lula da silva has been barred from running in october's election a majority of judges on the electoral court banned his candidacy he's serving a twelve year jail term for corruption under brazilian law can't run for the highest office because he is convicted of a crime but his party register him as its presidential candidate anyway. now a flagrant assault on the palestinian people that's how palestinian president mahmoud abbas is describing the u.s. decision to hold all funding to the u.n. agency that helps palestinian refugees known as follows last week's announcement that the trumpet ministration is cutting more than two hundred million dollars in aid to the agency it will in effect and decades of financial support on health education and food security the u.n. is urging will countries to step up and fill the funding gap. well the u.s. state department spokesman heather knew it said when we made a u.s. contribution of sixteen million dollars in january we made it clear that the united states was no longer willing to shoulder the very disproportionate share of the burden of costs that we ha

welcome back a quick reminder of the top stories here this hour brazil's electoral court just bought a former president lula da silva from october's election he's serving twelve years in jail for corruption his party registered him as a candidate even the people convicted of a crime cannot run for the presidency. united nations is urging all countries to the night more money to the u.n. agency that helps palestinian refugees the u.s. which is the biggest contributor has decided to stop all funding palestinian president mahmoud abbas says it's a flagrant assault on his people. and the u.s. and canada have missed a deadline to revamp the north american free trade agreement talks ended on friday without a deal but they'll resume on wednesday president from told congress he will press ahead with a new agreement with mexico. the queen of soul aretha franklin has been interred at a cemetery in the u.s. city of detroit the musical legends coffin was placed in the family's plot where she now lives alongside her father and siblings earlier she was honored at a funeral service the last almost

brazil's electoral court has barred former president of the silver from october's election he's serving twelve years and jail for corruption his party register him is a scam that even the people convicted of a crime cannot run for the presidency. and the u.s. and canada have missed a deadline to revamp the north american free trade agreement talks ended on friday without a deal but then resume on wednesday president trump told congress he will press ahead for the new agreement with mexico. venezuelans leaving their country are finding life problematic in neighboring peru racial slurs and hate speech that made it hard for many of them to feel safe but some say the anti immigrant attitude is easier to deal with than conditions back home marianna sanchez reports from lima peru. thirty eight year old the bush man keeps an eye on municipal police will selling a traditional rice string from venezuela he still doesn't have a street vendor permit trying to make a living far away from home is hard he says but worse is here in slurs against ghana swain's a signal for more than the especially to p

silva has been officially blocked from running at october election a majority of judges of the electoral court ruled for that ban littlest serving a twelve year prison sentence for corruption but party right to start him anyway. we killers are being linked to flesh eating disease as a bank farmers are northern thailand the government is now reconsidering the use of three toxic sprays one of them has already banned in more than thirty countries reports. in parts of rural thailand red marks the spot it's an indicator that farmers used to show that sprayed paraquat a toxic weed killer banned in many countries and the european union its use is blamed on a number of illnesses including a flesh eating bacteria disease which is emerged in northern thailand some farmers have died others have lost limbs in the province of. where researchers say contamination from agric emma cools is severe. i really want to see people stop using the chemicals last time i went to the provincial hospital the staff told me there were a lot of patients with similar symptoms as i had thailand's become one of the world's big

of the silva has then walked from running in october as election a majority of judges on the electoral court banned his candidacy he's serving a twelve year prison sentence for corruption and people convicted of a crime cannot run for the presidency in brazil but party registered him anyway and says it will fight with all that it takes to make sure that he can run russia is accusing ukraine assassinating a prominent separatist leader alexander of soccer chant go it was killed and a bomb blast at a cafe he was the leader of rebels in the region of don yes the tour he gave me reports. this is the aftermath of the blast that killed alexander because a blackened body can be seen lying on a stretcher donetsk went into lockdown after the killing with moscow in the russian backed breakaway republic itself calling this an active international terrorism but with. security measures in the republic are heightened all the borders are closed a few people have already been detained here they have already given evidence confirming that this was a ukrainian act of sabotage because the last pictures of zac a

equal that was bobby's by foreign loon after running as presidential candidate brazil's top electoral court has forced his party onto the back foot still lula's followers remain optimistic that the workers' party can still win. this mr names to come the surveys show that president lula is capable of transferring votes to someone else. you know. we're voting for a living even if the picture on the ballot shows fine and. with elections just weeks away it looks like brazil's political crisis isn't going to end anytime soon. well here's some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world the united states is marking the seventeenth anniversary of the september eleventh attacks in which nearly three thousand people lost their lives ceremonies were held at the three sides targeted by islamist terrorists including this one at the world trade center in new york city around a million people have taken to the streets of barcelona to demand kettle on independence from spain the protesters time to market cattle only as a national day protesters are also calling for regional separat

president lula da silva has been barred from standing for the presidency again by the country's top electoral court has been imprisoned for corruption and all but one of the judges voted against him being allowed to seek reelection. government has ordered a team from the u.n. commission for human rights to leave and that's after the body published a report accusing the violently repressing opposition protests the chief of the u.n. mission gear more. said he would continue to monitor the situation from abroad. and here's a reminder of the top story we're following for you left and right to be. getting under way in the eastern german city of camden it's the city has come international focus of middle way of unrest following a feat or stabbing allegedly committed by migrants.

president lula da silva has been barred from standing for the presidency again by the country's top electoral court has been imprisoned for corruption and all but one of the court's judges voted against him being allowed to seek reelection. nicaragua's government has ordered a team from the u.n. commission for human rights to leave after the body published a report accusing nicaragua of violently repressing opposition protests the chief of the u.n. mission fernandes said he would continue to monitor the situation from abroad. talks between the u.s. and canada to amend the north american free trade agreement of stalled after four days of negotiations the countries remain divided over access to canada's dealy markets and medical patents auto hopes to sign on to the u.s. and mexico is revised record talks are set to resume on wednesday. the last public memorial service for late u.s. senator john mccain is due to begin shortly now the motorcade has left the capitol building and stopped at the vietnam veterans memorial before arriving at washington's national cathedral former presidents barack obama and

president lula da silva has been barred from standing for the presidency again by the country's top electoral court has been imprisoned for corruption and all but one of the court's judges voted against him being allowed to seek reelection. because i was government has ordered a team from the u.n. commission for human rights to leave after the body published a report accusing me of violently repressing opposition protests the chief of the u.n. mission and said he would continue to monitor the situation from abroad as the. qualifying for the italian grand prix is done and dusted and fittingly there are a. queue me right in locked in poor position it's the finns first for the season with the fastest lap in formula one history the top four finish as well right can and steam it's a bastion fettled will start the race in second defending champion and current leader this see them a fetus is lewis hamilton is in third and his teammate. is fourth. and here's some long term planning for you indonesia wants to host the twentieth thirty two someone lympics that's according to officials in the southeast asian

president lula da silva has been barred from standing for the presidency again by the country's top electoral court you know has been imprisoned for corruption and all but one of the quotes judges voted against him being allowed to seek reelection. a giant balloon resembling a bikini clad acidic has been flown in london as part of a campaign to oust the male organizers raise some sixty five thousand euros for the stunt it comes after can defended the flying of a similar depicting u.s. president donald trump during his visit. rival demonstrations are underway in the eastern german city of chemist's far right groups including germany's largest opposition party the anti migration have said they will march in silence this evening left wing counter demonstrators have also been gathering in the city there protesting under the banner hits. or heart not hostility the protests come after violence broke out at demonstrations in the week following the knifing to death of a german man two suspects a syrian man and an iraqi were arrested over he. has not talked to do correspondent charlotte chill some people wh

against the odds that one of two supreme court appeals that he still has open will overturn an electoral court decision barring from running experts say it's highly unlikely that this will happen although legally lula still has options unless there's a favorable decision before september seventeenth it will be too late for him to run and that brings us back to the original question and the workers party risk it all and wait or will they get another candidate had that the chance to run. they have almost no time left to decide. who's staying in brazil. and far ride presidential candidate to giant balls without a remains in the serious condition and requires another major surgery after being stabbed on birds day hospital authorities in sao paulo said the sixty three year old needs an operation to repair the intestinal tract the left wing activists who stabbed also model says he was acting on a mission from god. a mass rallies being planned in catalonia on tuesday for a binding referendum on independence from spain thousands of people have been out on the streets for the start of celebrations to m

against the odds that one of two supreme court appeals that he still has open will overturn an electoral court decision barring from running experts say it's highly unlikely that this will happen although legally lula still has options unless there's a favorable decision before september seventeenth it will be too late for him to run and that brings us back to the original question and the workers party risk it all and wait or will they give another candidate had that the chance to run in. they have almost no time left to decide. to syria now where the united nations says thirty thousand people have been displaced within a province in the last week alone and due to end crease in the number of air attacks russian jets and syrian government helicopters have targeted rebel held areas ahead of an expected ground offensive turkey's president is calling for the international community to take action to stop the attacks and an article in the wall street journal. says a political solution is needed to prevent a humanitarian disaster and stephanie decker has more from on top here on the turkey syria bo

reporter: by barring lula from running his presidential candidate, brazil's top electoral court has forcesarty onto the back foot. still, lula's followers remain optimistic the workers party can still win. >> the surveys show that president lula is capable of transferring votes to someone else. >> we'ls v -- we're voting for lula, even if the picture on the ballot shows fernando haddad. reporter: with elections just weeks away, it looks like brazil's political crisis is not going to end anytime soon. brent: you're watching "dw news." still to come, hurricane florence is speeding towards the east coast of the united states and authorities are warning it is going to hit the region head on. big headaches for folks there, but first we're going to talk business with ben. it has been 10 years since the collapse of lehman brothers. have we learned our lesson? ben: nothing at all has changed. others are arguing some -- things are looking up. corporate profits are on the rise. wall street is celebrating one record after the next. but growth has been fueled by low interest rates, and they are stayin

equal that was published by barring loon off from running as presidential candidate brazil's top electoral court has forced his party onto the back foot still lula's followers remain optimistic that the workers' party can still win. this one was to kill the surveys show that president lula is capable of transferring votes to someone else or you lost the most. we're voting for lula even if the picture on the ballot shows fernando had. a series of. with elections just weeks away it looks like brazil's political crisis isn't going to end anytime soon. now to nigeria or navigating the waters of the nation's ports can be a perilous undertaking for a fisherman because of shipwrecks lying just below the surface. went to lagos to meet some of the people affected by the maritime garbage and to find out why nigeria has become a dumping ground for disused ships. one of the largest and busiest ports in africa where boats and ships for space but over the years it has become dangerous waterway look at this rusty ship right there or rather what's left of it is one of hundreds of other ships that were left behi

brazil's top electoral court has ruled thatjailed former president luiz inacio lula da silva cannot run year's presidential election due to a corruption conviction. the 72—year—old is currently serving a 12—year sentence for the conviction but his workers party registered him as a candidate for the october vote anyway, claiming he is innocent. in the other major farewell today, senatorjohn mccain's body was taken back to the us capitol a leader of russian—backed separatists in eastern ukraine, alexander zakharchenko, has been killed in an explosion in donetsk city. russia's foreign ministry said it suspected ukraine of organising the killing. but the ukrainian government has denied any involvement. the un says there's the risk of a humanitarian catastrophe if the syrian regime doesn't halt its plans to retake the last major rebel stronghold of idlib. almost three million people live there. many of them are rebel fighters and opposition members who were brought to idlib after the army regained control of other opposition areas across the country. in the other major farewell today, senato

brazil's top electoral court has ruled that the jailed former president — lula inacio lula da silva —s 0ctober‘s presidential election because of his convictions for money laundering and corruption. the seventy—two year old left—wing populist is currently serving a 12—year prison sentence. some of the greatest musical performers of the last sixty years havejoined politicians and civil rights leaders to remember the life of aretha franklin. she died earlier this month from cancer, at the age of 76. the funeral service for the singer — who became known as the queen of soul took place in detroit, at the church where she sang as a child. 0ur north america correspondent, aleem maqbool was there. # it's marvellous # marvellous # it is a day of giving praise for the life of a woman who made an unprecedented impact with her voice and with her soul. # it's marvellous # a culmination of two weeks of tribute since the passing of aretha franklin. a public that adored her queued for hours to get inside the church to get a chance to say their final goodbyes to the queen of soul. i could not sit at

against the odds that one of two superior court appeals that he still has open will overturn an electoral court decision barring from running experts say it's highly unlikely that this will happen although legally lula still has options unless there's a favorable decision before september seventeenth it will be too late for him to run and that brings us back to the original question and the workers party risk it all and wait or will they give another candidate had that the chance to run as name they have almost no time left to decide. we're going to weather update thanks here on al-jazeera then rights groups accuse china's government of using. methods to crackdown on muslim weakness and. i'm on the banks of the mekong river in northern thailand just across the. there is a blouse and downstream from here the lao government is building another big dam we'll tell you why many people on this side of the river want it stopped. now the rain heavy again has moved through genea and pennsylvania and his disappearance i mean no through new england the tail of cloud that run to the southern states shows l

equal that was published by barring luau from running as presidential candidate brazil's top electoral court has forced his party onto the back foot. still followers remain optimistic that the workers' party can still win. dismissed. the surveys show that president lula is capable of transferring votes to someone else. we're voting for even if the picture on the ballot shows fernandez. with elections just weeks away it looks like brazil's political crisis isn't going to end anytime soon. while the brazilian workers party's new presidential candidate is not doing too well in the polls the latest survey shows how with only eight percent support the country's far right candidate. who you might remember was stabbed during a campaign rally last week while he leads the polls taking twenty six percent of first round votes in simulated runoff scenarios both was in a technical tie with all major rivals. now across to nigeria where navigating the waters of the nation's ports can be a perilous undertaking for a fisherman because of shipwrecks flying just below the surface. to lagos to meet some of the

equal that was bobby's by boring lou not from running as presidential candidate brazil's top electoral courthas forced his party onto the back foot still lose followers remain optimistic that the workers' party can still win. dismissed. this survey show that president lula is capable of transferring votes to someone else. you know. we're voting for a little even if the picture on the ballot shows fernandez. fault. with elections just weeks away it looks like brazil's political crisis isn't going to end anytime soon. oh well you're watching t w news live from berlin still to come hurricane florence is speeding towards the east coast of the united states and authorities are warning it's going to hit the region head on . big headaches for folks there but first we're going to talk about business with bends what been ten years since the collapse of lehman brothers have we learned our lesson ten years this weekend and some people say we have learned a lesson that nothing at all has changed others would argue things are looking up if you take a look at the for example corporate profits they are on

it is the electoral court and the electoral authorities which in all honesty is the way rhe prefer for it the way we perform -- the way we prefer for it to be. we don't have very much campaign-finance, or are in different places, so how do we think about that and going back to that question of what you allow globally in the global conversation versus in those different countries. those are a couple of different examples. i think we are learning more with learning how to work with different partners. we are using this to identify the types of activity that people might be doing and new ways that actors might be trying to disrupt the platform, because our big thing if we want to make sure what happened in 2216 doesn't happen again but we are also looking around corners because one of the things is an example, a lot of these actors are getting much better hiding their actual location, whether it is through vpn and other things we are getting better at detecting that and they are getting better at doing it. still when nigerian princes are asking for money they are just doing it in differen

against the odds that one of two superior court appeals that he still has open will overturn an electoral court decision barring from running experts say it's highly unlikely that this will happen although legally lula still has options unless there's a favorable decision before september seventeenth it will be too late for him to run and that brings us back to the original question and the workers party risk it all and wait or will they give another candidate had that the chance to run as the name they have almost no time left to decide we're going to weather update next here on ars zero then weaponize and starvation how hunger and conflict zones could kill a child every minute before the end of this year. on the banks of the northern thailand just across the river is laos and downstream from here the lao government is building another big dam we'll tell you why many people on this side of the river want to stop. hello showers reached out from turkey and reached just about cyprus in the far northwest of syria they may be repeated i suspect not really not for many any run the black sea and poss

has been barred from running in october's election despite leading the polls judges that the electoral court voted six to one to ban his candidacy because he's serving a twelve year prison sentence for corruption people convicted of a crime can't run for the presidency of brazil but lula's party registered him anyway and says it will fight to make sure he remains a candidate. tensions have been rising in the eastern german city of chemist's demonstrators protest against government immigration policies rival rallies have been held after the arrest of two asylum seekers suspected of stabbing in german man to death last sunday and it's has been seen a series of anti migrant protests in the past week more than twelve hundred police have been deployed to keep the peace. earlier though left wing demonstrators rallied in the center of cabinets protesters marched under the slogan heart instead of hate there have been more open displays of anti migrant sentiment in germany since the arrival of more than a million refugees in migrants in the past three years. at least thirty nigerian soldiers have bee

against the odds that one of two superior court appeals that he still has open will overturn an electoral court decision barring from running experts say it's highly unlikely that this will happen although legally lula still has options unless there's a favorable decision before september seventeenth it will be too late for him to run and that brings us back to the original question will lula and the workers' party risk it all and wait or will they get another candidate had that the chance to run as named they have almost no time left to decide. and staying in brazil the far right presidential contender jay abel sonando remains in serious condition and needs another major surgery after being stabbed say the hospital authorities in sao paolo say the sixty three year old needs an operation to repair the intestinal tract the left wing activist who stabbed both scenarios says he was acting on a mission from god. the leaders of ethiopia and eritrea celebrating the reopening of a joint border crossing for the first time since they foresaw war twenty years ago the border post says on the main road lin

the top electoral court has ruled that de silva is not eligible to run. he has been in jail since april and serving a 12 year sentence for corruption and money laundering. he served as president between the years of 2003 and 2011. >>> remembering a war hero and the dedicated public servant. the late u.s. senator john mccain is back in washington, d.c. for more memorials before he is laid to rest. plus we look at the life of john mccain's mother, roberta, who was a maverick in her own right. stay with us. ♪ >>> a live look there, washington, d.c., the nation's capital. and guarded overnight in the rotunda by an honor guard, the late u.s. senator john mccain being remembered in the u.s. kap capital. mccain's body is lying in state. friends, family and visitors came together by the thousands to pay their respects to the self described maverick. cnn's sun plan serfaty has are more. >> reporter: a poignant sound, skies opening up and rain pouring down just as senator john mccain's casket was brought step by step into the u.s. capitol for the last time. a sombe

president of brazil will not run as a candidate in october's presidential election brazil's top electoral courtda silva is not el jible to run. lulu is serving a sentence for money laundering and served between 2003 and 2011. still ahead, honoring the life of a revered american politician with a rare tradition reserved for the highest members of state and military, but as the u.s. vice president says, john mccain deserved it. >> we mourn with those who mourn. we grieve with those who grieve but we do not grieve like those who have no hope. because john mccain, like millions of americans, held firm to that hope from an old hymn that became the title of a book he wrote some 20 years ago. "faith of our fathers." the full stanza of that hymn reads, faith of our fathers living still, in spite of dungeon, fire and sword. oh, how our hearts be high with joy, when 'er we hear that glorious word. john mccain held firm to that faith. the faith of his fathers. through dungeon, fire and sword. and he held fast to his faith in america, through six decades of service. another anti-wrinkle cream in no hurry t

brazil's electoral court has barred former president lula da silva from october's election he setting twelve years in jail for corruption people convicted of a crime can't run for the presidency and his party registered him anyway and says it will fight with all means to make sure he remains a candidate. the u.s. and canada have missed a deadline to revamp the north american free trade agreement talks ended on friday without a deal president donald trump told congress he will press ahead with a new agreement with mexico canada as for mr a still optimistic a deal can be reached. it is going to take flexibility on all sides to get to a deal in the end and what i can speak to is the canadian position and i really want to assure canadians we're working hard to get a good deal we are confident that a win win win deal is possible and we're always going to stand up for the national interest and for canadian values russia and ukraine are accusing each other of killing a separatist rebels leader in eastern ukraine alexander died in a blast at a cafe in donetsk russia says ukraine is trying to

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against the odds that one of two superior court appeals that he still has open will overturn an electoral court decision. ringing from running experts say it's highly unlikely that this will happen although legally lula still has options unless there's a favorable decision before september seventeenth it will be too late for him to run and that brings us back to the original question will lula and the workers' party risk it all and wait or will they give another candidate had that chance to run in lula's name they have almost no time left to decide. one million people in the u.s. have been ordered to leave their homes as a powerful storm approaches the east coast conference is expected to make landfall on thursday in north or south carolina already a category four storm is projected to strengthen in the coming days you say people should leave the areas listed for evacuation by choose day the u.s. national hurricane center is warning of one hundred ninety kilometer an hour winds flooding and. laos is pushing ahead with plans to build more down the river a partial collapse of the dam in july kill

brazil's top electoral court a prisoner from running in the election.can appeal that particular decision. morning, our emerging market rout. -- wrap. risks are rising in terms of what's going to happen this week. would be foolhardy to say the worst is over for em currencies? >> we saw a bit of a downswing today locally in argentina. simpleems to have been if you look at the market action this morning. all the emerging market currencies starting today, the focus will be the lira with inflation data. the central bank has not moved decisively and fasteners to curb inflation. the turkish lira will remain at the deficiency. africa's rand another vulnerable they ares -- vulnerable to capital outflow. much of this selloff is due to the difference between the global negative, i.e. trade war's and the fed, and how much of it is to do with the idiosyncrasies of individual markets, which is deficits, ease?is about fiscal those are the domestic issues versus the global issues. must i differentiate? i must, surely. week, au look at last lot of the moves were due to

against the odds that one of two superior court appeals that he still has open will overturn an electoral court decision barring from running experts say it's highly unlikely that this will happen although legally lula still has options unless there's a favorable decision before september seventeenth it will be too late for him to run and that brings us back to the original question will lula and the workers' party risk it all and wait or will they give another candidate had that the chance to run as name they have almost no time left to decide. we're going to weather update next to zero then the games are back career holds its first mass games in five years with a message of reunification. china under pressure why rights groups say the government is cracking down on its muslim population. from the clear blue sky of the doha moony. to the fresh fruits and breeze in the city of love. hello showers reached out from turkey and reached just about cyprus in the far northwest of syria they may be repeated i suspect not really not for many any run the black sea and possibly occasionally in the caspian

lula da silva has been barred from running in october his election majority of judges on the electoral court barred his candidacy he's currently serving a twelve year prison sentence for corruption lula's lawyers though have said they will appeal any decision that prevents him from running to the supreme court was. rebels in syria's province of blown up two bridges in an attempt to hinder any government assault on the area people protested against moves to retake the rebels' last stronghold but russia's foreign minister says the syrian government has every right to chase what he called terrorists out of it three million people live there including around ten thousand rebel fighters where some zarko is a teacher and it live he says it will be hard to escape. i guess many will now but if we ever we are committed plane i give them. some because in that nothing. no longer fit in any place in the interior that's why we microwave the clock on the map it looks like a small area but the huge impact i need for five or six hours to people from one side to another side that's used for me at least and w

against the odds that one of two superior court appeals that he still has open will overturn an electoral court decision barring from running experts say it's highly unlikely that this will happen although legally lula still has options unless there's a favorable decision before september seventeenth it will be too late for him to run and that brings us back to the original question and the workers party risk it all and wait or will they give another candidate had that the chance to run. they have almost no time left to decide tuesday marks the seventieth anniversary of the september eleventh attacks nearly three thousand people were killed in the u.s. of the world trade center size in new york almost everything has been rebuilt except one particular building which remains in the greek faith from that day reports from new york it was an unassuming structure that for more than eighty years was home to the st nicholas greek orthodox church in new york. and for decades it stood in the shadows of the world trade towers until september eleventh two thousand and one when the towers fell the debris cr

silva has been officially blocked from running in october's election majority of judges on the electoral court delivered a ruling banning his candidacy he's serving a twelve year prison sentence for corruption a people convicted of a crime car run for the presidency in brazil but lula's party registered him anyway it says it will keep up the fight to ensure he can stand guatemala's presidents has shot down a un anti corruption commission in the country jimmy morale is says he won't renew its mandate when it expires next year the commission was behind many high profile investigations involving politicians and business people. mexico's congress is opening up its first legislative session under president elect and this man will lopez obrador of the morena party a new government is expected to tackle several new policies from anti corruption measures to energy reform john homan reports. over the years it's a historic new mexican congress for the first time since democracy the left has a clear majority. for your old party morena and its allies with the board giving populist president elect and his

, which is an interesting place to be because we are not forcing them to do it, but it is the electoral court that we provided them the tools, and added the disclaimer. we, as facebook, are not doing anything to add that disclaimer. it is the electoral authorities, which is how we prefer it to be. that would be interesting. we are thinking of other countries having elections that may be to not have very much campaign-finance law, or are in different places, so how do we think about that? going back to that question of what do you allow globally in the global conversation versus in the different countries? those are a couple of different examples, but we are learning how to work with different governments on information sharing to identify the types of activities people might be doing and new ways actors are trying to disrupt the platform. we want to make sure what happened in 2016 does not happen again but we are also looking at corners.- around a lot of the actors are getting better at hiding their actual locations, whether through vpn for other things, we are getting better at detecting tha

people are disappointed and shocked by the court's decision it shows that our court is receiving orders from officials the electoral commission which is supposedly independent has long been painted by bemba and his supporters as deeply partisan. i feel sorry for the congolese people after this court decision the court is supposed to uphold the law but it has become politicized. the presidential election has already been delayed for two years triggering a violent protests in which dozens were killed. in a deal see has never seen a peaceful transition of power it's looking less likely that this election will be different big turia gayton be al-jazeera. inside yemen protests and going on in the south east against the saudi and iraqi coalition's military campaign was. demonstrators in the lives governor charted for the coalition to leave calling it a puppet of the us some yemenis blocked off main roads and carried placards blaming the coalition for the collapsing economy. u.s. president donald trump's pick to be the next supreme court justice has faced a chaotic confirmation hearing in the senate democrats accuse repub

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the high court has ruled the electoral commission misinterpreted election spending laws during the eu them. vote leave paid more than six hundred thousand pounds to clear bills allegedly run up by a university student, darren grimes, who ran the ‘beleave' campaign. the commission initially said it had no grounds to suspect this was a scheme to get round spending limits, but later changed its mind and fined vote leave and mr grimes. both deny wrongdoing. the reality tv show, big brother, is to end after nearly 20 years on british television. channel 5 announced this year's series, the 19th will be the last. it's time for this game to end. the celebrity big brother programme is also being dropped. starting on channel 4 in 2000 it made household names of many people including jade goody and created some memorable tv moments including the politician george galloway pretending to be a cat. joining me earlier, entertainment reporter and tv critic emma bullimore, and former big brother contestant aisleyne horgan—wallace, who appeared in the 7th series of the programme. it's in an debonair an

congo will not be alert to the upcoming presidential elections the country's top court has rejected appeal against an electoral commission decision to deny his candidacy application was rejected as he was jus to be sentenced by the international criminal court for bribing witnesses during a war crimes trial which ended two years ago he was released from prison in the hague last month after a separate conviction for crimes against humanity was quashed. germany's giving that one hundred sixteen billion dollars in emergency aid to countries in the lake chad region that's on top of billy three hundred million dollars already promised to help bring political stability and pay for development and infrastructure germany's foreign ministry says the money is in europe's security interests the borders for countries that nigeria church and karun is a source of water for as many as thirteen million people but due to climate change . population growth the lake has shrunk by ninety percent since the by nine hundred sixty s. told top of poverty and conflict has forced more than two million people from their homes and the u.n

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the high court has ruled the electoral commission misinterpreted eu referendum spending laws, allowingersity student, darren grimes, who ran the ‘beleave' campaign. the commission initially said it had no grounds to suspect this was a scheme to get round spending limits — but later changed its mind and fined vote leave and mr grimes. both deny wrongdoing. all week, we've been reporting on the 10th anniversary of the collapse of the new york banking giant, lehman brothers, which unleashed the global financial crisis. the uk experienced a deep recession, squeezing incomes which are only now beginning to recover. among other countries, spain was particularly badly hit: a building boom funded by reckless borrowing rapidly gave way to a bust that cut growth and costjobs. 0ur europe correspondent kevin connolly has been back to madrid to look for signs of recovery. not far from bustling madrid, a ghostly spanish road to nowhere. a stretch of highway left unfinished at a time when businesses were losing their money and bankers were losing their nerve. there are ghost towns of empty houses, to

so they create a special electoral commission composed of five senators, five representatives and five supreme court justices. in the results that come back, there were three southern states that had disputed returns. so, what shows up his two different groups. one for tilden, one for hayes. the commission comes back and finds in favor of hayes, awarding him those votes. but as part of the political negotiation that is struck, to make him president, the southern states, democrats managed to push republicans to end reconstruction formally. that happened in 1877. once that happens, what you see over a decade, a decade and a half, is a process where african-americans are gradually excluded from the political process in the south. it is a combination of state laws that go on the books, local laws that go on the books, such as poll taxes. by the 1890s, both through law and through custom in the south, african-americans are largely no longer part of the political process. and that plays out in congress in that post 1877., because you see the numbers really drop off by the 1880s. by the 1880s and 1890s, we

the #metoo movement has clashed into the polarized american electorate over something fundamental which is an appointment to the supreme court you wrap all of that in to what this hearing could be like as amy said, there's not going to be winners and losers. many people have already made up their mind about who is telling the truth in this case. so the difficulty of conducting a fair hearing in which people in one way or another have their minds changed seems very remote. >> dickerson: are we going to get into a situation where, how broad do you think the questioning will be? not just about the facts of this one particular night, how broad do you think we might get on these questions? >> we've talked a lot about just the political risk for republicans and their questioning and the hearing if it does happen. but i talked to a lot of democratic sources who are preparing their own questions for this hearing in terms of the uncomfortable questions this they will ask judge kavanaugh. aides tell me they are preparing questions on his drinking, on this prep academy world of the 1908s, democrat in aides are reading mark judge's book

is simple our people are disappointed and shocked by the court's decision it shows that our close is receiving orders from officials the electoral commission which is supposedly independent has long been painted by ben and his supporters as deeply partisan. i feel sorry for the congolese people after this court decision the court is supposed to uphold but it has become politicized. the presidential election has already been delayed for two years triggering violent protests in which dozens were killed the. deal see has never seen a peaceful transition of power it's looking less likely that this election will be different big turia gayton be al jazeera the market value of online retailer amazon has passed a trillion dollars it's the second u.s. company to reach that figure following tech giant apple last month this comes twenty four years after the founder jeff bezos borrowed money to sell books on the internet argentina's currency crisis is getting worse the spite action by policymakers on the fifty billion dollar financial package from the international monetary fund the economy minister is in washington to personally ask the i.