into the mainstream can you draw a through line between the rhetoric of president trump in the conservative media in america to what happened here in el paso license to hate on al-jazeera. al-jazeera. hello i'm adrian for that is that live from doha coming up in the next 60 minutes the u.s. government is forced to release documents on its dealings with ukraine revealing multiple contacts between the president's personal lawyer and the secretary of state. dozens are killed in western kenya after heavy rain triggers landslides. sri lanka's tamils worry about their future with the politicians who crushed a separatist movement back in power. and rafael nadal doubles up to winning affects

in front of his home crowd the world number one showing his fighting spirit to help spain and france to the davis cup semifinals. we begin this news in the u.s. where the state department has released records related to its dealings with ukraine that a 100 page document was made public after a freedom of information request by an ethics watchdog it confirms multiple contacts between secretary of state mike pump a.o. and donald trump's personal lawyer rudy giuliani earlier this year the exchanges took place in the months before but then the u.s. ambassador to ukraine marie you have out of it was recalled it supports testimony at the impeachment inquiry that senior officials were in the loop on efforts to pressure kiev into investigating trump's rival joe biden let's go live to

washington d.c. john hendren is more is there john what more do we know about these documents how did they come to light. adrian we are still going through these documents that came out in a civil lawsuit against the trump ministration there are about 100 pages of documents but as you say the key finding is that they document the communications between pump aoe and giuliani which would confirm this outside channel pay of course is the secretary of state giuliani is the president's personal lawyer who had gone to ukraine on a private mission to try to improve the president's prospects in the 2020 political election and what we have here is coordination between the 2 suggesting that the state department had been working with the president's private lawyer in order to help him pursue that private channel in order to push his election prospects in

among those were an investigation by ukraine into. the former vice president joe biden and his son hunter biden so what this essentially does is it confirms that there was this relationship between the state department and giuliani who was running sensually an outside diplomatic channel from the president to people in that part of the world so this is more confirmation that what has been coming out of these pietschmann testimonies is actually true adrian all right but how how did we manage to get hold of these these documents and although they largely consume what we thought we already knew what are people making of them. it's a lawsuit by a private organization and as you said they they were able to obtain a 100 documents and what those are are looking into aspects of the trumpet ministration which are available through the freedom of

information act here in the united states in a court has decided to grant them that we are still going through all that is in the documents but it shows that there were meetings that were facilitated by the president's personal assistant madeleine western out and that again just shows that this operation that rudy giuliani the president's private lawyer was running in ukraine and in other parts of the world was one that was being formally run by the white house they were using the organs of state including the president's personal assistant including the secretary of state who had met with giuliani repeatedly and this is key because we had testimony just the other day on capitol hill from a trumpet ministration mr sondheim an official who said that pump a 0 giuliani and mick mulvaney the president's acting chief of staff all were in on the loop on they were coordinating on the fact that the president was withholding

$391000000.00 in military aid and a meeting in the white house in order to persuade ukraine to the president of ukraine to go ahead with an investigation that was followed american selenski the new president there into the biden so it's just really confirming a lot of what we've been hearing in these impeachment hearings that there was an outside diplomatic channel in the trumpet ministration which the president has essentially denied has done anything wrong as pressured the ukrainian government in any way this tends to support the information that we're seeing in that inquiry i was there as john had reporting live from washington joe many thanks indeed scott lucas is professor of international politics of the unit. city of birmingham and editor of the news website in a world view he joins us now live via skype from birmingham in the u.k. scott where do we start here what do you make then of this paper trail between the the president's personal lawyer and his secretary of state. well i don't want to

upstage john hendren with that good summary but the phone calls are not the most important things in the documents the phone calls on the 26 and the 29th of march between pompei on giordani each was 4 minutes we don't know what was in the calls we just know they took place but what we do know from the other documents is that someone probably joe yachties camp was giving the state department records of meetings that your yani has to associates indicted businessmen above parness and you got from and were meeting with the current and former prosecutor general's of ukraine in january in new york and the records of those meetings make explicit that the meetings were there to discredit joe biden and his son hunter or a board member do you crane gas company and to discredit the us and us to marie yvonne of edge who was subjected to 8 months on a campaign of disinformation by giuliani till she was moved from her post in may now we don't have anything that says that those documents were specifically

provided to pump a 0 but the day before pompei 0 2nd column giuliani there was a time line prepared which set out all of the material about biden his son hunter and marie of on a bitch trying to set up in other words a paper trail for the secretary of state of these alleged alleged activities by biden and yavanna bitch that warned an invest wanted an investigation by ukraine and the white house won't let them pay a mil they have and bolton testify so we can't hear their version of events the president himself continues to state that there was no quid pro quo he continues to peddle the ukraine election interference line despite the testimony that we hear the heard this week he also said just yesterday that he wants the impeachment process to go to trial i mean why would he want that. because donald trump as he's blustering i mean the best defense is a good often it's and in a rambling 353 minute call yesterday to his favorite outlet fox t.v.

he simply spread conspiracy theories of this information and said come get me well there may be coming get me i don't think the democrats in the house of representatives will wait for mr pompei o to testify or the white house chief of staff mick mulvaney also involved us in this affair to testify they think they have enough to proceed to a vote in impeachment doesn't prevent the criminal indictment by the end of the year but if there is a trial in the senate in early 2020 then witnesses can be called and it is that that one that we get the question will might pompei o mick mulvaney rudy giuliani and the national security advisor john bolton all be asked to give a fuller account of their contacts during what is and let us be clear here if there was a 20 truck quid pro quo for ukraine saying you must investigate joe biden and you must announce this joe biden has criticized his say former senate colleague lindsey graham for continuing to support the president our long can the republicans

continue to stand by the president in the face of all of this evidence well i think we need to make a distinction between the republicans in the house who showed in the public hearings that they're willing to divert that they're willing to question the loyalty of witnesses to the united states to try to protect trump we distinguish between them and the $53.00 republican senators it is true that one of those senators lindsey graham a close friend of donald trump is going on to say there's nothing to see here it's all a hoax but almost all of the other 52 republican senators have said no comment or have been very quiet in the past 2 months in other words if the weight of evidence accumulates there may be a slam it's slim but not 0 chance the republicans will break away and that 20 of them might be might be enough to convict donald trump and end his 1st term in office. always good to talk to professor many thanks indeed scott lucas steps in birmingham thank you in western kenya landslides have killed at least 36 people

they had several remote villages in the county of west pocket after heavy rain rescue efforts been put on hold because bridges and roads have been washed away more than 13 people are missing oscar cockeye is a journalist at the scene he joins us now on the phone from west palm beach county . tell us about the situation there right now are actually. going to. bring and. rescue is able to get to the scene in adequate enough numbers we've not. because. we've been a bit down. and

. about playing. the back. tell us about about what led to these landslides what sort of area is this and what's the amount of rainfall unusual. because. that. 1000000000 in the area. last night 1. i think the line there is breaking up well that will leave the i think you got the gist of what was reporting. we'll move on. elections in burundi are still 6 months away but there are concerns over security in the country opposition leaders say that there's

a climate of fear and intimidation against those who are critical of the governing party the u.n. has issued a warning but the government has told al jazeera that the election will be free and fair catherine sawyer reports now from burundi's commercial capital. protected by you can't across memories of what happened 4 years ago remains row for this man he tells us his young son was shot by police while on his way to buy bread. riots started in 2015. rounds and one a 3rd tom that his opponents said was unconstitutional street protests a failed coup vigilante like attacks and assassinations threatened to tear the country apart another election is due next year and the be real father says people are still being intimidated by security forces and members of the ruling party you've been called in one at a. number i am talking to you is putting at risk if the police know what i'm

talking on my me but find out until i can be arrested kill. people here have not forgotten buddha's history of war at this ceremony they celebrate men and women who fought in another conflict in the 1990 s. the fighting stopped after an armed opposition group brought president to power he promised civil liberties ethnic cohesion and improving people's livelihoods at the height of the people could not use this word because of him and 5000 president and other of illusionary craighead bringing peace and keeping the country relatively stable but now people appear in him of abusing the they were right here for almost 2 years ago. for saying. all those things on the. i just have one word they just need to. to repent. spreading

false and on the run they're not here to see why we're in that is now and what evolution and what progress. the people have made. some opposition leaders say peru indians have no freedom to express themselves many have been forced into exile and independent media organizations remain shut many people in the administration are just trampling on the constitution and nothing. they are trying to to secure our space only say in the day of the day and its allies. and. priests. so brutally hopes politics will not drive the country to the edge again.

this is the news hour on al-jazeera still to come on the program awaiting justice 10 years on a philippines course will soon announce its verdict in relation to a massacre which left 58 people dead. songs of freedom people on the pacific out of the program bill voted the hope of independents. lighting up a spirited performance from fans ahead of south americas club football final details later in schools. antigovernment protests continue across parts of south america demonstrators in colombia have rejected the president's promise of a so-called national conversation out of defied a curfew in the capital concerned about tax increases and

a change to the country's pension system people in chile meanwhile a demanding economic and social change the interior minister there has been a plea for peace a day after a day of protests and looting. in bolivia demonstrations that began after allegations of vote tampering now turned into calls for electoral reform politicians have agreed to hold new elections and talks to try to resolve the crisis of 0 as mariana sanchez begins our coverage from the. was the protests in bolivia are not only confined to the streets it also reached the house of deputies the agreed to pass a bill that paves the way for new elections but it came after a heated debate that so legislators pointing fingers and hurling insults at each other was. but some lawmakers they know elections can happen before the deaths of $32.00 believe ians are investigated and hundreds of detained protesters are freed deputy henrico data is with exiled president ever more or less his party

he said they will go to elections without him is a leader not ball is a leader our president evo morales is our natural leader for 50 percent of bolivians farmers indigenous people workers youngsters now he needs to send a message to pacify the country but the message and legibly from alice is the opposite prosecutors opened an investigation for sedition and terrorism after audio of this call emerged. apparently in it when ellis can be heard telling an ally to continue blockades and preventing food from entering the capital. despite this the presidency minister hid his who said deals with mass party members and other marvellous supporters from coca farmers to miners were reached days ago the name of. them we have already signed agreements on all the demands they are making and we agreed to those demands. one

of those demands was for the interim government to withdraw a decree that gives the military and police the green light to shoot with impunity . as part of the talks the government wants all the world lifted around the country as they have cost of food and fuel shortages. the political uncertainty is the dominant topic for many residents in the past and many hope new elections will bring change. we will be happy because there will be new candidates we want to new constitution no more corrupt officials a total change. but others say the interim government went too far in the crackdown on the protests and the damage is done. there would have been dialogue of people hadn't been killed with people the disappeared detained but above all we cannot have talks having brothers deed while the interim government hopes new elections will bring calm many are doubtful this will be enough without 1st making sure those

responsible for the deaths of protesters are brought to justice by innocent. let's hear now from al-jazeera as i listen to them betty who's in bogota. it's been another day of undress and demonstrations of people telling you to protest against the unpopular government press event the band do a spontaneous demonstrations in various parts parts of town throughout the day the main event was happening just a couple of blocks from here in central florida believe or people have gathered there cousens of people gathered there peacefully when all of a sudden the police decided to move in using tear gas and rubber bullets to this person but the crowd clashing patients continued until the evening people are

out and i think on pots and pans to continue their approach however the mayor announced a total curfew in the city starting and 9 pm also the president of colombia. spoke saying that starting a national conversation next week to try to deal with this rest a while leader of one of the leaders of the opposition group called for a major massive rally he said next monday people are telling us that they feel energized and that they're angry for what they considered a very violent response some parts of the police and say that they want to continue protesting in the coming weeks just as other people have been doing in other countries across south america for now more than a month. now to chile in america and it's a new c.n.n.

newman looks at the situation that politicians have agreed on a road map that could now lead to the new constitution. people are have been particularly angry by the unfortunate comment made by a police general he said he was referring 2 to a. 100. injured in their eyes. and for a long time the government had been arguing that they were. they had another. side of. the use of the. case unless rather there was danger imminent danger of life and there are also other types of. worrying a lot of the people even some of the peaceful protests. burned down after. a similar thing happened even an ambulance was burnt down so there is a kind of

a sense of chaos that the government despite the fact that it says that things are getting better still does not have this country under control by any means in syria at least 10 people have been killed in a car bombing it happened. in iraq province that area is currently under the control of turkish forces turkey launched a military operation last month to take control of the city from kurdish fighters ankara considers them to be terrorists japan and south korea have agreed to hold a summit next month in the latest sign of improving diplomatic relations the talks will focus on japanese atrocities inflicted on koreans during the 2nd world war it's a longstanding issue that's put a strain on relations between the 2 countries south korea extended an intelligence pact with japan on friday and turkey responded by agreeing to resume trade talks. after 10 years the families of victims of a massacre in the philippines may finally get justice 58 people traveling in

a convoy in the south were killed by a group of gunman after a difficult investigation a court will deliver its verdict next month general allen duggan reports from manila. it is the single deadliest attack against journalists in global history and one of the philippines the worst incidents of political violence on the vendor 232-0098 group of gunmen working for a powerful political clan in the southern philippines herded everyone in the convoy to a hilltop and executed them $58.00 people were killed $32.00 of them were journalists they were on their way to cover a local electoral event they were shot multiple times and were buried in mass graves using a backhoe the basic facts of the case are undisputed the armed men were working for the powerful but 2 and clan state forces were also implicated.

they shot my wife said things they shot her on her breast her private parts such unimaginable cruelty my siblings were killed to expect nothing more than a conviction for all the major suspects at the very least when it happened we all saw the. crime without. the stopping the killing. it was a violence that shocked the international community and yet 10 years on not a single conviction has been made 'd this is a case that has been complicated from the beginning with over 300 suspects over 100 of them are in jail but over 80 of the accused remain at large the judge hearing the case as the supreme court for more time and the high court has granted her request giving her until december 23rd under it is that.

journalists and activists remember there's own cawley they hope for a conviction for all suspects they see it will act like a beam of light at a time of political darkness 2 governments have come and gone but the culture of impunity continues this spite of being threatened with their lives filipino journalists continue to hold the powerful accountable with courage and conviction to marilyn duggan al-jazeera manila. the leaders of the u.k.'s main political parties of answered questions from a studio audience ahead of next month's election they appeared on a special b.b.c. programme of one of the issues that dominated was of course sprigs it. people voted 3 and a half years ago and they're going to be. the people of

israel before every other party that you've had on tonight is basically trying to for us straight that outcome we have a deal thanks to you my role and the role of our government will be to ensure that that referendum is held in a fair was fear and we will abide by the result of it and i will have dropped as prime minister if i am at the time a neutral stance so that i can credibly carry out the results of that to bring our communities and country together rather than continuing an endless debate about the e.u. and brics we are being very straightforward to the party that we want to stop break that you may agree with both you might disagree with ours i don't think you could accuse us of not being up front about wanting to stop breaks that we have been crystal clear about from the very beginning brigs it as you probably know as politically polarized the nation is jonah whole reports from london. ask a simple question and you get a simple answer how important in this election do you think breaks it is very

important and that's why facebook i think is going to be the most important person in the bank so it's a really important and so you know. friend at the main meant and so it's hard to separate it from their legs him but dig deeper and things get more complicated is there anyone in particular that you think is better placed than anyone else to sort breaks it out of. so i won't break that up and so whatever outcome of the election makes that more likely would be good for me for conservatives would get it over there now i think i would believe. that would you want to see happen not not necessarily. opinion polls indicate that the number of people who will base their vote on breaks it has more than doubled since the last election from 18 percent to 40 percent now add the prominence of breaks it as an election issue to the huge divergence of views on breaks it and what you get is bad

news for a settled result though for the party that wants to still brags that labor has a clear plan to get bricks it sorted within 6 months we can get the brakes it done now one way or another almost everyone you talk to once breaks it over with but what if the voters are so bored it breaks or they screwed know the issues remember exit the versus screen all out and they decide to vote on the domestic issues that wire them whether it's the n.h.s. or housing or all those other issues and those are areas where by and large the opposition party the labor party have got the strongest policies and the biggest support that's one among many variables in the coming election the country's issues have been prudes sort of back for its. talking about bricks and bridges so i don't know if anybody's called bits and you know i'm a bit confused revealed to be on the sleeve you see there is

a different. the polls do point to a conservative victory though and if boris johnson wins a majority that could mean to you kate leaving the e.u. he says by christmas but there is every chance that no single party position dominate another hung parliament then and the deadlock continues jonah how al-jazeera london. and damp in london it's been rather wet of the parts of eastern europe of late it's tell us more is meteorologists everson folks yeah that's right a train lots more cloud of rain coming in london over the next couple days see this area cloud further race we have got a fair amount of wet weather piling its way am really from the atlantic that's going to spread into the central parts and just not little fed resources because on through the next couple of days we have faith not in the trade as the general a low which is developing around the gulf of generating see these 2 areas of low pressure the general just phones to the south all the out to the sea the squeeze on

the i suppose there are some very strong winds as we go on through the next couple of days genoa has already saying 66 millimeters of rain space of 24 hours the entire month of november normally sees about $109.00 millimeters of rain so that's quite a bit of wet weather in a short period of time as we go through the next 24 hours 36 hours or so more very heavy rain coming through and by the end of the next 3 day period we could see as much as $23050.00 millimeters of rain coming down across the northern parts of italy will see some wet weather making its way back towards venice the coast exacerbating the flooding that we have here high tides as well wettest weather will push across a good part of italy down to ward's greece as we go on through sunday and on into monday that wet weather fighting a good part of greece had a ceasar the mediterranean it will right in up if it was the western side the staying pretty wet back home adrian. it's a many thanks indeed just ahead on the news out why a chinese national in australia says that he was

a spy for paging and against the government. putting pressure on the french government how activists are pushing for tougher action to stop domestic violence. and in sports russia taking on canada they go for a place in the davis cup final. what was the last thing the president said to you about impeachment when you last spoke to him for our multicultural society it's not allowed. to be done with allegations that were only years ago how worried are you that the conditions are still right for another i think they are right join me mad as i put up from questions to my special guests and challenge them to some straight talking political debate here on our jazeera. new talk and alaskan village rapidly losing ground

roshan permafrost its inhabitants forced to move to safer ground below the west 1st the environment one that reads planets as a witness finds people struggling to cope with rights and see them and ask whether those who have the power work to stop it appreciate the true cost of failing to act on al-jazeera. hello again adrian for getting here with the news from al-jazeera the headlines records of the u.s. state department's dealings with ukraine in have now been made public it happened

after afraid of information lawsuits by an ethics watchdog confirmed contacts between secretary of state by comparing donald trump's past a lawyer rudy giuliani earlier this year. landslides in western kenya have killed at least 36 people they helped they hit several remote villages in the county of west coast after heavy rain more than 20 people are missing. and this presidential election is still 6 months away but there are concerns over security opposition leaders say there's a climate of fear and intimidation against those who are critical of the governing party. u.s. vice president mike pence is arrived in iraq on an unannounced visit he's met u.s. troops stationed at an air base there the visit comes of it weeks of violent antigovernment protests across the country demonstrators are angry over corruption high unemployment and poor public services iraq's parliament is preparing to

discuss a new electoral reform bill politicians are hoping that will calm the anger let's go live now to baghdad as a serious jump june is with us we'll talk about the protests and. what part of it is doing in just a moment but 1st the u.s. vice president. what is mike pence doing there well that's right me i'm losing my voice a little bit. this was an unannounced visit my the us vice president he arrived and he we are told is at the airbase that's in western and up visiting u.s. troops there these are u.s. troops that lead the coalition that help the iraqi troops battle what remains of the group isis will now it is very interesting timing because as you mentioned it comes at a time when there is this instability here because of these protests we've heard in the last few weeks the u.s. has called on their government to actually hold early elections and to implement these electoral reforms that we keep hearing the government talk about here but

nonetheless we don't yet know if vice president pence is going to be meeting with their about the prime minister out of that optimality there is one source we spoke to in the office of the prime minister who told us that he might meet him another source we spoke with said that the vice president may only call the prime minister it will be interesting to see how this plays out because if you'll recall just about 11 months ago u.s. president donald trump made a trip to an airbase while he was in iraq he spoke on the phone with the prime minister but he did not meet him and that was taken as a grievous offense by many adoptees who said that the u.s. president coming here and visiting with officials in the government was really something that not only was not expected but really could be seen as a bit of an insult so will be interesting to see what exactly plays out how long this visit lasts and what will be accomplished during my pincers visit. i got a glass of water there my friend you know what you have a you have a cough and it's well well i just i'll talk for

a minute while your throat yeah protesters in iraq angry over corruption high unemployment and pull public services but as we said iraq's parliament is preparing to discuss new a new electoral reform bill which they're hoping will calm the anger hopefully mohamed has had a chance to have a glass of water how to tell us some of it is is that go to work. well adrian let me tell you what's happened so far you know it was expected that today parliament was going to hold a session in which in which they discussed these electoral reforms that they are trying to pass here they were going to have the 2nd reading of this new electoral reform bill in fact that did not happen there was no quorum that was met parliament ended up not meeting and even when we were told they were going to meet it turns out that the electoral reform bill was taken off the agenda so right now we don't

know what exactly is going to happen next you know i must say that when we go out to the protest sites day after day and we speak to those demonstrators who've been coming out on mass for weeks now they continue to say that they do not believe the parliament is actually trying to fix the situation here they do not trust the ones we speak with that parliament is actually going to pass electoral reform they are not sure what electoral reform will mean to them and even if it is passed they do not know if that is going to affect them so the demonstrators that we say say there's no into this protest movement they are going to continue to come out and even today we saw people not just from above that from but from other parts of the country come to reassure the epicenter of the anti-government demonstrations in order to rally for this cause and to call for an overhaul a complete overhaul of the political system here adrian i'm serious i have a gem jhoom reporting live from baghdad. many thanks to you from battling with the

front in the throat. there's nothing worse i tell you now security is being stepped up out of hong kong's local council elections on sunday the ballots being seen as the 1st major indication of public feeling on china following months of often violent antigovernment protests the unrest was triggered by a proposed extradition bill that since been scrapped a record 4000000 people have registered to vote well self-confessed chinese spy in australia says that he's offered valuable intelligence information wang chang says that he's turned against beijing and reveal the identities of senior chinese military intelligence officers in hong kong is also provided details of how beijing's operatives fund and conduct interference operations in hong kong taiwan and straightly are why he is now seeking asylum and says he could face the death penalty if he returns home will study as government has not yet indicated whether it will grant him asylum well these are very disturbing reports the matter is now

in the hands of the appropriate law enforcement agencies and so i wouldn't comment on the particulars of individual cases but what i would say is that the government makes no apologies for the strong measures that we have taken to ensure. that we have foreign interference in place that we have resorting law enforcement intelligence agencies like never before and that will always stand up for our national interest with us on matters of foreign policy foreign investment or other related issues when nick mckenzie is an investigative journalist at the age and sydney morning herald who's spoken with one. this intelligence operative was working in according to his account of hong kong from company it was the company now it has links to the chinese military so most think so quite easily probably found using that cover is a whole current business and he conducted various operations more notable

operations involved in the kidnap one of the causeway by book shop. this is where 5 booksellers were disappeared and it may lead one claims he had personal involvement in the kidnapping of one of these right from asian to the kidnap taking now just simply one of the very stunning revelations he's made to us and to australian authorities candidates in guinea bissau presidential election of how that final run is ahead of sunday's vote the incumbent is running against 11 challengers including 2 of his former prime minister us i'm serious nicholas hawke reports from the capital purcell. while this presidential campaign feels and sounds like a carnival. the brink hundreds feared could end in disaster some of the candidates like domingo's see more spread out have west african soldiers protecting them and

not the country's armed forces think. of. that you may not be the know when it comes when you will have a gun in the in stable. process you have to say. just weeks before the vote president josey maria vance who's running for reelection asked the military to force his prime minister out of office after he refused to step down vast has overstayed his time in office delaying elections but he has the backing of the armed forces. period chua additional west african troops have been deployed as part of a stabilizing force days before the vote. the u.n. security council is urging the armed forces not to intervene in politics you to be sales military have been behind dozens of coup attempts and political assassinations with several of its commanders under un sanction. these are soldiers that are voting early because they will be deployed during the election to ensure

they say that it is a free and fair vote and so the military are keeping a close watch on the ballots. $6500.00 soldiers will be positioned at polling stations across the country. outspoken former military commanders who worries the ballot will be rigged the political outsider he's been gaining popularity among young voters. this is the expression of your default against the system but his way these people that are voiceless are behind me is the leader for this nation but all 12 candidates are making this similar claim promising change in political stability this is a young electorate tired of all the political rhetoric and looking for a new beginning for the country because hawke al-jazeera the south on the pacific island of bergen ville people are voting in a referendum to decide on independence or greater autonomy within new guinea

crowds marched through the streets celebrating the start of a long awaited foes will stay open for 2 weeks to ensure that those in remote areas have a say the result is expected in december when the referendum is the culmination of a long peace process which ended a decade long ended a decade long civil war in which thousands of people died nicola gage reports now from port moresby. rugby is lucky religion jackie joseph is running a training session with teenagers and at the same time educating them on issues like violence against women she's returned to her homeland to work after fleeing the country with her parents joining the island's devastating civil war i think it's been quite a journey growing up as a child and being able to to be where i am today the conflict centered around pan do you know a huge copa and gold mine many locals felt their resources were being exploited.

unrest and subsequent fighting between the bogan field revolutionary army and p. and g. forces led to a full blown war an estimated 20000 people were killed and it's quite hard to. really cripple our nation i'm in a province where we're. here for the wrong reasons. to him as part of the peace agreement bogan billions were promised the opportunity to vote for independence or for greater autonomy from p. and g. 20 years later they getting that chance we are preparing for the referendum and that's why we are holding the polls will stay open for a fortnight to ensure those in remote villages have a say with the results expected in december there's been

a massive investments in terms of awareness raising. the expectations of the voters be managed. the standing of the process because here it comes at a time when china is increasing its presence in the south pacific while next door in indonesia west pup was independence movement has led to deadly protests. we have many similar situations around me where i learned owners are being marginalized by corporate giants coming in and people can see oppression in some while many are expecting an overwhelming void for independence what that will look like in terms of building an economy and breaking away from any isn't entirely clear yet another step beforehand will take place here in paintings powerman where the government will need to approve any outcome rechy mineral wealth and you see

this may not be a region pop in a guinea we want to easily lose a gauge al-jazeera post moves be plenty of sri lanka's minority tamils are worried about their future the new president scores by rajapaksa the military operations that crushed the arms tamil separatist movements in the last decade tens of thousands of tunnels were killed or disappeared during the 26 year civil war after serious plan it's misspent to meet some family members of the victims. killing archie the former capital assure lanka's tamil separatists is sometimes called the land of the missing. their relatives fear it's a name that will never be shaken off now gotta buy rajapaksa is in power. their. son and daughter in law were taken away by the army the day after the war ended 10 years ago and they were they ever got a buyer has said that our children are at least they have not come to us and where

are they i'm asking about my children who i handed over to them they did not just go missing 20000 people mostly tamils estimated missing since the civil war no one has ever been held accountable for the disappearances new president got or by rajapaksa his defense secretary towards the end of the war with his brother mahinda as president then they defeated the tamil tiger fighters who wanted to create an independent tamil state and the un estimates 40000 sure lankans were killed in the last few months of fighting because the government disputes and the un says both sides committed war crimes. my daughter went missing there was heavy shelling and we separated and i have never seen again i tried to stay strong for my other children but when they're not in the house i create thinking about my daughter i wanted to come back i know they have her just give it to me the government has set up with office for missing persons which is

investigating 15000 cases but none has been resolved got a buyer rajapaksa says the priorities for people in the north and east are development education and jobs on the family still looking for their loved ones the new president says when they go to war people go missing. well it's made out is there are. thousands of people marching in paris demanding that the french government take firm action against domestic violence these are live pictures from the french capital a report released earlier this month found that police and the justice system often failed to protect women activists say that attitude state change under serious natasha reports. joanna tilly thought she'd finally escape her violent partner when she moved out of their home with their children she'd suffered years of abuse but then one day in september he killed or join his friends in the northern french city

of love say her murder made them determined to help other victims of domestic violence so they teamed up and launched a telephone helpline they've been flooded with calls. when we saw how joanna had tried hard to get help her death made us think we have to do something we have to be heard there are some organizations that help but it's not enough. in our city john a story touched our shocked many people you raise the awareness we hope our suspicion will get people talking and. it was outside her local supermarket the joanna tilly was fatally stabbed by her former partner in front of her 3 young children just weeks before her murder she filed a complaint with police but they'd done little to help. a woman is killed by her partner or ex partner every other day in france many others face daily physical sexual and emotional abuse campaigners say that even though violence against women

is widespread police judges and prosecutors rarely take it seriously every woman know because she heard that she will not nobody is going to listen to her though there is already the culture that if you go to the police you're not going to be understood you're not going to be listened and your case is going to be closed. for months sees activists in paris have been running an underground campaign after dark they put up antiviolence feminist messages in the street as people realize that this is mass killing disguised as crimes of passion one of our messages says you will never kill because of love so by raising public awareness and often women who are suffering violent tell us these messages help them to. the french government is working. no new legislation to tackle violence against women but campaign a say the proposal so far failed to address the root causes of the views they say what's needed is to change attitudes to women and better educate children and

adults domestic abuse often thrives because it is hidden these striking messages of bringing the problem out into the open where it can't be ignored with al-jazeera paris. just ahead here on the news hour we know with common but we don't know when is coming when a calm play on baby good night. for everyone boxing champion talks up his chargers ahead of his latest title defense the details with ammi in just a few minutes. from ancient embryos to communist leaders. age old philosophies and the rule of order remain central to the world's oldest living civilization. in a 2 part series the big picture charts the rise of a 21st century superpower and examines the challenges it now faces from the outside

and from within the china complex coming soon on al-jazeera kenyan journalists in pursuit of press freedom and justice i have seen very desperate situations where someone speak about the corruption of one being clean as investigating government corruption and the national health care system some of the transactions are seeing the collapse. of money that is unexplained to africa uncensored and publish those things up people don't want to even if it doesn't let me ask a truth is it anyway on al-jazeera. well

again time for sport here's andy thanks so much and you know russia and canada are a battling out for a place in the final of tennis is davis cup canada's dennis shapovalov is just level the top warn all after the 2nd singles match earlier on on dr ruth life ripped past one of the stars of the tournament so far in spain the russian winning 6464 against wasik pasta so he's ranked 150th in the world number one this is off the season falling back surgery in less than a bloody by this encounter. well on friday rafa nadal powered spain into the semi says he aims for a 15 title the world number one setting up a come from behind victory against argentina dominating diego shores from here in the single 6162 and here he is back on course soon after to combine with marcel kittel with doubles i overcame notion scenes in 3 sets to reach the semi for a 2nd straight year spain last won the davis cup in 2011. against argentina.

i think i played the great singles today and the doubles we know every everything besides in the few balls and all the matches are so close so happy for for that big . i think both of us were. a welder and the whole matter i think i increase the level honed on the 3rd hand is a great victory is no time to enjoy time to rest but to be ready for them are going to be a tough one. well the tough ones will be britain who beat germany despite the support of 3 time when champion boris becker there in the crowd another former woman title holder andy murray was missing for g.b. as he continues his comeback from injury but colored men stepped up set up at suno went part meeting for culture. so this. jones emery now is back on football's front line his 1st match as tottenham's new manager now underway marino making his return almost

a year after leaving manchester united tottenham or away at west ham spurs by rich airports and seen on cheery stay with the team for saying in the english premier league so far so good for marion young spurs are 3 nail up with that came into the 2nd half liverpool of the league leaders 8 points clear at the top they play crystal palace cops team beat spurs in the champions league final last season and the little coach believes it's a no will soon be working again pretty much all the drops away liberal moderate liberal or it will be. a good tension i think. yeah everything will be fine but of course that was a big one was. i really believe in that moment but the cover of all. the solutions so that's all this. well last year's couple of it's a tourist final had to be moved to europe because of fan violence no such issues at the moment to south america's biggest club football game i

was on the go fans of brazilian club from passing before saturday's final in terms of caps alina the match shifted from chile less than 3 weeks ago chile to political protests there was a river play also getting in on the action the club won last year's final against argentina rivals back a genius after the 2nd leg was played by the bron james l.a. lakers have extended their winning streak to 6 games and the king was making his moves off the court as well as on it combining with anthony davis who had a game high 33 points as the lakers completed a 2nd win in 4 days against the oklahoma city thunder james finishing with 23 points 14 assists and 6 rebounds in this 132127. while the lakers are on the up the depleted golden state warriors continue to lose their shine the shining lights for their rivals the utah jazz donovan mitchell with 30 points and mike collins $27.00 the warriors did battle back from

a 21 points down to take it close before eventually losing 130 in the warm. and heavyweight boxing champion dion say while the says he's already planning is next fight as he prepares to get back in the ring with luis ortiz wilder and ortiz of white in ahead of their concerts in the u.s. city of las vegas later on saturday the w.b.c. champion also lining up a february rematch with britain's tyson fury. you look good though you know as a champion you want to see your point to look good and look you say so when it comes out of a man i want to have no mercy on here when i'm ready to do what i do we know with carmen but we don't know when it's coming and women can bring on baby good night. ok that is how your sports is looking from a fan. anybody thanks david that is just about it for the news hour but of course the news never stops i'll be back in just a couple of moments hour amount of 0 to attention with the latest seal.

december of 0 as this year comes to an end we look ahead to 2020 and the stories that may shape the year people in power investigates the shocking treatment of disabled people in eastern europe care. and exclusive look at the world's largest conference on h.i.v. in rwanda movie efforts achieve an aids free africa a true part series charting china's rise of the 21st century superpower. u.n. leaders will gather in spain to discuss issues about climate change and examine the possible global solutions join us for live coverage december on al-jazeera. stranded 8 long years on the su is canal. creating their own community and the

economy there was you know president bush used to go when you would al-jazeera world tells the tale of 14 cargo vessels accidentally caught up in the arab israeli conflict it was quite a surprise to find myself in right in the middle of a war through the sailors whose ships of the desert sands the yellow fleet on al-jazeera. al-jazeera. where ever you are. does the mind play tricks of them her as always is part right there or are they really out there and you have a family by column but most are and where i guess we're at like they're in the car a filmmaker takes the f.b.i. to court to find out the proximately 33120 pages of records and in the process

mobilizes her community as long as people are religious ha and there is no check against the feeling of being watched on al-jazeera. the u.s. government is forced to release documents on its teachings with ukraine revealing multiple contacts between the presidents postal boy and the secretary of state. in forgetting this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up search and rescue efforts are underway in kenya where dozens are dead following a landslide triggered by heavy rain. a self-confessed chinese spy turns on his government and gives details of china's interference aboard.