>> do you stand with your country? do you stand for your country or do you want to take it down this evening. angry congress, parts of the you are watching al. dee jazara live. a strongest show of the military strength in a decade. attacks that could revitalize havjapan's economy but could kep

customers out of the shops. what is in a name? billions of dollars. what are the world's most recognizable and valuable global brands. ♪ -- hol hello parts of the u.s. government are shutting down. system tourist attraction are not opening. >> the democrats and republicans are blaming each other. >> the reason we are here today, is that the speaker of the house refused to name budget negoitators and the senate republicans blocked negotiations. why would they do that? you have to compromise when you gh tgoto a budget deliberation.

they didn't want to do that. we have a deliberate strategy not to go to those goab yaitions yaition -- negotiations but wait to for the government shut do yoshutdown.>> well the federal e offer to try to negotiate by republicans in the house of representatives, that was an offer that was flatly rejected by the democrats in the u.s. senate because they said they would ow only consider a funding measure that would dismantle the healthcare law. the partial government shutdown as gone into effect. what does that mean? that means that 800,000 fed workers will not be going to work. these are things deemed non-essential. museums and passport processing

and school lunch programs and oversight for drug and medical research, this will not be taking place. but, what will be taking place is that the military will continue to operate, the president signing into law a bill that will make sure that not only will the military operate but the 1.4 million in the military will continue to receive their paychecks something that will not be guaranteed for the 800,000 fed workers that will not be going into work. a lot of strong feelings in the united states right now as a result the fact that the u.s. congress elected to represent the people was unable to continue to make sure that the government designed to serve the people will remain open. there are strong feelings twortd towards this congress. most polls show ther there is ls

than a 10% approval rating. when ththe government shutdown t been averted expect those numbers to go lower in approval rating. more than what a partial government shutdown will mean. unions say up to one million u.s. federal employees could lose pay from staffers in the white house to those work for the irs. the parks alone will lose $30 million a day according to a watchdog. there won't be a major economic crisis while the shutdown costs taxpayers in the long term. standard and poors says they won't be lower. millions won't lose pay including u.s. troops whose americmeasures are signed by prt

obama. afternooafter the governmend to pass the budget. the leaders dodged questions about those that would lose some pay. >> later today 800,000 federal workers will receive notic notis they are no longer needed on the job. >> the house has voted to keep the government open. but we want basic fairness for all americans under obama care. >> our correspondent has been talking to some of those workers in chicago. >> hey, hey ho ho. >> this is the sound of u.s. federal workers everywhere. congress get your act together or get out. >> it takes lot of money out of my families pocket. >> and they are angry with congress. go i was as inefficients with my

job i would not have a job. i think they need to get to work. a partial work stoppage hits main street nearly everywhere the u.s. government has offices. leaving 800,000 workers at home. i can't pay my bills and congress is going to get paid while we are forced to stay home on a fur low. >> the shutdowns since 1977 have lasted one day to three weeks. the economic impact is limited. >> we don't see that the government debt crisis is going to change the hiring behaviour of most companies. the only ones that seem to be really thinking about it are government contractors. >> at national parks the partial shutdown reveals a dysfunctional nation whose symbol lady liberty

is paralyzed. the faces on mt. rushmore may remain unchanged. it too faces closure. well people in china are marking the 64th anniversary of when the country became a communist republic. they are presenting flowers at tiannamens square. it's the first day the new leadership attended together since they were formally elected in february. inspectors in syria for the prohibition of chemical weapons are to collate a list of stop files to be destroyed. they have left the capital of da masdasmascus after completing te second mission in two months.

after several alleged chemical attacks. israel prime minister has warchwarned president obama on e shut downs. the two were holding talks at the white house. >> as he left israel for the white house he the president made it clear he was com comingo warn president obama. to not trust iran and it's new leader. they wanted reassurance. >> it's a pleasure to welcome president net ya netanyahu backe office. >> we take no operations off the table military options. >> what he didn't get is any confeconfirmation from the pres.

it's israel belief if they want to continue to advance it would be strengthened. israel has a right to defend itself, go it alone and that is highly unlikely now. >> israel is not to have a choice but to go along with u.s. strategy. they are going to make noise and the president is going to talk pupublicly. but at the end of the day israel has to go along with the u.s. policy and give the negotiations a chance. that is what the americans want. 777 favour direct negotiations with iran. the pu publicity public is wil e

them time. we have the latest world weather for you up next. and also ahead on al jazeera. we report from pu per peru's gor where they are unhappy as the police are destroying their equipment. and iran's attempt to get their economy back on track. ♪

the top stories. the democrats and republicans remain deadlocked over efforts to defund new healthcare laws. a million public workers could lose some pay but not everyone. those of you in uniform will remain on normal duty status. >> obama has signed a protective order for preventing soldiers from losing their salaries. thousands of civilian military personnel may remain unpaid. u.s. president obama met with israeli president. japan has one of the worst debt burdens in the developed world. and that is mainly fueled by looking after it's expanding elderly population. now puts the economy back on

track. they are planning an increase of the national sales tax from 5% to eight%. as wayne hain reports, it could prove risky. >> japan's tax increase is the big picture but it's here in the small shops the effect will be felt the most. >> when the consumption tax goes up all living costs go up including children's education fees. i can't be happy about that but i know the tax hike is inevitable. >> in order to maintai main main confidence in the country i have decided to raise the sales tax rate from 5% to 8% on april 1, 2014.

they have several policies aimed at rejuvenating the economy. so far they seem to be working. the small economic steps that japan has been climbing could become slippery again when the cost of living goes up. what the government is doing is boosting consumption and boosting investment right now, so the impact of the tax hike won't be felt as much. it's unlikely the economy falls back into a recession. >> the plan will see the sales tax double, the first step is from five to eight percent which will come into effect in april. the second step is an increase to 7% in three years. the question is how they are going to increase the revenue from tax. they are talking about lowering the corporate tax again. but the government has always

been too lenient towards businesses. i hope they can collect tax but still support the way in society and pay for education and medical costs. >> there in lies the government who hav has to balance the book. >> we are joined live from london to talk more about this. thank you for being with us. >> we have heard concerns expressed there in the report how this may affect japanese consumers, the rise in the sales tax. this is news that is largely welcomed by investors, isn't it? >> very much so. if you look at the japanese picture the fact of the matter is in japan we have a period of multinational enterprises going to capitale capital expenditure. and yes the first impact you may

see it negatively for the individuals. in the long term basis if we get the rejuvenation of the expenditure and the japanese corporates coming back it will filter in to the private business site. >> we have been down this road before where previous prime minister's have made gambles like this by raising this sales tax in the past. and in the past it hasn't been good for them. the president is taking quite a gamble here isn't he? >> my question is if he doesn't does it now when is he going to do it? japan has to put the brakes on. these are remedies that have to go on for sometime. he does have to basically throw the dice an comply t come and cd saying we do have diligence in

getting the debt sorted out. he has t will be coming out witt of policy including tax reduction the employment side are anand the wage side and depreciation relief that will come through. and all of these positive things that are likely to come are another i ignition for the sentiment to go ahead forward. >> and to put this in a global perspective then, we are talking about what is the world's third largest economy here. so what happens in japan is going to be closely watched, not just around the region, but around the world. >> very much so. and we are the world's largest creditor. we are like a test case of taking a new me methodology of getting out of this situation. i do think this is a bit of a jab in the arm situation. and like i said it's putting on the brakes and accelerating at the same time.

the change is taking mac place n japan and we'll see a turn around that is basically initiated by the capitale capitl expenditure by the new year. >> thank you very much. now four mp's from the golden dawn political party in greece are to appear in court later. the group was arrested over the weekend as part of crack down on the far right party following the killing of an antifascist prime minister. antifar antifascist musician. the u.s. secretary of state john kerry has met with the sued sudanese. kerry did not raise the government's recent yah crack d. the unrest started sunday when

the government cut subsidies it caused prices to double overnight. at least 50 people were killed. the government put the death toll at 35. a jailed activit activist hn named the winner of a new human rights award. he is serving a four and a half year sentence for helping thousands of people who challenged the authoritarian policies. he has been labeled europe's last dictator by some in the west. two u.s. generals have been fired over their failure to defend a major base in afghanistan from a taliban attack. two us marineses wer marine wern taliban fighters breeched security last year. an investigation found major the

two didn't adequately protect the base. the pair have been asked to retire early. bp has been accused of lying how much oil was leaking in the initial days of the gulf of mexico spill in 2010. the british company is back in court for the second phase of the trial to determine how much damage it will pay over the spill. the u.s. government says 4.9 million barrels leaked. 11 people were killed. bp could pay fines up to $18 billion. afghanistan's presidential election season is getting underway. and the man that lost out to current president karzai in the 2009 vote is throwing his hat into the ring again. jennifer glass went to meet him in kabul. >> like many candidates he is critical of the current administration. blaming it for institution corruption and widespread

injustice. >> one area that we are most concerned is the lack of commitment from the rule political class to the rule of law. to the transparency of the elections to the fairness of the elections. >> he has reason to be concerned. babdullah was the runner up in afghanistan's last presidential election in 2009. a vote widely seen as flawed. >> we should not have stood back backward. if the elections are worse than before the people will be utterly disappointed. that will be a big blow to the efforts to the stabilization of the country. >> the 2009 vote was marche mary the accusation of fraud. >> the security remains a concern for next years' presidential election. but in terms of fraud there is hopes that technology may help. millions of afghans have mobile phones and connect through

social media. and that could mean access to harder to reach rural areas. >> at afghanistan's social media summit a rule on on facebook and twitter in the elections. the potential presidential candidate thinks they'll allow ordinary afghans to monitor the vote. >> if they d could see some huge frawtfrawtdfraud happening theye a photo or tweet or put it on facebook. for now abdullah is reaching afghanistans in the original way. the people of afghanistan are confused. they don't know what type of afghanistan they are heading towards. >> if it goes ahead as planned april's election will mark the first democratic transfer of

power in history. i want to tell you about some breaking news coming right now. the leading opposition figure from the bangladesh national party has been found guilty and been sentenced to death out of the 23 charges that he was accused of he has been found gilguilty of nine of them. that is all of the information that we have right now. more on this story to come in the next few hours as and when we get it. to recap it there. the o p significance figure from the bangladesh party has been found guilty of the bangladesh war of independence in 1983. south korea is celebrating 65 years since the foundation of it's armed forces. to mark the event it's staging

one of the biggest ever military parades. h11,000 soldiers are cities participating in air and ground demonstrations. it's a show of force for north korea as the neighbour continues their expected nuclear weapons program. the president is cutting short his france visit after fighting between insurgents. al qaeda says it was behind a suicide bombing on saturday. two bombers blew themselves up in timbuktu killing 16 soldiers. only civilians were killed along with four fighters. in peru illegal gold mining is worth more than the drug trade. the government is trying to crack down on the wild cat mines. as we report from the district

the miners say it's too restrictive and they are going on strike. illegal miners in the gold rich amazon region say they are defending their right to work. they launched a nation-wide strike with large protests. >> the miners are unhappy because the police are destroying their equipment to stop illegal mining in the region. this is what is left of his motor. now he can't work. >> i still owe money on it. unfortunately i have to go on. gold mining has destroyed 50,000 hectares of the rainforest. mining is com completely illegan protected areas. in areas where it's allowed rivers, lakes and ponds must stay intact. >> we need a law to work in the

area where the goa gold is. >> the law says the miners have to be licenced and environmental impact studies. this is how the miners are establishing the roadblocks and they will protest until the government changes the laws. the government has vowed to stop the rainforest. the bigg about business of illeg exports is worth $2 billion each year. it's illicit activity in the country and we'll attack this. >> miners from 1 14 nations arod the country have said they will join the strike. >> the government says it will continue until it's under control. venezuela's president has expelled three u.s. diplomats. he went on television to accuse

them of conspiring with his political opponent to sa sabotae the economy. they were given 14 hours to leave the country. >> i have evidence in my hand. we have enough evidence gathered the hostile and illegal a altite of the officals. several violating international law with this evidence and to be on the safe side we cannot accept this group of u.s. officials take action like. from an apple of a single bite to the golden arches. coca-cola led the pack. but not anymore. in today's advertising world it doesn't take much for us to encounter one of these. they represent some of the u bic

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these corporate brands paint a picture of our changing society. what we buy, what we talk about, what is important. not just logos but symbols of how we live. >> there is plenty more on our website. al jazeera is the address. you are watching inside story from washington. hello i'm sheila mcvicker. america outside of the washington beltway is looking in and lamenting the system. brinks manship an policy on the edge has become the order of the day for the u.s. congress. here we are again as you are thinking from the armchair as you watch. >> well you are right.