i know i'm maryam namazie and london you're watching al-jazeera also coming up cambodia supreme court dissolved the main opposition party there in the way for one sends a ruling party to win next year's election. human rights watch accuses me on mon troops of using rape as part of an ethnic cleansing campaign against the range of muslims. world's biggest polluter tries to convince its two hundred million car owners to switch to electric vehicles. l.o.l. top story this hour robert mugabe is refusing to stand down as i'm bob noyce president despite being confined to his home by the military a delegation from south africa is in the capital harare now trying to reach a deal on his and the country's future it's holding talks with president mugabe and the head of the. says with a catholic priest acting as mediator the military says it wants mugabe to stand down so there can be a smooth and bloodless transition the army chief backs the former vice president emerson managua who was sacked last week he could then take over as interim president amid the political and economic uncertainty the op

i don't tell you this is al jazeera live from london also coming up cambodia supreme court as always the main opposition party clearing away for when you said his ruling party to win next year's election. saudi arabia denies claims that lebanon's prime minister saad hariri is being held in riyadh against his will. human rights watch accuses me in march leaps of using rape as part of an ethnic cleansing campaign against revenge of muslims. and a red eventually painting one sold for just sixty dollars which is a record breaking four hundred fifty million dollars at auction. i robot god is reported to be refusing to stand down as. didn't despite being confined to his home by the military he met a delegation from south africa which has been drafted in to help find a solution to the political crisis a catholic priest is mediating between members of his zanu p.f. party and army generals the military seized power on tuesday night surrounding the girl his home and government buildings. in harare and has more on those talks. this african delegation is at state house meeting president robert m

cambodia supreme court dissolves the main opposition party clearing the way for one sends a ruling party to win next year's election. human rights watch accuses me and ma troops of using rape as part of an ethnic cleansing campaign against muslims. hello we begin our united nations security council where russia has used its veto of a syria for the tenth time blocking the renewal of an international inquiry into whose behind chemical weapons attacks that the us ambassador to the u.n. nikki haley blasted moscow for its actions saying it gives a green light for syrian president bashar assad to carry out further attacks. russia has issued vetoes before to prevent council action and accountability in syria russia has invented reasons not to support a mechanism that helped create because it did not like its scientific conclusions russia has acted to obstruct these investigations many times but today it strikes a deep blow russia has killed the joint investigative mechanism which has overwhelming support of this council and by a lemonade in our ability to identify the attackers russia has under

cambodia supreme court does over the main opposition party clearing the way for hussein's ruling party to win next year's election. the french foreign minister says lebanese prime minister saad hariri will head to paris soon after meeting him in riyadh. human rights watch accuses me and mock troops of using rape as part of an ethnic cleansing campaign against the ranger. and a random vinci painting one sold for just sixty dollars which is a record breaking four hundred fifty million at auction. and ironically god is reported to be refusing to stand down as zimbabwe's president despite being confined to his home by the military a delegation from south africa is in the capital for talks aimed at reaching a deal on the country's future a catholic priest is mediating between mugabe and the generals the mood in harare is calm but tense with troops still stationed around the city the military seize power and choose. night surrounding the girl his home and government buildings when they see it as the beginning of the end of his thirty seven year rule. in harare has worn the talks going on to

cambodia supreme court has dissolved the main opposition party the government says the cambodia national rescue party is plotting a coup riot police were deployed in phnom penh ahead of the decision. from the private who's in the cambodian capital. the decision by the supreme court came after a day of deliberations held amidst the tightest of security in downtown phnom penh the main opposition c n n r p party is to be the result one hundred eighteen of its senior officials are banned from taking part in politics for five years this decision had been expected by the c n n r p it had effectively ceased to function as a party a number of its and p's are in exile or are in hiding or are fearful of arrest its leader cam sorcha was arrested two months ago for allegedly plotting to overthrow the government it is based on a recording of a meeting he had with supporters overseas where he spoke about replacing the government the opposition party says he was merely talking about change through the ballot box according to the ruling c.p.p. party here and its long time prime minister stand it amounte

cambodia supreme court dissolves the main opposition party in what's being described as the death of democracy. hello again i'm peter w watching house here a lot from our headquarters here in doha also coming up. it's a tragedy of our time that almost twenty one million people are in need of humanitarian assistance the u.n. says saudi arabia's blockade of yemen is being measured lives lost. driving for a cleaner future one of the world's biggest polluters spends big on electric cars plus. celebrations in lima peru and a spot at the world cup. the supreme court in cambodia has dissolved the main opposition party and that party denies accusations that it's plotting to overthrow the government the decision gives the prime minister who sent a clear run in next year's general election rob mcbride has the latest now from phnom penh. the decision came after a day of deliberations held amid tight security around cambodia supreme court the cambodian national rescue party had been expecting its dissolution and had already ceased to function with many of its senior members in hiding already exi

cambodia supreme court is meeting to decide whether the main opposition party which prime minister hun sen accuses of trying to mount a coup well this is the scene outside the courthouse in phnom penh where security forces have been deployed the cambodian national rescue party says it expects to be banned or roma right joins us live now from the capital phnom penh rob so we're still waiting on this court verdict what's the background to this case. there is still a quiet tension here in phnom penh this morning we are expecting willis's yet to come through at any time the supreme court is already sitting there in the supreme court building which is behind this police cordon the whole of the central part of phnom penh has been sealed off by the security personnel here and it all stems from the arrest two months ago of kemp who is the opposition leader allegedly for plotting to overthrow the government and it's all based on a video recording of a meeting that they had with supporters overseas where apparently he spoke about replacing the ruling party with his own party with the help he sai

cambodia supreme court is meeting to decide whether to dissolve the main opposition party which prime minister hun sen accuses of trying to mount a coup well this is the scene outside the courthouse in the capital phnom penh where security forces have been deployed the cambodian national rescue party says it expects to be banned bride has more from phnom penh. this case comes after the arrest two months ago of the opposition leader. accused of plotting to overthrow the government now it's based on the video recording of a meeting that he had with supporters overseas where he spoke about the process of replacing the ruling party with the help he said of advisors supporters from the united states according to the opposition party this is simply normal democratic politics work this is been taken by the ruling party though as evidence that they were plotting a coup the government has been accused of manipulating the judiciary to curb political freedoms here the government itself says this is merely an independent judiciary at work that could now dissolve the opposition party the bad news

cambodia's supreme court dissolved the main opposition party clearing the way for hussein's ruling party to win next year's election. the french foreign minister meets lebanese prime minister saad hariri in riyadh and confirms he will travel to paris soon. the world's biggest producer trying to convince its two hundred million car owners to switch to electric vehicles. in sport peru become the final team's qualifier for next year's world cup. national holidays declared as the country returns to the finals for the first time since ninety eight. robert mugabe is reported to be refusing to stand down as zimbabwe's president despite being confined to his home by the military these are the latest pictures of the ninety three year old leader meeting the head of the ministry and also a delegation from south africa statehouse south african ministers flew in earlier to try to help reach a deal on the country's future a catholic priest is also mediating. mood in harare has been calm but tense with troops still stationed around the city and military seized power on tuesday night surrounding mugabe'

and cambodia supreme court will decide on thursday whether to dissolve the main opposition party prime minister hun sen accuses the cambodian national rescue party of planning a coup security forces have been deployed to the capital phnom penh. now at least two people have been killed in a suicide bombing in northern nigeria four attackers also died in the can see officials say thirty others were injured in the incident in my degree the city is a focal point for the armed group boko haram twenty thousand people have been killed and more than two point six million made homeless since the group launched its insurgency. the u.n. is sending additional peacekeepers to the central african republic the security council approved nine hundred more raising troop numbers to more than eleven thousand u.n. secretary general antonio ted as has warned of the risk of ethnic cleansing in the country and twenty thirteen muslim seleka rebels ousted the christian president. but since then the celica have been fighting with the christian and he balika group now mean no security forces are accused of widesp

cambodia supreme court has dissolved the main opposition party giving prime minister when saying the ruling party a clear run the next year's election the government says the cambodian national rescue party was plotting to take charge with help from the united states prior to portray. the decision came after a day of deliberations held a made tight security around cambodia supreme court the cambodian national rescue party had been expecting it's dissolution and had already ceased to function with many of its senior members in hiding already exile like its vice president. we look at. this need message to the international community yet mr junta is. who with me in our prime minister hun sen has accused his rivals of plotting to overthrow his government after the arrest of opposition leader kim soccer the national rescue party denied the claim accusing the ruling party of using the courts to silence it it nearly won against the government at the last election and has been gaining in popularity looking one in politics here all summer game is a winner takes all politics and is. is a risky

negotiated all inclusive transitional mechanism or be emphasizing transitional mechanism cambodia's supreme court has dissolved the main opposition party giving prime minister who sends ruling party a clear run in next year's general election the government accuses the cambodian national rescue party of plotting a coup with help from the united states one hundred eighteen members of the party have also been banned from political activity for five years. saudi arabia's foreign minister has denied reports that the lebanese prime minister is being held in riyadh against his will the french foreign minister has met saad hariri in saudi arabia and says he's accepted an offer to visit paris harry reid hasn't been back to lebanon since announcing his resignation from riyadh twelve days ago the u.n. says at least one million children in yemen are at risk of contracting diphtheria because urgently needed vaccines are being blocked from entering the country the heads of three u.n. agencies have pleaded with a saudi led coalition to lift its blockade on the country fully they say there's also the risk of a

cambodia's supreme court dissolves main opposition party clearing the way for one sends ruling party to win next year's election. human rights watch accuses me on montreux of using rape as part of an ethnic cleansing campaign against rangoon muslims. and sport peru become the final teams qualify for next year's world cup. i watched the whole day's declared as the country returns to the finals for the first time since nineteen seats. now we begin with the united nations security council vote where russia has used its veto over syria for the tenth time blocking the renewal of an international inquiry into who is behind chemical weapons attacks there the u.s. ambassador to the united nations nikki haley blasted moscow for its actions saying it gives a red light to syrian president bashar are set to carry out attacks russia has issued vetoes before to prevent council action and accountability in syria russia has invented reasons not to support a mechanism that helped create because it did not like its scientific conclusions russia has acted to obstruct these investigations many times but

cambodia supreme court has all the main opposition party giving prime minister and sends ruling party a clear run next year's general election the government accuses the cambodian national rescue party of plotting to take charge with help from the united states. as president hollande trump is a step closer to his first major legislative victory the house of representatives has passed its flagship tax reform bill but it still needs to get through the senate complete halcomb reports from washington d.c. . he campaigned on winning tax breaks for ordinary americans but after nearly ten months in office donald trump has yet to score legislative victory that's going really well thank you very much so the u.s. president went to capitol hill to drum up support for his controversy tax reform legislation in their bones the american people know they're getting a raw deal under the republican bill before passing this bill is the single biggest thing we can do to grade the economy jurist or offered. thirty and help these middle income families who are struggling on this vote the answer to twenty s

cambodia's supreme court has granted a government request to dissolve the country's main opposition party after it was accused of conspiring to seize power critics have said the decision is a tactic to strengthen my minister incense position ahead of elections next year. according to a study some amish people in the united states a live about a decade longer due to a genetic mutation scientists say these members of the religious minority are also less susceptible to disease is such as diabetes researchers are currently testing an experimental drug that looks to recreate these genetic benefits. and anonymous buyer has spent a record some on a work by the renaissance painter leonardo da vinci you see right behind it's an outstanding price for a painting that was once thought to be done by one of his students previously the work had changed hands for just a few thousand dollars but at christie's in new york it was a different story. i am thoroughly ladies and gentlemen we move to the davinci the subject of mourning the masterpiece probably not of christ the savior previous in the collections

a wave of attacks in afghanistan that have killed and wounded thousands this year alone cambodia's supreme court has granted a government request to dissolve the country's main opposition party after it was accused of conspiring to seize power critics have said that the decision is a tactic to strengthen prime minister hun sen's position ahead of elections next year an anonymous buyer has spent a record some on a work by the renaissance painter of the united to venture it's an astounding price for a painting once thought to be by one of his students previously the work had changed hands for just a few thousand dollars but i christie's in new york it was quite a different story. ladies and gentlemen we moved to their little davinci the suburbs of modern day the masterpiece probably not of christ the savior of previous in the clutches of three kings of england so you view of the world at courtrai to jesus christ one of fewer than twenty paintings known to exist by the nacelles must a ninety minute a looking for ninety five in house christie's said the presale estimates at one hundred million dolla

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nuclearize ation cambodia supreme court is deciding whether to dissolve the main opposition party prime minister hun sen accuses the cambodian national rescue party of planning a coup security forces have been deployed to phnom penh the deposed president of catalonia as parliament says he plans to run in next month spanish regional elections come as puja mount is hand-picking a list of probing dependents candidates to join him in plans to manage the campaign from belgium with his cabinet are facing extradition to spank. a five hundred year old painting by a famed italian artist leonardo da vinci has sold for four hundred fifty million dollars in the us the portrait of jesus christ is the most expensive piece of art ever sold at auction the artwork was expected to sell for one hundred million but went for four times its estimated value those are the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera of the digital dissidents and selection by foot. you know who was the war the person in the n.s.a. who did what he absolutely should have done. being a patriot doesn't mean you know obedience to

the decision came off to a day of deliberations held a tight security around cambodia supreme court.the cambodian national rescue party had been expecting it's dissolution and had already ceased to function with many of its senior members in hiding already exile like its vice president. we look at. this. message to the international community yet mr junta is. with me in our prime minister hun sen has accused his rivals of plotting to overthrow his government after the arrest of opposition leader kim soccer the national rescue party denied the claim accusing the ruling party of using the courts to silence it it nearly won against the government at the last election and has been gaining in popularity and looking one in politics here all summer game is a winner takes all politics and is. is a risky to. him and rights groups have accused one sound of a wider crackdown one of the leading newspapers the cambodia daily was closed in september the government says for nonpayment of taxes and there have been restrictions on the activities of foreign n.g.o.s. the opposition has promised to figh

latest from penn the decision came after a day of deliberations held me tight security around cambodia supreme court. the cambodian national rescue party had been expecting it's dissolution and had already ceased to function with many of its senior members in hiding or in exile like it's vice president. we look at. this. message to the international community yet mr junta is. with me in our prime minister hun sen has accused his rivals of plotting to overthrow his government after the arrest of opposition leader kim sucker the national rescue party denied the claim accusing the ruling party of using the courts to silence it it nearly won against the government at the last election and has been gaining in popularity and looking one in politics here all summer game is a winner takes all politics and is. is a risky. human rights groups have accused one sound of a wider crackdown one of the leading newspapers the cambodia daily was closed in september the government says for nonpayment of taxes and there have been restrictions on the activities of foreign n.g.o.s. the opposition has promised to fight on

cambodia supreme court has dissolved the main opposition party giving prime minister hun sen's ruling party a clear run in next year's general election government accuses the cum buddy a national rescue party of plotting a coup with help from the us under eighteen members of the past have also been banned from political activity for five years riot police were deployed ahead of the decision. saudi arabia's foreign minister has denied reports that the lebanese prime minister is being held in riyadh against his will francaise saad hariri has accepted an offer to visit paris self to meeting the french foreign minister in saudi arabia harry reid hasn't been back to lebanon since announcing his resignation from riyadh twelve days ago. and the u.n. says at least a million children in yemen are at risk of contracting diptheria because they needed vaccines are being blocked from entering the country the heads of three u.n. agencies have pleaded with the saudi led coalition to lift its blockade on the country they say there's also the risk of a renewed flare up in cholera which saw more than n

this is the first time a god has been seen since the military took power on tuesday night cambodia supreme court has dissolved the main opposition party giving the prime minister hun sen's ruling party a clear run in next year's general election the government accuses the cambodian national rescue party of processing a coup with help from the us one hundred eighteen members of the party of also have been banned from political activity for five years riot police were deployed in poland pen ahead of the decision saudi arabia's foreign minister has denied reports that a lebanese prime minister is being held in riyadh against his will francaise saad hariri has accepted an offer to visit paris after meeting the french foreign minister in saudi arabia hariri hasn't been back to lebanon since announcing his resignation in riyadh twelve days ago. and the u.n. says at least a million children in yemen are at risk of contracting diptheria because he needed vaccines are being blocked from entering the country heads of three u.n. agencies have pleaded with the saudi led coalition to lift its blockade on the

let's get a quick check now of some other stories that have been making news around the world cambodia supreme court has granted a government request to dissolve the country's main opposition party after it was accused of conspiring to seize power critics have said that the decision is a tactic to strengthen prime minister hun sen's position ahead of elections next year. lebanon's former prime minister hariri has accepted an invitation to travel from saudi arabia to paris according to france's foreign minister this after beirut had accused riyadh of detaining harari following his shock resignation earlier this month his arrival date has not yet been announced. more than a dozen people have been killed by a suicide bomber either a political rally in the afghan capital kabul the so-called islamic state has claimed responsibility it is the latest in a wave of attacks in afghanistan that have killed and wounded thousands this year alone. british police have said that the final death toll from the grenfell tower fire is seventy one including a stillborn baby official said that investigators have pushed a

and the white house promises action after cambodia's supreme court dissolves the main opposition party. hello again the rain the thunder had the snow are easing now in afghanistan and having seen that happen everything upwind while there is nothing to see is there no showers around the caspian nothing back towards the shores of the mediterranean so again this is the week winter sun lifting tempers to twenty six in beirut about the same in baghdad i mean seventeen now in tehran you'll notice it's cooling down through iraq down towards q eight as you might expect it to do there is cloud building in the eastern med as a writer a long term revolving storm just adds every edge of the close of the moment we're just looking at cloud nothing more than that took you know the day before it starts to rain now much the temps are coming down about thirty's a batsman dohan about the same in abu dhabi but the same stratum on rather less in yemen but still up at thirty six in mecca but beyond the temperatures don't expect to see very much in the sky told occasional formation a pattern of course that d

the decision came after a day of deliberations held the made tight security around cambodia supreme court the cambodian national rescue party had been expecting its dissolution and had already ceased to function with many of its senior members in hiding already exile like its vice president. we look at. this. message to the international community yet mr junta is. our prime minister hun sen has accused his rivals of plotting to overthrow his government after the arrest of opposition leader kim soccer the national rescue party denied the claim accusing the ruling party of using the courts to silence it it nearly won against the government at the last election and has been gaining in popularity and looking one in politics here all summer game is a winner takes all politics and is. is a risky. human rights groups have accused one sound of a wider crackdown one of the leading newspapers the cambodia daily was closed in september the government says for nonpayment of taxes and there have been restrictions on the activities of foreign n.g.o.s. the opposition has promised to fight on regardless

cambodia supreme court has dissolved the main opposition party giving prime minister who sends the ruling party a clear run in next year's general election the government accuses the cambodian national rescue party of plotting a coup with help from the u.s. one hundred eighteen members of the party have also been banned from political activity for five years saudi arabia's foreign minister has denied reports that the lebanese prime minister is being held in riyadh against his will france says saad hariri has accepted an offer to visit paris after meeting the french foreign minister in saudi arabia or he has not been back to lebanon since announcing his resignation from riyadh twelve days ago the u.n. says at least one million children in yemen are at risk of contracting to feria because urgently needed vaccines are being blocked from entering the country the heads of three u.n. agencies have pleaded with assad in a coalition to lift its blockade on the country they say there's also the risk of a renewed flare up in cholera saw more than nine hundred thousand cases in the past six months o

how do its voters feel about what's happened what are the implications for the people of cambodia the supreme court's decision at this moment there would voters actually ping their vote for c n r p d opposition cambodia yesterday the trial was. supposed to be public trial however you saw a blockades of police in civilian clothes as well forces that is all what mr han sent wants to say to me are people demolished. they have confidence and spread fear in up with people that's not going to happen we will continue and we will continue by saying again and again it is only through the release of missed the president did return of all of us including mr some nancy and to civil society independent media so that we can put democracy back on track it is not determined by anybody else but by democratic forces because we want cambodia to move forward and it can move forward but he has to be rule of law and the corruption and the deforestation and the forced evictions and so on so that we can be build cambodia and we can have it a number of steps social stability and political stability that. go in beijing which

the supreme court in cambodia dissolved the country's main opposition. the head of that court is a member of the prime minister's ruling party. up in business, we will take a look at how donald trump's victory speech about business deals in asia was waterd by an awkward break. and we'll take a closer look at the most expensive piece of art ever sold at auction. more on that on the way. first, our top story live from paris. ♪ we will start first in zimbabwe, where things are tense . the military is still holding longtime leader robert mugabe under house arrest. the african union says the move has all the elements of a coup, but the military has said it is just cracking down on "criminals." it is a power struggle over who might replace the 90-year-old president. calm a day after the military took control to go after what it calls criminals around the president. [inaudible] it's business as usual. we are still very much fine. >> uncertainty is the order of the day despite holding present robert mugabe and his wife under house arrest. the military has done l

cambodia supreme court has dissolved the main opposition party giving prime minister and sends ruling party a clear run in next year's general election the government accuses the cambodian national rescue party of plotting a coup with help from the us hundred eighteen members of the party have also been banned from political activity for five years saudi arabia's foreign minister has denied reports that the lebanese prime minister is being held in riyadh against his will france or saad hariri has excepted an offer to visit paris after meeting the french foreign minister in saudi arabia he hasn't been back to lebanon since announcing his resignation from riyadh twelve days ago. the place of the high in the kind of the studio the prime minister is living in saudi arabia under his own will he's resigned and with respect to his return to lebanon it's in his hands he can leave when he wants well as my feet of us have hezbollah is the root of the problems in lebanon there is a need to find ways to deal with them there are concrete steps in this regard so also speaking from the saudi capital

president in france he is seizing this opportunity to make his mark on the international stage cambodia's supreme court will decide whether to dissolve the main opposition party which prime minister who and sen accuses of trying to mount a coup this is the scene outside of the courthouse and phnom penh where security forces have been deployed the cambodian national rescue party says it expects to be banned rob mcbride is in hand so rob how we expect this to all play out today. richelle there was a quiet tension about phnom penh this morning as we await this decision the supreme court is sitting now and the decision could come at any time but we are by the police cordon here the whole supremes court area has been cordoned off by it's a very heavy security presence thousands of security personnel have been deployed some with riot gear if it's needed occasionally you see squads of police coming up and down the riverbank here moving on any people who even look as though they might be gathering let me just remind you what this case stems from this is the arrest two months ago of cancer car the opposition le

cambodia supreme court will decide on thursday whether to dissolve the main opposition party which prime minister who and senate accuses of trying to mount a coup the party's former leader sam ramsey has returned to politics ahead of the ruling he resigned as chief for the cambodian national rescue party in february over fears his membership and lead to the party being banned he says that's not an evitable whether he's a member or not iran's president hassan rouhani is promising to find the builders who constructed poorly designed structures that collapsed in sunday's earthquake at least five hundred thirty people were killed and eight thousand injured when that magnitude seven point three quake struck the mountainous iran iraq border region survivors are building temporary shelters with whatever they can find while they wait for water tents and other emergency supplies to arrive romney says government built buildings collapsed while privately built structures remain standing engineers in northern iraq are carrying out repairs on a dam damaged by the earthquake water's been released to e

well again piece it up in doha with your top stories from al-jazeera in cambodia the supreme court has dissolved the main opposition party in the government accuse the cambodian national rescue party of plotting a coup one hundred eighteen members have been banned from politics for five years with the latest from nonpayment. the decision by the supreme court came after a day of deliberations held amidst the tightest of security in downtown phnom penh the main opposition c n n r p party is to be the result of one hundred eighteen of its senior officials are banned from taking part in politics for five years this decision had been expected by the city an r.p. it had effectively ceased to function as a party a number of its and p's are in exile or are in hiding or are fearful of arrest its leader cam sorcha was arrested two months ago for allegedly plotting to overthrow the government it is based on a recording of a meeting he had with supporters overseas where he spoke about replacing the government the opposite. party says he was merely talking about change through the ballot box accord

in cambodia the supreme court has dissolved the country's main opposition party.mpetitor ahead of next year's elections. this is the moment the announcement was made. translation: the supreme court announced firstly it and there's the lawsuit of the ministry of the interior, secondly it decided to dissolve the cambodia national rescue party from now on word, and thirdly it decided to ban 180 members of the cnrp from political activities for five years. —— 118 members. the official reason for doing this is that the cambodia national rescue party, the cnrp, the country's only significant opposition party, conspired with foreigners to stage a revolution. but the move is being described by rights groups as a "death of democracy" in cambodia. earlier the vice president of the cnrp, who fled cambodia earlier this year, talked about what it meant to her party. it has put a blow, a strong blow, the democracy in cambodia, but today the democracy in cambodia, but today the democratic movement in cambodia is stronger together. together, stronger than ever. we will move on to

riot police in cambodia have blocked the streets around the supreme court in the capital phnom penh the government has filed a lawsuit against the main opposition party accusing it of plotting a coup the cambodian national rescue party or c.n.n. pete says it expects to be banned bride has the latest from phnom penh. with three million supporters across cambodia the main opposition c.n.n. r.p. party had been gaining strength and was threatening to unseat the ruling party in elections which have to take place by next year they're dissolution now brings the question will those same supporters take to the streets protests here are fraught with danger if you go out and protest in support of a band politicians who've been accused of trying to overthrow the government you yourselves could be guilty of. it seems according to critics of long time prime minister hun sen he has used this opportunity to crack down on his main opposition so that when he does go to the ballot next year he will be faced with much smaller this organized opposition parties that he can defeat and continue to stay in offi

to the rest of the day's news in cambodia riot police have blocked the streets around the supreme court in the capital phnom penh ahead of a ruling on the main opposition party the government has filed a lawsuit accusing the opposition of plotting a coup it comes ahead of next year's election and it's being seen as the climax to a crackdown that's been going on for months now in february sam rainsy resigned as head of the cambodia national rescue party he'd been living in exile since two thousand and five and in march when rights activists can soca replaced sam rainsy as the new leader in september soca was charged with treason and now the supreme court will decide whether to dissolve the party entirely let's go live to it upon phnom penh mcbride is there what's happening there right now. the court is now broken up. adrian they have been deliberating all morning looking at various submissions mainly from lawyers representing the department of the interior here on why the party should be dissolved basically the case all stems from remarks made by the opposition leader a number of years a

well the decision of the supreme court to dissolve the sea and up the is just the latest manifestation of the human rights and rule of law crisis gripping cambodia and while the allegations heard in the supreme court have an air of unreality about them a color revolution in fact the consequences for millions of people are very serious they've now been denied the right to choose their elected representative and for to vote for them in the upcoming elections and their other concerns with the supreme court decision to the law allowing the supreme court to dissolve political parties was amended just weeks before the supreme court dissolved to see an r.p. and the president of the supreme court that presided over this hearing also sits on the same committee of the ruling party and so there's a clear conflict of interest which makes a mockery of the whole legal system in cambodia at the moment so is there an opposition really i mean our reporter there was talking to these small groups like the grassroots party who want to oppose this government but do they really even have a chance. i think that's an interesting question whilst the c n r p now has ceas

is returning to politics he was on his head of the cambodia national race. the supreme court is due to decide and says de waited to dissolve the posse which prime minister says he is trying to tell his government from is a crackdown on opposition members and civil rights groups. the u.s. attorney general has denied he misled congress during his testimony last month sessions was questioned in an investigation into alleged russian made lying in the two thousand and sixteen presidential elections several tons of reports. it's raise your right hand. swear that this isn't the first time the attorney general has been accused of not being honest with congress but jeff sessions was adamant i don't think i'm. is right there me doing something wrong i had no participation in any wrongdoing at issue sessions previous testimony that there were no contacts between members of the trump campaign and the russians claiming to represent the kremlin since his last congressional appearance to trump campaign staffers have testified that they told sessions they were in contact with what they thoug

another breaking story for you coming to us out of cambodia that country's supreme court has dissolved in the last half hour or so the main opposition party now the government says the cambodia national rescue party is plotting a coup right mcbride joins of that developing story non-parent rob just walk us through what they've decided to do. that's right peter has been confirmed since we've been on from the supreme court that the dissolution of the c.n.n. r.p.s. the main opposition party here is to go through not only that but one hundred eighteen of its senior officials have been banned from politics of taking part in politics for five years this effectively disables the main opposition to the ruling party the c.p.p. and its long time prime minister. this has been a day long proceedings it's been held amidst the tightest of security here the whole of downtown phnom penh has been sealed off behind a military cordon. the c.n. r.p. the opposition they had been expecting this decision of their leader. is under arrest has been thrown for a couple of months of former leader is in exile mean

and other leaders from other political parties in cambodia riot police have blocked the streets around the supreme court in the capital phnom penh the government's filed a lawsuit against the main opposition party accusing it of plotting a coup at least eighteen people four of them female suicide bombers have been killed in a series of blasts in northeastern nigeria twenty nine other people were injured in the attacks which happened in gandhi which is on the outskirts of my ducati city that opposed cattle and leader is planning to run in next month spanish regional elections colors pushed him out is choosing pro independence candidates to run alongside him he plans to manage his campaign from belgium where he and four of his cabinet ministers are facing extradition to spain on charges of sedition and rebellion. a day of mourning has been declared in greece after at least fifteen people were killed in flash floods on the western outskirts of athens a heavy overnight storm turned roads into rivers sweeping away cars and buildings what do you see here on al-jazeera faultlines next. we're living through a t

sentence more than doubled from six to thirteen years and cambodia's opposition groups promise not to give up their fight after the supreme court dissolved the main opposition party last week. welcome back and i don't normally show the satellite imagery for this part of western asia and levant but we've had a cold front push the region and it's been quite an active feature gave some rain here in qatar to some of the side of the gulf but you see vast amounts of rain rain being reported on and just off the run so that system is clear through but it's looking fairly unsettled we've got some rain some snow across eastern areas into afghanistan we've got some rain on the southern side of the caspian sea with some snow up over the mountains and also looking pretty wet there for back you and as a by shan run the eastern side of the mediterranean weather conditions not too bad the flow is generally from the south of beirut there seen temperatures remaining into the low twenty's but the threat of some rain developing across the region in the latter part of sunday. to arabian peninsula where we have a little bit of rain clearing through

and other leaders from other political parties in cambodia riot police have blocked the streets around the supreme court in the capital phnom penh the government's filed a lawsuit against the main opposition party accusing it of plotting a coup at least eighteen people four of them female suicide bombers have been killed in a series of blasts in northeastern nigeria twenty nine others were injured in the attacks which is on the outskirts of my degree city deposed that oppose catalan leader is planning to run in next month spanish regional elections scholars push to mount is choosing pro independent candidates to run alongside him he plans to manage his campaign from belgium where he and four of his cabinet members facing extradition to spain on charges of sedition and rebellion a day of mourning has been declared in greece at least fifteen people were killed in flash floods on the western outskirts of athens the heavy overnight storm roads into rivers sweeping away cars and buildings. headlights will have more use for you here on al-jazeera after days edition of the stream next. the are the same you nee

hinted at allowing russia to use the downs of red sea bases cambodia's ruling party has been left unopposed in parliament after the supreme court dissolved the main opposition party last week it's the latest in a series of moves aimed at cracking down on criticism of the government run mcbride reports. under the flight path into phnom penh airport this modest house is now the headquarters of one of the few organizations opposed to the cambodian government the grassroots democratic party is just two years old it doesn't have any m.p.'s and is trying to build a base to support candidates in next year's general election. is not going. to take longer than expected but somehow to accept and face. the party has already faced difficulties in the main committee room a portrait of its founder ken lay murdered last year in what many believe was a politically motivated killing he was a fierce critic of long time prime minister concerned his ruling party is now virtually unopposed in the national assembly and a number of seats from the defunct c.n.n. r.p. are being given to his allies but the government insists democracy is alive and well

cambodia's former opposition leaders urging world leaders to cut ties with prime minister hun sen sam rainsy is in washington d.c. with other members of the now banned r p the supreme court dissolved his party on thursday. and the center national is accusing eisel linked now to fight as and philippine government forces of war crimes during the five month battle for the city of mirai more than a thousand people were killed and another five hundred thousand displaced the report details how the minority group kidnapped and killed civilians most of them christians hostages were abused and reportedly used as human shields amnesty says filipino marines tortured some people they detained accusing them of being fighters but without any evidence at all says both sides looted large amounts of cash and jewelry the rights group on. an investigation into whether government air strikes were proportionate and complied with international law. has more from manila. all this report of amnesty international is the very first detail briefing on what transpired in the onslaught on quantum leap in the southern philippines after apparently as internationally the theme traveled there into the c

cambodia's from opposition leaders urging world leaders to cut ties with prime minister hun sen sam rainsy is in washington d.c. with other members of our band c n n r p the supreme court dissolved his party on thursday. an inquiry into abuse abuse prisons in australia's northern territory has called for the closure of one of the detention centers the investigation was prompted by a television documentary last year which showed teenagers at a darwin detention center tied up with hoods over their heads some was stripped naked and teargassed inquiry found children as young as ten were subjected to regular repeated and the strafing mistreatment it said some were bribed or dead to carry out humiliating or degrading acts the report said there were quote shocking and systemic failures of the many years that were known but ignored at the highest levels you know mask is a senior lawyer at the human rights law center she says the abuse is only a snapshot of what's been going on for many years. i was a lawyer working in the average legal service during this time i saw this treatment meted out i heard from many clients at time around the strange use of an cross which was illegal

top officials cambodia's form opposition leaders urging world leaders to cut ties with prime minister hun sen sam rainsy is in washington d.c. with other members of his party the supreme court dissolved his party on thursday burned more than one hundred members from politics for five years. just internationals accusing philippine government forces and isolated fighters of war crimes during the five month battle for the city of merari when the thousand people were killed and five hundred thousand displaced a large group of rangar refugees is on the move again trying to escape a military crackdown in myanmar hundreds are stuck in what's known as no man's land between me and mark and bangladesh those are the headlines the news will continue but right now it is one zero one. head of the september twenty fourth national election survey showed germans a satisfied with the state of their economy this is easily the start his biggest tech success story the company was bought by microsoft in two thousand and eleven we bring you the stories that are shaping the economic world we live in counting the cost at this time on al-jazeera. they are the global face of wildlife conservation. an