i believe this country the great just great. drama of bricks that. the us 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. and michele kerry this is out there alive coming up. the search and rescue efforts are underway in kenya where dozens are dead following a landslide triggered by heavy rains. a self-confessed chinese 5 turns on his government and gives details of china's interference abroad. and a wave of purple in the french capital people are demanding the government get

tough on violence against women. state department has released records related to its dealings with ukraine the nearly $100.00 page document was made public after a lawsuit by an ethics watchdog it confirms the multiple contacts between secretary of state mike palm peo and donald trump's personal lawyer rudy giuliani earlier this year this happened in the months before then u.s. ambassador to ukraine briana bitch was recalled it supports testimony at the moment in korea that senior officials were in the loop on efforts to pressure kiev into and best gating trump's rival joe biden john hendren has more from washington d.c. . those call logs confirm that official channels were used the u.s. secretary of state was using the president's own assistant madeline wester hout in order to contact rudy giuliani why is that important it's important because it

confirms what we've been hearing in the impeachment hearings in which it ministration officials have been saying there were essentially 2 channels for u.s. foreign policy one of them the official channel the other one essentially directed from the president through rudy giuliani and the goal of that seemed to have been as alleged in the impeachment inquiry that they were pressuring the president of the ukraine a lot of years olinsky in order to launch an investigation into announce an investigation into joe biden and his son hunter biden and his role in an energy company there as we know this through the impeachment hearings through the testimony of gordon sondheim the u.s. ambassador to the european union who said basically everybody knew about as he named mike pump a 0 rudy giuliani make more of a meet the acting chief of staff in the administration so what this does is it add some paper confirmation to the verbal things we've been hearing in those impeachment hearings things that often the u.s.

administration has been denying rick scott like this is professor of international politics at the university of birmingham he says giuliani's calls to pompei all were part of a plan to discredit joe biden has sent hunter and a bitch. 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 enjoy johnny 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 joy-ann his camp was giving the state department records of meetings that your yani has 2 of associates indicted businessmen above par in a city or for a man we're 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 a board member on a ukrainian gas company and to discredit the u.s.

investor memory of out of edge who was subjected to a months long 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 of 2nd column giuliani there was a time line prepared which set out all of the material adopted by his son hunter and marie of on of it 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 weren't in the best warranted an investigation by ukraine landslides in western kenya have killed at least a 36 people a hit remote villages in their county out west after heavy rains rescue efforts are put on hold because bridges and roads are washed away more than 30 people are missing. is a journalist covering the story he has this update. but by going to fewer people i

mean being and there's a lot of it or i've been there. to get a plan and when a village gives in the thoughtful court and the local courts of been there when. we've not actually wreath at the scene because all day but the borrowed thing we do need be found he. knew we had that romero in the brig we have got thought and they think it is the obvious about playing up and i bet on the bet on it. that did not buy the house would be quote one of the behavior down that is being given in the area the president has arrived in iraq on an unannounced visit and he met u.s. troops stationed at an air base by pen says he spoke with the iraqi prime minister about the mile anti-government protests that have been going on for weeks demonstrators are angry over corruption and employment and poor public services parliament is preparing to discuss a new electoral reform bill and says he has raised concerns about iranian influence

also and discuss the recent protests regarding our conversations with prime minister ahmadi we we spoke about the un rest that's been taking place in recent weeks here in iraq he assured me that they were working. to avoid violence were the kind of repression that we see taking place even as we speak you know rahm and he he pledged to me that the that they would work to. protect and respect peaceful protesters as is a part of the democratic process here in iraq i also encouraged him to listen to those who are protesting and their calls for reform mohammed more from baghdad. 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 iraq 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 eisel 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 the government to actually hold early elections and 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 the prime minister are 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 minute office who said that the u.s. president coming here and not 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 it will be interesting to see what exactly plays out how long this visit lasts and what will be accomplished during my prince's visit iran is restoring internet access after the government imposed a shut down last week in response to widespread protests that adminstrations began after the government increased fuel prices by up to 200 percent amnesty international says more than 100 demonstrators have been killed by security forces a figure rejected by iran's government as a bank has the latest from tehran. as of this moment it's back up to 70 percent and that's up from 5 percent when it was shut down last week that was following demonstrations and riots that took place as a result of the announcement by the government of a fuel price increase of up to 50 percent now that was a very sophisticated shutdown according to analysts that iran has made to shut down the internet inside the country stopping people from communicating outside of iran

but the internal network inside the country still was up and running so banks transactions you could order taxis on absent access news websites within the country those are based inside the country but we still don't know how many people died during this last week now the official iranian 12 that's including security forces amnesty international has put the figure as over 100 now iran denies denies and rejects that figure but businesses have been affected to exchange currency exchanges travel agents people trying to communicate with family outside the country now iran says it was necessary to maintain stability in the country but what they did manage to do is stop people communicating organizing and sharing videos of those demonstrations not only within iran but outside their own too. elections and 6 months away but there are concerns over security opposition leaders say there is a climate of fear and intimidation against those who are critical of the governing party and the un has also issued

a warning that the government tells al-jazeera the election will be free and fair catherine so reports from burned his commercial capital. protected by you can to cross 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. and one a 3rd time but his opponents say it was unconstitutional street protests a field 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 find out and i can be arrested kill.

people here have not forgotten buddhas he street 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 because of them and 5 president and other revolutionary craighead. and keeping the country relatively stable but now. they were right for almost. all those. things on the. i just have one word they just need to. repent. spreading false and on the brink they're not here to see what we're and it is now

and what evolution and what progress the people have made. some opposition leaders say brew indians have no freedom to express themselves many have been forced into exile and independent media organizations remain shut many people are indeed musician. just trampling on the constitution and nothing. they're trying to do see to us peace for only so in the day of the day and its allies and others are suppressed. this father who lost his son so brutally hopes politics will not drive the country to the edge again catherine saw al-jazeera. still add on al-jazeera. as tamils are worried about their future as new leaders take up their posts and

waiting 10 years for justice a fellow think well soon announce verdicts in relation to a massacre that left 58 people 10. the weather sloshy tried to southeastern parts of china at the moment so i set that in hong kong for example the think a cloud is further north of pushing up towards sinking a little further south was running over towards shanghai some wet weather here as we go through sunday make the most of the bright skies over towards the east because it will cloud over that cloud just toppling in as we go on to the early part of next week still try and sunny in hong kong on shore showers in that northeast the monsoon fading some wet weather there into central parts of vietnam and the same on shore breeze the anselmo should also bring some wet weather into

southern parts of india further north into new delhi into pakistan this is the whole stand 2nd city hazy conditions here i believe the blame is being put on the stubble burning from the indian fama say the clouds and hopefully a little bit of that weather will just push a little further south which in the east which as we go through the next day also slightly clever where i was talking behind but really too much rainfall speak of it the trees benign then we get with the north easterly winds pushing some showers there into double nado into sri lanka maybe also into carol as you go on through the next couple of days before many in this dry fine and sunny. white supremacist violence is on the rise in america he was involved in this whole underground network 8 full time speaks to the victims of recent attacks when he shot me i turned around and he would kill my daughter and asks how an ideology of

loathing has found its way into the mainstream can you draw a through line between the rhetoric of president trump and the conservative media in america to what happened here in el paso license to hate on al-jazeera. you're watching out there and let's recap the top stories right now the u.s. state department's dealings with ukraine have now been made public and they confirm contacts between secretary of state mike pompei when donald trump's personal lawyer loosely on me earlier this year landslides in western kenya had killed at least 36 people they had several in the villages in the county of west after heavy rain on

the 20 people are still missing. u.s. vice president mike pence says iraq on an unannounced visit and storage the iraqi prime minister to show restraint is anti-government protests continue across the country. security is being stepped up ahead of hong kong local elections on sunday the ballot follows months of often violent anti-government protests and arrests was triggered by a proposed extradition bill that's been scrapped the vote is seen as a test public feeling towards mainland china rob mcbride reports. coming amid precedented unrest everyone agrees this will be an election like no other. many seats are being contested by a new generation of candidates some molded by the protest movement. sign kind wing an independent is out on bail after being arrested and charged for unlawful assembly. people have been paying close attention to the proces the excessive use

of force by police and the aris and they've been studying the views of the candidates on these things and making up their minds in a city of 7000000 people a record 4000000 have registered to vote. top you know yeah it's tough we don't know which side to take but beijing is in charge in any case the all signs indicate that the pro-democracy protests are poised to win a big victory come to goshen i got it but this is important for hong kong people it's like an opinion poll normally dominated by local issues this election will instead focus on the much bigger question of hong kong's relationship with mainland china with pro china parties having the majority of seats up for election they are seen as having the most to lose given the groundswell of anti-government feeling pro-democracy candidates are contesting every seat with thousands of new young voters registering for the 1st time the probe aging camp seems to be bracing itself

for losses this year the elections have been highly politicized and violence have become a central issue and there are people for and against so local issues will be sidelined campaigning on streets that bad the scars of months of unrest leo chou is a candidate for the democratic party he's not hopeful about the chances of this vote forcing the government to concede on any of the protesters demands i do not have a very strong and not the mistake of mine about they were kept out of the people are sad because. in this direction but at a distance it can provide a very important matter for the international community that and people but people are thinking in hong kong. this ballot will likely prove the strength of feeling in this deeply polarized city the question then will be watching impact it has on the

escalating violence of mcbride al jazeera hong kong. a self-confessed chinese spy in australia says he's offered its government's valuable intelligence information wayne lee chang says he's turned against beijing and reveal the identities of senior chinese military intelligence officers and hong kong is also providing details of how beijing's operatives fund and conduct interference operations in on call in taiwan and australia is now seeking asylum and says he could face the death penalty if he returns home australia's government has not yet indicated whether it will grant him asylum 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 rules in place that we have resourcing now law enforcement intelligence agencies like never before and that we will always stand up for our national interests we are some matters of foreign policy foreign investment or other related issues that we can see as an investigative journalist at the age in the sydney morning herald he spoke to weighing them believed them. i think it's fair is that it's extremely valuable the world for some time intelligence agencies are experts and have written a lot about how i suspect chinese intelligence operates chinese interference operates in vices like a strong hong kong taiwan and elsewhere but they have an insider's account somebody who says this is what i did this is what i saw this is what i heard and this is have a system of rights and this is how we undermined the independence movement in hong kong says how election meddled in taiwan is of course extremely valuable we naive that the chinese government has one of the biggest intelligence apparatus in the

world in this case this intelligence operative was working in according to his account of hong kong from company it was the hong kong company now it has links to the chinese military so most links quite easily probably found using that cover is a home business men and he conducted various operations perhaps one of the more nytol operations involved in the kidnapper one of the coup was wary by book shop. this is where 5 booksellers were disappeared rendered to the mainland one climb see had personal involvement in the kidnapping of one of these people he conveyed information to the conducting. just simply one of them fairly stunning revelations he's made to us and to australian authorities people on the pacific island of bergen vale are voting in a referendum to decide whether to make him and dependant from pop on a county crowds march that the strength celebrating the start of a long awaited vote

a result as expected and december. but it sure long as minority tamils are worried about their future the new president got to buy a right to pass the military operations that crush the armed tamil separatist movement in the last decade tens of thousands of tamils were killed or disappeared during the 26 year civil war under its new family members of some of the victims. killing archie the former capital of sri lanka's tamil separatists is sometimes called the land of the missing their relative spirits a name that will never be shaken off now gotta buy rajapaksa is in power. or watch the son and daughter in law were taken away by the army the day after the war ended 10 years ago and they what they ever go to by our has said that our children are released 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 tumbles

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 time war type of fighters who wanted to create an independent state. the u.n. 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 cry thinking about my daughter i wanted to come back i know they have her just give it to me the government has set up office for missing persons which is investigating 15000 cases but has been resolved got a by 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. al-jazeera colombo 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 has put a strain on the 2 countries for elations south korea extended an intelligence pact with japan on friday and hopefully responded by agreeing to resume trade talks. thousands of people are marching in paris demanding the french government take tougher action against domestic violence a report released this month found police and the justice system often failed to protect women activists say this year alone at least 130 women were killed by a current or former partner in france they say attitudes need to change and talk

about 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 so 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 join a story touched our shocked many people to raise the awareness we hope our suspicion will get people talking. there 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've 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 knows because she heard that she will not nobody's going to listen to her go 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 we're raising public awareness and often women who are suffering violent tell us these messages help them to. the french

government is working on new legislation to tackle violence against women but campaigners say the proposal so far failed to address the root causes of the abuse 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 natasha butler al-jazeera paris. after 10 years families survey victims of a massacre in the philippines may finally get justice 58 people traveling in a convoy in a cell were killed by a group of gunmen after a difficult investigation a court will deliver the verdict next month allen are going to 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 civic and things they shot her on her breast her pray big bird such and they were going to 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 thought the group. would up with the job go into our

stopping. it was a violence that shocked the international community and yet 10 years on not a single conviction has been maint 'd this is a case that has been complicated from the beginning with over 300 facts over 100 of them are in jail but over 8 of the accused remain are large the judge hearing the case as the supreme court for more time and the high court has a big. and did her request giving her until december 29th or it is this. week. journalists and activists remember there's one callie 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 spike to being threatened it with their lives filipino

journalists continue to hold the powerful accountable with courage and conviction. in dokken al-jazeera manila. i'm richelle carey let's take a look at the headlines right now on al-jazeera records of the u.s. state department's dealings with ukraine have now been made public and they confirm contacts between secretary of state might pompei o and donald trump's personal lawyer rudy giuliani earlier this year john hendren has more from washington d.c. those call logs confirm that official channels were used the u.s. secretary of state was using the president's own assistant madeline wester hout in order to contact rudy giuliani why is that important it's important because it confirms what we've been hearing in the impeachment hearings in which it ministration officials have been saying there were essentially 2 channels for u.s.

foreign policy one of them the official channel the other one essentially directed from the president through rudy giuliani landslides in western kenya have killed at least 36 people had several remote villages and the county of west pocket after heavy rains the rescue efforts are on hold because bridges and roads have been washed away by the 30 people are missing. as president mike pence has arrived in iraq on an unannounced visit he urged the iraqi prime minister to show restraint as anti-government protests continue and iran is restoring internet access after the government imposed a shutdown last week in response to widespread protests that administrations began after the government increased fuel prices by up to 200 percent amnesty international says more than $100.00 demonstrators have been killed by security forces a figure rejected by iran's government bernie's presidential election is still 6 months away but there are concerns over security opposition leaders say there is

a climate of fear and intimidation against those who criticize the governing party the u.n. has also issued a warning hong kong is stepping up security at a local council elections on sunday the ballot follows months of often violent anti-government protest and it's seen as a test of public support for mainland china and rest was triggered by a proposed extradition deal that since been scrapped record 4000000 people have registered to vote people on the pacific island of bogun bill are voting in a referendum to decide whether to become independent pop on their guinea crowds march through the streets celebrating the start of a long awaited vote the result is expected in december so the headlines keep her on al-jazeera or news to come in the meantime faultlines is that next.

i. think i'm fine with their factory knowing effect oh they are being attacked in less than a year the united states has seen 2 of the deadliest white supremacist attacks in this recent history we're mourning them in. front of god in october of 2018 a gunman murdered 11 jewish worshipers at the tree of life synagogue in pittsburgh pennsylvania. right on the back talking about the guy. and then in august 22 people were shot dead in an attempt to kill as many latinos as possible in el paso texas. ok. just 9 months apart the.