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and i'm not matheson this is the news hour live from doha coming up in the next sixty minutes as lebanon calls for the return of its prime minister from saudi arabia the international community wants conflict could lead to further instability in the region. refugees refusing to leave man a silent by saturday i want they'll be forcibly removed. the head of the roman catholic church denounces nuclear weapons as he hosts an international conference on disarmament. as sexual harassment allegations continue to bring down public figures of the weinstein scandal will also change alternately people's lives. the u.s. has joined the u.n. and wading into lebanon's political crisis calling for stability after the shock

resignation of prime minister saad heidi how do you honestly was stepping down while he was in riyadh last saturday blaming interference from iran and its lebanese ally hezbollah but hezbollah as leaders says had quit under duress. is accusing saudi arabia of detaining how dearly and not letting him return home u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson has cautioned all sides to respect lebanon's integrity and independence warning regional powers against using it as a venue for proxy conflicts and the u.n. secretary general is warning that a new conflict in the region. devastating consequences all this as citizens of saudi arabia bahrain begin to leave lebanon after being encouraged to do so by their governments reports from. citizens of saudi arabia and its gulf allies visiting or living in lebanon are leaving it's not the first time gulf countries

tell their citizens it is not safe to stay lebanon has long been entangled in the saudi iranian power struggle across the region but the latest warning heightened tensions after the resignation of lebanon's prime minister saad heavy but alongside the tensions there are growing signs of lebanese unity in what many see as saudi interference in their country so that it is resignation was sudden raising concerns about the circumstances behind the decision there is also concern about how to ease freedom of movement he may have been seen since he made the announcement in riyadh but the prime minister hasn't made any more statements lebanon's president michel aoun believes how he is under house arrest he told saudi arabia the fear in beirut . that the circumstances of the resignation are an acceptable and how d.d. should return immediately. how did his own political party made a similar to mount they didn't just suggest the prime minister is being held against his will but expressed concern that lebanon's sunday community could be

marginalized even further. and french and disappoint. as controlling their government and for controlling their destiny on the other hand today they are concerned about. how do you. so this is why yesterday there are two. how do you really should be a priority lebanon is a deeply divided country there is a pro saudi camp led by her which has long accused has been law of imposing iran's agenda here there is a pro iran camp led by hezbollah which has long resisted demands to disarm and to withdraw its troops fighting alongside the syrian government. but even has below has added its voice to demands for heavy to return. the belief that the prime minister is being held against his will when i know not that. we have and we

all the lebanese take this as an offense and any offense to the lebanese prime minister is an offense to all the lebanese even if he is our political adverse or. hezbollah secretary general has an astrolabe was careful to avoid political escalation instead he accused saudi arabia of wanting to impose a new leadership in lebanon and start a war he called on the lebanese to avoid provocation and to stay away from the streets the political divide hasn't gone away but for now at least politicians are putting it aside there is a rare consensus for the need to unite at what many describe as dangerous times. beirut well as we said earlier the u.s. is urging all parties to respect to lebanon's sovereignty this while other world leaders look on with increasing along state department correspondent particle han reports from washington. it's the one question swirling around the world's capitals

what is going on with lebanese prime minister saad hariri he resigned his post well in saudi arabia does he want to be there or is he being held against his will by the french weighed in you know that he should i think you should ask him this we simply note that he resigned that you traveled to abu dhabi on the eve of president micron's visit so we think he is free in his movements and it is up to him to make his choice at the u.s. state department thursday the answer was less clear we have seen him in terms of the conditions of him being held or the conversations between saudi arabia and the prime minister hariri i would have to refer you to the government of saudi arabia and also to mr hariri office for use of the conditions of him being held as he is he in detention well. i'm not going to put that word behi i'm i'm not going to associate that word with that but where he is right now. she went on to say she couldn't even talk about where they met but her boss is sending

a strong statement about what should come next secretary of state rex tillerson writing that the u.s. respects the prime minister and sees him as a strong partner he went on to warn there is no place in lebanon for foreign forces and the u.s. cautions against any party within or outside lebanon using lebanon as a venue for proxy conflicts an obvious message to saudi arabia but his boss u.s. president donald trump has been more willing in the past to give saudi arabia a green light to do what it wants it remains to be seen if that will apply to lebanon but at the united nations growing alarm after saudi ordered its citizens to leave that country this is a matter of great concern to us and what we want is for peace to be preserved in lebanon. it is essential that no new conflict your ups in the region is going to have devastating consequences a critical time for a country wondering what's next for them and their leader political hane al jazeera

washington. is the director of the institute for gulf affairs in washington d.c. and he says how do these resignation as well as the threat of saudi military or economic action in lebanon well affect the whole region. it was interesting that today and i think lebanese people in this in these conditions kind of unite even the harry party have. issued a statement regarding the fate of sadly harry who we all know from day one that he is his will and he's been held against his will in andrea no matter what the saudis are saying everybody in the world knows this and that unfortunately the world the united nation the americans in the even the french president who was in riyadh yesterday did not raise an eyebrow about it i think this is going to be very bad for everyone because this rush measure and the address of major while we have

the war in yemen and the situation with with qatar the blockade of qatar and we have this instability in the region adding fuel to fire does not help really and i think mohamed resettlement is best advised to try to calm down these fronts and focus on the internal issues that he's facing in saudi arabia would be best for everyone but really there is no benefit may be numbered as a man and his effort to become king has been told by the americans and the israelis if you attack hezbollah we will support you and it that could be the the measures against lebanon it could be basically a gift for israel for israel to have the support of mohammed. the u.n. has told al-jazeera there's no sign of any aid getting into yemen despite its warning that mass starvation could be just weeks away saudi arabia ordered a total closure of yemeni air land and sea ports earlier this week in response to

a missile fired from rebel held territory in yemen an estimated twenty million people are relieved of urgent help u.n. says yemen stocks of fuel and vaccines will run out soon if ports stay shot. over the last three days unicef has not been able to see in send in a single shipment of lifesaving supplies over the last week days we haven't been able to send in a single staff member to continue the soap or that is so much needed today we need to tell the world that there are only four three weeks vaccines left in yemen the blockade needs to be lifted for the sake of boys and girls in yemen the blockade needs to be lifted not tomorrow and there are blockade needs to be lifted now the war on children in yemen needs to stop. authorities in papua new guinea

have started to dismantle makeshift shelters at the maleness island refugee detention center hundreds of men remain barricaded inside papa new guinea has said it will arrest anyone who's still there on saturday i don't know holland has more. for almost two weeks they have refused to budge around six hundred refugees and asylum seekers living in the now closed to stray in prison camp on menace island in papua new guinea without water power food or sanitation because of the deleterious and you know. this video shows how conditions have deteriorated but the man insisted this is better than accommodation on offer in a nearby town they say it's unsafe and fear attacks from local residents and police calls to at least two in the power and water back on the campaign has been ignored or thirty's their want them gone threatening in

a written notice posted at the camp to use force to remove them if they don't leave on their own the united nations all parties to find peaceful solutions we call on both governments australia as well as papua new guinea to exercise restraint not to use violence and to find ways and means to resolve the current tensions peacefully anybody want the men come mainly from the middle east in southeast asia fleeing poverty war and persecution and risking their lives in the hope of making it to a stray leah but israeli has refused to accept anyone trying to reach its shores by boat and for four years has paid proper new guinea to house the refugees official shut down the prison camp after pup a new guinea supreme court ruled it was unconstitutional to host such a camp probably new guinea says the asylum seekers and now a stray is responsibility but the straying government. maintains it has no

obligation because they're not on its soil. the un his joined a chorus of criticism overstrain his response calling on the government to move them into safety in a stray year and to end its policy of same thing asylum seekers to offshore prison camps we have reported on the very dire conditions in the centers it's now really high time to bring an end to these unconscionable human suffering while you are. the detainees at the camp admit they're fearful of what might come but say they have no choice but to stay put for now. yet all muslims live for us in sydney with the latest yet i was worried as many i was explaining that many of the men determined that they're not going to move but the deadline is today saturday are people leaving.

well yes three people are leaving we've just heard from police that at least two hundred men have left the camp since services were cut off ninety people left on friday alone they've sent in some more buses to evacuate men on saturday morning and we understand from pain to police that a handful of men have left although numbers exact numbers have yet to be confirmed now crucially paint a police have said that they will not be using force on saturday to remove the remaining men although it's not clear if they'll use force in the coming days to remove them they said that the transfer of refugees from the camp to the transit centers has been going smoothly and they want that to continue although we've been speaking to some of the refugees who remain in the camp and they say that they're fearful they are afraid that authorities will eventually use force to evacuate them

because they insist they are not leaving they say it's not safe for them to leave the camp because of previous attacks on refugees by locals now we understand from these refugees that helicopters have been flying over the camp all saturday morning and rob that is just adding adding to the already tense situation inside the camp. first and certainly you know thanks very much and. only more heard on the news hour including. we remain ready willing to engage as. quickly as. the european union gives the u.k. a deadline to make concessions on bragg's it all the whole process could be stalled . poland's independence day is highlighting the political polarization within the country. and senegal gets revenge as they make it through to next year's world cup

in russia the story later in the sport. eleven pacific rim countries have reached a deal to proceed with the free trade trans-pacific partnership plan without the u.s. canada mexico chile japan and vietnam the deal was reached on the sidelines of the ongoing asia pacific economic cooperation summit in vietnam president donald trump took the u.s. out of the original twelve nation agreement soon after he assumed office in january the d.p.p. talks don't include china which is also attending the apec summit where wayns hay is joining me live from denying doing any more you know any more about this free trade agreement that a excludes the us. yes well certainly it was inevitable that on the sidelines of this

a pig summit the last of the tool would be about the trans-pacific partnership the remaining eleven nations in that d.l.r. all apec members and there was a lot of hope that they would be able to get some sort of agreements going had to keep moving forward with the t p p of course without the u.s. but there have been complications and it seems that many of those last minute objections to deal have come from canada so with me now to discuss this a little more in depth as a former deputy canadian trade minister don campbell done what what exactly is canada canada's opposition to what we're seeing at the moment in the tea people i think first of all counters in a fairly difficult position because canada in the midst of a very major nafta negotiation and the implications of a t p p on the nafta negotiation are an issue having said that. some other countries are trying to roll back some of the disciplines that were included in the

t p p. they have called for progressive in that you'll find the word progressive being used in the language now for a progressive remit that includes an vironment includes gender equality that includes labor so those sorts of issues count of those also i understand i'm not part of the negotiating process any longer of account was also looking for some changes in the dispute settlement. provisions of the agreement and i think that there's a more general. view among the t p p eleven that they may need to put in abeyance the intellectual property provisions which were largely driven by the united states when they were there so if these reports are true that deal has been reached in the early hours of saturday morning it's probably from. the final agreement is if it is i don't think it's near the final agreement people are talking now about core principles rather than agreement in principle of the whole agreement my concern of

course is there has been a momentum developed large so that by japanese leadership and if that momentum is lost we may not find a t p p in the foreseeable future. and a lot of attention here also about donald trump and his attitudes towards trade as you mentioned canada dealing with that on a couple of different fronts do you think that the u.s. president is now giving trade a bad name because every time he makes a speech it's in a negative connotation i think he's giving trade a very bad name i found that the content of the speech well the meet the usual nice . niceties of. what he calls an indoor pacific which i find an interesting term to start with. the core of his speech is deeply troubling it rolls back i think you know seventy years of progress starting with. the have an a charter and the guy in the w t o and multilateralism largely led by the united

states through the last seventy years and his approach of a bilateral set of arrangement goes back to a previous world of what i would call dog eat dog where the powerful prevail in agreements and others get left out i think this is a very very negative approach to trade and the real issue of course is not trade populism as has urged in the many of our societies in no small part because people feel they have been left out in terms of the economic progress and benefits of economic progress and trade is the easy scapegoat in all of this and probably a different difficult question to answer and a short oncet how do you handle that then as you say canada dealing with the united states with nafta and with the withdrawal from deep. so you can afford to simply walk away from the u.s. particularly for a cunt country like canada which shares a border well it's not just sharing

a border more than seventy five percent of our trade in goods and services is with our neighbor to the side and that will continue regardless of what happens it will continue under more difficult circumstances of the nafta is not successful so it is a difficult set of issues. we're not going to count and it's not going to walk away from those. agreements and we're hoping that over time the pressures that are being placed by the the u.s. business community by congressional forces by all of these things will somehow temper this unbridled enthusiasm for destruction all right don thanks very much it's certainly a fascinating watch to see how the trade landscape shapes up particularly under the presidency of donald trump at the moment we're seeing the apec leaders attending their retreat and that will be followed later on saturday with the joint communique about what the leaders advantage to achieve at this summit and then the u.s. president is heading to the vietnamese capital hanoi for

a an official state visit and he will also be joined there on sunday by the chinese president xi jinping thanks very much indeed. president has extended this state of emergency in the country for three more months but his first occurred in november twenty fifth in a series of attacks many gives police more power to ban strikes and gatherings extension comes after a police commander was stabbed to death in tunis earlier this month. turkish police have arrested one hundred people suspected of having links to i sold to turkey's state news agency says eighty two foreigners had been planning to go to syria before they were arrested in istanbul eighteen more suspects were arrested in operations in that donna and ismir detentions were aimed at protecting friday's commemorations marking seventy nine years since the death of mostafa come toward the founder of modern turkey. pope francis has spoken out against the concept of

the nuclear deterrent saying it gives countries a false sense of security the head of the catholic church is hosting a two day conference in nuclear disarmament attended by nobel peace laureates along with delegates from nato and the united nations charlie angela reports from rome. the nuclear attack on hiroshima blanket destruction never seen before nine hundred forty five or since. at this conference at the vatican u.n. officials a nobel peace prize recipient a discussing nuclear disarmament trying to ensure hiroshima never happens again pope francis launched the event by condemning all nuclear weapons. i firmly condemned refer to the u.s. as well as. they exist in the service of a mentality of fear that affects not only the parties in conflict but the entire human race. listens to this mentality has led to tension on the korean

peninsula and worrying rhetoric between washington and pyongyang this is the first major international gathering since the un approved a treaty banning all nuclear weapons or excellence of the vice president over fifty countries signed the treaty in september but the nine nations with a nuclear arsenal and all nato members boycotted the talks in a debate nato deputy secretary general defended their position the treaty risks undermining years of steady progress under the nonproliferation treaty. importantly the ban treaty disregards the security conditions and nuclear challenges that we face most prominently today the emergence of nuclear weapons and long range missiles in north korea without the participation of nuclear nations in the treaty. might be a pipe dream but others say it's comparable to when chemical and biological weapons

that was a crucial first step in making those arsenals and legal discussions like another way of cranking up the pressure on those countries some speakers believe that it's up to the public to demand an end to nuclear weapons it's insane and everybody is saying insane but government are not listening and again with the technology we have with social network with every every ability we have right now we just have to tell government shape up or get out. what they're calling for is a new more equitable global security system perhaps utopian and unrealistic for some but the alternative is to rethink to imagine. november the eleventh as poland's independence day big celebrations are planned but in recent years it's also become the focus of rightwing nationalism al-jazeera has been barred from far right party meetings underway in the capital warsaw attended

by activists from ukraine estonia russia and the united states and as david schaper reports the country is becoming politically polarized. was or has become a magnet for near nazis and ultra nationalists this martial arts group from russia is just one of the far right organizations attending a congress on friday promoting white supremacist ideology. this is a man without a will is like a knife without a blade every year the extreme right celebrates poland's independence day with a march. through the capital their opinions are no longer confined to the margins here the ruling law and justice party has adopted the nationalist rhetoric and placed it in the mainstream of the country's politics their leader. warned that refugees from the middle east were bringing in parasites and diseases so. our message is a wake up call for europe so that one can live in peace without terrorism and

islamic radicalization so that we can live in peace and. nobody thought the pundits effect. would last harf a century for poland. first germany attacks. then soviet russia the controversy surrounding this short animated film shows how much the political scene is changing in poland it's being screened in the museum of the second world war the dance illustrates how the country's past is being rewritten by today's politicians to secure that future it's not a comic book and right now it's like they are treating our heroes us comic book characters like fantastic four to get their i do believe. to get to some political. advantage so. it's horrid it was to be at this film at the museum that was taken off the screens the government

didn't like its message about the suffering of the civilian population in the war in syria and the plight of the refugees ultra nationalism and xenophobia gaining new recruits in a new generation here in poland there's been a vast increase in the number of racially motivated attacks directed mainly at the muslim minority here just forty thousand people in a nation of thirty eight million. throughout the capital and throughout the country ceremonies will be taking place to celebrate poland's day of independence but it's now become a pro. difficult battle ground between a resurgent right and the liberal left david to al-jazeera will soon. still ahead an al-jazeera sink or swim sedan sails ahead with rebuilding its shipping fleet after two decades of u.s. sanctions. we'll tell you how new york plans to bring more cultural programs to low income communities. and the stars come out to play find out who's the center of

attention ahead of the a.t.p. tour finals details in this sport. from the waves of the self. to the contours of the east. hello we have yet another tropical spinner in the south china sea formed of the philippines where it of course caused a lot of rain and flash flooding is down over open season it looks a little follow the flow of the wind towards the coast of vietnam with us not a guarantee anyone any course take it through to sunday it will increase the onshore breeze for china southern china including hong kong potential drop in response to the sun disappearing the cloud increasing it will probably stay dry will some absolute guarantee there is rain internally in china for the most part is now dry now given what's happening at pe you think it wouldn't be quite so wet for

the south but through malays you're into these it we're now into wet season we've still got the the potential of fairly heavy rain in southern and central thailand but to be honest the focus should be further south sumatra maybe singapore certainly borneo and then to java we've seen heavy rain here recently a few western side of java and that is likely to carry on. the monsoon rain in india now is just in the northeast monsoon which means it's those places exposed to north east town and of course trying anything anything that clouds expanding and running back so having had flooding in chennai in the last couple of weeks it could be we've got the same thing again. the weather sponsored by cattle and race. ambitious endeavors to create drought proof crops amazing to think that the plan we saw here that look. looks easy life and international efforts to combine the pests

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you're watching god is here a reminder of our top stories at this hour the u.s. secretary of states warning all sides to respect lebanon's integrity and independence and says he strongly backs its prime minister saad how do the i ninety eight was stepping down while in the saudi capital on saturday i mean interference from iran and its lebanese ally has blocked. eleven pacific rim countries have reached a deal to proceed with the free trade trans-pacific partnership plan without the us the deal was reached on the side. as in the ongoing asia pacific economic cooperation summit in vietnam. authorities in proper new guinea have started to dismantle makeshift shelters at the mana silent refugee detention center when you get he has said it will arrest anyone who still there. had been using the center to

hold asylum seekers but it was closed ten days ago. accusations of sexual assault against public figures ranging from hollywood high rollers to politicians have been sweeping the globe for more than a month now it's led to a wave of mormon and men speaking up exposing improper workplace behavior yet many around the world remain at risk of such inappropriate actions the revelations surfaced in hollywood early last month exposing film producer harvey weinstein to date more than women have accused him of sexual misconduct a scandal that snowballed into accusations against other actors and producers and spread into politics to u.k. defense secretary michael fallon became the first politician to quit after claims of sexual abuse but still little has changed for the everyday person sixty eight countries have no laws against sexual harassment in the workplace that's one third of the world's countries it leaves two hundred thirty five million women without

any legal protection on the job and it seems both genders are at risk in the united states seventy nine percent of victims are women while twenty one percent are men. well from a fee for a boss has become the latest high profile person to have sexual assault allegations leveled at him u.s. football player hope solo claims in an interview published on saturday in a portuguese newspaper that blatter grabbed her inappropriately at an awards ceremony in twenty thirteen so that was part of the u.s. women's football team but was suspended last year who was banned from football due to corruption allegations as told the guardian newspaper the claims are ridiculous academy allston is founder of the spectrum circle that's where women share professional and personal experiences and she's joining us now from washington d.c. thank you very much indeed for giving us your time always seeing the start of a significant change in society or are people going to acknowledge that there is

a serious problem but nothing well actually change. i think we're at a critical time in our history where we are about to see tremendous change and i'm excited about it because women and men feel empowered to share their stories and the brilliance to campaign has allowed people to share their stories globally of how sexual harassment has affected them as we were talking just a moment ago many of the cases that are being brought involve very high profile people but in practical terms how is this going to affect the daily lives of of people who go into work every day and face this kind of harassment. well i think there's going to be a change starting with our publicly traded corporations around the globe i think some serious conversations are happening on the board of directors of these

companies and at the c.e.o. level of many of these companies where companies want to get ahead of stories they don't want to be in the press so they're looking internally at their policies and procedures and their culture so i honestly believe the publicly traded companies the international conglomerates will be the ones who step out on the forefront of this issue how do you think again in logistical terms on data on a day to day basis that companies and employers can set up systems to protect both themselves and their employees from this kind of situation well this is a part of the culture of those companies and companies are going to have to set up a no pay back policy for their employees a way for employees to share stories a way for the employees to get that story out without fear of retribution that is the challenge and why so many people don't speak out when these things happen

they're afraid of retribution and part of the reason why i'm speaking out today is in all of the women and men who don't have the ability or they work for small businesses or in rural places around the globe where if they speak out they face retribution people do lose their jobs and have their reputations tarnished when allegations of sexual harassment made against them what is the risk particularly given the current circumstances that there is a rush to judgment before the actual evidence is properly assess. now that is something we do have to balance and there needs to be a healthy debate on both sides because there is a line between attraction or asking someone out on a date and then using power in the form of harassment and when harassment happens

it's the power that is utilize the power i have as your manager or supervisor or the power i have to hire you for a job or hire you for an acting role that's when it's delves into harassment and we need to have some serious conversations from both men and women on this topic and where we feel that line is and that's where it gets in the gray murky areas where people run into challenges of what is harassment going to be a almost in front of the spectrum circle thank you very much indeed for your time. the democratic republic of congo has some of the highest rates of rape and sexual assault in the world the problem is worst in the conflict ridden east where many groups are accused of widespread sexual violence even against young girls but many women are taking action marc aware visited a martial arts school and which is helping survivors recover and protect themselves . not her real name says she was raped when she was sixteen years old she's an

orphan and her guardian and uncle struggling to pay her school fees she says a neighbor offered to give her some money but instead lured her into a bedroom in a guest house. if i shouted for help people would be what i was doing so i decided not to show and to just allow him to do what he wanted then he did what he wanted to me i lived with a lot of anger. and i was right. but not anymore he says his karate classes help turn her life around part of a program for rape survivors. here at the panzi foundation in the town of in the democratic republic of congo the foundation's attached to a hospital by dr denny mccuaig a three times nobel peace prize nominee is renowned for his reconstructive surgery for women who've been injured during gang rapes often by men from eastern congo

many armed groups. in the qualities one of several activities to help survivors recover and defend themselves aside from improving the chances of fighting off an attacker those who are recovering from injuries three of the physical fitness many of the women and girls improves their self-confidence and mental well as well having the knowledge that the pad to deal with any future situations that might arise. in the. music therapy. part of the program these women who called a song they've written my body is not a weapon. frank says the karate is popular and the benefits of clear. win received in here are very angry. or novice something for them when we train them and the.

emotion get. stuck in their mind and feel better. says she felt like she didn't want to live after she was raped she says meeting women with similar stories and training with them. energy and self-esteem once again. in a democratic republic of congo. faces pressure from world leaders at the epic summit in vietnam canada's prime minister justin trudeau spoke with suchi about the military crackdown in iraq and state that has forced at least eight hundred thousand ranger to flee to neighboring bangladesh trudeau's government is facing calls to strip the nobel laureate of her owner a canadian citizenship so dan is hoping to rebuild its shipping fleet after it was devastated by twenty years of u.s. sanctions has now been a month since the sanctions were lifted but recovery has been slow and reports from

support so that whenever he looks at the port hasn't says he remembers the days when his import business was still up and running but that was before the united states slapped sanctions on sudan. i used to bring in clothes for people to design and customise now the ships have to stop at other ports the goods are unloaded there and then we ship here that has increased the cost of shipping so now i've been forced to close my business. as i am isn't alone the point is the country's logistic help and gateway to the arabian gulf it exports not just from sudan but also from landlocked neighboring countries like judd and south sudan all the ships at the port are now foreign but it wasn't long ago that sudan had its own fleet of fifteen ships which transported goods and passengers but one thing happened that slowly killed the industry until last month the u.s. had imposed economic and trade sanctions on sudan it meant the government couldn't

maintain its own fleet of ships and had to sell them to cut its losses the last almost sold almost a year and a half before the sanctions were lifted the sanctions came into force in one thousand nine hundred seven when the us accused the then of human rights abuses and sponsoring terror it was designed to hurt the sudanese economy and so it did and all but destroyed the shipping industry the news authorities say with the sanctions lifted they'll try to rebuild their fleet but it won't be easy on the target for years building ships takes a lot of time making one from scratch takes at least two years so we don't expect it to happen in the near future only after quite a while will sudan's shipping fleet gain its strength the port is becoming more active though hopefully by next year we will have more development in the industry analysts say the government should focus on modernization and. lifting the sanctions gives us a chance for the government to bring in new technologies to make the port and its industry able to provide better services for now but won't help the economy maybe

in two or three years it will especially through transit services to the neighboring landlocked countries. as and knows his days of bringing in goods by sea are over but he hopes with a new post sanctions era the younger generation could export trade beyond the harbor he now only visits people more going on to their port sudan. used to have briggs it has given the u.k. a two week ultimatum to make concessions on a divorce agreement if talks are to proceed to the next round michel barnier says it's vital for the u.k. to increase its offer an exit bill which some e.u. officials say could be as much as seventy billion dollars we are sharp reports from london time does appear to be running out for the british brecht negotiators as the representative field in this question at the end of the second day of talks in brussels. to confirm for me that you will need clarifications or

concessions whichever you prefer from the u.k. within two weeks in order to move on to the second phase in december. my response says michel barnier is yes in december either leaders in brussels will decide whether sufficient progress has been made to the two sides or to move on to discuss important future trade deals we remain ready and willing to engage as often and as quickly as needed to secure this outcome over the weeks remaining ahead of the december european council. the united kingdom will continue to engage and negotiate constructive as we have done since the start but to the prime minister's exasperate the former british ambassador to the e.u. left open the possibility of leaving breck's it altogether it's not inconceivable he said we can change our minds at any time while we're in where. well the divorce talks proceed the party is still married. reconciliation is still possible

to resume a who lost two ministers in separate scandals this week is now determined to impose her authority over rebel anti breck's it m.p.'s writing in the daily telegraph she made her position clear we will not tolerate attempts from any quarter to use the process of amendment to this bill as a mechanism to try and block the democratic wishes of the british people to try and slow down or stop our departure from the e.u. the prime minister has specify that the time and date of brecht's it will be written into law eleven p.m. march twenty ninth two thousand and nineteen on monday delegation of senior e.u. business leaders will be meeting the prime minister here in london and they'll be bringing more bad news it's expected they'll tell mrs may that her plans to implement breck's it in just two years are simply unrealistic peter sharp

al-jazeera in london. still ahead and i was here in sports the costly cake that's put patrice evra out of the game for eight months details with in sport. facing the realities the president said that there would be a complete audit a hundred percent audit that audit hasn't happened getting to the heart of the matter so are you saying then that the future of the g.c.c. will be in doubt here the story. on talk to al-jazeera at this time. the. sun blessed beaches breathtaking scenery but there's another reason that draws people to cyprus it's not always easy for mixed faith couples to

marry in the middle east and that's why the mandatory. an island has become an ideal destination for couples and love to have a civil marriage al-jazeera weld looks at what happens when the romance cuts across religious lines cypress island if it didn't love at this time on al-jazeera. ok new york is known as the cultural capital of the u.s. with its world class museums and its broadway shows but not everyone has equal access to the arts supported by public funding kristen salumi reports on how the city is trying to change that. in a low income neighborhood known more for its problems than for its art this outdoor

festival speaks to the community. this morning and. from poetry to painting local artists have an audience here in east brooklyn that appreciates their work like stephanie fatha roy draws women of color. i feel like it's better for my art to just be here like young girls could see a representation of them as a positive rather than of themselves the festival is organized by katherine green of arts east new york under a new cultural plan new york city is targeting programs like this one for funding increases we want to make sure that every community in new york city has that sort of opportunities to unlock to open the eyes of children and youth all over this the city with the green says the additional money will help or better market their programs to make them more widely available. or spend one hundred million dollars a year on art and culture more than any other city in the country but some

neighborhoods benefit way more than others most of the funding goes to thirty three city own institutions like the museum of natural history but they are mostly located in manhattan. that's a long trip not to mention an expensive outing for families who live more than an hour away by public transportation and. we think this is going to have a very big impact in low income communities according to the city's commissioner of culture for one and a half million dollars in spending in these areas is a good investment these kinds of activities are to arts activities are correlated with a much bigger impact in low income communities person cities that have rich cultural activities are. really safer better school outcomes and they're healthier.

it's a plan that allows neighborhoods to celebrate their unique cultures and that has these brooklyn dancing in the streets christian salumi al-jazeera new york it's time for the supporters. thanks very much senegal have seized a second chance to qualify for next year's faithful world cup in south africa to nail in a replay of a match they lost first time round last year nicklaus has more from dakar but. go just one of many happy for the country and celebrated into the night as the team known as the lions qualify for the world cup for the first time in fifteen years we're going to. be using that when you know it's not just a victory for senegal but for africans we will beat the european teams and russia mark my words we will beat them for ninety minutes senegal was at a standstill the streets of the capital deserted people watched the game at fruit stalls in their homes and at barber shops. there are

a few close shaves but less than half way through the first half. scores the opening goal. moments later midfielder said your money score senegal second goal. for the world cup qualifier was a rematch the game was first played a year ago the referee awarded south africa winning penalty for a handball that in fact and take place. the referee said it was a human error on him for refereeing for life and ordered a rematch. if it needs to fight fulton cheats he needs to go further they need to go after those that attempt to corrupt referees in the game there's more to it and surely more people involved. despite many african footballers playing in the top european leagues few african teams usually qualify for football's biggest spectacle the last time senegal qualified for the world cup was in two thousand and two in south korea where the team lost to turkey in the

quarterfinals fifteen years own with this victory and hopes to do even better in russia next year. while a fine fair and square against a strong south african team is for many here a moment of pride south africa's the first african nation to have a host at the world cup in russia senegal wants to become the first african team to win it nicholas hawke al-jazeera deckard the italian job of making the world cup just got a little harder they've been beaten one nil by sweden yacob johansson the score but the two thousand and six champions who qualify for fifteen consecutive finals get another chance in monday's second lank french footballer patrice evra has been banned for almost eight months for taking a fan in the face of former manchester united and you that is defender has also had his contract with the olympic marsay terminated ever was given a red card after they pretty much incidents before you openly game last week

europe's governing body banned him until june the thirtieth and fined him more than eleven thousand dollars the thirty six year old won the two thousand and eight champions league with manchester united as well as five premier league titles they had of the twenty twenty two world cup in qatar has welcomed a decision by the international labor organization to close its complaints against the gulf states treatment of migrant workers this includes those working on world cup projects this week the un agency says reforms agreed to by qatar meant some two million workers now enjoy better protection as an alpha while he has the secretary general of the supreme committee insists his organization has always been committed to workers' rights. the commitment towards improving worker welfare was there before the world cup but the world cup was a catalyst to accelerate a lot of these reforms and in a much more effective much more accelerated way of course the decision in the in the yesterday's welcome decision because it's a recognition of the commitment and the progress that has made that does not mean

that it's ended of course our journey towards reform is going to continue and we always embrace and welcome anybody that provides constructive criticism and assists us in improving the situation for migrant workers in the state of. another high profile american gymnast says she was sexually abused by team physician larry nasser in an interview with a u.s. network three time olympic gold medalist sally rassmann says she was first treated by nasser when she was fifteen the twenty three year old is the most prominent athlete to come forward about dr nasser is in jail awaiting sentencing after pleading guilty to child pornography charges former new england patriots player aaron hernandez suffered the most severe case of brain damage ever discovered in a person his age this is according to researchers at the boston university he was twenty seven when he hanged himself in april doctors found he had stage three c.t.e. something not previously found in anyone younger than forty six the researchers say

the brain degeneration hernandez suffered would have significantly affected his decision making judgment and cognition brain disease has become an important topic as research is showing more and more complications in former players of sports like american football owing to concussion and repetitive brain trauma. for an individual who is only twenty seven at the time that he died he had a very advanced disease and not only was it advanced microscopically especially in the frontal lobes which are very important for decision making judgment and cognition but we could see damage to the to the inner chambers of the brain the septum and we have this would be the first case we've ever seen of damage in such a young individual world thomas number one rafa nadal says there's no guarantee he'll be fit for the a.t.p. tour finals in london the spaniard still battling a knee injury ahead of his first match against belgium david often on monday and al

was forced to pull out of the paris masters last month before his quarter final. here i am today my best that's all things that i get. i hope and believe that i could be ready for monday i will not be here we are working every day practicing well just trying to be ready for action. it snowed hours long time sparring partner who's been the focus of attention as head of the tournaments roger federer has been named as the comeback player of the year the thirty six year old won two grand slam tournaments after missing most of last year with injury. this one just feels like a share it was rough and all the other guys who roles and nominated to this award because we all worked incredibly hard to come back and we were all happy just to be back so to get this award i don't feel like i have it all my own the feel like we share

a totally all together russian andre rieu beloved has reached the semifinals of the first ever a.t.p. next gen finals in milan. he knocked out canadian third. on thursday with a fight that when. tournament top seed for the lab winning the match and by that. and that's all your sport for now more later so here i am is going to be here in a couple of minutes so i wrote about this but for. travel. by trying to. forests you probably want. valleys and scott. venture. scott.

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