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was younger she is now salvadoran immigrants in the u.s. given a deadline to leave or face deportation. in the birthplace of tango a small city dances to a different. north and south korea are holding their first highlevel talks and more than two years the rare meeting is expected to focus on the north's participation in next month's winter olympics and china was sold been enthusiastic about the talks but some are questioning whether they will lead to any real progress from reports from solve. this was the last formal face to face meeting between north and south korean officials in december two thousand and fifteen the two sides discussed reunions of families separated by the korean war and economic cooperation. that is make

a good start and open the great path to reunification. despite the initial optimism the talks broke down and in the two years since north korea has fired more than fourteen missiles and conducted three nuclear tests to v.s.e. escalating tensions on the korean peninsula but at the start of this year north korean leader kim jong un unexpectedly proposed dialogue with the south and. the focus of the discussions at the truce village of panmunjom will be on north korea's participation in the two thousand and eight winter olympics in south korea next month and on improving into korean ties the last time north korean athletes visited the south was for the asian games in two thousand and fourteen sporting events have been useful in providing diplomatic openings between the two koreas but ultimately led nowhere and some analysts are skeptical of north korea's true intentions this

time. because of the effectiveness of the economic sanctions you know suddenly finds the value of south korea as an alternative source of financial relief and using the pension on the korean peninsula as punishment for its nuclear weapons testing north korea has been subject to increasingly tighten 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 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 caution against too much but engagement with north korea remains the best option to easing tensions on the

korean peninsula florence living al-jazeera so. joining us from seoul is our correspondent kathy novak who exactly is in these delegations and what's been happening so far. well the two men on either side who are responsible for into korean relations are leading the five member delegation so you have the south korean unification minister and then his north korean counterpart their deputies and then representatives in charge of sports culture and the olympics and they're in these talks now they open them it seemed to be a quite jovial and atmosphere is the kicked off you had the north korean representative saying that he hopes to give as a first president of the new year positive results out of these talks and show the unification minister from the south saying that the first step is half the journey so i think there is. being seen and positively that these talks are going ahead at

all because of course it has been about two years since there was any kind of official meeting between the north of the south and indeed almost as long as that since there have been any kind of communication at all the hotline at the border area has been shut down for more than a year so now the fact that these very senior representatives of either government are sitting down in the same room is being seen as very significant aaron and kathleen we know that the winter olympics is the platform for these talks but is the hope they could be expanded to take in missile launches and perhaps even u.n. sanctions. i think in the long term and that would be south korea's goal and indeed the goal of japan the united states and other interested parties but for its part south korea's government really does want to start with this focus on the winter olympics and paralympics which are all only a month away because they really do want to see the north korean athletes participating to give

a sign that this is the peace olympics event that they have been promoting it as and also to sort of just defuse tensions in general on the korean peninsula the thought being that if the north korean participants are here in south korea it is less likely perhaps that north korea would be conducting any missile or nuclear weapons testing jury in that period but as we heard in florence a story back there the skeptics do say that north korea may be trying to extract some kind of concessions from south korea perhaps financial concessions but then in the long term still refuse to talk about denuclearization and that is the fear on the part of some skeptics certainly in the united states and elsewhere derren got it thank you bill graham on weber's from now on the young technological university he says the talks could result in small compromises on both sides. i think we have to manage expectations about the talks that are going underway right now i mean

certainly what needs to be discussed at some point in time i mean ideally at this very meeting they're looking at is what stands at the heart of tensions which is the ongoing nuclear weapons development program by north korea but i think having said that if both sides cannot get something as simple as the winter olympics right i don't think they can get anything else right going forward so therefore just focusing on on the more reachable outcomes the low hanging fruits which would be to have north korea participate in the winter olympics and then to leverage on that on that positive outcome i think would be the best way to go about dealing with the discussions on the way i think the talks will set the tone for twenty eighteen as to how the tensions are going to be managed and possibly resolved by all parties chiefly between the north korean and south korean governments. at least two people

have been killed after protests across a garden of a rising bread prices the government's warned demonstrators that acts of destruction will be met with force police have been arresting opposition leaders and confiscating newspapers to control the situation and some of the reports. there is anger in the sudanese capital khartoum in videos posted on social media people in small numbers have been protesting against a sudden increase in prices of basic commodities. it's not limited to southern. almost half of this it is us that have protesting now but the voters. because it's the. cd in a very hard and violent way. red is the most important staple for more sudanese and the prices have gone up after the government began a series of reforms to improve the economy the government stop importing greek since last month hoping that it would create competition between private companies

and bring down prices but bakeries say they have raised prices due to a shortage of flour will have glowing honey they don't pick up from and says flour is subsidized by ten percent and they are saying we will remove it next month was one hundred sixty and next month it will reach five hundred fifty pounds and that's an increase of three hundred to four hundred percent when i say yeah newbie mismanage the price might be ok for me but not for other people some families couldn't even afford it when it was one pound. in line with recommendations by the international monetary fund subsidies are being eliminated sudan recent be devalued its currency and now the dollar is worth eight hundred sudanese pounds instead of seven last year the us government east financial sanctions against sudan which led many to believe that there is an economic boom on the way. as a lot of because the sanctions ended we were pleased he began to rearrange our lives but we are certain prized that life is getting worse something. there was too

much expectation for change too soon because the sanctions were lifted just a few months ago many people are very likely to you that will know the site has been lifted maybe you're going to have a magic when for which it was lifted yes then today you're conditions actually change which is not nestle the case but of course that is politics also this government continues to be rather repressive. the interior minister has denied that the demonstrations are indisposed to the hike in prices he told a state news agency that protesters who cause destruction will be dealt with force in recent weeks and in the security forces arrested three opposition leaders and broke the scene of six newspapers but the unrest hasn't ended. and is there. one person has been killed during an anti-government protest in tunisia demonstrators clashed with security forces in the town of near the capital tunis protests has spread as many as ten towns as discontent grows against austerity

measures that have led to tax hikes and increased prices for basic goods the us government has decided to end the temporary protected status of more than two hundred sixty thousand immigrants from el salvador protesters running 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 is rob reynolds . ricardo escobar makes his living improving the houses of people much wealthier than he now the migrant from el salvador may be expelled from the country where he's lived worked and raised a family for nearly two decades by then and this is a country the immigrants. all the world has immigrated here he. was in washington demonstrators gathered in front of the white house monday protesting a decision by the trumpet ministration to take away temporary protected status or

t.p.s. for more than two hundred thousand salvadorans they had been permitted to live in the u.s. following disastrous earthquakes that struck their homeland in two thousand and one this issue you know where he wasn't completely unexpected but he's real and he makes me sad i have had members of the union call me. crying because of this decision jaime what are we going to do the trumpet ministration says t.p.s. was never meant to be permanent and that social disruptions caused by the earthquakes no longer exists. last year the trumpet ministration stripped temporary protective status from tens of thousands of people from eighty and nicaragua living in the us. el salvador is one of the world's most dangerous places it had the highest murder rate of any country in two thousand and fifteen powerful gangs

operate with near impunity and poverty and unemployment are dire escobar does not want to bring his family there but a yes i worry a lot about my children if my son goes there they'll force him to join a gang and if you refuses the killing activists say political pressure is needed to reverse the decision and that many children of salvadoran parents were born in the us and thus are american citizens boarded two hundred dollars for us citizen children then you have been voting your age so today i'm asking are to be yes roeder families and both undergrads who stay home are u.s. citizens and then a vote or not some action kind of vote in twenty eight days ministration has given the salvadoran residents eighteen months to find a way to obtain legal status or leave the u.s. forever in el salvador the foreign minister urged salvadorans in the u.s.

not to become agitated but he made hoping to get. the first thing i want to tell people is they need to remain calm we have another eighteen months between march this year and september twenty ninth tain but it's difficult for people to stay calm when their families futures are on the line. al jazeera los angeles. time for a short break here al-jazeera when we come back the iranian nuclear deal looks increasingly fragile as teheran issues a new all to make them to the united states plus. both of them going but for like like you like among money. down but not out nigerian migrants head home from libya but many are still hoping to get to europe more and stay with us. from long flowing island winds to an in chanting desert breeze.

welcome back to look at weather conditions across the levant and western parts of asia we have a frontal system which is sweeping down through the caucuses and as it goes through it's certainly going to introduce some cooler air to many areas so back dropping from ice on the eleven on choose day to just five tommy gets through to wednesday just as a high in tehran for the south looking fine for by city and other states the suicidal mediterranean drive plenty of sunshine a pleasant day in beirut with highs of eighteen degrees here in the arabian peninsula we've still got the risk of showers in the southern end of the red sea i'm also seeing a few showers just flip down through the gulf region too so perhaps the old showers possible certainly for the gulf states we could see some showers at times and temperatures nothing special but i will guess marginally more for riyadh as we head through wednesday with highs of nineteen degrees heading down into southern portions of africa are tropical cyclone continues to push away from madagascar for

south africa we've got some showers in the eastern cape cape town itself though should be drawn fine fine conditions across much of botswana and through into namibia with winter there looking at highs of thirty six we've got some heavy showers affects into the parts on golar through zambia and zimbabwe expect some showers to be affecting harari highs here of twenty five degrees. there with sponsored by qatar race. you are making somewhere there on line the main u.s. response to drug use and the drug trade over the last fifty years has been criminalized or if you join us on sad. over the morning in the season i want to cover the world of darkness this is a dialogue that could be one in the confusion about people saying they don't actually know what's going on join the colobus conversation at this time on al-jazeera.

welcome back a quick recap of the top stories here on al-jazeera north and south korea have begun their first high level talks since twenty fifteen young is said it will send a delegation to next month's winter olympics including a team of supporters meanwhile south korea's opposing to hold another reunion of families in separate. at least two people have been killed after protests broke out across the town of the rising price of bread these are the rest of a prominent opposition leader and confiscated newspapers in the effort to clamp down on the unrest. and the u.s. government's decided to terminate the temporary protected status of more than two hundred sixty thousand immigrants from el salvador protested rallied against the move outside the white house. now iran is warning it may reconsider its

cooperation with the un's nuclear watchdog unless the u.s. almost the agreement it signed with terrible and international powers in twenty fifteen president trump has refused to certify the deal which lifted sanctions in return for iran scaling back its nuclear program same bus route as more from the iranian capital. 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 them that the u.s. is orchestrating artificial conflicts in the middle east to create perpetual war. maybe. we understand well why do us 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. al-jazeera. syrian government forces backed by russia are advancing on the largest remaining rebel held territory in the north forcing thousands of civilians to flee towards the border with turkey in freezing temperatures at least twenty four people have been killed in airstrikes and new footage shows the aftermath of the strikes at the madera area eastern ghouta according to the syrian observatory for human rights three people including a child were killed on monday doom and i have been also reported to have been hit. well a spokesman for the u.n. secretary general says civilians are being forced to flee into areas already of a crowded with displaced families the un is deeply concerned for the safety and protection of ten 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 is displaced since the first of december due to the fighting with the ansett of winter said shelters among the biggest concerns is many families are fleeing into areas that are already at full capacity into communities with depleted resources the mayor of kuwait says there has been some progress in relieving the seven month long blockade on cattle speaking at a two day regional summit. urged nations to settle their differences or face the consequences are somehow bar reports from kuwait city. where face to face gathering of diplomats from the gulf cooperation council but the d.c. sees 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 imposed 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. 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 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 gulf 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 iceland groups often ated to al-qaeda as well as counter iran's influence in the middle east. to aid city. many nigerians returning home after being trapped in libya still hoping of one day reaching europe migrants escaping economic hardship have often found themselves being exploited by people traffickers after arriving in libya thousands are now returning home. but interest has been traveling with them and sent the sex to report. these first time nigerian migrants heading home from this holding facility in tripoli are worried that the plane will leave without them. the only thing on their mind now is to get to me that 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 sheraton vincent says his destiny allies in europe and he will make

another attempt to get their. so almost everything i have to embark on a journey but now i'm going back all like like you like a month month and not know what it was 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 survival is also important to a person. if you are in a place you don't see a future then that pushes you government officials in west africa admit that there are vast porous borders makes it difficult to stop what they call irregular migration i most times border police feel powerless to make arrests because of an existing pact that government cheese freedom of movement of goods and people. it's

that same agreement traffickers and illegal migrants exploit but the challenges go beyond that is frustrated that we as country when 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. this nation going to to do with the clean medical bills. 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. how many grease al-jazeera . turkey is to extend its state of emergency for a further three months was due to expire on january nineteenth is the sixth time it's been extended the state of emergency was imposed after a failed coup attempt in july twenty sixth seen thousands of people suspected of

involvement of since been arrested many from the government and the military. heavy rain and melting snow have forced the closure of one of europe's most important shipping routes the rhine river in western germany has risen to dangerous levels between cologne dusseldorf and bomb it's expected to peak on tuesday. emergency crews in central argentina are struggling to control wildfires which been raging for a week hot dry weather has worsened conditions in a national park in the center of pumper province using heavy machinery to open roads and cut off the blazes the wildfires have burned through one hundred thousand hectares of land so far. now it's summertime in argentina where dozens of cultural festivals are in full swing organizers say one of them is unique and stories about reports the mambo festival reflects the heart of argentina's traditions where men train for years with

a dream of becoming dance champions. the small city of level of a 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 it took choir skill strength and a lot of street. the dancers are dressed like they got the traditional horsemen that once roamed the land. they continue. to be praised for the way they count up to ten feet by hand 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 know. 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.

look at the you know. it's a symbol of masculinity and other argentine dances like tangle women have yet to join in with. a lot of women who want to dance and were some categories where they can like in couples dancing but they're not allowed in the main competition. character and style are as crucial as the dance itself and even though it has changed over the decades it has not lost the spirit. that helped forge entire culture and heritage. and. i didn't tina. our time for a quick recap of the top stories here and al-jazeera north korea says it will send a delegation to next month's winter olympics it's held in the first time of

a talks with south korea since twenty fifteen and south korea has also proposed holding another reunion of divided families in february. when. we came to this meeting today with the serious and sincere attitude and with the thought of giving our brother and who have high hopes for this dialogue invaluable results of the first president of the year. and. our talks resume after the north and south korean ties have been severed for a long time but i believe the first step is half the journey i would like to hold this meeting with tenacity and perseverance. at least two people have been killed after protests across the van over the rising price of bread one of the dead was a high school student who was killed during protests in the city of geneva police have arrested a prominent opposition leader and confiscated newspapers in an effort to clamp down on the unrest. iran is warning it may reconsider its cooperation with the united nations nuclear watchdog unless the us almost the agreement it signed with tehran

and international powers in twenty fifteen president trump has refused to certify the iran nuclear deal it lifted sanctions in return for the scaling back of tehran's nuclear program the syrian government forces backed by russia are advancing on the largest remaining rebel held territory in the north forcing thousands of civilians to flee towards the border with turkey in freezing winter conditions at least twenty four people have been killed in a strikes and it lib new footage shows the aftermath of the strikes over the muddier area in eastern. according to the syrian observatory for human rights three people including one child were killed on monday. the us government has decided to end the temporary protected status of more than two hundred sixty thousand immigrants and salvador just as rally begins to 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 but those were

the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after the stream stage of that sochi by fire. facing realities your president said that there would be a complete audit a hundred percent ordered that ordered hasn't happened getting to the heart of the matter so are you saying that the future of the g.c.c. will be in doubt. here their story. on talk to how does it at this time. hi i'm femi oke a walk cause anti-government sentiment to flare up in iraq one week after protesters called for an age to high prices and in some cases the removal of iran's clerical elite hundreds rally this weekend in support of the nation's leadership so what do these demonstrations tell us about what's happening in the country today on the stream where live and how does era.