could escalate the conflict and now it's emerged that not all the arrested crew are sailors ukraine's state security services the s.b.u. says it had counterintelligence officers on board and it also says that two missiles were fired by one of two russian fighter jets at the boats and one of those agents was seriously injured what happens next to the detained ukrainian servicemen may be unclear what's certain is that without their release ukraine will continue to ramp up pressure for some sort of international action against russia for what happened off the shores of an extraordinary andrew symonds al-jazeera kiev . so i have for you on the program and i jerry's president is hoping to reform one of the african continent and most corrupt police forces our going to be live in the u.s. state of mississippi where a tight senate race is being defined by racial tensions.

how low we have fire and flood concerns for australia at the moment the fire they say to queensland bushfire early season bushfires continuing to rage away with some very high temperatures for some up towards the northeast and colder those high temperatures actually also breeding quite a few still as we stand towards the southeast where we have some really wet weather coming in i think those in the city areas surrounding area could well see flooding as we go through a good part of wednesday some really heavy rain coming through and some gusty winds rain fall amounts could top one hundred millimeters in the twenty four hour period maybe even as much as two hundred millimeters in the waynes maybe up around sixty eighty maybe one hundred kilometers per hour at times shows continue up towards the

far northeast of the country easing off a touch as we go on into thursday thursday drive down towards the southeastern corner southwest also fondant right perth twenty two celsius a similar temperature for adelaide and quite a common weather at last making its way and victoria more so into work queensland and new south wales we've got certain quite weather for time into new zealand a blustery shower was never really too far away we got a few showers there in place as we go through wednesday temp just picking up a touch for oakland on thursday with some sunshine. they join one of the world's most notorious groups. but found a way out rebuild their lives and mount help but it's. a tale of course recruitment child soldiers and the horrific exploitation of women and

daughters are. part of the radicalized scene and it's just zero. welcome back a quick look at the top stories this hour saudi crown prince mohammed bin cell none has arrived in tunisia for the latest leg of his tour of arab states but the u.s. president donald trump about u.s. president all top has currently no plans to meet him at the g. twenty summit in argentina this week five major aid agencies are calling on the united states to cut military support for the saudi m.r.c. coalition in yemen to stop and feeling the humanitarian crisis and of course in

russian an exclusive mayor has ordered twelve ukrainian navy sailors captured by russia to be held for two months. now mississippi voters are going to the polls in the last u.s. senate race to be decided this year republican cindy hyde smith is in a tight race against democrat like s.b. and what's usually a staunch conservative state vote became racially charged off to hide smith was recorded telling a supporter she would attend a public hanging thousands of black men were killed by white people in mississippi during lynchings before the civil rights era well john hendren is in jackson mississippi and joins me now and as you were saying john the final the final race for the senate this year is going to and tell us more about what we can expect from this contest that's right this will decide how many seats in the senate the republicans and the democrats have right now it stands at forty seven to fifty

two a slight gain for the republicans and this is a closely watched race largely because it's the last race also because it's a rare chance when a democrat has a shot here in mississippi to become a u.s. senator that has not happened here since one thousand nine hundred eighty two and it hasn't happened for an african-american like mike espy the democratic candidate since the nineteenth century and the secretary of state's office says that so far it has been steady but slow at the polls we've heard some anecdotal reports that here in the city of jackson the capital of mississippi that there were long lines at seven o'clock in the morning but through the rest of the day not so bad in. high turnout is something that mike espy needs this is a state with a forty percent african-american. population in it's one in which he knows that he has to get that population out and then take a slice of the rest of the population here in mississippi so high turnout would probably be beneficial for him most analysts say we will find out in

a couple of hours just what the turnout is but this is a race that has definitely been unexpected in the sense of the democrat has a real shot here for the first time in decades as you say john the democrats are the demographics i should say are absolutely key we know that this race has definitely elements all of the state's history all the very racially charged and those tensions that still exist to the surface what tell us about campaigning and how incendiary the rhetoric has been. well this probably would not be a very close race if cindy hyde smith had done a little better in her campaigning those gaffes that you talked about talking about if they were telling us reporter if there were a public hanging she would be in the front row as she did a facebook photo in which she was wearing a confederate cap and holding a musket and this is a state in which the civil war still has the power to divide people so those were

considered very divisive remarks she also made a joke about voter suppression at one point saying that it might be better if there if it were a little more difficult for liberals to vote. donald trump however came here to her age she is a very much one hundred percent behind trump that is her voting record with trump's issues one hundred percent behind the president and her bus that she's been campaigning on is called the model wagon and make america great again of course is donald trump's motto and it's got a big picture of her with the president there so last night just on the eve of the election he made two stops here in mississippi and argue that she would be the best candidate and normally that would not be a contest in which the president would get involved but as we've discussed mike espy here is really making a show of it but he's got to get voters out he's got to get african-american voters out he's got to get liberal white voters out and so far we have not got a solid indication that that is necessarily taken place those tallies of course

will come through over the course of the night so we have a choice here between the first female u.s. senator from the state of mississippi and the first african-american at least in over a century that will be decided tonight looks like it might be a historic rice thank you very much john hendren there in jackson mississippi a final senate race all set to take place. u.s. president donald trump meanwhile is imposing sanctions on nicaragua's vice president for a violent crackdown on anti-government protesters the measures target rezai i'm a real who is also the wife of president daniel ortega are accused of undermining a crack was democracy any property owned by maria that falls under u.s. jurisdiction of the frozen while american citizens and businesses are barred from dealing with or the three hundred people have been killed and at least two thousand injured by police and armed groups in stem instructions began in april now georgians are preparing to elect a new president voters are choosing between an independent candidate backed by the

ruling party and an opposition politician who's an open critic of russia but activists groups have accused the government of trying to buy votes with a controversial debt relief scheme from tbilisi robin farseer walker reports. layla makes a living selling souvenirs but it's not enough to repay her back the government has promised to help more than six hundred thousand georgians trapped by debt. their lives future is looking bright. mark then. if someone will do such a kind thing why not why not i can only say thank you. she'll be able to express her gratitude at the ballot box initiative coming just ahead of the country's presidential runoff. the timing is wrong to say the government's critics we know done. very orgy on to this program abuse. praktica she done the

concert i'm struck at the moment where she is unable to look i mean chose this hour or more children are the most to go on to form a memory after. that. many voters chose not to back the government's candidates in the first round suddenly zurabishvili. thanks to guess she made clear in remarks that georgia should shoulder responsibility for the war with russia in two thousand and eight. opponents betrayed her as vladimir putin's apologist so. her challenger grigolo the should say is a member of the former governing party still unpopular with many georgians since the first round the government has a new aggressive p.r. campaign to discredit the opposition their message that if the opposition candidate wins some familiar but controversial phrases will be making

a return to georgian politics. whatever the outcome georgians understand that ultimately an oligarch from his country. which is initially chairs the governing party seen here sitting next to his chosen candidate. it is his private foundation that would pay off loans like labor's. the voters must decide whether it is a genuine initiative to alleviate poverty or and make it a tent to buy their loyalty driven first able. to police. an afghanistan is open for business at present ash afghanis pitched at delegates as investment conference in geneva they're looking at strategies to help a nation that's been ravaged by seventeen years of war meanwhile the u.n. has warned that three point six million afghans are one step away from famine which has been triggered by afghanistan's west droughts in decades and he barbara ports.

i think a demonstration by afghans outside the united nations in geneva a reminder for the afghan president of the urgency of ending the violence back home but at the start of a two day conference here he was keen to stress opportunities for the outside world to decide events on private sector investment it's a different have guns. we're open for business i hope you are open for partners thank you this is not a pledging conference rather it's a chance to evaluate whether afghanistan is delivering on its promises to the international donor countries the un assistance mission to afghanistan or you nama is pointing to several areas where things are getting better thanks to outside support one concrete example ensuring that there is a police force which is trained which functions police men and women across the country receiving their salaries that is something where there's been huge

investment by the international community and that investment continues still virtually every aspect of life in afghanistan is affected by the conflict which has got worse this year besides the war with the taliban and there's now the threat of attacks on civilians by i saw five thousand children have been killed i mean within the first three quarters of twenty which is equal to the total number in twenty seventeen so we are expecting this numbers to go higher by the end of the at the in the immediate. need is to stop conflict in afghanistan and it's a big big because. you know losing a brave and soldiers civilian can develop. you know increasing so that's the emitted need for. an afghan tuesday's events included sessions on afghan refugees and increasing women's participation in society but on wednesday the focus

shifts to politics delegates from more than sixty countries are expected to be here as the afghan president and his government highlighted chief much like last month's elections but many afghans will be wondering when the violence that still cripples their country is going to end nadine barber al jazeera geneva. danielle the wife of a british academic who was jailed for spying in the united arab emirates has released the first picture of her husband since his return to the quay matthew had just landed in london after flying from dubai he was sentenced to life imprisonment last week before being pardoned on monday hedges was arrested in may while researching a ph d. on the u.a.e. security strategy now facebook's chief executive mark zuckerberg has been criticized for failing to appear to an international hearing into misinformation and fake news will make is left out an empty chair physical book at a special session here in london social networks vice president of policy solutions

richard allen gave evidence instead facebook is accused of undermining democratic institutions and allowing the spread of misinformation and hate speech the company insists it complies with data protection rules but admits it has made mistakes two prominent opposition leaders in the democratic republic of congo variety in the capital kinshasa after sun in cooperation deal in nairobi on friday the telecom has agreed to campaign on a joint ticket backing feed its just a k d in the presidential election on december twenty third they both withdrew from a unity deal after refusing to support coalition opposition have it not if you do presenters of kabila misstepped down off to clinging to office for two years longer than the constitution allows all to nigeria now where the present how do bihari is approved an increase of salary and allowance for police offices i jerry and police are rated as some of the most corrupt in africa many say that low wages and working conditions are to blame dress has worn out.

and unappreciated. the institution these nigerian police officers represent is understaffed and often stigmatized. most rewarding for some here is a battered image of police among the people they're saying to protect themselves seen them like somebody they will run to for help they feel that when you go there the quote part of your problems in the leg areas and all believe in a grown police. so the president has stepped in hoping a modest increase in pay will help make life better for officers. he thought may be a man harnessed celery for the police also help reposition them so that they can be the first line of defense in the country he had always said it that is unfortunate when things happen in any part of the country and send in troops things don't come on the walls or not

rich and i didn't police officer earns two hundred dollars a month not enough to pay the rent and feed the family considering the long and dangerous hours that must be put in as a result some officers try to earn extra cash legitimately or otherwise it's not clear if the increase in salary allowances will make police men and women focus more on that duty but some nigerians say it will take more than a salary increase to stop decades of police corruption. but actually say they want to see more done i think a good leader and you're looking to create increasing the salary its goals to the extent of looking at the whole general welfare of the police before you can see that getting to the point for now though the police look forward to that pay rise that could help them a bit more but many nigerians are waiting to see if that increase will also reduce

some of the corruption police are often accused off. with trees al jazeera which are. it was no excuse for slow service that a new restaurant in nepal which is using three robots to act as your wife says the establishment in the capital kathmandu is the first fully digitised restaurant in the whole of south asia and robots a program to bring orders to the table as quickly and efficiently as possible but it's not all perfect state of the art software still appears to meet a little bit on how to deal with serious children. is a quick recap of the top stories for you now. the white house says president all trump doesn't plan to meet the saudi crown prince at the g. twenty summit argentina later this week for his mom had been zalman has been trying to rebuild his image after the. last month turkey says it's shed or dear recordings

of the merger with several countries including the united states there is kimberly aust national security advisor whether he took them so let me take the question of the tape first no i haven't listened to it and i guess i should ask you why do you think i should what do you think i'll learn from curious eyes or if i have access to the intelligence committee in this room speak arabic or. they're just going to try to do what you want me to listen to or what am i going to learn from it if they were speaking korean i wouldn't learn any more from it either i would be able to tell you well that i should read a transcript so you don't think it's important you're not going to i'm just trying to make the point that everybody who says why don't you listen to the tape unless you speak arabic what are you going to get from it. meanwhile crown prince mohammed bin solomon has arrived in tunisia to meetings with the president and prime minister but he's been facing more protests over the khashoggi murder the tunisian

judiciary is investigating a complaint by the journalists union accusing the prince of human rights violations . five major aid agencies a calling on the united states to cut military support for the saudi amorality coalition in yemen to stop them fueling the humanitarian crisis there in a joint letter to the u.s. government to the five charities say they can potentially save tens of thousands of civilian lives with a change in policy a course in russian annexed crimea has ordered twelve ukrainian navy sailors captured by russia to be held for two months the sailors appeared in court after russian forces opened fire on three ukrainian ships at the weekend and then sees them mississippi voters are going to the polls in the last u.s. senate race to be decided this year republican cindy eyed smith is in a tight race against democrat mike espy and what's usually a staunch conservative state will continue to bring you coverage of that story in

the coming hours now radicalized youth meets the young kenyan women who force al-shabaab stay with al jazeera the important thing if you are walking around in beirut was not to be in the line of fire from the holiday. we heard gunshots i was the first one to flee the heart of. the battle lasted three days and three nights and there were no prisoners at the control of the under control of the region around and that's why it was such a bloody battle an icon of conflict at the heart of the lebanese civil war beirut holiday more hotels on al-jazeera. over the.

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