the u.s. russia against ukraine not. russia on al-jazeera. al-jazeera. hello there i'm hella mohit c.n.n. doha and this is the al-jazeera news are coming up for you in the next 60 minutes. a key witness changes his testimony at the impeachment inquiry heaping more pressure on president trump. yemen's internationally recognized governments reaches a para sharing deal with separatists to end a conflicts in the size. the u.s.

accuses iran of nuclear extortion has to hand takes more steps to reduce its commitments to 2050 nuclear deal. and mexico's president is under pressure to step up the war on drug cartels after gunmen killed mine americans in an ambush. how to apollo donald trump has altered his testimony in the impeachment inquiry gordon so on balance now with mit's the us president offered a quid pro quo with ukraine to investigate a political rival in newly released transcripts the u.s. envoy to the european union acknowledges that american military aid to ukraine was contingents on investigating joe biden well jumpers accused of pressing ukrainian president zelinsky in july to launch

a probe into biden answers son hunter over corruption allegations transcripts of kurt volker the former special envoy to ukraine have also been made public investigators have. summons trumps acting chief of stack mick mulvaney but he is unlikely to attend since the white house has told us officials not to comply why did you castro joins us now live from washington d.c. with the latest heidi what more can you tell us about these latest transcripts that have been released. well of the only witness who has really defended president trump on the question that is at the heart of this impeachment inquiry has now come out and reversed his testimony and that key question is whether trump used a u.s. military aide to bribe ukraine's government to help trump with his reelection campaign and the witness we're talking about is gordon sunland he is the u.s. ambassador to the e.u.

and he initially told impeachment investigators that trump said there was no quid pro quo but now after reviewing the testimonies of other witnesses who implicated gordon sumlin directly he has now said that it's jarred his memory and that he now remembers that he did have an explicit conversation with a ukrainian official in which he informed them that this aid money was a demand in order that was made that it was necessitating ukraine releasing a statement that it was opening investigations into trump's political rivals now what is the significance of this reversal will someone that was a loyal trump our life he was a donor before being appointed as to his ambassadorship and though his 1st instinct may have been to protect the president claiming that he couldn't remember key details now the fact that he is moving away from trump and revealing war of his

conversations is really telling about the strength of this impeachment case is growing as investigators hear from more and more witnesses. and what i see this is change things in terms of the republican defense of president trump if they've been saying in response to these developments. well it's interesting the white house quickly released a statement reacting to released testimonies and their read of the transcripts is a complete departure from the pages and pages of facts that appear to be damning to the president they fear and on the one or 2 lines that do help trump's case the spokeswoman for the white house writing ambassador some and squarely states that he did not know and still does not know when why or by whom the aide was suspended in fact those are unknowns and the impeachment investigators are trying to get

those questions answered the circumstantial evidence appears to point to trump himself or a member of his innermost circle perhaps the chief of staff making that decision to suspend the military aid to ukraine but investigators are hoping for more direct witnesses who are involved with that money to continue testifying and the irony here is the white house while on one hand releases this statement condemning the fact that those questions are still an answer and in this inquiry on the other hand it's the white house itself that is blocking further witnesses from complying with the demands to tell their stories to investigators. live for us in washington d.c. thank you very much indeed well let's take a closer look at how we got to this point on april 21st still more trump cold ukraine's newly elected president of lord amir's olinsky to congratulate him on his

victory in the polls around the week of july 18th trump ordered u.s. military aid for ukraine to be withheld then just a week later tom cole the ukrainian president a 2nd time on aug 12th an anonymous whistleblower fall to complaints over that cole with the inspector general of the intelligence community well september 11th the us . government released the ukrainian aid that had been withholding xenix later the white house released the rough transcripts of trump's july 25th phone call with zelinsky which appeared to suggest that the us president had peer pressure on ukraine to investigate his democratic rival joe biden in exchange for military aid to kiev well let's get more on this from philip bobbitt sees a professor of federal jurisprudence at columbia law school and the author of impeachment a hands big he joins us now live from new york to get so have you with us here on al-jazeera now you've literally rates in the big or named pietschmann given all

that you've seen unfold to date do you think their constituents impeachable offenses against donald trump yes i do think that the nixon precedent probably applies here you'll recall that there were 3 counts against richard nixon abuse of power or an obstruction of justice being the 2 principal counts. i think the president if it can be shown that he directed his subordinates to withhold congressionally funded military assistance until the state of ukraine was prepared to issue a public announcement that they were investigating joe biden and a firm connected to his son i think that's right down the middle line of abuse of power. but you may also find that directing people not to testify is an

obstruction of justice ok but let's get to the white house strategy in just a moment but republicans would argue that there is no quid pro grow there is no smoking gun in terms of the material that's come out of these transcripts that have been released do you think any of that constitutes a smoking gun because the republicans really have been criticizing the legitimacy of this impeachment inquiry and. as someone who's an expert in this field do you think this criticism stuns or is there a smoking gun which has come out probably the wrong question this is not a criminal trial the president's not being tried by a standard to prove beyond any reasonable doubt this is an impeachment trial and the standard is perhaps something like a clear preponderance of the evidence 2nd whether there was a quid pro quo or not whether or not the ukrainians

a felt they were under pressure the transcript released by the prison shows that he solicited the help of a foreign government by asking them in his own words to do him a favor and that favor was to initiate public investigations not a private investigation but public investigations against his political opponents. i don't see there's really much a way around that whether or not you want to call that a quid pro quo whether it's a smoking gun i think sort of office case the issue. and in terms of the white house strategy of refusing to allow staffers to testify you've suggested that that could be an impeachable defense so why are more republicans not getting behind the the inquiry itself why is there this this this reluctance to it's a push forward with the inquiry the country is deeply polarized

i think that the republicans in both the house and the senate are angrier democrats and angrier at the impeachment proceedings than they are at the president for leading them into this morass that may change but right now they're sticking to him i think many for political and and personal reasons. so i mean and it does come down to this essentially whether it's a political process or a legal process that you've said this isn't a legal trial this is more of course than poets you know i mean to say that what i meant to say was a didn't mean what i meant to say was it is not a criminal trial a cricket is very much a legal trial and the constitution is quite precise on that it is a trial senators take a special oath and that oath includes the promise that they will decide the matter according to law not accord to politics what i meant to say was it is not

a criminal trial and therefore the requirement beyond a reasonable doubt of a smoking gun really is beside the point and so just and and just finally if you would for that bob what do you think will take will take precedence then as as we move forwards because there is the legal aspect to this but the politics in the divided nature all of american politics at present really does weigh quite heavily on the way forward 20 you think well what will take precedence i think is probably too soon to say remember that in the nixon case in the clinton case you had many months of investigation what's happening now is the investigations taking place in real time i think we could be due for some surprises either way it will be a surprise if there is no more material that wouldn't be much of a surprise but it will certainly be a shock to those supporters of the president who deny his culpability if there were more evidence of that to come forward when that happens i think all bets are off ok

philip public great to get your thoughts thank you so much for sharing your views and expertise here on al-jazeera. there's plenty more still to come on the new siren creating britain's main opposition leader lays out his plan for how he'd fix the brics a crisis if he wins next month's election and the people who say they're being targeted unfairly by hong kong's protesters. and in the sports south african rugby fans welcome home their all conquering rugby team. now yemen's internationally recognized governments are signed a parish sharing agreements with separatists in the site the deal was brokered by saudi arabia and aims to end months of violence between government forces and backed fighters the standoff was complicated by the fact that the u.a.e.

and saudi were fighting with the government against iranian backed rebels in other parts of yemen or diplomats or diplomatic editor james bays has more. a deal is signed that it's hoped may bring peace to one part of the violent war in yemen presiding at a ceremony saudi crown prince mohammed bin so man those signing the government of yemen president had he a key saudi ally was among those present and the sovereign transitional council which was strongly backed by the united arab emirates even though all the while they've remained part of the saudi led coalition in yemen the real war in yemen is obviously between the hard government saudi that coalition and the who are these so this is just a sideshow and this is kind of a small breakthrough in the sideshow that only occurred very recently at the u.n. in new york the deal was welcomed by the u.k. ambassador the current president of the u.n.

security council and this is a good step forward. that brings the satin transitional council into the government and we hope that the agreement will last and will be the 1st step if you like on to increase momentum at to get across yemen political process yemen's conflict is complex and multi-dimensional southerners of long had grievances the south was a separate country for much of the cold war but it's worth noting that the last time a yemen peace deal was signed in stockholm almost a year ago the south was relatively quiet. the most recent clashes there only broke out this summer and in part this was linked to the u.a.e. which had the main international force in the south pulling most of its troops from the saudi led coalition the latest developments are important but they don't mean an end to the wider war and in particular the conflict between saudi arabia and the

who thiis who still control a large portion of the country including the capital sanaa james pays out 0 of the united nations. the u.s. says iran's expansion of uranium enrichment. ment's is a big step in the wrong direction and amounts to nuclear extortion stars and weapons stay around plans to begin injecting uranium gas into centrifuges that's an underground facility near the site of coombe but that's exhibit c. is banned under the 2050 nuclear agreements george dorsett reports. president hassan rouhani arrived at this factory in teheran for an inauguration ceremony but he used the turnarounds iran's 4th and most significant step in scaling back its commitment to the 2015 nuclear deal more as fire door on iran's 4th step will be launched at the photo nuclear facility and i will advise the atomic energy organization to start as of tomorrow by feeding gas into the

centrifuges i will also inform the p. 4 plus one of the step this new action will also be under the supervision of the international atomic energy agency for don't you clear facility is the only place where iran can and has produced 20 percent enriched uranium that's considered an important stage towards developing uranium with the potential for a nuclear weapon it has always been a controversial facility its existence was revealed to the world by iran in 2009 that was after the united states intelligence agencies alleged that there was a secret nuclear facility in iran and the president acknowledged that there are sensitivities surrounding the plant. this step may increase concerns we know people are sensitive about photo and it's centrifuges but whenever they uphold their commitments we will reverse our steps. under the nuclear deal of 2015 for doe had become solely

a research facility it was one of the most contentious points of the joint comprehensive plan of action or j.c. fuel way agreed with world powers to limit iran's nuclear program since the united states withdrew from the deal in may of 2013 and imposed the series of new sanctions on iran officials here decided to gradually reduce their compliance and been saying that if they are not able to sell their oil or to get the benefit of the transaction with the global financial system there is no benefit for doubt to remain a party of the new cardio that to president rouhani declaring in may that every 60 days iran will announce another step until the remaining european signatories uphold their end of the cream and this latest announcement will have serious consequences for iran and officials here are very aware of that but president rouhani has stressed that all these measures are reversible as soon as the european signatories of the deal so for compliance until then iran will continue to take

these steps while the international community continues its condemnations north of . tehran. what will say trim is a project leader global a nonprofit works to strengthen nuclear security and safety practices he joins us now from washington d.c. good to have you with us on the program injecting uranium gas doesn't really mean much to people who are nuclear scientists can you just explain to us what this means in the grand scheme of things and is it a cause for concern in terms of iran's nuclear program. sure so 1st of all it is not a major concern it doesn't mean a whole lot it could mean a whole lot. to think about us the precursor for beginning serious uranium enrichment at fordo. it's being injected into $1044.00 i r one centrifuges which are extremely low tech they are the 1st generation of

centrifuges and it's really the only one that. iran has been allowed to have under the terms of the j c p a way what is concerning is if they choose to escalate this even further move towards an rainin. enrichment but the one comforting thing that came out of rouhani speech i think was that he said explicitly that they were inviting inspectors in to ford out to verify this so as long as that it measure is in place i do not think there is a serious cause for concern well given that we're only seeing relatively piecemeal chip in the way over the g j c p u a e why is this triggering so much alarmed. in the way soon europe in the us then if if this isn't that big

a deal. well i think rouhani said it hit best in the segment that you just showed. he knows that fordo is a sensitive point for for the west it was a huge sticking point in the negotiations surrounding the g c p a way there obviously isn't a lot of trust around that facility it was a secret presumably military installation until it was uncovered by the friends the united states and u.k. in in 2009. so it's a sensitive issue and as you pointed out until now the iranians have really only been tiptoeing around the red lines in the parameters of the j c p o a they only very recently exceeded the 300 kilogram threshold that the j c p a a set for lowly low enriched uranium that has increased a tiny little bit and they only recently started enriching to more than 3.67 percent which is what the j c p o allows them to enrich to it's going up to about $4.00 it's not significant so

this really is the 1st material breach i'd say of the g.c. pay away but again you know as far as the u.s. government is concerned i think they consider the j.c. who i know envoy because they tore it up so one talking point that i've heard that i thought was interesting is that the u.s. state department u.s. government expects iran to adhere to the deal that they have discarded and considered all and void and that there is no clear reason for them to start enriching uranium again and i think there is i think that reason is leverage and to counter that i think that there was no reason for the united states government's attempt a perfectly good nuclear deal ok i will say to joining us now live from washington d.c. thank you very much indeed thanks for having me. u.s. president donald trump has offered to help mexico why pates the drug cartels blames for an attack which killed 9 americans 3 women and 6 children were killed near the town of spare after members of

a cartel allegedly opened fire on their cars security officials believe the government may have mistaken them for a rival gang on mexico's president and just manual lopez obrador has thanked trump for his offer of help said his country would ensure justice was done well john home and joins us now live from mexico city jonah. case and it's attracted international attention do you think this is the potential to worsen relations between these 2 countries. well president trump of president lopez obrador had a phone co on tuesday after this it happened the white house sort of said that they talked about it in that president trump as you said offered help president lopez obrador has sort of tried to be quite gracious about that saying that he welcomes any type of assistance and cooperation but president trump used the word

a war that it's time to wage a war against these cartels and that's something the mets carries tried to do beforehand more than a decade ago now when this 1st rig its head and all out confrontation against the cartels and what happened there is it just upped the violence rate and it left a situation really in which mexico is an institution's won't strength for the long term the police and the attorneys' offices in the states to take on this in the long term so it didn't leave a very good impression of president or preserve the door so we can have that we can have a war game so i think it'll be interesting to see how this plays out it's attracted a lot of attention obviously this case big could is the family jewel mexican and u.s. citizens but i think more than that as well we're talking about a case in which children morrisey mowed down with their with their mothers it was just women and children involved in this situation a baby was left by the side of her dead mother and children had to flee the few

surviving children had to flee up into the hills to try and escape the hitmen so this is a report take a look at what happened. this burnt up car the mute witness to a tragedy this is for the record need and for my grandchildren are bird. shot up. right on the road out a lot more to. 3 women and 6 children from the liberal family mormons originally from the u.s. who settled in mexico decades ago was shot dead on a motorway in nor the mits co this was one of the relatives said trevor i used to live and also dead twin's 6 months old the survivors a baby found by the side of his dead mother and children who fled into the mountains alex labor on a relative told us. what

. was the lead but owns a well known emits co for the anti violence activism of some of their members because they u.s. citizens that meant president donald trump got involved he tweeted that it was time to wage war on the cartels president lopez obrador while he welcomed u.s. corporation rejected. the worst they could happen is war those who have read about it all suffered it know they. past experience says the president opened up a door he's probably right more than a decade ago but it's kerry started an all out confrontation with the cartels and all that happened with this but he's in a tight spot now about 3 weeks ago his security minister said that his government was getting on top of the violence but since then it's been hit by crisis after

crisis 1st of all 14 policemen ambushed and killed in the western state of michoacan then the alleged cartel leader who let go and coolly while the city. and now this and this case is attracted more published the it's not a lawyer yeah this unfortunately part off sort of the mutation of criminal warfare and off mexican organized crime scene over the past few years is that family members children women innocent bystanders in general regular civilians are not off limits anymore for this kind of file its needs of the police no president will preside goodall's new national guard seem to have been enough to set those boundaries and there's a continuing cost. so you heard there from 5 currents a security analyst that we're talking to more and more women and children over the years being brought into the bloodshed in mexico people the on involved innocence

in this and he went on to say that that was really about impunity that the mets can lure and enforcement agents have been able to put down drees really for the cartels now president lopez obrador has a new force the national guard that he's brought in but what security on this of telling us isn't the although their presence in many of the states here they haven't really got a fully informed brief of exactly what to do between patrol and make beyond patrol and make their presence felt in those states and a lot of them are also been put into the south to deal with migration which is another big issue for president trump that he's putting pressure on the mexican government so there's a sense here that there is a security strategy from the mets can government that's been in power still for less than a year now but it isn't fully cahir it and there aren't sort of full boundaries being put on organized crime and criminal groups and the way that they're going to

be stopped and still that until that happens that events like the one we've just seen in the ones that have happened over the months may continue to happen townhome in their life as in mexico city thank you very much. still to come on i'll just 0 we'll tell you what's causing the businesses in indian administered kashmir to struggle. and find its why a community in sierra leone is taking legal action against the diamond mining company hospital not the sports santa streatley is melbourne cup horse race has been overshadowed by the cruelty investigation. while there is a relatively quiet picture across much of the united states or some wind so weather advisories the north and all that chad you can see is actually bringing in some

cooler air and that line of tide is where the rain the snow is going to be developing we in the next 24 to 48 hours so through wednesday we've got some of that snow across into the great legacy it's not too bad out tools the west those santa ana winds have more or less died down to manageable levels but look at this by thursday still fine and dry out towards the west and clap pushing towards seattle and then quite a developing line here of rain and of course further to the north and in that cold air on the back side of this system we have got that turning over to snow meanwhile down across into the caribbean probably on wednesdays of heavy rain across into the windward islands and also that rain quite heavy again across into panama and on into nicaragua but it's a fairly quiet picture further to the west yes we've got one or 2 scattered showers across the yucatan peninsula and we could also see a few more rain showers into southern areas of mexico but they should really be dying out as they head to as we head off into thursday $21.00 sells his is the high few that i mexico city on thursday and as

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tells the story of foundation and the emergence of an empire. the caliber that was sold one. jersey. as is al jazeera quit my job the top stories for you this hour the united states ambassador to the e.u. gordon sunderland has revised his impeachment inquiry testimony now saying he was involved in a quid pro quo with ukraine the trump says he told a ukraine official that aid was tied to the president's requests to investigate his

rival. yemen's government stance signs of paris sharing agreements with separatists in the south as it was. brokered by sidey arabia the southern separatists are backed by the u.a.e. which has been fighting alongside the governments and societies rebels in the rest of yemen. and the u.s. says iran's plan to expand uranium enrichment amounts to nuclear extortion the move by iran is another step away from the 2015 nuclear deal. and iraq's government says lifting an overnight curfew in baghdad but there's been no improvements in security to protest as were killed earlier in the day in basra and another team were killed in nasiriyah attacks the total number killed since the beginning of october more than $260.00 secretary general antonio good terrorist says he's shocked by the violence and the u.n. report says security forces are continuing to commit severe human rights violations

. the latest report indicates a demonstration related violence from the 25th of october to november 4th caused at least $97.00 further deaths and thousands of injuries or the iraqi security officials could displayed more restraint than in previous protests earlier in october particularly in baghdad the unlawful use of lethal and less lethal weapons by security forces and armed people requires urgent attention. chile's president sebastian pinera is refusing to resign after 3 weeks of violent protest police fired water cannon and tear gas on hundreds of people who once again came out onto the streets of santiago demanding better social services and an end to inequality in an interview in euro says he would not step down that he wasn't the only one responsible for chillis problems at least 20 people have died during the demonstrations. protests in hong kong have marched to defy a controversial ban on facemasks one month since it came into effect hundreds of

people wearing white smiling masks chanted slogans against hong kong police a number of demonstrators also constructed barricades and found allies chops but those process are having an increasingly polarizing effect people from mainland china living in hong kong say they've been targeted by demonstrators some say the threat sons and temptation have become so serious they're considering leaving it in bright reports. hong kong has suffered some of its worst violence in weeks antigovernment demonstrators increasingly taking aim at businesses linked to the chinese mainland and chinese people living and working here say they've been attacked as well carol i this assault on a j.p. morgan banker went viral further on nerving chinese citizens the 1st banker get

that person because this out here in mad the ring that he is the chinese. that was shocker ricky z. is a mainlander working in hong kong's financial sector he says in public he no longer speaks mandarin the dialect most widely spoken on the mainland yes only a few angry and also feel afraid that i mean. more frayed angry i guess i don't happen so many of harms. feel like at this hour this could happen to me my family and my friends this is a bad feeling frankly speaking ricky says some of his mainland friends who didn't feel safe here have now left he'll do the same if the violence worsens there have been tensions between mainland chinese and hong kong people ever since the handover in 1997 when this former british colony was returned to chinese sovereignty since then more than a 1000000 mainland chinese have come here to live and work and local people

complain that that has helped to push up property prices as well as to increase competition for jobs and public services many of those migrants are from fujian province some who voiced support for the hong kong police and say that's led to their businesses being attacked. this restaurant owner agreed to talk to us if we didn't identify him he says he's worried about what could happen to him and his family if protesters discover where he's from gang you know why i'm afraid pure spirit jen people are going to be party hearty and in check and nice to protesters so on my restaurant's website have changes heart of cosine from region style to hong kong style your book world some people here say the protests are also about something else identity and even though many demonstrators can trace their roots back to the mainland they now see themselves as hong kong is 1st and chinese 2nd

adrian brown al-jazeera hong kong. the u.s. secretary of state has condemned china's governments for its treatments over weaker muslims might compare says he's deeply troubled by multiple reports that china has harassed jailed or detained family members of weaker activists u.n. experts say at least 1000000 weekers have been detained in camps and soon john chinaman tains the camps are reeducation centers to reduce extremism there is a grievous director of external affairs at the weaker human rights project she described the scale of china's detention program against the minority group there's a single minded focus for many departments in the u.s. state department there are just extremely alarmed to see that you can have an industrial scale. detention and torture of millions of people and i'm saying that literally the minimum estimate 1500000 people taken away from their homes this

is happening under a shroud of secrecy the chinese government does not allow journalists to go and report but it's very significant the u.s. government continues to speak based on the evidence that it does have we now know that program to simply detain people on mass even using quotas in some villages to simply take away people weavers from their homes and lock them up in camps sometimes converting schools and then rapidly building gigantic prisons which can be seen from satellite photos that began in march 2017 and there were reports trickling out i would have to give a shout out to radio free asia which has a weaker service which was reporting on this earlier but it's been known since the fall of 2017 it just takes a long time for people to partly because they just can't believe it it's too it sounds too awful that it could be happening in the 21st century business main opposition leader has he plans to resolve the brics

a crisis if his labor party wins december's election jeremy corbyn says he negotiates a new withdrawal deal with the view which would keep britain more closely aligned with the bloc corban says the new agreements would be put in a 2nd referendum with a 2nd choice would be cancelling breaks it all together jim all those show has more from the labor events in harlow just to the northeast of london. prior to launching his party's manifesto ahead of the upcoming general elections labor party leader germany will be introduced to deal head on with the arguably the most divisive issue in britain today that is greg zits speech in what is considered to be a strong leave constituency in the north east of london germany corbin said that his party would sort out what he described as the mess that is brags that within 6 months of coming to power a century his plan entails renegotiating

a deal with the european union and then presenting that deal in another referendum whereby the choice that the british public will have would be between this new deal and to remain essentially he's trying to reach out to all sides of the british or the all sides of the british divide he said that whilst his critics may find that to be something negative he believes the only way forward was to unite the country people sometimes accuse me of trying to talk to both sides at once the bracks. people if i should leave and people who voted. you know what they did right there absolutely dead right. why would i only want to talk to half the country. i don't want to live in holland a country i mean one seeking to become prime minister must talk to and listen to the whole country labor standards not just for the 52 percent or the 48

percent but for the 99 percent we bring people together. for them that if his party was elected and brought into power that not only would they saw a tall brigs it within 6 months but they would also veil in radical plan to essentially be a government that's would serve the 99 percent of what some of the many and not the few. meanwhile prime minister boris johnson's conservative party is being accused of suppressing the reports into accusations of russian meddling in the 2016 e.u. referendum johnson is under pressure to release the documents before the election in december prove bricks at fractions are keen to avoid any suggestion that the u.k.'s divorce from the e.u. has triggered unfairly. hundreds of inmates sam been released from prison across the us state of oklahoma is the largest single day reduction in sentences in

american history the inmates have convictions for low level drug and property crimes their release is part of a measure by new republican governor kevin stilt see lower the number of prisoners and save the state $11900000.00. 524 people were commuted across our state today and given the 2nd she. said to leave your past behind and really bring our correctional facilities to current law back in 2016 oklahoma citizens voted to make some things some minor drug offenses. misdemeanors and we are only bringing that up to current law today. the called the porter is the director of advocacy for the sentencing project she says the recently released prisoners should never have been incarcerated in the 1st place so important to know that every year in the united states more than 6 100000 people are released in fact in 2017 more than 622000 people were really sort

of prison at the federal and state level now there are 2 reasons why the united states has the highest rate of incarceration in the world we simply people to prison for things they wouldn't be sent to prison for and other countries around the world and when we simply able to prison we send them to prison for longer and that's certainly true in oklahoma where the change that happened that resulted in more than $500.00 people being released on commutations was for a low level offenses oklahoma has the highest rate of incarceration in the country and that's because in other states people are not sent to prison for low level possession drug offenses like they are in oklahoma so it's an important change in the right direction it's also true that those folks should have never been in prison to begin with and helping to radically rethink the way we do sentences in oklahoma and hopefully can be representative in other changes around the country as well. there's been 3 months since new delhi strips indeed administered kashmir of

its tomie the government said the decision would encourage development but many kashmiris say they've lost an entire summer of income from tourism until for her reports from shinnick are in indian administered kashmir is largest city. is said to have described as a perfect place to meditate maybe it was because of its serene lakes but since the indian government asked all tourists to evacuate the valley in august the place hasn't been very calm. chocolate drums one of the most popular houseboat on the water as of. this summer it's been. at least half the people living in the valley depend on tourism and hospitality and many have suffered heavy losses since new delhi's decision very one or 2 clients may shaukat says although the government says it wants to develop the region what businesses need is to belittle what development really is needed other than restoring peace in kashmir that's the 1st

and foremost element required. good mark is a favorite spot for indians travelling to escape high temperatures it's hotels are usually overbooked during the festival season but this year there were hardly any to race. below is a tour guide but is now spending his days playing cricket he's worried that even the winter when skiers from around the world usually arrive. can be the same but his biggest fear is that while the indian investors will come to question it and buy up the land. the indian government doesn't want anyone to come here they want the people of kashmir to suffer so much that the last thing they have their land they sell the land to feed their families. land is at the heart of the dispute between kashmiris and the indian government the indian government says it is working on a 15 year development plan for indian audiences this week which will change the

face of the reason but so far nothing has happened and many of the sleeze see it as a land grab. the president of the chamber of commerce says the businesses have lost billions of dollars over the last 3 months and new delhi should help. local people should be encouraged they should be given preference everywhere. so bear the real development help. on monday a grenade was thrown in a vegetable market in srinagar india that mr city killing one person and injuring 15 it was the 3rd such attack in 2 weeks many kashmiris say any development can only succeed the new delhi takes the right political steps to make sure the violence and its. street in indianapolis to push me. a community in sierra leone has taken a diamond mining company to courts people in court to say the government failed to

protect them when they handed their land over reports from koidu. for decades artisanal diamond miners lived off the land in several years corner district. until the arrival of malta not. in the mining companies. in the shadows of one of the biggest mining for. these workers labor in the pits with the hope of getting a storm or 2 but they fear soon their homes and the pits will be off limits the government has handed their property to the octu mining company to expand its operations. jenna bio is among the hundreds of residents who've been affected. we don't know. why. they did not even allow us to pack our bags they sent down rocks and water should destroy our house our clothes money everything was covered in

debris. trouble began at the end of the country's civil war when most people started returning home from refugee camps. most of them who came back the. place is now safe they start their rebuild their homes with proper documents the company challenge them that even on the up with enough illegal homes protest followed in subsequent years killing and injuring a number of people and more more who are strapped and killed during a demonstration in 2017 is buried right here in the middle of the street as a sign of resistance to the mining companies and government are suddenly on this kind of i.q. is ations of abuse and displacement between the community the mining companies and the government has now escalated to west africa as regional court members of the community also claim their farms and water sources have been polluted by mining activity is. here has built new homes for those who've been evicted gena time billy

was given a 4 bedroom house instead of the 5 they were living in. complains it small and that it leaks whenever it rains. prettiest boy must house and farm have also been marked to be taken over but he vows to fight on because he says the terms are unfair. by the. by all of the i am people the i are everything good and everything. because they have money and yeah they are using our own local authorities again because they have not. the community has taken its case before west africa's regional court because they say the people have little faith in the justice system here. an official of the mining company or at 1st denied knowledge of the court case later said he can't comment on a matter that's before the court. or just part the lawyer representing the government of sierra leone acknowledged receiving the court papers but says the

government was yet to study them. with a lot at stake many people here expect a trial to be long and hard. i meant it piece al jazeera. said early on. the sports. the pitch.

for the sports here is andy thank you very much south africa's old. home after the

world cup triumph in japan the score and else it's a go in a 5 day victory tour around the country. sic lisa became the 1st white council to lift the trophy after the when ivan went on saturday and south africa 1st warmest title in 995 there was just one part player in its high line up places says this sport can truly be described as a national city. and even can be overcome with the opportunity i think my drive when i was younger it was just going to training each and every single day i was preparing myself not knowing always it was always young those only 9 years old going to training engineer resume day and i was always you prepared most of on the trinity just in case it came and when it did come you know i was really able to get with both hands the most important thing is that you'd never listen to someone who tells you can make it you're not going to make it it's it's up to you and you alone and all the people that we have around you that starts the most important thing and

i just want to tell them it was just keep dreaming and keep on believing in people and pushing. what i do want to for south africa that without a doubt and if you can see what's happening currently it just absolutely has been in that that made it back a lot of time with a game in which it was again the water that forget about the actual games that a lot of people back home watching the t.v. watching t.v. . well correspondent from ada miller was with the thousands of fans who welcome that same hour. thousands of people gathered at the o.r. tombo international airport on the old that the rugby world cup trophy has returned to south africa in the hands of springbok captain c. of p.c. he along with vice captain andre prolog have arrived in johannesburg they're addressing the media and people here are waiting to get a glimmer the sort of someone they consider a hugo i'm very excited we've waited 12 years for this so this is an amazing

amazing opportunity to be at stake i'm very proud of the springboks and they're all champions and i'm so proud of it i'm proud to be sought after in the world cup win for the springboks is regarded as a triumph of the underdogs many members of the squad coming from difficult conditions and backgrounds in south africa really the story of south africa and over calming the odds making it possible for some last weekend's here to dream big they say this is the time to celebrate see a police ian at the springboks watch members people who are representing the story of unity in south africa today. european rugby champion saracens have been found guilty of breaching salary cap regulations the english team of being docked $35.00 points fined close to $7000000.00 and investigation found the premiership title holders that failed to disclose player payments for the last 3 seasons initially

are limited to spending $9000000.00 on player salaries post season 8 of the interim score the last to south africa network a final play for the club saracens have said they will be appealing. now the melbourne cup is one of horse racing's biggest events and this year's edition was won by a vow and declare that the action on the track has been overshadowed by the horse cruelty investigation in australia as a helmet reports these stores are packed and it's known as the race that stops the nation the melbourne cup is australia's premier horse race it attracts and runners trainers and owners from across the world this year however it's been overshadowed by controversy of how some horses are treated after their racing days there over an investigation by australian broadcaster a.b.c. has exposed mistreatment at a queensland of a trois kicking dragging in shocking the retired thoroughbreds are among the allegations. to be exposed they provoked protest in the build up to this year's

spectacle while the hashtag not to the cup was trending on twitter during the race the authorities however are promising that action will be taken queensland premier and the stars of polish a said in parliament it is a necessary inquiry to provide queenslanders with confidence that the racing industry is doing everything possible to ensure the welfare of horses some believe measures have to be taken as soon as possible to restore confidence in the public that the horses will be taken care of this scandal has come on the on the back of probably a slight whining in support of all organic support for the rice as well in order for it to reclaim its kind of innocent position as a race that everyone loves then action does need to be taken despite the controversy the race ended up being a landmark moment for straight there was the home bread winner for the 1st time since 2009. and

a clear winning by the finest of margins and surprisingly there was plenty of i do for the horse that landed the winners purser $3000000.00 are just looking up to see on their. feet on the clay. don't you are growing. mad aren't any says he let all the people through social media get involved with this horse preparation it was a privilege to writing to by the racing community now have the year until the next melbourne cup to show the public they've cleaned up their act so here malik. an italian football club has for rhino will have to close part of the stadium for one game following the racist abuse of mary lee rush a strike a balance kicks the ball into the crowd and threaten to walk off the pitch after being taunted by fans on sunday for and also been the head of the ultras fun group for 11 years. ok but is always for for now more lighter. thanks andy but that wraps up this news our day say with us here on al-jazeera and back with me and with more

after this short break. it's a tough time for the afghan security forces taliban attacks have increased their suffering heavy casualties and the prospect of a withdrawal of u.s. forces hangs over them yet young men are still joining up some for potshots at

reasons for others is the only way to get a job despite the risks midway's karimi was an army bomb disposal engineer in helmand province he knew the risks he was blinded in both eyes and lost a leg when a roadside device exploded as he try to defuse it always aware of the danger of seeing friends wounded while working on mines i wasn't scared to lose an arm or a leg is a sacrifice we have to mike to serve this country. a story of black man. this parasite. and. you'll have to kill i have strangled i have a story of current catch a lot of the fear is real. passion. and a very sicilian just. a

key witness changes his testimony in the impeachment inquiry heaping more pressure on president donald trump. on his in this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up. yemen's internationally recognized governments reaches a car sharing deal with separatists to end the conflict in the south. the u.s. accuses iran of nuclear would store shinn those to iran takes more steps to reduce its commitment to.