still with us and that's going to continue to give us more in the way of wet weather as we head through the next few days say for us in jamaica through parts of cuba and across the dominican republic and into haiti plenty of showers here then the rains gradually turn heavier that as that system pushes down from north america and hit that system at the moment across the gulf of mexico giving a very heavy downpours. the weather sponsored by qatar and greece. this is al-jazeera. hello and welcome to this al-jazeera news out live from doha i'm all team down is coming up in the next sixty minutes. she has liver disease because of the water and

also vegetables being grown with sewage disease of war hundreds of thousands of syrians are still being denied lifesaving meds and we speak to the world health organization. has sold me for four hundred thousand nigerian money. recounting the horror hundreds of nigerian migrants are brought home from libya where many say they were sold into slavery al-jazeera has an exclusive report. the main challenger to egypt's president abdul fattah el-sisi pulls out as the race amid ripples that he may have been falls. and find out why they're all wearing black on the red carpet for this year's golden globe awards. but first in syria the government and russian jets have been bombarding opposition

targets in one of the last rebel strongholds in the country at least twenty four civilians have been killed in these strikes which happened in the countryside of the it live province since late october government forces have been recapturing bit by bit rebel held territory in it and they've also seized dozens of villages in northern parts of nearby hama province well as i've said it is one of the last rebel held strongholds and is supposed to be one of these deescalation zones that was set up in syria last year with the backing of russia and turkey the own going fighting in syria there is continuing to displace thousands of people many of them finding shelters with dire conditions to endure particularly in northern homs province a lack of basic services and drinking contaminated water is giving rise to multiple diseases and doctors say hepatitis cases in some of these makeshift camps and on

the increase are some a binge of aid reports. this shop may look closed. but step in and you're in the makeshift home of the family. the plastic sheets are in the tent at protection from the cold weather and the blankets are supposed to divide the space into rooms for the many members of this extended family i barley helps out in the kitchen which is outside the shop. his family was forced out of their home in the countryside of homs province in northern syria he lost one son and his brothers were arrested by process militias this is now home and. every aspect of life is difficult and harsh there is no medicine if our child falls sick or cannot treat it we don't even have warm clothes. that story reverberates throughout syria six million displaced people. the countryside in homs has been besieged for years and desperate living conditions have been deteriorating. in the

town of there's no running water. those who can afford it rely on water tankers. we bring the water from the wells in the city seventy five to eighty percent of the water is not clean. and drinking that brings water borne diseases. the number of hepatitis patients has increased now it's four or five times higher last month nearly forty cases in kafr la were mostly children or teenagers. this little girl has been diagnosed with jaundice her father thinks it's due to what they have been consuming. she has liver disease because of the water and also vegetables being grown with sewage. in this cluster of villages that have been multiple deaths attributed to bad water mohammed finds it difficult just to sit up these days just. my whole body hurts after the tests the doctor told me i have

liver disease the reason is unhealthy vegetables growing using sewage and tankers transporting contaminated water. nearly seven years of war in syria has decimated its once respectable health care system. and as other basic amenities like water and electricity become scarse more people are dying of preventable diseases some of the job aid there are we can speak now to elizabeth hoff who is in damascus the syrian capital speaking that she is the world health organization syria representative thank you for talking to us at the situation despite these deescalation zones having been established in syria seems to be as as ever complicated by the dreadful sea conditions that people are living in they're developing even more preventable diseases. now this is such a hard to reach and you see something we've got across the country and of course.

something like the times ages a whole lot of what i'm going to see this. in the car actually the number of cases in syria in two thousand and seventy has the. family come in two thousand and six to twenty two causes that in cases in two thousand and seventeen a but that you're referring specifically then to hepatitis disease now the virus a right hepatitis a and can i draw your attention then to a letter that was written to your new director general dr ted dross gave her a yes source it was dated the fifteenth of december last year and it was written by the director of health for the damascus and rural damascus area dr imad al qa bonnie and that was a letter that i'm presuming you're aware of yes has it been a response from the w.h.o.

to this letter. or card you know the one that's. the girl one of her that i just got it all right for our viewers and this letter contains a list of the dreadful conditions in which doctors are working particularly nice and good that's an area as we know very close to damascus which has been besieged by the government for the last four years and i'll just read you one of the points that really really struck me he says each month we give damascus a specific list of the requirements for pediatric patients and he natal and breast feeding women and patients with chronic disease yet the contents permitted into the convoys for fall short of these basic clinical needs what is the w.h.o. doing about this. the question of the cecil this is the yeah that's good doctors inside the clinics are going to talk about easter and he'll be

happy really advocating for about creation medical evacuation we have developed the vatican immigration plan and we. hope that working for twenty nine people with an. evacuation and we have one of the coated with ladders to go around that we have spoken openly are a different color to get to different countries to show us in a medical evacuations of all patients. and how in need of medical medication how many of those critical evacuations were actually carried out tell you how the plan about by the syrian arab red crescent society and how many remain in ghouta how many were not taken for emergency treatment because the cases that needed. the patient and only time to now have had to be.

ok and then he got instantly for the total of thirty cases now go back to this letter again and another of the points made by dr arnie is the siege of gaza together with systematic attacks on health care and the attendant silence of the u.n. that's what he says he attended silence of the u.n. threatens not only our patients lies but also our hope for our patients our mental health and our profession and he is accusing the un of maintaining a silence when it comes to press making a practical difference to the situation facing the people of this area. i think that's what the obligation is concerned we have done everything it is not the to try to assist with the thinking about relations and the guiding hand must sit in the and to be one to use the different i was a public servant with respect was enough for me. so i was

a senior and there was no no no me in press conferences to support the legalization . process we can do. this ha been done because of the election ok elizabeth huff of the w.h.o. in syria thank you very much indeed for taking the time to talk to us i think you. know 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 that's a 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 intervened flying five hundred of the estimated forty thousand migrants who were stranded in libya back home our correspondent on the dangerous has traveled 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 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 and own 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 guest reference so at nights we decided to run with jones for his very high friends as ninth's so we ran . around. 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 what we did the whites people people the much treated me dig didn't give me my salary did evil 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 officers say as well as nigerian traffickers there are also libyans and some europeans in the trade. the nigerian government team on a fact finding mission in libya say they are shocked at what they saw and heard it all 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 returning. the first government report christian flights to go from tripoli carrying five hundred nigerians. 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 love to such promise but hutcheon draw a lot of grief 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. with nigerian migrants in the skies over the. well meanwhile eighty six migrants have been rescued at sea and they've been brought to the italian port of catan near they were being smuggled across the mediterranean from libya when their boat began to sink this is on saturday eight bodies were also on board the italian coast guard's rescue boats the search to find potentially dozens of other victims is still underway. our let's go back now to the nigerian element of this story of mass migration focusing pretty much on libya we can tweet us at the duke who's head of the nigerian refugee commission

she's joining us live now from a beach or thank you very much indeed for taking the time to talk to us i'm wondering why are so many nigerians facing death slavery abuse and torture to leave their country what are they running away from. you know where most of the areas that. kind of nation they are victims of either trafficking or. deception so to speak for the supposedly greener pastures in europe most of them. are. going to deteriorate and crossing the mediterranean sea to call for it is. greener pasture and nigeria obviously is africa's biggest economy it's one of the biggest oil producers in the world why to say many people feel the need to try their luck

abroad when nigeria has enormous potential. as you know and. population of over two hundred million people so you're going you find some elements they need one to exploit the potential of our our cities of the world is really something that is very worrisome that nobody can stop migration because migration has been for time immemorial but what we're talking about is regular migration not taking this risk of going through the desert and the sea to go for these. people are free to travel to other parts of the world through the regular routes so this is what i didn't answer and government is talking about and that's where the president of the country president mohamed has just sent high powered delegation to libya to talk with the are

targeted and the conditions of of nationals and for the immediate creation of by nationals that are stranded in libya called the mission has just returned home and we have had to first bite of the about creation yesterday where we received about four hundred eighty five nine children back to the country and what happens to them now these people are migrants not refugees and you're the head of the refugee commission. well the commission you did with the rest of the beauties of giving. and support to a very lengthy refugees migrants as well as internationally displaced persons in the country so i was coming to see how we can give europe will solutions. or

chinese when they come back home i'm also says not so i didn't want sort of professor what sort of provisions. allowing these people then i mean would you be able to integrate them back into their own societies would you be able to give them a job somewhere to live. just like you do durable solutions we're talking about come back now we're profiling them and we're going to require billy tatum we're going to give them to take a social support they need and they're you there and we give them a kind of cool. now which we give don't touch up our practice write their lives all over again for them to be able to have a kind of culture lying live so the. head of nigeria's refugee commission thank you very much indeed. we've got a lot more to come on this al-jazeera news hour including.

his market. find out how something so tiny has such a big impact on the lives of detroit's homeless. and the french president emanuel macro a rise in china for a state visit with trade and security topping the agenda. in sport barcelona's record signing formally joins the club. seven months long blockade of categories being discussed at a two day summit in kuwait addressing the parliamentary meeting of the gulf cooperation council the emir of kuwait urged nations to settle their differences or face challenges in the future shakes. said there has been some progress to settle the dispute but he didn't say exactly what saudi arabia the u.a.e. egypt and bahrain cut diplomatic ties with katter in june.

what we have in common is we will never be affected by dispute we see it as a temporary power of a long it takes every one of us understands the deteriorating circumstances around us which represent a challenge to us all 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 and a un human rights office investigation into the blockade is found the g.c.c. crisis is negatively impacting the people of the region the national human rights committee of cattle received the un report and says it's proof the blockade is illegal. this report shows without a doubt that these procedures undertaking by the blockading countries are not mere diplomatic severing of relations they are not just an economic boycott these are unilateral abusive arbitrary measures that are impacting citizens and ex-pats in

qatar our correspondent mohamed vall was at that press conference 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 then 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 kind 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 restrictions that have been imposed the call to close on disease 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 they report it has actually included quite a lot of points for the qatari is this is an 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. the saudi led coalition has denied who sees the who things claimed that they shot down one of its military jets in yemen sada province the saudi air force says the plane crashed because of technical failure to do so says the two pilots were rescued and the policy of yemen's former president ali abdullah saleh who was killed last month has now named its new leader former agriculture minister said dick armey an apple ras is the new head of the general people's congress party

. was killed by his the rebels after he switched sides and backed the saudi led coalition and its battle against them egypt's former prime minister ahmed shafik has ruled himself out of the running for the upcoming presidential election jeff weeks said in the ember he intended to run later this year but he's now pulled out of contention saying he is and i quote not the perfect person to lead state affairs but according to a new york times report shafique could have been influenced by the government to withdraw from the race one of sheffield's lawyers apparently said the government had threatened to investigate old corruption charges if he stayed in the race the lawyers claim is consistent with all due. obtained by the new york times the newspaper says an egyptian intelligence officer was heard warning a t.v. presenter against criticising shafique on his show because the government was quote still in talks with him shafique was seen as the most serious challenge of

president abdul fattah el-sisi who's yet to announce his candidacy but is widely expected to run two other candidates have entered the twenty eighteen presidential election but both of them could be ruled out if they're found guilty on charges they say are politically motivated well we've been speaking to abdullah are they on who's an assistant professor of history at georgetown university here in qatar and he says egypt's former prime minister was a card in the back pocket of the gulf states. how much a feat 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 a mature 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 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 their morality is have been hoping to use 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. all right is time for the weather now it is steph and it looks pretty cold behind you surf it's finally beginning to defrost raising fears about tire isn't it let's take a look at the satellite picture and you can see this blob of cloud here in the south this is giving

a fairly heavy rain but as this whole system sweeps its way eastward it is turning moderates good news because this is what happens if you see freezing rain everything turns to she ties and then we get a lot of accidents on the roads that's what happened in missouri then bought the system response was working its way eastwards and behind it things are definitely turning a lot milder take new york for example at the moment it's minus seven but i think by the time we get to around lunchtime today we get to plus one that's the first time we're expected to get above freezing since christmas day two weeks so it is a good day for many of us lots of snow around but as that works its way eastwards definitely turning milder watch out for what's going on further west though because this is quite a system it's gradually thinking its way southwards across california probably monday night and into tuesday when we're going to see the worst of the weather here they could be over gusts of wind over one hundred kilometers per hour and we're also looking at around one hundred fifty millimeters of rain from this system so

heavy downpours on a region that seen a lot of wildfires recently does mean we're likely to see some months slides we're also likely to see a little bit of problem with flooding before the system clear marty. thank you very much indeed still to come on this al-jazeera news making amends film a trump strategist backs away from his explosive comments made about the u.s. president. russia's one man show vladimir putin on calls to win a fourth we look ahead to the biggest stories of twenty eight. and one of the n.b.a.'s most famous teens finally ends a long losing streak tatiana will tell all and spoke. to.

the foreign minister. one of the really special things about working for al-jazeera is that even as a camera woman i get to have so much and put in contribution to a story i feel we cover this region better than anyone else would be what it is you know it's that he turns to me but only but the good because you have a lot of people that are devoted their own political issues. we the people we live to tell the real stories does us men do is to do the work in-depth journalism we don't feel inferior to the audience across the globe.

a reminder the main stories here on this al-jazeera news are at least twenty four civilians have been killed in government and russian air strikes in one of the last rebel strongholds in syria it's in italy this comes as government forces have broken a siege on a key military base east of damascus in the town of harasta hundreds of nigerian migrants stranded in libya have returned home the government ordered the immediate evacuation of around five now files and nigerians from libya after reports of abuse slavery and torture. a un human rights office investigation into the g.c.c. crisis has found the blockade of cata is negatively impacting the people of the region 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 . now steve bannon is the main source of these bombshell revelations in that behind the scenes book on donald trump's white house and he seems now trying to make amends with the u.s. president the former chief strategist says his supporters unwavering meanwhile president trump is continuing to criticize the book that was written by michael wolff our correspondent mike hanna reports. president trump arrives back at the white house having spent his morning at camp david firing out a number of tweets 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

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 if i left out anything is probably stuff that was even more damning it's that it's that bad i mean it's it's an extraordinary moment in time and the last the last several days focused on on my book i think are are are proof of this this is what i think not an exaggeration and not on a reasonable and snotty and reasonable to say this is twenty fifth amendment kind of stuff in the course of the day to an apology from former trump confidant steve benen who was extensively quoted in the book he describes several disparaging

remarks as inaccurate quotes and praised what he called the president's historical accomplishments in his first year. a senior senator was moved to comment on the president's mental status i don't think he's crazy i think he's had a very successful twenty seven thing 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 just over four years ago when detroit became the biggest city in american history to file for bankruptcy but today is undergoing something of a renascence as it spareness with finding a solution for its housing crisis john hendren reports. 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. right now in august detroit's cast 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 us. 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. solving a colossal problem. here with

a key and close the door. stays out. but for those now living in close quarters all the room it's a big deal john hendren detroit now turkey is second largest opposition party says it will support tirebiter one in the twenty nineteen presidential election the nationalist movement party of the m h p will not nominate its own candidate for the pole its leader dev led by charlie says he could form an alliance with better ones ruling party m h three supports a military solution to the conflict with the kurds in the south east of the country israel has published a list of activist groups that are now banned from entering the country twenty organizations have been blocked because of their calls to boycott divest and sanction the country for his policies towards palestinians european u.s. and south african groups are on the blacklist it also includes the palestine

solidarity campaign and american muslims for palestine one student has died in protest since a dial over the price of bread police arrested a prominent opposition leader in confiscated newspapers in a bid to clamp down on the armrest demonstrations began in the southeastern city of center on saturday after bread prices there doubled the price of bread rose after the government eliminated subsidies in its twenty eighteen budget. the u.s. navy has joined the search for crewmembers missing from an iranian oil tanker they disappeared after the boat collided with a freighter in the china sea the oil tanker is said to still be on fire just off the case of shanghai and hong kong reports. concern is growing that the burning tanker could explode and cause an environmental disaster if the ship sinks around a million barrels of all products could be dumped into the east china sea so far

the spills been contained by emergency teams the iranian tanker was sailing from iran to south korea when it collided with a cargo ship off the coast of shanghai late on saturday the twenty one crew of the hong kong registered c. of crystal was soon rescued but most of the crew of the old tanker remain missing and according to iranian authorities only one body has been found china's foreign ministry says who's to blame for the collision remains unclear. we are currently still investigating the cause of the accident we're also very grateful to other countries who actively participated in the search and rescue work of this maritime accident the tank i had one hundred thirty five thousand tons of light crude oil on board based on tonnage the accident has the potential to be the worst environmental disaster since nine hundred ninety one when two hundred sixty thousand tons of oil leaked off the coast of angola imran khan. the french president emmanuel mccraw has

vowed to move europe's partnership with china into the twenty first century he met the chinese president xi jinping in beijing just a short while ago after beginning his first day in the ancient chinese capital of g.r. and president proposed a french chinese year of ecological transition in the fight against climate change . and it's up to europe in asia to france and china to define and come up with the rules of a game where we could all win or lose i have come here to tell china that i am determined to move the euro china partnership into the twenty first century so that it fits in this new framework that we need to define together europe will embrace this new strategy because it is now aware of its role and its place in this century it will get involved on all of the main topics yes my friends what i have also come here to say is that europe is back. victor gal is the director of china national

association of international studies and he says relations between france and china are becoming even more important since the brics it right. 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 and economic relations but also in terms of political relations the two countries share actually many similar views on international relations fall france and china are permanent member states of the security council of the united nations and the two countries have been courted it in their positions are many important international issues for years and i hope with brags that happening as we speak china french relations will remain very strong arm and will take on new tire measures going forward because france and

germany for example remain the two most important e.u. member states as far as china is concerned in just a few hours north and south korea affect to hold their first high level talks in more than two years now this rare gathering is expected to focus on the north participation and next month's winter olympics in chang but while the talks are being greeted enthusiastically in seoul many remain cautious that they will lead to any real progress on other theists klara three reports now 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 hours and conducted three nuclear tests to v.s.e. 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 in north korea fires the value of south korea as an alternative source of financial relief and using the pension on the ground.

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 miss else. alternately there is no guarantee that a north korea's peace offer incentives will continue those who are north korea can easily make a change of attitude after the end of the punch on 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. soul and this time as seen every year i sculptors from around the world have started to

showcase their talents in an eye sculpting competition takes place in the harbin in china every year is a say and it's known for its colorful and intricate sculptures some of them represent landmarks from across the globe and some of them also have a slightly more political message carding began on saturday and they have until monday to finish their creations that resume putin is expected to say in office for another six years after the presidential election in march but russia's tightly managed political system has failed to create excitement to many people many of them saying they won't even bother to vote rory chalons reports. 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. 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. that's come out to the street for yourselves feel rights for your future for the fact that we do not want to lose another six years this action needs to be carefully planned and we will hold in cross the entire country on sunday january twenty eighth less threatening to russia's carefully constructed political order is cassini a sub check she's the daughter of putin's former political mentor the journalist and t.v. personality comes with a 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. 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 currently in the electorate doesn't

seem enthused recently hundred 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.

now the scandal in hollywood allegations of sexual harassment by actors and directors pretty much dominated the big night at the golden globes the seventy fifth ceremony for the stars of the big and the small screen was a more somber and more political occasion unusual hannah hawkster reports. the red carpet at the annual golden globes 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 it tackles racial and gender inequality as as well as facing allegations of sexual misconduct by leading actors and executives late night t.v. hey seth meyers was the master of ceremonies good evening ladies and remaining gentleman . i said myers now heroes today welcome to the seventy fifth annual golden globes and happy new year hollywood. is two thousand eighteen marijuana is finally allowed in sexual harassment finally is it. miles alluding to studio boss harvey vines thing oscar winner kevin spacey and the from a retard who was fired after allegations of repeated sex offenders driven roles confronted 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 may god here mary. was another best actress winner for the t.v. series big. how character gives up a successful career to become a mother who's frequently beaten up by her husband costar alexander scholars go it took home an award for his portrayal of the abusive husband. gary oldman won best actor for playing winston churchill in the film the darkest hour and the how maids tell about a fundamentalist regime that treats women as property scooped two awards in the drama category. oprah winfrey became the first black woman to be awarded a golden globe for lifetime achievement the actress philanthropist and cable channel chief executive one the sas will be demille. 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 she also went on to praise women for sharing their

stories of sexual abuse and declared 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. is there. already is time for the small shoes that is tatiana thank you very much martina phillip catania is officially a boss alone a player the brazilian has put pen to paper on the third richest deal of all time worth one hundred ninety two million dollars he was unveiled alongside bosler president just that many about the male officer completing the may from liverpool but don't expect to see him on the pitch straight away because he was nothing a thigh injury that should see him on the sidelines for three weeks. the path to the super bowl has been made clear off to the first weekend of the n.f.l. playoffs in sunday's wild card games the jacksonville jaguars won their first playoff game since two thousand and eight they beat the buffalo bills ten to three

in the a.f.c. playoffs and in the n.f.c. division the carolina panthers were beaten thirty one to twenty six by the new orleans thanks. well from twelve teams we drop down to aides with the divisional championship scheduled for next weekend in the a.f.c. reigning super bowl champions the new england patriots face the tennessee titans the jacksonville jaguars aren't pittsburgh and in the n.f.c. the atlanta falcons face philadelphia while the new orleans saints visit the vikings the current n.b.a. season hasn't been a memorable one for l.a. lakers fans so far but there was something to cheer about on sunday the lake has recorded only the twelfth when of the season and in doing so they snapped a nine game losing streak brandon ingram scored twenty points on the night and seven assists as the lakers overcame the one to hold one hundred thirty two to one hundred thirteen a still bottom of the standings in the western conference. andy murray has

announced that he's successfully undergone surgery on a hip injury in melbourne the former tennis world number one hasn't played since wimbledon in july and says he's hoping to recover in time for the grass court season later on this year former champion victoria azarenka has also joined the list of players who won feature at the australian open which starts on monday she's been given a wild card to compete but is having to continue a legal battle over the custody of her sudden the belorussian hasn't played since one of them in twenty seventeen. and a day after claiming the title at the brisbane international nick carey also got a taste of being on the losing side at the phosphor showdown in sydney on sunday phosphor tennis is a modified form of the sport making the game foster with first a four games winning eighth fed both curious and lleyton hewitt lost the singles matches to alexander's borrowed and critical dimitroff now i was so used to seeing where curious goes drama often follows off to being shot at the net by his opponent him in his party hewitt came back to claim some dignity winning

a dead doubles. cricket's ashes series between australia and england concluded on monday as the second most attended in the long history of the contest a total of eight hundred and sixty seven thousand spectators so at least part of australia's foreign l series victory on the fifth morning of the final test in sydney england started on ninety three for four that would be all out for just one hundred eighty losing by an innings of one hundred twenty three runs cummings took four wickets just as he did in the first innings to wrap up the series. by just looking at the series a hollow i think england had their foot in the door in most test matches that way just one that came i meant 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 plays it where i would do that there's a lot of guys in the dressing room all the guys in the us you know who. i'm sure

there is which is i mean does that feeling that you get should make you determined to try and win the ashes back in two thousand ninety and over in capetown india's bonus took eight wickets in the morning session to both south africa out for one hundred thirty before lunch on day four of the first test the indians needed two hundred eight to win but it doesn't look like they'll get the. frenchman's the real dupré is the man to beat heading into stage three of the dakar rally in peru he won stage two to take the other for a lead in the car category on sunday as the fortieth edition of the annual event of the second stage took cars quads bikes and trucks on as two hundred sixty seven kilometer loop and it started and finished in the peruvian city of pits go at some tough sunday to tackle along the way i thought the prey won the stage to take the ira lead in the car category. while wrestling features at the olympic games as part of that national identity the african countries top competitors have been

facing off for the ultimate prize ellie's home and reports. 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 they fought the wrestler would be the sport that plays all the youths together in the national competition was introduced. to fifteen wrestlers are helped by their clutches and for some this sorcerer is the role of the sorceress is to write a play spells on never slows and perform rituals prior to each fight but different

competitors have their own theories on how to best achieve success was the sport requires physical strength good training and a mexican cleric some luck is needed to say 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 was very well for those who can make it to the stadium this is very much a television event to swell. was the boy's view as a spectator his soft voice provinces into when this is titled after beijing the defending champions was as prime minister she recently on hand to present the victors sword along with the twenty thousand dollars check was and from there it was. time to celebrate with the people xander and start planning on how to wrestle back the trophy again next year if they stay home and al jazeera that focus will

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