seek war but if it does start north korea's leaders would be in her words utterly destroyed kathy novak al jazeera. in other news and in fact in just the last half hour of them that is in response to a tweet from donald trump telling her to focus on quote destructive radical islamic terrorism the back and forth began when may condemned trump for his anti islam retreat also with the british interior minister amber rudd and said she hopes the u.k.'s condemnation of trump will be taken seriously i think. that we have been very clear president donald trump was wrong to retreat videos posted by the far group christian first we have said so clearly in this house and the prime minister has said so clearly online we will continue to speak freely and frankly when it takes place the head of the roman catholic church has arrived in bangladesh pope francis met president of the homemade at the start of his three day visit the pontiff was criticized for not publicly mentioning the range of crisis during the me and this trip but is expected to discuss it in bangladesh and medical sources say at least ten people

likely that if north korea comes to the table it will insist on doing so as a nuclear state kathy novak al jazeera sole. challenger in next year's egyptian presidential election has turned out to zero he's been blocked from leaving the u.a.e. and shafique student egypt's first presidential election after the twenty eleven uprising against former leader hosni mubarak but last august mohamed morsi of the muslim brotherhood after his defeat sure feet fled overseas the incumbent president didn't fight o.c.c. has not yet declared whether he's standing for reelection donald trump has been widely condemned after he shared anti muslim videos posted by a far right british activist group trying to twitter account retreated three separate unverified videos posted by j. de france and the deputy leader of the britain first movement trump is being backed by the white house whether it's it's own real video the threat is real and that is what the president is talking about that's what the president is focused on is dealing with those real threats those are real no matter how you look at it so a former bosnian cro

golfers the speech was well received in the chamber likely very much less so across the border kathy novak al jazeera so let's go back to that press conference that we saw a few minutes ago between foreign minister in doha and iraq's foreign minister who is visiting take you live now to the ministry of foreign affairs here. was watching that press conference what do you make of what you heard. well it was a much more positive much more friendly press conference that we've seen between iraq and in the past you have to realize that these are two countries that had real problems during the first gulf war in ninety one broke off diplomatic relations. and it's only in two thousand and fifteen that the new three embassy in baghdad was opened now that's really where a lot of this is coming from it was described as a meeting that was strategic in nature not technical there were big issues that they were being discussed chief among them was the reconstruction of iraq post i saw this was something that the cafe foreign minister was very keen to say that the companies would be very much involved in the rebuildi

seek war but if it does start north korea's leaders would be in her words utterly destroyed kathy novak al jazeera sole. ok let's bring in our guests joining us now to beijing back to go director of the china maschler sociate of international studies in washington we have richard white's director of the center for political military analysis at the hudson institute and joining us on skype to taipei roster all fine gold asia political risk analyst welcome to you all victor coming to you first nikki haley is saying all nations should cut ties with north korea how likely is that i think china has expressed the firm position that denuclearization is the ultimate goal that we all need to work towards however each country should have the freedom to decide what's the best way to proceed is specially under the umbrella of the united nations security council resolutions and i think china will do this in this spirit and the ultimate goal is inevitably the denuclearization but china does not want to be forestalled pressured by any other country as to what's the right thing to do what's the wrong thing to do

into the dire conditions north koreans face and the kind of life this defector was fleeing kathy novak al jazeera soul. ok let's go back to another one of our big stories today lots of political uncertainty in lebanon surrounding of course saad hariri probably milton at was a friend of al-jazeera english visiting fellow of course of the brookings doha center will he or won't he resign or not. i think all the indications are at the moment to be from those in his camp so to speak he never wanted to resign in the first place what imposition of the resignation does however is open up the grounds for a dialogue so this is why we've seen the announcement today following his meeting at the presidential palace. he will temporarily suspend the offer of resignation and that the country and its political leaders will go into this delicate process of dialogue over which we should say danger ahead because there are many many pitfalls once again we have. the emphasis on the extent to which external actors and a variety of external actors will contribute and or interfere with the process of negotiation now over

into the dire conditions north koreans face and the kind of life this defector was fleeing kathy novak al jazeera soul. now talks are taking place in the russian city of sochi which could determine the outcome of the syrian war turkey which backs syrian rebel groups and president bashar assad's allies iran and russia are there groups opposed to us and our meeting in the saudi capital riyadh it follows as said surprise visit to russia on monday for talks with president vladimir putin and on the ground attacks on the besieged rebel held suburb of the syrian capital have intensified in the past week killing more than eighty civilians the volunteer group syria civil defense says more than two hundred airstrikes have hit eastern also since last tuesday so a binge of aid has more from gaza into the turkey syria border. more children wounded in near strikes and. strictly reviews for any of the jets in the sky before they begin driving in her child in duma peers to be. in with rob or another he has had homes in the theme routine. this is why rescuers continue to ask what updates on aircraft activity whil

test could still be the crucial factor that determines what kind of future they will have kathy novak al-jazeerasoul. hurrican harvey was the most expensive tropical cyclone on record wind and flooding causing nearly two hundred billion dollars dollars worth of damage breaking the record set by hurricane katrina in two thousand and five nowhere was harvey's devastation felt more than an arkansas county in texas where hundreds remain homeless for thanksgiving john hendren is spending the holiday in the town of the texas town of fulton. ok let me thank you me. over on this thanksgiving holiday the people of texas have fewer blessings to count . about taking my lap one time for manic depression. we're going to have a christmas eve is going to get a christmas promise you howard. mayor jimmie kendrick lost his barn two cars in much of his electricity in hurricane harvey and he considers himself lucky . three months after the eye of the storm ravaged nearly every building here a survey returned by most of iran's as counties remaining twenty five hundred students brought stunning news we've got quite a

seek war but if it does start north korea's leaders would be in her words utterly destroyed kathy novak al jazeera sole leaders in libya have agreed to the emergency evacuation of refugees and migrants facing abuse in detention camps the plan has been drawn up but the i junked e.u. african union summit in ivory coast libya's un back to ministration has joined the agreement but has limited control over the territory where the migrants are being held it's not clear how the deal will be enforced but migrants are expected to be sent back mainly to their home countries. we took firm decisions on the immediate evacuation of refugees setting up a committee led by the african union's commission on human rights assisted by the european union pursuing smugglers of human beings and we consider this smuggling a crime against humanity also the various countries must put in place special forces to fight against smugglers of human beings many of those refugees gathering in libya are trying to find their way to europe with those who do manage to make it across landing in greece a surge in the number of people arr

into the dire conditions north koreans face and the kind of life this defector was fleeing kathy novak al jazeera soul. let me take you now back to that story we talked about earlier on the international criminal court where the judges convicted war crimes tribunals bosnia sent commander ratko and gave him a lifetime sentence less cross to david who is in a strip burnet sara and the verdict may have been in the hague david but the real impact is hell is felt really way you are. that's right the the mothers have separate needs so watching the proceedings in the hague court here in the middle of this cemetery where many of their loved ones are actually buried and it was extraordinary watching the whole process they were reliving those memories as a court during a very long verdict and description of the crimes it revived in them all of those memories that have been haunted by for the last twenty two years now they were delighted when the verdict came through the guilty of genocide and there was a an upsurge of of emotion and there was cheering there was hugging and there were tears but essentially

test could still be the crucial factor that determines what kind of future they will have kathy novak al jazeera so all. the holiday tradition in the u.s. has reignited controversy around sport and racism one of this year's thanksgiving football games is for the first time in the league's history being held in the capital but the host seen the washington redskins uses a name that many people see as a slur against native americans alan fisher has more. or many have been preparing the feast simon moyer smith has been preparing the protest of those since gather moshing to d.c. for the big american football game he says he will highlight the forgotten story of thanksgiving so we call this the justice for natives rally because of the omission of the murdered and mutilated native. and the thanksgiving narrative people don't know about it don't talk about it you know the very white washed myth made comfortable narrative for people. that has been simmering anger to over the name of the team in washington the redskins there's been a concerted effort to have it changed opponents claiming it is blatantly r

golfers the speech was well received in the chamber likely very much less so across the border kathy novak al jazeera saw. back home there was some bad news for trump as democrat candidates beat republicans in a number of elections in states across the country democrats were elected as the governors of the genuine new jersey in the first major defeats for the republican party since trunk's win last year mike hanna reports from virginia. on the new governor of virginia is democratic ralph northam it's a major victory in a state where republicans hold of two to one majority in the legislature a blow to republican candidate. who received strong support from president trump and a warning to republicans that the democrat threat could intensify in the crucial midterm elections next year. though there donald trump comes in a few days is the difference. no though you the republican campaign has been run at a grassroots level taking a leaf out of the trump playbook that led to his victory a year ago. that election indicated an antipathy among voters to traditional political leaders and in this campaign organi

into the dire conditions north koreans face and the kind of life this defector was fleeing kathy novak al jazeera soul. and a quick reminder you can find out much more about many of the news stories we're covering by going to our website that's what it looks like at the moment leading almost events in zimbabwe the address is al-jazeera. dot com. thank you out of reminder of the top stories here on the al-jazeera. the bob weighs in coming later anderson was addressed supporters after his return to harare from south africa sworn in as president on friday following the resignation of robert mugabe but god was said the country was witnessing the beginning of a democracy. with this. oh i knew. this. former bosnian serb general right came a lot it has been convicted of genocide and crimes against humanity and sentenced to life in prison a lot it shocks straight at the massacre of eight thousand muslim men and boys in one thousand nine hundred five and what the court ruled was a relentless campaign of ethnic cleansing the seventy three year old was objected from court in the hague before the verdict was

test could still be the crucial factor that determines what kind of future they will have kathy novak al-jazeera saw. it has been three months since hurricane harvey slammed into the gulf coast of the united states and nowhere was harvey's devastation felt more than in arkansas county in texas where hundreds remain homeless for thanksgiving john hendren spending the holiday in the texan town of fulton. ok it's now everything you need most over on this thanksgiving holiday the people of fulton texas have fewer blessings to count after third thought about taking my lab one time for manic depression is that you said you know you were going to have a christmas this kid's going to get a christmas promise you start. mayor jimmie kendrick lost his barn two cars in much of his electricity in hurricane harvey and he considers himself lucky . three months after the eye of the storm ravaged nearly every building here a survey returned by most of iran's as counties remaining twenty five hundred students brought stunning news we've got quite a few that are home with that ninety eight percent of those they're

seek war but if it does start north korea's leaders would be in her words utterly destroyed kathy novak al jazeera. pass attack the british prime minister theresa may for condemning his latest tweets truck share three anti muslim videos from a far right british group to his more than forty million followers a spokesman for may call trump's actions wrong and trump replied this way trace tomato focus on me focus on the destructive radical islamic terrorism that is taking place within the united kingdom we are doing fine aren't we phillips joins us live from london and barnaby the u.s. and the u.k. are allies this is quite an exchange and it's not just cheery some may have felt compelled to say something tell us more about their reaction. the u.s. and the u.k. are perhaps more than allies certainly the british like to talk about a special relationship in extremely close cultural relationship historical military diplomatic but this spat is unprecedented and it puts to reason may and the british government in particular in a very awkward situation don't forget that the reason may received some criticis

into the dire conditions north koreans face and the kind of life this defector was fleeing kathy novak al jazeera sole. u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson has called the range of crisis ethnic cleansing following his visit to me and last week he said those responsible for the atrocities in rakhine state should be held accountable. and jordan has more from washington d.c. the u.s. announcement on wednesday that it believes ethnic cleansing is happening in iraq and state in me and maher is remarkable the announcement from the u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson comes barely three months after the military started a crackdown on an armed were hanging a group which the military says was responsible for carrying out terrorist attacks . washington has long said that david l. has the right to ensure national security but that this crackdown has gone too far more than six hundred thousand ethnic were being a men women and children have fled from iraq state into the neighboring country of triggering a massive refugee crisis the u.s. believes that it is now up to the authorities in name of the al both

test could still be the crucial factor that determines what kind of future they will have kathy novak al-jazeera soul. demands by the u.s. government to free five businessman imprisoned in venezuela are being dismissed by the president nicolas maduro the executives with jule nationality were detained as part of a corruption investigation they work for cit to go that's a u.s. subsidiary of venezuela's state owned oil giant. in time the ministry not only did venezuelan executives from citgo were in venezuela for a meeting and were detained under order of the attorney general based on a complaint that i made now the united states embassy says that five of the six detainees are american citizens and since they're american citizens the u.s. government has demanded that they be released these people were born in venezuela they are venezuelans they will be judged for corrupt thieves and traitors that they are hurrican harvey was the most expensive tropical cyclone ever wind and flooding caused nearly two hundred billion dollars worth of damage breaking the record set by hurricane katrina in two thousan

seek war but if it does start north korea's leaders would be in her words utterly destroyed kathy novak al jazeera sole leaders in libya have agreed to the emergency evacuation of refugees and migrants facing abuse in detention camps the plan has been drawn up at a joint u. african union summit in ivory coast it's not clear how the deal will be enforced but migrants are expected to be sent mainly to their home countries reports from. for a lot of the work that african and european union leaders condemned the refugee slave trade in libya in their final statement they promised a task force to tackle traffickers and urgently repatch rate anyone who's trapped there the fun is on fire. there are women and children living in inhuman conditions we have agreed along with the e.u. and the un to set up a task force for repatriating at least three thousand eight hundred people the. leaders say there are more than forty refugee camps in libya where people are bought and sold by those with little respect for human life. well the leaders here have committed to helping refugees in libya there were very few do te

test could still be the crucial factor that determines what kind of future they will have kathy novak al-jazeera saw some patrick's old cathedral in new york city is home to one of the oldest pipe organs in the united states but cathedral staff are concerned the important historical interim and may not make it to its one hundred and fifty eighth birthday next year so they're trying to raise two million dollars to restore and preserve the glorious instrument jarrad lament so the cathedrals music director has become as much mechanic as he is musician he shows us what it takes to keep the organs pipes into. i'm gerald manzo i'm the director of music here at the basilica of st patrick's old cathedral in new york city. this organ was built by a man named henry urban back in eight hundred sixty eight and i like to think it was his finest work. it was boys for this room he designed it for this room and that's such an important part of why this organ special. it's a wonderful combination of visual art and also sonic r. . and has almost two thousand five hundred pipes and it's all mechanical so you can s

into the dire conditions north koreans face and the kind of life this defector was fleeing kathy novak al jazeera soul. at least one security officer and a gunman have been killed in a twenty four hour special operation black counterterrorism forces in the georgian capital tbilisi they radiate a multi-story building georgia's security services say a number of suspects and i holed up inside the building. the u.s. president donald trump has broken with leading republicans and voiced support for the alabama senate candidate william moore who's been accused of sexual misconduct with teenagers his committee and. for the first time donald trump has come out strongly endorsing the candidacy of the embattled candidate for a special senate seat republican roy moore there have been multiple i'm proven allegations by women who say when they were teenagers more pursued them against their wishes donald trump says that these allegations happened a long time ago and he believes morris claims that they are false he totally denies it he says it didn't happen and you know you have to list them all so you're talkin

likely that if north korea comes to the table it will insist on doing so as a nuclear state kathy novak al jazeera sole hans blix is a former director general of the international atomic energy agency he says north korea's actions are based on fear. well we don't know yet whether these tests indicate that they have missed and really enters the atmosphere and set off in the ocean but well if it would now can do it now or later well they will have the capacity so the situation is tense one i think that the best you know it remains a suspension open ended suspension. of the on the all three and suspension of the big military maneuvers that scares the. u.s. and south korea and mount the territory of south korea but also the. act of carrying a long goes on with bombers and there was more as the north koreans there in march and they want to demonstrate to their capacity. other been traumatic scenes that a u.n. war crimes court and the hague where i former bosnian croat military leader appear to drink poison seconds after judges upheld his twenty year sentence is just suspended proceedings while he was s

than thirty percent said they would donate gold today if their country faced another crisis kathy novak al jazeera saw the gas pipe explosion in the u.s. has forced people from their homes in the middle of the night it took firefighters in michigan two hours to bring the blaze under control police are investigating the calls. you're watching out is there i'm still rather these are our top stories in nigeria at least fifty people have been killed by a suicide bomber in mumbai in the northeastern state police say a teenage bomber targeted a mosque as people were arriving for morning prayers no group has claimed responsibility but boko haram carried out a regular attacks in the region. thousands of people have been demonstrating outside zimbabwe's parliament calling for president robert mugabe to step down impeachment proceedings are currently underway the rulings only appear has been accused of lying is wife to use her power of being too old to lead the senate and rational assembly are meeting but the gatherings too large to be held in parliament so it's happening at a nearby conference address stea

likely that if north korea comes to the table it will insist on doing so as a nuclear state kathy novak al jazeera sole mike hanna joins us from the u.n. headquarters in new york so mike we're starting to come in what what can we expect from this meeting. well we're waiting for the session of the security council to get under way initially there had to be in shared jeweled a report back from the security council sanctions committee this they have to carry out every ninety days the head of that committee was due to brief the security council on how effectively sanctions already in place are being imposed but following the latest missile launch by north korea the u.s. japan and south korea called for an emergency session to discuss the issue that is what is going to be happening in a short while once the members of the security council sit down and begin discussing the issue we heard from some people on their way into the security council chamber from the italian ambassador who's the chair of the sanctions committee saying that obviously sanctions will be discussed the possibility of further sanctio

than thirty percent said they would donate gold today if their country faced another crisis kathy novak al jazeera. traverses take a look at the top stories here it out there a million miles treatment of its range of people has been likened to a paul fate in a new report by amnesty international the rise organizations as mammals being secor gating its range of people in an open air prison by keeping them in their villages and a nice start is amnesty international senior director for research. in relation to the ongoing system of our party that we describe in our report i think the world is way too willing to buy into the restoration presented by the myanmar authorities about the need to convert terrorism about the need to establish security and that's why we felt it was a very important moment to remind both in myanmar officials and their international counterparts that absolutely no considerations be it security or the need to convert terrorism can justify the ongoing crimes against humanity to justify the system of apartheid. syria's president bashar al assad has held talks with russia's leader

seek war but if it does start north korea's leaders would be in her words utterly destroyed kathy novak al jazeera soul francis is demanding the international community takes decisive measures to resolve the cause of the mass exodus of range of muslims from manama arriving in bangladesh from myanmar pope francis broke his silence over what the u.n. has called a textbook case of ethnic cleansing was also he also called on world governments to immediately provide assistance to help bangladesh cope with the crisis. nemeth he's quoted. in recent months the spirit of generosity and sort of heresy which is a distinguishing mohawk actually so it has been seen most vividly in its humanitarian work into a massive influx of refugees from morocco and states providing them with temporary shelter and the basic necessities of life this is been done no to sacrifice it has also been done before they always have the whole world. but while the words of pope francis for sharply still don't identify the ranjit by name only referring to them as refugees from morocco and state charles trafford has more from cox is biza

seek war but if it does start north korea's leaders would be in her words utterly destroyed kathy novak al jazeera. pakistan's government is facing criticism for the way it handled protests against a minister who was accused of blasphemy five people were killed in those demonstrations that ended with the resignation of the minister a government says agreeing to the protesters demands was the only way to prevent more violence zain bus rafi with the support from the horn. it's been a tough year for pakistan muslim league news the country's ruling party. was removed as prime minister over corruption allegations and now the government is accused of mishandling a sit in in islamabad by religious hardliners that ended only when the government gave into their demands it's the kind of appeasement their opponents say that means people and has lost the moral authority to rule but at a party office in lahore it's business as usual mohamed pervaiz malek has represented his constituency for nearly two decades he's also the minister for commerce and textile when asked about whether his government should step as

seek war but if it does start north korea's leaders would be in her words utterly destroyed kathy novak al jazeera soul. now is in my voice president i miss him and i'm gaga has announced his new cabinet it includes ruling party loyalists as well as figures linked to the military is takeover helped oust former leader robert mugabe but no opposition politicians are included so let's get more on this from harm metasearch who's in harare we've been waiting to hear more about the makeup of the one guy was cabinet we now have an announcement what's been reaction there to the absence of members of the opposition herrick. well it is after midnight so i think most people react to the news in six or eight hours from now but what is clear is that the military some military officials are in cabinet is pretty much a lot of the old guard been no authorization officials or anyone who thought that it was them and they are present i gather would be different in naming his cabinet be more inclusive would likely be disappointed those who felt or hoped that this could mean a change in the old leadership might be dis

than thirty percent said they would donate gold today if their country faced another crisis kathy novak al-jazeera soul. the authorities in panama say they're close to reaching a drug seizure a record two tons of cocaine were found near the border with colombia over the weekend drug enforcement officials are putting the increase in seizures down to better coordination between various agencies last year seventy two tons of narcotics were confiscated you can find out a lot more about that story in the rest of the day's news as ever on the web site al jazeera dot com. here with al-jazeera and these are our top stories within the last hour we've discovered a suicide bombers killed at least fifteen people in the movie that's in the northeastern nigerian state of adam our police say a teenage bomber targeted a mosque as people were arriving for morning prayers so far no one's claimed responsibility but boko haram carries out regular attacks in the northeast of nigeria. the man considered most likely to replace robert mugabe is in barbarian president has reportedly spoken out for the first time since the

likely that if north korea comes to the table it will insist on doing so as a nuclear state kathy novak al jazeera sole u.s. president of trump has been widely condemned after he said anti muslim videos posted by a far right british activist group his twitter account retreated to three separate videos posted by j. to france and the deputy leader of the britain first group she was convicted earlier this month of abusing a muslim woman traumas tweets provoked a strong reaction online especially here in the u.k. t.v. presenter piers morgan has responded by asking trump forty's doing really tweeting britain first a groupie describes as a bunch of disgustingly racist far right extremists british opposition politician david lammy accuse the us president of promoting a fascist racist extremist hate group and said trump is not an ally or friend of ours the husband of british politician joe cox who was murdered by a far right supporter last year wrote that trump as the demise to the far right in his own country now is trying to do it in ours spreading hatred has consequences and the president should be ash

into the dire conditions north koreans face and the kind of life this defector was fleeing kathy novak al jazeera sole. there are fears the forty four crew members on board are missing in time submarine are close to running out of their hopes were raised in a u.s. aircraft searching for the substitute white flares over the southern atlantic but the argentinean navy says it's unlikely to come from the vessel which disappeared a week ago more than a dozen international vessels taking part in the search rough seas and strong winds of hampered rescue efforts so far. rushes up as a parliament has approved a bill which places restrictions on some foreign media now the bill forces overseas doggedness ations to brown then use the work of foreign agents the u.s. imposed similar rules on russian state broadcaster after allegations of russian influence in the us presidential election president vladimir putin's signature to become law. u.s. president donald trump has broken with leading republicans and voiced support for the alabama senate candidate. roy moore he's been accused of sexual misconduct with teen

likely that if north korea comes to the table it will insist on doing so as a nuclear state kathy novak al jazeera sole. now the new missile called song fifteen was launched from young song not far from the capitol it reportedly reached the height of about four and a half thousand kilometers to put that into perspective that's ten times higher than the international space station it flew for fifty three minutes before crashing into the sea off the coast of japan. is the managing editor at career exposé and joins us now from seoul in south korea via skype thanks very much for being with us so i want to ask you first of all this latest missile launch do you believe what the north koreans are saying that this this does have the capability to strike anywhere in the continental united states now well it's important to what north korea's. toying with this time there seems to be expert consensus that indeed this is an extraordinary development missile can travel to reach the continental u.s. is that actually aimed in that direction but by deliberately making the missile higher than it should be to avoid

into the dire conditions north koreans face and the kind of life this defector was fleeing kathy novak al jazeera sole u.s. naval plane has crashed into the pacific they were on a flying mission to the aircraft carrier the ronald reagan which some patrolled in the philippine sea coast japan japanese t.v. says eight people have been rescued while three others are unaccounted for japan's defense minister says he's been told engine trouble may have caused the crash. a new u.s. studies reveal that sexual harassment occurs at a higher rates and low paid jobs the figures come as one of america's most recognizable broadcasters charlie rose was suspended from c.b.s. after eight women accused him of improper behavior alan fischer now reports. he's been the face of morning broadcasts of one of america's biggest networks for years as one does hit close to home but charlie rose was missing on tuesday morning facing allegations he harassed the number of female staff who worked on another one of his shows he's know been fired has failed presenters admitted it was a difficult story to report i've enjoyed a frie

into the dire conditions north koreans face and the kind of life this defector was fleeing kathy novak al jazeera sole. u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson has called the revenge a crisis ethnic cleansing in the wake of his visit to myanmar last week he says those a sponsible for the atrocities in iraq and state should be held accountable roslyn jordan has more from washington d.c. the u.s. announcement on wednesday that it believes ethnic cleansing is happening in iraq and state in me and maher is remarkable the announcement from the u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson comes barely three months after the military started a crackdown on an armed were hanging a group which the military says was responsible for carrying out terrorist attacks . washington has long said that david l. has the right to ensure national security but that this crackdown has gone too far more than six hundred thousand ethnic were being a men women and children have fled from state into the neighboring country of triggering a massive refugee crisis the u.s. believes that it is now up to the authorities in naperville bot

golfers the speech was well received in the chamber likely very much less so across the border kathy novak al jazeera so. now the international criminal court is demanding libya handover a commander loyal to the renegade general khalifa haftar market alwar folly is suspected of carrying out extra judicial killings more on that let's go to our diplomatic editor james bases at the u.n. in new york and james what do you know about the story well the u.n. and the security council heard from the international criminal court's chief prosecutor who said that this commander is responsible for war crimes war crimes which were executions in cold blood of a total of thirty three people and she told the security council that despite the fact she's issued an arrest warrant she believes that he's still acting as the good the commander of the special forces unit in my office that's also to see if reports including indicating that mr fairlie is at large at a man's command as saker brigade and may have been involved in further killings i am investigating these reports. mr president you know excellences let me stress

test could still be the crucial factor that determines what kind of future they will have kathy novak al-jazeera soul. st patrick's old cathedral in new york city is home to one of the oldest pipe organs in the united states but cathedral staff are concerned the historical instrument may not make it to its one hundred and fifty is first they next year they're trying to raise two million dollars for its restoration jarrad laments of the cathedrals music director has become as much a mechanic. and he shows us what it takes to keep the organs pipes into. i'm gerald manzo i'm the director of music here at the basilica of st patrick's old cathedral in new york city. this organ was built by a man named henry urban back in eight hundred sixty eight and i like to think it was his finest work. it was boyce for this room he designed it for this room and that's such an important part of why this organ special. it's a wonderful combination of visual art and also sonic r. . and has almost two thousand five hundred pipes it is all mechanical so you can see how everything works so here we are inside oregon. do

test could still be the crucial factor that determines what kind of future they will have kathy novak al jazeera so it has been three months since hurricane harvey slammed into the gulf coast of the united states nowhere was harvey's devastation felt more than iran's county in texas where hundreds from a homeless for thanksgiving service john hendren reports. ok now everything you need most now over on this thanksgiving holiday the people of fulton texas have fewer blessings to count. about taking my lap one time for manic depression. we're going to have a christmas this kid's going to get a christmas promise. mayor jimmie kendrick lost his barn two cars in much of his electricity in hurricane harvey and he considers himself lucky . three months after the eye of the storm ravaged nearly every building here a survey returned by most of iran's as counties remaining twenty five hundred students brought stunning news they got quite a few of their own with that ninety eight percent of those they're homeless in some way with corn in the texas law and school that means they could be without electricity

golfers the speech was well received in the chamber likely very much less so across the border kathy novak al jazeera so. well back home there was some bad news for trump as democrat candidates beat republicans in a number of elections in states across the country democrats were elected as the governors of the genuine new jersey in the first major defeat the republican party since trump's win last year i white house correspondent kimberly harkat reports. democrats in the united states have been in need of a win on tuesday they got it we are back but harvard a man democrats rode a wave of an apparent anti trump backlash to win big in a host of polls across the united states including the once conservative stronghold of virginia virginia has told us true in the divisiveness that we do not condone hatred and bigotry and. the politics that have torn this country apart. but it's not the fact that democrats have a triumphant election night that's most significant instead what's notable is the type of candidate voters embrace every year women turned out overwhelmingly particularly in virginia jack to politi

into the dire conditions north koreans face and the kind of life this defector was fleeing kathy novak al jazeerasoul. navajoa to the break let's just take you back to the hague as well because the former bosnian serb military leader quote personally directed the shelling of sarajevo according to the judge you're looking at right now and also the judge has gone on to say that intended to carry out a deadly campaign of sniping and shelling in sarajevo when the war in bosnia herzegovina was at its height we are awaiting the handing down off the sentence against iraq cloak. the self-styled so-called the butcher of bosnia sorry of of course besieged for forty six months if you look back at what happened at sorry it was a journal of record who lived in sarajevo bosnian muslims who occupied the hills around sarajevo shelling it lobbing shells into it for those four to six months in the main forces as soon as we get a sentence that from the hague will bring it to you just as soon as we can here on the news hour. also still ahead here on this program the sports news with sana one of the biggest rivalries

seek war but if it does start north korea's leaders would be in her words utterly destroyed kathy novak al jazeera soul the united nations is calling on world powers to help arrange the evacuation of five hundred people including one hundred sixty seven children from a besieged damascus suburb the u.n. says humanitarian supplies are not being allowed to reach eastern ghouta nine children have died in the last few weeks waiting for the syrian government to allow them to be evacuated to hospitals just a forty five minute drive away joining me via skype from oslo is young the un's humanitarian coordinator for syria and so i believe you've just come back from geneva thanks very much for talking to us on al-jazeera i just wanted to talk to you first of all about this call out to world powers we're really talking about those powers that have influence on syria namely iran and russia anybody that can have any effort and any effect on breaking the siege has to be those doesnt it. absolutely those who can influence the government of syria must do so it's not only russia and iran and it's also china the eur

likely that if north korea comes to the table it will insist on doing so as a nuclear state kathy novak al-jazeera. once blix is a former director general of the international atomic energy agency joins us now via skype from stockholm good to have you with us so i want to ask you first of all what do you make of this latest test by north korea based on what is known does it in your view. put north korea further two to becoming a fully nuclear state as they claim well there are some uncertainties about what i've done so surely they're wrong to demonstrate again that they have the strong retaliatory capacity whether it's not so dong still with us that they made some months ago or longer influence or practice on so there are two other points i want you to notice along with us but one motivation could also be that they wanted to make a tit for tat for the american us declaring that north korea is a terrorist state and there isn't yet another detail in the translation of their your generation namely that this testing now is that many in the end will this is the last this long and that they will suspend

seek war but if it does start north korea's leaders would be in her words utterly destroyed kathy novak al jazeera soul. but francis is demanding the international community takes decisive measures to resolve the causes of the mass exodus of rangoon muslims from man ma arriving in bangladesh from man pope francis broke his silence so what the un has called a textbook case of ethnic cleansing he also called on world governments to immediately provide assistance to bangladesh and he means he's quote here. in recent months the spirit of generosity and sort of diversity which is a distinguishing mohawk as there she saw it has been seen most vividly in its humanitarian work into a massive influx of refugees from my code states providing them with temporary shows the basic necessities of life if this is been done. it has also been done before the elizabeth the whole world. with a plan to patrick hundreds of thousands of ranger refugees back to myanmar is facing hurdles on the bangladesh man man governments have agreed on a deal to return the ranger home issues with identification documents are presentin

into the dire conditions north koreans face and the kind of life this defector was fleeing kathy novak al jazeera soul a still had. more russian athletes land themselves in hot water we'll explain more in sports. with. with business updates brought to you by qatar airways going places together. business updates brought to you by qatar airways going places together. to support. for a city thank you so much former u.s. olympic gymnastics doctor larry nasser has pleaded guilty to multiple charges of sexual assault after worked for years for usa gymnastics the organization that prepares gymnast to compete in the olympics he faces at least twenty five years in prison while reynolds reports. four years larry nasser was responsible for the care of most of the top gymnast in the united states in a michigan courtroom he pleaded guilty to charges of criminal sexual misconduct and admitted to using his position as team doctor to sexually abuse underage girls from the molested seven girls ranging in age from under thirteen to fifteen in all one hundred and twenty five women and girls reported that nassar ass

is the speech was well received in the chamber likely very much less so across the border kathy novak al-jazeera soul. and the u.k.'s international development secretary pretty has resigned out for it was her veil she failed to disclose meetings with israeli officials while on holiday she said her actions have fallen below the high standards expected of her position her departure follows the resignation of britain's defense secretary amid claims of sexual harassment and barker city tales from london pretty patel arrived at the back door of downing street her government career hanging by a thread the international development secretary was hold back from an official trip to africa to face her boss prime minister to resume a moments later patel resigned. she was forced to apologize on monday after holding twelve secret meetings with this radio officials including prime minister benyamin netanyahu all while she was meant to be on a family holiday to israel in august it also emerged she discussed giving some of britain's aid budget to the israeli army to help wounded syrians being treated in the isr

golfers the speech was well received in the chamber likely very much less so across the border kathy novak al jazeera saw. u.s. and chinese firms signed nine billion dollars and deals as tom began his visit trade in north korea will be high on the agenda when he sits down for talks with the chinese leadership adrian brown has more from beijing. exactly a year to the day that he was voted into office president trump arrived in china the country very savaged throughout the presidential campaign when he called china a currency manipulator and said that china was raping the u.s. economy all that though was forgotten on wednesday afternoon as president xi jinping and his wife a score to the trumps around the forbidden city one of the most popular tourist attractions in china a chance perhaps for president xi to remind donald trump that china was once the center of culture and civilization president xi very much wants china to be center stage in global affairs now top of the agenda of course is going to be north korea and the feeling that the united states believes china could be doing more to rein in its

seek war but if it does start north korea's leaders would be in her words utterly destroyed kathy novak al jazeera song well tell you what here's a good way to get a grip on the career as a great explainer on al-jazeera dot com all you need to know explained in graphics which is what we like going back in history to the formation of north and south career in one hundred forty eight you can scroll down to learn about some key figures or look at some rather troubling infant mortality rates and more about the ballistic missile capability there is zero dot com of course now we want to know your thoughts right here on the news grid about all the stories that we're covering you can tweet us at a.j. english or facebook dot com slash a.j. newsgroup or indeed what's that plus nine seven four five zero one triple one four nine and of course a.j. news grid is the hash tag let's have a look at the multi view and we can see various things bernard smith is up there he's going to be we're going to be talking to him in a room shortly the director general of unesco is speaking there but standing by in london sue t

likely that if north korea comes to the table it will insist on doing so as a nuclear state kathy novak al jazeera sole. is a research fellow employee for ation and you can't policy at the royal united services institute he joins me in the studio and i thank you very much for coming in to speak to us so we have a united nations security council meeting on get another test by north korea in a couple of hours time what are your expectations was unclear whether trump has managed to negotiate a deal with china and russia who are crucial to getting a vote through the u.n. security council there are still a few things that the u.n. security council can sanction so tougher restrictions on maritime interdictions of north korean ships talk of restrictions on migrant labor that north korea uses to earn revenue abroad and talk of restrictions on oil exports to north korea so there are some further steps the international community can take in terms of sanctions what about unilateral steps and by the u.s. itself was the united states have over the last many months been issuing varies unilateral sanctions prim

test could still be the crucial factor that determines what kind of future they will have kathy novak al-jazeeraort. still to come here on al-jazeera in the sports news the assay is well underway one of the biggest contests in cricket so i will tell you what happened on they want to keep it here. thank you sports news thank you very much for the former team doctor of the usa gymnastics team is facing at least twenty five years in prison lauren a saucer pleaded guilty to multiple targets of sexual assault i think they says against him a span across decades some of the united states and most high profile unpick champions are among his alleged victims bob reynolds has more. for years larry nasser was responsible for the care of most of the top gymnast in the united states in a michigan courtroom he pleaded guilty to charges of criminal sexual misconduct and admitted to using his position as team doctor to sexually abuse underage girls he molested seven girls ranging in age from under thirteen to fifteen you know all one hundred and twenty five women and girls reported that nassar assaulted. i was s

likely that if north korea comes to the table it will insist on doing so as a nuclear state kathy novak al jazeera sole. well north korea says that the new missile could hit any part of the united states the latest intercontinental ballistic missile known as the song fifteen reach an altitude of four thousand four hundred seventy five kilometers that's more than ten times higher than the international space station and the height is important because it indicates how far it can fly and in this case it travels for nine hundred fifty kilometers in less than an hour and fell in the sea of japan but experts say if it were to be used in combat it would have the range enough to hit any major city in the u.s. the oldest suit of this missile is almost higher than the previous one it launched back in september who was on twelve shot up to a height of three thousand seven hundred kilometers and traveled for more than a thousand kilometers over japan for the first time putting the american territory of guam within striking distance let's talk about this and speak to top it off he's the director of disarmamen

likely that if north korea comes to the table it will insist on doing so as a nuclear state kathy novak al jazeera soul mike hanna joins me from the united nations headquarters in new york and my what can we expect from the u.n. later on. well coincidentally today there had been a show jule discussion about north korea there says the ninety day report back from the security council sanctions committee to tell the security council about the advance in the imposition of existing sanctions however the u.s. japan and south korea called for the same urgency session which is now being tacked on to the previously shared jeweled meeting the upshot of all of this though is that previous deliberations were going to be behind closed doors because of the demand for the emergency consultations this will now be an open session now we've heard from some of the embassadors going in the ambassador from italy who is assume the chair of the sanctions committee making very clear that the issue of sanctions will be under discussion he will be reporting back on the figure see of the sanctions to date we also heard from

than thirty percent said they would donate gold today if their country faced another crisis kathy novak al jazeera. his job is football absolutely so how yet with five years to go until the start of the twenty twenty world cup in qatar the man in charge insists he has no regrets about bringing the tournament to the middle east for the first time has an awful lot he says despite the ongoing blockade by some neighboring countries the event has the power to unify the entire arab world and the richest set records. in exactly five years time the twenty twenty two world cup will be kicking off in cats are a first for the middle east and a first for this time of year despite a political dispute which is seeing for nearby countries impose an sea and land blockade on qatar officials insist their preparations remain on track and that the event still has the potential to pull the region closer together and recognize that powerful what it means for people going to syria people is like a dog when i say our people is the arab world the middle east and will always be worse and will always continue being worse we

you know you want to see what has to work out lived out of so al-jazeera kathy novak is there for us so president trump has been given a very warm welcome in south korea how important is this display of friendship between the two countries cathy. well this is a longstanding alliance of course between the united states and south korea but lately there have been displays of differences perhaps in terms of the approach towards dealing with the north korean issue donald trump using tough rhetoric talking about fire and fury talking about totally destroying north korea if it were to threaten the united states whereas president moon came to power with a platform of more engagement and more dialogue with north korea and donald trump has suggested in the past that that's a policy of appeasement so with donald trump in town there is as you say this display of unity and friendship of working together particularly when it comes to handling in north korea and this is a state visit the first state visit of a u.s. leader in twenty five years and all the pomp and ceremony that comes with that and w