those who witnessed the city's progress to becoming a metropolis and discusses where it's heading now at this time on al-jazeera. it's. where ever you. will four hundred thousand nigerian money. recounting the horrors hundreds of nigerian migrants are brought home from libya where many say they were sold into slavery al-jazeera has an exclusive report.

this is al jazeera live from doha i'm fully back to also ahead one of the last rebel strongholds in syria is attacks by government will feigns as its troops retake territory needly province the main challenger to egypt's president sisi pulls out of the presidential race i made reports that he may have been forced to and find out why they were all wearing black on the red carpet for the golden globe awards. thank you for joining us thousands of nigerians each year leave home and try to make their way to europe in search of a better life but once they get to libya the main transit point from the african continent to europe many find themselves trapped sold as slaves tortured or abused but now the nigerian government has stepped in frying some five hundred of the forty thousand migrants stranded in libya back home. traveled with them 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 our minds we decided to run we jumped for his very high friends as minds so we ran. around willing to see it 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 want me to be 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 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 all for 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 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 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 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 with 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 comedy trees with nigerian migrants and the skies of on. and off the coast of libya two women have drowned dozens are missing and more than two hundred fifty migrants were rescued from to boast one of the boats sank as it tried to cross the mediterranean the other was quite overcrowded almost three thousand migrants are believed to have drowned in the mediterranean last year. syrian government and russian jets have been bombarding opposition targets in the last rebel stronghold in the country at least twenty four civilians have been killed in the latest says strikes in the adlib countryside the air offensive is

backing up ground troops who have recaptured opposition territory in it lead the fighting has forced thousands of civilians to free towards the border with turkey in freezing winter temperatures and on sunday a combo bomb in a city killed at least twenty five feet fall activists say the atomic targeted the headquarters of an opposition go on sama been job it has more. the people of egypt 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 all the movement claimed responsibility some pointed the finger at the assad government. would you bashar we will look leave we will die in syria. as 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 it live after the government starvin siege tactics in other areas south forces have also stepped up attacks on the east and. 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 go to alone because they expect there's a bit agreement now russia. and. iran recently two. conflicting zone in.

may from the sochi conference and basically the last. place for the syrian force was the u.n. has declared that struck civilians face a complete catastrophe because the assad government has got 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 of . the gulf diplomatic crisis and the seven month blockade of qatar is being discussed thirty two day summit in coate addressing the parliamentary meeting of the gulf cooperation council the emir of kuwait nations to settle their differences or face many challenges in the future she. says he has been some progress to settle the dispute but didn't say what exactly surgery via the u.a.e.

egypt and bahrain cut diplomatic ties with qatar in june i know virgilio who do not imagine. what we have in common is we will never be affected by a dispute we see. as a temporary however long it takes every one of us understands the deteriorating circumstances around us which represent a challenge to us all we understand the problems facing our 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 a u.n. investigation into the blockade has found the g.c.c. crisis is negatively impacting the people of kata the national human rights committee in doha says the report shows the brocade is illegal. that this report shows without a doubt that these procedures undertaking by the blockading countries a not me a diplomatic severing of relations they are not just an economic boycott these a unilateral abusive aba tree measures that are impacting citizens and ex-pats in

qatar wanted vile has more. 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 than 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 hard religious sites and also the report has mentioned the violations in terms of the freedom of speech restrictions that have been imposed the call to close on does iraq 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 anything like this so the report has actually included quite a lot of points for the qatari is this is official the first official confirmation by the u.n. one of the major one is to sions of what qatar has been retreating during the last several months so for them it is considered a kind of victory for human rights victory for those people the citizens who have been affected egypt's former prime minister ahmed shafik has ruled him self out of running for the upcoming presidential election shafiq said in november he intended to run later this year but he's now pulled out of contention saying is not the perfect person to lead state affairs well according to a new york times reporter fee could have been influenced by the government to withdraw from the race one of his lawyers reportedly said the government had threatened to investigate all corruption charges if sick shafeeq remained in the race and lawyers claim is consistent with audio recordings reportedly obtained by

the new york times a newspaper says an egyptian intelligence officer was heard a warning a t.v. presenter and. against criticizing shafique on his show because the government was quote still in talks with him sheffield was seen as the most serious challenger to president. who has yet to announce whether or not he will run later this year two other candidates have entered the twenty eighteen race but both could be ruled in eligible to run if they're found guilty on charges they say are politically motivated it's now earlier we spoke to. who is an assistant professor of history at georgetown university here in qatar but 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 for instance this is someone who of course is part of the mubarak era. around which of course the revolution erupted in two thousand and eleven which

a feat 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 and 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 unfolded 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 saudis and what are these who've been hope to use if you at some point in the future as a possible alternative to sisi 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. still ahead on al-jazeera france's president emmanuel mccall arrives in china for a state visit trade and security expected to top the agenda and making amends for much from strategies steve batten backs off makes both of comments made about the president of a controversial new book. hello there we've got a big old weather system that's making its way across japan at the moment take a look at the satellite picture because you can see this area of cloud here that's pushing its way east with it's got a lot of rain on it as well so a rather wet for many of us on chews day the main system pulling away and behind it still quite a few areas of cloud and rain as well not cold though you look at the temperatures

tokyo they're sixteen degrees and even further north in sapporo we should get to four that system clears away though then the temperatures will drop so a maximum on wednesday of just minus two in sapporo and in tokyo of eleven towards the west while it's cool and not here for beijing our maximum well it will be minus one we won't get above freezing a tool in the day that cold air is pushing further south to so far i'm for with the maxim there in shanghai and only a leaven in hong kong here also be a fair amount of cloud and if you outbreaks of rain the rain though is lighter has been incredibly heavy recently it's easing off though as that system drifts its way towards the south and then as we head into wednesday drifts off towards the south and breaks up altogether so there with a bit more sunshine looks like hong kong will get to around sixteen degrees the further towards the south and for us in mindanao just a pretty wet as we head through the day on tuesday.

unbelievable it sounds like an agreement between a criminal boasts it's like trading in stolen goods that have been taken by the place if anyone ever comes to ask the question minister or throw their hands up in the air and say i don't know i was just nominated record with doing the investigation into a. ukraine would you say bribes you've been corrupt or are in a corrupt i did just what the presidency al-jazeera investigation is the only goal this time. welcome back our top stories on al-jazeera hundreds of nigerian migrants stranded in libya have returned home and i jury in government has ordered the media's

evacuation of about five and a half thousand of its citizens from libya after reports of abuse slavery and torture at least twenty four civilians have been killed in government and russian air strikes in one of the last rebel strongholds in syria is it live city this comes as government forces have broken a siege on a key military base east of the capital damascus in the town of hostile and a un human rights office investigation into the g.c.c. diplomatic crisis off on the bill kate on kata is having a negative impact on the people in the region it says measures taken by four lab countries against discriminatory acts as human rights committee says the findings are proof the blockade is illegal. now the news now steve van and the main source for the controversial behind the scenes book on donald trump's white house is trying to make amends with the u.s. president the former chief strategist says his support is unwavering meanwhile trump continues to criticize a book written by journalist michael walz 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 other 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 what's 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 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 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 snot on 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 seven thing and i want to help him where i can and wish that all want him to be successful he had

a lot on his plate the white house released photos of the president meeting with couple of 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 body of a crew member has been recovered a body raney an oil tanker that collided with a congo ship in the east china sea the other thirty one members are still unaccounted for they often is the incident could lead to an environmental disaster the tanker was carrying about a million barrels of oil rescuers saved the twenty one crew members of the congo ship. now in just a few hours north and south korea will hold their first high level talks in more than two years there a meeting is expected to focus on the north us participation in the upcoming winter olympic games in china but while the talks are being greeted enthusiastically by so many remain cautious they will lead to any real progress foreign story reports from

south korea's 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 unification. 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 vili escalating tensions on the korean peninsula but at the start of this year north korean leader kim jong il unexpectedly proposed dialogue with the solemn. 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 in north korea suddenly finds 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 north korea's peace officer will continue north who are

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 mungy 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 florence living al-jazeera so france is emanuel has endorsed beijing spelt and road initiative in his first visit to china as president he called for the e.u. and china to work together on president xi jinping truly and on a project to connect asia and europe by road rail and sea but mccall said the projects benefits must be shared he also pledged to visit china every year for the duration of his presidency robin wright has more from beijing. president macron has begun his day 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 the trade route connecting china with the west and macron is keen to play up 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 one student has died in protests over the price of bread in sudan police arrested a prominent opposition leader and confiscated newspapers in a bid to clamp down on the unrest demonstrations began in the southeastern city of sanaa on saturday after bread prices doubled the price of bread rolls after the government eliminated subsidies in is twenty eighteen by chance. israel has published a list of activist groups banned from entering the country twenty organizations have been blocked because of their calls to boycott diversed and sanction in the country for its policies towards palestinians european u.s. and south african groups are on the blacklist meanwhile israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu has called for the closure of the un's agency for palestinian

refugees but he stopped short of insisting on an immediate end to the u.s. funding for palestinians this fall as a threat from u.s. reson donald trump to stop supporting the un's relief and works agency i mean most critical of the everybody called who quote from 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 overwatch a pass from the world. turkey second largest opposition party says it will support tight better one in the twenty one thousand presidential election the nationalist movement party on m.h.d. will not nominate a candidate in the poll its leader a definite by chelius says he could form an alliance with anyone's winning party and each piece of course a military solution to the conflict with the kurds in the south east of turkey. now the scandal in hollywood over allegations of sexual harassment by actors and

directors dominated the big night at the golden globe awards the seventy fifth ceremony for the stars of the big and little screen was a more somber and political cation than usual following the me to campaign against sexual harassment and hawks or has more. on 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 in a somber mood this year's attack was 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 evening ladies and remaining gentleman . i will serve myers and our heroes today welcome to the seventy fifth annual golden globes and happy new year hollywood. thank is two thousand eighteen marijuana is finally

allowed in sexual harassment finally isn't. as alluding to studio boss harvey weinstein oscar winner kevin spacey and the from a retard who was fired after allegations of repeated sex abuse victim 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 murdered daughter. me god here mary was. the co-captain was another best actress winner for the t.v. series big little life how character gives up a successful career to become a mother who's frequently beaten up by her husband costar alexander scholars 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 the how maids tell about a fundamentalist regime that treats women as property scooped two awards in the

drama category thanks oprah winfrey 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 thank you also went on to praise women for sharing their stories of sexual abuse and a new day is on the horizon the golden globes judged by the hollywood foreign press association a new me an indicator of who will win oscars at the academy they took the small animal out these are. the headlines on al-jazeera hundreds of nigerian migrants stranded in libya have returned home that are jury and government has ordered the immediate evacuation of

about five and a half thousand of its citizens from libya after reports of abuse slavery and torture and off the coast of libya two women have drowned dozens are missing and more than a more than two hundred fifty refugees were rescued from two boats one of the boat sank as it tried to cross the mediterranean the other was overcrowded almost three thousand migrants are believed to have drowned in the mediterranean in twenty seventeen in syria at least twenty four civilians have been killed in government in russian airstrikes on one of the last rebel strongholds they need leave city this comes as government forces have broken a siege on a key military base east of the capital damascus in the town of harasta. the gulf diplomatic crisis and the brocade against qatar is being discussed at a two day summit in kuwait the emir of kuwait address a parliamentary meeting of the gulf cooperation council. says they has been some progress in the seven month dispute but did not say what saudi arabia the u.a.e.

egypt and bahrain cut diplomatic ties with qatar into. what we have in common is we will never be affected by dispute we see it as a temporary curve along it takes every one of us understands the deteriorating circumstances around us which represent a challenge to us all 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 a un human rights office investigation into the g.c.c. crisis has found the blockade on qatar is negatively impacting the people in the region it says measures taken by the four arab countries against ahau are discriminatory the body of a crew member has been recovered aboard the rayney an oil tanker that collided with a congo ship in the east china sea the other thirty one members on board are still unaccounted for they off he is an environmental disaster off the coast of shanghai

as a tanker was carrying crude oil those are the headlines inside story starts now. does egypt support donald trump's decision on jewish links suggest leaders in cairo don't subject to u.s. recognition of the city as israel. and saudi arabia stands accused of secret support what does the apparent shift mean for the future of jerusalem this is inside story.