the best part of her three minutes report back to your question will be when the following speakers speak what reception will they get because the vote will decide who the new leader of this party is going to be is coming up very soon this is the last chance the last pitch these candidates can make and there is a battle of beliefs that's going on here does this party want to stick with continue if he doesn't want to stay in the center that's where i'm going to matter who has pitched this coffee for the press off of. her preferred candidate from where our story how the candidates specifically melts that rival who was frozen out of politics buying a medical who's come back in a blaze of publicity saying he wants to route back those c.d.u. voters who went to the populist far right policy or who have a chance to speak in a few minutes the question will be what sort of support will he get here and then crucially how will of it we should know in the space of the next hour or so all right dominick. our thank you.

turkish intelligence change has briefed u.s. senators about his country's investigation into the murder of saudi journalist jamal khashoggi there is growing pressure on the white house to hold saudi crown prince muhammad responsible for the killing share but hansei reports from washington d.c. . turkish sources say her comfy dumby turkish intelligence chief was in washington for prescheduled meetings with his cia counterparts jena high school on a range of issues including syria as cia director hospital has been leading the u.s. investigation into the crucial g murder after she briefed some senators earlier this week they said they were certain that the killing could not have happened without saudi crown prince mohammed bin sons involvement there's not a smoking gun there's a smoking cell but only a few senators received that cia briefing turkish sources say feed agave those he

met on capitol hill on thursday information regarding the evidence ankara has in because shuggie murder as well as the information ankara has supplied to the administration and washington senators are considering three lines of action against saudi arabia not just as a result of the khashoggi killing but the humanitarian disaster that's been caused by saudi action in yemen the a's are sixty three the nays are thirty seven the motion is agreed to first a procedural vote is expected next week following a vote to move a resolution on invoking the war powers act to end u.s. participation in the yemen war to the senate floor last week if successful a debate will begin and a final vote held meanwhile senators have also proposed a bill to suspend arms sales to saudi arabia and a resolution to personally hold the saudi crown prince responsible for the khashoggi murder some senators who voted to advance the war powers resolution last week now say they would prefer going down these legislative routes instead but while any action by the senate will be a symbolic but historic breach of the u.s.

saudi relationship none of these measures are expected to reach the president's desk as the leadership of the house of representatives showing their willingness to also vote on the measures but following november's democratic success there in the midterm elections that may soon change if i were the saudi government i would be very concerned now obviously no one wants to see the total destabilization of saudi arabia but the special relationship with the saudis and the arms sales and the u.s. support really have been called into question the trumpeters station though says it remains firm in its support for the saudi government she ever turns the outer zero washington. in the news hour we must either be doing something right or we must be doing an investigation they don't want to follow through with one of us well known journalist in the philippines faces a legal battle to prevent being silenced. and in sport a shoulder injury can start careering from leading the boston celtics to another win peter will have all of the.

united nations has progress is being made in the four years of civil war and yemen talks are underway between the saudi backed government and who the delegations in the village of rimbaud north of stockholm the an envoy for yemen says the warring sides have agreed on a prisoner exchange deal as part of a confidence building measure earlier a member of the many government stockholm said the first priority was to access remote areas to distribute aid a small bar joins us live now from member north of stockholm so they were just talking about how the prisoner swap deal has been agreed to is there any sign that that actually could lead to dealing with some of the other bigger issues. i have to say richelle the optimism of yesterday was short lived and it seems the talks have hit a snag today with

a huge differences between the two rivals about the reopening of the airport the hurt these have insisted that for them to be able to move forward to negotiate a settlement they want the. airport which is under their control to be reopened to international flights they consider that to be part of their own legitimate authority in yemen now the government is saying that all international flights to sinai and from sinai should be inspected in. airports in the southern part of yemen which are under the control of the internationally recognized government i've been to perth the officials. are meeting as we speak with united nations own voice and they said they reject that demand by the government there's also another problem here which is the who data port which accounts for something like seventy percent of the food imports into yemen and

there were there was hope that in the coming days this the united nations would agree on a deal that would hand over partially the management of the port to the united nations now the government is saying that they want that port to be handed over to the pro had the troops and this is something which is also rejected by the who thinks i don't know how the u.n. would be able to narrow differences between the warring factions about these particular sticking points but i think it will it would pose a real challenge for the u.n. and for the international community. for us and thank you. the last migrant rescue ship operating in the mediterranean is ending its mission without borders says a smear campaign by european governments has forced the aquarius to stop saving asylum seekers but lost its registration in september alexy o'brien reports. the

aquarius began operations two years ago by the charity's doctors without borders and. since then it's rescue to thirty thousand people on the treacherous sea crossing between libya and europe migrants and refugees searching for what many of us take for granted a safe place to call home but the work of boats like the aquarius has been made harder by a growing anti immigrant sentiment in europe. we've been subjected to a concerted campaign of harassment intimidation and obstruction it's taken the form of criminal investigation on the basis of spiritus allegations and we've been shot at and harassed by the libyan coast guard which is funded by european governments including including that of the u.k. aquarius has been blocked in the french quarter say since october after panama revoked its registration the charity say it was at the request of. government then

last month the police ordered its seizure for allegedly dumping toxic waste the charities denied the allegations. more than one hundred seven thousand people arrived in europe by sea this year at the height of the crisis twenty fifteen more than a million people made the voyage. crossings have dropped. dangerous restrictions on search and rescue boats like the aquarius. earlier this year there were weeks of wrangling over who would take the aquarius and the six hundred people it had rescued. refused entry and the international condemnation that politics was taking precedence over people's lives. welcome to the boat being at risk. to see what is happening today. no one is that no one is here to see.

the u.n. says more than seventeen and a half thousand people have drowned or gone missing in the mediterranean since january twenty fourth tain. last year there were five risky boats there now there are now. the charity say they're looking for replacement for the aquarius its crew fear that there are vulnerable people out there possibly in danger and no one to help them. alexia brian al jazeera all right time now for weather with kevin that's right richelle and we're looking at still a flooding possibility that we're dealing with here in california they've been seeing quite a bit of rain across the region and of course with california we've seen quite a lot of burning with wildfires a lot of the areas dealing with burn scars and when you take flooding and heavy rain on those brisk hours then you have a major problem of erosion as well as flash flooding so going to take you to malibu

i want to show you the video that has come out across this region of what they're dealing with with very heavy rain because we are dealing with the burn scar areas a lot of the homes are already been threatened because the while far as now they have been threatened by the flash flooding three thousand people have had to be evacuated across the region from malibu so the good news over the next couple days is it looks like the big storm system that caused all the rain is beginning to pull away today so los angeles can be seeing a drier day in that area but the same weather system that's because in the problem is now making its way towards the east over the next few days that system is going to head over across texas we are looking at the potential of flooding in texas as well as louisiana over the next few days and the temptress behind the system means we're also going to be seeing snow not very far to the north of that flooding system and atlanta four degrees is going to be a high as we go towards the next couple days we could be seeing some snow in some icy conditions across the region as well as hartsfield is going to be seen some major delays because of the very stormy weather pushing across that region haven't

thank you the wife of a ukrainian intelligence officer detained by russia has appealed to president vladimir putin for his release is still a sirocco was one of twenty three servicemen held after three ukrainian boats were fired upon in the black sea last month has accused of orchestrating the confrontation and says the boats were in russian waters and resentment has this exclusive from odessa this two year old boy wants to do why his father perceived as a rock doesn't come home and he will. the two were inseparable until the left for work two weeks ago boxer rochas mother didn't know where his father had gone but it was twenty four hours before she found out he beat at sea and was injured and captured by the russians jane. i don't want to even think about him going to jail i hope there are reasonable people that can help us get out of the situation

and survive this ordeal this torture that's my only hope i don't want to think about him standing trial. if you're able to pull mrs through to the only person what would have been. i would ask poussin don't explain to me where my husband is try to explain it to my son why is he running towards the door waiting for his daddy why after each phone call he hopes his daddy is calling him let him try to explain to a two year old child why his father is so far away from his family irina's husband has worked for ukraine security services the s.b.u. for the past three years he's never divulge the exact nature of his work she fears that he's in more danger than the rest of the men because of his status as a counter intelligence officer vassily is reported to have a serious arm or hand injury and is in a medical unit with a moscow detention center his father has had access to intelligence reports saying

he's been heavily drugged as part of his interrogation from going from our pleasure of the latest information is that the security services are using second tropic substances on the captured officers including my son i urge russian officers if you still have a drop of dignity of honor stop of using the prisoners of war. back at the family home we reduce a rope because it seems as if time is standing still. there sure. i can hold on and keep a grip on things only because i'm looking off to my son i feel like i'm living in a nightmare and i can't wake up i've lost touch with reality i don't know what day it is and i'm like the public arena says it's pointless laying the blame on anyone. al-jazeera adesa ukraine turning to

a story now about the refugee rescue ship the aquarius are going live to the ship now as a search and rescue worker for s.o.s. man it's friday and he joins us from the french port of marsay first of all how are are you in the workers receiving the news that what you have been doing is going to have to stop. i cannot hear you no problem going i sure sure i said how are you receiving the news that what you have been doing is going to have to be shut down. well the shutdown of the ship have been planted in the last the eighth and we are currently dismantling the getting into bethel. for us it's important to focus that this may be the end but it is not the end of the mission and it is not the end of the search and rescue in the emitter and. i want. to come back as soon as possible to do our job. so what happens now with the people that are that are still

there what what happens for them next. well. in this moment there are no assets for rescue in the military and in. european policy. block to. such a rescue system done by civilians in the mediterranean so in this moment unfortunately there are no assets and testimonies of what's happening on the southward there of of iraq when you say the mission continues it's admirable to see your determination but how do you think that's going to happen where we are actively trying to look. like a new ship or a new flag or something that is sustainable to me back in the sea a sort of possible believe me i'm

a rescuer one of the people that physically take the people out of the water when they're drowning and this is our strong we putting all our energy. to find a solution at the moment unfortunately aquarius was not in a more sustainable solution for us to operate why do you do this work you mean personally yes our well because i'm a rescuer i spend twenty years of my life and i will answer and at the very beginning i was interested on the technical aspect of the rescue but then after the mission in becomes obvious that was very humanitarian matter it was a matter of meeting people and. providing them the shands to realize. ok will we very much appreciate your insight are you hopeful that there's

a possibility that this could possibly be turned around in some way. well at the moment with ben we are spending our energy to find. a solution a long term solution on. the ship. so we hope for the to the next month so do we have an answer for you in this way. thank you for the work you do and thank you for taking the time to talk to us we appreciate it you know. still ahead in the news our running out of money and hope you talk to some of the thousands of central americans trying to get to the u.s. . as african leaders gather and martain year will explain why that refugees are adopting a french protest movements and support river plates players train in the dread but still feel they've been denied home advantage for the copa libbers a tourist final. in

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stand up for human rights. you're watching al jazeera let's recap the top stories for you there is outrage in france over the treatment of students arrested by police during protests just outside of paris trade unions and far left parties to lash out at what they call police brutality after this video went viral but france's interior minister says none of the high school students were injured during the arrests and the town of. president donald trump has again lashed out at on twitter rather against the investigation into possible collusion between russia and his two thousand and

sixteen election campaign details are expected on friday that could shed light on how to have trump's closest former aides have helped or hindered special counsel robert mullins. aid groups say they have been forced to stop the last rescue ship operating in the mediterranean after a smear campaign by e.u. governments last month the thai and prosecutors ordered the seizure of the aquarius accusing it of me legally dumping waste. from honest high court has dropped all charges against opposition politician diane rick are and her mother. a celebrated with supporters after the verdict was announced the government critic had been accused of forgery and inciting and struction after challenging president paul kagame in last year's elections she was arrested and imprisoned along with her mother and a three judge panel says the charges against them are baseless. thank you i don't know why but i was like god that was worrying

us a. god we were very. good at the beginning was the bit that he was angelus as a researcher who specializes in central and east africa he joins us live from leeds in the u.k. we appreciate it so if what she was accused of and charged with was baseless why what do you make of the court's timing now to declare her well it's interesting timing and it comes just a couple weeks. i walked in give me the line between the we're giving the president. the you know the big presidential. debate you know he be ready much we come. to the. western. politicians with the release of both of them now. very interesting moment in

rwandan mine and. he is going to show you one didn't haiku or. any degree of independence and. which i think is much younger ages and is a very good feeling during board so we that degree of independence could it be pushed a little bit more as the room for growth in that area. well. you know i think the conclusion i've come to they've looked at the evidence. and they've come to this conclusion and it's. certainly. without seeing we have been stuffing the pigeon they've come to and i think it would be greeted very warmly. speaking to rwandans today it's interesting that these two ladies to become cause celeb. and have been welcomed in a pressure group the u.s. especially in congress. we wondered would say whoa you know why the west

getting so excited about these two cases where i was there are two hundred so genocide perpetrates who's name being breed in the west and to the west to the u.s. the u.k. wrong. really seems to go into semi punitive. no carry on to grieve which is you. know those are those are very good points she dynamic are was eventually she said found innocent but in the meantime my family suffered a lot it was very difficult on her and her family what do you think that that says to anyone who wants to be part of the opposition anyone that wants to be as vocal as she and others have been. well you would hope this this priest race which is going to take years. and use less new generations is the genocide and so the ground

zero so who wanders been building. pre genocide if you look at the history the thirtieth the poor there was totally no space whatsoever so everyone just coming from a very very low market in this and it's going to take time it's going to take a generation or two and it won't just happen overnight and if you look at other african countries it's not happening the tools so there is this road in the. political space and one would hope this will continue to college or to do one to keep pushing this to be opened up as a government becomes more competent the judiciary come to convert good and indeed critics. are well couldn't. the good things. in the country. enter wallace joining us really thank you thank you very much. a senior journalist in the philippines has declared her innocence and says she'll fight back after

appearing in court on tax evasion charges says the case is politically motivated the news agency rapport has been critical of president robert going to tear days government has branded it fake mail alan duggan reports from manila. maria ressa is one of the most prominent journalists in the philippines and also one of the most impact a lot and the news agency she co-founded called rappler have been inducted on multiple counts of tax evasion the government also tried to revoke the agency's license to operate we did their day calling rappler a feat use outlet. for media and her supporters this is persecution from a government that sees journalists as the enemy we're going to hold on but it makes me think that we must either be doing something right or we must be doing an investigation they don't want us to follow through with. we just keep doing our jobs you know we keep looking we try to maintain the news agenda recently but the

government insists the warrant issued against media is not political persecution months after due to terror was sworn into office the government set up a special task force to focus on media security proof it says of its commitment to press freedom it meant rappler scase is different. you do not believe it rather than use even. vaguely the really big they say that they are. but then again we have to take it with their loss. last year reporters without borders called the philippines the deadliest country for media in asia and what is happening here reflects a growing on the mosty towards journalists worldwide and that. openly encouraged by political leaders and authoritarian regimes pose a threat to democracy. the center for media freedom and responsibility focuses on

the rights of filipino journalists it says there have been more than eighty attacks on journalists since president assumed office in two thousand and sixteen we should not forget that the despite of the big pattern and the pattern had been set march earlier. when president began to demonize mainstream breast since one nine hundred eighty six more than one hundred sixty journalists have been killed in the philippines most of them worked in the provinces or observers see media protection is virtually non-existent. the massacre in two thousand and nine is the single worst attack against journalists anywhere in the world thirty two were shot mutilated and buried on their way to an electoral event in the southern philippines those accused of being behind the killings reportedly of strong political ties to the government grieving families

are angry no one's yet been convicted almost ten years after the massacre and they are losing hope. manila. an executive of chinese tech giant wall way is due to face court and canada after being arrested at the request of the united states then once rose detention has rattled global stocks because analysts there to worsen the trade dispute between the u.s. and china pedicle hang reports. from the very start it was going to be a day of losses stocks losing value at a fast clip on concerns the u.s. and china trade dispute is only going to get worse this is happening after news broke that at the request of the us canada arrested when joe the chief financial officer of wall way the giant chinese technology company she is also the daughter of its founder chua way is a really big company and china and munch you know is considered you know tech royalty she is the c.e.o.

of the company and so she's a big deal in china her arrest happened saturday the same time that u.s. president donald trump was meeting with his counterpart president ping hoping to calm fears of an escalating trade war announcing a ninety day truce of sorts in an interview with national public radio the u.s. national security adviser was asked if the president knew about the arrest during the dinner i don't know the answer that i knew in advance but this is something that that we get from the justice department and and that these kinds of things happen with some frequency we certainly don't inform the president on every one of them and bolton wouldn't say nor would anyone else in the u.s. government what she was arrested for although some senators implied it had to do with potentially violating sanctions on iran the canadian prime minister seemed to add to the mystery of the appropriate authorities took the decisions in this case we were advised by them with a few days notice that this was in the works but of course there was no engagement

or involvement in the political level the chinese are condemning this and demanding her release. the timing of the arrest on the same day as the meeting could be seen as a deliberate move to send a message but experts say that might not be the case though on foresman processes work on their own schedule and people sometimes don't understand that about the united states is the department of justice does not consult with the president when they're going to make an arrest we'll know more on friday when her first appearance in court what happens there could impact more than just her freedom but fortunes across the globe political here in. washington yes resolution to condemn the palestinian hamas movement has failed to win enough votes at the u.n. general assembly that fell short of the required two thirds majority angering u.s. ambassador nikki haley who said it would have been a chance to write what she called a historic wrong the vote on the resolution got the support of eighty seven nations

fifty seven countries voted against all thirty three x. stand and friends of jordanians brave strong winds and heavy rain to protest against what they describe as the government's corrupt economic policies. the demonstrators gathered outside the government headquarters to demand the prime minister omar was a step down they're angry over a controversial law that would see additional income taxes taxes rather imposed by january the growing backlash against the bill has sparked the country's largest anti-government protest since two thousand and eleven which led to the resignation of the previous prime minister six months ago. the e.u. and france have promised almost three billion dollars for this the whole region in west and central africa the heads of state of the g five the whole nations are gathering in the capital to raise money to fight armed groups the five nations represented huge area in the southern sahara desert that's been hit hard by years

of conflict and lack of facilities nicholas hawk has more from the capital. munyon refugees two are wearing the yellow vest more than a sign of protest against the french government it's a symbol of despair or like they say in france six years since the french military intervention in northern mali and a combined twenty five thousand soldiers on the ground these two are examined the house still cannot go home you know and i mean. there's no peace there are agreements but the wall continues and we the people that trash and how can we keep living like this there are the five presidents of the g five so how they've sent a joint military force in another bid to regain control of an area mostly in the hands of rebel groups. we need to reinforce the trust of the people of the sahil in their institutions to help us put words into action help us with our g five development plan. and so one after the other international donors announce their

contribution funds that will go to development projects such as solar and wind energy a new railway line roads airports and even a new g five saheli airline. at stake is the stability of a region as big as the united states where most of the one hundred million people don't have access to electricity or water or a hospital or school to go to. the european union it wants to stop the flow of illegal migration to their continent they are one of the largest contributors we need to do something special because the situation in the center of money for example it's really difficult for the time being. the extremist nor is reaching the king of france so it's important to to avoid that through this spread of fix for mr issa is continuing in the future but can the.