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and i'm rob matheson this is the news on live from doha coming up in the next sixty minutes where inside syria where turkey's operation against kurdish fighters could bring two nato powers into direct military conflict. but america first does not mean american alone u.s. president donald trump declares america open for business but insists trade must be fair. under pressure to step down congolese president joseph kabila denies claims of violent crackdowns on protesters. bowing to pressure the entire u.s. gymnastics board plans to resign in the wake of a sexual abuse scandal involving a former team doctor.

president up out of line is warning that turkey's operation against kurdish fighters in syria could be extended to the border with iraq al jazeera has traveled with the turkish army as it continues its offensive to sweep fighters from the region the move risks a possible confrontation with the kurdish y p g militia it's a group backed by the united states a nato ally stephanie deca and a common seal have this report from the city of us. as we enter syria it is the free syrian army flag that flies high here we're on a media trip into as organized by the turkish authorities they take us close to where there's been fighting with the kurdish armed group turkey calls a terrorist organization turkish forces are trying to push it out of the region about the front line is just a few kilometers west of here both turkish troops and the free syrian army are taking part you know i'm not sure that. one of the f.s.a.

fighters why he is involved in turkey's operation for some it seems it's personal. because they betrayed us and especially because they took over my city. i've been displaced along with many of my neighbors for two years living in the camps there are such bad conditions especially now in the winter. what our target escorts are telling us is that the front line with the kurdish fighters is just further along that mountain is also which is over to this side where there's been active fighting but what is clear here on the outskirts of city is how much of a presence they are of course supporting the free syrian army fighters the syrian rebels that are really taking a large part in this operation that turkey has undertaken against. the wall while we were here two bullets whizzed overhead. and we're told. to blame for this.

sort of the you know they shot at us and our tires and stars. we move on and into the city. i saw was pushed out of here in two thousand and fourteen but life remains difficult now as her has to provide for thirteen members of her family she tells us she is all alone. war has now become the norm she says young but the learned a lot of people like us are used to the shelling in the explosions the young children are still scared but we've been facing this for a few years now we're not afraid anymore. there is hardly any electricity here generators are the only way to get light or heat in the winter rain has left the streets thick with mud the black paint on this will be for sale. it seems some still dream of moving on from here. the landscape in this part of syria is dotted with tents millions of syrians are made homeless in their own

country. history we've been here for three years in the tent has never been fixed because of the run the tent leaks and there are seven people in one tent a situation is terrible. this is a country ripped apart by almost seven years of war millions of syrians have had to leave their lives behind. and as the years go by the war simply seems to change its for the guns seemingly impossible to silence. stephanie decker al jazeera as ounce syria. well it appears a potential cease fire deal has been agreed in the besieged damascus suburb of eastern ghouta and it could begin in the next few hours a spokesman for the second largest opposition faction in go to says they've received an offer from russia but the details remain unclear russian jets in the syrian army have intensified their bombardment of the rebel on playboy over the past two months four hundred thousand people live in the area and they're suffering from acute food and medicine shortages. u.s.

president donald trump has taken his america first message to the world's elite addressing the world economic forum in davos he declared the u.s. open for business but he's warned that washington would no longer turn a blind eye to unfair trade practices is also attacked the media our diplomatic editor james bates has more from davos. as the band played president trump stood somewhat could leave aside the man who founded the world economic forum klaus schwab his vision for almost half a century open world trade is not at all with the president's america first policy taking the role of salesman in chief trump declared no america first does not mean america alone when the united states grows so does the world american prosperity has created countless. all around the globe trump who has

recently as this week has been accused of protectionism after slapping terrorists on imports of solar panels and washing machines criticized other nations for their trading practices we cannot have free and open trade if some countries exploit the system at the expense of others we support free trade but it needs to be fair and it needs to be reciprocal he was politely received until he lashed out as he always does the media and it was until i became a politician that i realized how nasty how mean how vicious and how fake. the press can be as the cameras start going off in the back. trump's cabinet colleagues seem pleased with the speech. but nobel prize winning economist

professor joseph stiglitz said trumpet got his sums wrong and doesn't realize that the global trading system is already stacked in the us his favor he tried to put a soft spin the fact is the rules of the game have been written by the united states largely for the united states and now for the united states to say that they are unfair to ninety stakes they're unfair to developing countries but to say that they're unfair in the united states is unconscionable as president trump left here davus organizers will be breathing a sigh of relief he was scripted and restraint there was though some criticism that there was little new in his speech and no concrete details one veteran davus attendee told me people don't come here to listen to mara lago happy talk james pays out zero davus. well as we heard in james's reports truong has attacked the media while in davos has accused the new york times of fake news the newspaper said

that last june truong wanted to sack robert the special prosecutor who is looking into alleged russian meddling in the twenty sixteen election but he backed down when the top white house lawyer threatened to resign practical as more. publicly donald trump is often dismissed the investigation into potential collusion between his campaign and russian operatives but there are now reports he ordered the man behind it fired last june but apparently white house attorney dan mcgann threatened to quit in protest so the president backed down trump had his usual response to the news thank you so thank you. thank you thanks thanks george but here's what we do know trump has seem fixated with the russian vest a geisha and it started on march second of last year when attorney general jeff sessions recused himself from the investigation trump was furious saying sessions' was supposed to protect him on march twentieth f.b.i. director james comey admits the agency is investigating potential collusion between

the trim campaign and russia may ninth he was fired and the very next day trump told visiting russian diplomats that firing him took the pressure off the russian investigation he said something similar on camera and in fact when i decided to just do it i said to myself i said you know. this rush or thing with trump and russia is a made up story that backfired on may seventeenth special counsel robert mueller was appointed to lead the investigation and on june eighth komi testified to congress the trumpet asked him for loyalty and to drop the investigation into trump's national security advisor michael flynn that raised the possibility the tribe broke the law by attempting to obstruct justice former federal prosecutor melanie sloan says if in that same month he attempted to also fire muller that could also be considered against the law of course a loop into the obstruction of justice case he will examine the question of what

were the details of when trump was thinking of firing him what had exactly happened was it right on top of other events so it would be part of that pattern of misconduct that bob mueller is looking at the president could get a chance to clarify all this to moaner him self the president says he expects to sit down for an interview with investigators in the coming weeks but it comes with its own risks lying to them would be a federal offense all on its own political one al-jazeera washington but the more ahead on the news hour including international condemnation grows as venezuela's government as the gulf position faces more restrictions. they're making it up that they let me go they were begging me to stay u.s. diplomats bill richardson defends himself after resigning from the media modifies a report on the hinge of refugees. and roger federer's and they're standing open the final doctor's opponent retired due to lester's on that split and in the sport

later. in his first speech in six years the president of the democratic republic of congo has confirmed his country will hold elections joseph said polling will go ahead even though voting has a. already been postponed twice he also denied accusations that his security forces are cracking down on protesters who are calling for him to step back catherine sawyer reports from nairobi. the democratic republic of congo faces political uncertainty over a postponed election accusations of human rights abuses by government forces security crisis and protests by the catholic church and opposition parties president joseph kabila is looking increasingly isolated at home and a brute and his chosen now to give his first news conference in six years probably

the most important thing is not to say. faith which you can organize elections whenever you want. them. to do day after tomorrow. but question is what happens to. manage. do you have. to have stability. for the country. on sunday police clashed with protesters calling for electoral justice the demonstration had been organized by the catholic church six people were killed eight other people died in similar tests on new year's eve. chachi leaders have overstepped their will you think he's got the catholic church rejected election results in two thousand and eleven. nowhere in the bible is it written that jesus presided over an electoral commission it's very dangerous when people try to mix

religion and politics. in the capital kinshasa people say they've been waiting for a long time to hear their president speak many. former. president has said that he respects the constitution each show up by ensuring the election happens yesterday development as he said but with an election things will just get worse. a presidential election was supposed to be held in twenty sixteen at the end of kabila second and final tom the electoral commission say security logistical challenges force the delay preparations have finally begun for the vote to take place but opposition politicians still do not trust the process the president is under a lot of pressure to step down he said he will but was the reason new head of state to take his place the electoral commission insists that the election which has been postponed twice now is going to happen at the end of this many hoping that they

will finally get to vote in december but more importantly of the. paul will be free fair and credible cathles on al-jazeera never became your venezuela's opposition leaders have condemned the supreme court's decision to block their coalition from registering in upcoming elections the court's ruling comes just days after the madrid or dominated constituent assembly announced that the poll would be held in april months ahead of schedule critics say model is depriving people of a free and fair election. starting tomorrow and on sunday we're going to come out with a move with more will to defend plurality and political policies of venezuela that's why we put in the first justice political party ticket at the service we're going to swear to defend us in the streets and to defend is as an instrument that can rescue democracy and freedom. or reacting to that court ruling france's president said venezuela is going in the wrong direction emanuel he's in favor of imposing

more sanctions against the country the. individual with the resolve in his video with imposed individual sanctions on venice weight anita's which have and emitted impacts i hope we can go further given recent decisions and the slide towards authoritarianism i also hope that other countries that share our values our attachment to human rights and that have close economic ties with venezuela would also employs infective sanctions because pressure on the regime will be made on the day when those who can apply effective pressure follow our lead. monitoring the story from want to service in argentina. these latest tit for tat expulsions really symbolize venezuela's growing isolation not just in latin america but in the whole world they have this week expelled the spanish ambassador in caracas accusing him of interfering in venezuela as internal affairs the spanish government has now responded denying that it's doing that but saying it will continue to criticize

what it perceives as human rights abuses in venezuela it also comes in the wake of the european union applying sanctions freezing assets and prohibiting travel for seven senior venezuelan officials all of this comes in the aftermath of the constituent assembly the government controlled constituent assembly in venezuela saying it's going to organize elections presidential elections before the end of april the opposition is very much excluded from that it's either splintered its leaders have gone into war position or they're choosing to boycott the elections so despite the huge jump popularity of president nicolas maduro of venezuela it does look he is confident he will win those elections saying he's called them it's a fight what he says is the threats from imperialism meanwhile the economic situation in venezuela continues to deteriorate the international money monetary fund in the report says it's predicted inflation the hyperinflation in venice way

that this year is likely to run into a staggering thirteen thousand percent which is almost impossible to comprehend for the average venezuelan hundreds thousands continue to migrate from the country almost on a daily basis going around latin america and in europe and the same time the united nations children's fund unicef has said that it believes that malnutrition among venezuelan children is growing it doesn't have the statistics to prove that since it can't gain access to them but it says it's going problem indicative. of the disastrous state of the venezuelan economy and all spain is expelling the venezuelan ambassador it's in response to spain's ambassador being expelled from caracas on thursday just days after the european union announced new sanctions the venezuelan ambassador left the embassy in madrid at the start of the week.

the diplomatic response to the principal means giving the same treatment given to the spanish ambassador in this case declaring him persona non grata give you seventy two hours to leave the country although the venezuelan ambassador has already been recalled was governments we know in spain. diego area is the former venezuelan ambassador to the united nations he's also former governor of caracas and he's joining us now on skype from new york thank you very much indeed for your time we heard the venezuelan political opposition leader told moscow on the fall saying that they were going to coordinate more protests. head of these elections in the run up to the elections but he's the opposition in venezuela actually in a fit state to fight these elections. you know if you allow me the introduction you donate to a new program for trade the great is humanitarian and political crisis any country . and this is a wealthy it's gone through the highs all reserves in the world people are starving

and dying for lack of medicine food well going to appoint the. government of the regime unknowns elections elections constitutionally r.l. in the month of december that monson elections and actually invalidate the all the political parties obviously they have the intention to run a low this is a little micro to be the only candidate and there is sort of like a pretty neatly dressed in the electoral system european union the united states in american countries have advised. not to participate in the election. the opposition as we mentioned is in disarray certainly disorganized at the moment because they had the elections have been brought forward because maduro himself does have a very significant following and venezuela but what do you think it tells us about the that the attitude if you like the stance the confidence of the middle government that they have felt it necessary to take these moves to seemingly try to

fracture the opposition even further. well most of those enough to support of the country all the polls indicated that he's rejected eighty percent appreciation but he's writes to to consider he controls the drug war he control the supreme court he controls something called the national. assembly which created fraudulent legally a few months back which is actually the superior powers even were he to loose these these national constituents that somebody can decide to any minute that election or to elect somebody else so these observers are considered because even those who controls all the lever power absolutely will when it's really. going to go the stands and knows a murderer into a sort of a narco state where there are so many internal problems they the only way they can

do is unite around the loop the government the u.s. has rejected this election the lima group which is made up of regional governments has rejected this election french president emanuel macro is calling for more sanctions what pressure do you think it would actually work on the maduna government in venezuela to make it change its mind. you know obviously they have these sanctions on the results to freeze farms to all not allow so the people of the regime to drive it now if you were that states i think the. european union the united states and canada would impose. sanctions for example who are in the fight with those people jim white but we didn't grant but i believe that all is solving a stronger and meeting people might be going to for example who be on the economic site restaurant going to serve the regime to sell oil for example to the united

states i think that i've gone through is go. by road that has. this story is main source of learning it was just oil you know what used to be and bars all the way to they never losing one of the hats so if you are going to gather these management option economy is right it's actually the most tragic situation and you have to every country has seen in a hundred years diego audio form of venice when an ambassador to the united nations thank you very much indeed. the u.s. domestic board has agreed to resign after a former team doctor it was jailed for sexually abusing female gymnasts the u.s. olympic committee has told the board to step down after it was criticized for the way it handled decades of abuse claims. setting up to one hundred and seventy five years in prison for assaulting young gymnasts under his care separately a u.s. house panel announced it will investigate sexual abuse in organized sports what dan

estabrooks in washington d.c. for us down where does this leave us a gymnastics now. now this is a major housecleaning in the u.s.g. usa gymnastics has twelve months to get this board in place and it includes about twenty people and also includes representative athletic representatives on the board this is there were also some other demands but this was the one that was the most noteworthy if they don't get this board in place then they lose their authority now the usa gymnastics is the organization that appoints athletes to the u.s. olympic teams it's also an umbrella organization for several other clubs around the u.s. and both the u.s. a gymnastics and the u.s.o.c. have come under intense fire because of the nasser scandal which came to light about eighteen months ago so this was a major development today all those board member step down about sixteen actually

stepped down today five other when stepped down earlier in the week done as far as the scandal is concerned is that the end of it over are going to see more fallout as a result of that now i think we're going to see a lot more fallout today on the campus of michigan state university where nasser also practiced the athletic director retired he said he wasn't forced out but you have to wonder the president of the university also had resigned in addition to that the governor of michigan is calling for an investigation the attorney general's office in michigan is calling for an investigation and now that we're seeing that the u.s. department of education betsy to vos the secretary of education is calling for an investigation and there are about one hundred thirty women and students who have filed lawsuits against the university so this scandal is far from over done estabrook live for us in washington d.c.

thank you very much. they're a dud so what are planned return of some ranger refugees from bangladesh to me in ma u.s. diplomat bill richardson has accused me and mot of trying to whitewash the crisis he resigned from an advisory panel sparking a rift with cheez government it's called has more from young gone. if you listen to government leaders in myanmar this week was supposed to see a trickle of britain's refugees returning to these new repatriation centers in rakhine state they said from tuesday the centers were open and ready to receive but the other country in this equation bangladesh said incomplete paperwork for the refugees is causing a delay no word on just how long some human rights groups think it's much more than paperwork the fundamental problem is that all these operations and set up these plans have been devised these negotiations have been done leaving the refugees

outside the door and they haven't been consulted they haven't been talked to and many of the refugees are simply too afraid to go back anywhere near the burmese military also this week the launch of a new commission to follow up from a group headed by former un secretary general kofi anon it's members both from myanmar and abroad are supposed to implement recommendations and advice on the range of crisis but even before their first trip to recline the highest profile member bill richardson resigned. the former u.s. diplomat described as a friend of leader on song suchi abruptly left after a heated exchange with her on her part richardson said that he left the commission because it was a whitewash and that. lacked moral leadership while government officials said that they dismissed him because he was here only to pursue his own agenda or remaining member of the commission rebuff to richardson's resignation saying the ma'am our government is both serious and listening to the commission will obviously didn't

check with first before he made that statement and i think it's really unfortunate . you didn't join most of the proceedings. since through the years ago and. in any case it was not the intention of the advisory board to make fun of conclusions this week one member of the kofi annan commission from myanmar gave us his view of richardson's departure and the need for better transparency is a meant to be a recall which i think this is a little bit of a drawback but we can move on and we should take criticism and if there is anything that we need to correct we should do that and if there is nothing wrong we should prove it by facts and figures and all to do that the basic fact is that you need people to go to that area but that hasn't happened or kind remains heavily

controlled by the military humanitarian groups the un and media are still not allowed free access to recount so refugees hoping to return have to rely on limited information to make a very important decision got harder al-jazeera. ok the u.n. envoy to. step understood mr is speaking after the latest round of. taking place in vienna let's listen in to what he's going to say held high level consultations at the same time. i recalled that the objective of the political process is the full and complete implementation of resolution twenty two fifty four negotiated in the geneva interested in dog profit under the auspices of the un and of mandated by the security of all the reaffirmed their

commitment to respecting my mandate in that regard and to the geneva political process facilitated by the un. recalling that only sustainable lucian to the current crisis in through an inclusive and c.d.n. led the political process that meets the illegitimate aspirations of the syrian people and also building in mind that if cage all improv for drafting a new constitution is to be set in geneva in geneva in the geneva process in accordance with the resolution twenty two fifty four i assess that it is understood. that any constitutional committee would at the very least compromise compromise government opposition

representatives in the interest syria and all syrian and birth civil. independence tribal leaders and women what care. that care would be taken to ensure adequate representation of syria's ethnic and religious component and that finally green meant if to be reached in the un geneva process finally greening is to be reached in the un led geneva process on the mandate that terms of reference our rule of thumb procedure and say lection criteria and the selection criteria for the composition of a constitutional committee. i

was briefed on the preparations for the congress of the syrian national dialogue and thought she ought twenty nine and thirty generally i took note of this statement by the russian federation that the outcome of the congress would be brought to geneva and the contribution to the into syrian talks. under the off with of the un in accordance with the revolution twenty two fifty four i will and i've been doing it tonight fully briefed i think regional on the outcome of the vienna meeting it is up to him to decide what will be there if bonds to the invitation to attend. i will continue to discharge my clue think mandate to convene formal negotiations and facilitate a syrian led political profit to bring about the full implementation of the geneva

communique and revolution twenty two fifty four and affirmed therefore buckets of their gender. and the particular focus to be paid to buffet to get three. recalled that secure column a neutral environment is needed and the ultimate goal of a constitutional process is do enable the city and people to freely and independently that they own future in a un through provide parliamentary and presidential elections meeting their requirements laid out in rates aleutian twenty two fifty four i am gravely concerned that the situation on the ground in all if the i mentioned political think curat the humanitarian and human rights it is vital to end all violence and

restore for the respect for theory of vanity territorial integrity unity and independence and for the legitimate british and of the syrian people through a syrian led and owned process facilitated by the un i particularly called for unhindered humanitarian access and progress on detainees abductees and missing people. i share the men's frustration on millions of syrians inside and outside the country at the lack of political settlement to date i hope that the forthcoming congress of the syrian national dialogue in thought she will contribute to a revised incredible into a theory and told brothas and the un in geneva in accordance with the revolution

twenty two fifty four which i intend to reconvene in the near future ultimately what is required. if political will it is high time that diplomacy dialogue and negotiations prevail for the interest of world syrians and as i say distinct regional until a new which is being briefed and will be briefed tonight on the outcome of these discussions and then it will be up to him to take to the fission what will be the u.n. response to the invitation to attend the filching that is statement i am not taking at this stage question i know that it is regrettable but i know but we may have other opportunities if you look carefully at what i said there is a lot in it that i think would be of interest thank you very much are you watching on to zero you've been listening to the u.n.

envoy to syria staff and to mr laying out the details of the goals of the talks becoming a being held in vienna the goal being to try to find some sort of solution for the syrian war he said the process had to meet the legitimate aspirations of the syrian people care he said would be taken to ensure representation of religious and cultures in syria he said the talks needed to secure a neutral environment but he was gravely concerned about the situation on the ground unhindered progress on detainees and abductees was necessary he said but he also expressed expressed his frustration at the lack of political settlement settlement to date he did however say that he hopes the talks which are being probed backed by russia which are due to take place in the social in a coming weeks would help to move the situation forward but we have heard in the last few minutes that the syrian opposition has said that it will not attend those talks being held by russia in sochi and that's the situation for now of course as

that moves on we'll bring the news when we have it. now is going to be sworn in as honduras president on saturday for a second four year term he now only won the election in november but its opponents accuse him of vote fraud and continue to protest against him when john holeman is reporting from the capital. in honduras the top twenty percent own more than half the country's wealth many of the rest live like neftali and you hania just about surviving in a shack. inequality is an age old problem poverty is on the rise the majority of hondurans don't have a steady job despite a college education neftali can only find work selling ices he makes three cents on each one without with a comment much everything sometimes we eat sometimes we don't that's literally how

it is the situation with employment is really difficult there are no opportunities . these are the issues that president juan hernandez couldn't resolve in his first term and will now face again at the start of his second but mr manders also has his own problems there were serious irregularities and suspicions of fraud in the elections which he recently won many hondurans don't support him. two months of protests have left more than thirty people dead. we have come out as united people before the world to tell them that the government stole the election discontents increased again in the run up to an end of his swearing in how is the president and this administration going to deal with a country in which many people don't recognize him as the legitimate president. of the press the president has called for a national dialogue he sent letters to x. candidates of other parties the church civil society and businesses to sit down so

we can build our country and put new ideas on the table. and there are things to build on the president and on this is invested in infrastructure projects repaired ties with international lending rule denies ations and reduced crime in what was the world's deadliest country outside of a war zone but the issues that helped stoke the protests remain. there had to these protests are about the needs of the population a population which is dying. hunger a population which doesn't have quality education a population in which if you are not enrolled in a political party you don't get help the. president in and is now has four more years to tackle those problems and unite to divide the country behind him. well johns with us live now john what's going on with the protests of the moment. what i'm i'm actually at the site of what was billed as the great mobilization for home douras a protest and i think the picture probably says everything there's not really

anyone here there are more protests scheduled a bit later this evening but it is certain the protests of things going down at the beginning of this week there was a brief flare up and since then there's been a real decrease in the number of people that are willing to go out in the streets in opposition to president and this and his government there's a couple of reasons for that the first really is that for a lot of people they feel like this ship has sailed and it really did when the u.s. government rubber stamp president and this as the president meets second term lay in december if that country has a lot of influence and puts a lot of money into home tourists the other reason is that there's been a lot of presence of the army and also the military police so to cracking down on protests we've seen more than thirty people dead in the two months since people have been demonstrating we do also see looting and violence for part the protesters and all of that violence has probably influenced people who think well this is just

not worth coming out in the streets to to to fight for law schools. john i mean we have seen protests in the past in honduras is this just a pause in the protest you think or are we likely to see them coming back again. what it all depends what president and this does you heard there in our piece that he's trying to talk about unity and about bringing the parties about bringing people together one thing about president and this is sort of been no teacher in his time as president of congress and then his first term as president he's quite before a tear in his money to bring the supreme court the electoral commission and other institutions under his control so he is a man who likes to have things his own way that sort of president may not be the sort of president that's good at reconciling and about dealing with the other political parties so we have to really see what's going to happen i think there's one little thing that's interesting about the protests he said that we've seen over

a couple of years here in honduras this really this cycle started with a two thousand and nine coup a military coup which removed the president and he was removed but talking about going for a second term that's what he wanted to try and do now. years later that's what president and nine days has in fact done he's gone for a second term and that's the other thing that many people here are worried about that he might be gaining more power and this might turn into a get more authoritarian government done for now thank you very much indeed. ok let's get more now on donald trump's address at the world economic forum in davos talking nothing as a democratic strategist and a former communications director for the democratic national committee he's joining us now from washington d.c. a lot of the world's financial leaders over the last few days have been very critical of the trumpet ministration for what they regard as this inward looking protectionist stance that they accuse the trump administration of taking was this

speech going to make them any happier do you think. well rob you're right there has been a lot of course of criticism both from the financial elite and from european political leaders and what we saw with donald trump speech at davos was a little bit of a softening yes there was some heckling when he cited fake news in some of his other favorite tag lines but this was really a pretty notably warm reception you had klaus schwab the head of the world economic forum actually not only praising donald trump strong leadership but saying that he was mis understood and so there's definitely a notably warmer reception that he got this time around than he has in the past and this time he comes in a sense bearing gifts because not only has this man fought his way into the white house but he finally delivered on a promise for at least. his own kind let's just say the massive tax cut that was

pushed through on a party line vote recently in washington that will benefit the wealthy and a lot of those folks he's hobnobbing with in davos directly and greatly but was this much of a surprise that he would get such a warm reception given the fact that they are it is a room full of people who are extremely wealthy or who are there to try and direct the wealth of the rest of the world and donald trump to all intents and purposes is part of that group anyway. well it seems like it should not have been right because of that that's in fact what happened but i do think people did find it surprising because these are people who had not a kind word to say about him because he's reckless because he disrespects the world trade trading system because he stands for a lot of things that people who want to a lot of the people at least a lot of themselves that they would like to see the world a happy place and a prosperous place and a lot of what seems to to do is cut against that i mean let's let's not to put too

fine a point on it here but donald trump and this class of people have been sworn enemies for decades donald trump the kid from queens who tries to make it in manhattan but the manhattan elite turns their nose up at him which is part of what fuel his campaign that so many working class americans could relate directly to and yet here he is having delivered this windfall in the form of this tax bill and suddenly they're like ok you're not so bad so there was that there was a little bit of a thaw there for exactly the reasons that you suggest john messinger thank you very much indeed that the u.n. says at least thirty refugees and migrants have drowned off the coast of the yemeni city of aid and it says a boat heading to djibouti capsized when people smugglers on board opened fire over crowded vessel was carrying one hundred fifty two somalis and ethiopians who were fleeing the war in the many people travel to yemen to escape on rest in their countries but they're not trying to return home. vessel is believed to have been operated by the scrupulous smugglers who are attempting to take refugees and

migrants to djibouti while also trying to extort more money from these refugees and migrants the book the boat capsized amid reports of gunfire being used against the passengers france's president emanuel not home has promised a more efficient system to process asylum seekers in cali but so far there's little evidence that's happening port said he has seen more young people turning up in the hope of crossing the english channel to the u.k. . has this report playing for time in cali's industrial zone a place where asylum seekers have flocked to in the hope they may escape the limbo they face day in day out while they're here they are trapped many of them. sleeping rough wherever they can. in their odd maybe we can do because just because it's. just disturbs

us. this is not life it's not life good living in the forest we have. so this is the place the location where one of the few just to be sure point was supposed to occur on thursday afternoon as you can see authorities are there and they've stopped it from happening and that's some kind of a lot of anger from those who gathered here to be able to get some food. for months the riot police have been a regular presence here as are the stand offs with my cards desperate to escape. some hope perhaps has been provided by the joint treaty signed by the french president and the british prime minister last week. a particularly important point of this sunday for streeter will be to subject of minors this treaty. for all those in a position to cross the channel to drastically reduce the time limits from six

months to thirty days for adults from six months to twenty five days for a company that minors the treaty is intended to improve the management of the border on both sides of the english channel but there is little evidence as to how it will be done and whether it would expedite urgent asylum cases to reunite them with relatives living in the u k. for those working on the front line of this crisis the expectations have led to rumors that asylum seekers only need to come to cali to get to the u.k. and that's led to large numbers of people turning up here i do feel people have false hope because of this misunderstanding and because there's been no effort to explain any of the changes there's been no effort before hand to explain to people what asylum entails in fronts despite the challenges the young the desperate try to find any way they can to reach britain no matter how dangerous the police attempt

to stop them climbing onto lorries bound to england but they still take the chance any risk they feel is worth it to leave behind a life in france that hangs in the balance sunny diagonal al-jazeera kalai springs government is mounting a legal challenge to block a political comeback by the former catalan president colors pushed the most was the moment chosen earlier this week is the separatist party candidate to lead catalonia again he's been in self-imposed exile in belgium since october after the spanish government declared the region's independence referendum illegal but red says preach the moment faces arrest if he returns an italian prosecutor says a graduate student who was murdered in cairo two years ago was killed because of his research into egypt trade unions surely genie disappeared in twenty fifteen rome's chief prosecutor says regime may have been under surveillance by egyptian

security services he also said a useful material has been found in the computer and phone of the genie's university tutor. canadian plane maker bomb body has had a huge victory against the u.s. company boeing a u.s. trade commission has paved the way for the company to sell its jets to american customers without heavy tariffs the commission voted unanimously in favor of body means the company can begin selling its jets to us carry a delta airlines the boat's a blow to boeing which dog you that body was selling the c. series at less than fair value while benefiting from government subsidies still ahead and al-jazeera in sport and he's going to tell us about the snowboarder to be heading into the winter olympics.

it's time for the sports here's andy thank you very much well alexi sanchez has made a winning start to his manchester united korea united beating force to yeovil town in the english f.a. cup sanchez's debut coming after his main from astro early on in the wake of shine striker didn't score based chain through its around five after four nailed when defending champion roger federer had an easier than expected passage into a record seventh australian open final the thirty six year old took the first set against south korea's one chilling six warning just over thirty minutes and it was to be no comeback for his twenty one all the pundits he has for its high when five

two down in the second set due to blisters and your pace of last year's wimbledon final federer it will mass icon crisis man church on sunday swiss player is bidding for a twentieth grand slam title. the thought process is not like what would have been better i'm just happy i'm in the finals to be honest that was that was the goal before the match today and i was able to get there not under the circumstances i was hoping to or not planning with but you know i played a good match and he struggled clearly with his movement and i was able to take advantage of that so for me clearly it was all good but i was in a good recovery but i think the right thing because for very bad thing the court was no good for all the phones and all of those who are really up to make so many. friends there and i want to be victor over the next year. jamie don't send house retain the lead after the second day of the dubai desert classic the welshman

shooting a three and a power round of sixty nine to stay one shot ahead of the failed former world number one rory mcilroy also in title contention he's three shots off the pace but i'm quite eleven holes of his second round after morning folk at close to three hour delay to the start of the climb. yeah i've got some chances come in but i just have to stay patient to some tough holes as well. as the first all day tomorrow to twelve which i'll be playing quite long. so hopefully i'll take advantage of the par fives and get myself in one of the last couple of groups. and one of the biggest flop since us sporting history is set to make a return at the excess fail which was an off season alternative to the n.f.l. is set serino nj in twenty twenty nearly two decades on from being scraps after just one season the legal feature eight teams and is again being backed by w w a chairman vince mcmahon fewer rules and more aggressive play were among the original

x f l selling points but was criticised for poor quality games and fail to gain much of an audience mcmahon says he'll avoid gimmicks for the repeats and doesn't want to see political protests from the play is. it is an opportunity for me to say that is for as our league is concerned it will have nothing to do with politics absolutely nothing and nothing to do with social issues either read or to play football we want really good football and i think that's what fans want as well when they tune in and i don't know they want to be dealing with political issues and things about major they want good football that's what we're going to lead earlier i spoke to brett forrest author of the long bomb how the acts of hell became t.v.'s biggest fiasco he says this time around the n.f.l. could be more vulnerable to a rival leak what make man is is is betting on is the fact that over the past number of years the n.f.l. has had a lot of problems when you talk about. the. the way that some players have behaved off the field the unpopularity of the commissioner roger goodell and of course over

the past two years led by collin capper nick the protests of the national anthem and i think all of these taken together really have someone like mcmahon salivating saying there's real disaffection for the n.f.l. right now while at the same time people do love football so maybe there's an opportunity here to carve out a space for us when i covered the ex of many years ago. the problem that i saw what was pretty clear and that was this was minor league football. these were guys who who couldn't make an n.f.l. roster when you look back at the u.s.f.l. in the eighty's that did very well it did well because it was able to attract some of the best players coming out of the college ranks who were just entering professional football they attracted them away from the n.f.l. because of higher salaries they're all able to provide the problem with the excess fell is just the football was a very good and unless this time around vince mcmahon is able to attract better

talent he's probably going to face the same problem. with less than two weeks to go until the winter olympics begin in pune chang a snowboarder estella has underlined her credentials as a gold medal favorites the czech has won every world cup johnstone event she started this season including this one in bulgaria on friday she leaves the world cup standings by almost two thousand points a familiar face claiming victory in the men's events a forty two year old canadian jay c.j. anderson becoming the oldest winner in world cup history the twenty tenement the champion set to take part in his sixth consecutive games in south korea. not such good news for olympic medal contender on blank the american was the defending champion in the men's ski super private jets game in colorado but that full saw him finish down an eight twenty fourteen olympic champion david wise instead taking the title five time defending world running champion sebastian o'shea hits

a rare bit of trouble at the opening rice of the new season the frenchman losing a big chunk of his overnight lead after this mistake on day two of the monte colorado you. did a skype and he still has a fifteen second advantage over his closest rival that rice will finish on sunday ok that is all sport for now more lights are lots more on all these stories as always on our website all the zero daughter called that's it for me for this news hour i'm going to be back in a moment with more of the day's news also your. it's

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