for over a century this lucrative resorts has divided the people both. 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 at this time on al jazeera. this is al jazeera. hello i'm adrian finighan this is the news hour live from doha coming up in the next sixty minutes the u.s. secretary of state warns world leaders that stopping the battlefield does not mean

the mission is complete. a twenty year prison sentence on corruption charges for a confidant of the impeached south korean president. a former aide to egypt ex-military chief of staff says that if his old boss is homed top secret files will be released to the public and under way the trial of a palestinian teenager who made global headlines after slapping an israeli soldier . and for the teenage snowboarder taking all the. big. hits the heights when called in the women. the u.s. secretary of state is warning that ending combat operations against eisel will not guarantee the armed groups defeat rex tillerson has been the draw. a meeting of the

global coalition to defeat i saw in kuwait to listen says the u.s. will provide a further two hundred million dollars to help stabilize areas in syria that used to be under eisel control get the latest on the ground in syria in just a moment with al-jazeera as jamal as well as in go see enter but first let's go live to saudis a dan who's abt that meeting in kuwait city and. this is a key moment isn't it sorry for the anti eisel coalition what direction is this coalition heading in. it is indeed a key moment and it is a time to think about focusing again on the direction of the u.s. secretary of state as you mentioned there rex tillerson is among the several of the foreign ministers who are here to attend this global meeting of the anti eisel coalition and he had a warning and he said those areas which have been taken off of ice on in syria if they're not rehabilitated if life doesn't go back to normal or those areas could go

back to why you saw on his part he promised adrian the the u.s. would now give two hundred million dollars this year to help rehabilitate some of those areas in syria no mention at this point if there's any u.s. money going to come in to help rehabilitate areas taken off advice all in neighboring iraq big curious since this global coalition to defeat eisel conference is being held on the sidelines of an iraq reconstruction conference but tell us some will be speaking at the iraq reconstruction conference a little bit later so perhaps he'll make some commitments there are some expectations definitely from iraqi officials now putting this into the big picture the timing of this conference is interesting this is the first time the global coalition to defeat i saw these meetings since at least on this level since the fall of rocco since i saw was driven out of their de facto capital it's coming after the iraqi government declared victory. in the battle against i saw that

declaration in december it's coming also after the russians declared that they had defeated the i saw in every town in syria announced and they also made in december some coalition members there worried that complacency might set in the refocusing on that part of the mission statement that says this coalition is not only about coordinating positions on the battlefield but it's also about rehabilitating life about even providing public services in some of those areas which have been captured from isis haven't we seen this sort of scenario before in the past where. there is a coalition or american troops take territory from groups only for then the piece to be lost and we see that group or splinter group arise and we go back to square one with more battles adrian writes i mean let's bring in. then who's and gaziantep near the turkish border with syria love the focus of lace has been on violence

perpetrated by the syrian government and its battle with the mainstream syrian operation what's happening as far as the fight against i saw is concerned where of its fighters gone or perhaps you bring us up to date on the latest in northwestern syria near the near the border with turkey. well you join as jaime mentioned after rockefeller that was the de facto capital stronghold the last remaining brothers from gold of ice on since then the ice will fight to the tab appears in terms of conflicts or battles have been in sporadic events and not as a unified so to speak kind of violence as we had witnessed between two thousand and fourteen two thousand and sixteen until the coalition was launched actually in the past twenty four hours there were reports from inside syria that roughly four hundred isel fighters were captured by the free syrian army as they tried to launch

an attack on italy but obviously it is from the under the control of the syrian opposition now aside from my son aside from the security threat that it poses or use to pose for several of the regional countries as far as turkey is concerned there is another terrorist organization and that is why p g the kurdish militia who mainly form up the syrian democratic forces as they are referred to by the united states and turkey has been extremely critical of the united states because the u.s. heavily depended on those kurdish militia to fight i saw if you remember back in the day when there was a battle for bonnie a few years ago and then and several other instances throughout but as far as the talks are concerned the y.p. g.-o. just another terrorist organization that's bans on killing civilians and pushing its own agenda through terrorizing the population in fact present president rajapaksa part of one was very clear when he was addressing the talk of parliament

in past couple of hours a journey where he said that the u.s. really has to decide who is going to ally itself with whether it will maintain its alliance and regions with turkey a natural ally under nato or whether it will go its separate way rex tillerson recently was talking about there is going to be in ankara and. couple of days that we think is going to be very significant to tell us how u.s. tarkus relations are going through advance reserve syria which is remember major sticking point between washington and i'm proud of our many thanks indeed al-jazeera is tomorrow shell there it goes again to near the turkey syria border the woman at the center of the scandal of brought down former south korean president park going to haye has been jailed for twenty years for corruption choice soon silver was found guilty of using her friendship with park to meddle in state affairs for personal gain she was fined sixteen point six million dollars one

korean conglomerate caught up in the scandal is the law to group its chairman ben was sentenced to jail at the same time as which way for two years and six months for bribery trade was a relative unknown until the corruption allegations emerged in twenty sixteen the case has had repercussions though for south korea's political and business elite it's triggered the impeachment of president park geun hay in march last year a first in the nation's history park's on trial as well she faces more than a dozen charges including colluding with a to extort money from some of south korea's biggest companies in return for political favors one of those companies implicated was sam sloan last year its chief jay wiley was jailed for five years for bribery and embezzlement but his sentence was suspended last week and he was released from jail let's go live now to seoul and al-jazeera the tasha good name who's there what's been the reaction to

this verdict. adrian might be the most reviled public figure in south korea at the moment the judge's lengthy sentence could be sending a message to the people that their outrage has been heard it could also be sending a warning to others prosecutors have said that choice disrupted the political process shook the foundation of south korean society and that the effects will reverberate for generations to come we spoke with one woman who said that she was surprised by the verdict she thought that it was a heavier sentence than she predicted prosecutors that hope for a twenty five year prison sentence as you just heard got a twenty year prison sentence there were supporters of president poc outside the courtroom there was fighting in screaming after the verdict was announced they have been closely monitoring this case to see how it will impact pock again the two

women states are viewed as inexplicably linked because of that forty year long relationship that prosecutors say to a capitalized on to meddle in state affairs and control the presidency all along to a has said that this case is political revenge she was framed and that she's being trait treated unfairly she is an apologetic some people have criticized that and said that she needs to be responsible and to apologize but given the huge amount of bias adrian against her some of also wondered if it was possible for trade to ever get a fair trial. as we outlined as one of many people in snit in this scandal what could be the the broader impact of this verdict. this is certainly some and a kind of national reckoning if you will a kind of soul searching adrian because this case is first of all probably the

biggest political scandal in south korean history it was the first time that a president had not only been impeached but removed from office and it made people angry and also this was viewed as a kind of tipping point where as political and business elite in the past if they were found guilty of wrongdoing they were often given a slap on the risk wrist rather and tolerated it was hoped that this massive scandal would usher in an era of accountability there is also talk of political reform analysts say that this case simply reaffirms the fact that there is too much power concentrated in the presidency and until there are reforms there is a very real danger of history repeating itself a testimony thanks i was it was natasha going to him that lives in seoul. egypt's former chief of staff that of the armed forces sunday on on the has top secret files that will be released if he's harmed in any way that's the warning from his former aide and state auditor hessian going into this came hours after the egyptian

military announced that its investigators will be taking further measures against anon who was arrested last month after revealing his intention to run in the upcoming presidential election egypt's incumbent president abdul fattah el-sisi will be running for a second term in march will says that he's speaking out about the documents because he believes that some of the man's life is in danger. i hope an opportunity had been given to the chief of staff summing anon to give the testimony freely and without intimidation for the record so that all things come clear before the public is his testimony mere hearsay or supported with evidence he is in possession of documents and evidence which is not camps here in egypt you mean out of egypt yes could these pieces of evidence change the course of trials of course no doubts could they incriminate many yes timothy called us from the taria institute for

middle middle east politics says that it's impossible to judge how important these documents are without knowing the exact details. what would a sufficient scandal for it's matter i mean we've got me i mean everyone knows for example. economic. position and they are aware there's reports now about possibly allowing the israelis to strikes in sinai there's there's a me thing. there's the whole virginity tests and all that happened during the uprising. soon after and so there's so many different things that have already come and gone in that. that i don't know what it is that would be so scandalous that it would be threatening to them but it could also because he's trying to disrupt region from other perspectives of other people were. trying to. pressure on the government if you know if it starts in south africa is running a.n.c.

is expected to hold a news briefing in the next few hours with state media reporting that the party has given president jacob zuma forty eight hours to resign it follows a thirteen meeting by the african national congress to discuss his fate and see president cinerama pose is understood to have met zuma in person to him form him of the parties to session zuma faces hundreds of corruption charges but it's refused to stand down before his term ends next year let's go live now to johannesburg and al-jazeera mina we've had months of weeks and confusion are we confident now at least that we're into the game game here. well it's certainly hope that this briefing by the agency will bring some clarity to the confusion the speculation and the rumors that have surrounded developments in the last few weeks trying to get jacob zuma out of office has been ongoing for months and especially

the intensity has increased over the last few days when. the president of the a.n.c. had talks with jacob zuma but they continues to be a lot of confusion around what exactly has been going on the process is around does appear to be very internal for the a.n.c. in this is leading to some frustration south africans a sitting on the sidelines watching the ruling party deal with a leader that's been accused of corruption has been accused of what's been called state capture where he's benefited he's associates family and friends and used his position as president to benefit these people now this briefing follows these reports from the state broadcaster that jacob zuma has been given forty eight hours to resign but so far what we've seen from jacob zuma is really no inclination to do that we did hear from his wife for example over the weekend she use social media to say all hell will break loose of the president is forced out and this is again what we're hearing through reports earlier today that he's allies have said that there

will be dire consequences for the a.n.c. if jacob zuma is pushed out now the pressure on zuma isn't only coming from within the a.n.c. but also from opposition parties who have said that they want a motion of no confidence that was scheduled for later this month they want to put forward to be heard in parliament this week they also want ultimately snap elections to be held once parliament is dissolved and this is what the democratic alliance leader who see my money had to say. it is the. home. environment. and if. we want to avoid decisions. we are. part of the people. from the people.

now all eyes are on the a.n.c. and exactly how they will create transparency around this process and explain to south africans what is happening and if indeed jacob zuma is stepping out of office or if they'll be taking further action to make sure that happens all right many thanks indeed for me to villa there live in johannesburg well seumas nine years in power have been overshadowed by controversy and economic problems he's survived eight no confidence votes in parliament most recently in august last year twenty sixteen a court ruled that zuma should face charges of bribery in one thousand nine hundred ninety nine. he's been accused of accepting outside influence in government decisions and cabinet appointments by the group has a wealthy indian born business family now living in south africa zuma and some of his family members along with the group was being investigated on charges of international money money laundering he was also accused of using twenty three

million dollars of government money to renovate his private home he later paid back the money. it with the news off for months there is still to come on the program a trail of destruction in the worst storm in decades tears through the south pacific plus. i tried. smaller years for bombers take on his latest presidential portrait. i'm having. the trial of a palestinian teenager charged with assaulting an israeli soldier has begun to me was arrested in december after a video of slapping and hitting israeli soldiers went viral the seventeen year old is facing twelve charges and could spend up to ten years in prison if found guilty

the case has drawn international condemnation that's go live now to. outside that military court to ramallah in the occupied west bank odysseus harry force it is there what are we expecting to happen on the first day of this trial. well that's right here on this israeli side of the courts we have been we can only tell you really what happened at the very beginning of the day's proceedings that's because at the beginning of the proceedings the military judge decided that all representatives of the media and indeed other observers diplomats observers would be removed from the court only the family of a head to me has allowed to be remaining inside in fact the car possibly now is is one of those that was containing some of those observers the court just made that decision according to its own russia now because this is the trial of a minor and therefore protections are required. in

a court where she's being tried along with adults in the observing it and of course adults taking part in the proceedings themselves a lawyer rejected that proposal saying that every form of proceeding up until this first day of the trial had been open to observers and the media and the other could have done this for its own purposes in order to prevent the full scrutiny of this trial being able to take place harry a lot of attention has been on i had to mimi of late but she's far from the only palestinian minor in custody in israel. that's right i mean a lot of attention has been paid to her because of the viral nature of the video in which she was seen to slap and strike and. otherwise trying to remove to on this really soldiers from her family property in the occupied west bank coming during the protests after the donald trump declaration on jerusalem being the

capital of israel as far as united states was concerned but as you say this is one of many trials of minors of those under eighteen in the military court system here she is one of according to the best selim organization not. activist organization more than one hundred eighty youngsters who have been detained pending the outcome of the judicial process not allowed to go out on bail in this case she was seen to be some kind of security risk because of one of the allegations against incitement to further violence that's an allegation that rejects that she will argue during the course of today's proceedings that the entire military occupation of the occupied west bank is itself illegal and then she will go on to challenge point by point the indictments against her right harry many thanks indeed that's how the forces outside the off a prison in the occupied west bank will as we were saying add to me isn't the only young person detained by the israeli military many as you heard children in jail

more on that now from iran com. is sixteen years old and already a veteran of the israeli prison system in december he was visiting shops in his home city of hebron when protests started around him his arrest was caught on camera his parents gave us permission to interview thousand he says he tried to flee the protest and didn't take part despite that israeli soldiers pushed him to the ground with something that had been on one of them called to me hit me on my chest with the bottle his rifle he pushed me to the ground and then all started beating me they arrested me and took me into detention and beat me again and cursed at me. he spent twenty days in detention and he's currently out on bail he was arrested on charges of throwing rocks and resisting arrest the israeli army says it's investigating his claim the innocence is having regular hospital treatment because his shoulder was broken during his arrest. his case is far from unique.

lives with their parents in the refugee camp in ramallah. it made me go no one enters prison as a child then leaves us such they didn't allow me to call my family or a lawyer before investigation they used pepper spray on me called me names and big me up. to help group a defense of children international is concerned that the israeli military often makes violent arrests the group says children often lack proper legal representation joining the court process and the impact of detention loss well into apple and what we see is that those three months or four months in military prison for having the first stone throwing for example which is the most common charge and impacting the your entire trajectory of child's life palestinians in the occupied west bank subject to israeli military law now for a very long time international human rights groups and local human rights groups

have criticized the israeli military courts for handing down harsh sentences the illegal occupation of their land by israeli forces is never far from children's lives the latest available total from the israeli prison authority in november said three hundred thirteen palestinian minors are in jail for security offenses imraan khan had brown joining us now from. the accountability program director at the defense for children international he focuses on child tension in israeli prisons we were hearing that observers have been barred from the court that hearing tummies case a short while ago what do you make of that. a we believe that on palestinian children who are arrested and student by the israeli army are treated in the same way all of them are exposed to different types of illiterate and tortured during this tense fear and interrogation and demanded a bust of this practice is to extract confession from them in order to be used as

the climate if it turns before the israeli military legal system so the israeli courts completely lack the fear to tread guarantees because children when the artist did you do not inform the other rights. or the the why the artist did or to wear the will be transported during interrogation interrogation have been without a deal of it what recording of the proceedings word of the israeli in the guitar but after all types of brush against palestinian children during this process for example in two thousand and seven d n d c i've been a stone documented the cases of one hundred and there to seven bullets thin in children from the west bank three quarters of them reported that they exposed to different types of physical violence nineteen pearce and let their confinement for more than two days and the average number of there's the biggest initial didn't work but there was did this saw the men did

a bus or the whole israeli military legal system is not to mention justice but the simplest people who are living on that are committed so you're saying that that i had to me is not going to get a fair trial i mean one could argue as well as her being a mind that there are extenuating circumstances in her case in that she just seen a cousin who had sustained a bullet wound to the head will a court take that into consideration. the and in general before the israeli military of course there is no special protection for palestinian children for example children who are sixteen and seventeen the are treated the same way like cut outs despite the fact that is a mentality from sixteen to a t. and in two thousand and eleven but even children who are sixteen and seventeen

still they are treated in the same way so the sentence that i just an inch into the mirror see who are sixty and seventy in the ministry of a life sentence so. israel established the is there a minister each of my court. the establishment of this court is to lead the international community. to sure that things are improving while nothing has been changed in. on the ground saw children are treated the same way the exports to the same types of illiterate and tortured so odd to me is expected for example today. the course ition in kenya this is not because they want to protect the privacy of. our head but in order not to have. caught a thing of the court proceedings because. the issue of the privacy of the you is that in a way in order to win for the want to use the but i've

a sort of the child but the principle is the best interest of the child without of the best interests to or who has these superior mysie is that the rest of the child or not we believe that the existence of the international community and the media is important for the issue of the whole palestinian children who are arrested and prosecuted by the israeli army destroyed the discourse out of not demanded of us of these courts is not to menton justice but to suppress and control people who are the. and there was many minutes from israeli bullet to bullet bullet decisions in order to death with the me me and other palestinian child but it's not as when i tried before the israeli courts ok good so he said many thanks indeed for being with us cycling continues to wreak destruction of through the south pacific and is now bearing down on southern fiji the category

four storm injured several people as it moved through tongue on tuesday the government declared a state of emergency as poor chad of g.m. reports. the powerful category four cycle own poor roofs off buildings downed power lines toppled trees and flooded low lying areas its belief cycle on guitar is the worst storm to hit the tiny south pacific island nation in decades it was very serious about. much more concerning because visibility was a huge issue here and there and also there's a lot of very good people. but. there's a lot of rabbits on the road there's a lot of. people. destroyed. tongo as an archipelago comprising one hundred sixty nine islands around three thousand kilometers east of australia. more than half of all homes and buildings

including kong as part of the house are said to be damaged or destroyed the disaster on about when the storm was i know that recovery does take time it's hard to say how long until we know exactly what's happened what the damage is what the impacts on what. the cycling was packing winds of two hundred thirty kilometers per hour and emergency management teams are now out assessing the damage trying to clear roads and working to restore power and water to any site cline we had concerns and making sure people have enough food and not wars that. they stay healthy and. i'm pretty just from one of the long and long diseases and the cyclon is expected to weaken and bring rain and winds to new zealand by the weekend. al-jazeera or whether it's on fox is here with the latest on

next on the news then. the asia pacific region is largest military exercises because of this controversy over who's invited plus i'm gabriel's on to it fashion week in new york city where some of the biggest brands in the world i decided to take their show elsewhere coming up i'll tell you why i did sport an overview olympic gold for one of skiing his all time greats. from dusky sunsets if it's prunings event. to sunrise atop in metropolis. cycling data remains a very powerful storm there's one thing we can be grateful for is that the eye of the storm did not make landfall so that has means that the the worst of the conditions have not been felt over the land but of course the outer bands have been

lashing tollner and will also cause southern parts of fiji still have sustained winds of around two hundred fifteen kilometers per hour sisto equivalent to a category four hurricane on the surface instance and we are going to say that slowly weaken as we go on through the next couple of days thankfully little pole away will make its way just to the south of new caledonia eventually as we were hearing there head towards new zealand again it will not make landfall but the outer pads certainly bring you some pretty rough weather in as we go on through the next few days so if you go through where the stakes seem you still have some very wet weather a close to southern parts of fiji and then as it moves into the cooler waters it will weaken it will pull away another system on the other side of the equator causing some problems and this is tropical storm sandy not too concerned about the winds but look at that for rainfall total respecting and around to three hundred millimeters of rain from the system as it heads towards central pa so the philippines is now in the process of passing through and gradually leaving further

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time but more importantly is where those two cultures north and south america meet has to teach it's a very important place for al-jazeera to be. hello again this is the news hour from al-jazeera adrian finnegan here in doha our top stories this hour the u.s. secretary of state is warning that the end of combat operations against eisel doesn't mean the fight against the group is over rex tillerson has been addressing a meeting of the global coalition to defeat i saw in q eight the confidant of the former south korean president park geun hay has been sentenced to twenty years in jail for corruption trace and still was found guilty of using

a friendship with parg to meddle in state affairs for personal gain and south african media are reporting that president jacob zuma has been ordered to resign within forty eight hours or face being stripped of his office the decision was taken at a meeting of the highest decision making body of the ruling a.n.c. party late on monday. security has been tightened in lahore ahead of the funeral of the woman known as the iron lady of pakistan thousands are expected to pay their respects to as much of hunger later on tuesday the human rights activist suffered a heart attack on saturday she was a fierce defender women and minorities and openly criticized the pakistan military intelligence and right wing political parties you know risky is an advocacy office the justice pakistan project she joins us now live from islamabad what kind of impact did. her fight for the disenfranchised have on pakistani

society. i have to say you really can't give a number of to how many. how many people she's inspired she really was the iron lady of pakistan you know starting from a student activist to filing her first partition at the year at the age of eighteen years old to working with the u.n. founding you know women's rights organisations the human rights commission of pakistan she has had a huge impact on civil society and activists and politicians you know the fact that you're saying that you know security has been tightened lahore is really a testament to how much people love and respect her and the work that she's done she wasn't popular with everyone though. she was accused of being an indian spy or an american you a.j. . no she wasn't but you know the fact that she represented some of her political opponents in court and even today many of them

you know are coming on t.v. and saying hey regardless of our you know differences in opinion we still respect her as a woman as an activist you know her sacrifices that she's given for this country you know that doesn't change anything yes we all have our differences but the fact that she's a woman in a patriarchal society like pakistan and has paved the way for progressive and liberal spaces and will continue to use up the mark here i think that you know that's something you cannot take away will be her legacy. i think you know her legacy will continue to live on you know she paved the way for many generations and it's you know we're still shaken by the fact that you know we don't have anybody else right now to look to you know she's left a void right now and i hope you know in the coming generations will be able to fill that but there was nobody else like her and you know the work that she's done for this country we will be indebted for her for the rest of our life you said that

there is no nobody like her but that there is no one in pakistan to whom the baton can now be passed as far as championing human rights concerned i mean you know there are a lot of people who are continuing this work but you know the fact that she was a pioneer and she paved the way you know being a mother being a woman being a wife a grandmother now you know starting on from a very young age right now you know there isn't someone who's so outspoken there isn't someone who is as fearless she was you know as committed to continue this work you know despite threats to her life threats to the lives of her kids she was unwavered by anything that came out her goods to you many thanks indeed jim the risk in islam about. the u.s. and thailand have been criticized for having man ma at a major military exercise in eastern thailand the country's presence comes despite

accusations that its soldiers have committed ethnic cleansing in rakhine state wayne hale reports now from the war games in. these are the largest joint military exercises in the asia pacific region this year more than eleven thousand soldiers from twenty nine countries are taking pass but it was the presence of one man at the opening ceremony that attracted a lot of the attention and observer from me and my i was invited despite his army's alleged involvement in human rights abuses at home at the ceremony the us ambassador to thailand tried to avoid the subject ambassador why did you not push back stronger against me in my involvement in this. i would accept the promise of that i'm very happy to let. my colleagues address your view of their presence but the truth is. it is not a participant nation. but they still here i was sitting right on the right made me

here and there are they're not part of your glyn davies boss secretary of state ricks to listen has previously called the violence in west in myanmar ethnic cleansing. one of the main focuses of cobra gold this year will be training to provide humanitarian assistance which is added to the criticism of the me and my military's involvement given its role in the refugee crisis that some folded in rakhine state. that's now the only part of the ten day program that the me and my representatives will observe critics say passing the blame on to thailand for me and mas involvement is unacceptable for the united states if that's the case then you have a situation where the world's most powerful military in the world is outsourcing decisions as to who to include in its largest military exercises in the region to another country which is problematic in and of itself this will be the largest us contingent in years as it tries to rebuild relations with thailand which soured after a coup in two thousand and fourteen it's also been criticized for that given that

thailand is still under military rule wayne hay al-jazeera rayong thailand ukrainian opposition leader mikhail saakashvili has arrived in poland after being deported from kiev he was detained by armed men in a restaurant in ukraine's capital and taken to the airport saakashvili is a former president of georgia who later became a provincial governor in ukraine he recently fell out with president petro poroshenko has been leading protests against him the deputy head of oxfam has stepped down over the response to sexual misconduct allegations against its staff the charity is accused of trying to hide findings of an investigation into the use of prostitutes by aide workers in haiti and chad penny lawrence who was international director during the two thousand and eleven haiti case resigned saying that she was ashamed to go to the u.k. government is threatening to cut aid to oxfam over the scandal. colombia's last

rebel group has destroyed power lines and a part of a bridge with explosives the l.n. says that it's imposing a three day blockade after the government refused to resume peace talks colombia's president juan manuel santos suspended the negotiations earlier this month after a series of bombings that killed seven police officers. crime and violence in the brazilian city of rio de janeiro have risen to their worst levels in more than a decade public safety had improved ahead of the world cup at the olympics but it's now become so bad that people are using unprecedented methods to stay safe in america editor lucy in human reports. of a gun battle in a busy rio de janeiro's thoroughfare terrified motorists and pedestrians look for cover desperate not to become the next victims of stray bullets. violence is again out of control in the city where a person is shot every two hours confrontations between rival drug gangs or with

police. the intensity of confrontations in urban areas is new we're seeing younger criminals with more and better weapons last month alone there are more than six hundred and forty gun battles here in rio and not just up on the hills in the slums but right here on the asphalt as people here like to refer to the main part of the city these rifles have become so common that residents are resorting more and more to technology rather than turning to the police. where are the shootouts it's a nonprofit application the tracks gun battles in real time based on eyewitnesses media and police accounts so that's where the initial concept you know trying to help. and. to avoid those areas. within a million people using the app including architect and. i

have started checking they all to see if there is something happening on the roads i will be driving it's alerted me to make a u. turn when they're being gumballs on my route. the sharp spike in violence is due in part to brazil's acute economic crisis and its police department are now bankrupt. and so in the absence of affective police protection residents of the emblematic neighborhood and sent that is i taking extreme measures. that. explains that closed circuit t.v. cameras were not enough to deter criminals so the neighbors installed sirens i can just to like if. i feel very and think every day i get it when i come home and when i leave i'm scared. it's a fear that's well founded in this city where ninety percent of murders and assaults go unpunished you see inulin i just see death rio de janeiro.

barack obama wanted a little less of what he called the silver fox look with the gray has a still there in his official portrays as a former u.s. president the pictures of obama and former first lady michelle obama have been unveiled at the smithsonian's national portrait gallery in washington d.c. they were painted by the first african-american artists that the gallery has ever commissioned for official portraits of a former u.s. leader i tried to negotiate was great here. it is artistic integrity would not allow him to do what i asked. smaller ears. struck out on matters well i am a little overwhelmed to say the least so many thoughts and feelings rolling around inside me now i am humbled i am honored and proud. new

york fashion week is in full swing but there's less glitz on the runways this year because several top designers have chosen to skip it a reason to focus on other shows in europe as. reports. everybody's running a frantic buzz of activity before the big show. me. two three this collection is all about ultra chic and comfortable travel garments from the colombian born designer edwin d'angelo new york fashion week it's a very important platform for myself and for emerging designers like myself because the offers an opportunity of excitement where everybody wants to come to a show of that who wants to be part of of of this week well emerging designers like d'angelo still flock to do york's fashion week some of the biggest design houses like a school or. and tom brown are skipping it this year the fashion

industry is in turmoil the way people buy their clothes is changing fast and fashion week in new york has become less important to the high end brands as a focus on european buyers and big shows in europe the lawn london and primarily paris paris is the crime of fashion week that's where chanel and christian dior and these brands that that we know is the real luxury brands show it's incredibly competitive and it's also a matter of money runway shows can cost anywhere from one hundred thousand dollars in upwards to a million dollars and even some of the biggest names in fashion don't want to spend that much money brands are starting to look for different ways that they can introduce their apparel their products to consumers without the costly and sometimes really ineffective ways it used to be. fashion label rag and bone gave up

on a new york fashion week runway show and instead got created. video . thanks.

but are going to have to support his side up thank you very much adrian while another teenager has been taken over the slopes at the winter olympics seventeen year old american chloe kamma has won gold in the women's five youngest snowboarder had been a big hit in pyongyang tango even before this before mostly due to her a south korean parents have success that follows the slopestyle win on sunday for teammate and fellow teen red judd came to see it herself to fans by tweeting about her desire for an ice cream during the event. i think you know having my family to be there through the whole process was so helpful and i've surrounded myself with such amazing people that they definitely made it much

easier for me but yeah i mean i feel like i got to represent both the u.s. and korea today and i'm very honored to have been able to do that. now while the winter olympics is a huge global event organizers are concerned about how many young people are watching a survey in south korea before the games showed those aged under twenty were largely indifferent about the lympics limbs were ports. if summer olympics are the biggest the cool olympics coming winter there is a vibe amongst competitors and spectators that can give the game's a youth appeal so why did market research in korea before the games frank such a worrying picture for really big bosses the survey said under thirty's particularly the twenty's were more excited about such a four years ago than their own guy but the international olympic committee says it's evolving to appeal to the younger market we've developed a program specifically in certain ways to reach out to young people through youth

focused events it's a big part of a limp dick agenda twenty twenty it's a big part of what we're doing with the olympic program generally you see that coming to life here in pyongyang you see the results with you gauge men of young people in the way that the young athletes themselves are responding to that energy there is plenty to attract young people it's not just the sports but the sound a look particularly fresh events like slopestyle despite the bitter cold and wind it was ninety percent skill and ten percent fashion parade with plenty of teenagers competing. but sport is now consumed in a different why the i.o.c. feel they've connected with new generations by the events playing quote by gauging with them on social media platforms is it working well this is known as coffee straight in the gangnam coastal area many of the events take place in the cost of close to here and there's plenty of visitors so that you don't like it when i talk to my friends didn't seem to have such a great interest in the olympics because young people don't have the spare time to

be interested. in yemen my older friends seem to know about the olympics when i talk to them younger friends don't seem to have a big interest and become more indifferent and then there's the sports a huge deal in korea first it's spread so fast globally that tens of millions prefer it to traditional sports it can't be ignored but it's not part of the olympics yet does that mean we'll see sport on the program of the next olympic games we're going to games probably a step too soon right now it's about engagement through the olympic channel through our partners out of that community find ways that we can engage with them and see where that takes us beyond the. the young koreans we've spoken so these are lympics all excited and proud but across the nation some are on the see about the guns being used as a political tool while barely does on those of north korea the international olympic committee knows it needs to reach out to the young koreans on the younger generations every way to keep these five olympic rings special lee wellings

al-jazeera. austria's marcel her has won gold in the men's combined skiing events winner of a record or six consecutive world cup titles that this is her she is first olympic title the combined discipline consists of downhill and runs it to this tuesday the first carrying a gold medal will be one of these olympics history to stem it to tell you about the games the roots and modern day rules. curling is one of those sports that baffles a lot of people it's the one on ice with the rocks the brooms and the sheltering and if you think it looks like something from the middle ages well then yes you can think of medieval scotland forward this computers of stone that is made of granite and weighs almost twenty kilograms it's going to have to go wild about forty five meters to reach a target that looks much like a bullseye from above what you have is two teams of four and they will take to

throwing the stones that are rotated so they could go as they travel down the ice hence the name cooling to help it along the way the schiphol captain yells out directions to two other players who sweep the ice and head of the stone with their brooms the friction melts the ice and allows the stone to glide faster to its target and from here it's all about points get your stone closer than your opponent and you get a point at the olympics this process is repeated for ten rounds or in it actually is incredibly tactical perhaps more cooling is known as chase on ice. world number one college the aca is the star attraction at this week's qatar open she is now entering a new phase of her career after winning her first grand slam title helen gleeson reports. caroline wozniacki is no stranger to life at the top of women's tennis but the feeling of being a grand slam champion is still brand new. it's just

a couple of weeks into the twenty seven year old beat simona halep to win the australian open in what was her third slam final returning to the top of the rankings in the process in recent seasons the likes of angelica been there have struggled for consistency after the highs of their first major triumphs but after waiting so long for this moment that isn't something that is worrying was an iraqi . last summer i think. just enjoying myself enjoying the ride there's been a lot going on the last couple of weeks and i'm just here trying to do my best to try and. find my heart is what happened was the accu career has been in the spotlight since she first became number one in the well back in twenty ten she dealt with constant questioning over whether she would ever win a grand slam title and many had written her off as recently as eighteen months ago when her ranking had fallen to just seventy four in the world but now expectations are high again and she has the new pressure of trying to back up major breakthrough

. player prakash. experience will help her cope with this new challenge it's a little bit different than some of the younger players who all of a sudden a thrust into the spotlight carolyn's been there for a while she's lost a couple of very tough foibles notably one to the u.s. open so i think she has a little bit better perspective she's a slightly older player but think with a quite well. trying to hold on to number one spot is the immediate challenge. and just three hundred forty nine points ahead of her that i'm with many to defend having reached last chance final. you know i've achieved my first year and i think all of that is so huge stuff for me and whatever happens for the rest of the year you know it's going to be a successful susan. it seems wisely akhi is taking this new chapter korea right. al-jazeera doha and that's it for me i hand you back to adrian so many thanks for

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