asked me to believe that the best to prevent the media getting anywhere let's get going to. be achieve something that never happened before. defying my disability on al-jazeera well this time. and agreement to cut the flow of migrants from africa to europe but questions remain how will it be enforced.

in the south as there are live from doha also coming up the old guard in the new team zimbabwe's president picks loyalists who helped and robert mugabe's long run. dates been set to the planned application of emperor akihito the first by a japanese monarch in about two hundred. and head for the range of the pope called for urgent steps to resolve the refugee crisis ahead of a huge mass that. libya has agreed to the emergency evacuation of refugees and migrants facing abuse in his detention camps the plan's been drawn up at a joint e.u. african union summit in the ivory coast it's not clear how the deal will be enforced though but bygones are expected to be sent back to their home countries with reports from. well the theme of this summit was huge but there is no doubt the

from the outset it was dominated by the issue of the refugee slave trade in libya and by migration we heard from the host of the summit the president of the ivory coast in the beginning who said that everyone had a collective responsibility to do something when at the end of the summit what leaders decided is that they would try and repatch reate those migrants and refugees that are trapped in libya that they had also launched a task force to try and crack down on people smuggling and we spoke to many people here who said that that is just a case of firefighting and what is really needed is a long term strategy to deal with migration. for. african and european union leaders condemned the refugee slave trade in libya in their final statement they promised a task force to tackle traffickers and urgently repatch rate anyone who's trapped.

there are women and children living in inhuman conditions we have agreed along with the e.u. and the u.n. to set up a task force for repatriating at least three thousand eight hundred people. leaders say there are more than forty refugee camps in libya where people are bought and sold by those with little respect for human life who are leaders here have committed to helping refugees in libya there were very few details as to exactly how and when they will work or trade them and they were also very frank about the new task force they say they'll put in place to combat people smuggling. that there was also no mention of the french president's remarks to reporters that military action against traffickers is a possibility the u.n. secretary general told summit leaders on wednesday that new ideas a needed to deal with migration including more legal ways to enter europe is that something that you discussed and something which you wouldn't visit each you have

to. we have to stop. illegal migration. obligations youth workers say until young people have real opportunities little change we want next time african leaders. say we are going to support. one. and here are the resources that we put in place practical things to do. in the declaration. but how are we going to. hear that ending the slave trade is an urgent priority but unless gnostic solutions are found to persuade people to stop leaving home in the first place human rights abuses will continue to affect africa's most fun. this was the first summit between

these two organizations there were more than eighty leaders here for african and european union's and what they said was that this is really an opportunity for a new era in relations one that was equal in a sense it was an attempt to try to redress the balance of the past but one more many experts have told us is that for as long as the european union continues to pour money into africa it is going to be very difficult to do that syria's un mediator stuff under mr a separate meetings with government and opposition officials in geneva around of u.n. sponsored talks to end the civil war have been extended until december fifteenth the opposition still demanding the departure of syrian president bashar al assad but that's not yet been discussed. and the un's humanitarian advisor for syria says aid supplies aren't being allowed to reach a besieged damascus suburb egeland is calling on the world powers to help arrange the evacuation of five hundred people including one hundred sixty seven children

from eastern due to it's been under siege since twenty thirteen nine children have died in the past few weeks while waiting for permission from the government to be evacuated to hospitals just forty five minutes away we have. convoys of aid workers being blocked from women and children wounded that need desperately this price inside the area of eastern good which is indeed just forty five minute drive from that must this city there is now malnutrition among the children it has gone from two percent to twelve percent a five fold increase in the last ten months. the united nations security council failed last month to agree on investigating chemical attacks in syria the inquiry into their use expired after russia vetoed a us sponsored resolution that would have extended its mandate and after some binge of a report from northern aleppo the action is causing fear among syrians that the perpetrators

become bolder. when syrian children play in the street their games in opposition held areas are often disrupted by the sound of warplanes. usually russian or syrian jets fly overhead. an airstrike killed obeys mother this exterior was injured when syrian government attacked hunchy honed with chemical weapons had been dashed away remembers that day when he was in his brother's room and he smelled something funny. when he woke up in turkey his mother was gone. we met him there in april when he was being treated the un found the syrian government responsible for the sarin gas attack in honshu horn which killed around one hundred syrians they bring all the staff and doctor up to lead their mission as he's witnessed dozens of other attacks including one which killed more than one hundred people in a car bomb in hama province the town was controlled by isis fighters at the time and witnesses reported suffocation after poisonous gas was dropped on them dr their

wish accuses the world of ignoring chemical attacks even in areas which were not under ice and control his colleague dr ali that wish was killed in the attack in march he refused to leave a patient on the operating table the doctor continued the surgery and died a few hours later in an ambulance but he saved his patient dr abdullah says what happened amounts to a war crime and no one's been held accountable. we were called by the un's chemical watchdog i brought all the evidence with me at the close dr ali was wearing blood piece of metal from barrel bombs and samples of soil and. other victims of chemical attacks from. her twenty five members of. the included a wife and two children the world briefly took notice when news of what happened to them ben. seven months on. the nightmare every day. for me you can't imagine my pain i was hoping after this attack

a sad news regime would face something that is still the same we're in painting i get no justice. that's a feeling shared by victims of hundreds of chemical bomb attacks in syria and investigators have found a government responsible for most of the people that the united nations security council will not be. limited mandate those carrying out chemical attacks will be emboldened. the saudi led coalition says it's intercepted another ballistic missile fired by who with the rebels in yemen it was reportedly shot down in the southwestern saudi city of harmless machette earlier who said they'd hit a military target it's a second missile fired from yemen in less than a month one was destroyed near riyadh airport on of them for the fourth the coalition's been fighting the. twenty fifteen meanwhile inside yemen medical

sources say at least fourteen people have been killed in fighting in the capital sana'a forces loyal to the former president. fought with who the rebels. carrying out a clue. zimbabwe's new president. has named his new team the cabinet includes politicians loyal to the ruling party members of the military ousted former leader robert mugabe no opposition figures have been included in the government when i was sworn in a week ago has more from ari to people who hope that this cabinet where more inclusive they may be disappointed the cabin has some soldiers and members from the military it has a lot of the old guard it doesn't have anyone from the opposition so some people who hope that prison when and will be a different kind of leader from in may be disappointed it could indicate that maybe things may not change on the ground it's more of the same those who are cautiously

optimistic hope that the president knows what he's doing he is a businessman they hope that he's assembled the right team to resuscitate the ailing economy but there are some people we've spoken to over the past few days who have been very skeptical of prison and are they saying he's part of the old system he's been in government is one hundred eighty he's been a close ally of god with a former president he's helped he helped keep probably in power for thirty seven years if you have been asking really what is he going to do to make things change if he was part of the old system he benefited from the old system time will tell what will play out in the next few days next year respects the months but i think the initial response from people who hoped who hope that the new president will be more inclusive in his cabinet may be disappointment but that said they still some cautious optimism people waiting hoping that the new president has some kind of plan to resuscitate the ailing economy. now

a date has been set for the planned abdication of japan's emperor akihito a special panel chaired by the prime minister shinzo lobby has decided he will step down on the thirtieth of april twenty ninth teen the japanese monarch who's had heart surgery would be succeeded by his eldest son crown prince now return the application is the first back japanese monarch in about two hundred years and let's get more now from michael penn he's president of the shin get sued news agency and joins us live via skype from tokyo michael pena how significant is this announcement that a date has not been set for the empress application oh it's reasonably. close now. a little institution was. changing the calendar. which is based on the year of the reign of the emperor so that means that everything will need to switch over q thousand nineteen that he same. calendar whatever the name of the new reign will be which has been announced yet so little

business and planning now it was hard to think that people were so what's what's forced the abdication as it is held for is that public opinion or both well actually what was the application of the emperor himself and he basically made it very clear that unlike his predecessors he didn't want to reign until death look i've worked all my life as a symbol of the nation and i'm tired and my health is declining and it's time for need to step aside and certainly it was really the emperor himself who started this debate and said i walk out and this was the government didn't want. to eventually go along and was likely to change then when the crown prince now ready to take over. probably not a great deal because the current crown prince has a very similar point of view his father. the current employer akihito

basically they both are or what you might say far more liberal than the japanese government they believe in the importance of taking responsibility for the transmitters of world war two they would like to see japan continue lives up as a peace first nation very much drained deeply of that early post-war culture which now the current prime minister is trying to hold on i'm michael but let me get a final thought from you i mean what's all this telling us about the future of the imperial institute how much is a changing and perhaps one day could we even see a female emperor. yes that is one of the debates you know the number of people in the imperial family is very small and though when they have had children many at most of them have been female children so looking to the future it's all quite likely fairly certain that there will come a day when there will be a need to have a female emperor or she would either acknowledge other branches of the imperial

family or the great north korean again one of this is something that all the governments get the army going with does not want to leave them alone but still there are other horses in society is that one up and in fact that in the in the evil in the she passed the heart. michael thank you for sharing your thoughts with us. and give a talk for a short break here now to syria when we come back we'll tell you why opposition supporters in honduras said they want to accept the presidential election results. just as the democratic republic of congo put their lives on the line for suppressant for much more. hello savor this quiet weather throughout the us in a good part of canada despite the amount of cloud in this bit of

a hook here which suggests a winter low there's not a lot of weather going on this certainly the fronts coming into the pacific northwest that's the pineapple express in a similar story down in southern california but not much is coming out of the sky except rain really for washington then later oregon and snow for the high ground but where that low was has just disappeared so you got positive thirteen degrees in washington eleven in new york plus six in toronto you shouldn't be seeing this in early december but that is the situation it is going to change but just not for another week same time we've got this forecast for saturday of continuing rain in northern california about this time cloud in san francisco but that's the most active weather in the u.s. equally having just seen a bit of flooding in florida the clouds more or less dispersed than the same is true through the bahamas that was also fairly worked for a while but forecast wise is not really much of a driving wind up here there is something for the coast of your town and probably down nicaragua costa rica way and panama that's will see some of the rain for the

next day or so it's likely to be in daily showers but it's not i'm sure breeze mexico your notice is enjoying there to be fine whether it was twenty degrees in mexico city. a year on from the election that shook washington both the republican and democratic parties are struggling to adjust to a polarized and i took to it really is an identity crisis you just run against drugs or do you literally stake out a set of positions that offer us a clear alternative not just a truck but to the politics that gave you the truck faultlines examines the shifting sands of american politics life of the party this time on al-jazeera.

welcome back the top stories here on the al-jazeera libya has agreed to the emergency evacuation of refugees and migrants facing abuse the most attention. has been drawn up in a joint u. african union summit in ivory coast it's not clear how the deal will be enforced but migrants are expected to be sent back to their home country. for the planned application of emperor akihito a special panel chaired by prime minister. has decided he will step down on the thirtieth of april twenty ninth japanese. will be succeeded by his eldest son. applications the first by japanese monarch in two hundred. new president has named his new cabinet includes politicians loyal to the ruling party and members of the military ousted former leader robert mugabe no opposition figures

have been included in the gulf. pope francis is about to hold an open air mass for about one hundred thousand catholics in bangladesh the pontiff will also meet ranger refugees in dhaka on thursday here to the international community to take decisive measures to resolve the mass exodus from neighboring though he didn't use the term. he made. in the spirit of generosity and solidarity which is a distinguished. society has been seen most vividly in its humanitarian to a massive influx of refugees from morocco and state. this is been done. it has also been done the whole world pro opposition demonstrators and police have clashed in the honduran capital supporters of the main opposition candidates. threw rocks and set barricades on fire outside the

electoral center that's where the final votes of sunday's presidential election are doing tally the opposition is accusing the government of trying to steal the election results are expected in the coming hours about reports. of presidential elections. these people say they are gathering in the capital to defend their vote. we are challenging the results. but the electoral tribunal is corrupt and is defending the interests of the president and betraying the hundred people we won't allow these elections to be stolen like happened in the past. both president. and his t.v. star opponents. team victory after sunday's election initially the result of. this after hold up in the count. remote municipalities that have not been tallied and their votes have not been counted as the victory of our party because rural

areas vote in favor of the nationalist party. has one of the highest murder rates in the world and there are fears that the current political crisis will increase the violence that already exists in this central american nation. i don't even want to think about it but i fear this could get worse during the coup in two thousand and nine i'm afraid for. my children my family and my wife respect the results. station of american states managed to have both candidates signed a statement where they vow to respect the final results once the disputed votes are checked. but nothing later rejected the agreement saying the government is trying to steal the election and supporters to take to the streets protesters set up barricades and clash with the police that used tear gas to disperse them but. the

next president whoever wins is going to be in a weak position because of the thin margin and the suspicion around the election and those will be accused of winning three for being illegitimate and will have the institutions against them. on the road as is already battling poverty and crime political instability. the situation here even further. russia is accusing the u.s. of doing everything it can to provoke north korea on wednesday the united states want pyongyang that it will be utterly destroyed if war breaks out when earlier this week north korea tested its latest intercontinental ballistic missile but russia says cutting diplomatic and trade ties isn't the answer to the standoff. one gets the impression that everything has been done on purpose to make. up and carry out further inadvisable actions it is regrettable the americans should

explain to us what they're after well despite this the white house says the u.s. has only one goal in dealing with the growing nuclear threat from north korea this is. focused on one big thing when it comes to north korea and that's. of the korean peninsula that's our number one priority that's what we're focused on . the priority at this point. president donald trump's diplomatic ground with the british prime minister to resign is refusing to go away for the second day in a row may condemn. muslim videos with his forty six million twitter followers one of the phillips reports from london. on a tour of the middle east forging a post breck's it role for britain in the world this is not what the prime minister wanted to be talking about the fact that we work together does not mean that we're afraid to say when we think. wrong and to be very clear with them and i'm very

clear that retreating from britain first was the wrong thing to do. back home in london the government argues that britain's ties with america military cultural diplomatic make the special relationship and this will endure long after the current president has gone the prime minister will always have regular calls with the president and she has been explicit in criticizing this tweet and i know that she will always make sure that she calls it out where she sees it and that's what she's done here. but a tweet from another minister who is a muslim made it clear the president had hit a raw nerve donald trump has upset a lot of people here in westminster in fearing he still invited to london on a state visit that would involve the queen in practice it's very hard to see that visit happening any time soon the president has provided a huge publicity boost to

a fringe right movement britain first which has never come close to success in any form of election here in the u.k. . britain first wants to end immigration and ban is lime in the u.k. anti-fascist groups believe it has about one thousand members. it's deputy leader jade a friend whose tweets were retreated by the president is facing charges of using threatening and abusive language she's thanked the president for retreating her messages to his more than forty three million followers saying god bless you trump god bless america barnaby philips al-jazeera westminster germany's president has held talks with the chancellor angela merkel and the leader of the opposition social democrats trying to break a deadlock over the formation of a new government germany has been without a government since an election in september locals alliance emerged as the biggest

block but lost seats to the far right the social democrats had previously said they wouldn't rejoin any coalition government with merkel former italian prime minister silvio berlusconi has been ordered to stand trial again he's accused of bribery then a scone he allegedly paid a witness to lie during a hearing where he was accused of having sex with an underage girl he denies the accusations berlusconi is the leader of the center right for talia party which is expected to do well in next year's general election. qatar to mean been hammered out fanny has received an invitation from kuwait simin to attend next week's goal of cooperation council summit that in doubts about whether the meeting would go ahead because of strained relations between g.c.c. members saudi arabia the u.a.e. bahrain and egypt all cut ties and imposed an economic blockade on qatar in june kuwait's a man has been acting as a mediator in the standoff. two opposition leaders have been arrested in the

democratic republic of congo after they pushed the protests that have been outlawed by the government they want president joseph kabila to leave office his mandate ended last year but he's vowing to stay until december twenty eighth seen because of problems organizing and election reports. opposition leaders in the democratic republic of congo want president joseph kabila he has overstayed his mandate by a year and says he'll stay for another they leave the security of this residence in kinshasa prepared to stop bloody clashes to run him out. kabila promised to crack down if they went ahead this was the two sides colliding. police fired tear gas to disperse the protesters outside the home of the leader of the opposition coalition felix chizik eighty two opposition leaders were locked up as their followers nationwide protests. today we are participating in

a march of anger a march angrily say to can be no never again could be a little office in two thousand and one after his father was assassinated the second term as president ended in december twenty sixth saying that he refused to step down and the un says congolese security forces killed forty people who protested the decision four hundred sixty were arrested. now kabila says he'll stay for another year because there are delays in registering millions of voters is joining us today i dared him to use all available means to beat us but he needs to keep in mind that fast. will chase him out of the country even if we pay for it with our blood. opposition voices can be heard by knowing the fractured country from all corners even in the troubled east a thriving battleground between rubrics. they want to transition to

a new president from december thirty first and they won't be allowed to have nor passionate those who've seen the results of previous tensions in the city we hope in could be liz mix who is one of deescalation shallop bellus al-jazeera. the argentinean navy says its end of the search for the crew of its missing submarine contact with the air was lost on them the thirteen. the crew had message to say there had been an electrical failure to sea water got into a battery aircraft and ships from eighteen countries had been looking for the submarine forty four crew members were on board. the ministry of defense. force in applying the international conventions regarding the search for mary term vessels. to day we declare finalize the search and rescue case of this san juan

submarine change it to the search phase for the submarine the world's major oil producers have agreed to extend production cuts till the end of twenty eighteen to finish clearing a global glut of crude oil opec and its partners have been meeting in austria under the current deal they're cutting supply by about one point eight million barrels a day in an effort to boost oil prices but this was due to expire in march well the four thousand runners have taken part in a marathon in the iraqi city of mosul they were raising money to rebuild the war ravaged western district of iraq's second city participants paid a four dollars fee to take part in the race government forces battled eisel fighters for months before finally declaring victory in july the city has been left . for a quick recap of the headlines here on al-jazeera libya has agreed to the emergency

evacuation of refugees and migrants facing abuse in his detention camps the plans been drawn up at a joint european union african union summit in the ivory coast it's not clear how the deal will be enforced but migrants are expected to be sent back to their home countries dates been set for the planned dedication of japan's emperor akihito a special panel chaired by the prime minister shinzo has decided he will step down on the thirtieth of april twenty ninth teen. the japanese moment who's had heart surgery will be succeeded by his eldest son crown prince now were he to the abdication is the first by a japanese monarch in about two hundred years syria's un mediator stuff on demister a has held separate meetings with government and opposition figures in geneva the eighth round of u.n. sponsored talks to end the civil war will continue in the coming week the opposition still demanding the resignation of syrian president bashar al assad but

that's not yet been discussed the un's humanitarian advisor for syria says aid supplies are being allowed to reach a besieged damascus suburb egeland is calling on world powers to help arrange the evacuation of five hundred people including one hundred sixty seven children from eastern guta it's been under siege since twenty thirteen. the sound of coalition says it's intercepted another ballistic missile fired by who the rebels in yemen it was reportedly shot down near the saudi city of kindness macheda earlier who he said they'd hit a military target is the second missile fired from yemen in less than a month one was destroyed near riyadh's airport on the fourth of november zimbabwe's new president. has named his new team the cabinet includes politicians loyal to the ruling party and members of the military ousted former leader robert mugabe no opposition figures have been included in the government but one god was sworn in a week ago and russia has accused the u.s.

of doing everything it can to provoke north korea on wednesday the u.s. war in pyongyang it would be destroyed if war breaks out after its latest missile test russia says cutting magic and trade ties is not the answer well those were the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera off the fault line station thanks for watching by phone off. the head of the september twenty fourth national election survey showed us a satisfied with the state of their economy this is easily estonia's biggest tech success story the company was bought by microsoft in two thousand and eleven we bring you the stories that are shaping the economic world we live in counting the cost at this time on al-jazeera. donald trump do solemnly swear that i will faithfully execute that i will faithfully execute it's been just over a year since donald trump won the us presidential election and shook the country and the split of course.