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president obama. now that suit has sold to a very high bidder. growing tensions in venezuela tonight. >> the president says opposition figures were plotting with the u.s. government to overthrow their government. the obama government has denied that and condemned the arrest. >> we have a report on what the

role the u.s. is alleged to have in the crisis. >>reporter: this is the moment security forces arrested the mayor of caracas. witnesses said to get to him agents broke down doors to his office and fired shots in the air. hours later, venezuela's president went on national tv accusing him and others of plotting to overthrow his government. >> on the orders of state prosecutors, he was captured and will be processed by the justice system for crimes committed against the peace of a country. >>reporter: he has promised to release hours of video proving the u.s. orchestrated the plot. washington calls the allegation ludicrous. >> the united states is not promoting unrest in venezuela. >>reporter: hundreds of supporters demonstrated in venezuela's capital on friday demanding his release. his wife says he's urging people

to protest. >> he embraced me deeply and said tell all those who hope to regain their degree.com in democracy the only way to do so is on the streets. he has been a thorn in the president's side since he was arrested mayor in 2008 and re-elected in 2013. last year the mayor joined other opposition figures in the streets calling on the president to step down. his critics say the government is trying to distract people from the country's economic crisis. they have been struggling with widespread food shortages, a plunge in the value of their currency and the highest inflation in the americas. the president's approval rating has plum meted to around 22% in january. some opposition opposition leaders this is just another

effort to scare critics into silence. >> today we say to you more than 85% of the country is telling him to resign. he has been quick to blame the u.s. for venezuela's trouble despite the deep economic ties between the two countries. the u.s. is one of the biggest buyers of their oil and a major player in many sectors. the recent collapse of the international oil market has only made things worse. we are joined by the president of the u.n. security council council. it's good to see you. you also have been charged by him as plotting to asass nate him. you are one of many leaders

accused of conspireing to kill him. the opposition is saying that by him accusing you and forcing you and others into jail that he's becoming a dictator is that the case? >> it's much more than that. he's giving the impression that they're an authoritarian regime. it's not true. it's a military regime. >> the problem is that the government controls all three branches of government. >> they control all the powers. that defines a dictatorship. >> and the economy is a mess.

there's an article saying it could be the world's worst economy despite venezuela being oil rich. people are waiting in lines for hours to get basic goods because many are not available. are you concerned that now with this arrest and these protests that things could spiral out of control as they almost did last year? >> this regime has specialized in threatening people. last week i will tell you something, the defense minister says that the armed forces are totally -- loyalty is exclusively to the president. with that kind of definition you can imagine what a regime is. >> him being the heir to hugo chavez. do you have faith that fair elections could give control to someone other than the current

party? >> they control fully the leg to recall board. >> so you feel there's been fraud all along. >> all along. last time we won and it was not acknowledged and we had about 2 or 3%. >> the political opposition though has been somewhat dysfunctional. can it unite? >> living in denial that we were actually facing a dictatorship and that has prevented to act perform in a different way than in a dictatorship. >> the state department has denounced the arrest very strongly as well as many other countries. at this point they're calling -- the u.s. government is saying it is raising concerns about what

it calls government intimidation of the opposition. bill clinton called for the immediate release of political prisoners. what should the u.s. role be? >> the u.s. has lately been playing an interesting role enforcing sanctions of military leaders of the government who have been found guilty of violating human rights gross violations or enriching themselves. president obama has not authorized the implementation of financial sanctions to these people. two senators are asking him to do that immediately. >> human rights groups as well. good to have you with us >> thank you markets soared today after greece reach a deal to keep

bailout money flowing to athens. global investors were concerned about a possible collapse of the greek economy. the deal gives athens another four months of cash. >>reporter: this was the greek and european night mary a devalued dravma raised from the dead making greece poorer. if a preliminary agreement holds, those bank notes are likely to remain the product of a graphic artist's imagination. still, leaders are careful not to oversell the deal. >> the first step in this process is that we have agreed and greek authorities have agreed to present a first list of their reformed ambitions, reform measures based first of all of course on the current arrangements but also using the flexibility that is in the

programs. >>reporter: supporters of the left wing government in athens gathered inform parliament to cheer lead the greek victory. careful not to disappoint them. >> we combined logic and idealology in the way that we bargained. we combined respect for the rules and respect for democracy. >> the greeks scored important successes and staveed off austerity goals. crucially they -- they did not get a truce with no strings attached. the germans ultimately forced them to pick up the program where the previous government left off meaning they still have to meet austerity targets. perhaps the main achievement is to call off the political trench

warfare germany and greece have been in for months. it's a small step but it's a step in a new direction. he now has to prove that change of direction was worth a change of government. monday greece is expected to provide a detailed plan on how the country will reform its financial system serious allegations out of keiv tonight. russia has sent more tanks and troops to eastern ukraine. if that's true they are a further violation of the european brokered truce. there's been no sign of the truce or cease fire being observed. pro russian separatists have launched 50 attacks since thursday. >>reporter: the sound of explosions varies in intensity but never really stops all

together. thursday night school 58 took a direct hit from hit. five times in the last six months this school was caught in the cross fire between separatist forces and the ukranian army. they just spent more than $2,000 putting new windows back in and waited until tuesday to reopen because they hoped that the cease fire would provide calm. no one was killed but the sense of grievance is enormous. >> we spent so much money, so much of our hard work. we changed all the windows with plastic ones. the money was collected by parents. we even tried to bring the school back to normal but you see what happens. they shell us.

thanks very much. >>reporter: hitting this school even accidentally could scarcely be more counterproductive. the room where children are taught history was one of those damaged. the souls of my an zesters are here. it was so beautiful and now they tell me i'm a separatist or a terrorist? it's unbelievable. helping the clear up effort are two cousins. they say they don't understand why this is happening. >> we feel all emotions simultaneously but most of all we feel insulted. we were living here. everything was normal. and then they came and started shelling us. the fact is by shelling us the ukranians are shelling themselves. >>reporter: a few streets away

another shell strike landed in front of this residential block. many residents had already fled to other parts of the city. a few returned friday to survey the latest damage. and all the time the sound of nearby shell fire continued. >> it's very difficult when you come out to the street you are afraid. i tremble with fear. i'm scared of a shell landing next to me. it's such a terrible fear. i've never felt as scared as i do now. >>reporter: the experience of these people completely contradicts those who claim the battle has been the only significant violation of the minsk peace agreement. for now the only lesson being learned at school 58 is that in ukraine cease fires work only on paper. it was a year ago today that antigovernment protests turned deadly in kiev.

snipers opened fire on demonstrators. today the country paused to remember. thousands gathered to honor the victims that day and the thousands who have died since the battles began in the east. ukraine's president says russia is responsible for the violence in his country today. >> we will win no matter how difficult it is, how many disasters we face. i promise you that we will prove that those sacrifices won't go to waste. the deaths were a turning point and led to the ousting of the former president a known ally of russia at least 20 people are dead including government officials after an attack on a ho tell in somolia today. it happened in a city that's been the site of many deadly attacks lately. >>reporter: it's a city used to

violence but in this latest attack, a vehicle laiden with explosives ran through a hotel's front gate and a suicide bomber blew himself up inside. government ministers were meeting there at the time. politicians are confirmed amongst the dead. >> the explosion was so huge that it shook the whole surroundings. i survived but saw many people lying dead. the scene is very ugly with blood and flesh everywhere. >>reporter: al shabab has claimed responsibility. they control much of mogidishu until 2011. since then it's carried out a number of attacks both in somolia and neighboring countries including the siege at kenya's west gate mall where

more than 60 people were killed. this is just the latest blow to the government of somolia and a reminder of al shabab's deadly power earlier this month a u.s. drone strike killed an al shabab leader. we've been monitoring dramatic video from dubai. a huge fire broke out this evening. the 1,100 foot building is known as the torch. witnesses say as many as 15 floors became engulfed in flames. thousands have been evacuated. there are no reports of injuries and no indication of what caused the fire and it's now under control the withdrawal of u.s. troops from afghanistan had an unintended consequence. >> coming up how it's contributing to job losses and a slumping economy and prosecuting war crimes

in syria. after being frustrated for years, the united nations is considering a name and shame strategy.

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and a 97% on-time rate xfinity is perfect for people with a busy life. the money they spent during more than a decade of war meant economic security for a lot of afghans. nicole johnson reports from kabul where unemployment lines are gathering. >>reporter: they gather at dawn jobless men with the tools of their trade, painters builders brick layers all desperate for work. >> i was working for a foreign agricultural organization. it has less than 50 employees. i'm responsible for 40 people in the family and i have not made

any money for two months. >>reporter: most men here had jobs somehow linked to the war economy working for ngos the military, or on construction projects. but now the work is gradually drying up. all over kabul hows are waiting on the side of the road looking for a job and they're angry and frustrated with the country's unemployment rate growing the chances of getting anything are very remote. others blame the government and its failure to agree on a -- driving investors away. this man says why aren't they making peace among themselves instead of filling their pockets? on the edge of the city diggers lie idle in the dust. construction machinery lined up with not a customer in sight. mohammed was a refugee in pack stand and returned home to set up his business.

it was making $300,000 a year. now profits are down by more than half. >> the pouring of the american money and the money of the other people it was not realistic. it should not be considered as a realistic economy because it will certainly disappear. >>reporter: the new president says the economy can no longer rely on foreign aid and the focus should be on developing mineral resources but this will take time. in the meantime the economic growth has slumped from an average rate of 9% a year to 3 to 4% since the troops pulled out. >> we have seen the closure of more than 600 projects and it has deprived almost 50,000 afghan professionals. they are jobless. >>reporter: and as savings run out, they're left to join the crowd of unemployed men knowing there are hardly any new jobs to

go around. taking a closer look at the state of the afghan economy, it has relied on billions of dollars in foreign aid since 2001, most from the u.s. paying for technical advisors consult presidents, and development programs. over that period afghanistan saw double digit economic growth but since 2013 the gdp growth rate plummeted from 13% to 3%. part of afghanistan's economic problems stem from a culture of corruption which runs rampant in government contracts and construction. transparency international ranks afghanistan as the third worst in the world. let's bring in anna fellow at the new america foundation and

author of the book no good man among the living. how much are these economic problems going to further threaten afghanistan's stability? >> well, it's going to be a major threat to the stability because a lot of people joined the tal ban because they don't have jobs. a lot of areas where there's worse fighting is because certain people have access to contracts and others don't and they join the at that ban. >> so the at that ban can provide a better economic opportunity? >> absolutely. they pay for their fighter >> it's not just the economy. this week we learned from the u.n. there were 13,000 deaths in afghanistan last year. >> the taliban is stronger in the sense that it operates in

more areas than it did when the troops were on the ground. there's also proliferation of armed groups supported by the u.s., private security companies, militias. >> these are civilians. >> yes. >> but is the government in kabul strong enough to outlast the taliban or is it more likely to see direct talks with the taliban? >> we're beginning to see that process unfold just the other day in fact pack stand which is supporting the taliban and giving them safe haven for leadership announced essentially that the taliban leadership is open to talks. the afghan government will probably be able to survive the next ten years without talks but they won't be able to defeat the taliban either. >> are the problems that we've

been talking about in this segment in afghanistan indicative indick of a fall you're of u.s. strategy there? >> absolutely. all of the growth over the last ten years was because of war paying for bases, construction. so when the u.s. war effort shifted, the economy collapsed. there's no real effort to create a sustainable economy. >> it was a wartime economy. it is also now completely dependent on foreign aid. what should the u.s. do if anything to continue to prop up the afghan government to continue to prop up the afghan security forces? is the u.s. commitment there endless at this point or is there a way out? >> if the u.s. stops funding for the afghan government it will collapse tomorrow. the u.s. needs to figure out a way to help the afghan government become

self-sustaining. for example, there's a lot of mining possibilities in the country. perhaps nationalize those jobs. >> thank you so much for your insight this evening. from the taliban we move on to isil. the pentagon has outlined a plan to recapture the key iraqi city of month sully. and we'll talk to the director of the documentary about the rise of fundamentalism.

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that's off most peoples' radars. opposition fighters in the philippines and violence tearing people apart. >> also, fighting for culture and tradition in iraq by teaching the legacy to the next generation. >> but we begin with the latest in the fight against isis. more than a dozen air strikes have been conducted against targets in mosul, iraq and khobani, syria. the u.s. has also revealed plans about an offensive to retake mosul from isis. >>reporter: the pentagon's background briefing was billed as an update but when the subject turned to retaking the city of mosul, well let's just say the pentagon briefer was a little more forthcoming than some expected.

mosul, a city of more than a million people is the largest iraqi city in isil hands and the military campaign to retake it will according to the pentagon begin in april or may and require up to 25,000 iraqi forces. given the military's usual reluctance to discuss any combat operations that level of detail seemed to take even the white house by surprise. >> i'm wondering why detail this? doesn't that just give your play book to isis and make it easier to defend themselves? >> josh i think i saw many of the same reports you may have seen on this. >>reporter: for months the pentagon has been talking about the offensive to retake mosul but always refused to say how or when >> i'm not going to forecast the date and time or week it's going to happen. >>reporter: but a u.s. central

command official sketched out the report in broad terms what is own as the concept of operations. the plan calls for five iraqi brigades more than 10,000 troops to form the van guard of the force attacking the isil fighters in mosul. it may sound like giving up the secret plan but the pentagon says it's obvious to anyone paying attention. >> i think we're getting all too fixated on mosul. yes, it's importanted. yes, it's going to have to be retaken. >>reporter: but already republican critics are complaining loudly. john mccaine has fired off an angry letter to the president writing never can we recall an instance in which our military has knowingly briefed our own war plans. this risks the success of our

mission and costs the lives of u.s. iraqi, and coalition forces. senators mccaine and graham demanded to know the name of the official conducting the briefing that they said compromised the lives of u.s. troops. we contacted u.s. central command and it had no official reaction. british police are appealing for help in finding three london school girls believed to be on their way to syria to join isil. cameras at the airport captured the three friends on tuesday just before boarding a turkish airlines flight. authorities hope to find them before they enter syria. the girls' family say they are devastated at least 40 people were killed in libya. fighters loyal to isil are claiming responsible. al jazeera has more from the

border with libya in tunisia. >>reporter: it was early morning when a triple car bomb attacked ripped through the village. the sequence of bombings took place. this is the hometown of the speaker of parliament of the u.n. recognized government. he says the bombing was likely in retaliation for egypt egypt's air strikes.

friday's bombing underlines how much more these air strikes have further destabilized the country. it's had an impact on the estimated 1 million egyptians who work in libya. this is the first batch who left the country via tunisia. >> i'm so happy i'm safe. the issue is much bigger than us but suddenly we were targeted losing our jobs and many things happened. >>reporter: but the majority of people here would not tell us their story on camera saying that ever since egypt carried out the air strikes in eastern libya, the situation of egyptian workers has become more vulnerable. the international community is also concerned about the impact of egypt's increasing role in libya libya libya.

those who choose not to participate are excluding themselves from discussions which are critical to combatting terrorism as well as to the overall peace, stability, and security of libya. the best way to counter the terrorists is to help libya build the national consensus that they need to fight these groups. not each other. >>reporter: a meeting is scheduled next week in morocco. the hope is it will bring about a government of national unity essential to fighting isis in libya. joining us now to discuss the fight against isil particularly the announced offensive in the spring is richard allen smith, a retired army sergeant and is in washington d.c. tonight. it's good to have you with us. it's highly unusual for the military to give out details of a future operation. it seems to have taken the white

house off guard. why do you think this was done and could it have been a mistake? >> i don't think it was a mistake. i think it was a briefer speaking off the cuff to reporters. general john allen has been saying we were going to isil since last year. he pegged it in october but gave a timeframe at the time and iraqi military have been doing the same thing saying they would like to do this before ram dan. so this is not exactly news to anyone other than folks trying to make headlines here in the united states like john mccaine and lindsey graham who i heard in our piece said that they can't imagine they've never experienced this. they said the same thing when we set withdrawal timelines in iraq. this is not new. >> the withdrawal is different than announcing details of an

offensive and where people are coming from. you know aside from mccaine and graham, there are people at the pentagon and iraqi officials who have been reported as saying iraqi forces just aren't ready. could this be premature? >> i don't think so and from the reports that came out of that meeting with the briefer he said if they're not ready it's not going to happen so it's not like the iraqi forces are going to rush in you know without being prepared. if they're not prepared, they're not going to do it. at least that's what we've been told. >> and there's little doubt though that retaking mosul will be crucial to defeat isil. >> absolutely. >> and timing is important because if it's not done in the spring it could be very hard to do this during the iraqi summer? >> i think so. it's going to get -- it gets real hot over there in the 120s or so that time of year so that's why i think our partners

in iraq want to take it before the summer. and also i mean there's a lot of revenue generation happening in mosul so the quicker that we can get -- our iraqi partners can get isil out of there, we can sort of handicap not just psychologically, you know taking what's essentially their capital in mosul but also cut off a large portion of their revenue

u.n. war crimes investigators are considering a name and shame strategy for human rights abuse suspects in syria's civil war. diplomats have long called for them to be called to criminal courts. now an independent commission is

recommending a more drastic approach. this is their ninth report in syria documenting murder, child abuse, sex crimes, and torture. investigators say it may now be time to let the world know who is behind these crimes. >>reporter: the full commission has been working on documenting human rights violations for three and a half years. the situation gets worse and worse but their new report goes further than any of the previous eight ones. after meeting with the security council, they told reporters they have a confidential list of the perpetrators of war crimes and they may make it public. what sort of impact if you decide to publish could it have? >> to date we have prepared four lists which have been submitted to the u.n. commission for safekeeping. we are also considering today,

this month, next month, the pros and cons of whether or not to release the list. >>reporter: it's clear the commissioners want more support from the security council which has been divided on syria. as they left one commissioner thought the microphone was off when she said this -- the syrian government was quick to give its reaction. its ambassador describing the commission as biased. >> are you worried that key officials of your government even the name of president assad might be on that list? >> all this propaganda aims at misleading the public opinion. they did it in the past and they will do it in the future. >>reporter: the commission has repeatedly asked for the situation in syria to be referred to the international criminal court. that's never going to happen

though because russia will use its veto here in the security council. so now for the first time it's asking for the urgent consideration of the idea of setting up an ad hoc tribunal, in other words, a special court for syria. investigators noticed that more than 200,000 people have been killed in the fighting so far and they say the involvement of other countries on both sides is contributing to more abuses the new u.s. secretary of defense has arrived in kabul. his first official visit to afghanistan was not announced ahead of time a conflict reignites in the philippines. >> coming up how it's bringing new grief to the residents of the southern philippines. and not one but two powerful storms sweeping ashore in

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two cyclones swept through western ausa on thursday forcing coastal evacuations. meteorologists there say it's the first time they have seen powerful twin storms making land fall at nearly the same time. despite strong winds, there are no reports of serious injuries rebels in the philippines extended what may be an olive branch one month after 44 police commanders were killed in a fire fight. >> thursday rebels handed over 16 assault rifles seized from police during that battle. the morrow islamic liberation front has waged a decades-long war with the government of the philippines. a peace deal last year grants

them autonomy but al jazeera reports last month's flare up is causing new concerns. >>reporter: grieving is now a way of life. her husband was a fighter with the islamic liberation front killed by government forces. >> my children have lost their father. my son saw his father's body on the ground. they still cry every day. it is too painful. he is gone. the loss is irreplaceable. >>reporter: she too lost her husband. he left the house early that morning she says. he was found dead a day later. his hands tied eyes gouged out. according to the government he was a civilian caught in the cross fire. sarah accuses the police of

killing her husband. >> i hope that justice prevails and the truth comes out, the violence committed against my husband won't happen to anyone again. >>reporter: this is the town that's long served as a base for several groups including southeast asia's powerful liberation front. its cease fire agreement was broken when government forces conducted a raid close to its territory late last month leaving 60 people killed. after years of calm civilians find themselves caught up in the violence once again. the rebellion here has led to hundreds of thousands of people displaced. many of them live like this in poverty. the majority of whom are still

displaced. less than a quarter of the children here have gone back to school since fighting started again. teachers say it may take time before life returns. conflict has affected these communities for generations and people here say these are troubled times once again. still, they continue to hope for the completion of a peace agreement. it's still not too late they say. their children can still live a life in peace. next week investigators from the philippine's department of justice will gather evidence for possible criminal charges a new task makes diagnosingeing patients with ebola faster than before. the new test yields results after 15 minutes. since the outwrack in west africa began a year ago, 24,000

people have been infected. out of those patients 9400 have died. final approval from the fda is pending so it could still take weeks for the product to hit the market. from the noise of battle in iraq to the sound of music. ♪♪ coming up on al jazeera america, one musician's quest to restore iraq's musical heritage and we'll meet the film maker whose documentary about the rise of fundamentalism is up for an academy award this weekend.

dock workers and the terminal operators they work for. the labor union has been working without a contract and has been blamed for a slowdown in recent weeks snarling ship traffic. we'll have much more on this developing story at 11:00 fashion week wrapped up this

week here in new york city but it's a fashion statement made by the president of india making news tonight. the suit he wore when he met with president obama last month sold at auction today. it features his name in gold thread pin stripes. the suit reportedly costs $16,000. the high bid for the suit was an astounding $695,000. proceeds benefit an effort to clean up the ganges river. >> it astonishes me how much people are willing to pay for that. now it's time for our global view segment. this week's u.n. report that the same casualty rate in afghanistan went up in 2014 is of concern to the gulf news. an editorial says the presence of u.s. troops to train afghan forces is a necessity and what has been invested in afghanistan's stability must not go to waste. the people have seen a fair

amount of death and blood shed and they deserve a secure future our next headline comes from moscow about the debate over arming rebels in ukraine. this is the english language newspaper saying the united states should think very hard about further involvement in ukraine sending more guns will not lead to peace and will only make this bloody civil war even more violent and our final story comes from the u.k. and it's the latest cover of private eye. it comes in the wake of allegations that hsbv laundered money to help hundreds of clients avoid taxes. the paper is comparing the government's tax policy and enforcement to 50 shades of gray iraq today is often identified with violence but historically the nation has a tradition of music and culture dating back to the beginnings of

civilization civilization. >>reporter: unexpected things happen when this conductor visits. on this day he's playing his cello at a home for senior citizens. one of the residents had a friend who played recorder 50 years ago. after he died he kept the recorder and taught himself to play to keep his friend's memory alive. the wood is cracked now and he is blind. but the music is as moving as ever. there are decades of memories here wrapped up in these memories. mohammed asks for a traditional song those who have forgotten us. she has not seen her daughter in seven years. her late husband was an amateur musician. he used to play the violin but when we lived under economic

sanctions in the 1990s we had to sell it. he normally plays much grander venues. trained in europe he's the coconducter of iraq's similarorchestra. he could live anywhere but chooses to stay here. he is joined by other volunteers. he also founded a music school. but has found the most effective way to spread the love of music is to go out and play. >> i head to these places almost every other day of the week between hospitals, senior houses the streets of baghdad, churches. the book market. the fish market. whatever is possible for exposure exposure. >>reporter: he has turned a building into a center for music classes for young people including tuition paying

students and residents of an orphanage. many lessons are outside the classroom. a lot of these people have only ever known war. music gives them an escape and the realizization that life can have other possibilities. in a spare room they figure out what they're going to play and give lessons to any kids that want them. they all have day jobs but they say he has supported their music and they're trying to give that back. they hope instead of playing with guns more kids will play guitars.

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