the headlines: a powerful testimony from the woman who is accusing president trump's supreme court nominee of assaulting her 36 years ago. i believed he was going to rape me. i tried to yell for help. when i did, brett put his hand over my mouth to stop me from yelling. in an angry and emotional response, brett kavanaugh denied any assault, saying the accusations are politically motivated. i swear today, under oath, before the senate and the nation, will before my family and god, i am innocent of this charge. i'm kasia madera in london. also in the programme: at the un, china and russia call for sanctions against north korea to be eased. and the invisible threat that could wipe out half the population of killer whales in the world. good morning. it is 8:00am in singapore, 1:00am in london and 8:00pm in washington, where it has been a day of impassioned testimony at the us senate as president trump's nominee for the supreme court, brett kavanaugh, repeatedly denied allegations that he sexually assaulted a teenage girl some 30 years ago. judge kavanaugh declared that the allegations had dest

brett kavanaugh trump's supreme court nominee. augh delaying a senate vote in his confirmation by a week. you can reach me on twitter. thank you for watching. hello, good morning. friday felt a little bit more like autumn because we had cooler air coming from the north, not surprisingly, the highest temperature was on the south coast, here in hampshire. still 19 degrees, pretty good. over the weekend, we've got high pressure close enough by, that whilst there will be some showers around, for the most part it will be dry with sunshine at times. but it will probably turn cooler as the weekend goes on. pretty cold at the moment, though, underneath that area of high pressure with the clearer skies. we've got more atlantic winds across the northern half of the uk and a weak weather front as well. that's where the we have this band of cloud and patchy rain. ahead of it, maybe one or two showers for scotland and northern ireland. more cloud and quite a strong westerly wind, too. england and wales, the winds are lighter as you head further

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a reminder of our top story: president trump's choice for supreme courtjustice has president trump's choice for supreme courtto defend himself again in public against accusations of sexual assault. he insisted he was com pletely assault. he insisted he was completely innocent and he would not step aside. this is bbc world news. hello. for a time this week, temperatures will be on the rise. not just yet. it's a cold night for much of england and wales, under clearer skies. meanwhile, this stream of cloud in the atlantic continuing to extend across parts of northern ireland, northern and western scotland, strengthening the winds through tuesday and also bringing outbreaks of rain. but away from the far north and west, after a cold start, there will be plenty of sunshine. some early—morning mist and fog to clear. that will soon lift, and then for much of england and wales, plenty of sunshine to be found. just light winds, and very little cloud, even into the afternoon. somewhat different further north and west. more on that in just a moment. here's a closer look at a:00pm on tuesday afternoon. as you can see, l

as a third woman has come forward with new allegations of sexual misconduct against donald trump's supreme courtominee. donald trump says he is pushing any plan for middle east peace. he also gave the clearest statement yet he backs a two state solution. , a group saying the --son the there's poisoning the poisoning suspect was a highly decorated military officer. argentina has agreed a new bailout program with it international monetary fund. stephen: it is the largest imf has ever handed out. argentinian government is battling a currency crisis that has seen the pay so losing half of its value. the imf will frontload payments to argentina and has paid $15 billion so far this year with another $30 million before the end of 2018. the conditions for the bailout have been changed. argentina will need to keep its budget deficit at zero and a surplus in 2020. that will mean tax increases and spending cuts. the central bank will only be able to intervene to support the currency if it drops below 44 39.s, currently around they have spent billions to prop the currency up and this wilille change in polic

now set for thursday the timing is raising eyebrows in washington that's the same day donald trump supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh testifies before congress defending himself from accusations of sexual assault leading to speculation that trump's thursday meeting with rosenstein is a deliberate distraction kimberlee health care al-jazeera the white house a russian court has sentenced opposition leader alexina valen to twenty days in jail he was arrested early on monday of allegations of staging illegal protests that happened minutes after he was released from jail the valley finished a thirty day sentence of planning an unauthorized demonstration in moscow in january in which he called for a boycott of local and regional elections. thousands of protesters have marched in the streets of the liberian capital monrovia. there demanding the return of one hundred four million dollars in missing cash shipments of new notes from printers overseas disappeared after passing through the country's main port a number of people have been barred from leaving the country amid the investigation which includ

now set for thursday the timing is raising eyebrows in washington that's the same day donald trump supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh testifies before congress defending himself from accusations of sexual assault leading to speculation that trump's thursday meeting with rosenstein is a deliberate distraction kimberly hellcat al-jazeera the white house on his committee was saying that president trump's embattled nominee for the u.s. supreme court has been speaking out after facing new accusations of sexual misconduct but kevin offered a blanket denial in a t.v. interview john hendren has the latest. you know. as protesters faced arrest to demonstrate against president donald trump supreme court pick brett kavanaugh is striking back. appearing with his wife on fox news a day after not one but two new accusers emerged he insists he's been wrongly accused saying the truth is i have never sexually assaulted anyone in high school or otherwise i'm not questioning and have not questioned that perhaps dr ford at some point in her life was sexually assaulted by someone in some place would i know is tha

president donald trump turned on christine blazin ford the woman whose testimony could to rail his supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh we have to fight for him not worry about the other side and by the way women are for that more than anybody would understand on twitter trump question ford story i have no doubt that if the attack on dr ford was as bad as she says charges would have been immediately filed with local law enforcement for it is a california professor at the center of an explosive allegation against kavanaugh from thirty six years ago she says that while in high school kavanagh sexually assaulted her at a party attempting to remove her bathing suit while holding his hand over her mouth and on behalf of the more on friday more than six dozen women of any some of whom have known cavanagh since high school question ford sexual assault claim backing cavanagh as a person of honor. integrity and a person of strong moral character kind and good natured a good man who is incapable of mistreating anyone but the final say will come from congress he was born for the u.s. supreme court he was

the time is 5:02. >>> on capitol hill, brett kavanaugh, president donald trump's supreme court nominee begins the first day of his senate confirmation hearings. he has been on the u.s. court of appeals in washington, d.c. since 2006 and democrats complained he will side with conservatives on the supreme court and will restrict abortion rights. democrats are concerned about articles kavanaugh wrote supporting expanding presidential power. >> the stakes in these cases that the court hears with abortion, with gay marriage, with climate change and a bunch of other issues, are really high. it's very hard to expect politicians -- what senators are -- to just ignore those issues. >> california's senators, feinstein and harris are both on the senate judiciary committee that will question kavanaugh this morning. we will have a live report from washington, d.c. at 4:30 and coming up at 5:30 in our coverage which begins at 6:30 this morning. >>> it's the next round between the battle of san francisco and the trump administration regarding safe injection sites. san francisco mayor london breed wil

>> first we want to begin with the allegation against supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh. >> president trump's supreme court nominee in turmoil. >> reporter: when christine blasey ford stepped forward in a "washington post" interview alleging that kavanaugh assaulted her while they were in high school about 35 years ago, kavanaugh denies this happened. she is now scheduled to testify in an open hearing on thursday. and today a look at a letter blasey ford senate -- sent to the senate judiciary committee. i felt that this was something that a citizen could not do. i felt agony yet urgency and a civic duty to let it be nope in a confidential manner prior to the nominee being selected. >> she clearly considers this an attempted rape. erd this is about being ics. treated fairly in a very public forum for someone that has never seen the limelight of washington, hasn't had to appear before cameras ever before. >> reporter: blasey ford says she didn't know kavanaugh well when they attended a party as teenagers back in the '80s. blasey ford claims kavanaugh and a friend were stumbling drunk when they

on whether to allow president trumps supreme court nominee as a personal point of personal privilege confirmation launceston and i can just speak . normally we would start to avoid right now but as a point of personal privilege i would call on senator flake oh thank you. i been speaking with a number of people on the other side we've had conversations ongoing for a while with regard to. making sure that we do due diligence here and i think it would be. proper to delay the floor vote. for up to but not more than one week in order to let the f.b.i. . continue to do an investigation limited in time and scope. to the current allegations that are there and limit in time to no more than one week and i i will vote to advance the bill. to the floor with that understanding and i have spoken to a few other members. who on my side of the aisle that may be supportive as well but that's my position i think that that we we ought to do what we can to make sure that that we do all due diligence with that in nomination this important and i want to say that this committee has acted properly and the ch

. >>> coming up, president trump's supreme court pick now firing back after some serious allegations about his past. >>> president trump's supreme court pick, brett kavanaugh, is strongly denying a new allegation of possible sexual misconduct dating back decades to his high school days. an anonymous allegation directed to a top democrat with less than a week to his nomination. nbc's peter alexander has the latest. >> reporter: tonight, supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh firing back against that secret allegation of sexual misconduct, saying "i categorically and unequivocally deny this allegation. i did not do this back in high school or at any time." the accusation over an incident that allegedly took place o over 30 years ago. the letter says kavanaugh and a male friend trapped a teenaged girl at a party. kavanaugh allegedly got on top of the teenager and put a hand over her mouth before she freed herself and left the room. kavanaugh tells "the weekly standard," "it's absolutely nuts." dianne feinstein said she gave the information to the fbi. feinstein's spokesperson writing, the

trump's pickonald for supreme court judge brett kavanaugh is facing allegations of his own. after bob woodward portray donald trump as being essentially incompetent and clueless in the white house. the book may not derail his political career but it will do nothing to improve his reputation. not a good day for trump and not a good day for toad. that is what nintendo says on the twitter page. his worst@ w?w? narrator: 2008, discontent turns ininto confrontationon. araround the world people e tako the streets. ♪ music momar: they use tear gas, electric batons, plastic bullets. it was a very, very hard day. narrator: protests like these in dakar and senegal spread to many other cities. there were similar riots in egypt and in india. in haiti the president was overthrown. the reason? high food prices. one of the major causes: climate change. villagers are leaving their homes simply to survive.

our top stories: donald trump's supreme court choice, brett kava naugh, says he won't step aside after another allegation of sexual misconduct. i'm not going to let false accusations drive us out of this process, and we're looking for a fair process, where i can be heard defending my integrity and my lifelong record. hopes for a second summit between north korea's leader kim jong—un and the us. the white house says details to be announced "pretty soon". i'm babita sharma in london. also in the programme: the threatened tigers of nepal. the country says it's increased its tiger population by nearly a fifth. and a lucky rescue. the indian yachtsman picked up over 3000 kilometres off the australian coast during the golden globe race. live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. it's newsday. glad you could join us. it's 8am in singapore, 1am in the morning in london and 8pm in washington dc, where the us supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh has said he will not be stepping aside, after a second woman accused him of sexual misconduct decades ago. the allegations

the us senate hears dramatic testimonies in the row over donald trump's supreme court nominee or donaldn who accuses him of sexual assault —— with what degree of certainty do you believe brett kavanaugh assaulted you? 100%. i swear today, under oath, before the senate and the nation, before my family and god, i am innocent of this charge. around 1,000 headteachers prepare to march on downing street to demand extra funding for schools.

but to the confirmation hearing for president trump supreme court pick stagnates in his agent brett kavanaugh proving to be one of america's most divisive nominees ever. get afternoon kevin owen in the hot seat here at r.t. international this three pm moscow time could have long so the fate of russian sports and he drugs body is going to be decided later on thursday by all accounts the world anti-doping agency is juda vote on whether or not to lift a suspension over a scandal in twenty fifty meetings just about the when shortly so we could get some new shortly the international olympic committee athletes commission has backed russia's admission what is president is also for the move but there are rifts as well quite deep rifts within the anti doping governing body will show some upcoming appear the organizations vice president and anti doping agencies from various countries. against it they accuse wilder of moving the goal post by easing some of the conditions placed on russia for the head of america's agency went as far as to suggest the sacking of the water chief our sports correspondent je

day two of president trump supreme court nominee. grill ay happen today as the judge when the questioning phase begins. >>> investigators are working to remove wreckage of a plane that crashed in palo alto. what we know about the pilot and passengers inside that plane. >>> good morning and thank you for joining us here on this wednesday morning september 5. i'm pam cook. >> good morning. i'm dave clark. steve tells us a bit cooler today. >> about the same. so far and sfo everything looking good. on the coast they would like a little more sun. near to slightly below high temperatures. looking warmer friday into saturday. mainly inland and bayside. there's too much fog. thunderstorm activity is really firing up

senator richard blumenthal, one of the leading voices opposing president trump's supreme court nominee called for the hearings to be adjourned almost as soon as it began. he said his colleagues had not had time to review tens of thousands of documents from kavanaugh's time at the bush white house. >> mr. chairman, we have been denied real access to the documents we need to advise -- >> mr. chairman, regular order is called for. >> -- which turns this hearing into a charade and a mockery of our norms. >> well -- >> and mr. chairman, i therefore move to adjourn this hearing. >> kavanaugh's views on reproductive rights and environmental protection have been under the microscope since the moment he was nominated, but one senator on the judiciary committee, senator ben sasse says opponents' hysteria has nothing to do with kavanaugh and everything to do with congress, tweeting this -- "judge kavanaugh doesn't hate women and children. judge kavanaugh doesn't lust after dirty water and stinky air. no, looking at his record, it seems to me that what he actually dislikes are legislators that are

senators testimonies from the nearly nine hours from donald trump supreme court nominee and the woman who accused him of sexual assault when they were teenagers christine basie ford says she's one hundred percent certain brett kavanaugh assaulted her allegations he strongly denies republicans say the committee will not vote on cavanagh's face on friday. about an m. president says the u.s. is no longer an independent mediator in the middle east peace process whatever his address at the u.n. general assembly to the north a strong attack on the u.s. and israel but israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu focused his speech on iran . china has accused the u.s. president of trying to damage its reputation after donald trump claimed beijing was trying to meddle in the upcoming u.s. midterm elections he said beijing's alleged interference is in response to his tough songs on trade article him of course we found that giant it was a new and surprising allegation from the u.s. president it didn't go over well in beijing would you show where your feet and we advise the united states to stop thi

president donald trump's nominee to the highest court in the country the supreme court is in doubt spite of that the president is standing with brett kavanaugh he is one of the great intellects and one of the finest people that anybody has known cavanagh is at the center of an explosive allegation that threatens to derail his nomination it came this weekend by this woman christine blasi forward who says cavanagh attempted to sexually assault her in the one nine hundred eighty s. a charge he vehemently denies this is a completely false allegation i have never done anything like what the accuser describes to her or to anyone ford's lawyer says her client has taken a lie detector test and is now prepared to testify before congress this is not a politically motivated action in fact she was quite reluctant to come forward and she was in fact outed after she had made the decision not to come forward for does now a professor in california she says when she was fifteen a drunk seventeen year old cavanaugh pushed her into a bedroom at a party groped or attempted to remove her clothing and held he

donald trump's supreme court choice, brett kavanaugh, talks to the media about the sexual assualt allegations and says he won't step aside. britain's opposition labour party debates whether or not to back calls for a second referendum on brexit. i also think that we have to stop brexit because brexit is not the solution to the problems that people face. we can do it, but labour needs to keep the faith with the british people who voted to leave. we meet the american team behind a pioneering electrical implant, helping paralysed people to walk again. president trump signs a his first trade pact with south korea, describing it as a very big deal. we weigh it up. and we'll be live in san francisco, as instagram's two founders announce they‘ re quitting. a warm welcome to the programme, briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. also, more than half a billion pounds have been stolen from customers of british banks in the first half of this year through fraud or scams. so have you been a victim recently? i have and i thought i was pretty savvy when it comes to using ba

. >>> could president trump's supreme court nomination be crumbling to pieces? "the lead" starts right now. moments ago, president trump weighing in on the sex assault allegations against brett kavanaugh, defending his supreme court nominee as one of the finest people he's ever known. could trump's own struggles with the me too movement impact his next move? >>> today judge kavanaugh went to the white house after his nomination was thrown into chaos as key republicans with critical votes say his accuser should be heard. >>> plus, towns turned into islands. the death toll rising as the waters rapidly rise as florence may have saved her worst for last. >>> welcome to "the lead," i'm jake tapper. we begin with president trump's supreme court brett kavanaugh whose confirmation was once seen as a sure bet, now it's in question. all ten democratic members of the senate judiciary committee are pushing for a delay on the committee vote. but far more significantly, four republican senators including one on the committee agree, insisting that they need to hear directly fro

president trump supreme court nominee has given him defiant testimony to a u.s. senate committee saying he's completely innocent of the sexual assault accusations against him but said he did not watch blasi ford's testimony but described the allegations as a calculated and orchestrated political hit he was speaking just hours after his accuser gave an emotional recollection of her attacker dr forward with what degree of certainty do you believe brett kavanaugh assault one hundred percent one hundred percent i believe he was going to rape me. i tried to yell for help when i did brett put his hand over my mouth stop me from yelling this is what terrified me the most and it had the most lasting impact on my life it was hard for me to breathe and i thought that brett was accidentally going to kill me but for his part come on a denied ever committing sexual misconduct and said he wouldn't be threatened into withdrawing i'm not questioning. that dr ford may have been sexually assaulted by some person in some place at some time but i have never done this to her or to an

now set for thursday the timing is raising eyebrows in washington that's the same day donald trump supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh testifies before congress defending himself from accusations of sexual assault leading to speculation that trump's thursday meeting with rosenstein is a deliberate distraction kimberlee health care al-jazeera the white house thousands of protesters have marched in the streets of the liberian capital monrovia. there demanding the return of one hundred four million dollars in missing cash shipments of new notes from printers overseas disappeared after passing through the country's main ports a number of people have been barred from leaving the country amid the investigation including the son of former president ellen sirleaf johnson liberia wants the u.s. to help investigate gaza health officials have confirmed the death of a palestinian man by israeli gunfire. ten others were wounded when israelis fired tear gas and live rounds of thousands of protesters on the beach and in fishing boats along the border with israel demonstrations against the israeli blockade of

president donald trump turned on christine blasio forward the woman whose testimony could to rail his supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh we have to fight for him not worry about the other side and by the way women are for that more than anybody would understand on twitter trump question ford story i have no doubt that if the attack on dr ford was as bad as she says charges would have been immediately filed with local law enforcement for it is a california professor at the center of an explosive allegation against kavanaugh from thirty six years ago she says that while in high school kavanagh sexually assaulted her at a party attempting to remove her bathing suit while holding his hand over her mouth and on behalf of them on friday more than six dozen women some of whom have known cavanagh since high school question ford sexual assault claim backing cavanagh as a person of honor integrity and a person of strong moral character kind and good natured a good man who is incapable of mistreating anyone but the final say will come from congress he was born for the u.s. supreme court he was born for it.

>> >>> president trump's supreme court pick brett kavaugh is denying an allegation of possible sexual misconduct dating back decades to his high school days. an anonymous allegation referred by a top democrat to the fbi with less than a ieek now until a key votehis no nation. ter alexander has the latest. >> reporter: tonight supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh firing back against that secretive accusation of sexual misconduct saying i categically deny this allegation. i did not do this back in high school or at any time. the accusation over an incident that allegedly took place more than 30 years a spelled out in a letter given to top democrat diane feinstein weeks ago. "the new york times" siting three people familiar with the letter reporting it says kavanaughnd a male friend trapped a teenage girl in a pedroom during a high schoty and kavanaugh got on top of the teenager and put his hand over her mouth before she freed herself and left the room. that frienng it's absolutely nuts. i never saw brett act that way. feinstein revealing the letter's existence thursday saying she gave

in the u.s. a woman who's accused president trump supreme court pick of sexual assault has confirmed she will testify before a senate committee christine blazin forward says brett kavanaugh assaulted her it's a policy in one nine hundred eighty two she has to go before the senate judiciary committee next week ahead of kavanagh's confirmation hearing john hendren has an all we seem to have an end to this game of congressional chicken that's been going on ever since christine bussy ford accused brett kavanaugh of sexual assault thirty six years ago it went that she was being asked to meet certain conditions or the committee chairman chuck grassley was saying he would go ahead and hold a vote on monday without hearing her testimony she would ignore those deadlines and say the committee was bullying and inappropriate will now we have an agreement on that there are a few details to be worked out but none of them seem to be deal breakers and police and the maldives have raided the main campaign office of the opposition presidential candidate abraham mohammed sali head of elections on sunda

welcome back to the program donald trump's supreme court's nominate has finished testifying before the u.s. senate's to disarray committee on a sexual assault claim dating back to nine hundred eighty two that herring so brett kavanaugh is a case of spend four hours giving evidence to get him followed by a strong. denial on his part cavanagh claimed his being the victim of a coward to snuff nation with the details. better national issues like iran d.p. r. k. and actual wars like syria and yemen have taken a back seat and capitals hearings have been a dominating the news cycle for a couple of weeks now and we witnessed a series of twists and turns over the past month or so and all of america is tuned in to find out if cavanagh did or did not sexually assault christine ford over thirty six years ago but all the suspense and media hype surrounding the case is making it seem more like a soap opera than serious news but having no was questioned for hours and what did we find out well here's ford i recall saying that the boy who assaulted me could someday be on the u.s. supreme court she surv

our top stories: donald trump's supreme court choice, brett kavanaugh, says he won't step aside afternother allegation of sexual misconduct. speculation about the future of us deputy attorney—general, rod rosenstein, as a crunch meeting with the president is set for thursday. raised hopes of a second summit between north korea's leader, kimjong—un, and the us. the white house says details to be announced pretty soon. and a lucky ecape. the indian yachtsman rescued over 3,000 km off the australian coast during the golden globe race more allegations and more denials are increasing the political drama surrounding brett kava naugh's supreme court nomination. a day after another woman came forward accusing judge kavanaugh of sexual misconduct in college, he hit back, saying the allegations are smears and a character assasination. he and his wife, ashley, have been speaking to fox news. here is some of what he had to say. did you guys ever look at each other and say, "i'm out, this is enough, this just isn't worth it"? i'm not going to let false accusations drive us out of this process, and

the us senatejudiciary committee approves president trump's supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh, 11inal vote in the senate may be pushed back after a republican senator called for a weeks' delay, to allow an investigation in to sexual abuse allegations against the nominee. i think it would be proper to delay the floor vote for up to — but not more than — one week, in order to let the fbi continue, to do an investigation limited in time and scope to the current allegations that are there. the family of a teenager who died following an allergic reaction to a pret—a—manger baguette have called for new laws on food labelling. facebook says it's discovered a security issue that is affecting 50 million users' accounts, but it's not yet known whether user information has been exposed. let's return now to our main story. members of the united states senate judiciary committee have voted to approve president trump's nominee brett kavanaugh, for the vacancy at the supreme court. but they've also agreed to a proposal by the republican senatorjeff flake to delay the full ballot of the senate. m

well in the coming hours donald trump supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh and his first accuser will appear and front of the senate judiciary committee and with the growing even trump now says he could change his mind if the evidence is compelling enough castro reports from washington. even as u.s. president donald trump tried to deal with the issue of weapons of mass destruction at the u.n. security council his supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh was being accused again of teenage sexual abuse behavior julie sweat nick says kevin and his friends organized alcohol and drug filled parties in the early one nine hundred eighty s. just so they could gang rape girls including her the president of the united states trumka called this yet another example of democratic party dirty tricks why didn't they bring this right at the beginning during the hearings you would have had all the time in the world for the f.b.i. it would have been fine now the f.b.i. as you know did investigate this time as they have five or six other times and they did a very thorough investigation but kavanagh's joini

supreme court. mr kavanaugh denies the report, which he says is part ofa smearcampaign. remember he's president trump's nominee for the supreme court. here's the president earlier today. this could be one of the single most unfair, unjust things to happen to a candidate or anything. but i am with brett kava naugh candidate or anything. but i am with brett kavanaugh and i look forward toa brett kavanaugh and i look forward to a vote, and for people to come out of the woodwork from 36 years ago and 30 years ago and never mention it, all of a sudden it happens, in my opinion it is totally political. it is totally political. that allegation from 36 years ago he's referring to is by this woman, christine blasey ford. dr ford will testify this week that mr kavanaugh sexually assaulted her when she was 15 and he was 17. senator dianne feinstein tweeted... "thursday's hearing should be cancelled in light of a disturbing new allegation of sexual misconduct against brett kavanaugh. the fbi must investigate all allegations." dr blasey ford had asked senators to have the fbi investigate her claim. this was the res

the conservative judge is donald trump's choice to fill the vacant seat on the supreme court.ged in the media. christine blasey ford says he tried to rape her when they were teenagers in the 1980s — an allegation judge kavanaugh strenuously denies. but it has delayed a vote on his nomination to america's highest court. there have been days of negotiations over whether dr ford would give evidence before the senatejudiciary committee. now, it seems there may just be a breakthrough. in a statement, her lawyers said... some republicans, including donald trump, say this is a deliberate attempt to delay and ultimately obstruct judge kavanaugh's confirmation. but ina but in a time of increased scrutiny of how sexual assault allegations are dealt with, many are also trying to tread carefully. the president and i are confident that senate republicans will manage this confirmation properly, with the utmost respect for all concerned, and i believe thatjudge brett kavanaugh will soon bejustice brett kavanaugh. and take his seat on the supreme court of the united states of america. dr ford

also on the programme: the woman who has accused president trump's supreme court nominee of sexual assaultow to decide whether to give evidence.

yes, still this evening republican senator mike crepo is questioning president trump's supreme court avanaugh in a marathon hearing now approaching the 11th hour. he wouldn't commit to recusing himself from cases involving criminal liability for trump. >> one key facet as i've studied the history of nominees is not to make commitments on particular cases. i'm not asking for a particular commitment and i'm going to take your answer as a no. it's really a yes or no question. you will not commit to recuse yourself? >> senator, i think to be consistent with the principle of independence of the judiciary, i should not and will not make a commitment how i would handle a case. >> this was far from the only heated exchange that happened throughout today. phil mattingly is "out front." >> no one is above the law in our constitutional system. >> reporter: on day two of president trump's supreme court nominee's supreme court hearings, the president himself taking center stage, brett kavanaugh citing precedent from past nominees declining to weigh in, first on whether presidents must comply with

protests inside the senate has the confirmation for trump's supreme court nominee gets off to a bumpy start. hello thank you for joining us activists say the last rebel controlled province in syria is being attacked from the air and that's the spy the white house warning syria's government against a reckless escalation in the area it's believed more than twenty separate air strikes have been carried out killing at least seventeen people five of them children the united nations as warned that a full assault on it could spark a humanitarian catastrophe on a scale not yet seen in syria's seven year stephanie decker has more now from riyadh in the near turkey's border with syria. after three weeks of quiet skies air strikes have resumed on the province particularly the southwest of the province there have been civilian casualties including five children and most of the airstrikes were around the arab world this is an area that rumor over the last couple of weeks had it that perhaps a first phase of this expected offensive would take place it's too early to tell whether this is the start o

and us and says have had testimonies for nearly nine hours from donald trump supreme court nominee and the woman who's accused him of sexual assault when they were teenagers christine gazi ford says he's one hundred percent certain brett kavanaugh assaulted her allegations he strongly denies republicans say the committee will vote on cavanagh's fate later on friday. china has accused the us president of trying to damage his reputation after donald trump claimed beijing was trying to meddle in the upcoming u.s. midterm elections he said beijing's alleged interference is in response to his tough songs on trains in reports we found that giant it was a new and surprising allegation from the u.s. president it didn't go over well in beijing would you show where your feet and we advise the united states to stop this unceasing criticism and slander of china stop these wrong words or deeds that damage bilateral relations and the interests of both countries peoples he is responding to a moment from the u.n. security council they were supposed to be talking about nonproliferation when president d

yes alice has had her testimonies for nearly nine hours from donald trump supreme court nominee and the woman who's accused him of sexual assault when they were teenagers her seem glossy force says she's one hundred percent certain brett kavanaugh assaulted her allegations that he strongly denies. and is supreme court has lifted a ban on girls and women of menstruating age entering a historic temple the court ruled that excluding women can't be seen as an essential religious practice females aged between ten and fifty have been barred from entering the sapper ramada temple and some hindu religious figures consider administration to be impure. right now with all the headlines more news on al-jazeera that's off the inside story. china has been attempting to interfere in our upcoming twenty eight teen election quite the accusation and quite the reaction from china washington and beijing have been at loggerheads for much of this year from an escalating trade war to a military and a political standoff so what's behind this growing dispute this is inside story. hello and welcome to the progra

kavanaugh will not be confirmed and either donald trump will have to propose moderates which the republicans throw a fit about or leave a seat on the supreme court vacant maybe for two years and then the fear is of a democrat succeeds donald trump the next person would be able to put in a a justice handpicked by the democrats so that's the that's the fear. dozens of iraqi men and young boys have disappeared in the last four years and many blame pro-government forces the families of those missing say not enough is being done to help them find out what happened rob matheson reports from baghdad. cradled in the arms of distraught mothers photographs of missing iraqi men and boys their families say they vanished from nineveh province as pro-government forces hunted down eisel flight hose and their supporters and that the men have almost the security forces have taken two of my sons going to a geisha after liberating us from eisel we keep calling on the government for help but it seems there is no hope. in twenty fourteen i saw swept across the western provinces of nineveh and anbar some sonny's opposed to the country's shia dominated government a se

the white house showing no signs of abandoning brett kavanaugh for the supreme court. president trump dismissed the notion kavanaugh would step aside. i'm told aides are stressing kavanaugh's denials to its surrogates, but the allegations against kavanaugh are so explosive, to the president himself, they are choosing their words carefully tonight. >> thank you, everybody. [ all talking at once ] >> reporter: president trump is sticking with the supreme court pick, brett kavanaugh, brushing off the notion the embattled judge would withdraw from consideration. >> did he offer to withdrawal? >> next question. what a ridiculous question. >> reporter: asked about the accusation of assault facing kavanaugh, the president didn't hesitate to defend the judge. >> he is somebody very special. at the same time, we want to go through a process, we want to make sure everything is perfect, everything is just right. i wish the democrats could have done this a lot sooner because they had this information for many months, and they shouldn't have waited until literally the last days. they should have d

in the coming hours donald trump supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh and his first accuser christine forward will appear in front of the senate judiciary committee three women have now accused the us president picks for the supreme court of sexual assault. could change his mind if the evidence is compelling enough. on thursday palestinian and israeli leaders will be taking center stage at the u.n. general assembly the conflict has been the focus of several leaders speeches so far during the prime minister of kuwait. on wednesday accused israel of violating international laws. israel persists in its intransigence rejecting it ignored resolutions of international legitimacy it continues its expansionist policies through the establishment of illegal settlements in occupied palestinian territories this constitutes a gross and blatant rejection of resolutions of international legitimacy the palestinians rejected america's role as mediator end the conflict and says he wants to broker peace in the coming months but so far as administrations decisions have had a negative impact on the lives

welcome back a quick reminder the top stories here on al-jazeera president trump supreme court nominee has denied allegations of sexual assault but cannot call the accusations a calculated and orchestrated political hit just a few hours one of his accusers christine baazi forward gave an emotional testimony she says. when they were both teenagers. the palestinian president says the u.s. is no longer an independent mediator in the middle east peace process mahmoud abbas was addressing the u.n. general assembly israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu didn't touch the issue in his speech instead choosing to attack iran. and china has accused u.s. president donald trump of slander of the he accused beijing of trying to meddle in the upcoming u.s. congressional elections the two countries already engagement to trade war continue to butt heads over a list of sensitive issues including the south china sea and taiwan. tesla c.e.o. in the musk is being sued for fraud by the u.s. securities and exchange commission last was accused of misleading investors when he tweeted in all this that he had

a rock star to the confirmation hearing for donald trump's supreme court nominee. coming up in sport we'll hear from a delighted tiger woods after being recalled to the u.s. ryder cup team gator world tell us about that story a little later. well president trump supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh has faced a chaotic confirmation hearing in the senate as democrats accuse republicans of withholding documents about cabinets past white house service dozens of protesters were dragged out during yet another session highlighting the political divisions in the u.s. jordan reports from capitol hill. from the moment brett kavanaugh sat down for his confirmation hearing to become a u.s. supreme court justice outburst after outburst at least thirty people were arrested on tuesday for disorderly conduct then it was the democratic senators turn to disrupt the hearing. is the chairman we have been denied we have been denied real access to the documents we need to a diagram and regulators called returns disappearing into a charade and a mockery of our norms well mr chairman i t

trump takes center stage at the u.n. general assembly in new york making one bold claim after another also ahead. a recall saying that the boy who assaulted me that some day be on the u.s. supreme court wifey and mine. have been totally and utterly destroyed. after an emotionally charged committee hearing donald trump orders an f.b.i. investigation into claims of sexual assault leveled at his supreme court nominee. plus in paris a local say their daily lives have been turned into a nightmare after special safe rooms up for drug addicts are set up we hear their concerns. the supreme. leader for didn't see the piece but what. does he feel like to see. for broadcasting live from our studios in moscow recapping the week's top stories with our weekly program this is our internet. our world leaders and top diplomats have been in new york this week for the seventy third united nations general assembly while they got to grips with global issues like nuclear disarmament there was one person who really stole the show. we are doing great that was a big big problem and you know the interesting when i did it and i was really being tough and so wishing i would go back and forth and then we fell in

the first woman to accuse president donald trump supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh of sexual abuse has been testifying before a committee on capitol hill christine baazi for davis statement and then answered questions from senators. i was pushed onto the bed and brett got on top of me he began running his hands over my body and grinding into me. i yelled hoping that someone downstairs might hear me and i tried to get away from him but his weight was heavy. bret groped me and tried to take off my clothes he had a hard time because he was very in need related and because i was wearing a one piece bathing suit underneath my clothing i believe he was going to rape me. i tried to yell for help when i did brett put his hand over my mouth to stop me from yelling this is what terrified me the most and this had the most lasting impact on my life it was hard for me to breathe and i thought that brett was accidentally going to kill me. ross and jordan joining us so obviously an emotional motional testimony for a blousy ford rosalind to what's been said so far. well what christine blazin ford

a confirmation hearing for trump's supreme court nominee to sends into chaos minutes after it begins and the protests on social media but backing from sports stars after nike makes american football or colin kaepernick in the face of its latest campaign. thank you for joining us activists say the last rebel controlled province in syria is being attacked from the air the spot a warning from u.s. president donald trump against any reckless attacks on the area it's believed more than twenty separate air strikes have been carried out al-jazeera understands at least eleven people were killed by air strikes on the town of. the united nations as warned that a full assault on it could spark a humanitarian catastrophe on a scale not yet seen in syria's seventy year old. well stephanie becker joins us now from ray on a near turkey's border with syria i mean that's quite a shocking phrase there just all in its own stephanie you know violence or catastrophe that we haven't seen in the seventy a year long war so far so what is the latest that you're hearing about the situation in italy. well from