so countries around the world have walked to memorialize these events that have shaped that partition is not about the political events that led up to partition it's about the impact on each person who went through it it's really important that we highlight the stories of humanity hopefully one outcome on this would be that we remember our shared humanity and the shared history. this is al jazeera. blowups all right but you're watching the al-jazeera news our life one headquarters here in doha coming up in the next sixty minutes following the strained relations north and south korea are due to hold rare talks in

a few hours time. salvadorian immigrants in the u.s. all given a deadline to leave or face deportation. syrian government forces ramp up their offensive to take back to deliver province declared a deescalation zone. and was he forced to step out of the race egypt's former prime minister rules himself out of the upcoming presidential election. good to have you with us on the news hour in a few hours time north and south korea will hold their first time level talks in more than two years now the rare meeting is expected to focus on the north's participation in next month's winter olympics in pyongyang chang souls been projecting enthusiasm about the talks but some are questioning whether the lead to any real progress florence louis has more 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 forty missiles 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 you know some of the 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 the north korea's peace officer will

continue northward north korea can easily make a sudden change of attitude after the end of the winter olympic games south korean officials are aware of that and preston when jay in his cautioned 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 let me al-jazeera so. well you know shit daniel baldwin is a research fellow at your insight university institute of north korean studies joins me now via skype from seoul good to have you with us on the program let's begin with the knowledge that the olympics will be the subject that will break the ice is the best way forward or best we all have no argument and the congress is. awesome perhaps they're not war. but i'm trying. it's eight so in the short time the indian government.

and now they're even have to hear some spanish another. is that everybody's interest would be no indeed i mean two years of silence and there's a great deal to discuss including north korea's missile development a nuclear capability i mean are these subjects that can be discussed now or put on the agenda for later discussion. oh you know of the statements issued by the i mean there are were national news there are you know. here i mean that when there are some here no money. is going. on on the table is i believe that this is as i first tried the focus will be how do you know are you know are still if you've been on this mission because now we've got him and so i mean the. meetings are separate

families sanctions obviously have been the hot topic in recent weeks in the beginning to hurt north korea but they're not a solution to a long long term stability in the region as many might think they only anger pyongyang more and yet north korea knows that more missile launches means more punishment have they realize that and is that the reason that they've decided to come to the discussion table a new use the olympics as a precondition but a precursor. well north korea must have been feeling. you know. they're not really. anxious but at the same time the north korean reduce our. it's a new. it's a little bit it's not changed so it's race whether or not really is bring will be

if you want to reduce the able. any part of the united states or pressure of the of the imposed by international community here you know that this will create. very earth or just see in a couple of hours what is said we're going back to south korea for the moment thanks for joining us from seoul. now the u.s. government has decided it will terminate the temporary protected status of more than two hundred sixty thousand immigrants from el salvador. protesters rallied against a move outside the white house people from el salvador were allowed to live and work in the u.s. after two large earthquakes hit the country in two thousand and one their so-called temporary protected status will now ended september next year let's go to diane estabrook who's following the story for us our correspondent in washington d.c.

hi diane first it was the haitians that was the salvadorians truckers making good on his promise to deal with immigrants legal or illegal or otherwise and that must run shivers down the spine of those wondering about their fate in the usa. absolutely and these are some of these people have been here for as long as seventeen years that have children here that know no other home but the united states these folks might have a couple of alternatives the administration says that they could pursue lawful immigration now that could mean getting a work visa could also mean becoming a naturalized citizen but the problem with that is it's a lengthy process and these people only have eighteen months before they have to get out of the u.s. now the other option too is a humanitarian groups might be able to appeal to the administration to maybe extend t.p.s. one of the things that they might point to is the fact that the u.s. state department issued a travel warning it by using americans not to travel to el salvador because of gang

activity and other crimes they also say that it's mean spirited to send these immigrants back to those conditions but you know keep in mind as you said this is an administration that's been very tough on people that are undocumented here in the united states and so it may be very tough to to sway them be able to stay in the united states i mean you touched on some of the elements that those affected could sort of follow legal routes for example we see with could we see this issue end up in the cold is very similar to the muslim. several several countries in the middle east. well this isn't it this isn't anything where the administration is necessarily breaking the law i mean this is temporary status that was granted to these people because of

a crisis. what the administration is saying is this is something that's turned in to sort of a what they call it was i permanent solution for these people they were brought over here because of a natural disaster in some cases some people come here because of civil wars what the administration is saying is homeland security has taken a look at el salvador and determined that it is safe for them to go back hospitals have been repaired homes have been rebuilt electricity has been reinstalled and so they can go back there so they could try to challenge this potentially in the courts but that could be difficult and of course you know as you say there is a precedence of people coming to the u.s. on this legislation through civil war for example many bowls of people from bosnia herzegovina the balkans came to the u.s. in the early ninety's what with the civil war in the former yugoslavia it's only a temporary fix and it has to be understood perhaps by a rule to insert this isn't

a generous gesture by the u.s. they were given you might say shelter for a short space of time or that those coming did no illusion as to what the prerequisites were for entering the us at that moment in time. yeah you're absolutely right and in the case of the people from el salvador and people from haiti and some of these other countries like sudan in the case of el salvador this was they came here under president bush he extended it they have to it gets extended every eighteen months and other administrations have continued to extend it extended president bush then president obama now president trump so yes this was supposed to be meant as a temporary haven for these people and then when the administration determines that it's safe for them to go back then they need to go back unless they do something to apply for permanent status here in the united states as i mentioned earlier like a visa or becoming a naturalized citizen which is what happens in the coming weeks on this one for the

moment thank you. we disagree on now where the government forces backed by russia are dancing on the largest remaining rebel held territory in the north forcing thousands of civilians to flee towards the border with turkey in freezing winter temperatures at least twenty four civilians have been killed in the latest airstrikes over elipse countryside province itself is home to around two point six million people and that includes more than one point one million who moved there after fleeing fighting elsewhere in the country opposition activists say assad's forces will target the rebel held base of the who which is on the edge of the province as well as the damascus aleppo road which cuts right through it lip the syrian government is also intensifying attacks on the rebel held damascus suburb of eastern. they've managed to take back their only military base in the area from rebel fighters is home to around four hundred thousand people and has been under government siege for more than four years it's now the scene of

a humanitarian crisis with shortages of food and medicine. now new footage shows the aftermath of some of the latest airstrikes over the madeira area of eastern theater according to the syrian observatory for human rights three people including one child were killed on monday duma also reported to have been targeted. now a spokesman for the u.n. secretary general say civilians are being forced to flee into areas already overcrowded with displaced families the un is deeply concerned for the safety and protection of tens of cells and of people in southern italy in rural hama in northern syria northeastern syria where ongoing hostilities have reportedly cause hundreds of deaths and injuries of civilians tens of thousands of civilians already in dire circumstances have been recorded as displaced since the first of december due to the fighting with the ansett of winter safe shelters are among the biggest concerns as many families are fleeing into areas that are already at full capacity

into communities with depleted resources for displaced syrians the dangers of war extend far beyond bombs and bullets an increasing number all falling victim to preventable illnesses in northern homs province the lack of basic services and clean water is causing a rise in water borne diseases as are binge of old explains. this shop may look closed. but step in and you're in the makeshift home of the early 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. 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 reverberate throughout syria six million displaced people the countryside in homs has been besieged for years and desperate living conditions are now plenty ahead on the al-jazeera news our including angry protesters take to the streets of sudan after an increase in the price of bread. a new day is on the rise in. opera for president winfrey rounds and golden globe speech now all stars and fans calling on her to run for the top job. and deal sealed and ready to go but i will tell you why we won't see barcelona's record signing in action quite yet that's all coming up in sport.

now egypt's former prime minister has ruled himself out of the upcoming presidential election she can set in november that he intended to run later this year he's widely seen as a serious challenger to president done for the c.c. a new york times report says she could have been influenced by the government to withdraw from the race has more. 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 suggest 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 ologies instructing them on what they must say in the wake of president donald trump's controversial

decision to recognize drusilla as 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 sisi 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 shafiq who had announced his intention to run for president suffix 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. and we want to tax a feat if he gives up his candidacy in it but if you insist on running for president we will attack him strongly and we will show his videos with the muslim brotherhood and you know there are some groups from general intelligence who supports if we will keep an eye on them coincidentally on sunday evening shift 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 for their prove how sees egypt controls the media doesn't support the palestinian struggle for liberation for

others it simply confirms what they've normal along either way it's a reminder that even the most feared security apparatus inside egypt has its weak spot. the greek government has won a temporary injunction little suspend the asylum status given to a turkish military pilot the soldier who was initially granted asylum in december fled to greece on a helicopter with seven others following a failed coup against the turkish president resit there or the one in twenty sixteen a formal court hearing to follow up on the issue is show georgia for february fifteenth. one person has been killed during an anti government protest in tunisia demonstrators clashed with security forces in the town of the border bar near the capital tunis the protests have spread to as many as ten towns as discontent grows against all thirty measures that have led to tax hikes increased prices for basic goods at least two people are being killed after protests broke out of our sudar

over the rising price of bread one of the dead was a high school student in the city of toledo police have rested a prominent opposition leader and confiscated newspapers in an effort to clamp down on the unrest demonstrations began in the south eastern city of sanaa saturday after bread prices there doubled the price hike was a fallout of government cuts to subsidy programs the removal of subsidies as part of a study measures as the country struggles with rising inflation. is a student protester and activist he says people are angry because they never could or they were never consulted about the budget cuts. the government will discuss the issue of the budget which is a political partner and i want to discuss it to the people and that is in the process has just come suddenly in the night no one was expecting this huge amount of praise in the price of fuel of weed of bread of everything people are

talking about seven demands which is. stopping this budget stopping this treatment of the government to the people with this way cutting the military budget cutting the national security budget which is already taking more than seventy percent of the two thousand eighty buses and over all supporting the basics of the life of the people of course it's the government didn't do a lot of people looking for people who looked over to the energy. now many nigerians returning home after being trapped in libya are still hoping one day reaching europe migrants escaping economic hardship oeuvre often found themselves being exploited by people traffickers after arriving in libya thousand are returning home now there is evidence has been traveling with them but has this exclusive report. was these first time nigerian migrants heading home from

their schooling facility in tripoli i worried that the plane will leave without them. the only thing on their mind now is to get on with it when you people leave here they're taking us back to that prison and i don't want to continue we should help us by only. but many others here have been through this routine before for that person or ceratin vincent says his destiny allies in europe and he will make another attempt to get there so almost everything i have to embark on a journey. all like like you're like a madman not limited with this attitude has surprised even the experts who say as many as forty five percent of deported migrants from libya attempt to go back. as a human being you are assuming that. i would my most important goal in life is to preserve my life and knowing that i come so close. to true to what i've seen i

wouldn't go but you know so that i've always also important to to a person. if you're in a place you don't see a future then that pushes you government officials in west africa and me that there are vast porous borders makes it difficult to stop what they call irregular migration and most times border police feel powerless to make arrests because of an existing pact that govern cheese freedom of movement of goods and people. it's that same agreement traffickers and illegal migrants exploit but the challenges go beyond that. it's frustrated that we as country we're not working together including europe it takes more than returning it takes more than public city to do this we need to walk together what's sauce placide this nation going to do with the metal groups. for now african countries continue to evacuate citizens from libya

preventing those citizens from attempting to reach europe again is proving difficult regardless of what happens to them in transit. hommage agrees al-jazeera . now one hundred forty african migrants are being rescued by the libyan coast guard of the coast of tripoli the sinking vessel was spotted on monday morning those rescued were taken to a naval base in tripoli for medical treatment now on sunday libyan authorities recovered the bodies of two women who died a crew trying to cross the mediterranean in similar circumstances. iran is warning it may reconsider its cooperation with the un's nuclear watchdog unless the us on is the agreement it signed with tehran and international powers and twenty fifteen president donald trump has refused to certify the deal which lifted sanctions in return for iran's back its nuclear program so he has more from tehran. that and leaders in iran are again gearing up to defend the nuclear deal finally signed

in two thousand and fifteen after years of delays on monday president hassan rouhani had this reminder donald trump has failed every time the white house has tried to confront iran. and the foreign ministry warned washington not to do anything it might regret. we have to wait for their decision as for iran stance we've made all the necessary predictions about any scenario and all options for different situations are on the table depending on what the united states decides to do. at a security conference in tehran attended by foreign dignitaries and regional allies iran's defense minister told us that the u.s. is orchestrating artificial conflicts in the middle east to create perpetual war. maybe. we understand well why do i especially the us are pursuing iran of hope this is a total american story that says for the progress of america's economy staging wars is inevitable so from their perspective it's necessary to produce permanent war

intention to sell weapons. iran's foreign minister zarif is scheduled to meet his european union counterpart later this week in brussels the e.u. has been a vocal supporter of the nuclear deal and talks are expected to focus on how to save it from collapse in the face of u.s. threats there is broad international support for all sides to remain committed to keeping iran from restarting its nuclear enrichment program but the fact that it would only take a few days to do so will no doubt be on the minds of iran's enemies as well as its allies same bus route all just here at death row. now the u.s. navy has joined the search for crewmembers missing from an iranian oil tank and they disappeared after the ship collided with a freighter in the east china sea they all said to be still on file for the coast of shanghai and one can't possible. 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 sanchia 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.f. 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 should we. we're 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 i was there all

still ahead here on the al jazeera news apple under pressure from its own investors to do more to curb growing smartphone addiction amongst children. and in the birthplace of tango a small city dances to a very different tune also in sports one tennis star takes a hit to the head of the shares grounds. welcome back while we're looking at but the conditions across america are still pretty chilly across north america but nowhere near as bad as it has been chicago above freezing washington at seven degrees and temperatures returning to normal valleys across parts of the south but we have got some snow across the pacific

northwest and as you head on through into wednesday that's going to further towards the west some francisco los angeles should be drawing stage but some rain across the desert southwest some rain across parts of canada but the temperatures continue to rise the thought beginning to set in thankfully now as we head into the caribbean region we've still got this weakness across these areas extending up from really panama and costa rica through jamaica and now up towards the bahamas and parts of cuba too so a good deal of cloud and rain here over the next forty eight hours as we head through into wednesday maybe for jamaica some slight improvement otherwise moving up through the isthmus we've got to find conditions across billie's through the yucatan peninsula into the rest of mexico for south america plenty of showers in evidence once again across parts of proven down through the livia and for paraguay weather conditions not looking too bad dry conditions in rio the thing we could still see want to two showers on wednesday further south looks like being fine across much of your acquired in argentina highs of thirty two employees aires.

it's unbelievable it sounds like an agreement between a criminal bosses just like trading in stolen goods that have been taken by the place if anyone ever comes to ask the question is for throw their hands up in the air and say i don't know i was just nominee director we're doing a investigation into. ukraine could use a bribes you've been corrupt been not corrupt i did just what the president say al-jazeera investigations the only gods at this time when the news breaks members of the knesset israel's parliament setting a higher threshold for any future attempt to give up any parts of truce and the story builds. up to date just what president stated in no country that is not the other way and when people need to be heard china has a serious shortage of women and a lot of lonely men al-jazeera has teams on the ground to bring the model and build

winning documentaries and live news on air and online. you're watching hard as there are still rather a reminder of our top stories south korean officials are on their way to the first high level talks with their northern counterparts since twenty fifteen these are live pictures coming from the koreas now where those diplomats will meet it's a rare meeting and it's expected to focus on north korea's participation in next month's winter olympics in pyongyang chang's. also the u.s. government has decided to terminate the temporary protected status of more than two

hundred sixty thousand immigrants from el salvador protesters rallied against the move outside the white house also twenty four civilians have been killed near the syrian city of idlib as government strikes bob barr the region government forces are advancing on the rebel held territory forcing thousands of civilians to flee towards the turkish border. now people close to media personality and business from an opera winfrey say she's considering a run for the u.s. presidency in twenty twenty the hash tag hash tag opera twenty twenty began trending on twitter on sunday after she gave a rousing speech at the golden globe awards and hollywood fisher reports say new day is all. she's best known for a talk show which made her billions of dollars know the talk is of oprah running for president 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.

comments at the golden globe awards in hollywood and several standing ovations was described as inspiring by those in attendance and brought the hashtag oprah twenty twenty trending on twitter but while the idea has growing support the media giant has already said she doesn't want to run for office wondering if you've narrowed down your shortlist of b.p. candidates. and how she's lost her mind. donald trump went from a hugely popular reality t.v. show to the presidency his star power in name recognition his brand helped significantly several democrats have been named as possible candidates for twenty twenty. cory booker joe biden elizabeth warren and kiersten jila brand are just a few of the names being thrown around none i was well known as oprah but one political analyst strikes a note of caution i think that's a very huge and tremendously for someone who has operated as a media personality moving into the space of governing we are at we're already

seeing how that hasn't worked out as many people had hoped it would oprah has done nothing to that don't speculation of a presidential run but there's still two years before the race for the white house starts to get really serious. alan fischer al-jazeera washington ok man is an assistant professor of philosophy at cornell university she's also the author of down girl the logic of massage and he joins me now via skype from ithaca in new york state could have you with us on al-jazeera kate is it really too early to start talking about oprah as a potential presidential candidate or should we be taking this quite seriously. i think it's mostly speculation at this point and i'm not sure how reductive it is. i think it might be a good opportunity there are no to be distinctive barriers that women particularly women of color face when we start to see how or how important is it then that one

should have a proven track record in governance not a proven track record in the media industry as we're seeing at the moment with the current president of the united states in all sorts of trouble it seems to me very important indeed and although i am a big fan she was infinitely more qualified and competent than child but that's a marrying r. and i don't think we should be looking. very worrying trend politicians particularly not president i mean to oprah winfrey level it is where she's black she's a woman. why does she have the influence that she has that radiates beyond the normal media personality because she does cut down through barriers through social groups through the political spectrum there isn't anybody she doesn't know and she actually manages to speak to the poorest of the poor to the richest of the

rich. well she's very brilliant and she you know fortunately been given credit where it's due for what she has achieved that doesn't however mean that she wouldn't be subject to instant suspicion and consternation and endless criticism you've actually read so we saw a very you know predictable trends play out with hillary clinton she was in two thousand and thirteen her and almost seventy percent approval rating after leaving her secretary of state decision and that plummeted to. around thirty five to set and was hovering at forty percent when she was actively seeking office so let's not lose sight of the fact that women need to try to run for these positions chicory against dominant men tend to be taken

down but in the run up to the trump presidency we saw michelle obama for example speaking very strongly very mentally passionately about politics in the u.s. in support of hillary clinton a senior white politician let's just let's just finally just try and focus on the fact that it is difficult for a woman to succeed in politics and certainly for the top job in america comparison to the united kingdom where we've seen two female prime ministers. yes very interesting differences and i think one of them is that when you have a head to head competition directly between a man and a woman and this i think you have begun as a trend for women of color it tends to be a method biased in favor of white men so that impurity demonstrably will and i think it would be foolish to think that our would be an exception to that even though she's currently universally beloved there are real. or almost universally

the real test is what happens when she actually stands it costs the way men are in a jar and then hostility turns to come out and i think again that we need to look at this intersection where you realize that for a woman of color that's going to be an easy and. growing a barrier to the kind of success that. if she were to run i think those predictions are. probably just told you interesting time certainly i will have to keep a very close eye on this one for the moment kate man in ithaca in new york state thanks for joining us on al-jazeera thank you. giant apple is under new pressure this time for from its a biggest investors not to major shareholders have sent a letter to the company has yet to address concerns over smartphone addiction amongst young children and they said paying special attention to the health and

development of the next generation is both good business and the right thing to do they cited a study which says sixty seven percent of teachers surveyed were finding that the number of students were distracted by digital devices in classrooms and that was growing seventy five percent of them say students' ability to focus on studies has decreased and the letter mentions that u.s. teenagers who spend five hours or more a day on smartphones at seventy one percent more likely to have a risk factor for suicide and ninety percent of teachers surveyed say that the number of students with emotional challenges has also risen well earlier we spoke to technology writer moody believes the focus may soon move from apple of to the big social media software companies. we've seen over the last year that social media is actually having a massive impact on the whole of society particularly in the political context where we find out that the advertising that drives social media let's remember that social media are free because of the advertising that is put on them and that's

advertising having a big impact on society in all ways so i think the concentration ultimately will be on the social media applications and again that's what children like doing i mean they really love social media up so i think this is really about that but shrewdly it's using apple as a kind of proxy to deal with this apple actually isn't in the business of getting people addicted to using these services as much as possible they just want people to buy that phone now there are only limited things that apple itself can do for example it can limit the amount of time that children spend on their devices or it can limit access to particular services ultimately i think it's going to be companies like facebook and google and twitter and all the others that will have to get involved to provide a much finer get grained control so that parents can stipulate i know something ridiculous like you can only send three hundred messages a day because if you do that kind of thing then children will begin to realize ok i'm this limit what i'm doing so i get the full benefit of that french president

has vowed to leave europe's partnership with china into the twenty first century in its first state visit to the world's most populous country. chinese president xi jinping in beijing or to starting his trip in the ancient capital of shirin 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 the emir of kuwait has been some progress of relieving the seven blockade on cattle speaking at a two day regional summit over the urge nations to settle their differences or face the consequences ashleigh harbor reports from kuwait city. rare face to face gathering of diplomats from the gulf cooperation council other d.c.'s face saving show of unity failed to make a breakthrough in its worst political crises 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 air 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 starts we must meeting 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 allies say qatar must meet a list of demands including shutting down the al-jazeera media network closing a turkish military base and downgrading ties with iran qatar's leaders with jacked

their demands as an acceptable infringements on sovereignty to the gulf this beauty 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 triable and family connections they worry about more uncertainty and instability if the gulf cooperation council disintegrates.

there's no indication the gov this may be solved any time soon u.s. diplomats are concerned by the impasse the war and the failure to settle the dispute may hamper efforts to fight i sell and groups are related to al qaeda as well as counter iran's influence in the middle east. to aid city now it's summertime in argentina where dozens of cultural festivals are in full swing organizers say one of them is quite unique to receive i reports the my lumber festival reflects the heart of argentina's traditions where men train for years with a dream of becoming dance champion. the small city of level of there in the central province of the court of the law is transformed every year by my lot more. danced exclusively by men who train for years to be able to compete here. as a way of life it is choosing a lifestyle it's not a job it's

a passion. for him with the with the. dancers from argentina's twenty three provinces travel to the most important competition in the country for it to acquire skill strength and a lot of street. the dancers are dressed like they got their traditional horsemen but once roamed the land. they continue. to be praised for the way they count up to ten feet and fight. with one another back in the seventeenth and eighteenth century to the brim of the town and i can tell you the place for these people is a way of preserving argentina's tradition. he said teacher from the southern province of no. this is his first time at the competition. it is very difficult for us to be here especially when you don't have a lot of financial support only your family sometimes you want to abandon it all.

he explained the two different style that they need to excel at if they want to win the biggest price what's unique about the competition is that the winner cannot compete ever again in the same category. i was champion seven years ago he started to dance when he was ten years old one of the lol. when you win you also have some sadness because you want to continue competing but at the same time being a winner means so much is like retiring and being champion all in the same night. tangle.

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welcome back it was just over four years ago when detroit became the biggest city in american history to file for bankruptcy but today it's undergoing over nacelles acid experiments on finding a solution for its housing crisis as john hundred 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 in solving a colossal problem. there . but for those now living in close quarters all their own it's a big deal john hendren al-jazeera detroit. sport on his show thanks very much for getting your has been officially unveiled as a barcelona piet completes one of the most expensive transfers and football history but fans will need to wait before seeing him in action. reports signed sealed and delivered fully pitino is a boss alone a player. joins the spanish giants on

a five and a half year contract for a fee of one hundred ninety two million dollars that's the third most expensive transfer of all time it's a move that was months in the making if not longer and the brazilian was joined by pass the president just that muddy up at a presentation at the nou camp it came just days after his move from liverpool was announced. i'm going to. like to think the president oversee barcelona the directors who had so much patience i would like to think liverpool for the five years i had there and the directors my god who understood what i was doing my dream and they tried very hard to convince me to stay to the fans shared five years with me think you. found showed up at the nou camp to welcome the star and continue offer the hint of some of the skills he can offer is the first. the decision was easy because this is

a barcelona it is the best team in the world with the best players many big items on my plate for this club big playing here right now. but fans will have to wait a little longer to see the new signing in action despite passing his medical tests confirm the twenty five year old has a fine injury he won't be able to make his debut for at least another three weeks. the new camp will be waiting tatyana sanchez al-jazeera and the berries announced that he has successfully undergone surgery on a hip injury in melbourne the former tennis world number one hasn't played since wimbledon in july and withdrew from last week's brisbane international but the thirty year old insists he isn't done yet and hopes to recover in time for the grass court season later this year. now day after winning the title in brisbane mick carey also experienced what it was like to lose again but this time it was only an exhibition game did me he teamed up with lleyton hewitt after both lost

their singles matches hoping to save face unfortunately for kerio seek out a ball to the face instead that's what you get standing too close to the net. after a sympathetic couple from alexander's verified kerry also picked himself up dusted off his bruised ego and here and here it's been it's very of and grigor dimitrov in the doubles it was pretty good practice for here it is coming out for time at the age of thirty six because he's a stray you know in the men's doubles. cricket's ashes series or chain australia in england concluded on monday as the second most attended in the long history of the contest a total of eight hundred sixty seven thousand spectators saw at least part of australia's four nil series when they won the fifth and final test on monday by an innings. one hundred twenty three runts city's famous opera house lit up sails in green and gold to celebrate both the men's and women's ashes victories south africa

beat india in a tense first test in cape town eighteen wickets fell on day four and india was set just two hundred eight for victory but proteas bowler vernon philander took career best figures of six for forty two as india were bowled out seventy two one short of victory target. defending champion stefan as ancyl has taken the overall lead after the third stage of the dakar rally in peru the frenchman finished just behind stage when a nutshell a tear of cattle but that was enough to give him a three minute lead ahead of compassionate sold to pray there was trouble though for two time champion ninety roma the spaniard rolled his mini just a kilometer before the finish line he was able to finish the stage with his co-driver but later had to be flown to hospital in the capital lima with head and neck injuries and that means his challenge for this year's title will end because he was unable to drive his car to the overnight stop. the biggest sports event

in asia has taken place the national championships in traditional wrestling is a fight for christie but combat says get some surprising assistance at least holman reports the third in asia second largest cities into an event that's as much about culture and pride as it is competition this is the national championships of traditional wrestling held once every year oh eight teams representing each of measures eight provinces have come together to compete in front of thousands of fans on whether this traditional sport dates back to harvesting seasons in villages used to fight after collecting their crops if your rival of the military council in one nine hundred seventy five he thought the wrestling to be the sport the police all the youths together in the national competition was introduced. of fifteen wrestlers are helped by their coaches and to some this sorcerer is the role of the sorceress is to write

a play spells on the average slows and perform rituals primed to each fight but different competitors have their own theories on how to best achieve success oh the sport requires physical strength training and the mexican cleric some luck is needed to see those as some wrestlers for law. and sorcerers who resort to black magic engine but we rely totally on the holy koran which is allies with worldly secrets thanks to those who can make it to the stadium this is very much a television event as well. thank. both of you is on spectators sawhorse problems into when this is titled after pacing the defending champions. as prime minister she recently on hand to present the victors sword along with the twenty thousand dollars check. and from there it was time to celebrate with the people of santa and start planning on how

to wrestle back the title again next year lease home and al-jazeera and that's all the sport for now more later thanks to a well you've been watching the al-jazeera news hour with the cell rabab more news on the other side of the break until then thanks for your time and your company.

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