hello i'm barbara starr you're watching al-jazeera live from london thank you for joining us also coming up on the program this is. israel's president uses his speech at the u.n. to attack iran while his palestinian counterpart accuses trump of undermining the two state solution india supreme court rules that adultery is no longer a crime scrapping a law which treated women as the property of men. in germany. and germany is named euro twenty twenty four host turkey just as president that the hun touches down in berlin for a bridge building. welcome to the program the woman who's accused the supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh of sexual assault has told a senate committee hearing she's absolutely certain that he was her attacker christine blasi ford gave an emotional testimony and say that she believed she was going to be raped and even killed accidentally during the alleged attack in one thousand nine hundred two ford said she had no political motivation in coming forward. i am here today not because i want to be i am terrified i am here because i believe it is my civic duty to tell yo

barbara starr you're watching al-jazeera live from london also coming up on the program u.n. investigators say war crimes are being committed against civilians in syria where internal displacement has reached on precedented levels russia's president says the two suspects in the poisoning of save his daughter in the u.k. are civilians not military intelligence and president trump issues an executive order authorizing sanctions against foreigners who meddle in u.s. elections. hello welcome to the program hungry says it will challenge proceedings against it for breaking the new rules on the mock recy and civil rights the european parliament voted by a large majority for sanctions against hungry the vote triggers the so-called article seven process which could lead to hungary being stripped of its voting rights in the but only if all member states agree which is something that's not expect that to happen the european parliament has raised a number of concerns about what or about himself called his liberal democracy well these things include the independence or of the judiciary th

hello i'm barbara starr you're watching al-jazeera live from london also coming up on the program china hits back after the latest u.s. tariffs the spy trump warning that retaliating will lead to even more penalties i. can juggle rolls out the red carpet for south korea's president has here. young for three days of denuclearization talks and argentina's former president appears in court to answer questions on money laundering a day after she's indicted in another corruption case. hello welcome to the program russia's president vladimir putin says a tragic chain of circumstances led to the bounding of a russian military plane by syrian air defenses it was in an effort to calm tensions after russia's the fence ministry accused israel of causing the incident the israeli prime minister has blamed it on syrian fire and offered to help investigate rory chalons reports now from moscow. amidst the confusion of monday night's israeli airstrikes inside syria there was an unforeseen consequence . syria's air defense units trying to hit israeli f. sixteen fighter jets instead hits a russian electro

we know from our reporting from our own barbara starr that the u.s. is studying these measures.ieve they can get out of the way of the missiles. it is a big concern for the new system delivered there. >> a lot of balls in the air. fred pleitgen in moscow. thanks. >>> global oil prices are at a four-year high. opec resists american pressure. topped $80 a barrel. world oil supply is tight. it is expected to get tighter. mainly because of looming u.s. sanctions on iran targeting iranian oil exports. iran is the fourth largest producer of oil. sanctions begin november 4th. last week, president trump demanded opec produce for the shortfall. the issue is you pay more at the pump. summer prices were the highest in years. that could cause a problem for the gop. morgan stanley says this cuts into the tax cuts americans received wiping out a third of the benefit. >> no one wants an increase in prices. >>> coming up, a week after the fire that gutted his apartment complex, a 74-year-old man is found alive. the question is why no one realized he was missing. >>> and some founders are leavin

correspondent barbara starr thank you. now some of the other stories making news around the world first responders say four civilians have been killed by as strikes in syria's rebel held province monitor groups say syrian and russian jets conducted more than sixty air raids on saturday the most intense bombing in weeks russia syria and iran are believed to be preparing for a final assault on despite international pressure. policing greece affine to against the protesters in the northern port of the saloniki demonstrate is oppose a june deal to end a name dispute with neighboring macedonia under the plan that country would change its name to northern gaza don't you agree sphere's territorial claims on its own province named macedonia. environmentally sound of throwing a huge boom in an attempt to clean up the world's largest rubbish patch in the pacific ocean the six hundred metre long structure will be towed to the great pacific garbage patch an island of plastic waste twice the size of texas organizers hope to hear me fal

hello i'm barbara starr and this is al jazeera live from london thank you for joining us coming up in the next sixty minutes. the e.u. parliament votes to punish hungry for persistently breaching the block's core values the first time it's opted to take such action. u.n. investigators say war crimes are being committed against civilians in syria and internal displacement has reached on precedented levels russia's president says they've identified the two suspects in the poisoning of santa and his daughter in the u.k. residents of the carolinas are told they are running out of time to leave before hurricane florence hits. on paul reese in doha with all your sport as liberia's president george wyatt captains his country one last time against nigeria while his son plays for the usa against mexico. hungary says it will challenge proceedings against it for breaking the rules on the moccasin civil rights this after the european parliament voted by a large majority to take punitive action which could lead to hungary losing its voting rights a number of concerns were raised about what hungary

barbara starr joins us now live from the pentagon. what do we know about the circumstances here?word coming out of afghanistan that one service member was killed, another wounded in eastern afghanistan in one of these so-called insider attacks, what that generally means is they believe the perpetrator was someone who was a member of afghan security forces or at least in an afghan uniform at the time. no word on what happened to that alleged perpetrator. we're told the wounded member is in stable condition and, of course, they are now conducting next of kin notification on the man who was killed and his name will be made public in the next 24 hours after that notification is completed. it comes at a very tough time for generals austin scott mill, first full day on the job under a lot of pressure to make progress in the fight against both the taliban and isis in afghanistan with the 15,000 u.s. forces he has on hand. jim? >> america's longest war, americans still dying there. we're getting confirmation of i suppose what you call a victory there, the killing of the isis leader in af

we know from barbara starr's report, the u.s. air defense system. should they fly over syria, it could make it more difficult than it was before in the complicated situation. dave. >> complicated situation and getting more complex by the day. fred, thanks. >>> a week after a fire that gutted his apartment complex, 74-year-old man found alive. no one realized he was missing. why? bye. bye. have fun. chloe. ♪ so cute! fall in love with iphone xs on t-mobile, the most loved in wireless. and, right now, get our best offers ever for iphone xs. if you're waiting patiently for a liver transplant, it could cost you your life. it's time to get out of line with upmc. at upmc, living-donor transplants put you first. so you don't die waiting. upmc does more living-donor liver transplants than any other center in the nation. find out more and get out of line today. whenshe was pregnant,ter failed, in-laws were coming, a little bit of water, it really- it rocked our world. i had no idea the amount of damage that water could do. we called usaa.

hello i'm barbara starr in london these are the top stories on al-jazeera activists say the last rebel controlled province in syria is being attacked from the air and that's the spy the white house warning syria's government against the reckless escalation in the area it's believed more than twenty separate air strikes have been carried out killing at least seventeen people five of them children the united nations is warning that a full assault on a blip could spark a humanitarian catastrophe on a scale well yet seen in syria's seventy one well the issue of aid labels high on the agenda when the u.s. ambassador to the united nations held a press conference a short time ago our diplomatic editor james bays was there and joins us now james you asked her about it specifically what did she say when she spoke about it live as well as another number of issues on this news conference which was the start of the u.s. presidency of the u.n. security council that's a monthly rotation revealing that president trump will actually chair the u.n. security council on twenty six of september a meeting

hello there in barbara starr in london these are the top stories on al-jazeera we begin in sweden where polls have just closed an exit polls are giving us an idea of what the next government might look like they should the center left bloc led by the prime minister stephan lovin on just over thirty nine percent of the vote his social democratic party has traditionally had the biggest vote share but as it stands now exit polls suggest they're trailing slightly behind the center by the lions led by the moderates significantly the far right anti immigration anti e.u. sweden democrats led by jimmy orcus and are on track to be the second biggest party with more than nineteen percent of the vote that's up from twelve percent in the last election jonah holism still. the stream democrats have not done as well as their best case scenario prediction which is twenty to thirty percent would have gotten potentially in first place and while they vie now for second place with the center right moderates they're a long way off pulling off or for many swedes would have been the unthinkable as a coming in

thank you, barbara starr, at the pentagon. tune in this sunday morning to "state of the union."er. the coverage continues with wonderful blitszwolf blitzer in "the situation room." >>> happening now, breaking news. trump aides sentenced. former campaign adviser george papadopoulos is sentenced to a very brief prison term after pleading guilty to lying to federal investigators. his contacts with russians led to the investigation of moscow's interference in the 2016 campaign. investigating anonymous, the president tells attorney general jeff sessions to unmask the anonymous official behind the scathing "the new york times" op-ed that has thrown the white house into a panic. "the times" calls it a blatant abuse of government power. >>> this is not normal. former president barack obama accuses president trump and the gop of

below them barbara starr you're watching our jazeera live from london also coming up this is. israel's prime minister uses a speech at the u.n. to attack iran while his palestinian counterpart accuse a strong of undermining the two state solution india supreme court rules that adultery is no longer a crime scrapping along which treated women as the property of men and from california start up to global corporations selling insights into all of our lives we search back through twenty years of google. president from supreme court nominee has given an angry and emotional testimony to a u.s. senate committee saying he's completely innocent of the sexual assault accusations against them brett kavanaugh described the allegations as a calculated and orchestrated political hit his accuser christine ford testified before the committee earlier she said that she believed she was going to be raped and even accidentally killed during the alleged attack in one thousand nine hundred two and she said she has absolutely no doubt that cavanagh was the man who attacked her doctor for with what d

hello i'm barbara starr you're watching al-jazeera live from london also coming up on the program they do not want me or two when the u.s. president uses a u.n. security council meeting to attack china as well as iran accusing beijing of meddling in the midterm elections protesters voiced their anger outside the russian parliament as lawmakers move forward with plans to raise the retirement age plus how one can doubt law by the maori language is making a comeback in new zealand. u.s. supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh has the night new claims of sexual assault against him calling them last minute smears this after a third woman came forward accusing him of sexual assault julie sweat make a federal government employees says that she first met brett kavanaugh at a house party in washington d.c. in the one nine hundred eighty s. she said it numerous parties she witnessed kavanah and his friend mark judge drink excessively and engage in highly inappropriate conduct including being overly aggressive aggressive with girls and not taking no for an answer she said she became aware of effort

hello there i'm barbara starr you're watching al-jazeera live from london thanks for joining us coming up on the program. protests in brazil as funding cuts are blamed for a massive fire which destroyed the national museum in rio on the nation around the world as to reuters journalists are jailed in myanmar for seven years in a major blow to press freedom plus. thousands turned out for an anti racism concert in the eastern german city that's rocked by far right on. let's begin the program in argentina where the president has been setting up proposals aimed at cutting the country's budget deficit and propping up the troubled peso in an effort to reduce. public spending mattress said he will have the number of government ministries he also reversed one of his main policies by reinstating taxes on agricultural exports well the cuts come as not really goes negotiates the terms of a fifty billion dollar relief package from the international monetary fund. to cover what's missing during this transition that's become an emergency will ask those who have more capacity to contribute i'm referri

hello there i'm barbara starr you're watching al-jazeera live from london also coming up on the program iraqi security forces are deployed across basra as the government imposes a citywide curfew after weeks of violent protests. greeks opposing macedonia's name change clashed with riot police in bestseller nikki during a visit by the prime minister alexis secrets and the trump administration cuts even more aid to the palestinians this time targeting cancer treatment and other critical care. hello thank you for joining us syria and russia have carried out some of their heaviest bombardments yet to rebel positions in southern province activists and rescue workers reported. or than sixty airstrikes with helicopters dropping barrel bombs it comes a day after the leaders of russia and iran backed the military campaign to take back the province this by turkey's president pushing them for a ceasefire stephanie becker is the latest from an taqiyya on the turkey syria border. the intensity of the barrel bomb attack captured by an al jazeera news team . where the. two barrel bombs hit this villag

hello there i'm barbara starr you're watching al-jazeera live from london also coming up on the program turkey sends military reinforcements to syria to beef up its positions inside and stop a humanitarian tragedy yemeni forces backed by the saudi led coalition seized the main road into the port city of a beta walking a key supply route for the rebels. and this high winds and waves from hurricane florence begin battery north carolina president trump whips up his own political firestorm over puerto rico. thank you for joining us britain says the claims made on television by the two men accused of poisoning former russian spy service script are deeply offensive the men told russian t.v. they were merely tourists who visited saul's agree to see its famous cathedral but the prime minister's spokesman described their interview as lies and leyton fabrications which are an insult to the public's intelligence scruple and his daughter were poisoned in the u.k. city of saul's bree in march using the band the nerve agent not the child now they both survived but a member of the public later died ne

hello i'm barbara starr and you're at the listening post here are some of the stories we're covering this week the sentencing of to avoid journalist and the failed promise of media reform there there's a voice from inside the house the white house senate speaking through the pages of the new york times the magic and mystery of the british royal family and the role of the media in spinning the fairy tale plus putin. or at least that's how russians the pvc. police in myanmar admitted there had been a set up the burmese military said the massacre that was reported did indeed happen and yet after eight months in prison to reuters journalists wallow in and shot or have been sentenced by a burma's judge at the seven years in jail their crime obtaining secrets that documents as they research the killing and mass burial of ten range of men in two thousand and seventy the story of the ethnic violence against minority range of muslims in myanmar has been in the headlines for over a year now international media have had access into the country severely restricted and much of the local media hav

hello there i'm barbara starr in london these are the top stories on al-jazeera we begin in sweden where polls have just closed an exit polls are giving us an idea of what the next government might look like this year the center left bloc led by the prime minister stephan lovin on just over thirty nine percent of the vote his social democratic party has traditionally had the biggest vote share but as it stands now exit polls suggest they're trailing slightly behind the center by the lions led by the moderates significantly the far right anti immigration anti e.u. sweden democrats led by jimmy orcus and are on track to be the second biggest party with more than nineteen percent of the vote that's up from twelve percent in the last election jonah. the screen democrats have not done as well as their best case scenario prediction which was twenty to thirty percent would have gotten potentially in first place and while they vine now for second place with a center right moderate they're a long way off pulling off for so many sweets would have been the unthinkable as they coming in in first pla

hello i'm barbara starr in london these are the top stories on al-jazeera activists say the last rebel controlled province in syria is being attacked from the air and that's the spy the white house warning syria's government against the reckless escalation in the area it's believed more than twenty separate air strikes have been carried out killing at least seventeen people five of them children the united nations is warning that a full assault an adlib could spark a humanitarian catastrophe on a scale well yet seen in syria's seven year old boy well the issue big labels high on the agenda when the u.s. ambassador to the united nations held a press conference a short time ago our diplomatic editor james bays was there and joins us now.

barbara starr you're watching out there live from london also coming up on the program they do not want me or to when i as he chairs a u.n. security council meeting trump accuses beijing of meddling in the midterm elections plus. exactly four years after forty three students disappeared the mexico's incoming president promises their parents he will investigate what happened and satellite images show new buildings that one hundred coal plants which china said it had suspended last year . u.s. president donald trump says if he thought his nominee for the u.s. supreme court was guilty of sexual misconduct he would withdraw the nomination three women have now accused brett kavanaugh of sexual assault trump says he would consider changing his mind if the evidence is compelling i can always be convinced if i have to hear it sounds like what you're saying is there is a situation there is a scenario under which you would withdraw a brett kavanaugh as nomination is that correct i thought he was about as i thought he was guilty of something like this you and you will wait until tomorrow to make u

hello i'm barbara starr you're watching al-jazeera live from london also coming up the far right expected to win big as sweden votes in an election dominated by fears over migrants and welfare. cuts and flags but no missiles as north korea marks its seventieth anniversary with a huge military parade plus. listening. to. now mia soccer's groundbreaking victory in the u.s. open final is marred by serena williams as clashes with the. syria's government has resumed its heavy bombardment of rebel positions in a province observer groups say helicopters dropped more than sixty barrel bombs on the village of ho bait in south russian jets reportedly carried out more than ten strikes in neighboring hammock province it follows a day of heavy bombardment on saturday as syria's government paves the way for a possible ground offensive and lip locals have described almost constant attacks. had learned is a lot of displaced people people are very afraid today is drugs have been going on nonstop since this morning every minute one who even three helicopters fly over. stephanie decker is following developm

hello i'm barbara starr you're watching al-jazeera life from london also coming up on the program fighting flares again around the whole day killing eighty four people after talks to end the civil war in yemen collapse. barrel bombs and there are strikes continue to follow and have a province is in syria taking another hospital out of action. and floats and flags but no missiles as north korea marks its seventieth anniversary with a huge military parade. let's begin in sweden where early results show the country turning right to and heading for a hung parliament with around eighty percent of districts now counted the center left bloc led by the prime minister stephan loaf and has just over forty percent of the vote and that is almost a dead heat with the center right alliance led by the moderates significantly the far right and hammer gratian and d.e.u.s. sweden democrats led by jimmy opus and are on track to be the second biggest party with more than seventeen point eight percent of the vote well john holl is live for us at the headquarters of the center left social democrats so i guess t

alone barbara starr you're watching al-jazeera live from london also coming up on the program at least fifty dead after a week of fighting in libya's capital but the u.n. says the warring sides have agreed to a ceasefire japan is hit by its strongest typhoon in twenty five years battering the west of the country and whipping up massive waves plus. protests inside the senate has the confirmation for trump's supreme court nominee gets off to a bumpy start. hello thank you for joining us activists say the last rebel controlled province in syria is being attacked from the air and that's the spy the white house warning syria's government against a reckless escalation in the area it's believed more than twenty separate air strikes have been carried out killing at least seventeen people five of them children the united nations as warned that a full assault on it could spark a humanitarian catastrophe on a scale not yet seen in syria's seven year stephanie decker has more now from riyadh in the near turkey's border with syria. after three weeks of quiet skies air strikes have resumed on the pr

hello there barbara starr you're watching al-jazeera live from london also coming up on the program more than a million people urged to evacuate in japan as typhoon jet he makes landfall battering the west of the country plus. a confirmation hearing for trump's supreme court nominee to sends into chaos minutes after it begins and the protests on social media but backing from sports stars after nike makes american football or colin kaepernick in the face of its latest campaign. thank you for joining us activists say the last rebel controlled province in syria is being attacked from the air the spot a warning from u.s. president donald trump against any reckless attacks on the area it's believed more than twenty separate air strikes have been carried out al-jazeera understands at least eleven people were killed by air strikes on the town of. the united nations as warned that a full assault on it could spark a humanitarian catastrophe on a scale not yet seen in syria's seventy year old. well stephanie becker joins us now from ray on a near turkey's border with syria i mean that's quite a sh

hello i'm barbara starr you're watching al-jazeera live from london also coming up on the program iraq imposes a citywide curfew on after a night of violent protests over poor government services an egyptian court sentences seventy five to death and jails hundreds more over a two thousand and thirteen sit in which ended with the killing of around nine hundred people plus. around the world protesters push for action against climate change as u.n. talks to seek to breathe new life into the paris agreement. hello thank you for joining us let's start the program in syria where syrian and russian warplanes have carried out some of the heaviest bombardments yet rebel positions in southern italy province. activists and rescue workers reported more than sixty airstrikes well helicopters dropped barrel bombs this comes a day after the leaders of russia and iran backed the military campaign to take back the province this spy turkey's president pushing them for a cease fire syria's military is threatening a major offensive to retake it which is the last rebel stronghold in the country to go live

hello i'm barbara starr in london these are the top stories on al-jazeera u.s. supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh has denied new claims of sexual assault against him a third woman julie sweat nick has now come forward accusing him and his close friend that mark judge of sexual misconduct at house parties in the one nine hundred eighty s. she said she was a victim of gang rape when the two men were present where you as president of trump has shared his first meeting at the u.n. security council which the u.s. currently holds the rotating presidency of he used it to attack iran calling it the world's leading sponsor of terror he also surprised many by accusing china of meddling in the upcoming u.s. midterm elections the chinese government has rejected the accusations. china has all along for the principle of noninterference in other countries domestic affairs this is a tradition of chinese foreign policy service of this principle has received acclaim from the international community we did not and will not interfere in any country's domestic affairs we refuse t

barba barbara starr with the latest on this. >> yeah, u.s.y see evidence that chemical weapons could be used in that area. down in southern syria. in the last week, russia notified the u.s. twice, as recently as wednesday, they're planning to move against militants in an area of southern syria where there are dozens of u.s. troops. the borders of syria, iraq, and jordan all come together. the russian warning not going over well with u.s. troops. the pentagon says troops are not leaving the area. if the russians move against the militants there, u.s. troops could be caught in the cross fire. they have aircraft, they have missile ships, they have ground troops they support, regime forces. they are warning the russians not to do, they don't want u.s. troops caught in the cross fire, and they don't want this to all come to the point of a gun. alisyn? >> thank you for bringing this important warning to us. meanwhile, the news of this op-ed and the woodward book has spread internationally. what does it sound like there in london? >> there is no que

>> poppy, it looks as though it is growing more likely and with this reporting barbara starr got apparented the u.s. they want to operate in that area. it's a base in the eastern syrian desert. it's a key place the u.s. wants to stop iran from infill rating. the russians want to do strikes in that area. right now the russians have a huge fleet off syria, 27 ships that can launch kcruise missile and they have jets in the sky as well. the word we are getting the is the u.s. is warning the russians not to meddle and that the u.s. is capable of conducting some sort of response but we have this information that the u.s. plans to stay in sir indefinitely trying to stop iran from spreading and this could cause friction with the russians as well, poppy. >> we are hearing from vladimir putin at this summit, turkey meeting with russia meeting with iran discussing how do we avoid a bloodbath. you have russian president vladimir putin saying assad's effort efforts in idlib have to take into account civilians. should we take that at face value or given the fact that russia has been propping up the ass

hello i'm barbara starr in london these are the top stories on al-jazeera that two men wanted for the attempted murder of former russian spy service crippling disorder u.v.-a have appeared on russian state t.v. to profess their innocence they said they were merely tourists when they visited the city of saul's very in march. they have the famous or you do with the source be cathedral it is famous not so europe or over the world i think it's famous for its one hundred twenty three me to spy on it's famous for its cloak the first clock that was invented in the world and which still works. meanwhile russia's president has inspected troops taking part in the largest war games since the fall of the soviet union and for the first time chinese troops joined the weeklong exercise buddy mir putin says the armed forces will continue to be strengthened but russia is a peace loving state. the u.n. humanitarian coordinator in yemen says hundreds of thousands of lives hang in the balance as intense fighting between the saudi and iraqi coalition and who the rebels escalates in the port city of a day

barbara starr has more on this. what are you hearing? >> good morning. on the job for that general. the new commanding general, general miller, in afghanistan compelled to announce a short time ago that a u.s. service member indeed was killed and another wounded in eastern afghanistan. this is an area where u.s. troops have been operating in conjunction with afghan forces, fighting the taliban and isis. they are calling it an insider attack, which generally in the past has meant someone in an afghan military uniform or in fact a member of the afghan military turns their weapon on u.s. forces. this is the sixth person in the u.s. military to be killed in afghanistan this year so far, we are told. the wounded member is said to be this stable condition. the name of the deceased u.s. military member will be released 24 hours after family notification has been completed. >> just horrible, barbara. what is traditionally called aid green on blue attack. any word -- of course, this just coming in. any word on -- do they have the person who did it? >> well, in th

hello i'm barbara starr in london these are the top stories on al-jazeera syria and russian warplanes have carried out some of the heaviest bombardments yet of rebel positions in southern province activists and rescue workers reported more than sixty airstrikes while helicopters dropped a barrel bombs syria's military is threatening a major offensive to retake it live which is the last stronghold in the country iraqi security forces are enforcing a curfew on the southern city of her after a week of violent protests iraq's parliament held an emergency session to work out how to contain the protests fueled by anger over lack of work and basic services prime minister hi there are body urged members of parliament to help prevent armed confrontations we should draw a distinction between the political factors on the other issues namely security and services unfortunately events have developed rapidly since the parliament's first session of monday last as a result of the escalating political wrangling which if turned into armed confrontations will be gravely dangerous we are keen on steering

hello i'm barbara starr in london with the top stories on al jazeera supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh eyes giving testimony to a senate committee in response to allegations that he sexually assaulted a woman in the one nine hundred eighty s. he said his reputation has been destroyed by the claims ricci once again denied saying he would not withdraw his nomination. i will not be intimidated into withdrawing from this process you tried hard you've given it your all no one can question your effort but your core native and well funded effort to destroy my good name and destroy my family will not drive me out. well earlier his accuser kristin blassie ford gave her testimony to the committee she said she believed that she was going to be raped and even accidentally killed during the alleged attack in one thousand nine hundred two ford said she had no political motivation in coming forth or. am here today not because i want to be i am terrified i am here because i believe it is my civic duty to tell you what happened to me while brett kavanaugh and i were in high school. but the united natio

hello i'm barbara starr in london these are the top stories on al-jazeera u.s. supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh says new claims of sexual assault against them are last minute smears a third woman julie sweat nick has come forward accusing him and a close friend of sexual misconduct that house parties in the one nine hundred eighty s. she said she was a victim of gang rape when the two men were present us president donald trump meanwhile continues to stand by cavanagh and ignored reporters who asked if he thought the women were lying. they usually think it's a crime game that the democrats play this game that is disgraceful it's a disgrace to the country and i think you're going to see it in the military i think people i've stood just a con game is a high quality person they're brilliant people out of the woods they could do that to anybody they can do it anybody other than perhaps prime minister this year so pure. that they could do it if any by what they are doing and it's really really sad if you look at this lawyer it just came out he's a low life. think

hello i'm barbara starr in london these are the top stories on al-jazeera the two russians wanted for the attempted murder of the former russian spy service cripple and his daughter u.v.-a have appeared on russian state t.v. to profess their innocence they said they were merely tourists visiting the city of saul's great to see its famous cathedral in response a spokesman for the british prime minister said there are lies and blatant fabrications or an insult to the public's intelligence scrip and his daughter were poisoned in salzburg march using the band that nerve agent novacek they survived but a member of the public later died in a funk or has more. the two men certainly look like the u.k.'s prime suspects in the poisoning of sergei and march we are indeed those who were shown on surveillance videos. the man also confirmed their names are the same as those revealed by british police thought to be aliases and that it is them on the c.c.t.v. footage but they deny they were in salzburg they get back time of the poisoning for anything more than a holiday. they have a famous corridor w

let's go to our pentagon owe reporter, barbara starr. what are you picking up?> reporter: good evening. tensions are rising. russia has warned the u.s. military twice in the last week as recently as yesterday that russian forces and regime forces in syria are prepared to attack in an area where there are u.s. troops. this is along the border where iraq, jordan and syria all come together a place called atam. there is a buffer zone that u.s. forces help protect. the russian forces say there are militants inside of there and they want to go inside of the buffer zone and get them out. tonight a lot of concern that the russian military may be making their move and that u.s. troops could get caught in the cross fire. >> implications are enormous. barbara, thank you. want to go back to the senate judiciary hearing. senator carmella harris is asking questions of the supreme court nominee, brett kavanaugh. >> my colleague asked you you said you were pretty confident the answer was no. so, frankly, if last night you had just said no or an absolute no even today, i think

hello i'm barbara starr in london these are the top stories on al-jazeera how angry says it will challenge proceedings brought against it for breaking e.u. rules on the rock received and civil rights it follows a vote in the european parliament to bring sanctions against hungary attash a butler has this report from strasburg. there was applause as members of the european parliament voted to punish hungry for breaching e.u. values for the first time they agreed to norge article seven a procedure that could lead to budapest losing its e.u. voting rights it was nice dodge lawmakers report on hungary then led to the decision we've seen the democracy in hungary deteriorate since two thousand and ten . press freedom is not guaranteed the judiciary has lost independence academic freedom is share is falling down. the vote is unlikely to surprise hungary's far right anti immigration prime minister he and the e.u. have clashed repeatedly over the years. victor plan has accused the european parliament of trying to blackmail him to change his ways and in budapest his foreign minister has dismissed the

hello there i'm barbara starr in london these are the top stories on al-jazeera syria and russia have carried out some of their heaviest bombardments yet of rebel positions in southern province activists and rescue workers reported more than sixty airstrikes with helicopters dropping barrel it comes a day after the leaders of russia and iran backed the military campaign to take back the province the spite turkey's president pushing though for a cease fire stephanie decker has the latest now from antakya on the turkey syria border. the intensity of a barrel bomb attack captured by an al jazeera news team. the uncertainty over where the bombs were. to barrel bombs hit this village in the southern edge of the countryside. and there were no casualties. russian jets also bombarded the area throughout the day. all the strikes have focused on the southern countryside of the province and civil defense rescue volunteers also known as the white helmets search for survivors. it's been the most intense escalation since airstrikes resumed on it live on choose day after over three weeks of silent s

hello i'm barbara starr in london these are the top stories on al-jazeera russia's president vladimir putin says a tragic chain of circumstances led to the downing of a russian military plane by syrian air defenses it was in an effort to calm tensions after russia's the fence ministry accused israel of course in the incident the israeli prime minister has blamed it on syrian fire and offered to help investigate rory chalons reports now from moscow. amidst the confusion of monday night's israeli airstrikes inside syria there was an unforeseen consequence . syria's air defense units trying to hit israeli f. sixteen fighter jets instead hits a russian electronic surveillance plane the il twenty like the one shown here fell into the mediterranean killing all fifteen russian servicemen on board. russia's defense ministry is furious blaming israel for water it is calling hostile actions because there's just been so many of them the israeli pilots were using the russian aircraft as a shield and pushed it into the line of fire of the syrian defenses as a result the aircraft which has a much m

hello there i'm barbara starr you're watching al-jazeera live from london also coming up on the program condemnation around the world as to reuters journalists are jailed in myanmar for seven years in a major blow to press freedom plus. thousands turn out for an anti-racism concert in the eastern german city run by far right on the rest. and funding cuts are blamed for the fire that tore through brazil's national museum destroying two hundred years of history. welcome to the program argentina's president has been setting up proposals aimed at cutting the country's budget deficit and propping up the troubled peso in an effort to reduce public spending machree said he will have the number of government ministries he also reversed one of his main policies by reinstating taxes on agricultural exports well the cuts come as moch renegotiates the terms of a fifty billion dollar relief package from the international monetary fund we're looking for. to cover what's missing during this transition that's become an emergency we'll ask those who have more capacity to contribute i'm referring to thos

alone barbara starr you're watching al-jazeera life from london also coming up on the program. south korea's president gets a warm welcome in pyongyang as the arrives for three days of denuclearization talks . china hits back after the latest u.s. tariffs the spy trump warning that retaliating will lead to even more penalties doctors in germany say it's highly plausible that pussy riot activists. was poisoned and videos of president maduro feasting on steak prepared by a celebrity chef calls outrage in venezuela where many are going hungry. thank you for joining us russia's president vladimir putin has moved to calm tensions after hours of accusations over the downing of a russian military plane off the syrian coast he says a tragic chain of circumstances led to the incident fifteen russian servicemen died when the plane was hit by syrian air defenses israeli jets had been attacking government installations on the ground at the time israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu has blamed it on syrian fire and offered to help investigate the incident earlier the russian defense mi

hello i'm barbara starr in london you're watching al-jazeera also coming up on the program u.n. investigators say war crimes are being committed against civilians in syria where internal displacement has reached unprecedented levels russia's president says the two suspects in the poisoning of sergei screw probably and his daughter in the u.k. are civilians not military intelligence. and rocket fire forces libya to again close the only functioning airport in the capital tripoli. thank you for joining us hungary says it will challenge proceedings against it for breaking the rules on the mako see and civil rights the european parliament voted by a large majority for sanctions against hungary prime minister viktor orban has put pressure on courts and non-governmental groups while refusing to take an asylum seekers' the vote launches the so-called article seven process which could lead to hungary being stripped of its voting rights in the e.u. but only if member states agree or brad has accused the bloc of blackmail well hungary's foreign minister says the vote is petty revenge for t

hello i'm barbara starr you're watching al-jazeera live from london also coming up the far right are expected to win big as sweden votes in an election dominated by fears over migrants and welfare. sound flags but no missiles as north korea marks its seventieth anniversary with a huge military parade plus.

hello there i'm barbara starr and this is the al-jazeera news hour live from london thank you for joining us coming up in the next sixty minutes airstrikes rained down on a deadly rush mrs president trump's warning not to recklessly attack at the syrian province at least fifty dead after a week of fighting in libya's capital but the u.n. says the warring sides have agreed to a ceasefire japan is hit by its strongest typhoon in twenty five years battering the west of the country and whipping up massive waves. and. sport with sports we're joined by his decision to use former n.f.l. quarterback common captain make in its latest ad campaign is met with mixed reaction we'll take a look at whether or not the decision might have backfired later the. activists say syrian and russian jets have attacked the last rebel controlled province in syria from the air and that's the spy the white house warning syria's government against a reckless escalation in the area well it's believed more than twenty separate air strikes have been carried out killing at least seventeen people five of them children the

hello i'm barbara starr in london these are the top stories on al-jazeera argentina's president he has been setting up proposals aimed at cutting the country's budget deficit and propping up the troubled peso in an effort to reduce public spending makris said he will have the number of government ministries he also reversed one of his main policies by reinstating taxes on agricultural exports . people who we have known in regard to our governing team have made the decision to reduce the number of ministries to list them half given the moment that's ahead of us i've decided to reduce my cabinet even more so we can give the upcoming agenda or more focused response for these changes we're doing to our team and with the advances we're making with the i.m.f. we begin to overcome the crisis while always always taking care of those who need it the most which is been international condemnation of a myanmar court's decision to jail to reuters journalists while law and child were found guilty of possessing state secrets and sentenced to seven years in prison they were arrested in december as the