me well four hundred. one. nigeria repatriates hundreds of its citizens from libya al-jazeera has an exclusive.

and welcome to al-jazeera live from my headquarters in doha with the end of the pool on them also ahead. the syrian government targets and beveled hell cities killing people and forcing others to flee the carnage. french president emanuel calling arrives in china for a state visit with trade and security expected to top the agenda as there was a black and red carpet in hollywood for the annual golden globe awards. but five hundred refugees and migrants trying to libya have returned home the government ordered the immediate evacuation of five and a half thousand. off of reports of abuse slavery and torture. traveled with some of them and this is 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 her 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 reference so at nights we decided to run we jumped for his very high friends as minds so we ran the marathon. simulates 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 whites 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 girls as sex slaves but if you just 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 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 nigerian is the nigerian government is preparing for an influx of return e.-s. . the first government repercussion flights to go 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 attempts 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're left with such promise but how to enjoy

a lot of pain indignities of slavery torture and rape yet despite the hardships and dangers thousands more nigerians are sure to attempt a judge in europe and beyond how many trees with nigerian migrants in the skies over libya. meanwhile more than two hundred fifty veggies have a rescued off the coast of libya the coast guard says they were picked up from two boats and taken to port in the capital tripoli one of the vessels had sunk all the other was overcrowded the coast guard also recovered the bodies of two women who drowned survive a say dozens of others a still missing. about to move on to other news now at least twenty five people have been killed in an attack in the syrian city of idlib president assad's forces have been making steady gains in the northwestern province and government forces have also increased astronauts from other rebel held areas including the besieged suburbs of eastern go. to ports the.

the people of the city have become used to silence like this city and civilians yet again caught up inside a war with seemingly no end in sight was activist 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 was fellow temple you'll bashar we will look leave we will die in syria . forces of the assad regime have been making gains in the northwestern 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's 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

stopped in siege tactics in other areas assad forces have also stepped up attacks on eastern gooda these are two of the four deescalation zones agreed upon by syria iran russia and turkey. although there have been fewer attacks on farms 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 and there's a big agreement now between turkey russia and and. iran basically need to be. conflicting zon in. may from the sochi conference and basically the last. place for this union force if the un has declared that for 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. to south korea now with a top nuclear on lawyer and his japanese counterpart commission and soul of meetings being held one day before the first high level talks between north and south korea and more than two here is the rare meeting is expected to focus on north korea's participation in the upcoming one to fix kathy novak has more from seoul. the top nuclear envoys from south korea and japan have been meeting here in seoul head of high level talks between north and south korea now these talks follow a visit from the chinese and voice on friday and according to south korea's news agency yonhap south korea's nuclear envoy is due to visit the united states on wednesday for meetings with his counterpart joseph yun to update him on the outcome

of those injured korean talks there is a lot of hope surrounding the fact that the fact that these talks are going ahead at all of course it has been about two years since the two koreas have had any kind of communication in the focus of those talks is expected to be the patristic participation of north korea in the upcoming winter olympics but of course in the long term there is hope that those talks could lead to more talks about north korea's nuclear program but north korea has shown no signs of being willing to give up its nuclear in missile testing still the fact that these talks are going ahead is to being seen very much as a positive sign here in south korea the president has long been calling for more engagement and more dialogue with north korea so this is being seen as the first important step towards that. french president emanuel has begun his first state

visit to china he started his trip and sharon will tour the city's famous terra cotta warriors ahead of a keynote speech on the future of franco chinese relations it comes at a time of uncertainty over the crisis on the korean peninsula and tension between china europe and the u.s. well let's get more on this visit now our correspondent rob mcbride is joining us live from beijing so what is the french president up to drop. huge the important visit for him but also an important one for china getting to know this relatively new and young world leader the visit as you mentioned there is starting in the home of the terra cotta warriors also symbolically the departure point of the ancient silk road the trade connection between china and the west stand macron in a speech which we hear is due to deliver about now will be playing on the

historical aspect of the franco chinese relationship the fact the france was the first western country to recognize the people's republic of china back in the one nine hundred sixty s. and the french president's traditionally is one of their first things that they do in office is plan a visit to china which obviously he's doing he's also likely to talk about his support for the belton road initiative this is seen as the modern day equivalent of the silk road it is a project that is very close to chinese president xi jinping his heart it's one of his pet projects and so macron obviously is doing well by giving his support to that tomorrow the visit moves to beijing where he has meetings with the chinese leaders and where we can expect to see many of those trade deals which are long awaited being signed elizabeth and is that what i want out of this visit.

that's very much top of his wish list of the trade deals there are very important trading partners china is a big buyer of air bus airliner jets france and china collaborate on nuclear power projects so we could expect further announcements on that and also france does have a trade deficit with china or it will be looking to try to redress some of that with greater access but as you mentioned there the security will also be on the agenda both china. and france are permanent members of the u.n. security council they'll be talks about conflicts in the middle east but more closer to home obviously the ongoing crisis with north korea ways in which china and france maybe can dial back some of the rhetoric that's been going on between the united states and north korea and just finally a macro will be looking to try to further their efforts on the environment especially since the united states pulled out of the paris climate accord china as

the world's biggest carbon producer is obviously very important to that and so france will be looking to try to get china's further commitment that it is still interested in the environment is still committed to the parasite called for the life back you very much for that for now that's rob mcbride with the latest from beijing thank you. and ahead on the bulletin making amends for the trouble strategist steve bannon backs away from explosive comments made about the u.s. president and with a bad image question on course for a fourth term as president we'll examine why russian politics is still a one man show. we've got some rain in the forecast for parts of the middle east over the next couple of

a little bit of clout there into those northern areas just pushing across the parts of iraq into iran easing over towards the higher ground little bit of cloud to up was the far north never slide its way down towards the caspian sea as we go on through monday by monday notice a chance of some showers longest balls of rain into iran maybe a little bit of snow over the high ground further west well by roots of about eighteen celsius in the sunshine there will be the case over the next couple of days by choose day that wetter weather also affecting georgia armenia just making. white out across the eastern side of the black sea and it will continue to sink a little further south was said kuwait city should be drying up brightening up temperatures around twenty celsius touch woman that's across the robin peninsula and that is that area clabbered talking about stretching across around what may well be a few spots of rain even here in cotton just around the gulf expect to see somewhat weather an old links back to this rather thick a cloud that we do have just around the southern end of the red sea so plenty of cloud affecting madagascar plenty of right that will continue to bring some very

heavy downpours across that eastern side of the country and i will be the case as you go on through tuesday some showers today for the eastern cape. june nine hundred sixty seven sixty's they redrew the map of the middle east just my record as victoria of the israeli army ended war with the greatest tragedy in the history of islam fifty years later al-jazeera expose the events leading to the war and its consequences which is still felt today we tried everything we went to the united nations and tried mediation contacts three different countries and it was clear that all this was to do if the rule in june at this time.

good to have you with us on al jazeera these are our top stories about five hundred refugees and migrants stranded in libya have returned the nigerian government to one of the immediate evacuation of five and a half thousand of its citizens from libya after reports of abuse slavery and torture a car bomb has killed twenty five people in the syrian city of one of the last rebel strongholds there are reports that a rebel headquarters was the target but it's still unclear who was behind the attack and south korea. and his japanese counterpart are meeting in seoul meetings being held one day before the first high level talks between korea two here is. now steve banned in the 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 chief strategist says his support for the president is unwavering trump continues to criticize the book written by journalist michael wolff mike hanna has more. 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 of 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. monkey in another tweet i've had to put up with the fake news from the first day i announced 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 to trouble if i left out anything is probably stuff that was even more damning it's that it's this s. that bad i mean it's it's an extraordinary moment in time and the last the last several days focused on on my book i think our are our 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 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. now these have the fifth annual golden globe awards have wrapped up in beverly hills for the ceremony had a more somber tone the c.-a after widespread accusations of sexual misconduct in the entertainment industry in two thousand and seventeen many on the red carpet in black as part of the hash tag me to movement which highlights the issue of sexual harassment and equality. damming up together we're drawing a big black mark on the tree yesterday and tomorrow the way things used to be the

way business used to be done not going to be that way let's get more on this now we're joined by stephanie ten stanton she is live for us in beverly hills so a very different golden globes the sea of stephanie did it fail to you did it feel like a sort of a sea change in the industry. absolutely elizabeth you could definitely feel and see change going on just really live in real time not only did we see these a listers wear black on the carpet as they said they would but then we also saw it translate into the show it sounds and many of the speeches a lot of women stood up they paid homage to the women who came before them those that spoke out about the sexual inequality sexual harassment in hollywood they vowed to continue this movement and you could really feel that their hope now is to increase the number of female directors producers not just in front of the camera

but putting more women in positions of power and empowering women so it was really an incredible sight to see and you could really feel that change in motion and away from those very serious issues the golden globes are schools one of the biggest nights in the entertainment n'est industry and we could hear the sound of nations behind you who are people celebrating who are the big winners the fia. now while i am actually at one of the after parties this is the n.b.c. after party and now we're kind of keeping our eyes out for it and the liberties that we're trying to do some celebrity spotting but let's talk about the big winners we saw them the awards handed out at the end of course best drama it was presented by barbra streisand it went to three billboards outside adding missouri that song of that movie rather a bit of a surprise during this awards show not only did it win for best drama also best actress went to star princess mcdormand and then we saw the best supporting actor

go to sam rockwell among others so that film walking away a big winner we also saw on the t.v. side a big little lives it was nominated for four categories it did a clean sweep winning all four of those categories including best actress for nicole kidman best actor best supporting actress for laura dern and best supporting actor for alexander stars guard and again when we saw those women those powerful women in hollywood give their speeches they gave a shout out and paid homage to the women who spoke out against sexual harassment and they also vowed to continue this sea change that we're seeing in hollywood so really just an incredibly powerful night stephanie thank you very much for that stephanie stanton joining us live from beverly hills thank you thank you so much. to russia now that it is expected to win another six years in power when russians

go to the polls and macho the country has a touchy manage electoral system candidates a carefully screened and few surprises are expected and when everything is laid out according to plan it's a difficult to generate much excitement when the latest of ossie reason looking ahead to the bad stories of the cea rory chalons reports from moscow. the exhibition is called super putin thirty artists presenting vladimir putin various heroic depictions it opened at a moscow gallery on the 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. 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's most publicly vocal critic is being barred from running against him alexina valley has called for nationwide protests in response to the. 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 and cross the entire country on sunday january twenty eighth less threatening to russia's carefully constructed political order is cassini a 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 st pres are a lot 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 my violin is dangerous for this very stable construction

a stable model for the political system. check who's the new figure 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. it's 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 gremlin the electorate doesn't seem enthused recently honey fifty eight percent polled russians said they were thinking of voting for 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 you do is ready to vanquish russia's external enemies has 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 digital mysie it needs to support an aging political system chalons zero. and another country going to the polls in two thousand and eighteen as cambodia and in our next feature and the three ways the bride looks at the concerns of its electoral system following a crackdown on political parties you can see that here on al-jazeera on tuesday. yemen's healthy rebels have shot down a saudi coalition plane the saudi air force says the plane crash in the province was the result of a technical failure it also says the two pilots survived the crash and have been rescued. israel has published a list of activist groups bad from entering the country twenty organizations have

been blocked over their calls to boycott divest and sanction the jewish state for its policies towards palestinians european the u.s. and south african groups on the blacklist that includes the palestine solidarity campaign and american muslims for palestine. well joyce dooley is general secretary of the american friends service committee one of the groups on the list and 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're we're very resilient organ organizations i think i could speak on a festes behalf and 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 are working on humanitarian. injustice on economic injustice has spanned decades and so in the united states if a sees well regarded as an organization that is credible does bold and courageous work stands for injustice regardless of who is affecting you know the organization has helped not only the jews escape from germany but it's also. today against apartheid the apartheid system in south africa it's held the have slaves escaped during the most and. in the united states and so this is. not.

new to our work this is intrinsic to our work and so we are known for our work from building 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 un's agency for palestinian refugees has stopped short of insisting on an immediate end to u.s. funding for palestinians it follows a threat from the u.s. president to stop supporting the u.n. through relief and works agency i'm going to. 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 trying to the narrative of the so-called right to return in a bid to eliminate the state of israel therefore overwatch a pass from the world the u.s. navy has joined the search for thirty two crew members missing from an iranian oil tanker after it collided with a freighter in the east china sea the tank is said to be on fire off the coast of

shanghai and concerns are growing that it could explode and sink it was carrying about a million barrels of oil products the environmental damage is still unclear rescuers say the twenty one crew off the cargo ship after the accident late on saturday. now i sculptors from around the world have been showcasing their talents in a competition in china they have an ice and snow festival is known for its color and extravagant sculptures who are to carve to represent landmarks from around the world many also have a political message and began on saturday and they have until monday to finish their creations. and again on there's a problem and the headlines on al-jazeera about five hundred refugees and migrants stranded in libya have returned home and the nigerian government ordered the

immediate evacuation of five and a half thousand of its citizens from the after reports of abuse slavery and torture but al jazeera traveled with some of them. most of the migrants and. it's a mixed feeling blast and disappointment. over the past years they look to such promise but hard to draw a lot of good news of slavery torture and rape to describe the hardships and dangers thousands more nigerians are sure to attempt to judge in europe. meanwhile more than two hundred fifty refugees have been rescued off the coast of libya the coast guard said they were picked up from two boats and taken to port in the capital tripoli the coast guard also recovered the bodies of two women who drowned in a car bomb has killed twenty five people in the syrian city of one of the last rebel strongholds there are reports that a rebel headquarters was the target but it's still unclear who was behind the

attack south korea's top nuclear envoy and his japanese counterpart are meeting in sulphur meetings being held one day before the first high level talks between north and south korea in more than two years. french president emanuel has begun his first state visit to china. these are live pictures from china he started his trip in shan with a tour of the city's famous terra cotta warriors and is currently making his keynote address on the future of franco chinese relations his visit comes at a time of uncertainty over the crisis on the korean peninsula and tension between china europe and the us. now the film three billboards has swept the annual golden globes taking out for awards including best drama the ceremony had a more somber tone this year though after widespread accusations of sexual misconduct in the entertainment industry last year many on the red carpet all black

as part of the me too movement. as the headlines on al-jazeera but do stay with us one on one east is next. june nine hundred sixty seventy six days that redrew the map of the middle east just record as. me and it was for the good to study of the history of his last fifty years later al-jazeera expose the events leading to the war and its consequences which are still felt today we tried to run to the united nations and try to make. contacts through different countries and it was clear that all of this was to know if the war in june at this time.

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