an ambitious young artist from the mean streets of mozambique to settle it to reveal the truth about his country's future of the mozambique enclosure to see if he did make it in. the new african photography mario. at this time. targeting syria's government steps up attacks on the largest remaining rebel stronghold in the country forcing thousands to flee. hello i'm in london you're watching al-jazeera also coming up sold into slavery for

just a few hundred dollars an exclusive report we speak to the nigerian migrants whose dream of a new life became a nightmare in libya. a looming environmental disaster off china's east coast area fears an oil tanker that's been burning for more than thirty six hours could explode. and i met shafiq pulls out of the race to become egypt's next president amid reports he was pressured into doing it. government forces in syria stepping up their offensive against opposition fighters and their last remaining stronghold it is supposed to be a deescalation zone set up last year with the backing of russia iran and turkey but the deal appears to have crumbled president assad backed by russia has bent on taking back control of the area to cement his grip on power for civilians the onslaught is causing misery in freezing winter conditions are going to name

explains. the sound all too familiar to many syrians as the war enters its eighth year the concern in italy province is just how large the scale of the death and devastation could be. syrians here remember what happened in two thousand and sixteen when government forces regained control of aleppo once syria's biggest city. i don't know them the mold i was tempted will bashar we will look leave we will die in syria we are all civilians why do they do this then america then the arab league then the security council i don't think it is the largest remaining rebel stronghold in syria during peace negotiations it was designated a deescalation zone or safe haven for civilians. has been anything but since the government began its offensive in october to recapture the

province civilians have been killed in increasing numbers one of the latest attacks was a car bomb explosion on monday killing at least thirty people. in the last week alone the turkish human rights group i h h says more than one hundred thousand people have been forced from their homes and the problem in this is. the story of this union. it's basically a regional agreement on the first one. the syrian observatory for human rights says in the last two weeks the government has regained control of sixty villages in it live including singe on. the field but that's just becoming we have liberated singe are fully and this is since our school and these are grain silos senor has been liberated from the gangs of job out on the road. the syrian government is keen to make gains in northern syria the kurds control all but

a small area of territory in the north and dream of it becoming their homeland they're also hoping for a seat at the negotiating table during russian sponsored peace talks later this month the success of those talks is already in jeopardy more than forty rebel groups including previous attendees say they won't be going natasha going to zero. thousands of nigerians who left the country for a better life in europe are being flown back home from libya by the nigerian government most had traveled to libya in the hope of eventually making their way to the european mainland instead they were sold into slavery tortured and abused algis there is on that address traveled with the first group of migrants returning from libya tonight ceria here's his exclusive report

a cramped office in the center of tripoli is the only decent police these nigerian teenagers have seen in years they left 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 a guest jeff rense so our minds we decided to run we jumped for his very high friends as ninth's so we ran. around we went to see the young man 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 even seized my passport says everything about me it would be people dad brought me here did they neglected me libyan security forces say these nigerian woman who's been living in libya for seven years is a people trafficker she was alleged to have kept more than eighty goals as sex slaves but officers say as well as nigerian traffickers there are also libyans and some europeans in the trade the nigerian government team on a fact finding mission in libya say they are shocked at what they saw and heard it talked about the various abuse systematic endemic and exploitation of all

kinds a challenge to the senior officials as to the discrepancy between the numbers you know they came up with all kinds of not very convincing excuses this played into a narrative that we had been. told about that indeed. there are obviously interests that wanted to keep as many of them there as possible because they were commodities the delegation was told there are fourteen detention centers in libya other reports suggest they may be as many as thirty holding as many as forty thousand nigeria's the nigerian government is preparing for an influx of return e.-s. the first government repatriation flights to come 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 that been through

so much over the past years they left us such promise but had to endure a lot of pain indignities of slavery torture and rape yet despite the hardships and dangers thousands more nigerians i sure like to attend the judge in europe and beyond comedy trees with nigerian migrants and the skies of on the. well in other developments one hundred forty african migrants have been rescued by the libyan coast guard off the coast of tripoli a sinking vessel was spotted on monday morning after distress calls were received those rescued were taken to a naval base in tripoli for medical treatment on sunday libyan authorities recovered the bodies of two women who died trying to cross the mediterranean. at least two people have been killed after protests broke out across sudan over the rising price of bread one of the dead was a high school student who was killed during protests in a city of gay nina police have arrested a prominent opposition leader and confiscated newspapers in

a bid to clamp down on the on rest demonstrations began in the southeastern city of san are on saturday after a bride price is that double the price hike comes after government subsidies were caught in an attempt to improve the economy addled in cellar is a student protest and activist he says people are angry because they were never even consulted over the budget cuts the government will discuss the issue of the budget it is a political bargain most want to discuss it with the people and that is when the prices have just come suddenly in the night no one was expecting this huge amount or raise the price of fuel of your bread of. people are talking about demands well she is. stopping this project stopping this treatment of the government to the people who this way you come to the military budget cutting the national security budget which

is already more than seventy percent of the two thousand and eighty but did. all support in the basics of the lie of the people of all if the government did. do what people are looking for people who look to overthrew the regime. the body of a crew member has been recovered aboard the iranian oil tanker that collided with a congress ship in the east china sea wall and first still missing a tanker was carrying about a million barrels of oil and there are fears that it could explode leading to an environmental disaster in iran contra ports concern is growing that the burning tanker could explode and cause an environmental disaster if the ship sinks around a million barrels of oil 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 money she 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 of the coast of angola imran khan. firefighters in the united states are battling a blaze at trump tower in new york the headquarters of president donald trump's business empire the new york fire department says it was called it around seven

o'clock in the morning there are reports of two people being injured one seriously the penthouse on top of the sixty eight story towers donald trump's main residence before he moved to the white house. the greek government has wanted temporary injunction that will suspend the asylum status given to a turkish soldier the soldier who was initially granted asylum in december fled to greece on a military helicopter with seven others following a failed coup against turkish president russia type two one in two thousand and sixteen a full court hearing to follow up on the issue is scheduled for february fifteenth you're watching al-jazeera much more to tell you about on the program all the charm offensive french president begins a three day visit to china. i will also tell you about the tiny homes project that some say could solve a big problem in the u.s. .

hello there the rain is finally beginning to ease across the southeastern parts of china it's gradually moving its way southwards it fizzles out it's still over hong kong there on tuesday so hong kong rather gray maybe a little bit wet at times and a top temperature just of eleven that's pretty cold for us so cool for the north shanghai only getting to around five degrees and there must have change here as we head through wednesday there will be a change for us in hong kong though that system pushes away further towards the south away from us more in the way of sunshine for us and that will allow the temperatures to sneak that little bit higher i think this time will get to around sixteen every head out towards the west for many of us across india and pakistan the weather is all dry and fine at the moment there's this little blob of cloud just to the east of us though and then looks like that system's trying to make its way westward so i think force of course sri lanka they'll be more in the way of cloud on tuesday a few more outbreaks of rain then that will gradually push

a little bit further towards the north there for wednesday so some of us in the southeastern parts of india including in chennai will see more wet weather out towards the west and here in doha there we know massive changes we head through the next few days so temperatures getting to around twenty two or twenty three degrees seventy four in fahrenheit and it looks like at night will be dropping again down to around fourteen or fifteen. own carriage of the course will look at the economic reasons behind the rest of the middle east. plus new year new rules for european firms with. the chief global economist at u.b.s. . dangerous idea come true cost. zero new yorkers are very receptive. because it is such an international city they are very interested in that global perspective that al jazeera provides.

a comeback let's update you on the stories making headlines now government forces in syria stepping up their offensive against opposition fighters and lost the largest remaining opposition stronghold in the country thousands of nigerians who left the country for a better life in europe being flown back home from libya by the nigerian government many had been sold tortured and abused. and there are fears an oil tanker that's burning in the east china sea could explode the vessel collided with a cargo ship one body has been recovered but more than thirty crew members are

still missing. egypt's former prime minister ahmed shafik has ruled himself out of this year's presidential election just six weeks after announcing his candidacy was widely seen as a serious challenge to president sisi a new report says could have been influenced by the government to withdraw from the race is just the latest in a series of leaks recently as jim on a show reports. despite being arguably the most powerful institution in the country egypt's military intelligence appears to have its weaknesses on sunday the new york times said it had received older recordings of phone calls made by a military intelligence officer the leaks adjust how the army tightly controls and directs media outlets in egypt. in the recordings an officer named a chauffeur who really makes a number of calls to talk show hosts and other famous president instructing them on what they must say in the wake of president donald trump's controversial decision

to recognize drusilla's the capital of israel by beloved dog and i'm letting you know the position of egypt's national security regarding the issue of declaring jerusalem the capital of israel there have to be compromises if you reach a point where jerusalem becomes the capital of israel and ramallah becomes the capital of palestine in order to end the war and avoid more death and we could probably do that aside from showing how egypt under president opted for the has c.c. is apparently willing to accept and supports israel's illegal occupation of jerusalem the leaks also demonstrate just how little media freedom there is transcripts of a second set of audiotapes were published in the new york times on monday this time focusing on the upcoming presidential elections in egypt in these clips the same intelligence officers heard talking about former prime minister ahmed shafik who had announced his intention to run for president should fix desire for the top job led him to be placed under house arrest and then deported from the united arab

emirates where he'd been living in exile his lawyers say he was detained as soon as he landed in cairo coincidentally on sunday evening tweeted that he was withdrawing his candidacy just twenty four hours before egypt's electoral commission was due to publicize the timeline for the twenty eight thousand election this isn't the first time leaks of emerge from deep inside egypt's military intelligence in two thousand and fourteen polls involving sisi himself were made public including recordings of how the united arab emirates funded and orchestrated the protests which paved the way for the military coup in egypt five years ago for some the recordings further prove how cc's egypt controls the media doesn't support the palestinian struggle for liberation for others it simply confirms what they've known all along either way it's a reminder that even the most feared security apparatus inside egypt has its weak spots. of jazeera. a seven month long blockade imposed on

cat are is being discussed as of today gulf cooperation council summit in quaid in his address the emir of kuwait urged nations to settle their differences. said there has been some progress to settle the dispute between cattle and for blockade in countries but he didn't provide any specific details. ports from quite city. where face to face gathering of diplomats from the gulf cooperation council but the d.c.c. is face saving show of unity failed to make a breakthrough in its worst political crisis for decades it started seven months ago when saudi arabia the u.a.e. behind and egypt cut off diplomatic ties with qatar and impose an sea and land blockade the qatari government deny accusations of supporting extremism

the emir of kuwait who has led mediation efforts to heal the rift is warning of the long term impact. realities around us are deteriorating which poses a huge challenge for us we need to show a united stance we must meet in cooperate because we won't be able to tackle the problems we face individually despite the arguments kuwait managed to host the annual d.c.c. summit last month but leaders of the blockade in countries refuse to go saudi arabia and its our allies say qatar must be a list of demands including shutting down the al-jazeera media network closing turkish military bases and don't grading ties with iran qatar's leaders jacked the demands as an acceptable infringements on sovereignty. the gulf dispute is being widely discussed at local gatherings in kuwait known as the one years then an

opportunity to talk about a wide range of issues ranging from art society religion and politics. the dispute among the neighboring gulf countries is something no one here can ignore this is a crisis that is affecting us politically economically and socially we need to solve it now but if it drags on it will have far more serious consequences. fear a prolonged crisis will do more than undermine a long tradition of tribal and family connections they worry about more uncertainty and instability if the gulf cooperation council disintegrates. there's no indication the gulf dispute may be solved any time soon u.s. diplomats are concerned by the impasse the war and the failure to settle the dispute but of course the five eyes and groups are related to al qaeda as well as counter iran's influence in the middle east. to aid city. president

emanuel mackarness vowed to move europe's partnership with china into the twenty first century in his first state visit the world's most populous country back on that chinese president xi jinping in beijing after starting his trip in the ancient capital of shan he wants china and the e.u. to work together to share the benefits of increased trade and find ways to meet the challenge of global warming. you know a lot of. 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'm 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. it took out as

a director of not china national association of international studies it says relations between france and china are now even more important since the u.k. voted to leave the. 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 fault in terms of trade economic relations problem also in terms of political relations the two countries share actually of many similar views on international relations both france and china are permanent member states of the security council of the united nations and the two countries have been courted it he led positions are many important international issues for years and i hope with bracks it happening as we speak china french relations will remain very strong arm and will take on new time measures going forward because france and germany for

example remain the two most important e.u. member states as far as china is concerned. our north and south korea are set to hold their first highlevel talks in more than two years iran meeting is expected to focus on the north's participation in next month's winter olympics and chang talks are being greeted enthusiastically by a soul but some are also questioning whether any real progress reports from seoul. 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 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 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 the alternative source of financial relief and using the pension on the korean peninsula as punishment for

its nuclear weapons testing north korea has been subject 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 often sort of will continue northward north korea can easily make change over attitude after the end of the peloton when told it became 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. gary and police are investigating the killing of a prominent businessman in broad daylight petter his style of was shot outside his

company's office in an up market district of the capital severe forty nine year old and one of the country's biggest dairy businesses he also had ties to bulgaria's ruling center right party heavy rain and melting snow of forced the closure of one of europe's most important shipping routes rhine river in western germany has risen to dangerous levels between the cities of cologne just sold off and gone and is expected to peak on cheese day ryan is a key shipping route for coal oil and minerals. israel says its restored full power supply to the gaza strip after the palestinian authority agreed to resume electricity payments palestinian president mahmoud abbas withdrew payment guarantees and april last year in an attempt to loosen the grip of the ruling hamas party it left gaza's two million residents with only a few hours of electricity a day the move could raise power delivery to six hours a day and just over four years ago detroit became the biggest city in american

history to file for bankruptcy today it's undergoing a renascence but not everyone is sharing in that you found prosperity thousands are homeless and that's a problem right across the u.s. detroit a few other cities though are experimenting with a surprisingly simple solution john hendren explains. 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 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. solving a colossal problem armor would key and close the door. but for those now living in close quarters all the room it's a big deal john hendren zero detroit. so let's update you on our top stories this hour government forces in syria stepping up their offensive against opposition fighters in ed live the last largest remaining opposition stronghold in the country so if it. is causing misery and

freezing winter conditions supposed to be a deescalation zone set up last year with the backing of russia iran and turkey thousands of nigerians who left the country for a better life in europe are being flown back home from libya by the nigerian government was to travel to libya in the hope of eventually making now way to the european mainland instead they were sold into slavery tortured and abused apologies for that will have a manager says exclusive report in our next bulletin in about twenty five minutes time now a body has been recovered from the iranian oil tanker that collided with a congress shape in the east china sea more than thirteen crew members are still missing their affairs of an environmental disaster off the coast of shanghai as the tank i was carrying about a million barrels of oil products. at least two people have been killed in protests

in sudan over the rising price of bread one of the dead was a high school student who was killed during protests in the city of kenya police have arrested a prominent opposition leader and confiscated newspapers in a bid to clamp down on the on rest demonstrations began in the southeastern city of san are on saturday off to bride price is that doubled. the greek government has won a temporary injunction that will suspend the asylum status given to a turkish soldier the soldier whose initially granted asylum in december fled to greece on a military helicopter with seven others following a failed coup against turkish president. in two thousand and sixteen. french president emanuel has vowed to move europe's partnership with china into the twenty first century his first state visit to the world's most populous country michael met chinese president xi jinping in beijing after starting his trip in the ancient capital of shown all those of the day's top stories much more in our website al-jazeera dot com is where i need to go for that comment analysis and video on

demand there as well i'll see you a bit later in about half an hour's time off to counting the cost which starts now . hello i'm adrian finnegan this is counting the cost on al-jazeera a weekly look at the world of business and economics this week post sanctions iran is still a hard place to find a job we'll look at the economic reasons behind the rest of the middle east second largest economy also this week meltdown and suspect these are the nicknames for the two major flaws discovered.