every. once held in one of australia's toughest detention centers now a world renowned surgeon when he. returns to his hometown baghdad to give up your cheese the hope of walking on al-jazeera. determined to hold saudi arabia accountable u.s. senator is move forward with plans to and support for the war in the. launching al-jazeera life from a headquarters in doha and also ahead talks and astonished to find a solution for the war in syria and with no progress the u.n.

calls it a missed opportunity. another vote in sri lanka takes aim at the controversially appointed prime minister highlighting the divisions that have led to a political crisis. taking over the capital thousands of colombians filled the streets promising protests until the governments meets their demands. hello u.s. senators have voted to debate a bill seeking to withdraw american support for the saudi u.a.e. coalition in the war and defying president donald trump the bipartisan vote ignored warnings from the secretaries of state and defense that it would be a mistake and damage u.s. saudi relations senators are also calling for more transparency on what the intelligence community knows about the murder of saudi journalist. mike hanna reports from washington d.c. . the yeas are sixty three the nays are thirty seven this was the senate and good

fourteen republican senators joined all forty nine democrats in recommending that the bullshit be discussed on the senate floor in all probability a debate that will happen next week it's a direct repudiation of the white house which it sent both the secretary of state and the secretary of defense to persuade senators to vote against the proposal the united states should not be supporting a catastrophic war led by a despotic regime with a dangerous and irresponsible military policy senators furious to a reports that the white house had instructed the cia director not to attend the classified briefing this despite repeated demands that gina has pulled brief the senate on the khashoggi killing and the level of involvement of the saudi crown prince mohammed bin solomon as to whether the crown prince was involved in this

killing it's my belief that he was it's my belief that he ordered it i don't have a smoking gun. but what i do know is that he is responsible for this agency that carried out the killing he has done nothing to show ownership over what has happened the emotion table is agreed to back in march a similar proposal failed to move to the floor for debate fifty five senators voting against the massive turnaround reflected in the latest vote a clear indication of how the murder of shoji has galvanized the senate to reexamine the u.s. relationship with saudi arabia the legislation would end u.s. involvement in yemen but even if it is passed in the senate there's little chance it will go to a house that's under republican control and it's only likely to clear congress and be sent to the white house after the new house of representatives with a democratic majority convenes at the beginning of next year and the president's office has been quick to make clear in

a formal statement that any such legislation would face a veto this in turn could only be overwritten by a two thirds majority in both the house and senate. nevertheless in what is now likely to be a protracted war between president and congress this vote is just the first salvo mike hanna al-jazeera washington well the u.s. has been providing logistical and intelligence support to the saudi emirates a coalition in the war in the end since two thousand and fifteen it began under president barack obama and it's meant to help stabilize the region and counteract iranian actions the frothy rebels fighting the coalition are backed by to run until recently much of the u.s. assistance was in the form of in-flight refueling for saudi jets bombing yemen that's been halted in recent weeks in the wake of the outrage surrounding the murder of jon corzine the u.s. still cooperates on intelligence for the coalition and is the top arms supplier to

saudi arabia and the u.a.e. and it says its officers advise the coalition on potential targets to minimize. civilian casualties meanwhile the united nations a chief has arrived in yemen's capital sana'a to review the humanitarian crisis caused by the war marc local says the suffering is concerning and has once again called on the warring parties to end the fighting i'm very concerned about the humanitarian situation which has deteriorated since i was here last and as i've said repeatedly to the security council there are five things i would like to happen to improve the situation and to reduce the suffering of the people first i'd like to see a sation of hostilities especially around the key aid infrastructure especially around the data secondly i'd like to see the environment in which the aid system operates made easier for all the aid agencies keep the ports open keep the roads so provide access to all the key facilities let's cross over to particle hane joining

us from washington d.c. so that vote by senators happen overnight patty to debate a bill seeking to withdraw american support for the war and yemen what happens next . well what happens is they start talking behind the scenes i was on capitol hill as the vote was take it and i have to tell you that this is being framed in the american media as a huge rebuke not just to president trump but to the longstanding allies saudi arabia and specifically its crown prince and it is remarkable this is the lead story is the front page news it's the lead story on the network cable channels this is what washington officially is talking about so what happens next senator bob corker very influential in foreign politics foreign policy he's retiring so he's going to be hoping to get something done before the new congress takes over in january he has basically said this sends a message to the white house what you have done so far is not enough but they're willing to hear them out they want to see if the president will compromise if you

will basically break what has been a pretty solid stance in the corner of mohamed bin psalm on their basically saying tell us what would be acceptable because they realize that overcoming a veto especially on foreign policy issues can be difficult so we're going to wait and see if the white house is willing to play ball if they're willing to give the senate anything if not senator corker says they'll come up with their own ideas and the white house won't like it so behind the scenes expect a lot of wrangling trying to figure out how to send a message to saudi arabia that would also be supported by the president all right thank you now the u.n. envoy to syria says the latest talks involving iran russia and turkey to end the war are a missed opportunity staffan de mistura says he's disappointed with the failure to form a u.n. backed constitutional committee go shooters meeting in kazakhstan's capital as donna reaffirmed their commitment to no violence in the last rebel stronghold representatives of the syrian government and opposition were at the talks as well as enough of the reports from

a stunner. a new round of talks on syria have concluded with little town jubal progress the meetings over the past two days concentrated on the formation of a un constitutional committee that was supposed to rewrite the constitution at the in the joint statement released by the russians the iranians and the turks the guarantors are the main power brokers in syria reaffirm their commitment to create this committee and that there will be further consultations though this committee is important because the west the international community is linking its creation and its work to post-war reconstruction in syria it's linking this to engaging with russia's own diplomatic offensive russia wants to move to the post-war reconstruction phase it wants refugees to return it really wants to cement president bashar assad's hold on power his battlefield gains but the international community is not on board they want to see political reform first they're

withholding money for reconstruction until that political reform happens now damascus has been intransigent and has been unbending refusing to give up political power because when you rewrite the constitution you're going to curtail the president's powers and in effect you are losing your hold on power i spoke to the head of the opposition delegation after those meetings and but he remained optimistic he said that there was a meeting early this morning with russian delegates and that russia promised that in the next few weeks there will be further consultations and compromises will be made there is a belief on the part of the opposition that russia at the end of the day will have to make concessions if it wants to end this conflict for an internationally backed deal because you're not going to get a deal that is backed by the international community until it is considered legitimate by the united nations supporters of prime minister her purse through a vote in parliament to cut funding for the man who replaced former president mahinda rajapaksa took over after the president. removed the prime minister of

funding the country into a political crisis during previous parliamentary sessions there was violence when those loyal to rajapaksa rejected to no confidence vote against him for an end as well as parliament she has more from colombo. and another ward and another defeat for prime minister minded rajapaksa at the hands of the faction of the ousted prime minister on. the vote today sought to cut down the expenditure and budget allocation to the prime minister's office and was passed by a majority of one hundred and twenty three now this is even more votes than the last of the vicar missing a faction was able to pas however we have my in the rajapaksa saying that this entire process in parliament is illegal his supporters saying that the speaker was being partial to devika missing her faction basically today's vote them saying that the agenda was not properly prepared that these matters are before the court the

supreme court and the code of appeal so are subject here and basically saying that they would not accept such a result now all eyes on prison might be far less serious saying he had to basically rejected the two no confidence motions against prime minister rajapaksa however when you met foreign correspondents on sunday he did say that the vote today if done properly and if the majority was shown by the vicar missing a faction he said he would have to accept it however he did say that he would not basically see any we of reappointing prime minister viktor missing however vigor missing his supporters have once again taken the board and said that he is their only candidate for the post of prime minister when that majority is a recognised prosecutors have raided six offices of germany's biggest lender deutsche bank the raids all happened in the frankfurt area over suspicions of money laundering linked to the twenty sixteen papers corruption scandal investigators are

looking into allegations deutsche bank say. offshore companies in tax havens. still ahead on al-jazeera zimbabwe's opposition calls for a nationwide protest against the ruling party well explained what they're angry about georgia is on course to elect the former soviet republics first female president. hello winter is creeping out again even by satellite you can get that hint when cold air comes off the land and over the water you get these shower clouds building up in the stream of the wind because it's cold enough you get snow that's exactly getting in the car day for the next day or so versus friday's picture support and they don't get the snow but it's still called

a plus one seems that they were stuck as a snow head sayas and his lower granite tended to write in heavy rain for normal home shoot snow for the mountain sendai about eleven in tokyo is probably in the fine with that fifty it is cold further west but not as cold it could be beijing still at seven well i'm a tall man as for a month ago we're going to talk it about minus eleven as a day max was the cold hasn't really come any further science or east yet nor has it reached central or southern china you can see the northeast monsoon is in such fine looking weather occasional big showers develop in western china and that's a forecast for saturday for the most part though it is fine dry and you could always call it warm and certainly mostly sunny because the biggest showers have gone with the sun i'm also forget occasional diversions from what you might expect for this heavy potential for raid in singapore most of the biggest showers throughout the islands of indonesia.

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a bill to end support for the war in yemen the trumpet ministration had asked them to reconsider but many politicians say they have concerns about the u.s. saudi relationship since the murder of journalist so. the u.n. envoy to syria says the latest talks involving iran russia and turkey to end the war are a missed opportunity that fonda mr a says he's disappointed with the failure to agree on a constitutional committee. supporters of prime minister rana work on a single have pushed through a vote in parliament to cut funding for the man who replaced him. in zimbabwe opposition leader nelson chamisa has called for a nationwide protest against the government's the ruling zanu p.f. party is warning any deaths during the protests will be the opposition's fault post-election rallies in august saw six people killed. joining us from the capital harare how big are the protests expected to be. well the march

had started the numbers required to detect a couple of thousand people or maybe currently marching right now of this is needed say the march is about the economy it's been a year since the former president robert mugabe was forced from power by the army and the new leader president musselman and i will promise the poor safety that things will improve things haven't while some people are marching there are other people waiting in long lines waiting for fuel was in short supply going to the soup markets face a commodity some price of more than tripled in a couple of weeks go to the pharmacy you have a card find essential drugs if you find them they're too expensive for the course the opposition saying enough is enough and they want the government to do something about it or knowing how do we expect the government to react. well the march has been allowed to go ahead so far without any incident the government isn't happy about it but related go ahead they saying that of course they want the opposition that if they cause problems then they will be dealt with

some government officials have come out and say that they feel that this is the main opposition leader nelson chamisa trying to get attention trying to get internationally needed to focus again on zimbabwe to try and put some kind of change they suspect he's trying to push for told with prism and god was some kind of negotiation that maybe get some got some kind of deal in government maybe the prime minister role these last peculation from government officials riot police having patience was to seize its positions throughout harare just in case there's problems with so far things seem quiet as the marches will then come back to this square way they started with those who have see to fund the main opposition enough and he said he wouldn't tell them the way forward but for the only zimbabweans the question is what is this march going to achieve by and if you march then what will it change the price of bread the people who are struggling on the ground want action to look into government begin to politicians across the country to come with them congress is because right now the main issue for the poorest of the poor is the economy because a lot of people here are struggling. with awful thank you for that update. george

burns former foreign minister salome's orchestra leader said to be the country's new president with nearly all the votes counted she will be the first woman to hold the office in the former soviet republic if we lost the right selection of a head of state in georgia because the country is turning into a parliamentary democracy the vote has been tainted by allegations of fraud and intimidation robin forced to walk or has more from the capital tbilisi. really received sixty percent of the vote in yesterday's turnout now less is an extraordinary turnaround when you consider that in the first round of these elections she and her rival rick overshadowed they were practically neck and neck i think then she had just a percentage point over here in the first round poll and the reason for that was that she has been very struggled let's say to resonate with voters because of remarks she made about georgia's war with russia where she said georgia should

shoulder some of the responsibility there was a new p.r. campaign that so want to patrol the opposition. as criminal as a dangerous step backwards for georgian politics because greg overshadow her rival had promised to pardon members of the former government who had been charged with abuses of power while in office some of them are in jail some of them have gone into exile and i think georgians were not ready to see these people come back into georgian politics but perhaps the crucial thing that helped. was this often made by the government to pay off the debts of up to six hundred thousand more georgians around about half a billion dollars this country suffers from extreme poverty and i think this was an opportunity that georgian vote is simply could not resist the opposition accused

them of mass vote buying with this initiative they now say that they are going to meet and they're going to discuss the next steps how when and what to do to challenge these results but it looks like. it will be george's next president the british prime minister to resign may has insisted will go ahead and march despite some m.p.'s calling for it to be delayed she's been facing questions from the house of commons committee ahead of a parliament vote next month on her. the decision the house of commons will take on the eleventh of december it will be whether to whether to ratify the deal the united kingdom government has hit with the european home if if if the house. that there will be some steps that will be necessary because obviously we've been doing it as a government we've made information available to business is. the point at which is

the house which is the deal that has been agreed given that the european union has been clear that this is the deal that has been agreed and this is the deal that is on the table and obviously decisions would have to be taken. while there been more protests in colombia against tax reforms and the lack of university funding student groups farmers trade unions are threatening to hold more rallies until the government meets their demands. to reports from. it's the largest protest yet against the government of president even twenty thousand students took to the streets of. routes across the city protestors are calling it the takeover of the capital. public universities are in a terrible state within the goetia eating the government for months but there's no political will so we're showing our discontent. protesters rallied in thirty two cities nationwide demanding more money for the country's chronically underfunded

public universities the students from the ori norco region walked for four days to participate in the protests in. education is centered in the capital but regional universities are falling apart and cover large areas of the country we need to think of the people that live in the periphery who are affected. and wins their union members and social organizations join the protest against the government proposed tax reform. that would increase taxes on a number of basic staples such as oranges and meat while cutting taxes on businesses thus i don't you hate it i live it ducasse announcements are critical for the country or some for workers and entrepreneurs alike that's why we are seeing a growing reaction of the population the first one hundred days of rightwing president have been marked by countrywide protest as he struggled to pass any meaningful legislation in congress most of the rallies have been peaceful but

a time students have clashed with police. the u.n. human rights office is investigating the violence well the catholic church has offered to mediate their negotiations have so far failed well this is a protest that's not about money anymore this is a protest about legitimacy and a place of the students are going to continue protesting until they get their place of the table and they're going to be joined by workers union by transporters union maybe even by a group cultural workers in the future so this is not going to stop anytime soon after almost two months on strike these students now risk do think there's a master in school but they say they don't care and that they will continue rallying and protesting until they manage to change the face of public education. yet i'll just say you have a book that. the u.n. secretary general is calling on palestinian and israeli leaders to restore faith in

the two state solution with jerusalem as the capital of both states and terrorists also urged israel to lift its restrictions on gaza i urge israel to lift the restrictions on the movement of people and goods which also hamper the efforts of united nations and other humanitarian agencies without jeopardizing legitimate security concerns. and i call on hamas and other militant groups to halt their military buildup in gaza including these good launching of rockets and the incendiary devices that acted in israel the violence during demonstrations at the gaza fence is a matter of great concern protecting the world's oceans has been the focus for thousands of entrepreneurs and environmental experts meeting in kenya the so-called blue economy is valued at six trillion dollars catherine soy has more from nairobi . on the sidelines of the world's first blue economy conference delegates are

treated to a shoe of clothes and bags crafted from fish skin all the way from the shores of lake turkana in nothing kenya to that. and other regions designers he has see the future of fashion can include fish skin. but this conference is more than just about fish and fashion delegates are discussing how to harness a sustainable water economy that is valued at up to six trillion dollars and to protect assets worth an estimated twenty five. twenty two make us cities. in the cities. this is one of. these. and we have. the whole ecosystem. time transport systems and coordinated operation.

practices and poaching plastic as well as destruction of coastal eco systems make it difficult to fully harness the potential of the economy people. coming to our waters to fish and doing so without using those resources. is coming to africa everybody talked about how important this conference is addressing the gathering including heads of state have all the right things about doing more to protect the resources empowering local communities and and growing economies but there's also concern that this may be another talks with many good ideas but. organizers of the event see the real walk. staying true to commitments made here begins now we want to focus on the leaders coming here and making commitments about what they will do

in their countries not for the world but in their countries but it is the aggregate of what they're saying that we shall use to conceptualize what the world will be doing for the blue economy at the end of this three day conference heads of government and agencies committed to put in place policies to build a sustainable blue economy they've also promised to help poor countries build capacity to more effectively patrolled seas and oceans as well as strengthen political leadership and international cooperation catherine song al-jazeera the arab. u.s. warships have again sailed through the taiwan straits just days before the u.s. and chinese leaders are due to meet taiwan has long been a source of friction between washington and beijing and in an exclusive interview with al-jazeera taiwan's foreign minister says relations with america have never been better here's adrian brown. in the lobby of taiwan's foreign ministry the

flags of the dwindling number of countries that recognize the island republic just seventeen now in the past three years five diplomatic allies have been lured away by beijing taiwan's foreign minister joseph woo told me it's all part of china's strategy to isolate taiwan internationally and that each defection hurts and of course people here feel betrayed and the can be very strong here you know since they decide to choose china you know that's their choice and the important thing for taiwan is that we want to make sure that those diplomatic elyse remain loyal to taiwan china's diplomatic squeeze of taiwan began after the election of president saying when almost three years ago her party leans towards independence china regards. taiwan as part of its territory to be taken back by force if necessary the intimidation has involved military drills in the taiwan

straits as well as other high profile military exercises the fraught relationship seems to have been a factor in the recent local elections which saw the ruling party lose political control of seven cities the opposition wants better relations with china who says there was another reason for the party's poor showing a chinese disinform ation campaign. china denies it if taiwan selection can be seeing. chinese success of their interference then it's going to be very difficult to stop china from trying again and again or double down the interference on taiwan's relations with the united states woods says they couldn't be better the trump presidency has been good for taiwan there have been plenty of high level exchanges between officials from taipei and washington and during the past two years the u.s.

government has approved arms sales to taiwan of more than one point seven billion dollars. taiwan once every thirty five fighter planes but for now the not the sales to taiwan. in time once defense there are much more than just one particular item in taiwan in the united states have been discussing very intensely how taiwan came. to beef up its own pains. is part of the reason for the heightened tensions between china and the united states the outcome of last weekend's elections could add to the friction adrian brown al-jazeera taipei. well again the headlines on al-jazeera u.s. senators have voted to debate a bill seeking to withdraw support for the saudi u.a.e. coalition in yemen defying president donald trump senators are also calling for

more transparency on what the intelligence community knows about the murder of saudi journalist. the united nations a chief has arrived in yemen's capital sought to review the humanitarian crisis caused by the war marc local described the suffering as very concerning and calls for an end to fighting between the saudi u.a.e. led coalition and the rebels. i'm very concerned about the humanitarian situation here which is deteriorating since i was here last and as i've said repeatedly to the security council there are five things i would like to happen to improve the situation and to reduce the suffering of the people first i'd like to see a sation of hostilities especially around the key aid infrastructure especially around the data secondly i'd like to see the environment in which the aid system operates made easier for would be aid agencies keep the whole soap and keep the roads so provide access to all the key facilities. the un envoy to syria says the latest

talks involving iran russia and turkey to end the war a missed opportunity the fonda mr a says he is disappointed with the failure to agree on the composition of a u.n. backed constitutional committee supporters of sri lanka's prime minister rudd overcome a single her purse through a vote in parliament to cut funding for the man who replaced him. in zimbabwe opposition leader nelson chamisa is calling on his supporters to stage nationwide protests against the government the ruling zanu p.f. party is warning any deaths during the protests will be the opposition's fault. south korea's supreme court has ordered japanese industrial giant mitsubishi to compensate twenty eight south koreans for forced labor during the second world war the decision follows the court's ruling in october in favor of those seeking damages from another japanese company those are the latest headlines on al-jazeera inside story is coming up next stay with us.

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