twenty five here in moscow ugly scenes erupted in the sri lankan parliament as a brawl broke out between lawmakers. i tempers boiled over following discussions over who should lead the country sri lanka has been in political deadlock since last month when its president abruptly sacked the prime minister and suspended parliament and critics branded the move illegal and unconstitutional. a split between the ukrainian and russian orthodox churches could soon become official my colleague neil harvey discussed the situation with our correspondent daniel hawkins. while religious scandals around churches in ukraine to many might seem irrelevant a historic theological debate but actually carries a lot more meaning to orthodox believers need to look at the basics first the eastern orthodox church is made up of fifteen different churches each of which one has autonomy in religious language that is called autocephaly meaning church. as it so self governance independence and jurisdiction now the russian orthodox church for centuries has had rule over the key of orthodox church have been political an

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i get a scene setter opted in the share lankan parliament is a ballpark outs between it'll make us. was the tempus pull to it's us following discussions over here should leave the country should rely on cause pain and present since last month when his presidency abruptly sacked the prime minister and suspended parliament the critics punted the may have an illegal and unconstitutional the who the russian man has been jailed for fourteen years for brutal assault on his wife that story and more coming up. please. please. please. please click. click. welcome back to r.t. a man who cut off his wife's hands in a premeditated attack and gloated about says he's been sentenced to fourteen years in the high security jail in russia. picks up the old appalling story. from this picture you think marguerite and maitreya lived in blissful happiness they've been together for five years and even had two young sons but behind the smiles slate another story some of their friends say that they were in fact colostrum divorce marguerita often complained that her husband had episodes of uncontrolled jealo

i guess the scenes erupted in the sherry lankan parliament as a brawl broke out between no make is that was the tempo schooldays or following discussions over who should leave the country the chair lanka has been in place called deadlock since last month when this president abruptly stopped the prime minister and suspended parliament the critics planted the made illegal and unconstitutional the who a russian man has been jailed for fourteen years for brutal assault on his wife that story and will coming up. what politicians do something. they put themselves on the line they get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president i'm sure. some want to be rich. but you'd like to be pretty much like the three of them all the people. interested always in the waters. there should make. us the better for the tremendously economically through the cause of it we'll do the world by coming out about effectively giving up the power to impose structural adjustment on the of the countries over the eighty's and i think it's a fundamentally doesn't understand how these are these are useful tools o

ugly scenes in the sri lankan parliament when a brutal broke out between dozens of and pace. tempers boiled over following discussions over the controversial new prime minister has been a political deadlock since last month when this president saying this former page and suspended part of it but expanded they believe the constitutional. man who cut off his wife's in a premeditated attack and then gloated about it has been sentenced to fourteen years in a high security jail in russia ortiz but in a coach of a house a story. from this picture you'd think margaret and maitreya lived in blissful happiness they've been together for five years and even had two young sons but behind the smiles slate and nother story some of their friends say that they were in fact colostrum divorce margarita often complained that her husband had episodes of uncontrolled reaching jealousy he was enraged that i was getting my nails done he'd think i was cheating on him if my bra in my pants matched he emptied out all my shampoos in cream and left empty choose in their place he was angry that i was doi

at four, temperatures freight in the sri lankan parliament as mps veto the nomination of a new primedmirer mistakes herfor madame macron. and two, a sign language interpreter on the bbc news channel reacts to the developing brexit story. notjust because his departure may embolden others to... and that one, w one a star, hugh bonneville on what brexit might —— and at one, w1a star, hugh bonneville on what brexit might mean for bbc parliament. alex partridge. westminster hall is hosting an art installation as part of celebrations to mark the centenary of some women gaining the right to vote — and to stand for parliament. as simon vaughan reports, "house of doors" was partly inspired by the paving stones of the hall itself... when you put this in a space like this, what you have is people approaching it, unsure if they've got a real person there or not, but the softness of the cloak, until you get to about level with the threshold, you do not know if there is someone that were not. ——there or not. so there is a disconcerting element that engages people a little bit more as a result. one

writes about the citizen has officially signed the guys with certification dissolving the sri lankan parliament as yet unconfirmed spoken to government sources who say that all indications are that the president has signed that notice which will be effective from midnight tonight friday night however with the waiting for sort of official notification of this bear in mind that given the political crisis here in sri lanka and the whole issue being the constitution and what is the law constitutionally following the sacking of prime minister under the commencing and the swearing in of mine the rajapaksa the country's former president as the new prime minister. those disputing the dissolution say that the president cannot is of parliament less than four and a half years into it we are a few months short of that not him so if if that means that it's in legal for the president to make a move like this to dissolve parliament well what happens next will the case be heard by a court. mariyam these these are unchartered waters that should answer is concerned the very removal of prime minister amir the com

the sri lankan parliament has passed a motion of no confidence against the president's pick for prime minister but the government prevented a formal vote from taking place now on tuesday the supreme court blocked president . as attempt to dissolve parliament and cold snap elections next year the decision opened the way for a parliamentary vote on his nominee for prime minister mahinda rajapaksa sort of center sparked a constitutional crisis in october by sacking the prime minister run away from a singer and trying to replace him bernard smith joins us live from the capital colombo burnet as far as this political drama is concerned where do we think it's heading next. peter it's very difficult to say it's been an act i was an extraordinarily angry short session of parliament this morning where the speaker called for a vote on a show was passed passing no confidence in the prime minister. and the cabinet pointed to him however and iraqi people. are refusing to go they also say that all of this is unconstitutional it all goes back to a constitutional change a couple of years ago taken ou

this is al-jazeera these are the top stories the sri lankan parliament has passed a motion of no confidence against the president's pick for prime minister on tuesday the supreme court blocked president mathari policy that dissenters attempts to dissolve parliament and call snap elections next year for january the fifth. a ceasefire agreed between palestinian armed groups in gaza and israel is so far holding egyptian brokered deal came after a major escalation in fighting that source seven palestinians killed leaders say they will abide by the agreement as long as israel does the same thing the palestinian ambassador to the u.n. is searching the u.n. security council to take steps to end the violence we want the security council to shoulder its responsibility with regard to this situation threatening international peace and security and it is unfortunately the security council is paralyzed it did not sure that it's the responsibility nevertheless we will keep knocking on the door of the security council to shoulder its responsibility i hope the efforts by our brothers in egypt of having you

the sri lankan parliament has delayed another vote of no confidence against the president's choice a prime minister in the rajapaksa it's already passed to no confidence motions but rajapaksa is refusing to go the president mr palliser sena held an unsuccessful meeting a political leaders on sunday to break the deadlock and smith has this update for us from colombo. this session of sri lanka's parliament was over within minutes of it starting the session was adjourned there was no third vote of no confidence speaker courage a story considered the first vote sufficient and then of the second vote he considered that even more than was necessary the president refused to accept both of those votes of no confidence but he said they were conducted according to procedure he was prepared to accept a third vote if it had been conducted according to procedure but it's not gone ahead of parliament adjourned again this is beginning to become a legal battle between the courts various cases being filed in the courts all parliament is not able it seems to decide who should be prime minister of sri

and the sri lankan parliament meets for a third time on a no confidence vote on the president's controversial pick for prime minister. our top story the u.s. president will trump says he hasn't listened to a recording of the murder of the saudi journalist jamal khashoggi because it is too graphic he made the comments in a televised interview that was taped before the cia briefed the administration on its findings the intelligence agency has reportedly found that the saudi crown prince mohammed bin solomon did order them the rosslyn jordan reports i did not know for the first time u.s. president donald trump says he knows exactly what's in the audiotape surrounding the death of the saudi journalist jamal khashoggi it's a suffering tape it's a terrible tape i've been fully briefed on it there's no reason for me to hear it in fact i said to the people should i they said you really should and there's no reason i know exactly i know everything that went on the tape and when that happened and what happened to trump revealed this information during an interview he taped on friday the same day that s

how the sri lankan parliament has passed a no confidence motion in the president's pick for prime minister mind to rajapaksa it's another blow for the president has been trying to shore up support for his nominee the political crisis has been rolling for weeks now let's take a look at how it started beginning with the main play is this is a president much the panacea ciena elected in two thousand and fifteen he said then he would only serve one term and decided to transfer some of his presidential powers to the parliament which is headed by this man prime minister iranian become a singer at their relationship soured when serious enoch used him and a cabinet colleague of protein to assassinate him and so he was sacked late last month his replacement is my india rajapaksa a former president who i'm serious enough i'll sit in two thousand and fifteen at the time serious you know accuse rajapakse of having of the country government and national wealth his administration was also accused of serious human rights violations in the brutal final stages of the war with the tamil tiger rebels in two

cain in here in london it's a shortcut it's dangerous for sarah lankan democracy says our guest in colombo. they've suspended the parliament they have changed the leadership where he learned all of this how insane how destabilising is all of this for sarah lanka. well it remains to be seen how destabilizing it is but it's certainly i would agree with john that it sets a very dangerous precedent the way i think about it is that you know for all of its faults. for the last thirty forty years when there's been tremendous violence the civil war with the tamil tigers a number of very violent uprisings from left wing saying of the nationalists lots of human rights violations the one thing that did happen was a regular peaceful turnover of leaders through through votes and through democratic and constitutionally mandated procedures this would be the first time where someone is brought into power through a means which are not allowed by the constitution and which fly in the face of basic democratic norms as john was saying so that they've crossed the threshold if if rajapakse is appointment is allowed to stand now there is still s

in what critics are calling a constitutional two day the thirty three lankan democracy in the last presidential election parliament religion we came forward on the basis that parliament is supreme that the president must act according to the parliament there nineteen the amendment to the constitution was drafted on that basis now what has happened is the president is trying to override the power of the parliament present my three palace or a say in a swore in mahinda rajapakse as the new prime minister last friday rajapaksa was president for two terms and scrapped term limits and twenty fourteen to try and stay in power but then lost the election he called a year later rajapaksa says he's got enough support in parliament to confirm his position but m.p.'s can't quote because presidents are saying or a suspended parliament why the delay you think in recalling parliament where they haven't the numbers of where the number because parliament initially thought. we have the numbers here it. with we hear a lot of talk about persuading m.p.'s to join rajapaksa side how might they be persuaded what are you what are you hea

santa maria this is the news from al-jazeera there is more turmoil in sri lankan politics now the president is dissolving parliament paving the way for a snap election. i just signed. a proclamation asylum for new rules for immigrants in the united states don't trump signs of presidential order targeting the asylum seekers heading to the u.s. border with mexico. explosions in the heart of somalia's capital at least twenty one people have been killed. and go go go go go. area people go and tens of thousands of people forced from their homes by fast moving wildfires the whole town in northern california has been wiped off the map in scored and seen his face is football rivals get ready to face each other to south america's biggest club cycle for the first time pocket juniors and river plate will meet in the final of the us. so yet another twist in sri lanka has political power struggle after two weeks of turmoil already in this latest development just in the past few hours actually the president has dissolved parliament clearing the way for a snap election nearly two years. it's ahead of schedule go back the problems

lankan capital colombo. another day and another board here in sri lanka's parliament this time for a committee a sort of an umbrella committee which oversees and does all the appointments for all the committees to select committees here in sri lanka as parliament both sides back to prime minister minded rajapaksa and ousted prime minister brown and become a senior wanted to control that committee of selections now the speaker just at the outset of the parliament sitting this morning said that he was allocating five seats to the rajapaksa faction and seven obviously to the ousted prime minister the rajapaksa faction rejected that allocation the accusers speak of the bison partial and then they staged a walk out of the chamber the speaker continued the proceedings had called for a vote basically what was different in recent days there was an electronic vote and the results of that electronic vote the atsic prime minister garnered hundred and twenty one of the two hundred twenty five votes thereby showing his majority it was symbolic in that he couldn't seem that was able to demonstrate basically the support he has in

has called on the presidents of my three part series senate to recall parliament as soon as possible he's reminded him of the sri lankan government's responsibility responsibility to ensure peace security and respect for the rule of law so pressure nationally and internationally on sri lanka's president to recall parliament to allow it to vote on should be prime minister. thanks so much bernard smith. people in the french territory of new caledonia said to vote on whether to become independent from france the referendum comes just over thirty years after another ended in political violence well this time around france is the colonial power and the organizer of the vote is determined the aftermath is peaceful and the process will be fair now to thomas reports from wherever in new caledonia. new caledonia is nearly twenty thousand kilometers from paris yet the pacific island territory has been since eight hundred fifty three parts of france but after sunday the bones could be broken new caledonians will be asked whether they want their territory to cede full sovereignty and become independent. opinion polls suggest those

rajapakse as the new prime minister until he sees proof he commands a majority in parliament this development comes a sri lankan us president ordered the m.p.'s to reconvene on november the fourteenth last week he fired prime minister rudd overcome a single and replaced him with former president rajapaksa and china's president has promised to open up access to markets and make business easier for foreign companies xi jinping made the pledge as he opened the trade fair in shanghai aimed at helping the country's image as an importer he says china will lower tariffs and crack down on intellectual property theft so those are the headlines we have more news coming up on al-jazeera in less than thirty minutes time stay with us. on november sixth the united states will bow will president donald trump gain or lose ground will be live from the white house here on capitol hill as the results come in join us for special coverage of the u.s. elections on al jazeera. and. you can. see. it's the one riddle that seems almost impossible to solve look at any major city regardless of political or economic system and the chances

many ordinary sri lankans are angry and may be what i say is get rid of this lot and let a new group of people run the country the opposition accuses syria scene of dissolving parliamentonly when it became clear it wouldn't back rajapaksa they say his gamble is just an effort to buy time so very fact that this parliament was dissolved at a time when we were preparing to show a majority that president has violated the constitution yet again the country's largest party has called the president a tyrant and said it plans to fight the move in the courts. sport now and dortmund edged by in munich three in the bundesliga stop clash today the hosts came from behind to win thanks to two goals from walkover ois and the match winner from. that let's take a look at the other results so far bremen suffered a defeat in a row this time against. does a little thumbs perlin freiburg lost at home haas and i managed to squeeze past. one in your head of a one the dobie on friday and there are games and live sick and frankfurt to look forward to on sunday. you're watching news laughable and stay tuned for more of the top of the hour and you can check out our web site that's. where. c.n.n

many ordinary sri lankans are angry and may not be what i say is get rid of this lot and let a new group of people run the country the opposition accuses syria scene of dissolving parliament only when it became clear it wouldn't back rajapaksa they say his gamble is just an effort to buy time so very fact that this parliament was dissolved at a time when we were preparing to show a majority that president has violated the constitution yet again the country's largest party has called the president a tyrant and said it plans to fight the move in the courts. psyche of all the right color because dortmund edged by a new nick three in the bundesliga stop clash on saturday the hosts came from behind to win thanks to two goals from marco royce and the match winner from. let's take a look at the other results so far should one in near a bit ahead of a one the dobie on friday and there are games at leipsic and frank fish to look forward to on sunday. now just a reminder of the top story we're following for you german chancellor i'm going to battle and french president emmanuel have called one hundred years since the end of the conflict once described the war to end all wars they e

many ordinary sri lankans are angry and may be what i say is get rid of this lot and let a new group of people run the country the opposition accuses syria scene of dissolving parliament and when it became clear it wouldn't back rajapaksa they say he's gamble is just an effort to buy time so very fact that this parliament was dissolved at a time when we were preparing to show a majority that president has violated the constitution yet again the country's largest party has called the president a tyrant and said it plans to fight the move in the courts. braman of suffered a third bogus league defeat in a row on match day eleven a lesson player scored a hat trick for gladbach to grab all three points in other results so far dusseldorf thumped berlin freiburg also at home often high managed to squeak past shook out one in nuremberg and of course the day's big match that's between dortmund and a buy in munich is currently underway on over one the derby on friday and there are games in life sick and frankfurt to look forward to on sunday. and just remind of the top stories we're following for you right now german chancellor angela merkel and french president emmanuel marks

supporters of the former sir lankan president, mahinda rajapaksa have held a rally in the capital, colombo, to back his controversial nomination as prime minister. the speaker of parliamentapaksa for the topjob, until he shows he can command a majority in parliament. a 33—year—old tourist has died after being mauled by a shark in australia's whitsunday islands. paramedics travelled by helicopter to cid harbour, off the queensland coast, where the man had been swimming, on monday. he later died in hospital. it's the third serious shark attack in the same area in the past two months. in myanmar, aung san suu kyi's party, the national league for democracy, has suffered a setback in the latest set of by—elections. it lost a number of ethnic minority constituencies that it had previously held. analysts say ms suu kyi has alienated minority voters by failing to end regional conflicts. the european union's chief brexit negotiator, michel barnier, has said negotiations with london to leave the eu are not driven by a sense of revenge. speaking in brussels, he said a no—deal or hard brexit would spell trouble for expatriates in both regions. british prime minister theresa may said

dot com there is growing pressure on the sri lankans president to resolve the country's political turmoil which he started president. has summoned parliament to return to vote on the leadership change next week that was sparked by his sacking of the prime minister in the cabinet meanwhile the man install as the new prime minister has told al jazeera his appointment is legitimate but it smith starts off from colombo. he has all the trappings of prime minister including access to the office but the new prime minister mahinda rajapaksa is acting unconstitutionally his critics say because he was appointed by president by three policy we say to a not elected by the members of parliament one of mr rajapaksa how useless i must see you is your above the point legitimately think services at the institution of this budget the argument is that parliament should be deciding who's the prime minister not the normal normally. we'd be going to sit in a real fight and so your immediate one search for a now you're assuming the prime minister's position i have long been given or the birth of his daughter who rajapaksa needs the backing of one hundred thirtee

in the official residence he was also here in parliament today saying no actually i'm still prime minister but there is a paralysis at the heart of sri lankan politics and it's feeding out into the economy of the sri lankan rupees at his lowest level ever losing more value again today as investors with all foreign exchange of the political paralysis is causing economic effect further down the line and affecting sri lanka internationally. you've talked about the impact there on the economy but politically what's said to happen next i mean the parliament is suspended for now what happens in a few days. well paul is going to sit again tomorrow the speaker has met with the leaders of various parties and never read city again tomorrow quite well they'll decide we don't know what we have today was i mean the rajapaksa says he's prime minister giving a speech in parliament essentially trying to now appeal over the heads of parliament and try and have an early election poll not doing this because roger punches people i was initially failed in this attempt to become prime min. by presidential decree they tried to stop parliament voting on it refused

million sure lankans right now who are reeling two weeks ago it was the removal of the prime minister and the swearing in of the former president and the rajapaksa tonight it's a fact that parliament has been dissolved by the president now the nineteenth amendment of the constitution which is brought in a by president by three policy reason and his government expressly removed the ability of the president to dissolve parliament less than four and a half years into its term and this dissolution falls way short it's one year three months before that four and a half year time limit is completed so there are many who have already reacted including because missing his party the initial reactions coming out of his party the united national party saying this is a clear violation of the constitution that president seriously and has violated the constitution in taking the steps he has to violate to to to basically dissolve parliament this comes amid a constitutional crisis where we have the ousted prime minister out of the committee claiming to still be the legitimate prime minister because he has the parliamentary majority and the new prime minister saying that he had the numbers but all

in the city the sri lankan president has requested an all party meeting for a further vote on no confidence motion against his choice of prime minister mahinda rajapaksa the parliament has already passed two no confidence motions but he's refusing to go the president may three palace that are santa held an unsuccessful meeting of political leaders on sunday to try and break the deadlock the turmoil began when sara sena replaced his prime minister with rajapaksa. talks aimed at averting a snap election in israel have ended without agreement the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu says he hopes his coalition partners will show responsibility and not bring down the government it was thrown into crisis when the defense minister avigdor lieberman resigned on weapons day over a cease fire agreement with armed groups in gaza three leaders of hong kong's twenty fourteen pro-democracy protests are pleaded not guilty at their trial they are among nine people who face court on public nuisance charges supporters carried yellow one bell as a symbol of the rallies that paralyzed the territory central business district for more than two months protesters have called for chin

unconstitutional because parliament should decide on expected to be recalled next week to vote on the leadership change will burn it smith joins me now live from the sri lankan capital colombo what did rajapaksa have to say. well so how many rajapaksa turned up a couple hours ago through the prime minister's office is beyond me but another working days been in this position almost a week since that controversial appointment but when we managed to speak to him on his way into the office he was confident in his in the security of his position is your of a loved one legitimate you think serve us it's the institution that is perfect the argument is that parliament should be deciding who's the prime minister not to normal. read the constitution of the new training and so your immediate plan search for a now you're assuming the prime minister's position to be given the order of his dog how will you get enough support from parliament how will you get the n.p.c. one. hundred thirty four and so why the delay in recalling part and what are we hanging on for norm because we want to. get ready for the i did but it is all a numbers game really a waiting game until parlia

lankans are angry. and they may be what i say is get rid of this lot and let a new group of people run the country the opposition accuses syria scene of dissolving parliament and when it became clear it wouldn't back rajapaksa they say his gamble is just an effort to buy time so very fact that this parliament was dissolved at a time when we were preparing to show a majority that president has violated the constitution yet again the country's largest party has called the president a tyrant and said it plans to fight the move in the courts. in friday's blueness league action hung over were out for revenge when they hosted both burke would ousted them from the german cup just ten days earlier on over drew first blood lynch in a minor open the score in the thirty first minute that is the teenager's first ever i just think it go on over added another one from the penalty spot in the second half but both most bird then hold one back from the spot a little too little too late to one the final score there that's one overs first win over votes for since january twenty fourth. while germany's biggest match of the season takes place today it pits buddhist legal leade