people whatever their background but which is clearly identifiable with western christian and jewish values. the post was also about giving the members the chance to see these three candidates up close and personal and for them to work out which one they think can set the policy forward and when the next general election you just mind is it isn't distinguished by my feeling is to be. very impressed by. but the nicads come over spall so very interesting. from the three candidates i prefer experience mounts because i'm very happy that you come back into the politics and he was so most impressive for me. they will get the chance to cost them votes in december dominic k. zero. still to come here on the al-jazeera news hour in sport the racing driver he's back in form in a while and she is our film instancing is on in

a crash course will be hand with that and the rest of the sports teams after the break.

and china and india are keeping a close eye on the political situation in tauranga the island plunged into a constitutional crisis with two men claiming to be the lawful prime minister china sees the island nation in the indian nation as crucial to its plans to expand trade routes but india is nervous about growing chinese influence in its neighborhood but

miss smith reports from the sri lankan capital colombo. for centuries stopping off in sri lanka on china's ancient silk road trade routes linking east with west merchants would buy spices pearl and ivory today china see sri lanka as a critical link in its modern day silk road what it calls its belt and road initiative is building infrastructure projects to expand trade from asia to africa and europe. china's spending spree is making india nervous and it's helped to cause friction at the top of the sri lankan government ending up with president saying a firing the prime minister rania wickramasinghe china has been quite active in taking a war project in sri lanka not only go on one project if you were only when private sector projects there was an attempt on the part of prime minister commencing to allow india. indian company to pick or one of the sections of the

port to which the president was not in agreement so if you take that into consideration one would hear new delhi is not pretty happy with the development of port in the south was built with chinese loans but it's so under used that the sri lankan government couldn't afford to keep it running so it gave the chinese government a foothold with a ninety nine year lease sri lanka owes more than fifty billion dollars to foreign lenders but seventy seven percent of g.d.p. chinese loans make up eight billion dollars of that but india and japan are owed much more their problem is not enough aid or anyone else the problem is that they really have to do a lot of work here and those investments have to be in how to be many fully and in a way that they really did a good return so that we will be able to be bad the problem has been dead those

investments i believe probably we might need them now they've been near twentieth time but at the moment we have a big get out of them next year sri lanka has to start paying back more than four billion dollars in foreign loans and not just got harder because the rupee is foreign to its lowest level ever against the dollar that could force the government to look for sympathetic friends willing to help ease the country's debt. bernard smith al-jazeera columbia. but it's have this now with paul martin thank you very much a formula one driver who almost lost his arm in a crash will make a remarkable return to the sport next season after eight is away polish driver robert kibitz partially severed his right arm in a rally accident which looked like it had ended his f one career the thirty three year old who won the canadian girl printing thousand eight has just announced he'll make a return to the williams team for the twenty nine two season. while phillip duncan

is an f one correspondent for the press association he says williams who will finish in the bottom of the team standings this season need kibitz for his talent as well as his marketability or during his time in the school is five seasons he won once and he proved that he had the capabilities to potentially be a future use very highly thought of divisive lewis hamilton and fernando alonso united states of the best drivers that they've race against so he's obviously got those credentials and in terms of going to team up we have really struggled this year he brings you know another family as it were because he attracts so many fans because of what managed to do during his time when he was driving in f one and particular now the story it's a nice story for williams to be able to promote six years they've had such a difficult season this year. le bron james return time to cleveland doesn't opposing play it for the second time in his career and got

a lot of love despite beating his former team james stepped back on court tonight high as a los angeles lakers player having traded from the cavil is in the summer the fan still appreciating him breaking a fifty two year championship drops in twenty six days he scored thirty two points for a head but his old same put on one of the best displays of the season at the last it was tied until late in the fourth when the like has broken open they want one hundred ninety one hundred five very different for le bron this time having been booed on his first return with a miami heat eighty is a guy you know appreciate you know his friends and just must be appreciated me nervously when i was that on the floor they always showed appreciation to known most of my teammates was eleven years as for different from the time we landed yesterday from time related to yesterday you know you know you saw the different i'm a different person we're all different you know from from a years ago you know both good and bad but you know my point is this group has been great. now what's in a name quite

a lot if you ask athletes from taiwan they currently compete at the olympics under the name of a country that doesn't really exist chinese taipei but on saturday they could move a step closer to changing that the people of taiwan set to vote on a referendum on which name to use in international sports events including the tokyo elim picks in twenty twenty but the issue is clouded by the political status of taiwan. in one nine hundred forty nine the island of taiwan politically broke away from mainland china since then any talk of its sovereignty has put a strain on a fragile relationship and only seventeen countries officially recognize it china blocked taiwan from international sports events until nine hundred eighty one when the international olympic committee agreed with both sides that taiwanese athletes would compete as chinese taipei athletes use the emblem on flag of the chinese taipei a limpid committee on march to a specially written unfun with lyrics about the olympics the i.o.c.

say even if the referendum passes that's one to change taiwan has been accused of politicizing sports by china some athletes are worried if the vote passes they won't be able to compete at an olympics while others say they are being suppressed chinese tabish the whole idea that means it is chinese taipei a country's name is it it is not we are the so i.o.c. members banned from using our own country's name we are the only member who cannot sing our national anthem and fly our national flag we are the only one this shows how seriously china is suppressing us will be the true god. we noticed recently people in taiwan that care about the vital interests of taiwan athletes have expressed their concerns in objections they think the vote on name change is a gamble that is doomed to lose in the political manipulation the stakes the interests of taiwan people and the actions will actually hurt taiwan. major league

baseball's rookie of the year show hey otani has returned to japan after a record breaking first year with the los angeles angels of tani's switch from japan to the major leagues in january was disrupted by an elbow injury but he still had a great year with even breaking one ninety nine year old held by babe ruth the twenty four year old is fresh from surgery that could stop him pitching until twenty twenty he told the press in tokyo on thursday that the step up to major league baseball from japan had been huge. one hundred fifty that you know everything was different i felt the difference in baseball itself including the culture right away i was aware of a higher level of not only power but also technique and speed they were high level in regard to everything of course there was some reluctance over with a day of surgery but i decided that was necessary in order to perch without having to worry about myself physically in the future. a match up between the two new york

teams in the n.h.l. saw the rangers come out on top over the islanders cody mcleod and ross johnston demonstrated the importance of this friendly rivalry to the two teams the rangers were already three nothing up point and the ended up being five first cried rubbing salt in the islanders when. it's the rangers seventh straight win on home ice at madison square garden in you. that is or your sport and i'll have more white or poor thank you very much indeed now the philippines where i often say using their talents to fight back against the government they accuse assign and sing the media as well as free speech jamil allendale the reports from manila. in the country of widespread poverty and violence artists e-mail says he espoused his voice he says the current state of democracy in the philippines is what fuels his

creativity they are showing a lot but he uses elements from a popular culture to make a political statement. part of a growing trend in the art community you know the artists rights in adversity i think the amount of artwork that's being churned out right now is some but all myth there of whatever is happening not only in the country but you know in the world through this under siege and the state placed the pin down. art would always be in effect the second line of defense. to the president to be good at their do was sworn into office the number of artworks highlighting controversial issues continues to grow like the government's war on drugs that has left thousands of filipinos dead. the resurgence of protests art is seen as a response to the growing authoritarianism in the country but artists here tell us

finding the moral courage to do so doesn't come easy. it is creative provocative and one that resonates more with ordinary working people and there's. more privileged in society. much of the art is identified with the leftist movement in the country one that's often been at odds with governments past and present it started during the martial law period an artist tries to confess what he feels what he thinks should be seen by the public that challenge us people the thing. women so representative rights militarization and the displacement of indigenous peoples are just some of the issues artists do the child we from. people who see this art

see they recognize the courage needed by the artists to produce and show their work art that aims to mirror society rather than escape it. has never been more relevant in the country. duggan. well that's all for me for now but i'll be back a little bit later in the day but coming up next in this seat will be folly to stay with us here in.

logans good news i'm scared. to lose his will lose their nerve and find for what is right on the shores of paradise progress for some can create a living hell for others challenging his government and big business one man risked his life to save the community he cherishes it is not going to be that someone can do stand on. the opposition a witness documentary on al-jazeera. and lives in fear constantly looking over her shoulder she says she was threatened by armed men as they ransacked a home she knows who ordered the attack and why they want to develop on her community and as you know we can't let the men to imitate us we need to continue they can kill me i'm not afraid of being killed i need to defend my people who've been here since fifteen sixty nine without any help from the government and now they want to destroy the forest that is part of us learned ownership in brazil is

among the most concentrated and unequal in the world those who ordered the intimidation the murders are rarely brought to justice the lights are on. and there's nowhere to hide isn't the easiest way to solve this to allow u.n. observers who you invited into the country earlier this year to finish their job i haven't said it's a right wing conspiracy or anybody's conspiracy straight talking debate do you think we're going to see some kind of sea change in the u.s. relationship with saudi arabia we have an obligation there is a journalistic integrity and then in this case it was betrayed totally up from its own al-jazeera. the e.u. calls for those responsible for the murder of saudi journalist jamal khashoggi to be held to account as ankara demands the suspects be tried in turkey.

back to watching al jazeera live from the headquarters in doha also coming up the u.n. envoy is due to visit the yemeni port city of a day where fighting continues despite claims the saudi u.a.e. coalition has pause its offensive the wife of a british citizen handed on lie sentence for spying in the u.a.e. accuses the gulf state of fabricating evidence plus the refugees call it their game but it's the game. the european union is back on the suffering i'm david. thank you for joining us the european union and turkey calling for those

responsible for the murder of saudi journalists. to be held accountable at the same time and current says it wants the suspects to be tried in turkey the turkish government has said of saudi arabia's officials do not cooperate it will seek an independent international investigation speaking to reporters earlier the turkish foreign minister criticize the trump administration's position in the case. for some reason some countries of displayed a tendency to cover it up because of individual interests this is a matter which still carries many questions that have not been answered yet it's important there are answers a provided the shocking murder premeditated murder one that cannot be condoned cannot be accepted by anyone has to be investigated fully and facts must be revealed and the matter of the order whoever the murderer was ordered by is something that needs to come to light. we expect that accountability is in

short which means that those responsible those really responsible for this terrible murder have to be taken accountable we expect in line with our principles and our values and our practices on judicial systems. a full investigation transparent. and fair to take place i guess this will be one of the issues we will be discussing over a working lunch not only the the situation itself but also the . role that. say that they're all that. you know are still here thanks or we have to report as across developments shortly will be speaking to our white house correspondent kimberly harkat in washington but first to mahmoud via who's outside the saudi consulate in istanbul turkey mohamed let's start with the latest developments these past few hours and that is

a columnist from the turkish newspaper saying that the cia in fact has the smoking gun evidence that links the crown prince of saudi arabia to jamal has showed his murder by the american susan to ignore it perhaps. yes finally the understanding here is that this information has already been circulated in the united states and also here in turkey so the cia mentioned before calling to the columnist that to mohammed with the crown prince of saudi arabia was intercepted talking talking to his brother who is the ambassador in washington and the two men were talking about the annoyance and the disturbance caused by the columns and writings of g. and how the sentiment in that conversation or the silencing the speed the silencing of. and that happened before his metaphorically before his murder and also the reports after that that the when he came to the embassy in washington seeking

dart's a divorce paper he was asked to go to istanbul to get it out of the consulate here in istanbul and that's where a team of fifteen men were sent here to kill him inside the consulate so these circumstantial information even more than circumstantial to me only further proof that. the saudis are despite the government would be government and particularly mohammed and said man is responsible for the matter he has given orders for this matter and for these journalists now and columnist here this has to be shown a more strongly to the public he he believes that. this report that the cia has compiled and handed to president tom contains that recording and that the report should be declassified as soon as possible so that the international public and the american public know the truth and that for him could lead to more pressure on

saudi arabia to cooperate further on the investigation with turkey and also it could lead to justice being served. we understand that. the media and the public have now begun to talk about a war between more ality. and justice on the one hand and state interests on the other hand and that's discussion house started right after president trump declared that he would stand with saudi arabia and crown prince mohammed the same man despite the evidence that's probably muhammad the sun is responsible and aware of the plot to kill him out. all right mohammed thank you very much for that let's bring in kimberly hockett in washington d.c. now kimberly two days ago president trump in a statement said the crown prince of saudi arabia may have been involved he may not have been involved but from what we're hearing out of turkey today it seems that this information linking the crown prince to the murder of. was in the cia report

that the president was shown. indeed in this is something that has been circulating in washington for many days the fact that the cia has conclusive evidence linking. the crown prince mohammed bin solomon to the ordering of the killing of. in fact it is that interception and now we are finally getting more detail about what was said in that interception but it is that interception of communications between the crown prince and the so-called kill team not only before the killing of but after this is essentially what many in washington have for days been calling the so-called smoking gun but you're right the president seems to be the one that is denying that this is any sort of conclusive evidence as we heard in that statement from him on tuesday in fact he said will anybody ever really know well the fact is that the cia report that has not been made public seems to be very conclusive one

state department official an anonymous official in fact on early on tuesday morning late monday night saying in fact that he or she has seen this report and it is very clear clues of in fact the quote coming from that official that anonymous source is that it is blindingly obvious who ordered this killing so as this information slowly continues to leak out it is getting more and more uncomfortable for the u.s. president who has decided to give the crown prince plausible deniability but in in light of these facts it is getting harder and harder to maintain that stance with that statement on tuesday it seemed the president wanted to move on from jamal hush o.g.'s murder but this is not going away any time soon even in the u.s. with actions ground in congress can be. that's right actions plan in congress and not just one but many at the senate level of the house of representatives level you

have a very vocal critic of the president's adam schiff a democrat who will soon in january in the next congress be heading up a number of committees or on a number of committees where he has promised a quote deep dive into who ordered the killing of pointing the finger at the crown prince accusing this white house of a cover up and then of course we have a number of efforts at the senate level not only in the forms of legislation but also in the form of yet another letter to the white house triggering the global magnitsky act for a second time in recent weeks pushing specifically for this white house to look into the role of the saudi crown prince the last time this letter was triggered it resulted in seventeen sanctions against saudi nationals but notably none of those included members of the royal family so this congress pressing for more thank you kimberly how could life for us in washington d.c. let's not bring in mohammed share conway who is

a senior fellow with the al-jazeera study center and also a professor of conflict resolution at george mason university thank you for being with us so. what do you make. ok we're having a bit of a technical issue let's pause for a moment and we're going to move on to another story and i'll bring you back in once we get your mike sorted ok thank you for staying with us. let's move on to the situation in yemen now and the coalition has been battling to take control of the port city of who dated but who the rebels have kept up a strong defense fortifying the city's outskirts these satellite images show large trenches along the edges of the city donned by the who sees and you can see with these red lines the yellow stripes represent deeper trenches stretching more than forty kilometers and these pictures appear to show the before and after when the port was full and then after shipping containers was removed to form part of the

rebels defenses while the u.s. defense secretary jim matt is says coalition has pause its offensive iran who data the u.n. special envoy to yemen is expected to travel to the port city sometime thursday or friday earlier this week martin griffith met hoofy rebel leaders in the capital sanaa as there as mohammed abdul has more from nearby djibouti. the residents of today the go to quote there's no meaningful cease fire to talk about the sport. between the parties with each side of a full fighting the fos short when they announced that they were going to talk more grown ballistic missile attacks against. the fighters walk up to. the right to defend. with which they have been fortifying in the past they've also been talking about. the other side cutting out.

differences and positions in the different frontlines in the city the residents of the city say some fighting has been going on outskirts of the city. the u.s. defense secretary saying that there's been a. hold on all parties to seize the hostilities under tom talks. protests spring the island. why it's more than just about. winter is finally creeping in stripping south a group called has been in mongolia but now it's spread into valuable stock is getting into was a far north of japan the massive cloud. on its back in turkey and some snow into

new orleans far into the higher ground in the terms of the dime for the sas and send an eight and took your four.