A typhoon me tag its making its way northward by the time we come to what this day will south koreans a particular well see some very heavy rain q 2 southern the western parts of honshu also seeing some of that very wet and windy weather as a system pushes through it will gradually edge up into the sea of japan so i think for tokyo to the east of the country it shouldnt be too badly affected by the storm stalls only causes a very heavy rain into taiwan itll fade its way in say the eastern side of china as we go on through choose day and then discuss the way prices guys come back in behind on congress up to around 33 degrees celsius in the sunshine just a few showers there into the philippines a legacy of showers and some storms from that same system theyre still in place as we go on through chews day pulling away as we go on into whedons state but a chance of some showers nevertheless and quite a russia showers for a good part of malaysia. Growing up in harsh and unforgiving circumstances children learned to play dangerous games they say if i throw stones that destroy the house and take me worn down by frustration and broken promises young men living under the constant threat of imprisonment think took me to the cheap and blindfolded me the time for them to regain control of their lives is when the boys returned prison my side announced this time on aljazeera. The take up of the top stories here it out 0 saudi arabias Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman has told the American Network c. B. S. That he takes responsibility for the killing of Jamal Khashoggi because it happened under his watch but denies any personal involvement. Hes president director time better one has written an article for the Washington Post saying his country will continue to investigate the matter of the jan this Jamal Khashoggi. Yemens who think im on to say theyve released 350 prisoners as a gesture of goodwill to the saudi u. A. E. Coalition and they expect the same gesture to come from the other side. That the u. S. President has again waded into the impeachment inquiry Donald Trumps read tweeted comments from a past named Robert Jeffress who warns that if democrats were to remove President Trump from office it would kohls a civil war like crack from which the us would never heal well the train fall in comments from 2 days ago when the president said democrats are trying to suck him because hes fighting for the american people. Whats going on now is the single greatest scam in the history of american politics the democrats want to take away your guns they want to take away your health care they want to take away your vote they want to take away your freedom they want to take away your judges they want to take away everything we can never let this happen were fighting to drain the swamp and thats exactly what im doing and you see why we have to do it because our country is at stake like never before its all very simple theyre trying to stop be because im fighting for you and ill never let that happen. So as the president battles the impeachment inquiry he says he wants to meet the whistleblower who actually filed a complaint against him about his phone call with the ukrainian president and he gallagher has more. It was an announcement that changed the Political Landscape in washington the trail of his oath of office because of our National SecurityHouse Speaker nancy pelosi wants reluctant to start impeachment proceedings changed her mind after a transcript of a call between President Donald Trump and president Volodymyr Selenski of ukraine was released President Trump now stands accused of abusing his power undermining National Security and inviting a foreign power to interfere in u. S. Elections senior democrats on the Intelligence Committee say the trumpet ministration wont be doing itself any favors if it doesnt cooperate with the white house fight us on this i have to imagine theyre going to fight this tooth and nail and yet even as they do with the more that they fight to try to prevent an obstruct the lawful functions of congress the more theyre going to make a case for impeachment on obstruction of justice of Congress Republicans and now rallying behind their embattled president saying donald trump was duty bound to press the ukrainians to look into allegations about joe bidens son hunter and his dealings with the Ukrainian Energy company trumps personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani himself an important player in the scandal is likely to be called before House Democrats if he decides that he wants him to testify course not testify even though i think adam schiff is an illegitimate chairman misty has already prejudged the case if you want fairness here weve got to put somebody in charge of that committee who has an open mind impeachment proceedings are now moving at a pace that neither the Republican Party nor president from can control at the heart of all this is a report from a socalled whistleblower deemed credible by the acting director of National Intelligence its thought he or she may appear big. And close doors so im going to ask you one today for both parties the stakes couldnt be higher republican senator Lindsey Graham one of the president s closest allies says the accusations a 2nd time lawyers its all hearsay you cant get a parking ticket conviction based on hearsay blower didnt hear the phone call right who told which is a lot more about the phone call and Everything Else he says done all right doesnt get every american deserves to confront your accusers so this is a sham whats going on now is the single greatest scam President Trump is now in the fight of his political career and says the proceedings are a hoax democrats say trumps own words from his phone call with the ukrainian leader in which he says do me a favor though or a clear violation of the law and agalloch or aljazeera washington but weve been speaking to Richard Johnson is a letter in u. S. Politics at lancaster university. The president realizes that impeachment is a political process and so although the language is often in terms of evidence and crimes and so on that this is not going to be a straight forward kind of criminal trial theres no kind of standard of evidence that we would see in a courtroom his jury are ultimately could be a 100 u. S. Senators and so what hes going to try and do is make it very very difficult for any republicans started to move against him and i think thats you know the rhetoric weve just heard is consistent with that strategy even if the house votes for part of articles of impeachment and it goes to the senate if the president is acquitted by the senate at all he needs of 33 republican senators to vote to acquit him that he might come out swinging in the 2020 election saying ive been vindicated. You know why you know it was all a witch hunt and so on so there is the risk the risk but i think now the weight of evidence is just almost so overwhelming that it would probably be a dereliction of duty for the democrats not to to stop the investigations now police in hong kong of National Day Celebrations in hong kong on tuesday could be dangerous as prodemocracy rallies become increasingly Violent Police arrested at least 2 high profile activists during a mass protest on sunday demonstrators lit fires on the roads in 3 rocks and fire bombs at the police who retaliated with tear gas and water cannon the city is preparing to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the founding of the peoples republic of china lets go live to hong kong and speak to our correspondent there sarah clarke well of course not everyones going to be celebrating the event how does it look as though hong kong is going to mark this important day tomorrow. Well the police have warned of receiving intelligence that suggests murderous attacks will be taken place or will take place on police theyve sent out a text in the last hour to every hong kong citizen warning of these mass protests to more and warning them of danger now theres a number of events happening on tuesday and we have the official flag raising which is the government some official ceremony will kick off the diet around i am but then we have a number of pro beijing and prodemocracy rallies planned across the city of the prodemocracy groups have got 16 events in 16 different districts throughout the day as well as a much of a police do not then permission to go ahead with that but theyve called on those supporters to march anyway weve just been at a press conference by the Citizens Group which is one of the the mosque groups behind these protests and theyve said tomorrow will be a milestone for a movement in the force of tyranny we can only fight like its our last and now this of course comes after a weekend of violent clashes between police and protesters this is what claudia mo whos a prodemocracy Legislative Council this is what she had to say a short while ago. We need to tell the world that Police Brutality in hong kong has become in the humanity the making it part of our daily lives and those multiple piece. In hong kong its now were predicting or reporting some call Intelligence Report saying that there might be russians rough koreans who are the rough ians that would kill police. But the police have held a press conference on monday afternoon theyve confirmed that there were 150 arrests made on sunday this compares to only 11 arrests on saturday they said nearly half of those arrested were students and one was as young as 12 years of age theyve also confirmed that they fired 328. 00 rounds of tear gas on sunday of at the place of suggested that theyre concerned that more youngsters are getting involved in these rallies and theyve said this will have a detrimental effect on their future. Sarah clarke live in hong kong thank you very much. Talks that aimed to end cameroons political crisis have gotten underway hundreds of delegates are attending the event which is taking place in the capital yoan day but there are doubts as to how successful these talks will be as many of the key leaders are not there reports from the conference. The fact that this National Dialogue is taking place a call for some calmer winds represents progress are brought hundreds of thousands of people displaced by the Current Crisis but what we want to look forward to is how quickly the government can step in to alleviate their suffering people whove been displaced by this crisis over the last 2 years in the 2 regions of north west and southwest of camp the displaced for the 2nd time in 4 months florence she and her family have found shelter with this church the mother of 6 fled fighting between separatists and Government Forces and encumber husband was killed and how who was burnt. What you arrived in the capital she hoped life would get better she was wrong we are treated like animals we are not treat her like. We have been displaced shes here in 10 ive displaced people you see People Living in their houses where there is normal roof i had those things in there nor did i never know it would come to me she says there is a lot of distrust among the people underlining a growing divide between the english and french speaking peoples of cameroon a country considered more stable the neighboring states only 8 years ago since then more than half a 1000000 people have been displaced by the separatist violence another 40 to 50000 have cost the border into nigeria as refugees. Attacks in the north and a fallout from the last National Elections have added to a long list of problems. Despite deep divisions religion is a Common Thread binding to ruin eons of different fates. And that is not lost on the government its officials attending this Interfaith Service to drum up support for the National Dialogue. But understanding it will replace all the people which is more functioning of the state and if you absent from that and of you dont want to patch it from the building so its important that you should come and sit with. No preconditions and discourse but already there are concerns as to how much it can achieve many secessionist will be here so they sent in a former United States diplomat to represent president be a wants to use to discussions to convince them to lay down their arms and to start the healing process will come. More than 400. 00 delegates will be attending the talks over the course of 5 days they will attempt to draw a National Consensus to break cameras political stalemate. But its hard to say for now if the outcome will be acceptable to all parties. Many expect to see that the government at some stage after this come for us will devolve sutton powers to regional governments frontman their ability to deliver goods or services to other regions where these cameras have been coming from like more funding for Education Health and infrastructure in those regions which will according to the government help to alleviate some of the sufferings being experienced in some of these regions. A Border Crossing between syria and iraq has reopened for travelers in trade the crossing had been cas since 2012 to all traffic except government or military vehicles the trader it has been seized and controlled by various groups over the past 7 years including Syrian Rebels and isis. There around 30 World Leaders are in paris for the funeral of the former french president Jacques Chirac the Current French president emmanuel macro is presiding over military honors near the site of the polian 2 i mean this is silence will be held at all Public Institutions on monday. Died last week at the age of 86 he served as frances president for 995 to 2007. There tensions remain high in haiti opposition leaders of renewed calls for more protests to pressure the president to resign you know going on rest is having a major impact on the lives of ordinary people but reports from the capital port au prince. Weeks protests against haitian president should no mores have paralyzed much of the capital port au prince. Over the weekend in an easy call returned to the city with debris from roadblocks still littering the streets having a motorbike was the most efficient way to get around. We visited the shanty town of the poorest slum in the city. There we met 65 year old so loris the Living Conditions in her neighborhood are far from sanitary and many of her family members are sick. She tells us she remembers a time when she had steady work and life in the country wasnt nearly as hard but those days are long gone. The way things are going and the country has made things worse for the poor we feel even more mistreated than before theres no one here to help us we have to look out for ourselves. There are thousands of haitians who like solenn have been deeply affected by the political crisis theres an ongoing petrol shortage fuel pumps are crowded and with Public Services crippled many people are forced to walk long distances in search of supplies about them if its needed. I have a wife and children and i cant find water ive got 5. 00 to buy water but i dont know where to find it with tensions still high the government continues to call for a National Dialogue to realize violence is not the best way to make your voice heard theres a major impact on the countrys economy especially if it means haiti is locked down. Unwilling to negotiate opposition leaders have once again called for mass demonstrations haitis political opposition has vowed to continue to protest for as long as it takes for the president to resign meanwhile its the poorest in the country who are worst affected for them this is a crisis with no end in sight bundled up a. Court appearance. Thats ready 5 supercars seized from the Vice President of record tauriel guinea have sold at auction for more than 23000000. 00 so as prosecutors took the girls in 2016 as part of a corruption investigation into Taylor Doreen Obiang and gamma among them were Ferraris Lamborghinis bentleys a maserati and a met claire and the money will apparently go to charities in this tiny west african country which is one of africas top for jesus. Lets have a look at the top stories here it is their saudi arabias crown prince and so the American Network c. B. S. That he takes responsibility for the killing of Jamal Khashoggi because it happened under his watch but mohammed bin soundman denies any personal involvement turkeys president had on his written an article from the Washington Post saying his country will continue to investigate the murder of Jamal Khashoggi. Yemens who the military commanders say they have released 350 prisoners as a gesture of goodwill to the saudi u. A. E. Coalition and the red cross has said that it saves seen the release of 20900. In the safe theyre expecting a reciprocal gesture to come from the other side. About. Well. We reiterate our commitment to a prisoner swap deal that has not changed it is today as it was and we are prepared and willing to execute an all inclusive swap deal whether they are yemenis or other nationalities to prove our veracity we have initiated an unconditional release of 350 prisoners from the other side we have called on the United Nations to pressure the coalition to reciprocate this initiative falls within the swedish agreement and today we are going to execute and honor this agreement under the plans of the knowledge of the United Nations and the swedish agreement and the us President Donald Trump has once again waded into the impeachment inquiry comments from the leader of a popular us Church PastorRobert Jeffress jeffress warned that if democrats were to remove President Trump from office it would cause a civil war like fracture from which the us would never hear of. Police air National Day Celebrations in hong kong could become dangerous as prodemocracy rallies become increasingly Violent Police arrested at least 2 high profile activists on sunday the city is preparing to mark the 70th anniversary of the founding of the peoples republic of china very headlines inside stories next. The you know voter turnout in afghanistans president ial election there were several attacks and some polling stations didnt even open so is the election credible and how will this affect attempts to end the years long conflict with the taliban this is inside story of the am the one welcome to the program back to the people of afghanistan have been through a lot over the last 2 decades invasions wars corruption and the situation doesnt appear to be getting any better so when the time came on saturday to choose a new leader they had to decide if the risk was worth it the taliban had threatened to attack polling stations across the country and it appears many afghans felt the danger was simply not worth it the Electoral Commission estimates only 2000000 out of the 9000000 eligible voters cast the ballots 500 polling stations didnt even open and some of the new Voting Machines didnt work and despite the heightened security at least 5 people were killed in nearly 70 attacks will bring in our guests in just a moment but 1st this report from rob mcbride in kabul. Whats becoming obvious now is that there was a very low turnout in this election cussed thing severe doubts over its legitimacy now the Afghanistan Government is playing this up as a success as you might expect saying that despite all the on this predictions of widespread violence throughout the country it was able to open Something Like 4 and a half 1000 polling stations nationwide and keep those polling stations open an extra couple of hours against all of the threats and violence from the taliban the Afghan Government says this is a legitimate election but what possibly kept voters away were threats of reprisals or punishment from the taliban also a widespread apathy just about the general state of affairs here in afghanistan whether this election would change anything such as the endemic problems such as corruption in some respects this election was the easier part now comes the harder part of actually deciding who will be the next president of afghanistan because of course we dont get an actual result back from this ballot until the beginning of november and unless there is an outright winner with 51 percent and amongst the 14 candidates that looks highly unlikely then they still have to go to a further runoff causing yet more disruption possibly and as people have argued while this election may lead to a new dawn and a permanent peaceful afghanistan there is always the danger that it makes a precarious situation worse rob mcbride for inside story. Well previous elections were mobbed by accusations of fraud in 2014. Ghani both claimed victory to end of a dispute the u. S. Brokered a power sharing government with gandhi as president and abdullah as chief executive of ghanas sans next leader will have to deal with major security threats from the taliban the armed group has increased its attacks earlier this month there were hopes of a new deal with the u. S. For the withdrawal of foreign troops but President Donald Trump canceled the talks saying he doesnt believe the taliban wants peace the armed group has refused to hold direct talks with the Afghan Government the and the and or lets not introduce aap panel joining us on skype from kabul Mohammad Yousuf rushy director at the free and Fair Election form of afghanistan in dublin also on skype Michael Semple professor at Queens University belfast who has negotiated with the taliban and also in kabul for him dashti chairman of the Afghanistan National union of journalists welcome to you all thank you so much for being with us on inside story Mohammad Yousuf fresh meat in kabul if i can start with you so unofficial figures for now but it looks like a historically low voter turnout in this afghan election what factors do you think contributed to this low voter turnout was it the taliban threat or the fatigue of repeated fraud elections. Thank so much there are a number of factors the 1st is about repeated elections that we have. This year and also you had parliamentary election last year that also affect. The people that you are leading not. Did you did this part disturb it by by every year elections that the whole movement allgood yet tast the process also an affect or you had a very bad experience of 2010 and action and that was also another factor another reason that affected the low turnout its up all the i. C. The Election Commission decision they decided to withdraw from conducting provisional concert elections and the past we had rachael kohn selections attached to present to the election and they were the candidates and the parisian about they were really able to work with the citizens with the wood to bring them to the polling process this time our president ial election candidates were not at the leave it to have a Broader Campaign and also a significant presence in all joe the country due to Security Issues and also yes Financial Issues doubting about it and also elections right that 32. 00 reason was about security and also the taliban traits that also effected and for woman there was an action Commission Decision that they should take action at election day and in some part of the country and some put in centers there was no presence or lack of famous stop that it should work specifically for female one stations i see so a number of factors and security and election fatigue being 2 of them famed dashti in kabul afghanistans new Election Commission had promised measures to ensure a cleaner vote but already. Between the candidates there are allegations of fraud and ballot stuffing how valid and credible was this election in your opinion and was this a last tainted vote then previous elections that afghanistan has experienced how times i said that something on what my colleague mr she says theres a factors too is altered to the low turnout. Yesterday the president ial election election of honest one day and uncertainty between the peace negotiation and the election even to yourself who nobody were believing in afghanistan that the election could happen if you were do or expecting. The leader of the election for a couple of months or even couple of years so people are not really to have election on time so this was another factor but regarding your question as far as the turnout was law i think there is no law lots of play is for fraud. So not normally if you have 5 to 6000000 vote then there was a possibility of having 23000000 votes but as we have our own moralist 2000000 was there is no possibility of high fraud from the form of the other on as far as the reports or being shared with the front from the officers to the ordinary afghans theres no law big delegations of fraud at least yet of course the e. C. An easy they have to check each and every void and then to release their report how many. Would we have had right about in early is the allegations seems to be lighter than then. 2014 election but however its important to point out that its still early days and things could change within the next few days of course michael in. Says the election had already been pushed back twice and came after the peace talks between the u. S. And taliban collapse earlier this month there are those who believe that the vote should have been held after a negotiated peace deal between the u. S. And the Afghan Government and the taliban where you stand on that do you think that would have made a difference in the turnout figures for instance. Yes i think the reality is that Something Like half the afghan population was dissent from chinese before they the polling started because there was no way that they could safely have gone to the had to the polls there was no way that you know Election Commission staff could have operated in their areas because the taliban werent going to let them so you know they are there there was a push really over the past year to try and make progress on the Peace Process to create conditions in which they the taliban essentially and withdrew their objection to elections. The taliban on board and allow an election in which all afghans would be enfranchised now unfortunately they the process anyway didnt make the kind of progress that we wanted there was no agreement on a ceasefire i believe they you know the taliban and the u. S. Were perhaps further apart than it was acknowledged and then donald trump pulled the rug out from it so you have basically a Afghan Government was left with little alternative but to go ahead with right selection and every industry that forced forced upon people right there the Afghan Government is framing this election as a Success Story that being able to hold an election in one of the most conflicts affected countries in the world is a success in itself but how useful michael do you think unhelpful is it to afghanistan moving along its path towards peace. The jury is still out and i think it is they the current government may end up being remembered as they the government which presided over the 1st free and Fair Election in afghanistan not be quite strange with a you know with it with a low turnout but i think its very important to emphasize this i think that were seeing a shift that they if they if the Election Commission applies its own rule. They hear. The weeks ahead then only votes which actually represent real afghans going and casting their ballot will be included and the tradition which grew up over the past 15 years of small teams of people stuffing boxes and getting those votes including the count that would be ended now that would be remarkable progress not so that possibly the government will be able to claim credit for a a free and Fair Election but they the peacemaking in afghanistan i believe is actually going to take quite some time and i certainly believe that a. Legitimate government which is able to unite the people whove been involved in this in the in the kabul focus political system is a sunni quandong for successful peacemaking they the taliban are probably still pushing to gain power perhaps to reinforce their emirates only if they have a an effective negotiating partner in kabul will they be forced to to accept that only that compromise is the only way to end this war so the action is important but it will only work if its possible to get a clean result in the days ahead mohammed yes a fresh let me get your thoughts on that michael says this could perhaps be the 1st free and Fair Election in a