the terminal hold saudi arabia accountable u.s. senators move forward with plans to end support for the saudi u.a.e. coalition fighting in yemen. i'm richelle carey this is out there live from doha also coming up. missiles restrictions on russians and martial law and ukraine moscow and kiev take tit for tat measures over a naval confrontation in the black sea. talks of astonished to find a solution for the war in syria and with no progress and the u.n. is calling it a missed opportunity. another vote in sri lanka takes aim at the controversially

appointed prime minister highlighting the divisions that led to a political crisis. u.s. senators have voted to debate a bill seeking to withdraw support for the saudi led coalition in the war and yemen defying president on a truck 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 prompt and congress this vote is just the first salvo mike hanna al-jazeera washington for leaders are arriving in argentina for the g. twenty summit kicks off on friday in front of the saudi crown prince is already there and the order of saudi journalists is casting a shadow over the visit and while the tension in crimea is also expected to be a major issue traceable joins us live from hassan is so how do we expect all of this to play out at the cemetery where so many concerns on the international stage . presence can you hear me. yes hello there was a bit of a delay here well this is the historical moment for argentina the first time that a south american country host a summit like of the g. twenty and we've been watching the world leaders arrive here on wednesday mohammed bin so man arrived to one side is this day just to draw from canada among gatherers

have begun arriving here donald trump is expected to arrive this thursday. as i said before a historical summit but also that's been filled with tension the tension that has generated when mohammed bin seven month arrived here with a request by human rights watch to investigate him for human rights abuses torture and war crimes in yemen and the killing of. the late as we know is that a judge has requested the arjen time for an office to talk about the status of mohamed bin sultan here and what they say is that he has diplomatic immunity and that in order to touch him it will have to go all the way up to the supreme court so this is just one of the many issues that we're going to see some of these days another one day meeting between being and donald trump on the trade war between the united states and china a meeting between the media and on a trunk with the critics saying that in the last meeting trump did not push enough

for the interference of russia in the united states elections among so many other issues argentina has tried to establish and to discuss issues like development infrastructure the food sustainability for the world among so many other issues but the main stage has been on this bilateral meetings that will be happening here and what a sight is so tourism this event always brings out protesters this is an opportunity they see it to get attention for their particular cause there will be thousands of protestors what is the government doing to ensure that this will be a safe event. well protests have already started let's not forget the situation that argentina is in right now with austerity measures after a bail from the international monetary fund all this week we have seen already people on the streets and where we are right now this is have people summit people have started gathering here today to demonstrate they say that they are against the

g twenty summit saying it represents the richer countries that regions like latin america africa and asia are underrepresented that crucial issues like development poverty among so many other issues should also be debated in this types of summits what the government has done is has created rings around the city so it's going to be very difficult for demonstrators to actually reach the area where the precedents are they have waved around twenty two thousand security forces have been deployed all around the city and the government is saying that they want to prevent violence that the one that happened in humber last year from happening here in spite of this people are saying that this friday they're going to take to the streets and protest thousands of them are expected to attend. president assad is thank you. iran's president says he will impose restrictions on russian citizens in his country this comes as russia deploys additional surface to air missiles in the disputed region

of crimea the latest tension stems from an able confrontation and the black sea several ukrainian soldiers were detained during this incident in the current strait kiev says russian forces are preventing ships from breaching ukrainian ports in that area the straightest needed to resupply the region of eastern ukraine near mariya pole where ukraine's fighting russia back separatist ukraine has imposed martial law in parts of the country and reports from kiev. as very harsh of his country goes on the war ukraine's president is making a stark warning about russia accusing it of sending more tanks to its border petro poroshenko says he wants ukraine to do more to defend itself against the threats of the land invasion. these tanks have not yet been removed from there they're still there i don't want anybody to think those are toys the country is under threat of a full scale war with the russian federation so. the goal of this martial law is to

show that the enemy will pay a very high price if he decides to attack us it will be like a cold shower that will stop the mad men who have plans to attack ukraine and if there is no further aggression we will assume that the goal of these actions is achieved. remarks will do nothing to calm down the tension russia is announcing the deployment of more f. four hundred missile systems in crimea and donald trump says he may now cancel his meeting with vladimir putin that's june at the g twenty summit and bought a sari's this week. with a lot of his now trying to dismiss what happened on sunday as a border incident. it's a provocative missile. i think it's a provocation a provocation organized by the authorities and i think the president himself the head of the presidential election scheduled to open in ukraine in march of next year. would beauticians. the border in syria nothing more than what

happened in two thousand and fourteen when crimea decided to reunite with russia it was a completely different mass of story. as for the twenty four captive ukrainians including three who are in hospital now remain in detention for at least the next two months under the court's orders of a judge how is this all playing out for people in ukraine's capital kiev and seems to be widespread support for more. from here we don't see what's happening on the russian border but the president knows what to do he knows best. there is no need to panic we have to support our government. whatever hurts russia benefits ukraine if the united if there is to be martial law it should be nationwide one law for our . should have been introduced earlier we've been at war for nearly five years.

that last point a reminder of the old going conflict in the east of the country between pro russian separatists and ukrainian. in which more than ten thousand people have died since the fighting broke out in twenty fourteen what's happening off the shores of an explorer mir has threatened to open up a new front line in the conflict. under symons al-jazeera. the an envoy to syria says the latest talks to end the war are a missed opportunity step on them a story says he is disappointed with the failure in astonished to set up a un backed constitutional committee say to her reports from apple. it's a new round of syria talks the power brokers russia iran and turkey brought the warring parties their allies yet again to the capital. the united nations was also invited the special envoy to find a mistake i was hoping for a breakthrough in what is likely to be his last diplomatic mission before leaving

office but there was no deal on the formation of a un constitutional committee russia's presidential envoy alexander lovren so the issue of the committee is important and its creation is their goal moscow knows it won't get the backing of the west for its plans for post-war reconstruction and refugee returns if damascus doesn't engage with the un led political process so much the enough issues were thoroughly discussed there was no deal no formal announcement about the committee creation but details are being discussed on the show seriously and i'm optimistic there will be a solution to this had this meeting was another missed opportunity to accelerate this stablish ment of what he called a credible balanced and inclusive syria owned syrian led un facilitated constitutional committee but he said he remains committed to facilitate for their efforts the target date to set up the committee is by the end of the year that is

what france and germany requested during the last meeting on syria and istanbul in october there are no longer calls for syrian president bashar assad to step down but the u.n. political process that involves a new constitution and free elections is about curtailing his powers and changing syria system of government. that is why damascus is resisting the un committee's work and mandate it doesn't want. this we produce something. and be. in. the so-called asked in a format is about undercutting and sidelining the un but can't formalize the syrian government's victory on the ground without the international community that means damascus will have to give up at least some political power for now however it is showing no intention of doing so. still ahead on.

recognition on the international stage. alor remains financially ready for central and southern china what clad there was over hong kong is drifting out of the way what reserve the himalayan himalayan platters hide doesn't produce any significant rain or indeed snow for these temps you don't ally snow or top twenty in shanghai twenty five in hong kong or want to show us what develops in the west and sichuan hunan that it was easy but there just a good scotching i think lotteries fine and dry picture it is throughout southeast

asia does start india as well at the moment is the northeast monsoon season you see crowd in sri lanka in tower louder and some of the highest stuff which occasionally bring snow up to the hindu kush beyond otherwise it's low humidity not particularly hot down twenty six in delhi it's the air quality is a problem throughout the winter showers persist in tamil nadu and sri lanka and so they should but they're not always heavy not even there every day in the arabian peninsula showers come back again as an active weather system the eastern med site for western saudi arabia into jordan and iraq that weather system will slowly spread it was but it's cloudy ahead of it probably kick up some dust as well so dust storms followed by thunderstorms and the normal this time of the year but south of that it's all pretty quiet at the moment. the important thing if you will turn around beirut was known to be in the line of

fire from a hole that. we heard gunshots i was the first one to feed the whole to. the battle lasted three days and three nights and there were no prisoners at the control of the under control of the region around that's why it was such a bloody an icon of conflict at the heart of the lebanese civil cool beirut holiday . hotels on al jazeera. this is al jazeera and these are the top stories this hour u.s. senators have voted to push ahead with the bill to end support for the war in yemen and top administration and asked them to reconsider but many politicians say they

have concerns about the u.s. saudi relationship since the murder of journalist mark. world leaders are arriving in argentina for the g. twenty summit a saudi crown prince is already there the murder of jamal khashoggi is casting a shadow over his visit and while tension in crimea is also expected to be a major issue. russia is deploying more s. four hundred air defense missile systems to crimea tensions with ukraine are on the rise in the region after the russian coast guard opened fire on ukrainian ships and also detained three boats and twenty crewmen. the prime minister has pushed through a vote in parliament to cut funding for the man who replaced him former president mahinda rajapakse took over after the president roh moo the prime minister plunging the country into a political crisis there has been violence in parliament where those. were rejected to no confidence votes against him but now fernandes has more from colombia. and another and another defeat for prime minister mine that 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 victor missing a faction was able to pass 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 the vicar 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 court 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 way of reappointing prime minister become a singer however vicar 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. pakistan's prime minister imran khan has addressed the nation giving a report card on the first one hundred days in office he says everything he's done is about fighting corruption and uplifting the poor you just saw the society. in these one hundred days we've tried our best to make sure that every policy we have made will it benefit the poor people and behind every policy we look at it whether it's benefiting the normal public and underprivileged rules or trying to have a relationship with india so if there's trade between us they'll be opportunities

for employment and the lower class will be lifted up georgia's former foreign minister a salamis service feeley is set to be the new president with nearly all the votes counted she'll be the first woman to hold office in the former soviet republic it is the last direct election 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 robyn forced a walker as far from the capital tbilisi. really received sixty percent of the votes in yesterday's turnout now that is an extraordinary turnaround when you consider that in the first round of these elections she and her rival. 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 sought to patrol the opposition. as criminal as dangerous step backwards for georgian politics because. 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 and zimbabwe opposition leader nelson chamisa has called for nationwide protests against the government earlier as an appeal of party as warning any tax during the protests will be the opposition's fault selection rallies in august. it has been the most violent year for and minister kashmir in nearly a decade or than five hundred people have died since january according to rights groups. reports. indian soldiers confront separatist fighters in indian administered kashmir the army has increased its operations in the disputed region because of a surge in violence over the past twelve months human rights activists say five

hundred thirty five people have been killed this year two hundred forty six with separatist fighters one hundred forty four indian soldiers all police offices and one hundred forty five were civilians. the rights activists accuse the indian government of playing politics ahead of state assembly elections in november and december the government wants to escalate tensions here so that it gives the benefit in the mindset of the people so. that they have beaten up badly and the media is in a very bloody manner because that's what unfortunately sells the book the body bags of. elections unfortunately. separatist groups in kashmir have been fighting against the indian government since the end of british rule in the partition of india in one thousand nine hundred forty seven. this is the latest family to be affected by the violence their fifteen year old son was killed on sunday during a separatist protest they cuse indian security forces of using excessive force.

that was guarding the law almost every day a funeral takes place here it's sad when a father has to shoulder the coffin of his son and india's oppression is increasing every day i think the indian government should come to an agreement on kashmir so that this stops. last week the governor of kashmir dissolved the state assembly months after a coalition between prime minister b.g.p. and a regional party collapsed the indian government blames pakistan for the escalating political and security crisis. in the group big progress on board all rolled boxes on it hasn't worked and bugs on those new solutions will. not revokable the sun and it is all about intimacy so i don't. know. that grim assessment means people in this region are bracing themselves for more deaths in. a

violent year victoria gates and be. breaking news to bring to you now donald trump's former lawyer that is michael cohen has about to make a court appearance this was not something that was publicly know he's to face charges that he made false statements to congress this is in relation to statements he gave during the investigation and to whether the truck campaign cooperated with russia in the two thousand and sixteen election patika hayne joins us live from washington d.c. so patty he has been in court before but we know that but that was separate that was the attorney general for the for the for the district of new york this is something much bigger. this is something different now let me break it down for people who aren't following the special counsel for robert motors investigation into potential collusion between the trump campaign and russian operatives michael cohen was center to the president's campaign he was known as his personal lawyer his fixer he's already pled guilty before in federal court to he said eight counts

of different charges things like campaign finance violations line to banks tax evasion that all had to do with payments that he made to two adult one playboy model and an adult film star who came up before the campaign to say before the election to say that they had an affair with donald trump ie paid them off can't do that he's pled guilty to that he was already facing sixty five years in prison because of that so the breaking news now is for attention that much more damaging to president trump this has to do with the russian investigation now i don't believe he testified before the public but apparently the he testified before some of the committees in congress on the russian vest occasion and now he's allegedly going to go to court to say he lied to congress about in his testimony now why does that matter it's a crime to lie to congress in this country it's a felony so potentially adding more more prison time for michael cohen but the much bigger deal and the thing that's going to really rattle the president who's been

increasingly tweeting his concern about the investigation is this is going to open up another avenue of investigation in congress let's not forget the republicans the president's party has been in charge of both the house and the senate they lose control of the house come january that means they have subpoena power they can make all of the people who've already testified about the probe come in under oath and ask them even more questions potentially open up even more people to this very serious crime which is lying to congress so this is going to be a very big deal this is happening just as president trumpets and. to get on air force one to head to the g twenty which means usually he's watching a lot of television so we'll be keeping our eye on twitter but and the potential to be a very big deal absolutely and very early this morning his first tweets were about the witch hunt as he calls it a patio hearing thank you so much from washington d.c.

. prosecutors have raided six offices of germany's biggest lender georgia bank the raids all happened in the frankfurt area over suspicions of money laundering linked to the two thousand and sixteen panama papers corruption scandal investigators are looking into allegations deutsche bank helped clients set up offshore companies in tax havens 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 decision follows the court's ruling in october in favor of those seeking damages from another japanese company for its use of forced wartime labor in esco has added reggae music to its world heritage list of cultural wonders. you know agency says the music genre is worthy of protection because of its contribution to discussions around and justice and resistance a garret needed in jamaica in the late one nine hundred sixty s. many of the songs address socio political issues including police brutality and

inequality make us culture minister had pushed for a gay to be added to the list saying it had touched communities around the world respect to minister livia grange pushing for the re gave music to be recognized she was just where the listings were announced and says people can learn a lot from. the message of the music is about peace and love and who want everybody all over the world knows the song one of. the lead. musical icon but the music. concha and the elements evolved over the years from our tradition of culture through to a popular form and this is an expression on all people from the western end of kinston in sanaa the capital but it has evolved depressed

areas and it's it's a way of expressing our feeling and how is this message of the universal love. pick up the headlines for you on al-jazeera u.s. senators have voted to debate a bill seeking to withdraw support for the saudi u.a.e. coalition and yemen to find president senators are also calling for more transparency on what the intelligence community knows about the murder of saudi journalist democracy. leaders are arriving in argentina for the g. twenty summit the saudi crown prince is already there and the murder of he is casting a shadow over his visit meanwhile tension in crimea is also expected to be a major issue if united nations a chief has arrived in yemen's capital sana to review the humanitarian crisis caused by that war arklow cock describe the suffering as very concerning and he called for an end to the fighting between the saudi like coalition and who the

rebels. i'm very concerned about the humanitarian situation which has deteriorated since i was here 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 all still a t's especially around the key paid infrastructure especially around the data secondly i'd like to see the environment in which the aid system operates made easier for will be aid agencies keep the pool so you can keep the roads so provide access to all the key facilities russia is deploying more as four hundred air defense missile systems to crimea tension with ukraine is on the rise in the region after the russian coast guard opened fire on ukrainian ships and detained three boats and twenty crewmen. the an envoy to syria says the latest talks involving

iran russia and turkey to end the war or a missed opportunity stefan de mistura says he is disappointed with the failure to agree on a un backed constitutional committee. supporters of sri lanka's sacked prime minister and have pushed through a vote in parliament to cut funding for the man who replaced him there has been violence and parliament as two men claim to be the lawful prime minister. donald trump's former lawyer michael cohen has made a surprise appearance in court he's expected to plead guilty for making false statements to congress this is in relation to the statements he gave during the investigation into whether the trump campaign cooperated with russia and the two thousand and sixteen election or said the headlines keep it on al-jazeera the strain is next. taiwan's foreign minister discusses the difficulties his country faces china has been trying very hard to isolate taiwan. and shares his

concerns over china's posture in asia. taiwan's foreign minister talks to al-jazeera. hi emily could be here in the stream today thousands of central american asylum seekers finally reach the us mexico border but where will they go from there you can join our conversation with your questions and your comments to get you to live or twitter. after weeks of traveling on foot through mexico thousands of central americans have reached the country's northern border.