british prime minister theresa may has survived a leadership challenge by m.p.'s from her conservative party two hundred voted for her one hundred seventeen against many of her employees are unhappy about may's proposed cracks the deal doesn't trump former lawyer is going to prison for three years for tax evasion and for violating campaign finance laws michael cohen pleaded guilty to lying to congress in paying off two women who had largely had affairs with trump. and the us senate has gone against president donald trump on the war in yemen and voted to began discussing a resolution to end u.s. military support for the saudi marathi like coalition. the killing of saudi journalist mark shows he has angered many u.s. politicians he was killed inside the saudi consulate on the second of october had a kahane spoke to democratic u.s. senator chris van hollen he says the murder has weakened saudi influence on capitol hill how would you characterize the administration's response to the killing of jamal khashoggi. totally inadequate in fact worse than that because despite the

fact that there's overwhelming evidence as publicly reported the cia concluded that the crown prince was directly implicated in the show you murder despite all that you have the present united states really acting as the mouthpiece for the saudi regime and really becoming complicit in a cover up which is why it's so important that the congress the senate in the house act to make sure that we send a strong signal that this murder was unacceptable. first fun like this doesn't make sense to you it does not make sense and that's a big question a lot of senators and others have why is the president why is the president's son in law jared kirshner going to such lengths to a cover up for the crown prince and i think it's partly that they invested so much

energy and effort in that relationship they banked this idea that so many people had the crown prince was a great reformer he's going to bring more openness to saudi arabia when in fact he's been sort of. recklessness has characterized his regime and his leadership everything from kidnapping the prime minister of lebanon to the war in yemen. and now essentially hatch in the plot to murder could show be so you have a ministration that sort of put all its eggs in that basket and instead of doing the right thing has decided to double down. i hope that we will also hold the crown prince directly accountable through the magnitsky act which is a vehicle already in us law to sanction individuals who have committed gross

human rights abuses the main point here is that beyond sort of public combination of the crown prince is complicity there has to be some more direct action to hold him personally liable the saudis have a tory sleep strong lobbying effort in the us i've seen reports that it's not as strong now you're absolutely right they do have an army of lobbyists in washington d.c. and i do believe that this self-inflicted wound. is undermining their ability to have as much influence as they used to i think it is actually helped expose in many ways their influence machine here in washington d.c. and i think it will. will damage their ability to try to influence things at least on capitol hill now you know it's going full force at the white house still and

that's what's been so disappointing that normally an american president would stand up for the rule of law stand up for human rights the fact that the president hasn't stood up for a person who live in the united states as children leave the united states. is a gross gross negligence and unfortunate presence just not doing his job here. the suspected gunman in the christmas market shooting in the french city of remains on the run hundreds of police and soldiers in france are hunting for sharif shikata has been jailed twenty seven times for other crimes two people were killed and eight seriously wounded including the gunman barbara smith has more. preparing for christmas and a heavily armed guard strasbourg on wednesday morning noticeably quieter as police continue to hunt a gunman who opened fire on police and shoppers the night before as victims lie on the street others sort safety in narrow alleyways as the sound of gunfire echoed

around the city center the first i heard several shots and i thought maybe it's firecrackers or they're attacking a store i saw a lot of people running scared crying kids and all and i was very very scared because it was really quite a lot of shooting there was a moment of panic so everyone was running around there were police officers saying to leave to hide so that's what we did the gunman named by police as twenty nine year old sharif should cat opened fire on a police patrol just as christmas market stalls were closing panicked shoppers ran for cover into shops and restaurants while the wounded gunman escaped in the confusion if you don't believe. the assailant the town center just a little off on a cat that dropped him off in the new whole neighborhood the cab driver said the suspect asked to be dropped off without giving a pacific address telling the driver he would guide the cab driver has a tape but then realized he was carrying a gun and was wounded he told the cab driver that he had opened fire on soldiers

and killed ten people. strasbourg is near the border with germany where security has been increased because the gunman may have crossed the open front the police say the suspected attacker a served several prison sentences in france and germany his home was raided hours before the market shooting in connection with a robbery in the summer but check out wasn't there. more than six hundred french security personnel as well as border guards are involved in the hunt for the gunman and the french government has raised its terrorism alert level to the highest possible sharif's account is one of twenty six thousand names on a government watch list of people suspected opposing a security risk. with al-jazeera. plays in france have arrested a former leader of a militia from the central african republic patrice edwarda commanded the. that's a christian group which targeted muslims international criminal court issued

a warrant for his detention he's accused of committing crimes against humanity during the enter religious fighting five years ago x. cousin or president is under way in controversial education reforms launched by his predecessor that's part of violent protests by teachers of his armored or has proposed a new plan that would scrap teacher evaluations and make public education free many say that the government is off track john heilemann reports on tuesday a new president and his mother will lopez obrador scrapped his predecessor's education reform and a veiled his own plan to rescue crews failing schools if you disagree change is needed the o.e.c.d. ranks the country's education system among the worst in the world the last over who was just five years ago the centerpiece of that plan was the introduction of proficiency tests for teaches those who consistently failed face dismissal that's

gone. hamas would never disrespect a teaches like happened recently the government work to offend the teaches that's finished now such tests will be voluntary if they fail they'll be few consequences it's a move that's popular with teachers less so for some parents the practice of sending teaching post so high in the month to relatives has been common think years in mexico and the professional exams and the consequences for failing them were meant to root out those not qualified for the job some experts say that not immediately firing failing teachers may be a wise move other countries use such tests to identify teach is in need of further training with dismissal an act of last resort to do it ministration would also bring mexico's education system under direct government control is also a promise of more money for higher education these is dangerous because in that out on a means require precisely to say freely what are the mistakes that go with the third

there and the state of florida is coming in the implementation of education policy the president's also promised to pump more money into higher education to run we're going to build one hundred you public universities and have three hundred thousand new grants for students from poor families a key question from experts where will the money come from they were anticipating cuts for universities and then the same time they're saying we're going to be able one hundred universities where are going to put into the in the constitution now that universal right for mexico's to have access to free higher the patient to make promises is very easy to fulfill it is much more complicated it's consent been let down before now many await the final details of the plan and lawmakers approval of it to see if this time things might be different john homan al-jazeera mexico

city. the building congress has approved a twelve month extension of martial law in the southern mindanao region it was requested by president roderick go to terror tape he says that means top security measures will stay in place stop muslim fighters from regrouping he placed the region under martial law in two thousand and seventeen after a large scale attack i saw linked fighters. the philippines has the world's most congested jails overflowing with tens of thousands of people arrested in the country's controversial war on drugs at the moment prisons are holding almost seven times the number of inmates are supposed to activists accuse the place of locking up and people because of yasser port's from inside one of the country's most crowded jails. as night falls the inmates of manila city jail a preparing to sleep waged into every inch of space these are the conditions in prisons across the philippines a country with the most congested jails in the world. the first time i set

foot inside here i felt like i was being choked i thought where am i why am i here i shouldn't be here what is this place. prison populations have been growing at a rapid rate since president rodriguez to today announced his war on drugs in two thousand and sixteen jails in the philippines were built to hold around twenty thousand people but today they housing more than one hundred and forty thousand most of these people haven't even been convicted of a crime based still waiting for verdicts in their cases. there is no bail for drug offenses in the philippines those charged will stay here until the ports perry says the cases and that can take years but right side to vist and lawyers fear that innocent people are being challenged and jailed for drug crimes the evidence that

we gather presents we are reading your picture of very poor people being sold into jail for no reason. and actually congesting the jail system. people like oh no he was charged with drug offenses but says the police fabricated the evidence against him. not everyone who is in jail is a demon not everyone is a bad person. we tried to put these allegations to the philippine national police but there was no response. to spending more than two years in jail wasting through verdict the son who says he agreed to plead guilty so he could be released and returned home to his family. but even after admitting to a crime he says he didn't commit and completing the eighteen month sentence he's still in jail. al-jazeera manila. there been chaotic scenes

in hungary's parliament after some m.p.'s tried to block an amendment employment laws which critics have described as slave labor that he was released into the chamber in opposition politician saying the national anthem in an attempt to halt the vote of parliament approved the government backed amendment allowing employers to demand up to four hundred hours of overtime in the year employers will also be given up to three years to settle overtime payments and. voted to reinstate the sat prime minister renewal rate missing despite the president's approval it was dismissed by the president author polish service santa and october he was then replaced by mahinda rajapakse who has failed to secure support in the legislature and now refuses to step down the president as a piddling valve never to reinstate the missing day a gunman has opened fire in a cathedral in brazil killing at least four people the forty nine year old tacker

killed himself after being wounded by police in the south eastern city of pen us he had no criminal record and the motive is unclear. palestinian refugees in lebanon are resorting to increasingly desperate measures in an attempt to reach europe and who are now paying people smugglers to travel through latin america in the hopes of getting to spain. wanted a better life for his family but their attempt to reach failed palestinian refugees in lebanon are ready to sell everything and borrow money when a smuggler offers a way out even if the route to europe is south america. we flew to ethiopia on october twenty ninth brazil where we stayed in a hotel for a night before travelling to bolivia we tried to travel to spain but we were detained for about forty eight hours before being sent back to lebanon we trusted this broker because many people including my wife's cousins managed to reach europe

. spanish police believe at least one thousand two hundred palestinians from. madrid. since the beginning of this year the criminals being suspected of smuggling them through fraudulent asylum claims has since been caught but the network in lebanon is still very much operational. the so-called middleman is very well known in this refugee camp his name is. and he has reportedly helped a few thousand palestinians to europe and elsewhere and it seems lebanese authorities turn a blind eye to his activities because. courage palestinians. in recent years tens of thousands of palestinians left the country legally or illegally affected by the dire economic conditions here and government regulations that deny them basic rights four hundred fifty thousand used to be registered with the un earlier this year the first ever government census showed the number dropped

to one hundred seventy five thousand we hear very frequently from palestinians particularly the youth that they are very keen to leave and some of them tell us that they have already tried that and it will try again. it is among those who no longer wants his family to live in such desperate conditions even though he is better off than others so he has a job unemployment among the palestinian workforce is eighteen percent how mad is now waiting to sell his house hoping to make enough money to pay. thirty five thousand dollars and he will help me and my family to travel to belgium hopefully god willing things will go as planned and we arrive safely palestinian activists and lebanese security sources say up to four thousand refugees made their way to europe this year. and his family were not among them but he hasn't given up

he says he's planning to make another attempt soon. beirut. and. the headlines on al-jazeera british prime minister theresa may has survived a leadership challenge from her conservative party two hundred voted for her one hundred seventeen against many of the about. speaking after the results of the leadership it was time to get on with delivering. this has been a long and challenging day but at the end of it i'm pleased to have received the backing of my colleagues in tonight's pilot whilst i'm grateful for that support a significant number of colleagues did calls to post against me and i've listened to what they said following this but we now need to get on with the job of delivering bricks it for the british people building

a better future for this country a brics it delivers on the votes that people. the us senate has gone against president on all trump on the war and yemen and voted to begin discussing a resolution to end u.s. military support for the saudi immorality led coalition president transformer lawyer is going to prison for three years for tax evasion and for violating campaign finance laws i call cohen to guilty to lying to congress and paying off two women who allegedly had affairs with strong place in france have arrested a former leader of a militia from the central african republic patrice edward the sona commanded the anti bill aka that's a christian group which targeted muslims international criminal court issued a warrant for his detention the philippine congress has approved a twelve month extension of martial law and the southern men's in our region was requested by president reagan to tear today he says it means tough security

measures will stay in place to stop muslim fighters from brain grouping he placed the region under martial law in two thousand and seventeen after a large scale attack i saw linked fighters and shylock m.p.'s have voted to reinstate the sacked prime minister renewal rate missing a despite the disapproval ratings of the president but you're saying it was dismissed by a president not the polish service and an october he was then replaced by mahinda rajapaksa who has failed to secure support in the legislature and now refuses to step down president has repeatedly valid never to reinstate requesting a. those are the headlines keep it on al-jazeera much more to come the story that's next getting to the heart.