the u.s. as well as the ambassador to the united arab emirates has been pushing a campaign to close the al-jazeera media network and report on the news side bloomberg says the embassy has employed a prominent d.c. law firm to meet with congressional staffers trumpet ministration officials journalists and academics to push its case the law firm it can dump straus how it and failed a well known company on capitol hill employed a small lobbying firm to help with its operation it paid $100000.00 to the company definers public affairs in turn it acknowledged was to provide strategic communications support and guidance in furtherance of the interests of the embassy of the united arab emirates with an emphasis on strengthening bilateral relations and regional security of the united arab emirates in particular including issues relating to clients terminations of relations with qatar and accuracy and transparency of qatar or government owned media definer sprang to prominence when it was hired by facebook as the senate was investigating the role it played in

possible russian interference in the 2016 election the finers was investigating individual senators it was accused of spreading inflammatory information about its critics and its contract with facebook was terminated bloomberg says thousands of twitter account supporting the u.a.e. campaign were suspended there are also many linked facebook pages many of them pushed the u.s. government to force algis either to register as a foreign agent that could potentially restrict operations in the u.s. and it would essentially say the company is run by the qatari government a claim firmly rejected by al-jazeera. al-jazeera launched in 1996 with a not a big service in 2006 it became a public utility a private corporation for the public benefit with an independent board of directors in june 8 u.s. lawmakers wrote to the justice department asking to investigate whether al-jazeera should register as a foreign agent one of the. senators republican chuck grassley from iowa would be

contacted by representatives of the u.a.e. alan fischer al-jazeera washington. and the u.s. around 100000 people have been ordered to leave their homes because of a wildfire on the northern edge of los angeles the so-called salvage fire has destroyed a number of homes a man in his late fifty's who try to battle the flames died fire officials say the mandatory evacuation is expected to remain in place for a number of days the 1st person to ever perform a spacewalk has died at the age of 85 russian cosmonaut alexy leon of made history in 1065 when he floated outside a spacecraft for just over 12 minutes the mission almost trailed when his spacesuit filled with air which left him struggling to get back into the shuttle and went on to lay the sylvia part of the 1st joint u.s.s.r. u.s. space flight 10 years later trade a regional security dominated a meeting of india's prime minister narendra modi and chinese president xi jinping

the 2 men held talks in southern india 2 countries had been at all odds over the kashmir dispute china recently supported pakistan at a recent u.n. security council meeting that was called after and they revoked the special status of the kashmiri territory under its control beijing had traditionally back to pakistan in its decades long to dispute with india the 2 men met in the indian town of la prom officers. is there. journalists have been restricted to this media center 10 kilometers away from the start of the site spruced up to welcome the wizarding chinese president xi jinping will want to screen described as an informal summit by the way in government according to chinese officials and one indian official that we've spoken to this informal summit would give the 2 leaders a relaxed time to discuss several issues in other words anything that emerges out of this conversation is going to be a windfall and expectations have been cut short right from the start the 2 leaders

will talk about how do award the skirmishes at the borders that they dispute and what sort of security mechanisms to put in place and then also talk about trade india is very keen on bridging the trade deficit of over 51000000000 dollars and wants china to accept more imports from india china on the other hand wants india to back its one bed one road project which is a china center trading project spanning continents but at the moment there is just too much bad blood between beijing and new delhi especially since the indian government stripped the indian administered kashmir off its autonomy and china backed pakistan so this was it is actually coming in the shadow or off the politics that high speed since remember china also dragged india at the united nations security council and aust each to discuss and also for the situation that is developing in kashmir. japan's capital bottle water instant noodles and other

necessities are being stockpiled a super typhoon had the best closes in other forecasters say it threatens to batter its capital with the heaviest rain and wind in 60 years 2 matches of the rugby world cup have been cancelled flights and train services are being disrupted and evacuation warnings issued for flood prone low lying areas. thank.

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andy. thank you very much scotland's rugby bosses are threatening legal action if their world cup match against japan is cancelled as in downs jute suits hyphen had to be a skull and will go out of the tournament if the fixture is called off the japanese for the long grown pretty has also been affected by the weather reports from tokyo . it is calm at the moment but the japanese capital tokyo and other parts of the country are bracing for the arrival of typhoon haggis which could be one of the strongest storms to hit japan in decades flights and train services have been canceled and of course this weekend should have been won when much of the sporting world was focusing on this country on sunday we had the japanese for me to one taking place in that's about 300 kilometers to the southwest of tokyo at this stage the race is still long but what we know now is that saturday's events at the grand prix have been cancelled so the organizers a saying that qualifying will take place on sunday morning before the race where

the committee but as far as the rugby world cup goes we know that 2 games have already been cancelled because of the typhoon that is new zealand against italy and england against france and there is a possibility that another game could be affected as well that is the host nation japan against scotland due to be played in york on sunday the tournament organizers saying that they will inspect the facilities on sunday morning before making a final decision about that game it is the final group game and there is a lot riding on it a win for japan would see it topping the group and going through to the quarterfinals for the 1st time scotland needs to beat japan to have any hope of staying in the tournament here's where it gets interesting though if the game is cancelled japan will go through to the quarter finals scotland will go home and already the scottish rugby union is threatening legal action if that happens all

scotland suggested moving that crucial match to monday when the typhoon has passed their ripping official say it's unthinkable they'd be denied the chance to contest for their place in the knockout stages. this is a glorious world class schools in occasion we don't want people to the we also don't want to be the collateral damage lose this is important it was a nation and i think the real before going public round the globe believe the same way and that the most people feel that it was when the economic powerhouse of the game as you say in new zealand the house more thought ring given to a flexible approach for friday's game between australia and georgia did take place the wallabies and a pretty hard going i. left there late a couple of tries then clinching a 27 to 8 point victory australia move and pulled a but they're still light to finish 2nd in the table behind wales which would mean that face england in the quarter finals. or qualifying for the f one gram priss

a call to take place on sunday before the race weather permitting friday practice i did go ahead as scheduled i'm sadie's of the true boss are setting the pace despite this i'm batting spin in dry conditions during the 2nd session is sunday's qualifying is also affected then the results from this practice will determine the grid positions for the right english footballers of loss to qualify much for the 1st time in a decade they were beaten 21 by the czech republic in prague in their euro 2020 qualify are on friday a late goal from the admin on graphic and it england's 43 game unbeaten run the win moves the czechs level on points with england at the summit of that group the top 2 in each group will go through its in next year's finals. elsewhere world champions france continue to trail latest cirque in their group after both same's won elevate your ease penalty giving france a one nil win in iceland also victories on friday found dora portugal and you crazy

. the elite athletics academy run by alberto salazar has been closed down after the american coach was banned for 4 years due to diving violations salazar had courage to various olympic champions at the nike oregon projects including britain's my fara in a statement archy said the salazar situation had become an unfair burden on the athletes still involved the coach of running any it could show he says it's a case of when not if the 2 hour marathon barrier is broken keep chugging will make his or latest attempt on the record in austria on saturday the kenyan missed out by just 26 seconds in italy a couple of years ago he is the current world record holder but this time one counts as an official record and he's being helped by now less than $41.00 pace micah's 3 years ago it was more like any possibility of them one say it was more

like realistic. and their way is that the marathons their normal marathons 201 in berlin 202 in london and the difficult conditions in london. i mean to me i think it's more like a question of when and when we will be uncertain. to be going to fall and in friday's quarter finals at the shanghai must not joke which the defending champion in full time winner beats him by the 6 seats to form a sit supplants it's all this much djokovic should 124 straight sets that asian students. the victory for sits across earning him a place in the season ending a.t.p. finals for the very 1st. time former champion roger federer knocks out by germany's alexander's vera pretty far in counts of this one it went to a deciding set. for of winning it $63.00 and that sets up a semifinal with. it's. ok.

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push deeper into northern syria taking villages under kurdish control the u.n. says 100000 people have fled their homes. we've come during verge substantial. phase one deal announced as a partial trade agreement with china after the latest round of talks. and this year's nobel peace prize goes to his prime minister i'll be awkward for helping to end a longstanding war with eritrea. the u.s. has announced $800.00 additional troops and extra equipment for saudi arabia to strengthen the kingdom security following an attack on riyadh oil facilities last mob and total washington has announced the deployment of $3000.00 troops within the last month president donald trump says the u.s. is helping saudi arabia but riyadh will be paying for the deployment reports from

washington. for the 2nd time in a month the u.s. is sending troops to saudi arabia to help protect that country from iranian attacks in response to continue threats in the region i've ordered the deployment to the kingdom of saudi arabia of 2 additional fighter squadrons and supporting personnel along with additional patriot and fat air and missile defense batteries taken together with other deployments i've extended or authorized for the last month this involves about $3000.00 united states forces a few 100 u.s. troops went to saudi arabia in mid september after iranian drones and cruise missiles destroyed part of the updike income heis oil facility washington also impose sanctions on iran central bank and its sovereign wealth fund and this is on top of our oil sanctions and our financial institutions sanctions but this latest deployment is much larger because the trumpet ministration says the threat from terre haute has worsened we are accumulating risk of

a regional war and i've been saying that for over a year here in another forum and then on september 14th we had an active war and we continued to accumulate risk of a worse conflict a mid east policy expert said the troop deployment is important but not as important as many assume the additional missile defense systems seem to be a clear reaction to a successful attack by drones and by missiles on saudi oil facilities which actually was a great embarrassment to the united states and to saudi arabia u.s. officials insist they're not being provocative by sending more troops and weapons to saudi arabia chances are officials in tehran will disagree roslyn jordan al-jazeera washington. p.j. crowley is a former special assistant to the president on national security affairs it says the deployment is to reassure gulf nations the u.s. remains committed to security in the region. erst it seems to be an extension of

the u.s. reaction to you know what happened last month i think the timing of this has more to do with with well domestic political considerations and regional security considerations you know trying to ministration has taken some some heat here politically in the united states you know for its its casual response if you will to the turkish action in syria and i think this is a way of trying to balance that off by reassuring those in the regions particular goal of the united states remains committed to the security of the region while the overage arching policy is to try to push back on on you know a good growing influence of iran in the region. and that's the policy you know whether it has an effective strategy to achieve that is a very good question you know as prime hook at the state department said today you

know that the united states remains open to a diplomatic solution given the rising tension between the united states and iran by the same token when the president on down it is not necessarily creating conditions that enable that diplomatic solution to occur iran says 2 missiles have struck one of its oil tankers off the coast of saudi arabia and iran for ministry says the vessel was attacked and set on fire and the rats say the crew is reported to be safe and the ship suffered heavy damage and was taken oil into the water they have navy says it's closely monitoring developments samus robbi as well from tehran . iran's foreign ministry confirmed on friday that in the early morning hours one of the oil tankers was targeted in the eastern part or of the red sea approximately 100 kilometers off the coast of saudi arabia the sub at the experience 2 explosions 20 minutes apart causing it's all tends to leak into the sea foreign ministry spokesman abbas mousavi said this isn't the 1st time in recent months that iranian

vessels in the red sea have experienced what he described as destructive actions he blamed the fallout and resulting pollution on perpetrators of the attack who have yet to be identified he said they were taking part in quote dangerous adventurism the finger pointing from to herat has already begun as well with a senior m.p. blaming the us or israel for targeting the oil vessel iran's national oil tanker company meanwhile whose experts are investigating the incident that company was keen to point out that while terrorism or some form of missile attack may have been the cause of this incident they did not suspect that any attack originated from saudi shores the incident comes a day before pakistan's imran khan is due to arrive into iran for his 2nd official visit since becoming prime minister he'll be here in an effort to mediate between riyadh and to iran to try to bring down tensions in the region but with this attack iran is likely to have its diplomatic defenses up once again and if there was any hope for a breakthrough during his visit it is now less likely to happen turkish forces have

now pushed a climate or steeper into territory held by the kurdish led syrians and accredit forces and northern syria ankara says less 15 villages have been captured by its troops the u.n. says more than 100000 people have been displaced since the turkish offensive began on wednesday traffic reports in the turkish district up. on the border with syria. black smoke rising over northeastern syria turkey tanks and reinforcements move towards the border the military says it's captured a number of villages around the kurdish controlled town just to lobby other russia i mean. most if not all the civilian population should fled. the u.n. says more than 100000 people a peaceful form of. there are civilian casualties among the thousands of people fleeing turkey shell tillery shells soldiers and their syrian rebel allies turkey says it's conducting what it calls an anti terror operation to create

a safe zone so syrian refugees in turkey can return. kurdish syrian democratic forces all s.p.f. he's putting up a fierce resistance to it he considers the main kurdish fighting force of the f.d.a. was aligned with a group which is full the turkish government for decades b.s.d.'s fault alongside us will seize a highly effective in defeating eisel in northern syria and the turkish offensive began after the us withdrew some of its forces from the area turkey is nato's a 2nd largest military power blocs chief made to turkey foreign minister in a prescheduled visit he called for restraint but no harsh criticism of the turkish government i shared with him my serious concerns about the ongoing operation on the risk of further destabilizing the region escalating tensions and even more human

suffering why turkey hostage it to its security concerns i expect turkey to act with restraint to president remains defiant there is that in. most of the big to make it in that we are not waiting for terrorists to come to our door we're now aiming to destroy target as ations are their source tookey always respect the sovereignty and territorial integrity of our neighbors but under one condition we are not going to accept actions against our country. the turkish military is widening its bombardment of the s.d.f. positions along the border for secreting surely thousands more people to flee their homes many of whom were already internally displaced victims of the war in syria stop at al-jazeera on the turkish syrian border and the us and china have struck a partial trade deal which could potentially and a dispute between the world's 2 largest economies on all from paul talks with

china's vice premier and suspended to terrify conte too in a $50000000000.00 worth of chinese imports was set to take effect on tuesday. but we've come to a deal intellectual property financial services. a tremendous deal for the farmers a purchase of from $40.00 to $50000000000.00 worth of agricultural products another big issue that we've come to conclusion on is currency foreign exchange we've also made very good progress on technology transfer and we'll put some of the technology transfer in phase one phase 2 will start negotiations almost immediately after we've concluded phase one and paper it. says former ambassador to ukraine says donald trump pressure at the state department to fire her. has given dramatic testimony as members of congress leading an impeachment inquiry into the us

president she says she was removed from her post because of unfounded and false claims this and curry is investigating whether trump tried to pressure ukraine's leader into and besta gating as democratic rival joe biden and his son who was working in ukraine mike hanna has the latest from washington d.c. . the former ambassador to ukraine mari you've done of each was instructed by the state department not to appear in congress however she defied this instruction appearing before the congressional committee behind closed doors then there was the case of the opening statements being leaked and certainly according to that statement she came out with both barrels firing insisting that those with questionable motives had caused her recall from the ukraine that the direct instruction of president trump she spoke about what she called a hollowed out state department and certainly added to the congressional knowledge

off the events that led to that phone call between president trump and the president of ukraine that lies at the heart of this ongoing investigation importantly though she also opened a little bit of a chip in that white house boycott of the ongoing investigations it is now known that a number of other state department officials may be appearing in congress in coming days among them gordon sunderland who was blocked from appearing by state department last week but now he's been served a subpoena is lawyers say that he is willing and ready to appear in congress to give his evidence the documents that were in his position though will not be presented as they are in the position of the state department still had on al-jazeera. say what's behind these chaotic scenes ecuador's capital. and more fallout from the blockade of qatar how to.