there are lots of men here verby abuse you they block your car motorcyclists right alongside shouting bad things no one helps us when the taliban were in control women were forbidden to drive but outside of the main cities it is rare even now to see a woman behind the wheel society's changing albeit slowly but the women drivers of afghanistan there is a long road ahead before they are fully accepted. this is al-jazeera. hello i'm not entail and this is the al jazeera news hour live from london coming up. if he was in front of a jury you would be convicted in thirty minutes u.s. senators emerged from a briefing by the cia chief and say there's no doubt saudi crown prince mohammed bin ordered the murder of journalist. as the senator's call for saudi arabia to be

held to account will have in-depth analysis and reaction on this developing story also on the program. the u.s. gives russia sixty days to comply with a nine hundred eighty seven nuclear arms treaty. the french government responds to protest by suspending planned fuel tax increases and recognizing the source of their anger. and in sport athletics world governing body has followed suit not on russia. still not convinced that the country's state sponsored doping program has ended. other senior centers in the us say the time has come for the trumpet ministration to condemn saudi arabia for the murder of journalist. or congress will act cia

chief gina has spoke briefly senators on capitol hill she is one of the few western officials to have heard or dia recordings from inside the saudi consulate in istanbul where she was killed senators who emerged from the meeting seemed to unified in their assessment of what she had to say saudi crown prince mohammed bin cylon ordered her murder and must be held to account of a consensus. session he says the must be a price to pay for the killing is unfortunate but i think they they feel like this is something that's come in past because the administration has not spoken to this in a way that. they've spoken to it in a manner that really gives them unity and so what the message is to him and those around him is that you can go around killing journalist. countries like the united states can know beyond a shadow of a doubt that you killed

a journalist and by the way they as you know rendition and other people and tortured other people that have been there dissidents. so the message we've sent to them is. is one that will cause him to continue on the path that he's on and i'm sure other actors in the region. will take note of that so somehow or another it's unfortunate and again i'm continuing to urge the administration. to themselves speak to this in the appropriate manner. but you want. this is got to be strongly condemned by the administration strongly can down and then there's got to be a price to pay for what has happened. and know that they have to have exactly the same intelligence that we have and there's no way that anybody with a straight face could say there's any question about what has happened. on capitol hill so my extremely strong language from the senator is. very much so there were

eight senators present at that briefing the chairman of the kean national security committees along with the ranking. senators so it was a bipartisan gathering both republicans and democrats there and all emerged to express absolute anger at what they had just heard in that briefing all of them sustained beyond a shadow of a doubt that the crown prince of mohamed bin soundman was directly responsible appalled the murder of jamal khashoggi among those who was very outspoken was republican senator lindsey graham a strong supporter of donald trump but clearly at odds with the president on this particular issue that. saudi arabia is a strategic ally and the relationship is worth saving but not at all cost. will do more damage to our standing in the world and our national security by

ignoring him than dealing with him. in b.s. the crown prince is a wrecking ball. i think he's complicit in the murder mystery shogi to the highest level possible i think the behavior before the cause shogi murder was beyond disturbing and i cannot see him being a reliable partner to the united states saudi arabia and in the us are two different entities. the saudi government is going to. be in the hands of this man. for a long time to come up and it very difficult to be able to do business because i think he's crazy to. think he is dangerous and he has put their relationship at risk so mike what impact will the senator's comments have. well it's

likely to have a very major impact indeed the tone of the senators was one of anger there was several of them remarked on the fact that only a week ago the secretary of state and the secretary of the defense briefed the full senate and insisted that there was no direct connection between the crown prince and the murder of jamal khashoggi now they had the same information would have received the same briefing from the director of the cia that the senators received today so many senators cannot understand quite how the secretary of state and secretary of defense came to a different conclusion just the same as president trump who's been ambivalent about the entire affair since the murder of chris shoji so certainly there's going to be pressure from the senate and probably from the house on president trump to make some kind of formal statement on the issue they are going to be questions too about why the two circuitries interpret the information so differently and then senior

senators then of course it's going to be the legislation senators will be discussing in the coming days exactly what form that legislation will take lindsey graham we've heard insisting that there should be a focus to build in particular proclaiming the guilt of the crown prince other senators want a much more wide ranging bill including economic sanctions on saudi arabia including the ban on weapon sales to that country so there are differences in the senate on what is to be done there are differences on the line of what exactly the legislation should look like but in terms of agreement certainly among these eight senior senators about what happened to jamal khashoggi well that is absolute mike hanna thank you very much indeed. for us democratic senator bob menendez was also in the cia briefing he's calling for further sanctions against saudi arabia. i am

now more convinced than i was before and i was pretty convinced that in fact the united states must have a strong response to both the war in yemen as well as the killing of a united states permanent president and journalists. and only a strong response by the united states will send a clear and unequivocal message that such actions are not acceptable in the world's stage and i think that's more important than ever and i hope that senator graham and my legislation which would create a real set of consequences mandatory global make a series of sanctions beyond those that exists would be a very strong answer to what has happened. p.j. crowley is a form a state department spokesman who what and they have obama administration he joins us from alexandria and virginia thanks very much indeed for being with us so why do

you think there's been such a different interpretation of the evidence from people that we had mike hanna mention them mattis not throwing an ink between the affair and mohammed bin soundman and then the cia director giving evidence to senators in a sense is all coming out and making that direct link why is this such a big difference you think well i think you know the administration has sanctioned a number of individuals who were involved in the show she murder one of what have your right tried to you know create some separation you know from the crown prince you know the short answer is wrong that saudi arabia is critical to putting greater pressure on iran as you know you know the trump administration has withdrawn from the iran nuclear agreement and they feel that a a rupture in the u.s. saudi relationship you know would would only benefit are on the short to medium term now one of the senators came out and said somebody should be punished but the

question is how do you separate the saudi crown prince from the nation itself is that going to be the problem in terms of how they proceed with any kind of fed the sanctions or any kind of action i have no doubt that the u.s. saudi relationship will go through extensive tension. i don't know whether the trump administration i doubt whether the trump ministration will go so far as to to lean on king solomon to perhaps you know change the order of succession i think that the united states will try to find a way you know to try to encourage the crown prince to take some ownership you know for what has happened but but as the previous report indicated it's one thing to say that you're outraged over what has happened and we are outraged over what has happened it's another thing. you know to say ok what should we do about that and then the other you know the question is even if there is some sort of suspension of arms sales for example the will that court in the settlement house be veto proof

our so i think that you know we'll continue to see condemnation you're here in washington i'm not sure whether will necessarily you know create a formal breach in the relationship between the various states and so you can't you think that the the outrage or the kind of the information that the center has got a sort of essentially come too late because we've already seen moment been summoned back on the international stage after this going to the g. twenty and do you think that the moment passed and now it's too late for any kind of action. i don't think it's too late this is not going to go away you know if because you know obviously you know you're in an awkward situation where the cia director i think left no doubt you know that there were m.p.'s his fingerprints on the house showed him or her and yet secretary of state and the secretary of defense and said well there's there's no smoking gun i think this is going to continue to churn you know as we go forward so it's not going to disappear but i but at the end

of the day if the president you know decides he does not want to have a fundamental change in the u.s. relationship to be very very difficult for members of congress to override him how unusual is it that to see him and we had an instagram essentially appearing to call for a regime change in saudi arabia is is this is this kind of scenario something you've ever witnessed the full well i think it just reflects the fact that it is going to be very very difficult for the united states to do business with with the crown prince absent some sort of of a dramatic change in the attitude of saudi arabia now we'll see what happens in the saudis are are trying to build a more significant presence you know in washington d.c. . you know we'll see how the the kingdom reacts to to what is genuinely you know concern and outrage by people who normally are great defenders of the u.s.

out here relationship so there is damage here you know we'll see how saudi arabia reacts and on that front i mean what what kind of options to saudi arabia have. been in salon in particular well i you know as some senators reflected this is an important relationship that it has and as a pillar of of u.s. gulf relations i think that the error here by the truck administration you know is is not using this incident to try to gain leverage over saudi arabia to be much more transparent. you know it's perhaps bury the hatchet with a cutter to try to drive towards a cease fire in yemen so you know this this should have provided them perhaps still can provide leverage for the united states to force you know saudi arabia to do things that are important in the relationship but there's no question that there was a crown prince's relationship the united states has been severely damaged here who are very very difficult you know to go back to business as usual i don't think that

is actually going now p.j. crowley thank you very much indeed to feel so especially a time when one. let's go to turkey now table joins us from outside the saudi consulate in istanbul so this was a where it all happened tell us about the kind of potential reaction from from came in they must be pleased at least that somebody is listening to that pressure that they've been putting on to try and keep this issue at the forefront of people's minds. i think for sure they're going to welcome this reaction it backs up everything they said from day one i think there's been a lot of dismay within the turkish government about the stand of president trump the you know maybe he did maybe he didn't sort of conclusion about mohamed bin salman and whether or not he was responsible as far as the turkish authorities are concerned without naming him in public they have said that this murder was on the doorstep of the saudi royal court that was in public in private you know left nothing to to to to to conclude they definitely leading towards him on if not him

who is it they've been asking that question over and over again but the evidence has been so circumstantial the turkish government leaked from basically from the moment they have the audio recordings excerpts from that it put together and piece together what happened to mr karzai and it's very clear as far as they're concerned they've got this kind of you know split situation now they want to maintain a relationship with saudi arabia because there is a very important strategic regional partner but also they want to maintain the pursuit of justice they say it happened in turkey and they have a moral responsibility of following that they're very concerned also that the investigation seems to have reached a dead end as far as the turkish authorities are concerned because now the ball is very much in the saudi court and the saudis are saying that eleven people have been charged five of them are facing the death penalty the turkish authorities want those people to come and stand trial in turkey there's no response to that but they've also asked some very important questions if it wasn't one hundred bin salman who ordered the killing then who was it and where are the remains of mr the

soldier because they have never been found and they're asking the question now it's been eight weeks since he was murdered you've got these people in custody why don't we have it in for any information about where the remains are so lots of questions but this news is very important for them because they believe i am sure that this memo will reinvigorate the investigation put a lot of pressure on saudi arabia to comply and to cooperate tony betty thank you very much indeed. let's go to the white house now and john hendren so john what kind of x. reaction to make spectrum the child ministration of this. well president trump is here i can tell he's not in the oval office because there's not a marine standing in front of the office but he is definitely here and we have had no reaction from him once soever what we have been told by u.s. officials is that there is likely to be a briefing by gina haskell also to members of the house they've heard about this

senate reefing today and now they are concerned the house is more heavily controlled by republicans and it's more partisan bodies so it's not clear that they'll have the same reaction but this was this was really a blow across the bow to the president by his fellow republicans in the senate they are not willing to put up with what's been going on with business as usual and now the president has some decisions to make first of all will he make a public statement about this and be more condemn new tory toward the crown prince will take action will he in fact withhold arm sale something he said he's not been willing to do despite the fact that congress voted the senate voted sixty three to seven in favor of moving forward a bill that would stop u.s. military activity in in yemen aiding the saudis so the president has some things to decide and whatever he does he's going to have to make sure that that satisfies those senators in the u.s. senate and right now they are clearly saying the republicans are clearly saying

they hope the president will take the initiative because they don't want to go against the president of their own party but they are signaling that they will do so right now it's a game of chicken and there's no telling who is going to move first and how quickly can all this happen i mean will live the kind of the christmas break in a lot of stuff get in the way of any quick progress. well the house goes out of session very soon or another week or so and that means the president is going to have to act fast you know haskel if he's going to be brief the house will have to do it in the next week or so the president could make a statement at any time what we're unlikely to see from the white house though is the president saying he's going to stop the arms deals that he has said all along he will not do the president wants to cooperate with saudi arabia he as you heard earlier that you very concerned about iran so he is probably likely to do what every can to stop any effort to block u.s. military aid to the saudis in yemen so he is likely to have to act fast and what

i'm suspecting is going on in the building behind me right now is that he's talking to his advisors about just how to respond to this one hundred thank you very much. mideast analyst bill lloyd joins me in the studio so it's interesting isn't it that it has been might be back in the house to brief others what do you make of that is that is that us on kind of a mental illness is building yeah i think very much so i think that as you recall in the first instance a hospital wasn't allowed to speak to the senators and that caused an uproar and then this led to this select group of senators being able to hear what she had to say the evidence that the cia is uncovered and lindsey graham has reversed heard and various other senators have come out and been very unequivocal in terms of the role that played now other senators are saying rand paul among them hey what about us this is a national issue this is this poses potential threats to our security we need to

know too and congress is getting into the act so so the momentum is building to force trump to take some sort of a stand and in the past when he gave a statement there was a kind of a gap and he was waiting for the information and more information came in he was still wishing so we it was a bit of a kind of hiatus off to do you know has bill came back from turkey after she'd had the evidence that. time to coming up with a kind of statement but in that statement he did also say if the congress was going to different direction they can do you think that is the debate that will allow him some kind of wriggle room will it might but i think that possibly we've got a road out for the president that is what lindsey graham said too is that saudi arabia has not been soman therefore we can look at the deals we've got with saudi arabia the challenge is how do you separate mountain psalm on from saudi arabia because he controls virtually everything in that country he's

a defense minister he's the crown prince he runs this huge conglomerate that basically has oversight over all the ministries he's in charge the public investment fund so how do you actually begin that process separation. i think that what lindsey graham may be suggesting is that you mr president need to start thinking about how we can disengage from this unruly prince and what do you think the options are for other international leaders now because i mean they've made this statement going to earlier on behalf about being unhappy with the way that. happened and sort of expressed their displeasure but they haven't couplings with moments on the neither have they not yet and i think they'll take their their lead from from washington now from the white house and i think they'll see which way the wind is blowing and we've already had some indications and then you look drawn in buenos aires expressing his concern we'll see what the u.k. does of course. to some is absolutely obsessed and engaged with the whole brics it

debate but perhaps when she comes up where she may have something to say as well but i think there will be a bit of a watching game now for a little while to see which way trump is moving and how well does it change the people at pumpin not just have come out so clearly in front of the line there with the white house line that that actually had been someone wasn't necessarily responsible now that we've got these sentences all coming out off the breach in the cia saying you know the opposite i think it's very awkward for them isn't it because they went in and did their duty by the president they said that there was no conclusive evidence that my own been solomon was directly responsible for the murder they they held and hew to the president's line and then less than a week later that line has been cut to ribbons really and so where does that leave them well i would think particularly my pump aoe former head of the cia is looking particularly weak at this stage because he went out in the first instance and met with mao bin solomon and the suggestion is he was trying to provide

a way out for him so even at that stage the white house was aware of the difficulties that mom was in and then he went on to turkey to ankara to see if he could bring the one president who won on side and wasn't playing ball of that stage so they pump a zero comes out looking much weakened in this in this whole box been to thank you very much indeed thank you. on to other different atic not as now in the u.s. has given russia sixty days to comply with a nine hundred eighty seven nuclear arms treaty or it says it will withdraw from the pact sitra state like pompei or says violations by russia are a direct menace to europe is allegations were supported by nato leaders are meeting in brussels and has more for the first time nato foreign ministers declared the russia was in violation of a landmark cold war era treaty with the united states the nine hundred eighty seven i n f a greenman band medium range land based missiles in europe washington's

repeatedly accused moscow of violating it the us secretary of state issued an ultimatum the united states today the clear as it has been russia in material breach of the treaty and will suspend our obligations as a remedy effective in sixty days unless russia returns to fall and verifiable compliance nato says the treaty has been fighting to european security for more than three decades. nato says it's now up to moscow to try and save the i.n.f. treaty but the alliances condemnation of russia did not end there nato secretary general yen stoltenberg said recent russian attacks on ukrainian ships in the sea of result of were an act of aggression we are sure to release. ships. ceased russian most allow freedom of navigation

nato vessels and planes regularly patrol the black sea region but the alliance has no plans to bolster its presence there for now despite ukraine's requests for more ships. we shouldn't just day on the level of the collaboration's however strong these declarations are and one of my clear messages today for all our friends was we need to create a comprehensive response to jackson of russia in the black sea and the straits and the. at the end of the first day of the two day brussels meeting there was little doubt the natives aim was to send a strong signal to moscow that some of his actions would not be tolerated what's next clear is whether the declarations will persuade russia to chart a different course natasha bottler al-jazeera brussels belgium or in the trash mentioned in her report ukraine has demanded that russia hand back strain ukrainian ships and their crews seized last month the ukrainian president petro poroshenko has met the families of some of the captives sailors anderson reports

from the ukrainian capital kiev. it was a collective outpouring of emotion as relatives of the twenty four detained ukrainian servicemen came together president petro poroshenko tried to reassure the gathering that he was doing everything possible to get the men freed the meeting took place nine days after the twenty two sabers and two counter-intelligence offices would have tamed by the russians in what crane says was a totally unjustified and the president told the relatives that russia had no legal right to detain the man and charge that there's no truth no justice no more in russia he said of the crew of men three of whom were injured and treated as prisoners of war covered by the geneva conventions so would you. i gave an instruction to the foreign minister to contact the international committee of the red cross and to neighbor as soon as possible to send

a special mission to check on the condition of our boys as the president was making his latest attack on russia there were some movements of shipping to and from the ukraine's ports in the sea of as of for the first time since the crisis began ukrainian ministers said russia had partially lifted its blockade back in the capital there were moves to put pressure on russia to release the captive ukrainians as their relatives were moving on for talks with the united states embassy it went on into the evening. these men say they're exasperated at russia's refusal to show any leniency. we've heard nothing officially about my son's condition only some information from the russian media and messages from crimean activists that he was seriously injured and has had surgery that's. letting lawyers or ukrainian diplomats see him.

i'm not angry at the russian people it's the russian government because they allowed this barbaric behavior of their own offices sailors towards ukrainian sailors in offices like. the meeting here with the u.s. ambassador marie. the relatives say they told her that the americans weren't doing enough to pressure russia to release the servicemen and they say she assured them she were paul some thoughts to the white house under similar. a bad day for tourism a british prime minister three major defeat in parliament over breaks it. indonesian police hunt for dozens of construction workers missing after an attack by separatists in the province of papua. support pakistan's cricketers and to stay on course for a series when it gets new zealand. got

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above freezing as you can see come back into central parts again some bits and pieces of brightness now and still mild enough in london forty degrees celsius fifteen there for madrid fine in try here at the twelve cells just there for athens with some outbreaks a wet weather around that east assad of the med just clipping the far north of age it to cairo at around twenty one twenty two degrees over the next couple of days further west this is where it's fine and dry good elicit a weather there into morocco and algeria and also changes with a top temperature twenty one. for eighty five years we've had many proud moments around the world and in the sky and now starting from october twenty ninth turkish airlines will be taking off from

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their own or one of the top stories in our. senior u.s. senators say there's no doubt that saudi crown prince mohammed bin ordered the murder of journalist jamal. they were briefed by the director of the cia jane a hospital is one of the few western officials to have heard audio recordings from inside the saudi consulate in istanbul she was killed. the u.s. has given russia sixty days to comply with a nine hundred eighty seven nuclear arms treaty or it says it will withdraw from the pact structure state. says russia's alleged violations of the agreement were a direct menace to europe. days of ferocious protests that descended into violence of force the french president in one year and michael into his first major u.-turn since 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 protests began rallying across the country last month often

blocking roads wearing his jackets leading them to be known as the yellow vest movement but the protests soon turned into france's worst riots in recent years as demonstrations burned cars and buildings in paris the heaviest level of violence was just last saturday police responded with water cannon and tear gas while president michael initially vowed to stick by his plans and condemned protesters but what began as anger against the cost of living a soon of old into an uprising many have accused the president of favoring the rich and doing nothing to help the poor there are reports. it was the prime minister edward felipe who was forced into a u. turn in a nationwide television broadcast while present emmanuel macron remained aloof in the early say palace. for more than three weeks tens of thousands of french people have been expressing their anger around about that tollgates new shopping areas or

in the streets of many french towns this anger has deep roots it isn't burning for a while it's often stayed quiet other fretty sense or pride today it's been expressed with force and in a collective way one has to be deaf not to see or hear it because but protest is manning the yellow vest blockades well already rejecting the concessions and demanding more from the government. no i don't fit enough we are an extraordinary movement there are too many demands those from pensioners from young people from all cause everyone wants an increase in purchasing power. president hopes these concessions will mark the beginning of the end of the protests but the yellow vests believe this could be the beginning of the end of the macro the latest opinion poll puts him down a twenty three percent a record low for a man just eighteen months into his presidency. a school on fire in the south of

france the protests are spreading on all fronts to the president's ambitious reforms and what yellow vests are calling act for the revolt in paris is still going ahead on saturday david chaytor al-jazeera paris. the british prime minister has faced several major defeats street battles to keep the brics it plans on track m p's stop the government from delaying a vote on whether downing street was in contempt of parliament for failing to publish the full legal advice it's been given on to reason may's breaks that deal decided by a majority to force me to release that advice later a member of the prime minister's own party pushed through an amendment that gives m.p.'s a greater say should have breaks it deal failed to pass during a vote later this month and a senior e.u. legal official earlier said the u.k. can cancel brix it without the consent of other e.u. member states and embargo has been issues from central london. well tuesday soar

a series of setbacks for to resume a and her government it was supposed to see the start of five days of debate on her deal ahead of a parliamentary vote on it for next tuesday but that was delayed because politicians from all of the opposition parties here in westminster and the northern irish d u p democratic unionist party as well who have been propping up trees amaze government called for a vote on contempt of parliament saying that the government had broken its own promise in november to publish their full legal advice on this present deal given to it by the attorney general the chief legal officer all along the government insisted that was not in the national interest but when it came down to it parliament just wasn't convinced. because i know i the are you saying the right three hundred eleven the no

use to the last two hundred ninety three so the are you have eight the guys have eight are not. point toward a cure starmer. on a point of order mr speaker this house has now spoken and it's off huge constitutional political significance it is i think unprecedented for this house to find government ministers in contempt the motion makes clear the government must now publish the attorney general's final legal advice in full with the government has now promised to publish the full legal advice from the attorney general but it's also been defeated in another vote in the commons and that was on an amendment to the withdrawal agreement saying that if it's rejected by parliament which is looking more and more likely then the commons will get a vote in january on

a plan b. saying that in effect the governor. should do x. or the government should do y. and what that really means for the labor party in particular is that it will be able to say we do not we grew out leaving the e.u. with no deal the so-called cliff edge scenario there was another set back. when the european court of justice took advice the u.k. could in theory reverse article fifty the process by which it said it wanted to leave the european union you know actually so that if for example the country did go to a new referendum on the deal or a general election labour's preferred option right now then that could actually happen that's that's opening up a road for people who say that the only way out of the impasse is to put the question back to the people italian prosecutors have formally opened an

investigation into five egyptians over the murder of postgraduate student junior at a journey of five secret service members and police officers who are being investigated on possible abduction charges twenty eight year old origine was kidnapped and tortured for several days in twenty sixteen his body was left on a desert highway just outside kyra. u.n. special envoy for yemen and the rebels have flown to sweden for the first peace talks on the war since twenty sixteen it's had the negotiations on the beginning of the end of what the u.n. calls the west humanitarian crisis in modern history culture reports. booth the delegation which bordered this flight from the yemeni capital sana'a to sweden may be able to prevent more killings by airstrikes and help the millions threatened by famine and disease. u.n. sponsored talks due to start in sweden are expected to bring together the hoofy

supported by iran and yemeni government leaders backed by saudi arabia and the united arab emirates how the the how he talks about this deal started months or a year ago we offered the mediators a deal to release all hostages and detainees in exchange for releasing all prisoners and hostages on the other side. as a goodwill gesture the saudi u.a.e. coalition fighting the who these allowed fifty wounded rebel fighters to be flown to oman for hospital treatment that was one of the conditions for these to attend talks similar talks collapsed soon after they began three months ago the people who are being let out of prison who are being exchanged who are being allowed to evacuate for treatment these are the men who are closest to the warring parties in yemen as always it's the women and the children who are suffering most and who will come last. the u.n. says the humanitarian crisis in yemen described as the worst in the world will even

get worse in the new year it's appealing for four billion dollars from international donors to help feed starving yemenis next year. we think that twenty four million people in yemen seventy five percent of the population will need humanitarian assistance. airstrikes some bombardments. a cholera epidemic and other diseases as well as starvation is estimated by independent group of researchers to have killed between seventy and eighty thousand yemenis so far in the war in addition fighting has forced half a million people from their homes and to further complicate the disaster people smugglers are using the chaos in yemen as a route to europe now migration arrivals to yemen a country at war will reach a boat one hundred fifty thousand people this year twenty eighteen this is roughly

a fifty percent increase over the one hundred thousand. that arrived last year. aid organizations helping the starving infected and the displaced say some progress in sweden is urgently needed to end the suffering of millions paul chowder gian al jazeera. police initially have arrested the suspected new need of the sicilian mafia one of the world's most infamous criminal gangs set a moment know was taken by police in the sicilian capital palermo forty five other alleged gangsters were also arrested during a major blow to the cousin ostracise efforts to rebuild itself. sri lanka supreme court has begun hearing a case aimed at reversing the president's decision to dissolve parliament and call snap elections. are saying his move has been blocked until the case is heard if the latest development in a political crisis that has gripped the country since late october. twenty nine

construction workers and missing and feared dead in a remote region of indonesia's papua after a suspected separatist violence it's believed separatist fighters attacked workers at a bridge project on sunday indonesian security forces and found two of the workers injured but alive construction on the transport bridge has been halted until the region is deemed safe of who has seen separatist violence since it was incorporated into indonesia in one nine 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 transplant one

highway which is a project by the current government of president joe credo don't want to bring some welfare to one of the poorest regions of indonesia but people in power who are 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 on december first they commemorate the fact that in one thousand nine hundred sixty one day to clear their own independence from the dutch colonizers but soon after the indonesian forces basically took control over popular every year deceleration also goes along with raising the morningstar flag their independence slack 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 took photos of these independent fighters and then an argument broke out but we still

have to get more details about exactly the chronology 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 a relatively small this group is seen as around of only consisting of around forty people but there are some authors also active in the area a much larger part is armed resistance against in. an asian occupation which is still active in in power despite our for the body indonesian government to bring more welfare to give more autonomy to death region for many many years this independence movement is still the are donald trump has visited former president george bush and his wife laura debate is respect for the death of bush's father president trump was accompanied by first lady melania trump as they arrived to give their condolences 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. so there are new. activists warn against the environmental impact of increased mining operations in manaus shan state. i will hear from the greek after facing a financial hit on their way to sporting success. business updates brought to you by qatar airways going places to get the.

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officials from every country on the planet are discussing climate change at this year's u.n. conference in poland some called it the most important round of discussions since talks in twenty fifteen and the signing of the paris accord explains what's on the agenda. a recent un report highlighted the urgent need for a massive global reduction in fossil fuel emissions it will be high on the agenda at this year's climate talks in poland for many though coal provides a cheap source of energy in foreign investment but coal mining in min ma is creating enormous environmental problems not just because of the emissions produced by burning it but also the dust created by extracting it and activists say there's been a recent increase in money operations roma pride has this report. mines like this one a largely closed off to the outside world and have to be filmed discreetly. but the

people living near them say there is no escaping the pollution they cause to their farmland and waterways. farms just a couple of fields that he says are now ruined. since the company started to mine for coal i've lost the water for my farm my land is covered with call dust and i can't grow any crops all around this area in million miles east in shan state is evidence of mining operations recent changes in regulations mean foreign companies can now invest in medium and large scale mining the government has defended its increasing use of coal to meet the country's electricity needs despite objections from environmental groups. and civil society groups who have been educating people on their legal rights say the relative stability in me in ma could lead to a mining boom. at first we thought it's a great idea for development in our community but in fact it's not good it's

getting worse and destroying us given the state's proximity to china many investors are chinese but companies from japan and australia are also interested and there are fears about a lack of regulation of environmental and safety standards in this remote part of the country. this underground fire at one mine was filmed by a monk who does not want to reveal his identity for his own safety. we don't expect the government to fix this because the problem comes from the government they're cooperating with military and foreign investors and we are very concerned for our safety because we are small local groups and we're fighting against people who have a lot of money and power opening up to the outside world has been a boost for people in other parts of me and ma but for many in this area the existence of coal under their fields and outside investment is proving

a toxic combination macbride al-jazeera. and to support his andy thank you so much lauren or manchester city looks set to extend their lead at the top of the english premier league there beating what the suit won and that result would put them five points clear of liverpool goals from larry sonna in riyadh mora's putting city ahead in this one but what for are back in the game with just a few seconds remaining fifteen games into the season the defending champion still looking to protect an unbeaten record second place liverpool they play burnley on wednesday four games in all being played this tuesday bournemouth are up to six after a two one victory over huddersfield brighton and west ham both winning their matches . now presents a football's ballon d'or awards in france as apologize for comments he made solely on strike at the head. fronts football magazine recognized female players for the first time and while he was on stage to pick up the trophy for women's player of

the year the d.j. asked of this. diplomat if you are to become so i switched it to a. french d.j. martins of excess his request to do a provocative dance was a joke burke said she didn't consider it sexual harassment but wanted the focus to stay on her sporting achievements while her record as a player early on is unparalleled she scored fifty three goals last season as the french team won the european champions league for a third straight sign of the twenty three year old has decided not to play for norway in next year's world cup saying there is a lack of respect for the women's game in her hung country. it's a lot of things need to be done. to make the conditions better for women to play football and not just only talking about younger girls but i'm talking up there once you actually play a national team at a moments so it came to

a point where i can perform in a market so i can give hundred percent of what i had to give. i didn't get back what i what i was expecting u.s. soccer has a new head coach greg behold so takes the post after spending five years in charge of columbus crew seem need some work though this year they fail to qualify for the world cup for the first time since nine hundred eighty six looking forward i would say that i'm ready for this challenge. the youth national team the full national team my experiences as a player my experiences in the coaching ranks have prepared me for this moment i'm excited for the opportunity to turn this group of men into a team there's a new team coming in the n.h.l. in seattle the league has approved the expansion making it seem number thirty two the seattle franchise expected to start playing in twenty twenty one before the decision seattle was the largest u.s. city without a major winter sports franchise athletics world governing body has voted not to

lift the ban on russian competitors the country was suspended three years ago when evidence emerged of a state sponsored doping program well the decisions taken at a meeting in monaco means russian athletes won't be able to take part under their own flag at the european indoor championships next february some will be allowed to compete under a neutral flag if they can prove the drug free the other way if say they're still waiting to receive kin formation from russian anti-doping officials. actually russian athletes do compete they compete and neutral status and it was from the very beginning of this process it's one of the first things we actually discussed which is where possible do everything you can to separate the the clean athletes from the tainted system now the greek economic crisis is also impacting on sport some athletes receive little financial support and struggle in what is the birthplace of the olympics reports from athens.

from this basement element who has scaled the heights of the karate world championships she became the reigning champion in the women's sixty eight plus kilo category last month in madrid if he were in a limb pick events know the greek government would pay out a one hundred thousand dollars bonus for her gold medal but karate won't be an olympic sport until twenty twenty in tokyo that leaves only others father who is also her trainer with unpaid debts from financing her career. if i were turkish or french or italian i'd get fifty and one hundred thousand dollars a year i'd be given a car and a house and i wouldn't have a job to do i'd be covered for life because i contribute by competing for my country but because i'm from greece i had to leave my country to work and pay for my tournaments and when i came back with medals i got nothing. i. has at least heard bonus as greece is

a limping gold medalist in the twenty five meter pistol event she trains in this disused tobacco warehouse it's hot in summer cold in winter and the electricity from a nearby business often cuts out but it's better than what she had before. i had a small metal box which we filled with hot coals i would use it to will my hands every two or three shots because they were stiff as planks this was a basement and the temperature was below zero. in the old quarry shack we wired up red and green lights to the paper target behind me to simulate the lights used on a limb pick targets there was no power so we wired the lights up to the car battery sometimes the problem isn't money but state negligence the olympic shooting center behind me contains hundreds of electronic targets and could have benefited greatly from the use of one but the entire facility was given over to police special forces after the two thousand and four games a limp dick athletes have been excluded from it the government sport budget of

seventy million dollars is spent mostly on keeping existing facilities open. my we should be for sport federations to spend more of their time building facilities for younger athletes so as to produce the base from which champions might spring up but it's not easy for the government to go and build a facility in which every area champion arises in a given sport. both coached by their fathers and nurtured by their families and they feel deeply patriotic until further financial support arrives family and country will have to take them as far as they can go jump start ople us al-jazeera athens and the deciding certis between pakistan and new zealand is evenly poised at the end of day to an unbeaten half century from b.j. willing to help new zealand so a total of two hundred seventy four in abu dhabi in reply pakistan or one hundred and thirty nine for three. ok let's get back to lauren in london andy thank you

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now starting from october twenty ninth church's share alliance will be chasing off from the new the aviation center of the world for a new journey. a notorious symbol of the u.s. war on terror one set for close guantanamo bay and it's detainees going nowhere we have identified as a priority is the construction of a nail high value detention center i'm afraid that we're setting the conditions to return back to practice or mortality in state sponsored torture as we did have done in the past rendition revisited to on al jazeera. to cope with driving in kabul you need nerves of steel and a strong heart the afghan capital has some of the most challenging driving conditions anywhere even though women are allowed to drive by law many men say culturally it is wrong that they are. there are lots of men here verby abuse you

they block your column it's a site that's right alongside shouting bad things no one helps us when the taliban were in control women were for. to drive but outside of the main cities it is rare even now to see a woman behind the wheel society's changing albeit slowly but the women drivers of afghanistan there is a long road ahead before they are fully accepted. if he was in front of a jury you would be convicted in thirty minutes u.s. senators emerged from a briefing by the cia chief and say there's no doubt saudi crown prince mohammed bin sound man ordered the murder of journalist. the senator's demand that saudi arabia be held to account.

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