not you mourad was one of those women in two thousand and fourteen she was kidnapped in mosul and handed over to a militant from the so-called islamic state by religious she managed to escape and described her ordeal to the u.n. security council. humiliated every day he gave me clothes that didn't cover my body i could no longer bear the rape and torture so why escaped. in two thousand and fourteen years edis in northern iraq fled militants. well you see the men were killed some three thousand girls and women were taken as slaves. nattie who are out went on to become the un's first goodwill ambassador for survivors of human trafficking. dennis mccuaig is a renowned gynecologist who treats victims of sexual violence he has helped tens of thousands of women at his hospital in east congo. as a weapon of war is dish and he merely ating. a weapon which has plagued east congo for decades here the offenders go largely unpunished. we won't be intimidated men and women must stand up together against rape and war. has already received a number of international awards the nobel peace prize now the

both mourad and move quicker the committee said have endured personal risk and cost to combat war crimes and seek justice for victims in a year in which controversy has touched the nobel name itself both with rape allegations against a member of the swedish academy that gives up a literature prize and with calls for me on mars leader aung sang suu kyi to be stripped of her peace prize the two winners of the two thousand and eighteen nobel peace prize are likely to be considered anything but controversial. i asked the chairwoman of the nobel committee with a she and her four fellow committee members had decided this year to play it safe i asked to be believe that we make our decision on the mandate we have. sometimes our decisions are very controversial sometimes they are not but not complete herschel does not reduce the importance of the price in a word then no. zero. it's been a week since the in the nation island of were struck by a magnitude seven point five earthquake that triggered a tsunami the official death toll now stands up almost sixteen hundred and bodies are still being pull

problems is not enough they must realize that when you commit a crime against anyone it's not right both mourad and move quicker the committee said have endured personal risk and cost to combat war crimes and seek justice for victims in a year in which controversy has touched the nobel named itself both with rape allegations against a member of the swedish academy that gives up a literature prize and with calls for me on mars be the un sanction to be stripped of her peace prize the two winners of the two thousand and eighteen nobel peace prize are likely to be considered anything but controversial. i asked the chairwoman of the nobel committee with a she and her four fellow committee member. decided this year to play it safe i asked to be believed that we make our decision on the mandate what happened alfred nobel's will sometimes our decisions are very controversial sometimes they are not but being not complete does not reduce the importance of the price in a word then no job to hold al-jazeera. or not a sister says she couldn't be more proud of her. cross the question today we a very happy ev

recognized for his work helping women and girls recover from a great he shares the prize with nadia mourad she's a hazard human rights activist and survivor of sexual slavery also coming up. the u.s. senate votes to advance bret's covenants nomination to the supreme court the move is likely to further polarize republicans and democrats at odds over his candidacy a second final confirmation vote is set for saturday. has come in prepared for sunday's presidential election will speak to citizens who won't be able to vote that's after they fled to nigeria to escape worsening violence income in ruins english speaking regions plus. jews in germany sound the alarm off to the far right if the party moves to setup a jewish group of its own. jews cannot be involved in a party which is clearly associated with anti semitic motivations and anti semitic people it doesn't make sense to trust people like that so i should mention when we report on how the f.d.a. is playing on. jewish communities fears of muslim and to semitism. and dentals and later holes and as far as the eye can see and of course plenty

you so much for joining us all a van that looks quote from the right livelihood award and our nadia mourad has issued a statement thanking the nobel committee for sharing and the peace prize on her website and that is initiative she said i am incredibly honored and humbled by their support and i share this award with his eighty's iraqis can other persecuted minorities and all of the characters victims of sexual violence around the world. two years ago ninety more out was one of the winners of the european parliament sakharov prize for freedom of thought she said the award with. another using the woman who was sold into sexual slavery by slavic state they spoke to d.w. hoffman in brussels about that fight for justice. do you have hope for those that are still in iraq at the moment. for me it is not whether we have hope or not. it can muster we should combat dyess tata but we should foresee interaction between diaspora in iraq and syria. well then should be diminished as a force and diaspora lose ground and then we will liberate the girls and women in an easier way. than are done and so it i

both mourad and move quicker the committee said have endured personal risk and cost to combat war crimes and seek justice for victims. in a year in which controversy has touched the nobel name itself both with rape allegations against a member of the swedish academy the kids of the literature prize and with calls for me on mars lead to understand through to be stripped of her peace prize the two winners of the two thousand and eighteen nobel peace prize are likely to be considered anything but controversial. i asked the chairwoman of the nobel committee with a she and her four fellow committee members had decided this year to play it safe i asked to be believe that we make our decision on the mandate we have alfred nobel's will sometimes decisions are very controversial sometimes they are not but not comply herschel does not reduce the importance of the price in a word then no jo to how to zero. thousands of women and children who were captured along with eisel fighters after the defeat in iraq of being kept in detention facilities these women are from around forty countries human rights

this is mourad has it's they have to stay on the cleared paths which are marked with yellow strips. first moratti uses the metal detector to check the underbrush. close gordon it was flown on which we've learned over the years not to let fear get the better of us about it i mean while we have to remember not to relax too much to stay alert and hope with the morning prayers. the detector has found something the device can spot metal that's up to thirteen centimeters beneath the surface now murat has to feel his way with the prof he checks the area thoroughly he doesn't want to take any chances. he's not going up or do you have to put the broad at an angle of thirty degrees on the wooden slab . and you've got to be careful some mines are super sensitive and exploded three kilograms of pressure. all clear it turns out that the metal object is just a coin. works his way through the area centimeter by centimeter. this job doesn't pay very well the equivalent of about thirty five euros today about the same as a local tradesmen. not two or three motion another problem it is it is a seasona

nobel committee has announced the joint witness of this year's peace prize denis mukwege and nadia mourad al-jazeera has been granted the exclusive international rights to interview the winners after the award ceremony here in oslo in december the nobel interview on al-jazeera. from cutting edge medical technology toxic venom could be a good resource for the development of lifesaving drugs to advances in the most difficult regions of the world. and not the worst. side. innovative solutions to global health care problems that didn't make a difference maybe all the oldies were good it sure was still the cure on al-jazeera. al-jazeera where ever you are. more than seven decades ago a country was split into three big but didn't and now the time comes when you go to dean off the page all it took was a pan a map and a collapsing empire and when the british had to draw a line they pulled its seven two had never been to india before al-jazeera examines the violent birth of india and pakistan and asks what the future holds for these nuclear neighbors partition borders of blood. heller and taylor i

nadia mourad is a member of the yes cd minority in north an iraq where she lived with her family in the remote village of course. in august twenty fourth in the islamic state isis launched a brutal systematic attack on the villages of the same char region aimed at exterminating the population in the. village several hundred people were massacred. the younger women including under-age children were abducted and held as sex slaves. while the captive of the isis nadia on the rug was repeatedly subjected to rape and other abuses her assault has flourished and to execute her if she did not convert to their hateful in human version of islam. nadia murat is just one of an estimated three thousand. women who were victims of rape and other abuses by the isis army. the abuses were systematic and part of a military strategy. thus they served as a weapon in the fight against your cds and other religious minorities. after a three month nightmare. managed to flee following her escape she chose to speak openly about what she had endured and in twenty sixteen at the age of just twenty three she was nam

now going back to the breaking news and of the joint recipient of the nobel peace prize nadia mourad a u.c.d. woman who comes from northern iraq we can go live to our correspondent mohammed who is in the iraqi capital baghdad and the nobel committee mohammed they they said that not here more out has shown uncommon courage in recounting her own sufferings and speaking up on behalf of other victims remind us of exactly what the years e.d. women and girls went three well martin that was in august of two thousand and four team in the village of cordial which is of police when. was abducted by ice or fighters who also killed six of her brothers and brothers she was among six thousand seven hundred. girls from the years the minority community in northern iraq who are ducted and she first give her first testimony to journalist in february two thousand and fifteen where she recounted how they were tortured bond with cigarettes and repeatedly raped by fighters something that was seen as really brave because many of the victims were not coming forth to speak and she got the lead to go to reset

nobel committee has announced the joint winners of this year's peace prize denis mukwege and nadia mourad al-jazeera has been granted the exclusive international rights to interview the winners after the awards ceremony here in all slowed in december the nobel interview on al-jazeera. pressure growing a bipartisan group of u.s. senators triggers an official investigation into the disappearance of a sound the journalist. welcome to al-jazeera on live from i head in doha is so coming up an accident on a russian block that heading for the international space station we'll have the very latest on that plus thousands still missing the search for bodies from the earthquake and tsunami and in asia is extended by twenty four. towns and cities across florida assessed the damage to one largest storms ever to make landfall in the u.s. and al-jazeera gets first access to a u.n. report alleging the u.a.e. has violated several sanctions including buying banned goods from al-shabaab. the united states launched an official investigation into the disappearance of sol the journalist jamal khashoggi it's be

both mourad and quicker the committee said have endured personal risk and cost to combat war crimes and seek justice for victims in a year in which controversy has touched the nobel name itself both with rape allegations against a member of the swedish academy that gives up a literature prize and with calls for me on mars leader aung sang suu kyi to be stripped of her peace prize the two winners of the two thousand and eighteen nobel peace prize are likely to be considered anything but controversial. i asked the chairwoman of the nobel committee with a she and her four fellow committee members had decided this year to play it safe i asked that we make our decision on the. sometimes. controversial sometimes they are not but not complete their szell does not reduce the importance of the price in a word then no. zero. and take a look at our website for more news dot com. it is good too. you with us hello adrian finnegan here in doha the top stories this hour on al-jazeera donald trump's pick for the u.s. supreme court brett kavanaugh has narrowly cleared a procedural vote in the senate a f

rape and other sexual abuses by rebel forces war torn country democratic republic of congo nadia mourad of course less well known described in this joint witness to help and the victim he the help but she representing the victims so many of them of sexual violence where violence was sexual violence if used as a weapon of war you know you're more of one of three thousand kids either women alone who were held as sex slaves and subject to repeated rape gang rape and other forms of abuses the press conference that followed given by barry price i understand that your purse. the nobel committee. seemed to illustrate that people were not entirely taken aback by this when they would have two questions about the b. two movement the nobel committee the nobel foundation rather of course touched by the me to be because of the postponement literature prize this year with one of the swedish academies members accused of sexual improprieties was this in any way to do with the decision to award the prize to those fighting sexual violence and she said well it would be to movement and war crimes are not q

both mourad and move quicker the committee said have endured personal risk and cost to combat war crimes and seek justice for victims in a year in which controversy has touched the nobel named itself both with rape allegations against a member of the swedish academy that gives up a literature prize and with calls for me on mars be the unsung shooty to be stripped of her peace prize the two winners of the two thousand and eighteen nobel . peace prize are likely to be considered anything but controversial. i asked the chairwoman of the nobel committee with a she and her fellow committee members that decided this year to play it safe i asked to be believe that we make our decision on the monday to happen for the bills we have sometimes decisions are very controversial sometimes they are last but not complete does not reduce the importance of the prize you know would them know joe know how to zero zero zero zero. susanna sarah king has worked with dr denis mccuaig in the d.r. c. and is a director of international policy and partnership said physicians for human rights she thinks a award hous

both mourad and move quicker the committee said have endured personal risk and cost to combat war crimes and seek justice for victims in a year in which controversy has touched the nobel name itself both with rape allegations against a member of the swedish academy that gives up a literature prize and with calls for me on mars leader aung sang suu kyi to be stripped of her peace prize the two winners of the two thousand and eighteen nobel peace prize are likely to be considered anything but controversial. i asked the chairwoman of the nobel committee with a she and her four fellow committee members had decided this year to play it safe i asked to be believe that we make our decision on the mandate we have alfred nobel's will sometimes decisions are very controversial sometimes they are not but not comply herschel does not reduce game. the prize you know would them know. how to zero. voters in latin america's largest democracy go to the polls on sunday polls put the left is fernando a dad in second place behind his far right rival. a latin america editor lucien human has more from brazil'

both mourad and quicker the committee said have endured personal risk and cost to combat war crimes and seek justice for victims in a year in which controversy has touched the nobel name itself and with calls for me on mars leader aung sang suu kyi to be stripped of her peace prize the two winners of the two thousand and eighteen nobel peace prize are likely to be considered anything but controversial. i asked the chairwoman of the nobel committee with a she and her four fellow committee members had decided this year to play it safe i asked to be believe that we make our decision on the mandate we have. sometimes our decisions are very controversial sometimes they are not but not controversial does not reduce the importance of the prize in a word then no. oslo. joining us live now is tony gambino executive director of the panzi foundation which was started by dotson mccuaig a thank you very much for taking the time to speak to us and presumably you know and of what closely with dr dennis mcguire through the years what can you tell us about his reaction to winning the nobel prize and wha

problems is not enough they must realize that when you commit a crime against anyone it's not right both mourad and move quicker the committee said have endured personal risk and cost to combat war crimes and seek justice for victims in a year in which controversy has touched the nobel name itself and with calls for me on mars be to understand shooty to be stripped of her peace prize the two winners of the two thousand and eighteen nobel peace prize are likely to be considered anything but controversial. i asked the chairwoman of the nobel committee with this she and her four other committee members had decided this year to play it safe i asked to be believed that we make our decision on the mandate will happen alfred nobel's will sometimes our decisions are very controversial sometimes they are not but being not controversial does not reduce the importance of the prize you know word them no joda how to zero. or not sr says she couldn't be more proud. because the key question today we are very happy even if she were not my sister and this had been achieved by any years later it would still have

nobel committee has announced the joint witness of this year's peace prize dennis mccuaig and not to mourad al-jazeera has been granted the exclusive international rights to interview the witness after the awards ceremony here and also low in december the nobel interview on al-jazeera. in nigeria live you say beat. us an airfoil is one of the. rights i do not to know any individual that is followed in nigeria. my nigeria is sucked up by nigeria is your development my nigeria is excelling this is my nigeria. my my gear on al-jazeera. howler the indian summer continues in most of the eastern states of the u.s. and in east and counter sure markedly warm and that's the cutoff this warm front going in that direction that's where the bumps take it means that the want to sit in that direction for now but against a contrast twenty five degrees in denver so that's rain and then turning easily to snow in colorado the dakotas and encounter within the warms itself we've got a hurricane coming up to landfall jury in daylight hours or wednesday on the florida panhandle of course of rain comes one ahead o

both mourad and move quicker the committee said have endured personal risk and cost to combat war crimes and seek justice for victims in a year in which controversy has touched the nobel name itself both with rape allegations against a member of the swedish academy that gives out the literature prize and with calls for me on mars leader and sanctuary to be stripped of her peace prize the two winners of the two thousand and eighteen nobel peace prize are likely to be considered anything but controversial. i asked the chairwoman of the nobel committee where the she and her fall fellow committee members had decided this year to play it safe i asked to be believe that we make our decision on the mandate we have alfred nobel's will sometimes decisions are very controversial sometimes they are not but not controversial does not reduce the importance of the price in a word them know. how to zero. well not be a moron sr says she's exceedingly proud of. class the question and today we are very happy even if she were not my sister and this had been achieved by any it would still have raised our he

gynecologist treating victims of rape in the democratic republic of congo he shares the prize with nadia mourad a twenty five year old jersey human rights activist and survivor of sexual slavery by the so-called islamic state. aid agencies in indonesia a warning that more than six hundred thousand children have been affected by last week's earthquake and tsunami the number of dead has now risen to more than sixteen hundred with many more still missing. a german court has halted a controversial woodland clearance half of the humbucker forest was set to be felled to allow open pit coal mining but judges said they need more time to consider a complaints by environmentalists who have been camping out in the woods a final decision is not expected for at least two years. through all ag. you finance ministers are trying to come to a quick agreement for rewriting trade agreements with the us among their concerns europe's crucial car industry and ongoing threats from washington that e.u. imports are targets for eye or tariffs. also on the program at the midterms come closer in the u.s. the economy is on