were. the turkish government has said nothing officially but privately is angered by the us president ignoring a horrific murder because of economic reasons and there are worries this could lead to other governments abandoning human rights if you have a situation in the united states where you have

a leader which is hostile to principle if you have a situation where you have a new if you knew where many leaders who once. defending human rights principles are now indifferent or silent or abuses taking place for example here in turkey or elsewhere i think this is a very. damaging time for human rights principles amnesty is issued a report about how women activists have been tortured and abused in detention in saudi arabia but without the leverage of a powerful country like the us little is likely to change and without u.s. support it will be difficult for turkey to get answers from saudi arabia about who really ordered the killing of jamal khashoggi turkey's position actually stool read to get an answer or let's say a conclusive answer from the saudi arabia say because most probably. united states the european union. that there will not push this problem and

a further to turkey this is not just a political economic issue it's also a criminal one a murder has been committed and they want to investigate it and solve it but they say that investigation is being hampered by a lack of saudi cooperation. the turks are demanding details about the day mr kosofsky was murdered they have asked the saudis who if not the crown prince gave the order they want the men accused tried in a turkish court and they want to know where mr remains are but still he can't force this alone it has to be an in international investigation under the powers of the un secretary-general ok so it has to be an investigation where there is an experienced investigative team with the power to go anywhere they need to go to interview witnesses to interview suspects. and only nice circumstances i think genuine justice be possible. this murder has gone from the realms of

a tragic hollywood movie script to a political chess game it may be that with the help of donald trump saudi arabia has the advantage tony berkeley al-jazeera istanbul. nicholas burns is a former u.s. undersecretary of state for political affairs and he's also a former ambassador to nato he says the u.s. shouldn't put its strategic relationship with saudi arabia ahead of its own principles president trump statement that he made yesterday was a major mistake because he put all of his emphasis on our economic and military relationship with saudi arabia but said nothing about the values that we have the republican chairman of the senate foreign relations committee bob corker of tennessee with a democratic ranking member on that same committee so republican and democrat they propose that that that the united states consider again the possibility of sanctions against saudi arabia for what's happened it's not enough to sanction the

seventeen saudi individuals who were in the saudi consulate in istanbul who participated in the murder of jamal khashoggi it's also important to go right to the top of the saudi government. u.s. defense secretary james mattis says saudi arabia and the united arab emirates have ceased an offensive around the yemen's vital port city of. earlier the u.n. special envoy to yemen met hooty leaders in the capital sanaa martin griffiths is expected to travel to her day on thursday the port is crucial for food and aid supplies colorado has this update from neighboring djibouti. visit to yemen is all about getting a commitment from the to not only a cease fire but also the peace talks planned for before the end of the in sweden has been talking to the whole season so far has been able to gain that concession

in which they had promised to stop targeting the sodium without equally shot on their allies in yemen with brawn and ballistic missiles but that doesn't translated to the guns going silent involved. today that we've seen some of the most intense fighting in the past forty eight hours in the city and very close to the port where seventy percent of yemen's exports including crucial aid go through now the people who are suffering in different parts of the contrary people who are facing starvation and the u.n. saying on the verge of a farm and everybody fully understands that the solution to what the u.n. calls the world swasthya monetary and crisis is a halt to the fighting on a return to peace. and the lipton disruption of the vital work that is going on at the port is going to be felt by the community up to fourteen million people need to be fed they are also calling for the lifting of groups in

and outside the city that have been put by the warring parties so that a country called to those who need it most. save the children is calling for an immediate end to the far reaching saying that for every child killed by bombs or bullets dozens more are starving to death it has to minutes that more than eighty four thousand children under five may have died of hunger and disease since the civil war began in twenty fifteen well the u.n. says more than one point three million children have suffered from extreme nutrition in the past three years more than eight million people would risk of starvation with three quarters of yemen's population in need of lifesaving assistance mark a is a senior conflict advisor for save the children he says the conflict is having a devastating impact on the children these aren't just statistics there are eighty

five thousand will children who are behind these numbers and that's eighty five thousand feet has that been extinguished that's eighty five thousand parents who have to bury their children who are on the age of five. and is happy devastating to see the true impact this conflict has is having on the yemeni people we were able to get these figures essentially by looking at the full cost for severe came out nutrition perry share and then looking at how much humanitarian agencies like save the children like the u.n. have managed to reach in that time and then looking at the gap showing the mortality rate to come to this figure of eighty five thousand israel standpoint tonight this is a conservative figure the chances are actually it's probably much higher and also our new represents children under the age of five so the real toll of the will impact of this crisis of this conflict and what it's playing on not just children but families across yemen is far greater than we probably have

a boner. plenty more ahead on the news hour including descending into violence haiti faces paralysis as a massive anti corruption protest continues for the fourth day. controversy surrounds the death of a u.s. missionary at the hands of a remote island try. and michael jordan returns to his hometown with help for victims of how they can florence peter is going to be here with more in the sport. britain is warning of serious diplomatic consequences for its long standing ally the u.a.e. after an m.r.i. court sentenced a u.k. citizen to life in prison matthew had has been convicted of spying but he can now appeal all brennen reports thirty one year old matthew hedges was arrested at dubai

airport at the end of a two week research trip as part of his ph d. on the country's security policies last month a court in abu dhabi granted him conditional bail raising hopes he might soon be cleared of all charges but the sentence of life imprisonment is a massive blow to those expectations this only think that you know it is a very dangerous place in the already known the u.a.e. is dangerous for journalists for for activists for any critics of any sort and so now we also know it is absolutely dangerous for academics want to conduct research in the country as well mathews wife daniella to heart as said in a statement i am in complete shock and i don't know what to do matthew is innocent the british government must take a stand now from matthew they say that the u.a.e. is an ally but the overwhelmingly arbitrary handling of math case indicates a scarily different reality matthew she said was shaking when he heard the verdict the u.a.e. authorities should feel ashamed for such an obvious injustice. it's only ten days

since the british foreign secretary met the crown prince in abu dhabi and personally discussed matthew had his case it seems to have had no impact on the outcome in an indication of the level of concern here at the u.k. foreign office the foreign secretary jeremy hunt first issued a statement expressing his deep shock at the sentence issued on matthew hedges but he then followed it up with a post on social media which said the following matthew hedges news extremely worrying we have seen no evidence to back up the charges against him the f c o will do all we can to get him home and i will meet his wife daniella tomorrow thursday the u.a.e. claim to be a friend and ally of the u.k. so there will be serious diplomatic consequences and he finished that tweet with the word unacceptable. and the prime minister is also taking a close interest and we are of course as he is deeply disappointed and concerned today's verdict and i realize how difficult and distressing this is both for

matthew hedges but for also for his family we are raising it with the international for it is the highest level military procurement deals have long been a central plank of u.k. mideast diplomacy but those links have been strained by the civilian casualties from the u.s. involvement in the war in yemen and by concerns over a clampdown in which counter-terrorism laws are being used to jail political dissidents and human rights activists and indeed anyone who raises concerns or criticisms about the country matthew had his ph d. studies may have led the u.s. authorities to regard him in a similar light but he has repeatedly denied the charges of spying and his supporters insist he is innocent nonetheless his options are dwindling he has thirty days now to appeal against his sentence paul brennan al-jazeera london. protests over soaring fuel prices in the french territory of have led to the worst violence there in nearly thirty years in fronts that drew hundreds of thousands to

the streets quickly spread to the island but protesters say it's about much more than the cost of filling up the time but in a whole as more the island nation of the union more commonly associated with beautiful beaches and some say it's paralyzed by days of violence police and protesters have been injured and more than one hundred people arrested the five days on the discontent at rising fuel prices shows little sign of waning protesters are refusing to take down the road blocks. there is a good natured atmosphere you see motorcycles are on the move the elderly are on the move ambulances are on the move we block but we do it calmly very peaceful and we try not to blossom population too much. mess protests in france that began on saturday quickly spread to the french overseas territory the source of the anger is

the spike in fuel prices by as much as twenty three percent in the past year but for many protesters this is about much more than fuel they're angry at the rising cost of living and poor public services officials introduced a curfew in some parts of reunion to dampen nights of violence french president emanuel mccrum says he'll deploy the military to restore order. we are many initiatives that we've undertaken in our union in the economic sector and local housing policies but on the matter of public order i say clearly i have asked the government to be inflexible because the scenes we have seen in reunion and elsewhere an acceptable.