u.n. human rights office says a trial in saudi arabia of suspects in the murder of jamal has shocked he is not sufficient it wants an independent investigation with international involvement saudi prosecutors are seeking the death penalty for five of the eleven defendants venezuela has accused the u.s. of plotting with a regional bloc to overthrow president nicolas maduro his government more than a dozen foreign ministers from latin america plus canada have said they won't recognize would do as president if he's sworn in for a second term next week. hundreds of police have been deployed in melbourne australia where far right groups are rallying against crime they blame on people of african descent account a demonstration is being held by a group supporting multiculturalism prive the private data of hundreds of german politicians including chancellor angela merkel has been published online it includes information such as home addresses phone numbers and credit card details it's not clear whether hacking or leaks were to blame those the headlines talked as it is next. in the darkest of times

u.n. human rights office i can a house more from the united nations in new york. well the un making very clear that a once and independent international investigation into the murder of jamal khashoggi a spokesperson for the high commissioner for human rights insisting that it's impossible to adjudicate on the impartiality of the process underway in riyadh the trial there of the eleven suspects in the murder beginning this week the spokes person had this to say we are not present in saudi arabia to be able to assess these trials and we can't give an assessment of the trials ourselves we as you know have been pressing for justice in the case for months now. and we've been calling for an investigation independent investigation with international involvement and this has not happened yet now while we are aware that a trial has taken place in saudi arabia this is not sufficient first of all and second of all we are against the imposition of the death penalty in all circumstances a number of human rights organizations have also cost outside of the legality or impartial

u.n. human rights office has criticized saudi arabia's handling of the shoji case it's seeking the death penalty for five of the eleven suspects mike hanna has more funny united nations in new york. well the un making very clear that it wants an independent international investigation into the murder of jamal khashoggi a spokesperson for the high commissioner for human rights insisting that it's impossible to adjudicate on the partiality of the process underway in riyadh the trial there of the eleven suspects in the murder beginning this week the spokes person had this to say we are not present in saudi arabia to be able to assess these trials and we can't give an assessment of the trials ourselves we as you know have been pressing for justice in the case for months now. and we've been calling for an investigation independent investigation with international involvement and this has not happened yet now while we are aware that a trial has taken place in saudi arabia this is not sufficient first of all and second of all we are against the imposition of the death penalty in all circumstances a num

u.n. human rights office is criticizing the crackdown and government forces are accused of indiscriminate shootings and beatings. is a senior consultant for southern africa at the international crisis group he says the warning from the zimbabwe government is disturbing what we're hearing out of. of course is par for the course in terms of previous experience with the government moving into the default position of allegation and threat so yes it is it is a disturbing statement and it comes on top of a range of other statements that we've seen in the last couple of weeks look at a couple of days especially from zanu p.f. yesterday accused the m.d.c. civil society groups in business of pursuing a terrorist agenda in zimbabwe so the situation is not looking good at all on that front there is. a number.

u.n. human rights office is criticizing the crackdown local activists say seventy eight people are being treated for gunshot wounds with hundreds more suffering other injuries the government is blaming opposition parties for stoking the rest eight un peacekeepers have been killed while repel in an attack in northern mali armed men launched an assault in the village of hawk ahead of the peacekeeping mission said the attack demanded a robust swift and concerted response the identity of the fighters is not no. or is still ahead so on the program the runner up in the deal sees presidential election calls for nationwide protests of the top course declares his royal the winner plus an icy chill descends on washington as the federal government shutdown is one month. hello there is still not entirely draw a force in the southern parts of china at the moment we've got one weather system that's moving away but behind it was still going to see the clouds thicken up enough to give us a few outbreaks of rain in the south and the northern edge of that over some of the mountains it will be still attending wint

u.n. human rights office says a trial held in saudi arabia and the murder of the saudi journalist isn't enough. the media reported eleven suspects that appeared in court for the first time state prosecutors are seeking the death penalty for five of the defendants but no names have been released the u.n. wants an independent investigation with international involvement in egypt is trying to stop the broadcast of an interview that the president. gave to the u.s. t.v. network c.b.s. in the interview with the current affairs program sixty minutes he says the egyptian army is working alongside israel against isis fighters in north sinai he also denies egypt is holding tens of thousands of political prisoners. so when we don't have the political prisoners and or prisoners of opinion we are trying to stand against extremists who oppose their ideology on the people the now they are subject to or very dry on the one hundred may take years but we have to follow the law and then they have never missed president the organization human rights watch says that there are sixty thousand political prisoners tha

u.n. human rights office with allegations of shootings and beatings police have made hundreds of arrests and at least five people have been killed during the protests from speak to piers to go in johannesburg is a senior consultant for southern africa at the international crisis group good to have you with us is a bad way slipping back into or for terrorism. what is certainly looks that way i mean the statement that you're referring to came from george who is one of the spokes people around the president and is a ratcheting up of of the president's messaging because he was fairly careful earlier this week not to point fingers and to talk about a comma having a comma situation what we're hearing out of. of course is par for the course in terms of previous experience with the government moving into a default position of allegation and threat so yes it is it is a disturbing statement and it comes on top of a range of other statements that we've seen in the last couple of weeks look last couple of days especially from zanu p.f. yesterday accused the m.d.c. civil society groups in business of pur

u.n. human rights office says it has documented thirty four deaths and dozens more injured in the democratic republic of congo since presidential election results were released last week the african union has doubts about the vote it was the final results announcement expected on friday to be perspired but the government has rejected the call the provisional results which declared opposition leader felix felix desk a ticket cd the winner had been had been challenged in court and his rival martin the ulu accuses him of plotting with outgoing president joseph kabila to rig the outcome. although the situation on the ground has fortunately remained it generally comes so far it remains highly worrying to put it bluntly we have serious doubts about the results in the democratic republic of congo the election delayed several times since twenty sixteen was beset with problems including the exclusion of about a million voters in the east where there's a break uncertainty about the weather threatens to violence in the country hoping for its first peaceful transition of power since independence in one

u.n. human rights office have been allegations of shootings and beatings israel says it shot down a rocket from syria and intercepted rocket fire from the northern part of the occupied golan heights the attack came shortly after syria so they have prevented an israeli air strike in the south. two years since i was sworn in since then the white house has been seen as plagued by conflict chaos and confusion kimberly health takes a closer look from washington d.c. . it's an understatement to say the first two years of donald trump's presidency have been different we have peaches we have three hundred hamburgers many many bridge for us so help me god with the promise to bring washington to its knees and drain the swamp trying to work to fulfill his most popular phrase we will make america great again in many ways trump a change the country sometimes by default there so much this watching the show much uncertainty there's so much chaos right now that we simply don't know which way is up he refuses to act like previous presidents often using twitter to announce big news or get that son of a the

u.n. human rights office says a trial held in saudi arabia into the murder of jamal khashoggi is not enough on thursday saudi media reported eleven suspects have appeared in court for the first time state prosecutors are seeking the death penalty for five of the defendants but no names have been released the u.n. wants an independent investigation with international involvement in mike hanna joins us live now from the u.n. mike so what more has the un's human rights body been saying oh very clearly the un human rights body completely concerned about the situation not being able to ascertain the impartiality all fairness of that trial that began in riyadh this week at continuing to call for some kind of international independent investigation into the murder of jamal khashoggi this is what the spokesperson for the u.n. commission of human rights to say. we are not present in saudi arabia to be able to assess these trials and we can't give an assessment of the trials ourselves we as you know have been pressing for justice in the shoji case for months now. and we've been calling for an investi

u.n. human rights office i can has more from the united nations in new york. well the un making very clear that it once and independent international investigation into the murder of jamal khashoggi a spokesperson for the high commissioner for human rights insisting that it's impossible to adjudicate on the impartiality of the process underway in riyadh the trial there of the leaven the suspects in the murder beginning this week the spokes person had this to say we are not present in saudi arabia to be able to assess these trials and we can't give an assessment of the trials ourselves we as you know have been pressing for justice in the case for months now. and we've been calling for an investigation independent investigation with international involvement and this has not happened yet now while we are aware that a trial has taken place in saudi arabia this is not sufficient first of all and second of all we are against the imposition of the death penalty in all circumstances a number of human rights organizations have also cost outside of the legality or impa

u.n. human rights office is criticizing the crackdown and government forces are accused of indiscriminate shootings and these us in the news ahead on al-jazeera worsening shortage of fuel this is in gaza we will look at the human impact it's having. hello there that system that brought us all rain snow and strong winds is still with us across the middle east it's this system higer actually edging its way eastwards it's fortis now some snow over parts of afghanistan and some rain as well and that system stretches all the way up giving us some clouds for a masi on monday as well it's moving away eastwards though and behind it it is looking dry and karma the temperatures now marty a dropping but in kabul they're at least staying above freezing we'll get to around two further west we're seeing yet more cloud a rain make its way into the western parts of turkey but nothing too significant and the latest system just eases as it drifts its way towards the southeast now the temperatures for many of us have dropped as a systems worked its way across this including here in doha so our maximum at th

u.n. human rights office says a trial held in saudi arabia into the murder of jamal khashoggi is not enough on thursday saudi media reported eleven suspects that appeared in court for the first time state prosecutors seeking the death penalty for five of them but no names have been released the u.n. though is looking for an independent investigation with international involvement more from mike hanna he's at the united nations in new york. well the un making very clear that one independent international investigation into the murder of jamal khashoggi a spokesperson for the high commissioner for human rights insisting that it's impossible to adjudicate on the impartiality of the process under way in riyadh the trial there off eleven suspects in the murder beginning this week the spokes person had this to say we are not present in saudi arabia to be able to assess these trials and we can't give an assessment of the trials ourselves we as you know have been pressing for justice in the case for months now. and we've been calling for an investigation independent investigation with international

u.n. human rights office says it has documented thirty four deaths and dozens more injured in the democratic republic of congo since presidential election results were released last week the african union has cast serious doubts about the vote it was the final results announcement to be persones but the government has rejected the call the provisional results which declared opposition leader feelies should take care day the weather are being challenged in court his chief rival is martin failure and accuses him of plotting with outgoing president joseph kabila to rig the outcome. memphis's you see that although the situation on the ground has fortunately remained it generally comes so far it remains highly worrying to put it bluntly we have serious doubts about the results in the democratic republic of congo where the election delayed several times since twenty sixteen was beset with problems including the exclusion of about a million voters in the east where there isn't a bowler break uncertainty about the winner threatens to spark violence in the country hoping for its first peaceful transi

u.n. human rights office the trial held in saudi arabia into the murder of the journalist. is not enough on thursday's media report that eleven suspects appeared in court in riyadh for the first time state prosecutors are seeking the death penalty for five of the defendants but no names were released the u.n. wants an independent probe with international involvement. we are not present in saudi arabia to be able to assess these trials so i we can't give an assessment of the trials ourselves we as you know have been pressing for justice in the case for months now. and we've been calling for an investigation independent investigation with international involvement and this has not happened yet now while we are aware that a trial has taken place in saudi arabia this is not sufficient first of all and second of all we are against the imposition of the death penalty in all circumstances lots more to come here in the news hour including more protests against the government in sudan where they live in the capital call to. target all of germany's political parties except one we'll

u.n. human rights office but cooperation from saudi arabia. well there has been a number of calls coming from the united nations for an impartial investigation you heard there the spokesperson for the commission of human rights insisting that they just do not have enough information first of all about that legal process in riyadh and secondly it's impossible to guarantee the impartiality of such a process the sentiment echoed by a number of human rights organizations who join the un in calling for some kind of independent international mechanism to investigate the murder of jamal khashoggi but one must point out that the un they're calling for an independent investigation and yet it is resisting at this stage launching an investigation itself in international law very clearly any legislative body off the u.n. the security council or the general assembly could call on the secretary general to give a mandate to launch such an independent investigation but within the u.n. it appears they are waiting for one of the member nations to bring that req

u.n.'s human rights office now reports maduro's security forces and pro-government armed groups have gone on a killing rampage. at least 20 people have been murdered. maduro was fighting obviously to hold on to power after opposition leader juan guaido announced himself interim president of the country. minutes later, president trump issued a statement of total support for guaido. shortly thereafter, maduro ordered all u.s. embassy employees kicked out of the country, but there's also this today. reuters is reporting private military contractors with ties to the russian government have now flown to venezuela to provide security for president maduro. this powder keg explosion comes more than a year of looting and chaos, as starving venezuelans desperate for food and freedom have taken to the streets. you would think venezuela is the worst place in the world to do business, but not so. according to the brand new heritage foundation index of economic freedom, the index measures everything from the free flow of capital and goods to the rule of law. the report was just released today and here

charges against telecoms giant huawei and its chief financial officer the accusations of fraud and theft of trade secrets. the u.n. human rights investigator leading the international inquiry into the murder of saudi journalists. is meeting with istanbul's chief prosecutor agnes color mars in a week long visit to turkey with forensic and legal team. pakistan supreme court is hearing an appeal against the acquittal of a christian woman whose blasphemy conviction was overturned last october that led to three days of protests. throughout the united states is stepping up the pressure on venezuelan president nicolas maduro the white house has imposed sanctions on the country's state owned oil company blocking around seven billion dollars in assets because in some of the reports. the united states is now putting its money as well as its endorsement behind the venezuelan opposition posing sanctions on venezuela's state owned oil company pether they said the path to sanctions relief for pet of ace is through the expeditious transfer of control to the interim president or a subsequent democratically elected government who is committed

suspects but the trial has already been criticized by the un's human rights office mike hanna has more from the united nations in new york. well the u.n. making very clear that it wants an independent international investigation into the murder of jamal khashoggi a spokesperson for the high commissioner for human rights insisting that it's impossible to adjudicate on the impartiality of the process underway in riyadh the trial there of the eleven suspects in the murder beginning this week the spokes person had this to say we are not present in saudi arabia to be able to assess these trials and we can't give an assessment of the trials ourselves we as you know have been pressing for justice in the case for months now. and we've been calling for an investigation independent investigation with international involvement and this has not happened yet now while we are aware that a trial has taken place in saudi arabia this is not sufficient first of all and second of all we are against the imposition of the death penalty in all circumstances a number of human rights organizations have also cost outside of the legality or impartiality of tha

the united nations' human rights office is demanding that azimbabwe's government en violent crackdown on fuel hike protesters. u.nficials say security forces are using fear and intimidation, and conducting door-to-door searches at night. more than 600 people were arrested this week alone. the government has also ordered a total internet blackout.ol in bogota,bia, the death t.ll from a car bombing rose to 21 people overni dozens of others were wounded in the country's inadliest attack 5 years. the thursday blast targeted a poli academy. officials said today that the bomber was member of colombia's last remaining rebel group, known as "e.l.n." back in th-a country, anrtion activists staged the 46th annual "mar for life" in washington. thousands walked from the national mall to the supreme court, after vice presidt pence touted the trump administration's anti-abortion policies. >> we know we still have much to do, so we urge you to stand strong, stand with that love and compassion, as you stand for life, and know that we will stand with you until that great day comes where we restore the sanctity of life to the cent

office like you. the u.n. is going warning that during a refugees in bangladesh cannot be sent back to me amar because it's simply not safe enough these special rapporteur on human rights has been visiting bangladesh says the crisis threatens to have global consequences the reports from dhaka. these roving does experience the evils of humanity in me and mark yet the lure of home is like a magnet and they long to return as citizens with equal rights the refugees reject any repatriation plan that can't guarantee that. if they did recently came here is seek justice. and. the un special rapporteur on human rights in me and maher yankee lease says can't return home for the foreseeable future and bangladesh must begin planning for hosting them long term around three quarters of a million refugees have streamed over the border since the me and our military crackdown began in august twenty seventh teen u.n. investigators call it a genocide against this predominantly muslim minority the refugee relief and repatriation commissioner says more people are arriving at a rate of about forty thousand a year. the camps in cox's bazaar have become the largest refugee settlement in the w

the un's human rights office says a trial held inside the arabia into his murder is not enough on thursday saudi media reported eleven suspects it appeared in court for the first time but the u.n. wants an independent investigation with international involvement. tropical storm public is battering southern thailand after making landfall on friday one fisherman has been killed and others missing after their boat capsized and on a popular tourist island of course summary ferries and flights have all been suspended from their florence louis reports. tropical storm public unleashes its fury on southern thailand meteorologists say the timing is unusual as it's well outside of the monsoon season public made landfall in the province of new concept on friday hours earlier than expected the government issued a maximum alert warning for the area officials had given orders days ago to start releasing water from some reservoirs in the southern provinces to lower the levels and reduce the potential for flash floods thousands of people living in low lying coastal villages have been moved to higher ground. schools are shut with some buildings turned into emergency shelters the oil and gas in

u.n. sponsored peace deal. the human rights group amnesty international has called for an international investigation into the murder of saudi journalist jamal khashoggi the n.g.o.'s office in turkey made the appeal on the one hundredth day since she's death saudi agents allegedly killed the journalists inside the us saudi consulate in istanbul his body has not been recovered. u.s. secretary of state mike pompeo has delivered a resoundingly rebuke to the obama administration's mideast policies at a key speech in cairo on peo is touring in capitals in the region to brief allies after president donald trump announced he was pulling u.s. troops out of syria speaking at the american university in the egyptian capital pompei o accused predecessor of being naive and timid when confronted with the challenges posed by the arab spring uprisings that shook the middle east political order starting in twenty eleven while pompeo said obama's policies have diminished america's role in the region and harmed its longtime allies because once witness convulsions from tunis to tehran is all systems crumble and new ones to struggle to emerge. that happened here too. and at this critical mom

u.n. sponsored peace deal. the human rights group amnesty international has called for an international investigation into the murder of the saudi journalist jamal khashoggi amnesty international's turkey office made that appeal on the one hundredth day since khashoggi staff saudi agents killed the journalist inside the saudi consulate in istanbul his body has not been recovered. australia's foreign minister says that there is no time frame for when australia will decide on an asylum request by a saudi woman. is in thailand after she fled her home country out of fear that her family might kill her the u.n. says that she qualifies as a refugee. all across europe the heaviest snowfall in two decades is bringing daily life in alpine regions grinding to a halt a total of sixteen people have reportedly died across europe from weather related causes in the past week austria has been especially hard hit more on that in just a moment but first this report from across the border in southern germany. it has been snowing for thirty six hours in the province of bavaria seventy centimeters of fresh snow has fallen and more than eight hundred inhabitants here have been trapped because the access roads are

u.n. human rights office is criticizing the crackdown and government forces are accused of indiscriminate shootings and beating us. is a senior consultant for southern africa at the international crisis group he says the warning from the zimbabwe government is disturbing. what we're hearing out of his mouth of course is par for the course in terms of previous experience with the government moving into a default position of allegation and threat so yes it is it is a disturbing statement and it comes on top of a range of other statements that we've seen in the last couple of weeks couple of days especially from zanu p.f. yesterday accused of the m.d.c. civil society groups and business of pursuing a terrorist agenda in zimbabwe so the situation is not looking good at all on that front there is a number of of news stories circulating at the moment talking about splits within the party between the military and the party and so forth and there is a lot of confusion as to actually where the center is in terms of power we hear. there is a story at the moment going around the mr men of god who wi