predators in the aid industry. on al-jazeera. u.s. senators are about to hear from the cia boss head recordings of the killing of journalist . live from london also coming up the french government responds to protestors by suspending planned fuel tax increases and recognizing the source of the anger. that it. to date has been expressed and in a collective why one has to be. look to see or hear it. as

a key debate. as the european court of justice says it could still be canceled. and the israeli army begins dismantling tunnels i know its border with lebanon. as we go on air the director of the cia is due to start briefing u.s. senate leaders on the murder of saudi journalists. some lawmakers were angered last week when jenna has pull did not participate in a briefing by the secretaries of state and defense white pompei and james mattis told the senate there was no concrete evidence linking the saudi crown prince to the killing at least reports of a cia investigation show it found it in sound man probably ordered ashanti's murder mike hanna joins us live from capitol hill in washington d.c. mike how much detail do you think she'll give. well that's hard to ascertain oh she

is giving a confidential briefing behind closed doors to a very small group of senators it's essentially the chairman and the ranking senator on each of the key national security committees a number of senators actually incensed at being excluded from the briefing them chris murphy who has tweeted angrily that the public has a right to know if there's any possibility that the crown prince of saudi arabia ordered the murder of jamal khashoggi but it is a small group whether or not they are going to speak after words that's something that we'll see the meeting is supposedly underway right at this moment she is likely to brief the senators on basically what the cia has just will be a similar briefing to what she gave to the secretary of defense that secretary of state and indeed president trump all of whom as you pointed out insists that

there's no concrete evidence linking the crown prince to the murder of democracy orgy and did she want to appear before senators. well that's a very interesting question because there were reports last week with the briefing by the secretary of state and secretary of defense that you know has been had in fact been instructed by the white house not to attend that briefing now subsequent reports indicate that. may not have been the case that one report saying that she was angered at what she saw the profuse leaks coming out of lawmakers and as a result she didn't want to brief directly considering that a leaky ship the hill so that of various arguments as to why or why she did not attend that briefing last week but it certainly did anger senators that it very much at the time they saw the briefing by the secretary of state and the secretary of defense more as a reason why not to impose sanctions against saudi arabia rather than clear

information about the murder of jamal khashoggi learned mike hanna thank you very much. days of ferocious protests that descended into violence have forced the french president in many areas to announce his first major u.-turn says taking office eighteen months ago the government says it's suspending plans to increase fuel taxes a policy that's proved to be deeply unpopular and has caused public anger to spill out on the streets protesters began rallying across the country last month often blocking roads wearing highways jackets and leading them to be known as the yellow vests movement of the protests soon turned into france's worst riots in recent years as demonstrators burned cars and buildings in paris the heaviest level of violence was just last saturday this responded with water cannon and tear gas while

president michel initially vowed to stick by his plans and condemned protesters but what began as anger against the cost of living soon evolved into an uprising many of accuse the president of favoring the rich and doing nothing to help the poor from his prime minister says the protesters need to be heard. for more than three weeks fowls of french people have expressed their anger on a roundabout. near shopping areas or in the streets of cities across. this anger comes from far in the past as well it was brewing for a long time and often stayed mute by pride is expressed today with strength and in the collective why one has to be deaf or blind not to see or hear it. paris. it's the french prime minister at what felipe who's been forced to eat humble pie on a nationwide broadcast from his office but i'm afraid already the yellow vests

there's the people who've been staging the revolt over the last three weeks a saying that merely perceive the tax hikes in fuel and other areas is only perspiring the pain they want them abolished so they saying it's not enough so this is not going to ease the pressure on president emanuel mccraw it's not going to be easy for him because his poll ratings are now to drop down to twenty three percent a record low for any president in the fifth republic in zero eight. so he's got a very. steep hill to climb to try and reconnect with the public they have been telling him essentially as the prime minister so eloquently diagnosis they simply don't have the money to live probably then they can't make ends meet and these policies that were supposed to bring in new cleaner and missions from cars persuade

people to go off the diesel and and go into electricity simply fell on the people who could least afford them and why is it taken him so long to actually realize this and to make these concessions and it's only it's only actually a concession a suspension not an abolition so his policies will reconnect in six months time so the yellow vest as a saying that's simply not enough it will not actually piece them they're saying their protests will continue and their real target is president mccall himself and his style and autocratic style his aloof style and typically of course he's stayed away from making any public statements since his return from argentina in the g twenty he stayed inside in side the shades of the elise a palace he's not speaking to the french people. the u.k. can cancel breck's it without the consent of the e.u.

member states that's what the advocate general of the european court of justice has told the e.u.'s highest court meanwhile british m.p.'s are discussing if the government has violated parliamentary rules by failing to publish the full legal advice it's been given on brics it would also be debating prime minister to resume his plan to leave the bloc of opposing was expected to be put to a vote next week. joins me now how much difference does this decision from the advocate general in your and the european court make well firstly i should say the government has come straight out and said it makes no difference because the government's policy is the took article fifty will not be revoked in other words bracks it will not be stopped but this does open up an avenue which perhaps was blocked before the people who brought this case to the open court of justice or across party group of scottish m.p.'s together with a top lawyer and twice the british government is trying to stop it being referred

to the court in luxembourg and they failed now the courts heard this advice from the advocate general which it's more or less expected that they will act on it's not guaranteed but the campaign is a saying they're sure that it will do and the advice is that if the u.k. were to come back with a mandate saying that they do want to stop brix it they want to revoke article fifty which was the process by which they triggered leaving the two years of negotiations. u.k. could do that unilaterally and that the other side would not be able to stop it the reasoning partly was that in theory it would have allowed one member state to say to the u.k. you're no longer in control of your own sovereignty if you suddenly tell us that you want pooled sovereignty you want to remain in this club then then one country could have stopped that wouldn't have been right despite the government insisting nothing has changed those campaigners and those politicians are insisting that this now offers what they call a roadmap out of what they're calling the brics it shambles i spoke to one of the

m.p.'s who sits in westminster a few hours ago and she told me that even though there's this deadline of next march it still is possible to hold the train. it would have to happen within that two year period or the need to get an extension of article fifty and i think it's generally understood that the other member states would be prepared to grant us an extension not to fatha by with more meaningless negotiations but to either hold a second vote or a general election and i'm confident that the other member states would let us have an extension for that's a definite purpose and what about the debate in parliament does that make any progress no to be to be blunt the debate in parliament five days of debate was supposed to be starting on tuesday with a different cabinet minister every day sort of outlining why this deal would be in the national interest on areas of economy security and so on what we're still expecting that to start sometime on tuesday but it hasn't done so far because m.p.'s are still debating

a motion which was put forward by all of the opposition parties on monday saying the government is in contempt of parliament for breaking its own promise back in november to to outline or to to show them the full legal advice from the attorney general geoffrey cox on the withdrawal agreement now geoffrey cox cox was in parliament on monday talking about talking about his legal advice and he issued a summary but he will not put out the full legal advice the government say that would not be in the national interest and would create a dangerous precedent but we've heard even members of trees most own party argue that it should be out there at least in front of parliament and any time in the next few hours there could be in theory a vote that the government were in contempt of parliament that could see the attorney general suspended making it even more tricky for two reasons when it comes to that vote on the deal which is said you would for next tuesday but really it's probably anyone's guess whether that will happen on time now and also making it in

in general harder for her to convince unswayed m.p.'s that the government is acting in the national interest and also that there's no alternative to its deal all along theresa may saying that it's my deal or it's crushing out with no deal what the european court of justice says as heard today may in fact change some minds thank you very much. still to come on al-jazeera. indonesia's police hunt for dozens of construction workers missing after an attack by separatist fighters in the province of paprika plus. a real peace prize. such as talk to al jazeera about the new documentary which continues its fight against child sex apes slavery.

and the cloud is still draped across many parts of china for look at the satellite picture we can see it here just drifting its way eastwards is bringing a few bits and pieces of cloud and rain with it mostly around the east coast there but as we head into thursday we're going to see it pep up and then we see more wet weather some of that rain really doesn't quite heavy and as we head into friday we're going to see the temperatures drop so a lot of this will turn to snow out towards the west and for many of us in india it's fine and dry is just in the far south of the showers the showers have also been with us over sri lanka as well and this region is going to stay wet as we head through wednesday and into thursday the temperature in colombo still making it to thirty degrees further north staying dry and forcing new delhi will get to around twenty five degrees for the arabian peninsula there's an area of tata rain that's working its way from the red sea that all the way up towards policy q eight it will bring us a few showers in kuwait but probably nothing quite as heavy as we've seen recently

the wetter weather will be over parts of iran instead ahead of that system is fairly humid for many of us so the still the risk of seeing some fog care in doha and perhaps over parts of the u.a.e. as well further south in fine and dry forests here getting to about twenty eight degrees and don't be surprised if you see a few showers around the coast of yemen. al jazeera world follows the struggles of an iraqi painter a syrian screenwriter and a palestinian filmmaker as they come to terms with their lives as displaced artists in lebanon. the first to the last little. communal moment in my imagination. the roots refugee artists on al-jazeera.

and one of the top stories on our syria the director of the cia is briefing the u.s. senate leaders on the murder of saudi journalist jamal khashoggi jeana housefull is one of the few western officials to have heard audio recordings from inside the saudi consulate in istanbul where he was killed. france's prime minister says he's suspending controversial plans to hike fuel taxes proposal led to mass protests descended into some of france's worst riots in years. and bush m.p.'s are preparing to debate prime minister treason mays plan to leave the european union a senior legal advisor has said britain has the right to withdraw its frex it notice. shipping traffic has resumed at ukrainian ports on the as of

c. following a standoff with russia commercial ships are now able to move through the coach strait that's close to where russia seized three ukrainian ships and their crew last month ukraine had accused russia of then blocking its cargo from passing through the area russia has been criticized for its use of force and has been urged to release the ships and their crew. on one to provides strong political support on strong practical support to ukraine ukraine is not a nato member but we strongly support ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity. we also call on russia to. release the sailors on the ships they have. detained or ceased and nato allies will also continue to help to modernize and strengthen the ukrainian

armed forces and ukrainian president petro poroshenko has been meeting relatives of the sailors held by russia under summonses in kiev for them all it's now nine days since this crisis started and we're really seeing some of the role emotion pouring out from the relatives of the twenty four servicemen wanting to know more about what's happened to their loved ones one woman in particular needed cohn's soling by president poroshenko she was really beside herself it has to be said also that there is concern about the treatment of the men the international red cross has been asked to try to get access to them and poroshenko reassured the relatives that everything possible was being done to get their release he said that the geneva convention was being breached by the russians and these were prisoners of war with rights and they should not be put before

a russian court it had no real joys diction on them he assured them one case in particular is of concern for syria so roco he is twenty seven years of age and he was an officer with the counter intelligence service his father was representing him much concerned about his condition he was seriously injured in the incident. israel has begun destroying tunnels under its border with lebanon it says the aim is to stop cross border attacks by his bona fide into northern israel the israeli army operation is focused on parts of the tunnel on its side of the border it says the tunnels are not yet up or a tional but pose an imminent threat to israeli civilians and to show name has more from west jerusalem. this is the first operation of its kind we've seen along the northern border targeting hezbollah since two thousand and six that's when israel and hezbollah off a month long war and since then there's been

a kind of tense detente israel is saying the existence of these tunnels is a violation of a un resolution agreed upon at that time prohibiting has the law from operating near the border and amassing weapons operation north shield as it's been dubbed by the israeli military began last evening they've been destroying the tunnels building walls and rock barriers in an attempt to thwart any kind of attack from hezbollah in lebanon into israel and israeli military spokesman says we see the hezbollah activities as a flagrant and blatant violation of israeli authority so the question is what might happen next will has respond it's important to note that these activities by the israeli military are confined to israeli territory and that's why it's believed that this will not escalate further in addition hezbollah has attention and resources have been diverted in the last several years due to its participation in

the war in syria which may likely make that loath to want any kind of military confrontation with israel last evening prime minister benjamin netanyahu traveled to brussels to meet with u.s. secretary of state mike pompei o to alert him to this operation and also to discuss what they call quote. iran's aggression this operation comes literally on the heels of some domestic troubles that netanyahu is having here in israel on sunday for the third time this year police have recommended that he be indicted as part of a wide ranging corruption investigation that has plagued him and his wife since last year some analysts are saying this operation could be a way to divert attention away from that the u.n. special envoy for yemen martin griffiths and who's the rebels are heading to sweden for the first peace talks on the war since twenty sixteen meanwhile the u.n.

is warning that a civil war in yemen could deteriorate further in the new year leaving more eighteen million people in need of food aid the world food program says yemenis are now experiencing the west humanitarian crisis since the united nations was formed at the end of world war two a saudi erotic coalition has been fighting who see rebels in the country since twenty fifteen this is not a country on the brink of catastrophe this is a country that is in a catastrophe and we're see in the severe hunger rate spike from eight million to twelve million the number of food and secure people those of this eight to twelve are the people that are on the brink of starvation these are people just going to bed hungry these are people who don't know where the next meal's coming from the general food insecurity those who are going to bed hungry is risen up to about eighty ninety million people out of

twenty nine million people should lanka's supreme court has begun hearing a case aimed at reversing the president's decision to dissolve parliament and call snap elections i think palace are saying his move has been blocked until the case is heard is the latest development in a political crisis that's gripped the country since late october enough and as has more incumbent. basically the petitioners took the ground that his dissolution of parliament was in violation of the constitution the nineteenth amendment of which says that the president cannot dissolve parliament before it completes four and a half years of its term. dissolved parliament it was over a year short of that period saw these petitions heard before the seven judge bench today tomorrow will be submissions from the attorney general basically putting the president's case across as well as any intervening arguments today also before the

courts. filing basically a motion an application for the supreme court to quash. this training order stopping him from acting as prime minister that was handed down by the court of appeal yesterday at the moment water all of this means is we have president. as the only person in authority we have no government we have a minister we have no cabinet we have no ministers. president met with ministers secretaries this morning he's office told us that he has asked the secretaries to continue not to sort of disrupt activities and to continue with their duties we also hearing that a short while ago he addressed supporters of his party when he made a scathing attack once again on his ousted prime minister on the. promising that within a week that all of this political turmoil would be sorted for long because people and for the see all of the country everyone is hoping that that might be true but

it's a difficult thing to believe. nine construction workers are missing and feared dead in a remote region of indonesia's papua after suspected separatist violence it's believed separatist fighters attacked workers at a bridge project on sunday indonesian security forces have found two of the workers injured but alive construction on a transport here bridge project has been halted until region is deemed safe. since it was incorporated into indonesia in one hundred sixty nine steps and has more from jakarta. the incident took place in one of the most remote parts of indonesia in the highlands of pop why there is no road access and no phone signal in that area a group of soldiers and police have been hiking for hours and they have yet to reach a location where the suspected killings have taken place they have now reached an army base where they found four wounded people with gunshot wounds two of them were workers from the construction company they have been working on this transfer of

one highway which is a project by the current government of president joker who wants to bring some welfare to one of the poorest regions of indonesia but people in power among them these independents fight to see that as a symbol of more control from indonesia over what they called is occupied territory and they have been basically fighting for independence for more than fifty years every year under some prefers they commemorate the fact that in one thousand nine hundred sixty one they did clear their own independence from the dutch colonizers but soon after the indonesian forces basically to control over power every year deceleration also goes along with raising the morningstar flag their independence flag and in the past people have been arrested and jailed for long periods of time because of all these activities what exactly has happened in the past week and in the highlands is still unclear but one version is that one of the workers to

produce of these independents fighters and then an argument broke out but we still have to get more details about exactly the were knology of these events as soon as the group of soldiers and police will arrive at the area the independence movement especially the armed independence movement is relatively small this group is seen as round of only consisting of around forty people but there are some others also active in the area a much larger part is armed resistance against in. tunisian occupation which is still active in in power despite our for the indonesian government to bring more wealth for the give more autonomy to death region for many many years this independence movement is still the or us president donald trump says a trade truce agreed with china's president xi jinping will end in ninety days as agreed and less extended the two leaders met over the weekend at the g twenty

summit and agreed to hold off on imposing water ifs while the negotiated deal to end the dispute or in months of escalating tensions in a tweet on tuesday trump said negotiations with beijing had already begun the body of george h.w. bush is lying in state in washington ahead of his funeral on wednesday mourners have been paying their respects to the forty first u.s. president who died at his home in texas on friday he was ninety four years old during his presidency bush oversaw the end of the cold war and ordered a military coalition to remove iraqi forces from kuwait in the first gulf war. india nobel peace prize recipient and renowned children's rights activist such ati is taking his message to the big screen he's teamed up with documentary makers to produce the price of free which records his personal fight to end child slavery it's one of the films being on and at this year's i have joe film festival in doha

as of our hopes. that's why i've been missing for seven months that side has been taken to get me this is why would the dentist. have been a dog. the price of free an award winning documentary has been online for only a few days and already it's been seen by more than two and a half million people. going talking about slavery has been abolished. the film explores chi lives that the arts efforts to expose the plight of young children with some who are trafficked into forced labor group in the south the r.t. is now taking his mission to another level i am going to create to pay paul. of through this campaign we have hundred million you want and children can become the chain maker sent embryos for the cause off hundred million left over sisters and

brothers of them and this film is going through. that process. that message was reiterated at the sixth annual film festival in doha as a special guest of the event such the arts he was recognized for his work and took the opportunity to reach out to young people who you know were promoted to one of the promo. a chance to use an international platform for global cause is also part of this year's festivals the we should really give them hope and a sense of empowerment that fay have. the courage and and the spirit and should not know we should break it to you and the tools to make the change in the future if it only gets more important every year. during the closing night

celebrations six awards were handed out in various categories selected by judges aged eight to twenty one the message of this festival is clear our cinema has the power to raise awareness of the drug and injustice but also provide hope for the future dorsett of mario's here at the i felt just a little it all followed your. top stories and i was there the director of the cia is briefing the u.s. senate leaders on the murder of saudi journalist. someone or makers were angered last week when general hospital did not participate in a briefing by the secretaries of state and defense my pompei and james mattis told the senate it was no concrete evidence linking the saudi crown prince to the killing but leaked reports of a cia investigation show that it found one hundred minutes on land probably ordered . mike hanna has more. she is giving

a confidential briefing behind closed doors to a very small group of senators it's essentially the chairman and the ranking senator on each of the key national security committees a number of senators actually incensed at being excluded from the briefing them chris murphy who has tweeted angrily that the public has a right to know if there's any possibility that the crown prince of saudi arabia ordered the murder of jamal khashoggi france's prime minister says he's suspending controversial plans to hike fuel taxes it offered knowledge that public anger against the policy had been growing for a while the proposal led to mass protests that descended into some of france's worst riots in years the demonstrators who came to be known as the yellow vest movement demanded that emmanuel michel step down as president. the u.k. can still cancel breck's it without the consent of other e.u.

member states that's what the advocate general of the european court of justice has told the e.u.'s highest court meanwhile british m.p.'s are discussing if the government has violated parliamentary rules by failing to publish the full legal advice it's been given on breaks it would also be debating prime minister trees a maze planned to leave the block a proposal is expected to be put to a vote next week. shipping traffic has resumed at ukrainian ports on the as of c. following a standoff with russia commercial ships are now able to move through the cap's strait that's close to where russia seized three ukrainian ships and their crew last month russia has been criticized for its use of force and has been urged to release the ships and their crew. there's the headlines to stay with us next up it's if you find asia more news after that thanks for watching so you know it.

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