in the damage from donald trump's phone call with the ukrainian president a speak to what matthew whose and it's at the kiev post he's with us now live via skype from kiev matthew what's the view old volk of that in kiev and of his resignation well i think this is pretty very recent news for ukraine since the news broke that late last night our time and keep it saturday morning people are just waking up but i think this will be a very negative that will be perceived quite negatively in ukraine who was highly respected both in ukraine and on both sides of the aisle in the u.s. he was seen as a positive year a lot of people in ukraine say that he was very sensitive to the issues he listened a lot and he also from the point of view of the u.s. he was someone who could push negotiations and and approaches to potentially resolving this conflict even sometimes when they weren't necessarily entirely palatable and ukraine in general this a very highly respected individual and it will be a big moss or i think u.s.

foreign policy in ukraine as well as for exams to 'd regulate this conflict in eastern ukraine so what people there be surprised at the fact that a man of his standing could have found himself embroiled in a murky situation such as this. well if we look at the whistleblower complaint we don't be honest i don't think it is extremely damaging to her shoulder we see that he was trying to help the craniums navigate this very complicated and unpleasant situation with donald trump and rudy giuliani that said if we look at how ukraine will use this i have to say while the ukrainian media are indeed covering this whole ukraine scandal the us truth be told the average ukrainian person probably doesn't fully understand or doesn't understand the scope of it at the key post we did a segment called the vox populi and we went out on the street and asked people what they thought selenski should do president so let's get crane should do in responding to this issue and the answers were really quite all over the place

people follow it they don't necessarily perhaps comprehend how big this is in the united states and how significant that marriage is why would a man do you think of with his experience of a reputation except such a posting under a president like trump this is not at all hard to understand in fact yesterday the journalist keith gessen published a story of based on the interview he did with kurt volker and basically kurt volker told him rather straightforwardly that when republicans who are against trump were coming out as i have never trump he didn't follow that position and he felt that if trump is if trump is elected then he will need smart talented people on his staff to do the job so it's very clear that he believed that he could make a difference by by working in the working for the u.s. government under trouble i think this is experience shows 'd that everything from touch is really is poison that

a lot of ways so what will his departure mean for us ukraine relations in general and u.s. policy on ukraine. u.s. policy will stay loyal to the same one ukraine u.s. foreign policy is a big ship it doesn't turn around on a dime and i think that u.s. foreign policy is going to change much even though we know that trump has a very negative attitude towards ukraine in a lot of ways in fact that's one of the things critical are actually said in the interview yes and that trump views ukraine is a bad place corrupt kind of unfixable but at the same time foreign policy is not just the president knighted states it's the state department it's all the officials that get them out and i think for him the position will continue to be what it has been support for ukraine and its in its and its territorial integrity and not recognizing the annexation of crimea certainly not recognize the proclaimed

republics of eastern ukraine that said obviously. departure is a blow for the effectiveness of foreign policy the fact that the trump administration basically forced out on the beach a very well respected career ambassador because she was allegedly according to certain right wing media and rudy giuliani and perhaps problem is allegedly corroding with soros to help the democrat state totally i did an accusation without actual bases that these are all blows for the effectiveness of u.s. foreign policy to the direction isn't going to change but the ability to carry out that foreign policy it may change messy really good to talk to many thanks to you for being with us matthew cooper the heat editor of thank you post this is the nice houses there are still to come on the program after weeks of debate zimbabwe's former leader is to be buried in his hometown would be the life hold on serve. during or a death wish base jumpers take a leap of faith from one of malaysia's best known left. on its course

of action from a stunning upset at the rugby world cup. protests are being held in hong kong to mark the 5th anniversary of the so-called umbrella movement thousands marched in 2014 to demand the right for the territory to choose its own leader rallies are also set to take place in other cities including london and washington in a show of solidarity the movement inspired the recent protests that have been running for some 16 weeks now let's go live now to hong kong al-jazeera sarah clarke is there for us so the 5th anniversary then of the umbrella movement or what is being planned for today. a little bit a number of rallies that have been on the wife the last few hours where one of the which is the general which is attached to the lips the council building which is

effectively hong kong parliament you can see behind me the various part about to see protests have come here and they've been resurrecting mislabel this has been torn down over recent weeks by every switch by the my beijing things but now we've got pretty much prices the home wire around the sledge the council building and it is a large building we also have her face on some side on some of the signs so the numbers here are building and in front of me in front of the little council building just around the corner from where we are now there is another rally at the church ought to start in the next hour and then we expect thousands that's not and that's been approved by the police and it's run by the civil human rights front that particular organization that's one that's been organizing these mass rallies of recent months in hong kong the ones have been attracting a 100000000 people out to these assemblies so to notch up to 7 out here in hong kong where expect a huge group to commemorate the anniversary of the umbrella revolution and on sunday we also expect more rallies such as a busy week ahead and this is in the lead up to october 1 just china's national

dive when the chinese had the prior beijing groups will be celebrating the 70th anniversary of the founding of the people's republic of china so a student activist joshua warm says that he's going to run for local office what's the significance of that. for here of course was the face of the umbrella movement back in 24 tane and its time it is made this announcement today on the 5th anniversary of the umbrella movement of the occupy hong kong demonstrations he's a 22 year old who's never run for politics before but he's the co-founder of the dems to start party which is approaching mopsy group which had a couple of the people elected in the last election into the lives of council building because they were the spot of 5 so this he. his decision to run it is significant and here's what he had to say earlier on so that. you would think in those days the 1st is that you should know better what to move play. this more time

since the summer all this whole time i'm the few that's high road is essential to put pressure on the hong kong government and also president seeking to show that we are determined to fight for the part of the 5 demands universal suffrage which made for a good action. last month we saw a surge in numbers of people who were registering to vote and these upcoming just election district elections and that particular surge received in the 18 to 35 year old age bracket and that's there the people who we're seeing in the streets they're the students and they the pro-democracy activists have been driving this and it's tradition bill movement as a city that's an indication of the current political climate in hong kong and appears to be a political what i think the pro-democracy movement. so many thanks of 07 o'clock that live in hong kong. in egypt hundreds of people have defied

a security crackdown for a 2nd friday to call for the president to step down demonstrations been held across several cities protesters are accusing ample fattah el-sisi of misusing public money and destroying the economy rallies in support of sisi also took place in parts of cairo and alexandria. the protests against the president were also held in new york on friday in front of the united nations building the u.n. human rights chief has expressed deep concern over reports 9 of the most sweeping mass arrests in egypt since sisi took power in 2013 in paris a gypsy as demonstrated in solidarity with the demonstrations back home they called for action to tackle the arbitrary arrests and prosecution of lawyers and journalists at it berlin activist protested in front of the egyptian embassy denouncing the security crackdown against protesters a former egyptian government contractor whose videos helped to spark the current protests has issued

a new message on social media calling on president sisi to resign or bad as the how the. c.c. you swear that you will leave power if the people don't want you so please be a man of your word don't let your offices upset the people let them walk in the streets freely you promise the people freedom so please stop being a liar. some of your heart is a professor of middle east studies at the university of oklahoma he says that the u.s. should be more outspoken in its condemnation of cc's crackdown. it's been a narrative used by the regime and other regimes to dissuade people from protesting to say that well you're not going to get democracy you're going to get the syrian civil war or the chaos in yemen if you don't follow orders there has been a narrative here particularly by the trump regime that everything is fine in egypt and see she's a wonderful president clearly the protests puncture that but it is important to say that there are others in congress and in civil society who are very critical of the

c.c. regime and the rampant human rights abuses that are taking place there and that are aware that this level of repression along with deteriorating economic conditions are not sustainable in the long run been a lot of talk in the past and sometimes in the present in the united states and european powers about democracy and human rights promotion and rule of law but unfortunately they these written these governments don't walk the walk they still support to the egyptian government they still send significant military aid and they don't raise significant. their voices with regard to these kinds of human rights abuses and the lack of freedom of the press or freedom of speech or a right to assembly and protest. the body of zimbabwe's former president robert mugabe will be buried on saturday in his hometown the government had pushed for a burial at the national monument but the family wanted a private ceremony in his home village the government eventually reversed its plans

was 95 years old when he died earlier this month he led zimbabwe for 37 years let's go live now to his rule home village shows us here is how. is so when will this service to get under way today will be buried. the morning that i mean the last minute changes they need to be buried before that maybe but they will. get mad we think everybody was very angry at the way he was by the i mean. he did not want to that next here on the make up right at the capital that may though. i know it's a rule but to be looking live at the village that was the day he what the founding father of that he was a good leader he should be buried at the next year and they could be out of more some of those being told by the family do not and i came to you are not wanted here

it is not t.v. we have a lot of in what they. have a problem with a neighbor. would buy. but women should be buried by that this community. the people generally in zimbabwe think about all of this and control the sea surrounding mugabe's burial. well the general public have no way of the way it always will be day but of course the longer it takes to being in the more people. that. made that no want him at the national you know they decided. that.

means when she does she would be. trying to. play. with. seem to have lost her will will leave her for a move we will go back to so when that's already gets on the way. right let's catch up with the world athletics championships in doha across live to us for studio at the khalifa stadium. thank you very much a.j. and yes the very aware gearing up for day 2 of the championships coming up and i'll put it in at 1045 g.m.t. feeling the heat the women's marathon goes ahead but the 3rd of the runners off

forced to pull out. and no problems that for the main contenders in the 100 meters so all of the big names are still in the mix as head of the men's final later and the 5000 meter run out who won his race despite losing his shoes all of that coming up in our sports bulletin so please join us at around 1045 g.m.t. . saturday thanks next all that is our journeys here with a weather forecast for a stem. trained abused and tortured nigerian police for at least $300.00 imprisoned boys. running from tear gas and the addition of the police response to escalating violence in haiti.

had there just about every so often whether it is to be found across united states at the moment we have got some haunts sunshine in place we've got snow and we have got some severe thunderstorms now as well is that because of these severe thunderstorms it has some very heavy amounts of rain so this is a picture from the chicago white sox clearing the war so looks like snow i know but it's not it is also carrying it off the baseball pitch now as for the weather on the time which is this is really the main feature because just look at this difference we have gone across the south which is typically in the low thirty's celsius which is what we will see this time of year then you see this green area this is the dividing line between the hot moist day in the sun. and then the blew up into the northwest of the u.s. and the southwest of canada this is where we have got this very very cold air in place now when i say cold look at these how much as minus one in calgary 6 degrees

in winnipeg in both cases these how much is all 15 degrees below the average for this time of year so not surprising with the moisture that's in place it is of course turning to snow there are warnings in place as you might expect all the way across these northern states really stretching washington on towards the areas of montana becoming very widespread through sunday plenty of travel disruption is expected and as i say there really is a sign here that winter has arrived very early indeed. sponsored by i can't tolerate this. as quickly prepares to exit the people in power investigates disturbing allegations about the tactics used by the winning campaign we know that zulu was broke and we know that campaigns over spent we know that russia tried to build a relationship with one of the key campaigns who paid for breaks it people in power

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is good to have you with us adrian from going to here in doha with the news hour from office here are the headlines polling stations in afghanistan would you to have closed by now but voting has been extended for 2 hours one in 5 of them would fail to open the taliban had threatened to stop people casting their ballots and that been several bomb attacks more of that coming up donald trump's special envoy the ukraine is quits kurt volker was asked to give evidence about a call that's led to an impeachment inquiry into the president trump reported be asked ukraine's leader to investigate his political rival and protests are being held in hong kong to mark the 5th anniversary of the umbrella movement thousands of people marched in 2014 to demand the right to choose their own leader in hong kong rallies are planned around the world in a show of solidarity ok let's return to our top story the presidential election in afghanistan as i said polls were due to have closed by now let's cross live to rob a bride in kabul rob that isn't the case though is that they're not they're not

closed. that's right adrian there was always a contingency here for the polling stations to be held open to facilitate a last minute surge of people coming in to vote to make sure that everybody was able to exercise their right to have a vote has to be said that the polling station we are at there's no sign of that surgery of people in fact pretty much throughout the day here at this particular polling station it's been pretty much just a trickle of people it is 3 pm local time here at the polling stations have been opened. early saturday morning as you mentioned there they were due to close about now but they have been held open for a further 2 hours so this does seem as though it is giving people maybe in other parts of afghanistan chance to vote if they haven't already voted if polling stations are reporting that people are coming in late it has to be said also maybe it is a way of trying to get the polling numbers update does seem as though there has

been quite a low turnout throughout the country possibly also it could indicate a kind of confidence on the part of the government here in the ministration that apart from the attacks that there have been there have been possibly relatively few compared to the number of attacks that baby people were predicting and the thirty's here may be confident in being able to keep open the polling stations for another couple of hours they are fairly happy about the security that's been in place but there has been a big security operation throughout the day more than 70000 people security personnel deployed across the country to make sure that this vote happens but as we heard there have been several attacks throughout the country and possibly keep that have possibly kept the numbers down especially in taliban controlled areas and as we've been hearing throughout the day also there doesn't seem to be that much choice for many people voting here there is does saying to be

a certain amount of apathy about the candidate said the candidates that are available later given that many of afghanistan's polling stations are in rural isolated areas how long before we know the result of this election. that is part of the problem here in the in some respects holding and election given all of the security problems here and all the other problems that they faced is actually the easy part the difficult part starts now and that's trying to decide who will be president because of course when the polling stations here do close we don't get any. egg. zip poll giving an indication of who people have voted for the best we can hope for is actually just a general turnout figure they won't actually give us the results due to this election until very much the end of this month on the 1st week of november and less one of those candidates has got 51 percent of the vote which everyone says it's pretty unlikely we are likely to have

a 2nd ballot at some point later on so this whole process drags on which of course is the very argument that people have been making all along who've been opposed to this ballot yes this might be a step in leading towards a permanent peace in afghanistan or as many people have predicted this might make an unstable situation worse wrote many thanks and as a result mcbride there live in kabul police in nigeria say they've freed more than 300 male students who've been held captive in a building a little in city of could do now some were found with chains around their ankles they say that some of the students as young as 9 years old have been sexually abused were tortured. or an islamic school because you have small children some of them are brought for in our neighboring countries but you know fossil miley. for all of us all over the county you know i hear somebody why even 10 you know i use you man ice the british flag

tanker seized by iran 2 months ago is now anchored off the coast of dubai after attack iran released its the c.z. of the stand imperio in the strait of hormuz in july escalated tension in the gulf it came out of britain the detained iranian oil tanker in gibraltar. a major border crossing between iraq and syria is due to reopen to travel and trade on monday the al crane crossing has been closed since 2012 to all but government or military traffic the trade group has been seized and controlled by various groups over the past 7 years including syrian rebels and eyesore. i faced 4 people have been killed after days of violent protests in haiti demonstrates as are accusing president juvenile boys of corruption and blame him for food and fuel shortage they say they'll continue to protest and to resign. reports from the capital port au prince

. chaos has taken over the streets of port au prince. what started as demonstrations over an ongoing fuel shortage has grown into a nationwide protest calling on haitian president just now to resign no diplomat the president promised the haitian people to lift them from poverty to pull them out of the dirt and when he became president he made everything work. on friday thousands took to the streets authorities in the haitian capital tried to control the crowd but with little effect mobs of angry demonstrators broke into buildings and looted businesses. several people have died. one police station was vandalized by looters and nearly set on fire people could be seen running off with police things like riot shields body armor and anything else they could perry thank you but those years if the president really loves haiti he should resign he should wait for there to be more looting in the streets for him to

resign. with nightfall the streets of the haitian capital have quieted down and the city is now under a sort of self-imposed lockdown haitian president continues to call for a national dialogue but opposition leaders haven't said as demonstrators to continue to protest and continue to pressure the president to resign meaning the unrest in the country is likely to continue madrid up in port au prince. pakistan's prime minister has used his speech at the un general assembly to criticize a new delhi's crackdown in indian administered kashmir imran khan warned of a bloodbath in the disputed region while india's prime minister also addressed the summit that made no mention of kashmir john holl reports from the un i think north of the many many other bullied by the un general assembly was drawing to a close in new york when suddenly it burst grimly back into life pakistan's prime minister imran khan decried india's decision to revoke self rule in majority muslim

populated indian administered kashmir it was part of a policy he said of hindu nationalism and ethnic cleansing what is going to happen when the curfew is lifted will be a bloodbath. the people will come out then 100000 troops there they haven't come to ours not in the mood he says he's done this do what prosperity of this is supposed to be for the development of these 900000 troops one of them going to do when the when the time out they'll be a bloodbath in his speech accused india's prime minister narendra modi of fascism of pursuing an ideology of hate and racial purity drawn from hitler and mussolini in the 1930 s. he said the un must intervene to avoid conflict between 2 nuclear armed neighbors this is a test for the united nations you are the one who guaranteed the people of kashmir

the right of self-determination why they are suffering because of that and this is the time. this is the time not to appease like in 1939 appeasement took place this is the dime to take action and number one action must be that india must live in human curfew a short while prime minister modi had conspicuously avoided any mention of kashmir which india insists is an internal matter but there was a veiled reference to what he has previously called pakistan backed terrorism in the region almost there if you have r.t. you hand. we belong to a country that has given the world not war but buddha's message of peace and that is the reason why our voice against terrorism to alert the world about this evil brings was seriousness and outrage we believe that this is one of the biggest challenges not for any single country but for the entire world and humanity the

lack of unanimity among us on the issue of terrorism against those very principles that are the basis of the creation of the u.n. and that is why for the sake of humanity i firmly believe that it's absolutely imperative that the world unites against terrorism oh well. as both leaders spoke a block away from the u.n. building anti modi protesters demanded the world take action 55 days of course feel no food no how no madison and they can't go out it's not here we here to protest we want to know the but let the word know what's happening there and nobody's doing anything. and on the ground in srinagar kashmiris under strict security controls and with indian troops keeping watch made their voices heard it was both prime ministers modi and khan met separately with president on trump on the sidelines of the un general assembly this week but nothing has come of

trump's offer to mediate between them and hence no sign of any real progress in avoiding further escalation over kashmir jono al-jazeera at the un in new york sudan's new prime minister has made his 1st speech at the u.n. general assembly in new york he's called for a new era of diplomacy with the u.s. and expressed hope that long standing sanctions against his country will soon be removed and kind of only go on those in the top of the it was the former regime that supported terrorism and the sudanese people revolted against it the sanctions have caused tremendous suffering to our people therefore we call on the united states to remove sedan from the list of state sponsors of terrorism and to stop punishing the people of sudan for crimes committed by the former regime one hour from of 0. when omar al bashir the sudanese dictator was still in power he tried to bring in a doll home doc to be

a senior official in his government the former u.n. official turned down that offer because he didn't think it was appropriate given aware of the shares a record both within the country and on the world stage now mr bashir is behind bars facing a lot of criminal and corruption charges in his government and still facing international criminal and human rights charges before the international criminal court the home doc is the interim prime minister of sudan in his address on friday evening before delegates at the un general assembly doc said that his country is trying to move beyond 30 years of dictatorship of deprivation and of real terror he also said that he is asking the united states to remove sudan from its list of state sponsors of terrorism because he said the current government is committed to the rule of law to the respect of human rights and to promoting good governance

however because mr han doc is a transitional figure it's unlikely that the united states is going to recommend any changes in the status of sudan until elections have been held until a new constitution has been formed and until a permanent civilian government has been established it is worth pointing out that mr han dog is indicating his country is going to continue cooperating with the united nations not just because of the assistance that u.n. agencies could provide but also to show that sudan is going to try to mature beyond what has happened in the past 3 decades and to try to stake its role not just as a member of the united nations but to be an upstanding member of the african union as well. climate change is being blamed for frequent droughts in somalia that are forcing people to leave homes almost every 2 years the u.n. says that more than 2 and a half 1000000 somalis have been displaced as muhammad i don't know reports now

from the region of by doa. braai dusty and parched desert sand is slowly taking over one's full time field since somalia. just 2 years of to the last drought and the country's again facing one of the driest rain assistance in more than 3 decades. the victims are visible almost everywhere makeshift camps like this one for those affected by drought can be found in almost every city. this is by door in south west somali these people have just arrived from the countryside. builds a heart for her family from old clothes she says it took them a month to get here but on the name brand i know what i want our cattle died 1st and then the crops failed and we fled hang out here but it is team follows as we have had no help. the people of somalia always name drop.