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recounting the horrors hundreds of nigerian migrants are brought home from libya where many say they were sold into slavery al jazeera has this exclusive report. one of the last rebel stronghold in syria is attacked by government warplanes as its troops retake territory in italy province. the main challenger to egypt's president abdul fattah el-sisi pulls out of the race amid reports that he may have been forced. and find out why they're all wearing black on the red carpet for the annual golden globe awards. the first thousands of nigerians every year leave home and try to make their way to europe in search of a better life but once they get to libya which is the main transit point from the

african continent to europe many of them find themselves trapped soldiers slaves tortured and abused but now the nigerian government has stepped in flying five hundred of the forty thousand or so migrant stranded in libya back home our correspondent armitage dresses traveling with 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 school with promises of a life of opportunity and comfort nothing prepared them for what followed. 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 on two thousand five hundred dollars. last week she and her friend saw a chance to escape from their bio and they took. her to guest reference so at

nights we decided to run with jones for his very high friends as nights so we ran. around. 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 white people people the much treated me dig didn't give me my salary even seized my passport says everything about me it would be people dad brought me he had been admitted 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 officials 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 but 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 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

returning. the first government report christian 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 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 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 i sure like to attempt a judge in europe and beyond how many trees with nigerian migrants in the skies of in the. meanwhile off the case of libya two women are drowned and dozens more are missing and more than two hundred fifty people were rescued from two separate boats and one of those that sank as it tried to cross the mediterranean the other was

badly of a crowded almost three thousand migrants are believed to have drowned in the mediterranean last year. in syria government and russian jets have been bombarding opposition targets in the last rebel stronghold of the in the country at least twenty four civilians have been killed in the latest airstrikes throughout the province of idlib the air offensive is backing up ground troops who have recaptured strategically important places like harassed the fighting has forced thousands of civilians to flee to also border with turkey in freezing when winter temperatures and on sunday a car bomb in a city killed at least twenty five people activists say the attack was targeting the headquarters of one of the opposition groups where osama bin jeffery interpose the. the people of the city have become used to silence like this syrian

civilians yet again caught up inside a war with seemingly no end in sight the target one of the many rebel factions who control parts of it although no one claimed responsibility some pointed the finger at the assad government was fellow bashar we would leave we will die in syria. 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 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 assad forces have also stepped up attacks on

eastern good visa two of the four deescalation zones agreed upon by syria iran russia and turkey. although there have been fewer attacks on farms and twenty three which are the other areas under the deal but the bombings never stopped completely . more than four hundred thousand people are besieged in the eastern border alone it was expected and there's a big agreement now between thirty russia and and. iran recently need to be. conflicting zon in. may from the sochi conference and basically the last. place for this union force fifty the un has declared that front civilians face a complete catastrophe because the assad government has paid deliveries in besieged areas. and as the guarantors of the deescalation deal get ready to meet in the

russian city of softly later this month syrian civilians continue to suffer. all right let's move on kabul and now he is director of policy analysis is it you and mo on these scenes that we're witnessing particularly in italy province over reminder that the war the fighting is far from over in syria. absolutely right. i think right now what the russians are trying to do actually is to put maximum pressure on the opposition and be of almost last stronghold in italy in order to. force them to participate in the sushi in the sushi conference this is on one hand on the other hand we have been seeing escalation over the past few days actually in different regions are around different parts of syria fact and one of them was actually on the eve of the new year when the russian military airbase in me me me

was actually under attack by the opposition and the russians there lost more than seven warplanes on the ground they have been destroyed by opposition file that actually drove the russians crazy about the whole issue but it's mainly about putting pressure on the opposition in order to force them to participate in sochi greater part of the opposition is actually very reluctant to go to sushi because they believe that suchi is not the police that the syrian constitution the syrian elections should be discussed all these things should be discussed in geneva and they don't want to actually switch in order to replace geneva because they they fear that the russians will put pressure on the opposition in order to give more concessions even on the political solution and on top of them this is why i believe russia is trying to humiliate even the opposition up right now there are trying actually to tell them forget about the departure of bashar assad to focus now on

the things that we want to actually to focus on to talk about the constitution elections and. not in damascus not in geneva not anywhere else the opposition in syria perhaps the most significant failing of it has been its disunity isn't it absolutely and as we see also in this massive what appears to be a car bomb killing around twenty five people is an indication isn't it of so many different groups there are with different priorities and allegiances that's very true and this has been the problem from the very beginning within the syria within the sunni or positions. what kills in my opinion the syrian opposition is this regionalism and their says that every day every quarter of a city every street perhaps has its own faction that that was and those people actually it was very difficult from the very beginning to bring them together unite them and got one and when when when that was possible many times actually fought in bad clans supporters of the syrian opposition has not really very helpful in

bringing them together so i think they contributed to the division of the opposition i'm talking about the foreign backers of the opposition contributing to the disunity the fraction and the division of the opposition more than actually they have contributed to their unity. thank you very much indeed. the seven month long blockade of catarrh is being discussed at a two day summit taking place in kuwait addressing the parliamentary meeting of the gulf cooperation council the g.c.c. the emir of kuwait urged nations to settle their differences or face many challenges in the future. said there has been some progress to settle the dispute but didn't say exactly what saudi arabia the u.s. egypt and bahrain all cut diplomatic ties with katter. what we have in common is we will never be affected by dispute we see it as

a temporary however long it takes every one of us understands the deteriorating circumstances around us which represent a challenge to us all will understand the problems facing the g.c.c. and these problems require more meetings and consultations on all levels we will never be able to face these challenges individually. meanwhile u.n. investigation into the blockade has found that the g.c.c. crisis is negatively impacting the people of catherine the national human rights committee here in doha says the report shows the blockade is illegal. this report shows without a doubt that these procedures undertaking by the blockading countries are not to me a diplomatic severing of relations they are not just an economic boycott these a unilateral abusive up a tree measures that are impacting citizens and ex-pats in qatar all right let's go to our correspondent now mohammed values there at that conference that's being held

in a mohammed remind us then all of the material impact of this blockade now in its seventh seventh month all of the people of. yes martin the material effect and impact of this blockade has been broadly an eatery today and mentioned in the report by the un human rights commission this mission that has been sent to qatar in november and spent two weeks here let me know if i hear that they have been denied access to saudi arabia and kuwait saudi arabia bahrain and and and the united arab emirates so they came only to qatar but collected a lot of material and this is the makes the content of this report today that we have just been listening to the human rights commission here the qatari rights commission has explained that it has this report has mentioned all the impact it

has affected me disobedience other than the qataris the report says that these sanctions imposed by the blockade in countries have not distinguished between the qatari government and the normal citizens and it has not only impacted the qataris because of those who lost their businesses and their property their money there and they haven't been able to get in touch with their relatives in the blockaded countries but also has impacted even citizens of other the blockaded countries themselves those of them who have been living here in qatar those who have lost their ability to continue their education talking about students here those who have been denied to go to the religious sites and also the report has mentioned the violations in terms of the freedom of speech but as to actions that have been imposed the call to close our dizzy and the punishment that has been announced in the united arab emirates and other countries against people who criticize the blockade or talk in favor of qatar on their mobile phones s.m.s. messages or everything like this so they report it has actually included quite

a lot of points even though it's the qatari commission today has said that i mean it has not given all the details about the number of people affected and the number of peace. been denied for instance religious rights go to the hard done for the qataris this is an official the first official confirmation by the un one of the major you one is to sions of what qatar has been reiterated during the last seven months so for them it is considered a kind of victory for human rights victory for those people the citizens who have been affected and the commission here today have has called on the qatari government to take into consideration this report to factor it into any future negotiations and even to abstain from negotiating with the other countries the blockade of countries until be recommendations included in the support has been heeded and complied with by the blockade in countries mohammed val thank you very much. we've got

a lot of come on this al-jazeera news hour including the french president arrives in china for a state visit trade and security expected to top the agenda making amends former trump strategist seed ban and back from explosive comments made about the u.s. president and in sports competitors tackle the extreme sun jeans of peru in the running. egypt's former prime minister ahmed shafik has ruled himself out of run out of the running for the upcoming presidential election he said in november that he intended to run later this year but he's now pulled out of contention saying he's not the perfect person to lead state affairs now that was said by twitter now according to the new york times shafique could have been influenced by the government to

withdraw from the race one of your fixed lawyers reportedly said the government had threatened to investigate old corruption charges if shafiq remained in the race the lawyers claim is consistent with audio recording. was reportedly obtained by the new york times the newspaper says an egyptian intelligence officer was heard warning a t.v. presenter against criticizing shafique on his show because the government was quote still in talks with him now sheikh was seen as the most serious challenger to president abdul fattah el-sisi who has yet to announce his candidacy but is widely expected to run two other candidates have entered the twenty eight presidential race but both could be ruled in eligible to run if they're found guilty on charges that they say are politically motivated a lot to get through then abdullah al ahly on is assistant professor of history at georgetown university here in qatar and he'll help us unpack this thank you very much indeed for coming in first of all tell us about ahmed shafik and how

surprising it is that his decision not to run in this in this election later on this year has been posted on twitter in a very very abrupt sentence well i think it certainly speaks to the. uncertainty that's been surrounding the egyptian regime for some time in terms of where it's finding its alliances politically when we look at someone like ahmad shafi for instance this is someone who course is part of the mubarak era. around which of course the revolution erupted in two thousand and eleven armature feet was longstanding minister under mubarak eventually he became the prime minister and then he decided to break with mubarak and eventually ran in the two thousand and twelve election which of course was the only open free election that egypt has ever had he ran against mohamed morsi from the muslim brotherhood it was extremely close race but the interesting thing about trophy at the time was that he was running on a counter-revolutionary platform which meant that he said he would crush the revolution he would return to order and stability that defined the mubarak era when he lost the election he retreated to the united arab emirates where he's been

essentially in hiding for the last several years he was watched as the coup and folded there that brought sisi to power in egypt and since then he's been a sort of card in the back pocket of the. gulf states that is the saudi's and moralities have been hoping to use at some point in the future as a possible alternative to c.c. at the same time he had developed his own ambitions and so when he made that announcement in november it didn't come at the wishes of his host and so now we're seeing the results of that that explains and if what you say is right that explains why he's been in residence in the us and was apparently deported from the u.a.e. back to egypt well that was as a consequence of his announcement that he wanted to challenge sisi in the upcoming elections that wasn't something that he took any kind of let's say permission for it as a result of course he had kind of overstayed his welcome he was forced to return back to egypt where he kind of face the consequences of this open challenge to seize his authority and r.c.c.

of course had the choice of allowing a kind of a semi open election that would have at least given him the veneer of legitimacy which he's been long seeking but i think it speaks volumes the fact that sisi doesn't even want. to have this kind of appearance of multiple candidates and it speaks to how weak and shaky his his claims to legitimacy are and ok so ahmed shafiq seems to be out of the running we haven't yet heard confirmation from sisi himself that he will contend but it's a foregone conclusion is it that he will take right and i think this is this is you know straight from the authoritarian playbook they usually don't make these announcements until they absolutely have to they keep people guessing in alternately they try to at least give this appearance that perhaps there there will be some hope that there could be some kind of an open a contest but as we've seen especially with the intimidation of many other candidates not just a few but many others who've put their name in the ring people who have absolutely no chance of winning but even the fact that they've been suppressed and silenced i think speaks to the fact that this is not going to be anything resembling an actual

election abdullah thank you very much. body of a crew member has been recovered aboard the iranian all of it collided with a cargo ship in the east china sea the other thirty one members on board are still unaccounted for there are fears that it could lead to an environmental disaster off the coast of shanghai as a tanker continues to leak oil two days on from the collision chinese state media is reporting the vessel is in danger of exploding and sinking it was carrying about a million barrels of oil products rescue a save the twenty one korean members of the cargo ship. in just a few hours from now north and south korea will hold their first high level talks in more than two years the rare gathering is expected to focus on the north participation in next month's winter olympics taking place in south korea but while

the talks are being greeted enthusiastically by saw many remain cautious they will lead to any real progress florence louis reports from the south korean capital. this was the last formal face to face meeting between north and south korean officials in december two thousand and fifteen the two sides discussed reunions of families separated by the korean war and economic cooperation. that is make a good start and open the great path to reunification. despite the initial optimism the talks broke down and in the two years since north korea has fired more than fourteen missiles and conducted three nuclear tests to escalating tensions on the korean peninsula but at the start of this year north korean leader kim jong il unexpectedly proposed dialogue with the south and. the focus of the discussions due to take place on tuesday at the truce village of panmunjom will be on north korea's participation in the two thousand and eight winter olympics in south korea next

month and on improving into korean ties. the last time north korean athletes visited the south was for the asian games in two thousand and fourteen. sporting events have been useful in providing diplomatic openings between the two koreas but ultimately led nowhere and some analysts are skeptical of north korea's true intentions this time. because of the effectiveness of the economic sanctions you know suddenly fires the value of south korea as an alternative source of financial relief and using the pension on the korean peninsula as punishment for its nuclear weapons testing north korea has been subjected to increasingly tighter sanctions including one that effectively slashes its petrol imports by ninety percent but kim has vowed to continue with his country's nuclear program calling for the mass production and deployment of nuclear warheads and missiles alternately there is no

guarantee that a north korea's peace often sort of will continue northward north korea can easily make a change of attitude after the end of the winter olympic games south korean officials are aware of that and president in his caution against expecting too much from the upcoming talks but engagement with north korea remains the best option to easing tensions on the korean peninsula lawrence living al-jazeera so. steve bannon the main source for the controversial behind the scenes book on donald trump's white house is now apparently trying to make amends with the u.s. president the former chief strategist says his support is unwavering meanwhile president trump continues to criticize the book written by michael wolff mike hanna reports. 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 float 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 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 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 it parent intent to demonstrate that between the

flow of irate tweets there was some governance done mike hanna al-jazeera washington. in just a few moments steph will have all the weather i'd also coming up in this hour jazeera news. russia's one man show vladimir putin on calls to win a fourth term as we look ahead to the biggest stories of twenty eighty plus like you love. the war because mark. find out how something so childish and such a big impact on the lives of detroit's three. and one of the n.b.a.'s most famous t.v. finally ends a long standing history that's here on ars we'll tell you how they did it install. a nice pink sky and spy the taj mahal. or is the sunsets in the city of angels.

hello there it was certainly hard to in sydney on sundays temperatures in some parts of the city made it to forty seven point three degrees and what do you do if it's quite that hot and if you're in the hottest city on earth we head down to the beach course if you're me i think i'd probably head to the fridge but i jest of course it is cooler by the beach we were at least five degrees cooler than the hottest part of the city so sensible thing to do temperatures have gladly foreland for today that it's all thanks to this area of cloud hits working its way down towards the southeast and as it's done so it's also brought in a fair amount of cloud a change in the wind direction and a lot of thunderstorms as well and some of those a pretty violence at the moment there rumbling their way across parts of it toria new south wales and sydney is now seeing those thunderstorms as well so i think that definitely change for the better for us in sydney but while things are changing their elsewhere they're beginning to hot up and that's in the northwest you see lots of cloud over the top and as you normally do at this time of year

that's now beginning to pull itself together and it looks like they could well be a cycling developing here as we head through the next day or so so. we look at the forecast then if we had to choose that into wednesday you can see that system gradually working its way there giving us some heavy rain and these systems in the northwest can be very intense like the recent storm hilda the borders four hundred twenty nine millimeters of rain in only two days. the weather sponsored by cats on a race. unbelievable it sounds like an agreement between criminal bosses it's like trading in stolen goods that have been taken by the place if anyone ever comes to ask the question then sort of throw their hands up in the air and say i don't know i was just nominee director we're doing a investigation into. ukraine could you pay bribes you've been corrupt and are being corrupt i did just what the president say al-jazeera investigations the only go at this time. discover

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been stranded in libya have returned home the government has ordered the immediate repatriation of around five and a half thousand of its citizens from libya after reports of abuse slavery and torture at least twelve civilians have been killed in government and russian airstrikes in one of the last rebel strongholds in syria this comes as government forces have broken a siege on a key military base east of damascus in the town of herat. a un human rights office investigation into the crisis has found the blockade of kassa has negatively impacted the people it says measures taken by the four arab countries against our discriminatory cattles human rights committee says the findings are proof the blockade is illegal. no manual mccrone has endorsed to beijing's a belt and road initiative in his first visit to china as french president

president called for the e.u. and china to work together on president xi jinping a trillion dollar project to connect asia and europe by road rail and c. but he said the projects benefits must be shared president also pledged to visit china every year for the duration of his presidency mcbride has more from beijing. president macron has begun his visit in the ancient city of scheana home of the terra cotta warriors but also more symbolically it's one of the departure points for the ancient silk road to trade routes connecting china with the west and macron is keen to play up to the historic nature of the franco chinese relationship and in a wide ranging speech he went into the details of how france can continue to work with china on the world stage in a number of different areas and specifically in the development of africa china was

reminded about france's long relationship through the colonial period with a number of countries in africa macron compared that with china's interests now china of course has been building up relationships with a number of different african countries investing heavily in a lot of infrastructure projects they're reminded is hosts about the responsibilities that comes with that you cannot simply build something can walk away from it pledging to work with the chinese to tackle things like corruption in africa basically having the message that china should not make the same mistakes as us this isn't a good it is economy. we need to improve development education health and the economy in africa by working together we can change the world for africa the trip continues after she and to beijing where much of the deals related to this trip the

trade agreements will be signed china is a big buyer of air bus passenger jets we're expecting to see more deals there and also further collaboration on nuclear power projects will also be looking to try to redress the trade imbalance trying to give french exports as more access to the china market security will. so play a big part and will be discussed in particular the north korean crisis finally macron will want to take away from here a guarantee that china is the biggest carbon emitter in the world is still committed to the paris climate agreement signed just two years ago but still reeling from the united states walking away from it all right let's speak to victor gao now he's director of china national association of international studies and he's joining us live from beijing it seems very much in the opening stages of this

visit from president mccrum the president she has got what he wanted he wanted a u. approval didn't he for the belgium road initiative which is already got yes indeed the one belt one rolled initiative is not only important to china but to almost one hundred countries in the world including many countries in europe including france and i think president micron is doing the right thing to endorse the one belled world rolled initiative was again on behalf of the french government and hopefully china and france and all the other almost one hundred countries can join hands in promoting this a major infrastructure project and enable all the parties if the country is to benefit from this one world initiative and in the past china perhaps directed it. its attentions if you like through the u.k. for access to the e.u.

can we say now obviously with the brics britain coming out of the e.u. that france is taking over the mantle france has to be the conduit if you like between beijing and europe. i disagree a little bit of outs about the. premise of your question i think that traditionally china has attached a lot of importance not only to u.k. but also to france and germany in europe and china french relations have always been very important both in terms of trade economic relations problem also in terms of political relations the two countries share actually many similar views on international relations paul france and china are permanent member states of the security council of the united nations and the two countries have been cordy to lead positions are many important international issues for years and i hope

with the brics it happening as we speak china french relations will remain very strong arm and will take on new time mentions going forward because france and germany for example remain the two most important e.u. member states as far as china is concerned and it seems very much as a europe and while at least front of president would like to join in the chinese project in terms of its expansion in africa is that something that beijing would be willing to contemplate. oh yes indeed i think china has been a major investor in africa for several decades and has been leading the international effort in building up a capacity is for many african countries it is also true that france still

keeps a lot of influence in many french speaking countries in particular and i think in these countries china and france can really team up together and we can work together to ensure that the recipient countries can benefit in the matzoh been away from the capital investment from china but also from the better knowledge about the local conditions about the culture that france has accumulated over many many decades so this is a win win situation for both china and france but also more importantly it is a wee wee wee in situ issue for the recipient african countries themselves all right victor gao thank you very much indeed there one student has died in protests in sudan over the price of bread police arrested a prominent opposition leader and confiscated newspapers in

a bid to clamp down on the armrest demonstrations began in the southeastern city of sanaa on saturday after great prices there doubled the price of bread rose after the government eliminated subsidies it is twenty eight. putin is expected to stay in office for another six years after the presidential election in march but russia's tightly managed political system has failed to create excitement with many people saying they just won't bother to vote in the latest of a series looking ahead to the big stories of this year rory challenge reports from moscow. the exhibition is called super putin thirty artists presenting vladimir putin various heroic depictions it opened at a moscow gallery home 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 for. 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 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 and cross the entire country on sunday january twenty eighth less threatening to russia's carefully constructed political order is cassini a sub track 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 of position 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 at the same time to discredit. liberalized years because she was 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 are provided any genuine opposition to the policies of the government or gremlin the electorate doesn't seem enthused recently honey fifty eight percent of 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 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 legitimacy it needs to support an aging political system chalons al-jazeera moscow. here on the. net will tell us about an african school that combines black magic and wrestling.

that was just over four years ago that became the biggest city in american history to fall for bankruptcy but today it's undergoing something of a renee songs as it experiments with finding a solution to its housing crisis. detroit is a city of many ironies the streets of the motor city are largely empty what was once the fourth largest city in the u.s. could fit boston san francisco and manhattan into its footprint but no longer makes the top twenty in population and since more than half of its two million residents

fled after the one nine hundred fifty s. it is a city of both thousands of abandoned homes and an epic level of homelessness but a faith based charity here has a small solution to one of detroit's biggest problems tiny houses a reverend fittingly named faith has written the book on them if you could leave your children the way my parents left to me the sky's the limit i mean you really could become middle class if that's the happily ever after that long right now in august detroit's cass foundation built the first seven homes from bungalows to frank lloyd wright style to tutors that low income buyers can pay off at a rate of two hundred fifty to four hundred dollars a month in just seven years for keith who spent twelve years in prison home means a fresh start and. twenty more tiny homes like his are going up here this year across the u.s.

homelessness is concentrated in areas like detroit but now there's a movement with cities from san francisco to new york building tiny homes like these to give a little piece of the american dream to many who have stopped dreaming since motown came roaring out of bankruptcy downtown glitters and rents are high but here and across the u.s. homeownership is at a fifty year low detroit doesn't have. a housing shortage problem. so far diminutive. play only a small role. in solving a colossal problem i'm able to come here would a key and close the door of madness stays out here but for those now living in close quarters all the room it's a big deal john hendren detroit. arises talk of

a small she's now his sassy armor thank you very much martine there's been a huge upset in the third round of the english f.a. cup as defending champions also were knocked out by nottingham forest on sunday far as went to one up in the first half thanks to two goals from american defender eric arsenal's hopes of a comeback with dashed when forests were awarded two penalties in the second half which they converted for two with how it finished and that means that the most successful club in the competition will not get to play for a fourteenth f.a. cup title. people county can also call themselves giant killers they produced a stunning two one upset victory over a second tier team leeds united there were no problems for tottenham though they beat a.f.c. wimbledon three nil west ham and shrewsbury time to replay that ties. brazilian midfielder felipe catena has arrived in barcelona off to his one hundred ninety two million dollar transfer from liverpool boss as a transfer as also the third biggest transfer of all time he arrived at the nou

camp on a five and a half year deal getting it will be unveiled to the fans after undergoing a medical on monday. yes we're going to 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. between i wasn't part of bothell own a team for their first match back after the spanish league's winter break he would have liked what he saw though as boss of the levant a three nil you know messi scored his three hundred sixty fifth the league a goal to equal german grade gedmin as record four goals scored in the top five european league there with suarez and paulino also scored so this is how things stand in the league cup also known as that nine points clear at the top of the

table around the dead were held to a draw by fourteenth play celta vigo which doesn't really help them narrow that gap on third place to violence. where the current n.b.a. season is certainly not been one to remember for l.a. lakers fans so far but that was something to cheer for on sunday at long last the lakers recorders only that twelfth when if the season and a doing so they snapped a nine game losing streak london england scored twenty points and seven assists as the lakers overcame the atlanta hawks one hundred thirty two to one hundred thirteen that's still bottom of the standing in the western conference. there are just eight teams remaining in the race to reach next month's super bowl in the n.f.l. sunday saw the completion of what they call wild card weekend with four sudden death games over two days on sunday the jacksonville jaguars won their first playoff game since two thousand and eight they beat the buffalo bills ten to three in the if a playoff and in the end of the division the carolina panthers were beaten thirty

one to twenty six by the new orleans saints tennessee and atlanta went through from saturday's games. for more straightly an open champion victoria azarenka has withdrawn from this year's event in melbourne the tournament starts in a week's time but the two time champion and form a wild number one won't take part she's continuing a legal battle over the custody of her son she's been given a wild card to can pay but she pulled out on monday the belorussian hasn't played since wimbledon in two thousand and seventeen. now after a second stage of extreme but beautiful scenery at the dakar rally france's serial dupré is the new overall leader in the car category it's the fortieth edition of this annual event and sunday's racing took the cars at quad bikes and trucks on a two hundred sixty seven coleman salute is started and finished in the peruvian city of pisco with some tough sounding to tackle along the way to pray one the

stage to take the overall lead in the car category ahead of stefan pet a handful former chelsea football manager andre villas boas is also competing in this race he is in forty fourth position overall. australia have completed a resoundingly four nil ashes cricket series beating of england on the fifth morning of the final test in sydney england's started on ninety three for four they would be all out for just one hundred eighty losing by an innings and one hundred twenty three runs cummings took four wickets just as they did in the first innings and just looking at the series is a whole i think england had their foot in the door in most his matches we just won the caymans in the games which were really crucial and didn't allow england back into the game which was you know what we needed to do and i'm really pleased that we were to do that. there's a lot of guys in the dressing room all the guys in the ocean who think. i'm sure that it is which i am and it does that that feeling you get should my in time

determine to try and win the ashes back in two thousand and ninety now one wrestling feature that the olympic games in asia as part of a national identity the african countries top competitors have been facing off for the ultimate prize ellie's home and ripples the third in asia second largest cities into an event that is as much about culture and pride as it is competition this is the national championships of traditional wrestling held once every year was a team's representing each of nation as a provinces have come together to compete in front of thousands of fans for the good stuff this traditional sport dates back to harvesting seasons in villages used to fight after collecting their crops with the arrival of the military council in one nine hundred seventy five he thought the wrestling would be the sport that brings all the youths together in a national competition was introduced. to fifteen wrestlers are helped by their

coaches and for some this sorcerer is the role of the sorceress is to write a play spells will never slows and perform rituals prior to each fight but different competitors have their right their ease on how to best achieve success was the sport requires physical strength good training and a mexican cleric some luck is needed to so this was some wrestlers rely on sorcerers who resort to black magic engine but we rely totally on the holy koran which is allies of worldly secrets thanks to those who can make it to the stadium this is very much a television event as well. was the boy's view is on spectators so far as provinces into when the. she is titled after beating the defending champions. as prime minister she rocks the knee on hand

to present the victim's sword along with the twenty thousand dollar check. and from there it was time to celebrate with the people of zenda and start planning on how to wrestle back the trophy again next year if they stay home and just enter and that's all that's bull for now more later martin is back to thank you very much indeed tatiana and that's all from this out before we go actually there's something missing and that is the scandal in hollywood surrounding sex attacks by actors and directors dominated the big night at the golden globes the seventy fifth ceremony for the stars of the big and the little screen was a more serious impacts political occasion unusual following the campaign against sexual harassment and a hoax or has more. the red carpet at the annual golden globes and when you look noticeably different this year wearing black seems to have been the dress code in a display of support for the me too movement. hollywood and

a somber mood this year's attackers racial and gender inequality is as well as facing allegations of sexual misconduct by leading actors and executives late night t.v. host seth meyers was the master of ceremonies good him leading ladies and remaining gentleman. i'm certain myers now heroes today welcome to the seventy fifth annual golden globes in happy new year hollywood . beach is two thousand eighteen marijuana is finally allowed in sexual harassment finally is. mars alluding to studio boss harvey weinstein oscar winner kevin spacey and other prominent artists who were fired after allegations of repeated sex abuse families driven roles confronting sexism and powerful men dominated the winners. frances mcdormand won best actress in a drama for her role as a mother seeking justice for her daughter made our game or an.

echo kidman was another best actress winner for the t.v. series big different lives how character gives up a successful career to become a mother who's frequently beaten up by her husband costar alexander scars god took home an award for his portrayal of the abusive husband gary oldman one best actor for playing winston churchill in the series darkest hour and how maids tell about a fundamentalist regime that treats women as property scooped two awards in the drama category. thanks program free became the first black woman to be awarded a golden globe for lifetime achievement the actress from anthropos and cable channel chief executive one the sessile b. de mille award for too long women have not been heard or believed if they dared to speak their truth to the power of those men but their time is up.

as i went on to praise women for sharing their stories of sexual abuse and to a new day is on the horizon the golden globes are judged by the hollywood foreign press association and normally an indicator of who will win oscars at the academy they took this month kind of looks the out is there. really is it for me and it's out to sea or news but don't go anywhere for me it's here.

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