joined the global conversation at this time on al-jazeera. it was oriol upon which modern day venezuela was established. for over a century this lucrative resource has divided the people less than cursed with the world's largest reserves. charting the impact of industrialization and the legacies of its prominent leaders we shed light on the troubles afflicting venezuela today. the big picture the battle for venezuela coming soon on al jazeera. this is al-jazeera. alarms the whole robin this is the al-jazeera news hour live from our headquarters here in doha coming up in the next sixty minutes mass graves found in the me and

video appears to confirm the massacre of hundreds of rangar muslims and attempts to cover up the crimes. also what hamas is calling a dangerous development the palestinian groups the dish melania is designated a global terrorist by the u.s. government. and the lifetime ban on more than two dozen russian athletes for doping has been lifted but it may be too late for the upcoming winter games. also the f.b.i. is questioning the accuracy of a secret congressional memo president trump wants to release suggesting bias in the agency. welcome to the news the u.n. says the violence against muslims in myanmar baz all the hallmarks of genocide it comes as newly released video from last year. a piece to show

a massacre of. the associated press says it's confirmed at least five previously reported mass graves to be among the government is declining to comment on the report it's called hi-lo has more from young gone. the associated press news agency has released a video it says confirms reports of a massacre of revenge of muslims in myanmar last year a.p. says the pictures i'm here to show the bodies of half buried. its investigation suggest at least five previously unreported mass graves have been found the news agency spoke to villagers who say the number of dead could be as high as four hundred. wherever was injured but still life after the attack was thrown into flames young men like myself managed to escape the attack but others like small children and women couldn't run away in time they were either killed or tied up and thrown inside homes by the military which they burnt down using launchers. it's not the massacre took place in the dark in rakhine state and

a few weeks ago for the first time the military here said that soldiers were involved in civilian deaths it acknowledged one mass grave containing the bodies of ten rangers it's called terrorists the u.n. says reports of more mass graves warrants further investigation. i do not have the details of this particular site or the village. but it is. it is. you can see a pattern that we said earlier. you know we had to lie to leave india as were the mass graves were discovered. but when i was talking to some of the refugees amounted to me he had he had four hundred in thirty plus body before he escaped his town. and i. grow. claims people will. kill for missing so

this is something that needs to be investigated and this is why we've called for a fact finding mission and human rights watch says there's growing evidence of genocide in rakhine state what is most worrisome about this report beyond obviously the killings is now the effort to cover this up that they discovered. in some instances acid being used to burn off the features of the people killed or burned off the fingerprints to try to obstruct any accountability and that shows a degree of pre-planning that will really i think impact the international community's decisions about whether this is constitutes genocide or not you know mars government has previously denied any reports of a massacre it has now cut off access to good r.p.n. other than tightly controlled government trips to the area north of what kind state where there was violence has been closed off to the u.n. humanitarian groups and journalists it's got harder al-jazeera yangon almost seven

hundred thousand rangar fled across the border to bangladesh since the army launched its crackdown on the muslim minority last august we commanders say the there are only targeting armed groups the bangladesh and meanwhile governments have agreed to voluntarily we pack treat the writing but the implementation is delayed and the un says not enough is being done to guarantee the safety of rohingya who return. to reuters journalists detained in myanmar have been denied bail. who have been arrested gone last december while covering the rigging the crisis for the news agency they're accused of violating the official secrets act and face up to fourteen years in jail. palestinian group hamas says u.s. sanctions against its political leaders will not stop it from resisting israeli occupation washington has designated a smile hania

a global terrorist and he had called for an uprising or intifada against israel to donald trump's decision to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital roselyn told reports the united states formally declared the palestinian group hamas a terrorist organization in one thousand nine hundred ninety seven twenty one years later washington says hamas is political chief. is himself a specially designated global terrorist because thanks to his leadership hamas has killed seventeen americans the designation is that any assets honey to has in the u.s. are now frozen he can't travel there and u.s. persons cannot give him any financial support one official says honey a is a clear threat to u.s. national security and he has been a member of hamas and the one nine hundred eighty s. and he rose through the ranks in large part but continually championing terrorism against israel. and he has calls for

a renewed into fatah just last month underscore how important today's designation is we will not be distracted by hamas as efforts to obscure its true and bloody nature of the land my honey a call for a new uprising against israel in december because of this we are no to los or to a lasting peace agreement between israel and the palestinians the us president donald trump's decision to recognize your islam as the capital of israel something mandated by congress welcomed by the israeli government and condemned by palestinians who want east jerusalem to be the capital of their future nation while honey i attended a funeral for a hamas member his aides told reporters they don't take the us as move seriously while the other side of ismail haniya it is clear that putting the name of ismail haniya on the terrorism list by the americans came at a time that the us administration is targeting jerusalem and putting sanctions in

preventing the aid of the morra which is a continuation of the crimes against the palestinian people that it is me is not always thought we ought to look at this for a beginner notice them no religion it's for this reason we are considering this statement of is the foolish statement committed by people who know nothing about what freedom for the us says it will do all it can to stop hamas from destabilizing the middle east the problem for the trumpet ministration a ma says it won't be deterred rosalyn jordan al-jazeera washington yet of oppenheimer is an israeli political commentator he thinks the u.s. sanctions against him merely symbolic. finger to the trumpet ministration would like to show that these fighting till income mercies is still a terrorist organization hamas is not ready to work with now is the right of israel to exist and hamas does not going to put down its weapon in continued to.

not just in its soldiers but those stories where leaders civilians so therefore i think that their world can hope to treat comest like a real partner for peace i want to remind the nia to our fact was also considered to be a terrorist but once our fire declared that he recognized the right of israel to exist and he would like to stop negotiation peacefully with these well in the united states then the declaration to change and he became a partner not a terrorist so the ball is in the hamas hands. twenty eight russian athletes have had their lifetime bans from elliptic sports overturned just over a week out from the winter olympic games in pyongyang the decision was made by the court of arbitration for sport after an appeal last month each had been banned by the international olympic committee for doping at the twenty fourteen games in sochi but the court found there was insufficient evidence russian athletes are only allowed to compete as neutrals in chiang federation remains banned after claims of

state sponsored doping challenge has more from moscow. we're less than two months away from a presidential election here in russia and i have to say cass's decision is a nice pre-election president vladimir putin wrapped up in a pretty ribbon it fits in very neatly to the message here again and again from russia's authorities which is that the country is essentially a righteous and besieged fortress surrounded by a largely hostile world it vindicates the message that has been put across time and time again in this country that despite the decisions from the i.o.c. despite the decisions of the world anti-doping agency and its details mclaren report there simply was not enough evidence to back up those doping allegations against russia what happens next is difficult to say the moments the international olympic committee is scrambling for a response they are considering an appeal against the caste decision that would

have to be done in a swiss federal tribunals but the actual criteria for a successful appeal are pretty slim russia for its part is trying to get the athletes previously banned back admitted into the winter olympics are about to start in south korea but the i.o.c. has reminded everyone that the russian to him because he is still a banned organization and that if any athletes were to be readmitted they would have to be invited individually and that's not necessarily a done deal on officially the medal table for the sochi two thousand and fourteen winter olympics well that basically has to be recounted and russia having lost its first place is now likely to be put back at the top of the medal table. but israel says it's adamantly opposed to a polish bill that would make it illegal to suggest it was complicit in the nazi holocaust poland's upper house back the draft legislation despite objections from

israel and the us jonah hill reports. the polish senate voted overwhelmingly to approve new holocaust legislation that makes it a crime to refer to wartime nazi extermination camps as being polish or to accuse poland of complicity in the atrocities of the third reich. israel has condemned it the foreign ministry saying on twitter israel views with utmost gravity any attempt to challenge historical truth no law will change the facts but poland's ruling party denies the charge pointing out that academic research and artistic expression are exempt but. research of the past is not threatened in any way talking about the past and analyzing it even the darkest most shameful part of the polish past is not threatened in any way opposition m.p.'s warned the bill was an attack on free speech there was a. there cannot be any law that will suppress the discussion this bill is worded in

such a way that discussion can be suppressed here in poland but also brought and that is the worst fear poland was occupied by nazi germany in world war two it lost six million of its citizens including three million jews who died in camps like auschwitz and birkenau in occupied poland helping jews even offering them a glass of water was punishable by death. the senate vote in poland happened the day after germany and other nations joined in annual remembrance of the holocaust with a minute of silence while there is no suggestion that poland willfully colluded with the nazis israel's holocaust memorial yad vashem says the polish bill is liable to blur the historical truth regarding the assistance the germans received from the polish population the bill that aims to defend poland's wartime image must now be

approved by the president who has previously indicated his support john a whole al-jazeera kenya's high court has ordered the government to reopen several t.v. stations that it shut down on choose day the country's top three t.v. networks were taken off the air after they tried to broadcast a mock inauguration ceremony held by opposition leader. the respond out cry from journalists and human rights groups are doing it declared himself the people's president claiming a president who can unite as election win last year was rigged the government has warned of doing his actions could amount to treason odinga says the government is trying to silence him so there's a clear intimidation lack of respect because even if you want to see. right. or is not valid. for name as the president of course you cannot deny the fact that he's

a former prime minister and. that has to do with that of the people have spoken and we're here to tell you we are standing together we were not there for except an intimate. plenty more ahead here on the al-jazeera news hour including who's preventing files of internally displaced families from returning home in libya. also activists say freedom on prices being targeted in lebanon after several television presenters are charged with defamation. and english a premier league record is set on the final day of january's football transfer window. but the humanitarian diplomacy in this syria is getting nowhere according to the un's humanitarian advisor yan egeland has been detail in what's been happening last

year and he has just one word horrific and here's why the u.n. says a humanitarian pause is desperately needed in eastern guta where the four hundred thousand have been living under a government siege for over four years there has been no medical evacuation since the end of december even those trying to return home after years of conflict are falling prey to unexploded bombs in iraq car which has been recently recaptured from eisel there have been fifty deaths or injuries every week since one hundred twelve people have died so far the u.n. says the amount of displacement in syria last year has never been witnessed in a generation that had lived there been two hundred seventy thousand displacement since december alone the syrian government and its russian ally has launched a renewed offensive there and at least fifteen thousand civilians have been fleeing into freend because of the turkish offensive which began last month and there are

local reports all thora t's are not allowing civilians to escape humanitarian diplomacy seems to be totally impotent. getting nowhere. the last convoy beseeched area was at the end of november twenty eighth of november to a place called national beer and it was only for seven thousand two hundred people so through december and through generally hasn't been a single convoy of lifesaving relief medical supplies food to any besieged area. twelve thousand displaced libyan families were turned back on their journey home after seven years they were trying to go back to tire wear high small town near the northern libyan city of misrata when armed men forced them to turn

around. the families had originally fled their homes in twenty eleven during the libyan civil war and forty thousand people had to escape the violence there. mahmud of though he joins me now live from tripoli it seems that this journey home for the two aggro was a short one why would they not be allowed to pass and return home. will the situation now so these people the families of to live or have been displaced from their own town of the old half of the last six years are now stuck on the way they were half way and they have been stopped by groups from the city of misrata now the instability counselor says that this move has come as a result of the presidency council of the national accord the government has not delivered on its a promises as you know there has been an agreement that was seized

between presented lives from and others from misrata last june and was sponsored by the you back to government of national accord and the united nations support the mission in libya and by virtue of that agreement the presidency council should financially compensate victims and families on both sides which misrata now says the presidency council has not delivered on its a promise and now there is stopping the people of preventing them from returning back to their hometown of in order to put pressure on the presidency council that is the internationally recognized the presidency council headed by face in order to deliver on its a promises and financially compensate victims families on both sides now we have spoken to do so displaced people there at the knees they are now like fourteen kilometers to this house from their town of whatever and they say there's

a big convoy around a couple of kilometers along of people their vehicles and all that belong because they have brought everything they have and there are camps that these camps that they lived in for the last six years now this move has been condemned. by so many. rights organizations here in libya and now they have been calling on the presidency council to intervene in order to put an end to this stalemate. around that hour and of course they're stuck in the middle of all of these politics of the politicking that is going on in amongst all the fighting as well that we're seeing or have seen in libya what one has to wonder how they have to now move what is where will they go what will they do because they're obvious have a very uncertain future certainly in the next twenty four hours about where they're going to be.

will all the displaced people that we have spoken with they really really count on the presidency council to intervene and pay the compensations for the victims' families on both sides so that they can go on with groups can return to their hometown of but on the other hand misrata once ability to polity counsel says that there are conditions in that agreement and these conditions have also been breached by the told of our people they say that the total people they should have officially informed the. polity council by the day of they have they have to infer the council the day when they will return the numbers of people so that they can arrange for the returnees to come home but on the other hand the displaced people say that they have been officially informed by the presidency council that they can

return home by starting from february first today thursday so. this situation might extend for a couple of days but on the other hand the presidency council according to the displaced people should intervene and put an end to this stalemate otherwise the displaced people would have no other choice other than going back to the camps what they have been living for the last six years until the misrata groups allow them to return home when a very key part of the situation i would have over here thank you. and in eastern libya armed groups are being accused of preventing thousands of internally displaced families from returning home human rights watch says the groups are linked to the so-called libyan national army its commander khalifa haftar recently ordered his troops to allow displaced people to return to benghazi after they fled fighting between rival groups in twenty fourteen but forced disappearances torture

and thefts are reported. to session a since southern yemen have handed control of the main government military campaign aide to a local armed group secessionist forces backed by the united arab emirates took control of aden from the government on tuesday after several days of fighting dozens have been killed and injured in the unrest and aid groups have suspended operations in aden some flights have now resumed after the airport closed because of the fighting well joining me now on the phone from a is carlos sees the head of the mission for the international committee of the red cross in aid good to have you with us on al-jazeera let's just begin with the situation youth a still the past twenty four hours. a day agencies were told to stay indoors because of the violence what's the situation like now. now. a lot.

now. not back to. march. ok. tell us what the aid issue is for you in terms of getting aid into the country and then being able to distribute it to the areas that you're trying to reach. larry in meetin you have paid for it by the function of. quite a number of. countries these days some very modern day line its allies will want to keep a thorough review of. the poem on the armistice because. we're not expected to distribute somebody's back

stuff like. this is a combo of what he's done so far lucky as well as a state well we will leave it there for now thank you very much for giving us a brief update we know that the communication lines are quite difficult and we will get back in touch with you in the not too distant future colace patella certainly i.c.r.c. thank you. the latest crackdown on freedom of speech in lebanon is no laughing matter for t.v. talk show hosts and dads accused of defaming the crown prince of saudi arabia by cracking jokes about him and in another case the host of a political talk show has been questioned human rights activists accuse politicians of influencing the judiciary so how to reports now from beirut. it's a comedy show but the host his shop had dad is being indicted for what he says was a joke for. his show featured a fortune teller who advised the saudi crown prince mohammed bin sound man not to

eat fast food for his health had dad then gave his own advice. he should stop fast arrests fast politics fast military strikes what do i care if he gains weight or has a belly or cholesterol. he's the second t.v. presenter to face charges by the public prosecutor in two months and this is what i myself was summoned for questioning not because of comments he made but comments made by two saudi journalists who criticize lebanon's president on a political talk show its host says his case is aimed at intimidating the media and the less. i'm not a criminal or a drug dealer i'm not a terrorist belonging to weisel my identity is well known i'm a journalist that has been struggling for more than twenty five years to depend freedom freedom of expression and human rights. the judiciary is accused of political interference of the court cases. denies that the minister of justice

belongs to a political party affiliated with the president. constitution guarantees freedom of expression and of the press within what it calls the limits established by the law and that's where the problem lies right. now and they need to be reformed for example journalists can be imprisoned for criticizing a public official rights group say the media is being pressured and the space for free expression is shrinking. the judiciary is no longer independent and it seems it is under political pressure. cases strange and it is the second political message sent through a prominent figure as if they're saying you can't say what you want and you can't write if you don't look like us you belong in jail civil society groups have criticised what they call the repressive practices of the ruling class critics of

people in power have been investigated arrested and prosecuted rights organizations say the pattern of intimidation is threatening freedom of speech. beirut. three independents leaders have launched a case with the u.s. spanish prison sentences. spain's government to suppressing political dissent through arbitrary detention of three former vice president to use in pretrial detention accused of incitement they were instrumental in the attempt to break away from spain in a referendum last october despite a court. their imprisonment by spying clearly. international. the u.n. to make that declaration. then to use the results she's actually disposed to secure the release of these men but it's time for the other his stuff it seems like

you're of sort of blowing hot and cold cold same time it's been really mild in the west recently but all of that's being eroded away first of all there i want to show you what's going on over moscow because here certainly did turn wintery about twenty four hours ago we saw an awful lot of heavy snow around sixteen centimeters in some places caused a little bit of destruction here and there's plenty more snow still to come now here's the storm that's responsible for all snow that's now spiraling its way towards the east but behind it there's this huge area of cloud that's covering most parts of europe at the moment now behind that is where it's turning fresher the northwestern parts of europe certainly not quite as mild as they have been but as this system runs its way eastwards it's hitting that cold air that's already in place over many parts of russia so we are seeing it turn to snow there so plenty of wintry weather here at the moment then that will gradually edge its way eastwards and it certainly doesn't look very warm in moscow over the next few days this system then also crosses the outflow lots of snow here as well and then works its

way down through parts of spain now we are going to see more in the way of heavy rain during the remainder of the day in spain but then it gradually edges its way east with just the southeast corner where we see the wettest of the weather on friday but it is working its way across parts of the mediterranean here there's likely to be some quite poky storms over the next few days and then gradually it will run it's what you would say. thanks stuff well still ahead here all the al-jazeera news are a major victory for refugees living in germany after the parliament votes to allow them to bring that closest relatives in plus. i'm wayne hay reporting from southern thailand where we'll tell you about an ambitious coast to coast project that could have a major impact on shipping and security. did spalding new england patriots and philadelphia eagles have the training ground as the countdown to super bowl begins.

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welcome back to the al-jazeera news our i'm so ho rob a reminder of our top news stories the e.u.'s special rapporteur to me and maher says violence against the rohingya bears the hallmarks of genocide the associated press news agencies says the discovery of five mass graves confirms the killing of hundreds of last year that the amount government has declined to comment. also twenty eight russian athletes have had their lifetime olympic bans for doping overturned it's not clear if they'll be invited to the winter games in pyongyang next week. and twelve thousand internally displaced libyan families have been

turned back on their journey home after seven years they were trying to go back to where the car in the north with armed men forced them to turn around the families had originally fled their homes in twenty eleven during the libyan civil war. german politicians are voted to allow refugees to start bringing their closest relatives into the country later in the year or two years to spend on family reunifications will be extended for the coming months but it will eventually be lifted from august the issue has been a major hurdle in ongoing talks to form a new government between chancellor angela merkel's christian democrats and the opposition social democrats our correspondent paul brennan joins me now live from and in fact some resolution on the issue of refugees and their families on an important day for the government and their allies in the buddhist tague. indeed the vote that took place here in berlin this morning is being sold by the

various political parties as a success for angela merkel's conservatives for example the c.d.u. they can go to their constituents and say look we've maintain tight controls we're letting a thousand a month in from all guests we're extending the current suspension of family reunions until then look at how tough we have been for the center left s.p.d. they can go to their voters and say look we have finally at last after two years of the door being slammed shut we've we've opened the door ajar at least so you know process on the back vote for us at the next election and for the right wing a.f.d. they can turn to their voters and say look the policy that's been passed means that family members no longer have the right to come to germany it will be at the discretion of the government so the politicians of the various different colors of the spectrum are selling it to their constituents as a success not everybody agrees that i'm joined by francisco vilma she's from

amnesty international with a specialist subject of asylum policy francisco tell me what amnesty thinks about the vote we have very very disappointed in fact the suspension would have ended in march and there was no need for this law to be passed families will be torn apart for longer now and at the end there was will be no right to a family reunification family member steered from syria and iraq who have really had trust in the fact that this will end now in march will continue to wait to get more than a million refugees came here at the height of the refugee crisis would you not agree that there had to be some kind of preventative measure to stop a huge influx of hundreds of thousands of more family members coming to germany there's been a huge and very ugly debate on numbers and guessing. and how many persons will come

in fact there are serious studies they talk about sixty thousand people will come. right under similar rights law you can tear families apart and that's why we think it is one of the only legal and safe routes for refugees to come to a safe place and what kind of practical difference will the vote will the new law or make to those people who are hoping for their loved ones to be able to rejoin them here in germany we fear in fact that family members now will end up in the hands of smugglers again and continue very very dangerous journeys in order to find a safe place and we're. putting a very much more bleak assessment on the vote that took place in the bundestag today back to you thanks very much paul. now the u.s. government's also allowing seven thousand syrian refugees to stay for at least another eighteen months the temporary protected status applies to refugees who arrived before august twenty sixth seen others who arrive since are waiting to see

what happens to the seven year old war has displaced more than twelve million syrians. staying in the u.s. the f.b.i. has raised questions about the accuracy of a secret congressional back that suggests that the agency and the justice department abused their power the white house intends to release the classified document that contains allegations of anti trouble bias our white house correspondent kimberly how could explains. thank you and god bless america goodbye for many people it was the text of donald trump stated the union speech that made headlines instead it was his unscripted comments as he left the chamber referencing a secret memo purporting to show top law enforcement tools were used for political purposes the twenty sixteen presidential election was released for iraq to work on . it's

a classified memo written by top republicans and members of the house intelligence committee they allege it shows a misuse of power by the f.b.i. and justice department under the obama administration will investigating the truck campaign during the u.s. election republicans on the house intelligence committee voted on monday to release the classified memo to the public despite protests from democratic lawmakers and the department of justice the memo al the partisan decision to make it public have only intensified the controversy surrounding the inquiry by special counsel robert muller into accusations a russian election meddling a potential kulu with the trump presidential campaign democrats argue it is all part of a wider effort by republicans and the white house to undermine the bowler investigation by continually raising questions about its fairness recent reports suggest trump

himself wanted to fire mahler thank you still thank you for a very well you're going straight story the russia investigation has clouded trump's presidency from the start yet as truck checked off his list of what he sees a successes in his first year there was barely a mention of russia in his state of the union speech and despite an almost unanimous vote by legislators to further sanction russia for interfere. in the u.s. election the white house on monday decided not to move ahead with those sanctions the white house has received a classified memo and says it's under review the president now has five days to make good on his promise to make it public kimberly how to al-jazeera washington now the u.s. government's also dismissing reports that aid is being cut off to puerto rico devastated by hurricane maria just four months ago the federal emergency management agency is winding down food and water distribution but says supplies will continue

for people in need around half a million islanders of the u.s. territory of the caribbean remain without electricity although phone services have been restored supermarkets repaired the u.s. government's criticized for failing to help properly. is a professor of social science at least of university he says that while puerto rican cities are recovering the rural areas still need much more support we are still all in there in crisis especially especially in the sites so this shouldn't be assured. if it needs it should be those that distribution of salt and water the metropolitan areas in there in the coastal areas but not in that context that i haven't had our since since here again earmarks that one hundred forty seven days almost in three days it will be by months that is unacceptable in any part of the united states and we as citizens we demand that that the brightness of the

repairs so we can we can get on with our lives. the cancellation of a pop concert in israel has provoked was thought to be the first legal action of its kind two people from new zealand are being sued for urging the sing along to join the artistic boycott against israel days later the musician canceled the television concert in june the israeli law allows civil lawsuits against anyone calling a boycott against israel the israeli law group should or didn't is suing for emotional injury caused to three ticket holders and want of thirty thousand dollars compensation we're not doing that to get any money the lawsuit is a moral i don't id a logical author. we just want to send a message that if you call a boycott against israel you're going to have to deal with the ramifications afterward and everything that kind of weapon. the new zealand government has announced a royal commission of inquiry into the abuse of children and adults in state care

it will investigate abuse and state will institutions from one thousand nine hundred fifty to nineteen ninety nine but the inquiry will not cover religious institutions sports clubs which were victims of which some victims have criticised it follows similar investigations in australia of the united kingdom and was recommended by the un. court in cambodia has rejected a bell request by an opposition leader came so car he's accused of plotting to overthrow the government a charge he says is politically motivated so carr was arrested in september during a government crackdown on the opposition his bodie get national rescue party was also shut down. a fire in a home for the elderly in northern japan has killed eleven people the three story wooden building in sapporo was quickly destroyed local media reports say that the home didn't meet safety standards or have fire sprinklers. has

favors canal while the serious canal cuts through egypt now there are plans to resurrect a four hundred year old idea in southern thailand as part of our series of global trade routes where you pay travel to syco where industry groups are pressuring the thai government to link the indian ocean and the abdomen sea with the gulf of thailand and the south china sea. during the wet season thailand's endelman coast is often dark and moody tourists go home leaving local fishermen to ply their trade in relative peace but life could become a lot busier if the proposed shipping canal cuts through here some welcome the prospect of investment while others doubt their lives would change for the better. when it comes to megaprojects it's never the people who benefit it's only the rich people big people from bangkok who get more rich from it and never get anything and the government never helps at the moment ships sailing between europe and china for example travel through the dangerous and congested malacca strait often stopping in

singapore to refuel or unload before continuing the tiger now would cut more than one thousand kilometers off the journey but could drastically cut into singapore's shipping trade the backers of this canal proposal have many problems to overcome not least of which is the location between here and the malaysian border there is a separatist movement with armed muslim groups fighting for independence from thailand in the three southernmost provinces if the canal goes through here it could create something of a border and therefore embolden their claim. because of the violence in the south prime minister priority says he's reluctant about effectively cutting the country into supporters of the plan which includes some type of business leaders and retired generals believe they can convince the prime minister to at least agree to a feasibility study he has to come to an understanding that this is the project that boost our economy faster than any other projects that we have right now

the canal group says it has private sector support from china to help pay the estimated price tag of thirty billion dollars but it really needs chinese government backing if it's to tap into beijing's one belt one road economic in trade initiative to link east and west so far there's no sign of chinese government money in the proposed canal zone there's already concern about the potential impact on tourism the environment and livelihoods. our lives depend on the social this is our home this is where we find food people will start to come and take what belongs to the locals or people means more trash this place will no longer feel like home instead this sleepy coastal community could become one of the busiest shipping lanes in the world wayne hay al-jazeera sea cow thailand our lead story in this series will take us to canada where we look at what the melting ice of the antarctic arctics northwest passage will mean for shipping companies. and

investigations belongs to australia on to how top secret government files were left in a filing cabinet being sold in a second hand shop the national broadcaster has really a series of reports about the documents which relate to the current and previous governments but officers from the country's fire didn't see arrived at a.b.c.'s headquarters of the state to secure the files the prime minister's orders an urgent review. we feel we've done the reporting we need to do on these documents the most important aspect of security of the documents in the first. important documents is the core of the story here really and having exposed that story having told that story. that we're not doing any harm in reporting that story.

welcome back in service both to start young thank you very much to help the court of arbitration for sport as if it turned into cision to ban twenty eight russian athletes from a lympics ball for life due to accusations of doping they're a pale last month against the decision of international olympic committee a perfect festival the court ruled that wasn't sufficient evidence to penalize the athletes an additional eleven will be allowed to compete again after the piano

trial went to games which begin next week this does not mean that these twenty that leads are declared innocent but in that case due to insufficient evidence the abuse of held the sanctions and notes and their individual results achieved in sochi reinstated. wow was before that decision russian athletes who will compete as neutrals arrived in south korea the nation was also banned from pyongyang chung due to accusations of state sponsored doping but the international olympic committee has allowed one hundred sixty nine athletes to take part wearing white uniforms that justify olympic athlete from russia their national anthem and flag will also not be allowed by they received a sendoff from russia's president vladimir putin where in your solution you are going to sport it is twice as difficult was bought as near the start of events which are definitely unusual and strange to sport so with superficial circumstances

politics or anything else sorry we couldn't protect you from that by us all sport phones should not have any doubts or russia will always stand for as it does always done the idea of clean sport while we can speak to our sports correspondent lee wellings in london li huff the international olympic committee reacted to the news of this ban being lifted. they have reacted to what's been a very difficult day for them a very difficult situation that's unfolding over more than two years and they said that they have satisfaction on one hand a disappointment on the other and weighed further into that this formal disappointment they're putting a brave face on it because of course with the court of arbitration for sport they are not saying there hasn't been any doping they used the phrase insufficient evidence they are not the currying anybody innocence and nobody needs to jump to that conclusion russia will of course want to seize on this that had very little to work with in trying to prove their innocence this is absolute gold dust to them and

they will use this in any white i can but for the i.o.c. it's very important i they come out and say things like this might have a serious impact on the future fight against doping so i think there is severe disappointment from them in a very difficult situation now and they've been backed up with people like the unsurprising the united states anti doping agency who side that scores of clay nothing will now be victimized by what's happened with this cause this isn't a dying really this is a very method that you ation for everyone right now isn't it. it is because we've got just over way console the guy begin in pyongyang i'll be covering them and i'll be covering a very messy situation but the north korea and south korea situation with a unified team actually provided a very welcome distraction for the i.o.c. they were might like the good guys in not but if the dark cloud of russia has returned what they do about these twenty cases of athletes who have now been cleared to complete desai that's not an invitation from them that they don't want

that time is running out for the ones there's a further eleven to deal with of course from the ca's ban and of and we've got one hundred and sixty nine neutral as they're being called russian competitors who are already now in pyongyang ready to compete people have criticized the international olympic committee and so one hundred sixty no it isn't that a lot and actually they will have russia somewhere on their uniforms so as you say a very messy situation and of costly this entire situation could affect more than just the winter olympics couldn't it i think it does affect far more this is wonderful no for blood vellum a putin and for russia and they have this huge push this controversial push with sport right in the center of that is the football world cup that takes place this summer there have been accusations already about russian footballers doping now when people start so accuse russia they can say well hang on just look at this

we've been cleared don't jump to any conclusions about whether russian sports stars don't play thank you very much leeway in london for us. well the north korean athletes who will compete in pyongyang have arrived ahead of those games ten skaters arrived on a chartered and rad direct flight between north and south korea an agreement was reached last month between the two countries to allow a delegation of athletes to compete the two teams will walk together under a unification flag at next week's opening ceremony. the third trial of former usa gymnastics team doctor laurie nasr has been adjourned to friday dozens more women are expected to testify that they were sexually abused by nasser the presiding judge says the total number of victims tops two hundred sixty five as the trial started the entire usa gymnastics board announced their resignation the u.s. olympic committee had pressured them to do so and so was last week sentenced to up

to one hundred seventy five years in prison in a separate case lynn pick champion simone baal's was among his victims but well the twenty year old is targeting a return to competition i think it's very hard for someone to go through what i've gone through recently and it's very hard to talk about. but i think the judge is my hero. she gave it to him and did it let him get any power over any of the girls and letting the girls go and speak was very powerful hopefully to be redeemed title i messed about the olympics as a little hit that but you know i still walk to the bronze so i can't really complain i mean it's another medal for team usa and for myself so just to hopefully got them represent again the new england patriots and philadelphia eagles that hit the training paddock ahead of sunday's super bowl in minneapolis the patriots the looking for their title in four years while the eagles are yet to lift the vince

lombardi trophy but the n.f.l. commissioner roger goodell has still been answering questions about us president donald trump he's been critical of players who have now throughout the season to protest racial injustice. will there be any consideration to keeping the teams in the locker room while the anthem is played and also as a follow up have you spoken at all to president trump about his frequent criticism of players who do protest during the anthem the answer to your second question is no the answer to your first question is i don't know however what will consider in the offseason are still trying to get to the super bowl more than two hundred million dollars was spent on the final day of january's transfer window in the english premier league that's a new record one of the most highly anticipated deals was that completed of the awful signing appear emerick obame on for but a few dormant for the seventy nine million the gabon international comes to the

english premier league with an impressive scoring record he netted ninety eight times in one hundred forty four been does legal games he was also the twenty fifteen african football off the here. now chelsea fans are calling for antonio connotate to be replaced as manager after the three male home defeat to bournemouth in the e.p.l. on wednesday all of bournemouth goals came in the second half of the game despite the loss though country remains confident about his performance i think that i missed voting days in squad and they must see moment event but if someone or. is not the greek bodies'. here you have to accept all the situation. and their bodies because all they know any more that. i'm in and doing the job work. in other

results on wednesday top of the table manchester city now have a fifteen point lead this after they be west brom three nil helped by the fact that the nearest rivals manchester united were two male loses against tottenham. well this is the african nations championship finalists have been decided this is the biannual tournament the footballer play is a based in africa nigeria will make their fast a final apparent soft for a one nil when i visit down on wednesday morocco also but that spot with a three one extra time when ivan libya and hundreds of libyan supporters turned out in the streets in the capital tripoli to watch that team play some not so happy with the penalty decision in favor of their opponents but given in extra time. it had to try going to george bush nowhere near their living team played hard to score the equaliser we were happy and hopeful before the extra time much but unfortunate the moroccan team showed more if it's and scored the second and third goals document if it was in favor of them are ok until seventy or seventy five percent of

the match was in favor of the american team because of that a ferry that was crystal clear. out of the fall and i'm a later fire health and thanks very much tatiana you've been watching the al jazeera news hour with lisa help probably back with more news on the other side of the commercial break but until after tachyon to be out all of the news our team thanks very much for your time and your company. travel off to. my tranquil. forests the pride. valleys and skyline. venture. the sky. as far away places that's. going to get his cattle

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locust was first founded in the one nine hundred thirty s. but has had to be revived in two thousand and ten all was very important thing in palestine now musicians from all over the world come together to perform in the occupied territories some good philistine it's like every palestinian living in the aspirant felt it was the first time they performed using their identity al-jazeera world hears music as a force for unity the diaspora orchestra at this time. mass graves founded be a bar video appears to confirm the massacre of hundreds of wrangel students and attempts to cover up the crimes.