it's a constant barrage that they're putting out every day but the message is a simplistic you have been trained good logical rational person crazy months and misinformation is right dismissal and denial of well documented accusation and evidence is part of genocide the listening post provides a critical counterpoint challenging mainstream media narrative at this time on al-jazeera. this is al-jazeera. poem's the whole robert you're watching the al-jazeera news hour live one headquarters here in doha coming up in the next sixty minutes. and certainly for four hundred thousand there nigeria money by geria repatriates hundreds of its

citizens from libya al-jazeera has an exclusive report. also the syrian government targets rebel held city is causing death sub's forcing others to flee the carnage. and making amends former trump strategist steve ballmer backs off from explosive comments made about the u.s. president. and the golden globes is a sea of black stars protest against harassment. welcome to the news are about five hundred nigerian migrants stranded in libya have returned home now the nigerian government ordered the immediate evacuation of about five a half thousand nigerians from libya after reports of abuse slavery and torture embedded traveled back home with some of them here's his exclusive report. a cramped office

in the center of tripoli is the only decent place these nigerian teenagers have seen in years they left home with promises of a life of opportunity and comfort nothing prepared them for what followed in libya joy is not her real name she says she was sold for one thousand one hundred dollars to buy have freedom she needed to pay around two thousand five hundred dollars last week she and her friend saw a chance to escape from there by air and they took. her to a guest jeff rense so our minds we decided to run we jumped for his very high friends as monks so we ran. around willing to. simulate keeps iran libya she told us many like car have been killed for the flimsiest of reasons someone who was sold for less than two hundred dollars in libyan sleep

markets this if ten year old was promised a job as a tailor in a fashion house in italy. on reaching a transit destination in libya she ended up as a domestic servant why she says she was abused by her employers and what we did the white people people the much treated me dig didn't give me my salary didn't even seized my passport says everything about me it would be people dad brought me here did they neglected me libyan security forces say these nigerian woman who's been living in libya for seven years is a people trafficker she was alleged to have kept more than eighty goals as sex slaves but officers say as well as nigerian traffickers there are also libyans and some europeans in the trade the nigerian government team on a fact finding mission in libya say they are shocked at what they saw and heard. it talked about the various abuse systematic endemic and exploitation of all

kinds a challenge to the senior officials as to the discrepancy between the numbers you know they came up with all kinds of not very convincing excuses this played into a narrative that we had been. told about that indeed there are obviously interests that wanted to keep as many of them there as possible because they were commodities but the delegation was told there are fourteen detention centers in libya other reports suggest they may be as many as thirty holding as many as forty thousand nigeria's the nigerian government is preparing for an influx of return e.-s. the first government repatriation flights took off from tripoli carrying five hundred nigerians the few over the mediterranean and the sahara desert tracing the route where hundreds of travel companions died in their terms to reach europe for most of the migrants on this flight it's

a mixed feeling of being free at last and that of disappointment they've been through so much over the past years they left us such promise but hutcheon drop a lot of pain indignities of slavery torture and rape yet despite the hardships and dangers thousands more nigerians i sure like to attempt a judge in europe and beyond how many trees with nigerian migrants in the skies of in the. meanwhile more than two hundred fifty refugees have been rescued off the coast of libya the coast guard said they were picked from two boats and taken to the poor in tripoli one of the vessels that sunk while the other was badly over crowded now the coast guard also recovered the bodies of two women that had drowned survivors say that dozens more are still missing. and at least twenty five people are being killed in an attack in the syrian city of president assad's forces have been making steady gains in the northwestern province and government forces have also increased ass trying some other rebel held areas including the besieged area

of eastern guta assam a binge of its reports. the people of egypt city have become used to silence like this syrian civilians yet again caught up inside of war with seemingly no end in sight the. activists couldn't confirm if it was either a car bomb or a drone strike the target one of the many rebel factions who controlled parts of it although no one claimed responsibility some pointed the finger at the assad government. temple you'll bashar we will look leave we will die in syria. forces of the assad regime have been making gains in the north western parts of it live in hama provinces in the last forty eight hours if they can more areas in the countryside. syrian rebels have not been able to stand the government air superiority. but the relentless air campaign doesn't only target fighters this is what happens when people hear warplanes in the sky. the population of

village has more than doubled in the last few years over a million displaced people have been transferred to ad lib after the government starvin siege tactics in other areas south forces have also stepped up attacks on eastern. these are two of the four deescalation zones agreed upon by syria iran russia and turkey. although there have been fewer attacks on bombs and when a threat which are the other areas under the deal but the bombings never stopped completely. more than four hundred thousand people are besieged in eastern brutal alone because they expect there's a big agreement now between turkey russia and and. iran recently to the. conflict it's all in. there from the sochi conference and basically the last. place where this you

know. the u.n. has declared that crap civilians face a complete catastrophe because the assad government has got a deliveries in besieged areas. and as the guarantors of the deescalation deal get ready to meet in the russian city of sochi later this month syrian civilians continue to suffer some injuries there. now french president manuel back or has arrived in china for his first state visit comes at a time of uncertainty over the nuclear crisis on the korean peninsula and tensions in relations between china europe and the u.s. well fall on this let's join rob pride in beijing. causes riding the crest of a wave back home in terms of popularity rob what's he hoping to achieve in china. this is hugely important for macro but beautifully important also for china a chance to get to know this relatively new and young world leader the visit is

starting in the ancient city of ceann we understand this aircraft has just touched down there it is symbolically important as one of the departure points for the silk road the old ancient link between china and the west and macron is expected to make a speech where he will talk about the historical significance of the franco chinese relationship france was the first western country to recognize the people's republic of china and french presidents have made it a point of the early in their terms of office to come to china on state visits like this given all the uncertainties in the world right now you do get a sense that both countries will welcome the chance of continuing a tradition that does feel so familiar. with political upheaval impacting is e.u. neighbors president emanuel mccrum comes to china with the clear message talk to me

and you're talking to your. english and he's you know he's leaving europe. germany's in. very strange political position and france is very. macron president xi jinping have met just once before last year's g twenty summit and mccraw will be looking to china to reaffirm its commitment to the paris climate accord to control global warming. it was signed just two years ago but damaged by the u.s. decision to pull out of it and it's very important for france to talk china about because america u.s. president trump. and leave the conference this is macros first state visit to china and we can expect the usual flurry of trade deals and possible agreements on future

nuclear power projects in which both france and china have expertise but as permanent members of the un security council there are also likely be talks on the war in syria and on the north korean crisis in both china and france there's been alarmed at the kind of insults traded by the leaders of the u.s. and north korea and china will be looking for support for its so-called double freeze proposal that calls for the u.s. and south korea to suspend military exercises in return for north korea halting its missile tests for. this market after i'm sure a china hopes will support this plan but if the french come up with his own ideas of china we are consider them carefully. thinking in the face of so much international instability french and chinese diplomats will be hoping that the spectacle of two world leaders holding a state visit will in itself be

a stabilizing influence. tomorrow the visit continues to beijing where in addition to meetings with his counterpart xi jinping and the pomp of state banquet some visits to the forbidden city we can also expect much of the trade deals to be done and to be announced that's when we're having meetings between delegations of chinese and french business leaders called in his new year address sail for europe to overcome its problems to stand up and become a unified force in the world to democratic and environmentally responsible he said able to stand up to the likes of the united states and to china well this is certainly his chance to advance that agenda or see what happens in the coming hours thanks very much rob rob a bride there in beijing. staying in the region south korea's top nuclear envoy and

his japanese counterpart are meeting in seoul now those talks are happening a day before the first high level into korean talks in two years shuttle to take place now that rare meeting expected to focus on north korea's participation in the upcoming winter olympics kathy novak is our correspondent joins me now from seoul it's also very important south korea as i just mentioned perhaps to get its political ducks in a row because we wonder what they will be discussing with japan just the day before the much anticipated meeting with north korea. well yes this meeting is going ahead relatively quickly of course it's been just a week since kim jong un gave his new year's address to north korea raising the possibility of these talks with south korea and preparations have been happening at pace here in south korea and it is of course in the interest of a number of countries in this region not least japan and that some progress would be made here so we have seen the chinese envoy here in seoul on friday and now the

japan envoy the japanese envoy here for talks the relationship between south korea and japan is one that is often strained particularly over the issue of the wartime sex slaves known as comfort women that is something that may indeed come up during this meeting but the principal focus will of course be the north korean nuclear issue these talks that will be going ahead here in this region tomorrow and hopes for the diffusing of the situation here on the korean peninsula of course japan will be hoping for north korea to stop its ballistic missile testing because of course a couple of those missiles actually flew over the japanese mainland when north korea tested them so it is very much in japan's interest to resolve this situation sail dubin the winter olympics as we're all focused on known february seems to be the conduit both north and south korea can actually sit down and have

a really meaningful talk about what's going on but if sitting down and talking has been two years in the waiting this two year silence is something that could be very difficult to break. well yes i mean the president of south korea has long said that he wants these upcoming winter olympics and paralympics to be the peace olympics he has wanted the north koreans to participate in this show of unity and using sport as a tool to kind of move past politics and of course there would be the hope that if the north koreans were to participate that perhaps north korea would hold off on any provocative actions during the winter olympics so it is very much as i say being seen as a positive sign that these talks are happening at all because as you mentioned the north and south have haven't had any kind of communication of for about two years and it is going directly to a high level this is happening between the unification minister and the

representative from the north korean side not just low level talks because the south koreans say that time is of the evidence they want to go ahead with these preparations for the winter olympics that are just about a month away and they want the north koreans to be able to participate so the south koreans are saying that every effort is being made here to make sure that can happen so talking about anything at all is being seen as a positive thing but of course there are the bigger issues and concerns that perhaps in future will there be able to be more talks about the larger issue of the nuclear build up in north korea and its threatening action against south korea japan the united states and indeed the world indeed will leave it there for the country will follow events throughout the day with you in seoul thank you plenty ahead here on the al-jazeera news clipping we were telling you why israel has been the number activist groups from entering its country. the german chancellor angela

merkel hopes to break the political impasse and build a ruling coalition. with sports team crews of major upsets also possible is also out of the english f.a. cup. steve bannon a main source for the bombshell behind the scenes book on donald trump's white house is trying to make amends with the u.s. president trump's former campaign manager and chief of staff issued a statement saying that his support for the u.s. president won't meanwhile trump continues to criticize the book written by the journalist michael wolff mike hanna has more. as for president trump arrives back at the white house having spent his morning at camp david firing out a number of tweets you're the one in support of his adviser stephen miller who angrily defended the president on a morning talk show jake tapper fake news c.n.n.

just got destroyed in his interview with steven miller of the trumpet ministration trump said watch the hatred and unfairness of the c.n.n. flunky in another tweet i've had to put up with the fake news from the first day i announce that i would be running for president now i have to put up with a fake book written by a totally discredited author ronald reagan had the same problem and handled it well so will i my author michael wolff lot up the possibility of the twenty fifth amendment being applied in terms of which a president can be removed from office if the majority of the cabinet believe he's unfit to lead if i left out anything is probably stuff that was even more damning it's that it's that bad i mean it's it's an extraordinary moment in time when the last the last several days focused on on my book i think are are are proof of this this is what happened here what's going on here this is you know i

i think not an exaggeration and not on a reasonable and snotty and reasonable to say this is twenty fifth amendment kind of stuff in the course of the day to an apology from former trump confidant steve benen who was extensively quoted in the book he describes several disparaging remarks as inaccurate quotes and praised what he called the president's historical accomplishments in his first year. a senior senator was moved to comment on the president's mental status i don't think he's crazy i think he's had a very successful twenty seventeen and i want to help him where i can and we should all want him to be successful he's got a lot on his plate the white house released photos of the president meeting with cabinet members over the weekend the apparent intent to demonstrate that between the flow of irate tweets there was some governance done mike hanna al-jazeera washington the german chancellor angela merkel is optimistic that she will form

a coalition government almost four months after the country's general election there are talks of resumed in berlin between her christian democratic party and its former coalition partners the social democrats who have vowed to go into opposition a potential sticking point is europe's refugee crisis and whether to allow the relatives of people who fled to germany to join their families their governments can leave. i think we can do it we will work very quickly very intensively that's what we set out to do and always think about what people in germany are expecting all of us always hope that politics will solve their problems think we can frame let the people to live well in our country i am optimistic about these talks but i also know that there is a lot of work ahead of us in the coming days we are willing to take on the work. iran's revolutionary guard says the wave of unrest linked to anti government demonstrations have now ended the families of some of the hundreds of demonstrators arrested have been protesting outside the prison in tehran where some of them are

being held rising costs unemployment and accusations of corruption sparked violent protests in a number of cities and towns at the end of last month at least twenty two people have died. and iran is banning the teaching of english as a subject in primary schools that education officials want to stop what they call a western cultural invasion instead the focus of primary schools is to be on promoting fire see the iranian culture as well the band will apply to both state run and privately owned schools israel has published a list of activist groups banned from entering the country twenty organizations have been blocked over their calls to boycott and sanction the jewish state for its policies towards palestinians european u.s. and south african groups are on the black list and it includes the palestine solidarity campaign and it merican muslims for palestine joycean lutie is the general secretary of the american friends service committee one of the groups on

the list she says israel's blacklist won't stop rights groups from carrying out their work. we find it amusing that you know israel feels threatened by nonviolent action and by organizations with which have embraced or you know speaking truth to power and on behalf of the oppressed and we were very easily and organ organizations i think i can speak on. behalf of others that are on the list. and we will find ways you know this is not going to press our voice and are working towards peace and justice all over the world on on account of those oppressed including palestinians our work on humanitarian. injustice on economic injustice has spanned decades and. in the united states if as seems well regarded as an organization that is credible is bold and courageous

work stands for in just this regard live who it's affecting you know the organization has helped. not only the jews escape from germany but it's also. a stand against apartheid the apartheid system in south africa it held. have slaves scape during those. and. in the united states and so this is this is not. new to our work this intrinsic to our work and so we are known for our work from putting peace and justice boldly and so this is not going to stop us or deter us from continuing with our messages israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu has called for the closure of the u.s. agency for palestinian refugees but he stopped short of insisting on an immediate

end to the u.s. funding for palestinians follows a threat from u.s. president a little sub supporting the un's relief and work agency. of the rollo. i mean most critical of everybody because we call you far from it i completely agree with president trump's harsh criticism of it's an organization that perpetuates the palestinian refugee problem it also in shrines the narrative of the so-called right to return in a bid to eliminate the state of israel therefore owner watch a pass from the world. putin is expected to win another six years in power when russians go to the polls in large the country has a tightly managed electoral system and candidates are carefully screened and few surprises are expected but whether we think is laid out according to plan it's difficult to generate much excitement at the latest of all series looking ahead to the big stories of this year challenge reports. the exhibition is called super putin thirty artists presenting vladimir putin various heroic depictions it

opened at a moscow gallery hama same day the president announced his bid for reelection it's the kind of post modern political display you quickly get used to in russia one's never quite sure how seriously all this is meant to be taken from. the real life ready made putin is expected to comfortably cruise to a fourth term in office this year he's running as an independent candidate even so putin is most publicly vocal critic is being barred from running against him alexina valley has called for nationwide protests in response to the writer. let's come out to the street for yourselves feel rights for your future for the fact that we do not want to lose another six years this action needs to be carefully planned and we will hold in cross the entire country on sunday january twenty eighth less threatening to russia's carefully constructed political order is sub check she's the daughter of putin's former political mentor the journalist and t.v.

personality comes with the liberal opposition credentials yet has been admitted to the race in the field. if sacred processions and many million street prayers are allowed opposition rallies should also be allowed as well as the atheist rallies carnivals and gay pride if church marriages are allowed civil l.g.b. t. marriages should also be allowed analyst under a kalashnikov says these decisions make political sense not while his dinner. was this a very stable construction stable model for the political system. chart whose the new future in this field is acceptable because she's not dangerous she can be such a person who can announce some liberal ideas but has the same time to discredit liberal ideas because she's a girl from the party not more then there are the communists and nationalist l.d.p.

are candidates in recent years neither of these parties have provided any genuine opposition to the policies of the government or currently in the electorate doesn't seem enthused recently hundred fifty eight percent polled russians said they were thinking of voting a comparatively low figure for this country as super putin knowingly acknowledges russian politics is a one man show but beneath the debatable humor there's a contradiction if a superhero patrol is ready to vanquish russia's external enemies as no credible domestic challenger then why should people bother voting for him in march superheroes do not lose elections but if turnout drops significantly next year then the kremlin loses some of the legitimacy it needs to support an aging political system or italians al-jazeera. welcome bodhi is also going to the polls in twenty

eighteen and in our next feature in the series robert bribe looks into concerns over its electoral system following a crackdown on political parties you can see that story here and i'll just say were on tuesday. well still ahead here on the news are egypt denies media reports are trying to quash opposition to u.s. recognition of jerusalem as israel's capital and saving the great whales and scientists in california develop a warning system to protect the mammals from ships also barcelona's record signing arrives to start his new job those details coming up with joe it's to stay with us here and i'll just.

from dusky sunsets over the spring savannah. to sunrise the top invasion metropolis. starting while the wintry weather cool across southern parts of china over the next couple of days famine to snow into central pa south of that very heavy rain that will make its way towards the southeast and cold to hong kong at about nineteen so she's on monday that's the warm day choose day temperatures struggling to get into double figures still a fair amount of rain across the southernmost part of a bit of snow there on the northern edge of this system where the stretches way into the north of vietnam want to see showers into central areas of vietnam and plenty of showers across southeast asia so some lovely downpours there into borneo suspect the wetter weather will be across indonesia here's rashers showers there sliding across java some are still seeing some rather live showers longer spells of right should brighten up though in thailand as we go on through tuesday bangkok at

around thirty one degrees celsius and that dry and bright weather stretches across a good part of south asia few showers there just around the eastern side of the go for much of india it is settled still in the cool side across the northern plains the temperatures in new delhi no higher than around nineteen degrees celsius well below the seasonal average a little change as we go on through tuesday by choose day that just makes it somewhat to where the pushing towards the fos out of india and also affecting sri lanka. the weather sponsored by cats are at peace. in the philippines millions live in overcrowded slow but some of found another place to call home public cemeteries one on one east meets those living among the dead at this time on al-jazeera i really felt liberated as a journalist was. going to the truth as an eyewitness that's what his job.

valued as a gem of africa nairobi has gone through many changes over the past decades took to al-jazeera travels to the kenyan capital to hear from those who witnessed the city's progress to becoming a metropolis and discusses where it's heading now at this time on al-jazeera. al-jazeera. where every.

you're watching the al-jazeera news our arms the whole drama remind of our top stories about five hundred by jerry migrants trying to the libyan have returned home but i jury and government ordered the immediate evacuation of about five and a half thousand of its citizens from libya after reports of abuse slavery and torture also car bombs killed twenty five people in the city of idlib one of the last syrian rebel strongholds there are reports that a rebel headquarters was the target but it's still not clear who was behind the attack and steve bannon the major source for the behind the scenes book on donald trump's white house is trying to make amends with the u.s. president trump's former chief strategist issued a statement saying his support for the president is way free. now the seventy fifth annual golden globe awards are underway in beverly hills but the ceremony which usually focuses on the glitz and glamour of hollywood has a more somber tone this year many actors filmmakers and producers were accused of sexual misconduct in twenty seventy three including hollywood heavyweights

producers such as harvey weinstein actor kevin spacey many of those in attendance are wearing all black as part of the hash tag me too movement which sought to highlight the issue of sexual harassment in the industry stephanie stanton has been on the red carpet in beverly hills. well the golden globes are known as hollywood's biggest party but this here you can really feel a more serious tone here especially on the red carpet i want to show you around take a look at what the carpet looks like right now you can see a sea of black that is because many a listers nominees have pledged to wear black tonight in honor of the me too and the times of movement which of course highlights sexual harassment in hollywood many saying that they will no longer tolerate this and not only in hollywood but in all industries across the board people we talk to my hear on the red carpet as they're streaming by said that they fully support this

movement and they also support women in general so yes most people are wearing all black here there are a few exceptions but it is simply taking on a pretty serious tone it'll be interesting to see how the show's host at myer's tackle the issue here given the task of making this show move on having it be lighthearted in fun while at the same time addressing this sea of black that we'll be looking out upon so it'll be a very interesting show here the seventy fifth annual golden globes also want to note that oprah winfrey will be given the cecille b. demille lifetime achievement award that's what's happening here on the red carpet at the beverly hilton. well for the spring the film historian and professor of media and communication it's mary's college in the u.s. daniel smith rousey joins me on skype from buckley in california good to have you with us i mean we know that the sexual harassment issue has been a huge in twenty seventeen but is it really going to overshadow what goes on at the golden globes what sort of take away from the celebration of sort of filmic and

television excellence. i don't think take aware but there are certainly be a bit of a blend certainly both currents are really happening now a lot of the speeches are going to be focused on that or at least bring it up and then they'll go on to state the usual list of suspects but i think i think they can happily co-exist actually we've seen it if you take sexual harassment to one side actors in the entertainment industry have never been fearful about speaking their minds on political issues whether it be for example the vietnam war two wars in iraq even presidential elections dare i say how would you describe the atmosphere in the industry at the moment has it been quite divisive because of these allegations of sexual harassment towards men and women. that's my shouts yes you can come in it's not a problem daniel we're quite happy to have youngsters on the program to. be a part of this. to answer your question yes as

you point out very correctly we would has never been afraid to be outspoken and to jump in there and i really do think that hollywood takes it so seriously in helping to lead what could be a real cultural seachange if it were their money where their sort of mouth is and they set up this legal defense fund for people who are you know a victim's cross all industries i do think i think they're ready to do that i mean or at least a lot of places are a lot of hollywood is i think you're going to see a lot of that i could be wrong but i think it's going to happen right my own little child. that's great in terms of the me two campaign office had a great influence on me across the social spectrum in the us it's certainly not sort of like a one hit wonder is it. i don't think the meet you campaign is going to be a one hit wonder i honestly think two thousand and eighteen is going to be even

more a sort of an expansion of this a lot more shoes are going to drop a lot the whole thing is going to metastasize as i spoke about before on your wonderful program i think you know you're going to see other people who are involved who are writing checks to keep victim silent we're going to have these nondisclosure agreements that are going to kind of fall by the wayside so i honestly if it's up to me to predict i think twenty years way to look like a twelve month version of the last three months and perhaps even more i that's what i predict happening historically we saw a hollywood movie back in one thousand nine hundred two that hit the box office in big terms to see with dustin hoffman where he's in a situation in the media where you know you do see sexual harassment of major television stars hollywood did touch on not subject and it did receive plaudits and oscar wins as well it did yeah and i think that's an interesting movie to bring up i mean it is thirty five years old but it's true that that was a case of a man trying to suddenly see how it's like to be

a woman and to realize that you're somewhat ignored as a woman you know that just sort of put yourself in the shoes and i think more men now are maybe learning the lessons of that movie and learning what it's what it's been like for these women and i don't exclude myself from that i think we might my son but here we have to wear what it's like for you know girls to sort of be marginalized and women to be marginalized and i yeah i think that you know that's that's a reasonable reference or some i think we're going to see a lot of a lot more kind of if you don't mind me saying you woke you know movies coming from hollywood if this year and going forward or see what doesn't and it's been great speaking to you and seeing it such as well daniel thanks so much for joining us from berkeley. thank you very much for having us by. ok let's move on now to egypt where the country has denied pressuring t.v. host to play down the u.s.

president's recognition of jerusalem as the capital of israel the new york times quoted leaked phone recordings obvious senior intelligence officer telling her to play down opposition to donald trump's move now it's been released at the same time an hour oblique meeting was conducted over the creation of a palestinian state report from ramallah in the occupied west bank. one month after donald trump's decision to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel some members of the arab league met in jordan to say no. our goal is to overturn the american decision to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel and to assert that it has no it legal effect. we have specific requests the most important of which is the recognition of the palestinian state with jerusalem as its capital according to the june the fourth nine hundred sixty seven borders many palestinians say that was saturday's meeting in our man was important they were expecting more

a little bit disappointing to go beyond. just stressing this correct position and try to be up to the challenge and take. this to continue. to this very dangerous position of the united states at a time when many in the arab world believe regional leaders aren't doing enough to show solidarity with palestinians egypt's stance is being called further into question by an article in the new york times the newspaper reported that some egyptian t.v. personalities have been pressured to play down opposition to president trump's decision on jerusalem adding that in leaked phone recordings egyptian intelligence officer captain ussher for the holy reportedly told leading t.v. talk show hosts to influence their viewers to support the decision despite condemnation from the government and egyptians nationwide bob beloved. i'm letting you know the position of egypt's national security regarding the issue of declaring

to roost in the capital of israel there have to be compromises if we reach a point where dru slim becomes the capital of israel and ramallah becomes the capital of palestine in order to end the war and avoid more death and we could probably do that but in return the borders have to be secured. egypt state information service denied the report stating that it was inappropriate for the new york times to publish such an allegation and adding that the times report claims that captain ussher for the holy is an officer with the egyptian general intelligence without presenting its readers with the slightest evidence as to the truth of this piece of information or that a person by this name exists in the first place palestinian officials say they believe egypt is continuing to support them but that the us has perhaps intentionally muddied the waters they think that the. united states working. intentionally actually. to try to

create an atmosphere which says that there has been. committed or taken with that approval of certain out of governments these developments have not yet had much of an impact on the ground here the major concern for palestinians is seeking concrete measures to alleviate their suffering . is it or the occupied west bank several religious and political groups facing pressure from the government in pakistan have been holding a demonstration in the northwestern city of bashar it's the second in a series of protests initially organized in the wake of the u.s. decision to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel the groups include behind the rally to martin the organization led by the two thousand and eight mumbai attack suspect half is saying. say that they're ready to go ahead with a plan to bring real hinges back back home but aid agencies on the un of coal the

agreement a farce many of the refugees don't want to return after their homes and possessions were destroyed as charles stratford reports. husband and three children flipped the myanmar military crackdown on the region in late december. she says a boatman demanded seventy dollars for each person before he ferried them across the naff river into bangladesh more than six hundred fifty thousand rangers have fled across the border in recent months rights groups say myanmar's military killed around seven thousand ranger men women and children in the first month off of the crackdown began in late august but the bangladeshi and myanmar government already preparing to offer what they describe as voluntary repacked creation for refugees who want to return to myanmar. like many refugees say she will not go back. no we want to go back not under these circumstances we've been

persecuted in brutalized they took all our possessions our crops and cattle he would rather die here that go back under these circumstances. three petry ation agreement is based on a similar initiative by bangladesh in myanmar after a previous crackdown on the regime in one nine hundred ninety two it involves the myanmar government verifying the identity of refugees who want to return but sales of ranger have never had sufficient identification documents proving their residency. then burma's government stripped them of their citizenship in one thousand nine hundred. nine miles army has destroyed hundreds of range of villages in recent months so the repatriation plan involves putting those returning into temporary camps dealing kluges a role for the un but in what capacity remains unclear. at the present the situation is not good for the battery hundreds of thousands of refugees here are

traumatized psychosocial support. the third coming to baghdad is on daily basis even. the bangladeshi government is estimated to be spending around four million dollars a day to help housing feed the refugees and it's signed off on a separate plan to move around one hundred thousand refugees from the camps to temporary shelters on a coastal island that critics say is highly vulnerable to typhoons western governments including the u.s. say myanmar's government is guilty of ethnic cleansing of the predominantly muslim ranger they ask who can guarantee the security of the refugees like to sleep and her family if they return to myanmar. and how can they go back when their lack of citizenship which is made them so vulnerable to violence and persecution for decades has not changed chance trafford al-jazeera ok the operation is

underway at the scene of a maritime accident in the east china sea thirty two crew members a missing are often oil tanker that collided with a cargo ship off the coast of shanghai the missing sailors are from iran and bangladesh and work for an iranian shipping company rescuers say the twenty one crew of the cargo ship the tanker was carrying about a million barrels of oil products but it's not yet clear how much environmental damage has been caused. chile is due to open its first of all real to the members of them a pitch a indigenous minority killed by the military dictatorship many activists vanished during the one nine hundred seventy s. the remains were never found as there was lots an american editor who said newman reports now from temeka in central chile yet. native mapuche a historian it non-coding need want the world to know to news. the center of this plaza goes through here to the quaid it's a sacred space where only one day

a year the sun rays pass directly from one side to the other. it's here surrounded by seven hundred year old trees the first ever memorial to one hundred seventy one my puja victims of chile's former military dictatorship will soon be formally opened up here. shortly after the one nine hundred seventy three military coup could he needs twenty three year old brother nelson a left wing university student was detained by soldiers and never seen again but he made out of this border in the center of this pause it goes through here to the choir it's a sacred space where only one day a year the sun rays passes directly from one side to the other at a point where war is for nelson quoted family google scholar the soldiers have shot him dead and thrown his body in kabul river to this day only one of the scores who disappeared during that period with her mains were ever found. thousands of

chileans were executed or disappeared during the pinochet dictatorship but the fate of the indigenous my putsch victims has until now received little attention in a country where they have long been discriminated. my dear linda remembers how secret police referred to her father a teacher and a poet as the indian she says they were all vilified for being my plutus. my father was vomiting blood and urinating blood from the beatings he received when they brought him back from prison hours later they took him away again and he disappeared forever we've never been able to accept his death. and the other survivors welcome the opening of the soon to be finished memorial park in the hope that it will help chile see that the map which is we're not just victims of a dictatorship but of a society that never acknowledged their suffering. you see in human are just all. the largest animals on the planet the giant ships are on

a collision course off the coast of america dozens of blue wells were killed every year in shipping lanes off the waters of california prompting scientists to develop a warning system for ships rob rebels has more from santa barbara. the blue whale is an all inspiring creature the largest animal that has ever lived they can weigh one hundred thirty six thousand kilos and stretched thirty three meters from nose to tail me live from eighty to one hundred in ten years but in the santa barbara channel even blue whales are no match for giant cargo ships when ships hit whales whales die there are about eighty endangered whales that are killed every year ago along the coast of north western north america and that's a lot of whales for some of these whales that are quite rare in these populations we really think that that road kill is inhibiting the recovery of slowing down the recovery of these whales commercial whaling reduced blue whales to about one

percent of their original number before killing them was banned by an international agreement in one nine hundred sixty six whales population is increasing worldwide but given their slow reproductive cycle scientists and government officials are concerned about their survival we're at a point now where we have a chance to bring blue whales back from the brink of extinction we need to find the ways to slow ships down along the california coast researchers with the university of california and the buying off ocean initiative are working on a technologically sophisticated new way old warning system and a radio a visual surveillance hydrophones thermal imaging and data crunching all that information comes together to be alert that says hey ships watch out today is a bad day for whales please slow down if the ship's build in two to four hours of their transit to accommodate for slower the slow speed zone to protect the whales then we can achieve what we're trying to without regulation the government agency

responsible has asked shipping companies to voluntarily cut their speed and even offered modest cash rewards for those who will do so but nevertheless ninety percent of all. ships that transit these whale rich waters go full speed ahead in shipping like any other business time is money. but the industry opposes mandatory speed limits. what we would like to see the continuance of voluntary programs in order to collect. and process what's known already is this unless the ships slow down more of these magnificent animals will be.

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welcome back it's time for sports history. thanks very much will we start with a big upset in the english f.a. cup defending champions also will have been knocked out by nottingham forest forest

went to one up in the first half thanks to two goals from american defender eric lic high any hopes of a comeback false and were ended when second tier forest were awarded two penalties in the second half which they converted for two was how it finished and that means that the most successful club in the competition will not get the play for a fourteenth f.a. cup title fourth to newport county can also call themselves giant killers as they condemned second tayside leeds united to the knockout pile with a two one victory no problems though for spurs who beat a.f.c. wimbledon three nil while west ham get a replay with trace bree town. barcelona's new record signing for the putin year has arrived at the nou camp the former liverpool midfielder is the third biggest transfer of all time at one hundred ninety two million dollars he'll finish the season with the spanish side and signed up for another five more after that continue will undergo a medical on monday. in sort of where. i think he will

bring us a lot he is a player that has a very good relationship with the goal but he also knows how to give assists he's a huge player and i hope to help him adapt to the team and i hope of course that he can help us i wish him a lot of luck and if things go well this could be a beautiful relationship could senior missed barcelona's first much back after the spanish league's winter break but it was a winning start to two thousand and eighteen anyway the league leaders beat levant a three nil you know messi scored twelve minutes in it was suarez and sealed the win in the second half and after nine points clear of atletico madrid in the table . so this is how things stand in the league barcelona hold that sizable advantage over atletico real madrid were held by fourteenth place celta vigo to a two troop draw which hasn't really helped them make up their ground on first placed for landsea now nick carious has raised the hope of australian tennis fans one week out from this year's opening grand slam the twenty two year old won his

first tournament on home soil embrace been curious is known for his role talent and his make temperament but you'll strain struck his best form against ryan harrison he be american in straight sets six four six two is curious his first a.t.p. tour title since two thousand and sixteen. coming here and you know i feel good always the thought of you guys ever tell us that you gave me such great support. you know i love playing for you guys even though sometimes it may not seem that way but i do. i well number three caroline version akki was beaten in the final of the a.s.b. classic in new zealand she went down to junior gorgeous who has now extended her winning streak to fourteen matches six four seven six was the score this is the first time in nine attempts that the german has one this title michela shifrin will be one of the stars to beat at the pyongyang lympics the american continued her

incredible season winning her fortieth world cup race on sunday she clinched victory in the women's slalom in slovenia in what was her seventh win in eight races the result that shiffrin level with swedish great in the last denmark for the number of well cup wins before the age of twenty three. now competitors have tackled extreme but beautiful scenery in the second stage of the dakar rally is the forty eighth edition of this annual event and sunday's racing took the call squads bikes and trucks on a two hundred sixty seven kilometer loop it started and finished in the previous city of pisco with some tough sun genes to tackle along the way frenchman several dupré won the stage to take the overall lead in the car category and that's all the sport from a phenomenal later thanks joe i sculptors from around the world having showcasing their talents in a competition in china the harbin ice and snow festival is noted for its colorful and extravagant sculptures which are carved to represent landmarks across the globe

many have also a political message began on saturday and they have until monday to finish their creations and amazing they are that was the news i would miss the whole robert elizabeth purana follows me with a full half hour until then thanks for your time and your company.

this is the architect of. his self-appointed tusks to create sustainable housing for the world. to bring into the museum came to vietnam's been spaces. to convince developers that his dreams are attaining the changing minds can be as good as altering space. continue with greening the city at this time on al-jazeera. when we managed the financial system between one nine hundred forty five and one nine hundred seventy one there was not a single financial crisis anywhere in the world and then in one thousand seven hundred the bank has lobbied and they said no no no we don't need controls you know the market will discipline us banks love to make loans to sufferance why because behind the sovereign a millions of taxpayers we can see reaction to the liberalization of five

just as we saw in the one nine hundred twenty s. and it's going to be updating it already is ugly in many parts of the world where people are saying if my government when took off to my interest then i would look for a strong if he's a fascist i don't care if you promises to secure the stability of my life and my people i will vote for him i think that's where we are heading and i don't think our leaders have the vision to understand that's the threat that we face.